A small casual cultivator!

Chapter 174 Conversation

Outside the pavilion.

Lin Xiong looked at the small rockery in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking about, his fingers gently tapping on his arm.

After a while, Lin Mou closed Murong Xue's door, walked out, then walked along a path and slowly came to his side.

After seeing him arrive, Lin Xiong said seriously: "The identity of that girl must not be told to outsiders, after all, she has yellow spiritual roots."

"Grandpa, I understand."

Lin Mou nodded slightly. He naturally knew the importance of this matter.

"What did the girl say to you?" Lin Xiong asked with a slightly strange look in his eyes.

Lin Mou's face froze slightly, and he replied hastily, "I didn't say anything, I just asked about some trivial matters."

Seeing this, Lin Xiong smiled earnestly and said, "That girl seems willing to talk to you more, so communicate with her more."

"Grandpa, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Lin Mou felt bitter in his heart, and naturally knew what Lin Xiong meant, but he knew that the two of them were like heaven and earth.

"What's wrong with that? Her sect is gone, and she has no place to live. Besides, people of her status are always being plotted against wherever they go. If she can stay in the Lin family, she will be protected. You have been running around for the family business with your father for these years, and your marriage is already arranged. Take this opportunity. Besides, I think the girl also wants to stay."

Lin Xiong said slowly.

After hesitating for a while, Lin Mou said, "But her identity is too prominent, and she has yellow spiritual roots. Can the Lin family catch her eye?"

Lin Xiong shook his head and said, "Her injuries are too severe. If she were an ordinary person, even with the help of elixirs, it would take seven or eight years for her to fully recover. Moreover, her dantian was severely damaged, and her foundation was damaged. Her achievements in the future will be similar to yours."

"Grandpa, when she was in the sect, she must have been surrounded by all kinds of geniuses. I..."

Lin Mou frowned, still feeling that something was wrong.

Yes, the identities of the two people are very different, and I don’t feel confident.

Lin Xiong patted his shoulder and said, "Everything depends on human effort. How can we know if we don't try? I will send someone to check the details. If she is really clean and willing to stay in the Lin family, we can help her recover."

Although Murong Xue is unlikely to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage now, she should have no problem reaching the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining. Lin Xiong is willing to make this bet.

Lin Mou stopped talking, but his eyes were flickering. It would be a lie to say he wasn't moved.

in the room.

Murong Xue had already stood up and was standing in front of the table, holding a half-full cup of tea in her hand. She was drinking while looking around, not knowing what she was thinking about.

After a while, she sat at the table again, staring at the pattern on the cup in her hand. She said in a deep voice: "Although my talent is a little weak, I seem to be a good person. I am no longer the Murong Xue of the past. It is not wronged for me to live here from now on."

But listening to these words, they reveal a bit of bitterness and helplessness.

"But what are you planning to do to the Lin family, senior brother? You are willing to be a guard here?" Thinking of Lu Luan, she was puzzled. After all, Lu Luan was at the tenth level of Qi Refining, and from the previous conversation, it can be known that he was planning something big.

Of course, she didn't dare to reveal Lu Luan's identity, after all, her soul was still in his hands.

Five days later.

With the help of a pill provided by the Lin family, Murong Xue's complexion has begun to improve.

Now the entire Lin family has known that Lin Mou has rescued a talented girl with superior spiritual roots from outside, and they are still secretly discussing whether she will be the future young lady.

Of course, this mortal spiritual root must be a cover, otherwise it would be too conspicuous.

Murong Xue is only a little over a year younger than Lu Luan, and is just twenty-five years old. Her talent matches her current level.

In the martial arts training ground.

Seeing that the training was over, Lin Yueyue pulled Lin Li and said, "Little brother, let's go. Dad is out today. Let's go play with Sister Xue."

"Sister, please go. I'm afraid my father will punish me."

Lin Li was a little afraid.

"going or not?"

Lin Yueyue raised her fist and looked at him threateningly.

"I'll go, I'll go." Lin Li was suddenly scared and nodded quickly.

"That's pretty much it."

Lin Yueyue proudly put away her fist, took his hand and walked outside.

When he saw Lu Luan walking out alone, he called out, "Uncle Lu, let's go together. I heard that Sister Xue is very beautiful."

Lu Luan quickly replied: "Miss, it would not be appropriate for me to go."

"It's okay, let's go together. You can keep me company."

Lin Li also said.

"I wonder if her condition is stable now?"

Thinking of this, Lu Luan nodded and said, "Then let's listen to the young lady and the young master."

After saying that, he followed the two of them.

After passing through a corridor, we arrived at a small courtyard with classical decoration, a small pond, and several potted green willows, which was elegant.

This is the room that the Lin Mansion specially cleared out for Murong Xue. It is quiet.

At this time, Murong Xue, dressed in white, was sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard, eating snacks and looking at the leaves falling in front of the courtyard. It was unknown what she was thinking about, with a thousand thoughts in her eyes, but there were two maids waiting carefully around her.

"Ok?"

As if she sensed something strange, she turned her head and saw two little heads secretly looking at her at the door, and surprise appeared in her eyes.

Lu Luan looked speechlessly at the two girls and the boy standing by the door.

Seeing that she was discovered, Lin Yueyue stuck out her tongue awkwardly, no longer hiding, and walked out, followed closely by Lin Li.

"You are?"

Murong Xue opened her beautiful eyes and looked at the two people curiously.

Lin Yueyue trotted over to her and said with a smile, "You must be Sister Xue, you are really beautiful. My name is Lin Yueyue, and I came to play with you."

She just looks very familiar, smiling and shameless.

"Sister Xue."

Lin Li also greeted them. Compared to Lin Yueyue, he seemed much more restrained.

Her little face turned red and she looked very embarrassed.

"Miss Yueyue, Master Linli, please take a seat."

Murong Xue naturally knew who the person in front of her was, so she said.

Lin Yueyue sat down beside her, not feeling strange at all, and said with a smile on her face: "Sister Xue, you can just call me Xiaoyue or Yueyue."

"Sister Xue, please call me little brother."

Wen Li said that he was used to being called that by Lin Yueyue, and other names sounded uncomfortable to him.

"It seems that the Lin family has given her some elixir."

After Lu Luan came in, he saw that her breathing had almost stabilized, so he nodded silently.

Murong Xue naturally saw him as well, but they just looked at each other with a hint of anger in their eyes, and then turned their heads away.

That’s right, who wouldn’t feel resentful if this happened?

Lu Luan smiled bitterly, but it seemed that the Lin family was accepting her, so she felt relieved.

"Sister Xue, how is your injury? Are you okay?"

……

"Sister Xue, your skin is so good."

Lin Yueyue was a chatterbox. She held Murong Xue's hand and started chattering non-stop.

Murong Xue also felt bored, so the two of them had a very pleasant conversation for a while.

As for Lin Li, he sat opposite and interjected from time to time.

Time passed gradually.

In a pavilion, Lin Du came back hurriedly from outside with a gloomy look on his face.

When the woman next to him saw this, she came over and asked in confusion: "Brother Du, what's wrong?"

Lin Du sat at the table, drank a cup of tea, and replied in a cold voice: "It's still the woman that Lin Mou rescued from outside."

"I've seen that girl before. Isn't she pretty?"

The woman looked at him in confusion.

Lin Du smiled coldly and said, "The old man and Lin Lie are hiding something from me. When I was checking the accounts today, I found that a sum of spiritual stones in the clan was missing. Although it was done perfectly, I still found out. When I checked, I found that Lin Lie used it to buy elixirs for that unknown woman."

"Does the old man know?"

The woman asked.

"I just went to report to him, and he said I don't need to worry about it, and he will make other arrangements."

Thinking of this, Lin Du's face became even gloomier. Hiding it from him was a very dangerous signal, as it concerned the position of the head of the family. This was enough to make him unable to sleep or eat.

"Since the old man has said so, you don't have to worry about it, so as not to make him angry." said the woman.

"Humph! Don't care? If you don't care anymore, the position of Patriarch will be Lin Lie's."

After Lin Du crushed the cup in his hand, he waved his sleeves, walked to the railing, and stopped talking. He just had a gloomy face, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

……

In the small courtyard.

"Sister Xue, since you have nowhere to go, why don't you... stay here? My father said it's too dangerous outside, especially since you are so beautiful." Lin Yueyue said expectantly.

After talking for a while, the two of them had become completely familiar with each other.

"Yes, Sister Xue."

Literature and science are also the way.

"This……"

Murong Xue was suddenly speechless.

"Sister Xue, I don't even have anyone to talk to in the mansion. Sister Yiyi often practices in seclusion, and I'm still a little kid, so you should stay here."

Lin Yueyue said coquettishly.

Lin Li was speechless after hearing this. Who is the little brat?

Seeing her like this, Murong Xue reached out and tapped her head, and couldn't help but smiled and said, "If I stay here, you can come and talk to me every day, how about that?"

"Okay, it's a deal, pinky promise."

Lin Yueyue was overjoyed and then raised her little finger.

Seeing this cute look, Murong Xue also smiled and stretched out her little finger.

Seeing that she agreed, Lin Yueyue said again: "Sister Xue, I have saved more than ten spirit stones. I will take you out for a delicious meal tomorrow."

She is quite active.

"Sister Xue, your hair is so beautifully done..."

Then the two started chatting again.

It was not until noon when Murong Xue needed to heal her wounds that she reluctantly left.

Lu Luan walked alone in the corridor and returned to his residence to prepare for practice.

"Ok?"

But after a while, he saw Lin Mou leaning on the railing, thinking about something while looking at the fish playing with each other in the pond.

When Lu Luan walked by, he bowed politely: "Greetings, sir."

Lin Mou looked at him and nodded slightly.

Lu Luan continued to move forward.

"Guard Lu, I want to ask you something."

However, he had only taken a few steps when Lin Mou called him.

Lu Luan stopped, turned around, bowed and asked, "What do you want to ask, sir?"

After thinking for a while, Lin Mou shook his head and said, "Hey, it's okay, you can go."

Lu Luan frowned, but did not leave. Instead, he asked tentatively, "Sir, do you want to ask how to please Miss Murong?"

After all, who in the mansion can't understand what Lin Mou did, unless he is blind?

Lin Mou nodded silently: "You are a casual cultivator, so you should have some tricks in this regard."

After hearing this, Lu Luan smiled bitterly in his heart. He didn't have any magic tricks. He still remembered that the first thing he gave Lin Xi was a wooden formation plate.

But after thinking for a while, he replied: "Ms. Murong is not an ordinary person. I think we should not look at her with ordinary eyes."

"What does Guard Lu mean?"

Lu Luan slowly said four words: "Treat each other with sincerity."

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The author's words:

(In fact, I also repeatedly considered this plot when writing it. After all, it is too cruel. But I thought about it, there are too many things in the world of cultivation that are beyond one's control and cannot be avoided. If the protagonist experiences all of these, it would seem that the protagonist is too unlucky. Only by letting other people experience the same thing can it be more realistic.

At the same time, I also wanted to create a character who was hard to let go in the book. Moreover, for Murong Xue, although it was a helpless arrangement, it was the only way to survive. After all, her injuries were too severe and she would die if she didn't do this. Those big forces did not lack a seriously injured person with a damaged foundation. If she went there, she would die because of the things in her head.

As for the protagonist, it is not revenge for the past, and it is indeed very selfish, but there is no way, everyone may overlook how powerful the God-Slaying Art is. After all, look at how many people in the Zhengyang Sect have the art of refining the gods? Even a normal person will go crazy when facing this kind of magic. If you want to get it, you have to take some extraordinary measures.

It feels too hypocritical to say that letting Murong Xue marry Lin Mou is the best of both worlds. I just want to show that everyone has their own limitations. After all, if you are in the arena, you have to go with the flow and have no control over your fate, including the protagonist.)