Chapter 5: Spinning Wheels and Lottery
The next day, after Lin Mo checked out of the villa , he found an inn near the center of Jinyang City and booked a month's board and lodging.
After Lin Mo recovered a lot in his room after a few days of recuperation, he opened the letter he received from Erhu Village, hoping to obtain some unique information.
After opening the letter, he found that it was a letter that had not been sent yet. It was a brief report by Li Hu about his visit to Jinyang City to gather intelligence. He only mentioned that some conflicts between the Jiaoshe Gang and the Dihu Society were expanding.
The specific reasons were not found out, but more importantly, the Hu family was mentioned. He said that he was injured by the Hu family steward and was verbally warned. Li Hu suspected that the Hu family should know more about the intelligence of the Qing Palace, and asked for help from the Yi Qi Society, saying that his cultivation was still too low.
When Lin Mo saw this, he knew that this was a good opportunity to frame someone. After all, Li Hu and the Yiqi Society behind him were still unclear.
Although he had done it foolproof, this was after all the world of martial arts, and who knew what stranger skills would be discovered. This letter was written by Li Hu, and once it was sent out it would at least divert most of the attention of the Yi Qi Society.
So after dressing up a little, he found a beggar, gave him some money and asked him to send the letter. Then he returned to his room and began to study the Nine-Turn Movement Technique. This technique, in a certain sense, made up for one of Lin Mo's current shortcomings.
And because my predecessor Lin Mo was a nerd and had studied the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, Qiankun and Liangyi, etc., he was able to get started easily.
After a few days, he was able to practice quite well. Of course, the biggest credit was the practice of the Yi Jin Jing Gu Tang Chapter which enabled his root bone aptitude to continuously improve.
"System, check my current points. Oh, and I still have one more two-star swordsmanship turntable for me."
"Ding, the host has 500 points left, start confirming the two-star swordsmanship turntable."
A large turntable in my mind was divided into five equal parts, and only five black shadows could be seen. The pointer began to rotate continuously and slowly stopped at a black shadow, which suddenly became clear.
It is the image of a young boy, with his upper body naked and countless scars all over his body. There is a scar on his face that runs almost from the corner of his eye to the corner of his mouth.
His black hair was not combed, but just tied casually in a knot. He stretched out his limbs and lay sideways on the bamboo chair, as if he would not move even if the sky fell.
But somehow, this lazy, naughty, scarred boy seemed to have a strange charm, an intense charm.
Especially his face. Although there was a scar on it, the scar did not make him ugly. Instead, it made his face look more attractive in an indescribable way.
"Congratulations on drawing the two-and-a-half-star character of the peerless twin heroes, Jiang Xiaoyu. According to monitoring, this person has one three-star sword technique, two two-star sword techniques, and three one-star sword techniques. Start drawing two-star sword techniques. Ding, congratulations to the host for drawing the two-star sword technique "Blood Killing Sword""
"What does this comprehensive peerless twins mean? I remember that in the novel, although Jiang Xiaoyu is the protagonist, he is mainly used in strategies, and the only martial arts he has is the Five Absolute Divine Skills. What does this two-and-a-half-star character mean?"
"Ding, the characters drawn here are calculated based on the comprehensive strength of the novels, movies, and games in the previous life.
Although Jiang Xiaoyu's strength is not very impressive in novels and movies, he performs very strongly in the New Peerless Twins series of games.
As for the two and a half stars, it is rated based on comprehensive strength."
"I see. That's good. Fortunately, I came across these stand-alone games adapted from novels during school. I remember that the Blood Killing Blade has derivative skills in the game. Can this also be obtained through practice?"
"Yes, but it's not as easy as in the game. You need to practice the Blood Killing Blade to a very high level and comprehend the true meaning of the Blood Killing Blade before you have a certain chance of comprehending the derivative skills."
Lin Mo immediately calmed down his excitement. Okay, there are still 500 points, right? Give them to me.
"Ding, the wheel lottery starts from one star to two stars." The same wheel was divided into five equal parts, but divided into skills, elixirs, weapons, others and nothingness, and finally stopped at the weapon. This is a soft Burmese knife.
The blade kept shaking, like a living snake.
Under the moonlight, the edge of the knife was dark red with a faint hint of blood, which was extremely terrifying.
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the two-star weapon - Blood Sword."
Lin Mo said happily: "The Blood Knife and the Blood Killing Sword Technique are quite compatible. This should be the Blood Knife that the Blood Knife Ancestor used to roam the outer frontiers. It's a pity that he gave it to Di Yun after his death.
It is a magic knife stained with countless blood, so why must I put down the knife and become a Buddha right away? Think about it, Di Yun's life is a tragedy, but it is a good thing for me to have it in my hands. "
This lottery draw allowed Lin Mo to make up for his last shortcoming. The Bodhi sword technique he practiced before was too heavy, and eight out of ten moves were defensive.
Perhaps it is because the environment of Shaolin Temple is about practicing sword skills and being compassionate, but for Lin Mo, who is just beginning to comprehend the heart of sword, it is a bit awkward.
Lin Mo's sword is unstoppable and domineering. Attack is the best defense. The Blood Killing Sword Technique is mainly based on attack, and the more serious the injury, the stronger the move will be. When attacking the opponent and causing a wound, it will attract the opponent's blood and condense a bloody sword energy.
As the enemy and my side are injured more severely, I will constantly absorb their blood and energy to increase the sharpness of each of my swords.
When paired with a weapon like the Blood Knife, its lethality will increase exponentially!
After Lin Mo renewed his rent for two months, he practiced for more than a month. At this time, his Nine Revolutions Movement had reached a small level of success, but his Blood Killing Sword Technique had reached a bottleneck.
There is still a month left before the main mission. The conflict between the Jiaoshe Gang and the Dihu Society is intensifying. The completion status of the main mission is 61/100, and there are still 39 people missing. It's time to go outside and look for opportunities to hunt.
The streets were much quieter at this time. Recently, the fighting between two gangs on the streets had become more and more blatant, and the government officials were only concerned with collecting the bodies and ignored this phenomenon that affected security. Everything was developing in a strange direction.
Lin Mo is now a warrior at the second level of marrow refining, and is considered a minor master in Jinyang City. The specific situation of the Hu family is currently unknown, but the leaders of the two gangs are at the fifth level of marrow refining, and the strongest of the remaining senior leaders is estimated to be at the second or third level of marrow refining.
Lin Mo has never forgotten the matter of the underground palace, and now is the time to find out the details.
I heard a piece of news in the inn before. It seems that the two big bosses of the Jiaoshe Gang and the Dihu Society are going to have a bloody fight on Anning Street. This Anning Street was the street close to Lin Mo Villa. Because it is close to the suburbs, it is sparsely populated.
When they arrived at Anning Street, the two groups were already fighting each other, with casualties everywhere. Lin Mo did not rush forward.
Instead, he approached the street corner and captured a gang member who was at the eighth level of body training as quickly as possible. The gang member wanted to shout at first, but when the bloody knife was placed on his neck, he became quiet.
Lin Mo's cold voice came: "I will ask you questions and you answer them."
This gang member has slowly recovered from the excitement of the previous fierce fight: "I am a small leader of the Earth Tiger Society, and I am also a big shot. I will answer whatever you say.
But if you kill me, it will cause a lot of trouble. After all, if a small leader like me dies inexplicably, it will definitely alert the people above. So just ask me and I will answer you well. I just hope you will spare my life when the time comes."
Lin Mo frowned when he heard this. It was true that those who died in the recent fight between the two gangs were all small people at the bottom, and those who were slightly higher-level were not injured. This was a bit strange, so he asked:
"What's going on with your two gangs recently? And you didn't pick a fight with the other side's small leader just now, but killed the minions below. What does that mean?"
The gang rolled their eyes and said, "I don't really know, but that's the order from above. They told us to fight each other, and those above the rank of small bosses cannot fight with those of the same level and can only kill the minions below them."
Lin Mo felt that the other party was not honest, and he swung the blood knife quickly, leaving a knife mark on each of the opponent's limbs. Blood slowly flowed out, and due to the power of the blood knife , the blood quickly evaporated into blood gas. The little leader's face turned pale with pain.
"I'll give you one more chance. Speak nicely and I'll listen."
As the blood evaporated, the blood loss rate also accelerated. The little leader said hurriedly:
"This is the reason for the opening of the underground palace. I really don't know the rest. I just heard that the blood sacrifice in Jinyang City was the reason. Before that, officials from the imperial court came to the gang leader and said that they would not care about the opening of the underground palace and would not enter the underground palace. However, the two gangs must not harm the people in the city.
Even if it is a blood sacrifice, it has to be resolved by the members of the two gangs themselves. I just heard the big boss say this by chance when I was drinking with him. Please forgive me, young man. I can get more information for you!"
After hearing this, Lin Mo understood a little: the people at the bottom of this underworld are just cannon fodder that consume each other. Even if they think they are making achievements for the gang, they are actually just tools.
I absolutely cannot become a cannon fodder. Even if I cannot change this phenomenon, I must be the one who makes the rules. Thinking of this, I became ruthless and slashed the throat of the little leader with a knife.
Later, I saw that there were about ten people fighting on both sides. All of them were above the eighth level of body refining, and there were two who were at the first level of marrow refining. They should be the big bosses among them.
Then both parties gave up the idea of continuing the fight because they were too far away to know what they were discussing.
When Lin Mo saw this, he thought to himself, since you are going to die as a sacrifice in a blood sacrifice, it is better to die in my hands and complete my system task.
So he clenched the bloody knife in his hand and slowly walked towards the two groups of people.
