Chapter 2: Good and Evil
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed. Lin Mo has been staying at home and practicing hard for this month. Today, he finally reached the fourth level of body refining. This speed is neither slow nor fast. He looked at the five Guyuan Pills and found that he still had five.
"I've almost reached my limit after taking drugs and practicing martial arts to this extent. It's time to go out for a walk. I don't know much about the specific information around me.
The previous Lin Mo was really a one-stop shop. Apart from playing around all day, he only knew some basic Jianghu matters. He still had to rely on himself to find out the details. "Lin Mo changed into a clean scholar's outfit and went to Jinyang City.
Although Jinyang City is a city, it is not very big. After arriving at the largest restaurant in the city, I sat down in the corner of the second floor. This place is suitable for inquiring for information without attracting too much attention.
I still have four taels of silver left, which is enough for a meal, but the problem is that I can't spend any extra money. In fact, it is better to buy intelligence from Tianji Mansion. Even in a small town like this, there is a branch of Tianji Mansion, but it is too expensive to get information.
Lin Mo stretched out his hand, called the waiter over, ordered a few signature dishes and a pot of wine, then threw two coins to the waiter and said:
"You don't need to give me the remaining change, but I need to ask you a few questions."
The waiter wiped the silver and estimated that there would be a lot left after paying for food and wine, which was almost enough to cover his monthly salary for several days. He smiled and replied:
"Sir, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I know all the affairs of this city best."
"Then tell me if there is anything big that happened recently, or something unique."
"If we talk about a big event, it's probably the bloody fight between the Jiaoshe Gang and the Dihu Society. Our area is relatively remote. Apart from the imperial court, the eight major gangs, the Tianji Mansion, and the branches of the Wanliu Chamber of Commerce, the Jiaoshe Gang and the Dihu Society are the most powerful underworld forces. Of course, the Hu family is our number one family, but we don't know how powerful the Hu family is.
However, the leaders of the Jiaoshe Gang and Dihu Society, Mengmang Yun Zhongqing and Nuhu Wang Kun, are both masters of the fifth level of marrow refining. They are considered to be the top figures in our small place. If there is anything special, it is that these two families have been fighting more and more recently, and it has become more and more intense. I don’t know the details. "
Lin Mo waved his hand and asked the waiter to go down first. At this time, more and more people came into the restaurant. Judging from their attire, most of them were gangsters. There was a table here where they were talking about the fight between the two gangs.
Because the commotion was so big, families didn't dare to go out, and the court turned a blind eye to them. Lin Mo listened around and didn't find any new information. He left the restaurant and thought as he walked.
"With my current strength, I am probably just a small fry. After the tenth level of body refining comes the marrow refining stage. The leaders of the two gangs are both at the fifth level of marrow refining, and the strength of the Hu family's patriarch may be even higher. My strength is still not enough.
What’s even more troublesome is that the money has almost been spent. The appetite of cultivators will become larger and larger, and their requirements for meat will become higher and higher. If there is no other way, they can only go to the wild beast forest outside Jinyang City to hunt.”
Thinking of this, Lin Mo went to a clothing store in Jinyang City and bought a set of black tights, and also bought some dry food for going out. He went home, put on the fine iron sword he got from his novice gift pack, and walked towards the Beast Forest.
The Beast Forest is a large forest thirty miles outside Jinyang City. Due to the high concentration of vital energy in this world, the beasts are very strong. Although they do not have spiritual intelligence, most tigers and lions have the strength of the seventh or eighth level of body refining.
With Lin Mo's current strength, he can only kill lone wild deer and wild boars. These beasts are generally around the fourth or fifth level of body refining, but wild beasts do not have very high intelligence, so it is much easier to deal with them.
When entering the edge of the wild beast forest, Lin Mo felt someone following him, so he sped up and hid in the bushes nearby. After a while, he heard the sound of running. Through the gap, Lin Mo saw a man who looked like a servant, panting and holding on to a tree nearby, cursing:
"This jerk from the Lin family is really good at running. I haven't seen him for a few months, but he's running to such a place with a knife on his back. I don't know what he's thinking. Forget it, let's go back and report to the master. There will be rewards anyway, and it would be best if he could be promoted to a senior servant, haha."
Lin Mo had guessed the general situation after hearing this, and he clenched the hilt of the knife in his hand tightly. Sure enough, the Hu family still had not let him go completely. Fortunately, this time the opponent was a low-level servant who was at the third level of body refining. A low-level servant had the same strength as me, and I was still far behind.
When the servant turned around and prepared to go back , Lin Mo quickly circulated his internal strength, rushed forward in one step and used the force to split the mountain. The servant on the opposite side heard the sound of the wind and dodged slightly.
The knife did not hit the back but it caused a big wound on the opponent's right arm. Lin Mo saw the blood spurting out, took a deep breath, and used the Bodhi sword technique to attack the opponent's lower body.
This servant had only learned some martial arts, so he could only keep dodging. After ten moves, his originally panicked sword skills became more and more stable, and he also caused several sword wounds on the opponent's thigh.
Lin Mo seized the opportunity and slashed at the opponent's neck with a knife. At the same time, he kicked the opponent's knee. The opponent lost his balance and fell to the ground, with the blade just on the opponent's neck.
"Do you understand what I am going to ask you?"
The servant had not yet recovered from the fight and could only nod continuously.
Lin Mo asked, "Tell me everything you know about me, and how your master asked to monitor me."
The servant's face became paler and paler because of the continuous bleeding from the wound, and he said intermittently: "I don't know the details, but the master notified everyone in the mansion more than half a year ago.
Occasionally, keep an eye on the drunkard in the Lin family. If he does anything strange, report it immediately. You will be rewarded. Mr. Lin, this is all I know. Please spare my life!"
Lin Mo didn't say anything. He stared into the servant's eyes to make sure that the other party was not playing any tricks. Three seconds later, the blade slashed towards the other party's neck.
Then he searched the servant's body and found nothing except a few taels of silver. Finally, he threw the servant's body into the bushes, which was close to the wild beast forest and was the best place to destroy the body.
He watched the knife in his hand quietly dripping blood. This was the first time he had killed someone in his life. Apart from being a little nervous at the beginning, he did not feel any discomfort such as nausea.
Lin Mo took a deep breath. There was still a pungent smell of blood in the air. After inhaling it into his lungs, he felt a burning sensation, not sure if it was an illusion. This seemingly illusory pain also calmed him down completely.
At the same time, Lin Mo's eyes became more and more indifferent. Some rules of his previous life had been abandoned. Now he could only adapt to the new rules and adapt to this era where human life was worthless.
He raised the knife in his hand, wiped the blood off, and then walked slowly into the forest, his original scholarly temperament slowly dissipating with each step.
Ten days later, after many hunts, Lin Mo's backpack was filled with a lot of animal skins and bones, and in just ten days, Lin Mo's cultivation reached the sixth level of body refining.
As expected, fighting is the fastest way to improve one's cultivation. After Lin Mo circulated the Yi Jin Gu Jian Chapter for a cycle , he exhaled lightly and it was time to go back.
After processing the animal skins and bones on his body, he had an extra dozen taels of silver, which was enough to cover his expenses for the time being. He checked his points and found that they had reached 600.
At this time, the long-lost voice of the system appeared.
"Ding, the first stage of the novice mission, the righteous mission, helping one hundred poor people, the mission rewards a righteous character's skill from two stars to three stars.
The evil mission requires killing 100 people, regardless of cultivation level. The mission rewards the evil character's skills from two stars to three stars. The mission period is three months.
Please choose the path of good or evil. "
Lin Mo thought silently: This task is obviously unrealistic. How much help is required to be considered completed? I can't be asked to help an old lady cross the road.
To put it bluntly, it still requires money to solve the problem. I don’t have much money on me, and it would be difficult to solve this problem even in three months.
Only the evil mission can be completed by myself. I don’t have much choice for this main mission, so I can only choose the evil line.
"System, I choose the evil route, and I want to use the previous 600 points to spin the wheel 500 times."
"Ding, the mission has been confirmed, the evil route has been selected, kill one hundred people within three months."
At this time, a large turntable appeared in my mind, which included skills, weapons, elixirs, others and space. As the turntable turned, the pointer finally pointed to elixirs.
"Ding, congratulations on getting a bottle of one and a half star elixir pills."
"Well, the pill is pretty good. It's a good time to practice. Three months is not too long, but not too short either."
After going out to buy some cooked food and dry food, he prepared to return to the villa for a month of seclusion. The villa's stay was about to expire. Once this killing mission began, it would be discovered sooner or later, and he should move to another place by then.
In the hall of the Hu family, the head of the Hu family was discussing important matters in the family. At this time, a housekeeper rushed in and said, "The master has found out about the low-level servant who disappeared before. The last person who saw him found that he followed that idiot from the Lin family out."
"Oh? Forget it. Jinyang City has been in turmoil recently. People from the Seven Great Families and the Six Swords are coming here. The Jiaoshe Gang and the Dihu Club are two idiots. They opened an underground palace and everyone knew about it. They should just behave themselves.
As for that useless guy from the Lin family, if it weren’t for the imperial constable Mu, he would have told .”
The matter of the underground palace began to be discussed again in the meeting room of the Hu family. Only Meng Ting, the second young lady of the Hu family, was a little stunned after hearing the news from the Lin family, but then her eyes returned to their original calmness.
