klisemfg Chapter 166 Entering the Lin Mansion
Chapter 166 Entering the Lin Mansion
At this time, the middle-aged man's face was pale, and he even couldn't move his legs.
"Uncle Chen, you..."
The boy also asked anxiously.
"puff!"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the guard opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, then sat down on the ground weakly.
The people around looked puzzled.
Seeing that it was almost time, Lu Luan moved his fingers and the breath flew out of the middle-aged man's body, circled around his fingertips, and then entered his internal organs.
This is the Six Evil Diseases Technique, and it is the first time he has used it on a human. Although the power is not very strong for him now, it is still easy to deal with a person at the seventh level of Qi Refining.
The middle-aged man finally calmed down a bit and said weakly, "I don't know why the old injury I suffered suddenly broke out. But it's nothing serious. Take a pill and recuperate for a few days and it will be fine."
"Sister, let's go back today."
The boy said with a frown.
"Ah."
The girl nodded, and then the three of them returned.
"One person is missing. Next we'll have to see if the Lin Mansion will recruit guards from outside."
Looking at the three figures, Lu Luan murmured in his heart.
That's right, he planned to sneak in as a guard first, and then think of other ways to obtain the first part of the God-Slaying Technique.
After all, recruiting outsiders means that the family is short of manpower. Indeed, the Lin family seems to be declining.
Being a guard is a humble job, but if you can't even stand this, then what's the point of cultivating immortality? Hurry up and find a mortal town to give birth to a child.
……
Just like that, three days later.
Lu Luan followed the old man in a long robe into a building.
As soon as I walked in, I saw that many forces were recruiting people, and there were also many independent cultivators looking around.
Lu Luan took a casual look and shook his head. The treatment was worrying. Only some independent cultivators with low requirements would be willing to go.
Indeed, if the treatment was good, there would be no need to come to this place.
"Daoyou, are you looking for a job?"
When some people saw Lu Luan, their eyes lit up and they came over to ask.
After all, he looks very young and has reached the peak of the seventh level of Qi Refining.
Very popular.
However, the highest offer was only fifteen spirit stones per month.
Lu Luan's current cultivation level is at the peak of the seventh level of Qi Refining.
Seeing the old man go up to the second floor, he also went up.
There are fewer people on the second floor.
The old man found a seat and took out a wooden sign with many words written on it. The general meaning was that the Lin family was recruiting guards and the remuneration would be discussed in detail.
When Lu Luan saw him take it out, he walked over.
The old man saw that he was looking at the contents on the wooden board, so he asked, "Are you interested, little brother? The reward from the Lin family is quite good."
Lu Luan thought for a moment and asked, "How much will I be paid for my cultivation?"
The old man looked at him carefully and said, "You can give him 17 low-level spirit stones a month. Of course, if you perform well and contribute to the Lin family, you will be rewarded. A guard was rewarded with 100 spirit stones a month ago."
Lu Luan's eyes were moved, and then he asked: "Can't it be higher?"
The old man shook his head and smiled bitterly, "This is what the Lin family asked for. If it were higher, you would say I am enriching their own pockets. But I see that you are about to break through, so I will increase your salary then."
Lu Luan asked again: "The Lin Mansion is in the medicine business. Will it be cheaper if I buy medicine in the mansion?"
"It will be 20% cheaper than outside. How about that?"
After Lu Luan hesitated for a moment, he said, "It looks good."
So he nodded: "Okay, I'll try it."
"By the way, little brother, do you have any hidden injuries or anything like that?"
The old man suddenly asked.
Lu Luan shook his head and smiled, "Not really. Although I have experienced some hardships in my cultivation, I have gotten through them safely without any danger."
"That's good."
The old man nodded slightly, then said: "Then come with me to the Lin Mansion, I will arrange a job for you. The Lin Mansion has recently expanded its business scope and is short of manpower, otherwise it would not have come out to recruit guards..."
Then the two of them walked towards the Lin Mansion while talking.
"Haha, I didn't expect it to be so smooth. Let's go and take a look first."
Lu Luan said in his heart.
Just think of it as killing time while waiting for the cave to open.
Although it went surprisingly smoothly, opportunities come to those who are prepared. Lu Luan worked very hard for this position.
Soon, the two arrived outside the Lin Mansion.
When the two guards saw the old man, they immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Steward Lin Yun."
Lin Yun pointed at Lu Luan and introduced him to them: "This is the new guard Lu."
The two guards nodded to him.
Lu Luan nodded in response.
Then the two of them walked in.
Although the Lin Mansion is only a third-rate force in Haoyun City, the layout of the mansion is elegant and beautiful. The idle garden, lotus lake, rockery and strange willows are well-arranged, and everything around is in order. It looks very quiet even when people are walking around.
After entering, when passing a few corners of the building, I saw a girl in red sitting on the fence, eating snacks and teasing the small fish in the lake below, having a lot of fun.
Seeing Lin Yun and Lu Luan passing by, he looked over, glanced at Lu Luan, and asked Lin Yun: "Grandpa Yun, who is this uncle?"
Lin Yun smiled and said, "This is the newly recruited Guard Lu."
Then he introduced her to Lu Luan, "Guard Lu, this is Lin Yueyue, the daughter of the eldest young master of the Lin family."
Lu Luan bowed and said, "Hello, Miss Yueyue."
Lin Yueyue didn't say anything. When she saw him looking at her, she made a face at him and then raised her little head to look at the fish.
After the two continued to walk away, Lin Yun smiled and said, "The Lin family has very strict family education, so most of the young masters and young ladies are quite approachable. As long as you don't make mistakes, they generally won't make things difficult for you."
Lu Luan nodded. He could see that the younger generation here was indeed good.
Next, Lu Luan followed Lin Yun through a procedure in the mansion and was taken to a relatively simple building.
Lin Yun pointed to one of the rooms and said, "Guard Lu, you will live in this room from now on." He then said, "You will patrol at night, and you can practice normally during the day. There are also restrictions in the mansion, and you are not allowed to walk around casually. Everything else has been..."
After Lin Yun finished his instructions and left, Lu Luan opened the door and entered the room.
The interior is extremely simple, but a cultivator doesn't need any furniture, just a storage bag will do.
After closing the door, Lu Luan sat at the table and looked at the badge in his hand. There was only one word on it - Lin.
Then he moved his hand, and the corpse's waist badge appeared on his palm. Lu Luan compared it for a while, his brows began to rise, and he said with some joy in his heart: "Although they are not exactly the same, there are many similarities. It seems that this is the Lin family."
After the comparison, he put away the token, took the teacup, took out a jar of wine from the storage bag, poured himself a glass and began to sip it with a smile on his face, as if the god-slaying technique was already his.
After drinking a few cups, he took out his waist badge and thought: "I just came to the Lin Mansion and I don't have trust yet. Now I can only go in and out of some ordinary places. I have to find a way to climb up. Then I can do more things."
Strength is opportunity. If he wants to gain the other party's trust, he still has the confidence that he can just use some tricks.
"Ok?"
Just as he was deep in thought, he suddenly sensed something: someone was walking outside.
"Boom...boom..."
Then there was a knock on the door.
Lu Luan put away his badge and walked over.
When he opened the door, he saw a middle-aged man whose cultivation level was slightly lower than his current level.
Lu Luan asked in confusion: "Daoyou, what's the important matter?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Daoyou, my name is Zhu Shan. Like you, I am not a member of the Lin family. I just saw Butler Lin Yun bringing you here, so I wanted to get to know you. I haven't asked for your name yet."
Lu Luan smiled, not caring about the other party's cultivation level, and stretched out his hand and said, "My name is Lu Luan, Brother Zhu, please come in."
After all, I will be staying in the Lin Mansion later, so it is necessary to make some friends to talk to.
After arriving at the table, Lu Luan took a cup from the side, poured him a glass of wine, and then sat opposite him.
Zhu Shan's eyes lit up immediately after he smelled the wine. He took the cup and drank it all. Then he wiped his lips and said, "Good wine!"
This is indeed good wine, five spirit stones for a small jar.
After Lu Luan poured him another cup, he asked, "Brother Zhu, how many people with different surnames like us are there in the Lin Mansion?"
Zhu Shan said, "Not many, there are only seven of us including you and me."
Lu Luan added: "I'm afraid we all do rough work."
Zhu Shan nodded: "Indeed, basically, you can only walk around the outer perimeter of the Lin Mansion. Once, a reckless and ignorant person ran inside, but was discovered by the Lin family, slapped and expelled."
"It seems that the Lin family only values people within the family. But that's normal. We are outsiders after all." Lu Luan said with a smile.
Zhu Shan shook his head and said, "Not entirely. There are also a few young men in the Lin Mansion who are favored by some young ladies. Now they have married into the Lin family and have children, and are also respected."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Lu Luan and said with a strange look in his eyes: "I see that you are quite handsome, and your cultivation is not bad. If you perform well, you are likely to be noticed by some young ladies there, and then you can marry into the Lin family and have a bright future."
Lu Luan: ...
After shaking his head, he said, "Brother Zhu, you are joking. I am just a poor boy. Come, have a drink."
The two of them then toasted each other and soon became familiar with each other.
After drinking, Lu Luan asked softly, "Brother Zhu, I heard that the Lin family used to be a second-rate force. Is this true?"
Zhu Shan nodded and whispered, "Indeed, he is quite strong. I heard some of the young masters and young ladies talking about it. They said that seventy years ago, the Lin family actually had two masters in the foundation-building stage. One of them is missing, and the other has passed away."
These are not secrets, family histories, they are easy to know.
"Whereabouts unknown."
Lu Luan's eyes began to change, and he thought: "Could it be that the missing person is the corpse in the mountain? Something must have happened back then, haha, this just happens to match."
After a few more drinks, Zhu Shan had a hint of drunkenness in his eyes, so he said, "Brother Lu, you have to go on the inspection tonight, so let's drink here. I live next door to you, and I'll gather a few friends from different families to drink together when I have time."
"Brother Zhu, you..."
After Lu Luan exchanged a few polite words with him, he sent him out.
Then he returned to the table, the smile on Lu Luan's face began to fade, his eyes became fixed, and he said silently: "It seems that this is it."
He is now certain that it is this Lin family, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence?
At the same time, he increasingly felt that this was an opportunity that belonged to him.
The God-Slaying Technique, this terrifying secret technique that can destroy the original soul, makes people excited just thinking about it.
Thinking about how he got it, Lu Luan shook his head and chuckled, "It seems that it is good to do some good things when necessary."
If he hadn't saved Sun Yi that day, how would he have had this opportunity?
But this is just talk, he will not try to be a good guy within his ability.
Next, he put his thoughts aside and thought: "If the remaining half of the God-Slaying Technique is really in the Lin Mansion, it will not be obtained in a short time. I should use this time to comprehend the Heavy Sword Technique."
Although the heavy sword technique is very difficult to understand, it is extremely lethal in close combat. It is his strongest skill and he must master it completely even if it means buying treasures to improve his comprehension.
This is a secret technique that is close to the middle yellow level magical power. He has only grasped the basics now, but he has already gained such a big advantage among his peers, which is enough to show how strong he is.
Of course, he has a more powerful skill, which is a treasure called the Erosion Insect Puppet Technique, but this magical power is just a thing that burns spirit stones and requires a huge amount of resources to build. He really has no ability to practice it.
He can barely support himself now, and he can't even spare the resources to practice the Six Evil Diseases Technique.
After all, it’s still the lack of spirit stones.
Next, he sat cross-legged and waited quietly, wanting to get familiar with the Lin Mansion first.
Just like that, night fell.
Lu Luan opened his eyes, calculated the time and it was almost time, so he put on the armor distributed by the Lin Mansion and walked out.
Soon, he came to a courtyard.
This was the gathering place. He arrived a little early and no one else had arrived yet.
After a while, people finally arrived.
Including him, there were five of them in total. The other four were from the Lin family's main family, and they should be from the side branch. Lu Luan took a look and saw that they were all at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and he was the highest.
When those people saw that Lu Luan was new, two of them took the initiative to come forward and get to know him, while the other two had some contempt in their eyes and didn't say much.
After waiting for a while, a man in loose armor came.
This is the captain of their team.
When the man saw Lu Luan, he nodded and said, "Brother Lu, my name is Lin Ling. Welcome to join the Lin family. Lin Yun has already greeted me. From now on, you will follow me to patrol the mansion every night."
Lin Shan was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and he could see Lu Luan's level of cultivation. He did not look down on him, and there was no malice in his voice.
After all, there is no grudge between us. As long as we do our work honestly, we are unlikely to bully others for no reason when we meet.