Chapter 482: Follow the clues, real and fake Linshan
Lin Shan's idea was to stay put and not to alarm the enemy yet.
He wanted to see who it was that needed these villagers to bake Black Lotus Buddha statues in large quantities.
He likes to observe quietly and follow along to see if he can find clues by following the clues.
Especially the word "messenger" was particularly sensitive to him, and he couldn't help but wonder if it was
Late at night.
Almost all the people in the village turned off their lights, and the place below fell into darkness and silence.
Only occasionally can you see from the sky a few sporadic firelights flowing out of the gaps.
Outside the village, a man in black walked over.
He was wrapped in tight-fitting night clothes and had a hood and mask on his head, which seemed a bit shady.
Taoyuan Village didn't look like it was my first time here, so I turned into an alley on a familiar road and entered a greenhouse.
This group of villagers are still concentrating on firing the Buddha statues, and some of the polishers and boxers are handling them with care, trying not to make any noise.
The man in black just watched quietly.
It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that someone discovered him accidentally.
"Ah, my lord the messenger! You came and you didn't say a word."
The man in black smiled under the scarf:
"I see you are busy, so I won't disturb you. I'll just watch you for a while. It won't be in the way."
The supervisor quickly moved a bench and asked the man in black to sit down.
However, the man in black saw that this bench was very dirty. Not only was it covered with mud, but there were even shoe marks on it. It was obviously used for daily work, so he couldn't help but hesitate.
The supervisor also noticed this and looked slightly embarrassed. He quickly took the rag from the side and wiped it vigorously.
The shoe prints and mud are gone, but the rag doesn't look very clean and is still dripping with black water
"Ahem!"
The man in black did not sit down, but directly changed the subject.
"How are you completing this month's tasks?"
Hearing this, the villagers in the shed unconsciously slowed down their movements, held their breath and listened intently.
The supervisor brought over a yellowed papyrus book, which recorded the daily firing quantity.
He put his finger on the tip of his tongue, turned it directly to the middle, squinted at the light and read.
"There are more than two thousand pieces in total. They are shaped and polished, almost two thousand!"
"Two thousand? Not enough!"
Although the man in black was easy to talk to just now, when he talked about this matter now, he immediately became serious.
"There are three workshops in the village, each costing 2,000 yuan. If the three workshops are added together, they will not exceed 7,000 yuan. It is so far behind the target of 10,000 yuan. What do you do for food!"
The supervisor shivered in fear and knelt on the ground.
"Sir, we have to farm during the day, so we can only come back and work overtime at night to do this. We really don't have enough time, and we have to keep it secret to prevent outsiders from noticing. Even my own mother-in-law has to hide it, so..."
"I don't want to hear this, and I won't listen to your explanation from above!"
The man in black sounded unkind and snorted coldly.
"If the quota is not met this month, half of the salary will be deducted. This is also the rule agreed in advance!"
The supervisor was so ashamed that all the villagers in the shed felt a little cold and their hands were weak.
Seeing this, the man in black's eyes trembled slightly under the turban, and his words changed and he unknowingly softened.
"This envoy also knows your difficulties, so I won't push you too much. But your efficiency this month is too poor, so you must reflect on it!"
"As for the wages, I will go back and plead with the superiors. I will make my own decision now, and I will not deduct your wages for the time being."
"This will never happen again!"
When the supervisors and villagers heard this, they were overjoyed and kowtowed to the ground in thanksgiving.
The man in black played with his hands and gave them a sweet date. Then he took out several cloth bags and collected baskets of black lotus Buddha statues.
The villagers carried it in with care and care. They seemed to have seen storage bags many times, so they were not surprised.
Lin Shan and Chicken Brother in the sky observed the whole process.
I have to say that this man in black is quite easy to talk to. He has no use in dealing with ordinary people. If the work quota is not enough, he only deducts wages to scare him. He has no bad habit of killing people at every turn, and he doesn't even hit people.
After all the storage bags were filled, he encouraged the villagers a little, paid the money readily, and left for the next workshop.
The situation in the other two workshops was similar. After being beaten with carrots and sticks, a bunch of storage bags were filled to the brim.
When he came out of Taoyuan Village, his body had obviously changed from tight to loose, and even bloated into a big fat man.
There's nothing I can do about it. There are so many bulging storage bags hanging on my body, which makes me look fat. Storage magic weapons are not something he can possess.
After all, he is just a little shrimp in the Qi training period.
On the sheep intestine path.
This person is wearing the stars and the moon, walking in the dark.
The cloud in the sky followed him leisurely, but the man was completely unaware.
There are high mountains and ridges in southwestern Guizhou, and it is not easy for this person to climb over them. There are many ancient roads where he can't even put a foot down, and there are cliffs thousands of feet high beside him. If he falls down, he will be shattered to pieces.
Some places were piled with dead branches and leaves. Every step slipped. He broke off a strong branch and used it as a trekking pole, leaning on it carefully while walking.
When we reached the dangerous path down the mountain, we leaned sideways to grab the crooked neck tree and squatted down with our buttocks to move it down.
There was a winding and steep rock wall, so he hung his storage bag from his front to his back and climbed up with gritted teeth.
Even Lin Shan and Chicken Brother in the sky couldn't help but marvel at this man's courage and perseverance.
It would be extremely dangerous for them to climb during their Qi training period, and they wouldn't be able to fly with a weapon.
If you fall off such a high cliff, your flesh and blood will definitely be bruised.
But the good thing is that the terrain here is steep and the concentration of spiritual energy is not high, so there are no particularly powerful monsters. Most of them are mortal beasts, so there are humans living in it.
Morning, the sky is bright.
This man climbed to the top of a mountain, facing the morning glow, and couldn't help but burst out with pride.
"Woo----"
"One day, I will become a true messenger, with the ability to fly into the sky and escape from the earth!" "All the downturns now are just temporary, and one day in the future, I will skyrocket!"
"I will go to Qingyun next year, but I will laugh at the busyness of raising children in this world!"
"There will be times when strong winds and waves break, and you can hang your sails directly across the sea."
The sea of clouds below is billowing, and the morning sun is spreading its rays of rays. This kid is no longer in a hurry, and is determined here!
Lin Shan and Brother Ji just waited, not impatiently, but as bystanders, watching the little people express their joy, anger, sorrow and joy.
The world is bustling with people, and everyone has a different way of living. Even small people have aspirations to reach the sky, but it's a pity that they can't get there unless they are lucky.
Of course, in their eyes, this boy's desire to become the messenger of the Demon Sect's Black Lotus was still a bit naive.
Lin Shan had long been an emissary of the Demon Cult, but now he was the leader. He was no longer a part-time worker and was equivalent to starting his own business.
Brother Ji did not go through the training at the bottom, so he started directly as the rich second generation of the Peacock family, and attracted angel investment from the Skeleton Crocodile Demon King. The business was going smoothly, but he had not yet started to find a place to implement it.
Although this kid looks ridiculous, at his age, he can be considered ambitious.
The man in black shouted and felt that the pain along the way was relieved. He stood up straighter, tied the storage bag to his body and continued moving forward.
Next, he passed several villages one after another, which were also inaccessible and isolated places deep in the mountains and forests.
Mortal money means little to him, not to mention that these rural people have not seen much of the world, so it is easy to tempt them to work.
Three days later, carrying dozens of storage bags, he finally walked out of southwestern Guizhou and arrived at the land of the Southern Barbarians.
The mountains and rivers here are barren and poisonous, and the barbarians are organized into tribes.
Usually everyone respects the Dali Kingdom and obeys the orders of the Barbarian King, but in fact there are endless internal strife and constant fights between various caves.
Along the way, Lin Shan and Brother Ji followed him, still following him closely.
He also witnessed many armed fights between barbarian tribes along the way, but he ignored them and kept walking straight into the depths.
Finally, deep in a green water pool cave where no one had noticed, this kid got into the mountain through a gap.
Lin Shan and Brother Ji looked at each other, put away the Falling Cloud Flag and jumped down from the sky, then took out the magic golden lock to cover their figures, and also got in through the crack in the mountain.
On the other side, a group of men in black riding clouded leopards were laughing and talking while walking back slowly.
"Hahahaha, those people in the barbarian village are really easy to fool. They are so awe-inspiring to us after just a little brainwashing. I'm afraid they will be able to establish our faith in less than half a month!"
"Thankfully, it's Manzhai. If it were Mandong, I don't know how hard it would be to communicate!"
"The barbarians in Mandong are rough and reckless. They don't know a word of Chinese characters. They only believe in the ancient gods of each tribe. It is difficult for them to change their beliefs. The people in Manzhai are relatively gentle. They have started animal husbandry. They claim that the Miao people are good at controlling, but they are still late. Hello! ”
"We still have to be careful. It's best not to be discovered, otherwise we will cause big trouble and it will be difficult for the church to end it."
"Didn't it almost leak out last time? We had to slaughter an entire tribe of barbarians. We can only blame them for their bad luck and seeing things they shouldn't have seen."
The barbarians in the tribe are led by the cave master, and they still call themselves barbarians.
The barbarians in the barbarian village are controlled by clans and call themselves the Miao people in the Miao village.
These two different ways of survival and living habits are mainstream in Dali Country.
The Black Lotus Sect did not dare to preach in the Zhengdao territory of the Song Dynasty, so they went to the newly born Dali Kingdom and specially selected desolate and remote Miao villages to preach.
Each barbarian tribe has its own beast god that they believe in, so they can only go to Miao villages to spread their influence in places where such beliefs are not strong.
Of course, many times, preaching does not go as smoothly as imagined. Only by persisting in indoctrination day and night can these people be willing to believe in the Black Lotus Buddha.
What this group of believers didn't know was that behind them, there was also a wave of people quietly following them.
The leaders of this group of people were a young man and an old man, followed by a dozen younger brothers.
"We have been searching for so long and finally found clues about the Black Lotus Sect. This time we can just follow the clues and wipe out the evil cult!"
"Yeah, I really didn't expect that these remnants could survive. It turned out that they went to the Southern Barbarians to grow up and hid deep enough. It's a pity that they are destined to not escape this time. It is our duty as righteous monks to kill evil and rebellious people. Responsibility!”
"The South China Sea sect Lin Yuzhai is really useless. His own sphere of influence has been infiltrated by a cult, and he doesn't even know it. They should go back to the South China Sea. How can they get involved in the inland with such control ability? Even Dali Kingdom can't understand it."
"Not necessarily. Don't underestimate Lin Yuzhai. Maybe they, like us, have been observing and paying attention to the cult."
"Then tell me, in addition to our Zixiao Sect, Qianyun Pavilion and Yushou Valley, will they also send people to investigate?"
This group of disciples chatted with each other and closely followed the team returning from preaching in front.
There is a layer of curtain covering their bodies, which seems to be a hidden magic weapon that can effectively prevent others from being noticed during tracking.
The two leading men ignored the following exchange. They were not that reckless.
"We'll go in soon. We'll act according to the situation. We'll first find out the strength of this Black Lotus den and don't act rashly."
"Well, I know, but how can we test out the actual strength inside without alerting them?"
The leading old man asked the leading young man. It seemed that the entire team was headed by this young man. He was at the golden elixir stage at a young age and could not escape as an absolute true disciple.
This young man's brows are sharp and strong, with both the grace of the wind and the sharpness of thunder. His whole body seems hard but not hard, a combination of hardness and softness, which has a mysterious meaning.
He told the old man next to him that he had already thought of a countermeasure.
"Elder Xiao, the sect's front line is in critical condition right now, and we really can't spare much energy to manage the Black Lotus Sect. Therefore, if we just want to wipe out the remnants, we cannot act recklessly."
"I plan to get into it first and try to master all the current internal information of the Black Lotus. After I truly understand their current situation, I will formulate detailed policies and have a final decision!"
"You need to know that if you cut the grass without removing the root, it will grow again when the spring breeze blows."
"We are taking a strong action this time. Even if we destroy this Black Lotus den, what will we do if the other dens find something is wrong and all hide and lie dormant? So we either don't do it or we do it!"
Elder Xiao very much agreed with the young man's idea. He was only an outer elder, and the man in front of him was a true disciple with spiritual roots such as Fenglei Shuangyi, so he was naturally the leader on this trip.
"Whatever you plan to do, I will definitely cooperate with you fully, and my disciples will also listen to your orders."
The young people behind him nodded like chickens pecking at rice. They had long wanted to establish friendship with this mainline true genius, so they were determined to leave a good impression in front of others during this trip.
The leading young man raised his lips, his eyes full of wisdom, and spoke his plan confidently.
"If we want to infiltrate the Black Lotus, we must first gain their trust!"
"Trust cannot be cultivated overnight, and we can't wait that long, so we can only rely on family background to bring us closer."
"As the saying goes, when you go out, your identity depends entirely on yourself!"
"When I was in the Zixiao Sect, I once heard my senior brother Lin Fan say after drinking that he seemed to have a clan brother, Lin Shan, with twin spiritual roots of wind and thunder, who had been a demon messenger of the Black Lotus Sect fifty years ago! ”
"Now that fifty years have passed, it should be reasonable and reasonable for this demon sect messenger to change his identity, break through to the golden elixir stage, and come back to compete for the position of the demon sect's protector!"
After saying that, a confident smile appeared on his face, and he exuded a pure aura of wind and thunder.
(End of chapter)