Volume 2: The Demonic World Chapter 436 Luo Changliu
"Is Master Uncle Min Pu here? My nephew Luo Changliu is here to borrow martial arts books. I hope Master Uncle will agree."
A young man with ordinary appearance and wearing the attire of a core disciple came to the Wujing Building and made a request.
Wujing Building is where most of the Yunlong Sect's martial arts are stored, so disciples often come to borrow them.
Outer and inner disciples need to show borrowing tokens and have a borrowing time limit, while core disciples can borrow and copy at will.
Hearing this, Lin Qianxing stopped practicing and walked to the entrance of the Wujing Building. He said to the core disciple, "I am the new disciple who came to the Wujing Building to look after the scriptures. Elder Min Pu is taking a nap in his room. Brother, if you want to find any martial arts, just tell me directly."
"Oh, I want to find two books on external martial arts that can strengthen the body." Luo Changliu said.
Hearing this, Lin Qianxing did not look through the catalog, but asked directly: "Brother, do you have any detailed requirements?"
"It would be best if the whole body could be tempered, so that getting started would be easier, resource consumption would be less, and the cost would be lower..." Luo Changliu said eloquently.
Hearing the voice, Lin Qianxing walked towards one of the desks, selected a martial arts book from it, and then took out two martial arts books from another desk and handed them to Luo Changliu together.
"The only things that can satisfy Brother's requirements are these three volumes of external martial arts. Among them, the one called 'Turtle Shell Kung Fu' is the most suitable. The price of practicing it is just that your movements will be a little slower." Lin Qianxing said to Luo Changliu.
Hearing this, Luo Changliu quickly flipped through the three martial arts books, then looked at Lin Qianxing in surprise and said, "Junior brother, how long have you been here? How come you know all the martial arts in this Wujing Building so well?"
"It's been half a month." Lin Qianxing said.
"You can achieve this in just half a month?" Luo Changliu was even more surprised when he heard it.
"I was just born lucky and have some talent. I can remember everything I see." Lin Qianxing said modestly.
"Junior brother, you are really born to come to this Wujing Building." Luo Changliu said with emotion.
"Brother, you are too polite. I wonder if you plan to copy it or just borrow it? If you want to borrow it, please leave a receipt and return it within seven days after borrowing. If you exceed the time limit, you will need to pay an additional one or two taels of silver per day..." Lin Qianxing said.
"Let me copy it once. It's not a lot of words anyway." Luo Changliu said.
"I'll go prepare paper and pen for you." Lin Qianxing nodded.
Immediately, he turned around to get paper and pen and handed them to Luo Changliu.
Luo Changliu took paper and pen and began to copy books.
While copying, he also chatted with Lin Qianxing.
"Speaking of which, I was also forced to do so. As an internal martial artist, I would never think of practicing external martial arts if hadn't been forced to do so." Luo Changliu said helplessly, "A strange beast has recently appeared in Zhanghe County. It is stronger than nine bulls and is not afraid of internal energy. The sect plans to send a core disciple to deal with this matter.
I wasn't supposed to be sent there, but I was in seclusion for cultivation before, so I missed a month of contribution tasks, so this matter was assigned to me. I really have no words to express my suffering. I have to solve this matter within ten days. Now I can only see if I can temporarily learn some martial arts, which will give me more confidence..."
When Lin Qianxing heard the word "strange beast", he instantly became interested.
"I wonder what level of cultivation you have, senior brother?" Lin Qianxing asked.
“It can barely be considered the early stage of Condensation.” Luo Changliu said.
Lin Qianxing automatically calculated in his mind, which was the initial stage of the Grandmaster cultivation of an external martial artist.
"Are you still not sure?" Lin Qianxing asked.
"Strange beasts don't follow common sense, and having a high level of cultivation doesn't necessarily mean it will be useful. What's more, the information I received is that the strange beast has a great resistance to internal energy. I'm afraid that my methods will be ineffective against it at that time." Luo Changliu said.
"Brother, since you are not sure, why not call your friends to join you?" Lin Qianxing asked again.
Upon hearing this, Luo Changliu just smiled and said nothing more.
That smile was filled with some special emotions, as if it was lamenting Lin Qianxing's innocence?
Lin Qianxing thought that this was probably related to interests. After all, even if they were fellow disciples from the same sect, they would not help you for free.
Or maybe Luo Changliu’s popularity is not good?
No matter which one it is, it proves that Luo Changliu’s current situation is somewhat embarrassing.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have decided to carry out a sect mission that he was not sure of.
"Junior brother, I have some strength in training outside. If you don't mind, maybe I can help?" Lin Qianxing said.
Hearing this, Luo Changliu paused and asked carefully, "I wonder what your cultivation level is?"
"He has barely reached the mid-level Grandmaster level." Lin Qianxing said.
To be honest, he should be considered a grandmaster.
But he couldn't say it so exaggeratedly.
After all, the Grand Master is already at the level of a supreme elder in the Yunlong Sect.
"Junior brother, you have such a high level of cultivation?" Luo Changliu was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Junior brother, you have such a high level of cultivation, but you are working in the Wujing Building?"
"I joined the sect with my skills." Lin Qianxing explained.
Luo Changliu suddenly realized.
It turns out that he was not cultivated by the sect since childhood.
The treatment of such disciples in the sect is definitely not as good as that of the disciples who have been trained by the sect since childhood.
In this way, he understood why Lin Qianxing was arranged here.
"We've been chatting for such a long time, but I still don't know your name. May I ask your full name?" Luo Changliu asked.
"Brother, just call me Lin Qianxing." Lin Qianxing said.
"It turns out to be Junior Brother Lin. The reward for this contribution mission is one hundred taels of silver. If you complete it successfully, how about I give you half of it?" Luo Changliu asked tentatively.
The monthly allowance for the disciples who take care of the Wujing Building is five taels of silver. For Lin Qianxing, these fifty taels of silver are almost a year's allowance.
"Thank you very much, Senior Brother Luo." Lin Qianxing said.
"Junior Brother Lin, when are you free?" Luo Changliu asked.
"No one borrows books at night, so I'm free." Lin Qianxing said.
"Zhanghe County is thirty miles away from Yunlong Sect. With our running speed, we should be able to run back and forth in half an hour. How about we set off at midnight tonight without further delay?" Luo Changliu suggested.
"Just follow your instructions, senior brother." Lin Qianxing nodded.
"Okay, Junior Brother Lin, I will come to Wujing Building to find you at midnight tonight." Luo Changliu said with a smile.
After saying that, he put down the paper and pen and handed the three martial arts volumes back to Lin Qianxing.
"Brother, you don't want to practice anymore?" Lin Qianxing asked.
"I won't practice anymore. I didn't have much hope in the first place. Now that you're here, why should I practice?" Luo Changliu waved his hand, and then said to Lin Qianxing: "Junior brother, please put all these things back to their original places."
Lin Qianxing nodded.
Soon, the two of them had a conversation, and Luo Changliu said goodbye and left, saying that he was going to prepare his things for departure.
Lin Qianxing had nothing to prepare.
He can condense his spirit into weapons, and even his internal energy has a similar effect.
As for other treasures, he didn't have any on him.
Time passed, and soon it was midnight.
With a blood moon in the sky, Luo Changliu came to the Wujing Tower carrying a weapon box on his back and his body bulging with many things hanging on it.
"Junior brother, you don't bring anything with you? You should at least bring a weapon, right?" Luo Changliu asked doubtfully.
"I forgot to tell you, brother, I am actually a spiritual master." Lin Qianxing said.
As he spoke, a long spear condensed in Lin Qianxing's palm. After making a slight movement of the spear, Lin Qianxing dispersed it again.
Seeing this scene, Luo Changliu widened his eyes.
There is actually a chain of contempt among monks.
For example, the spiritual master looked down on warriors who practiced internal martial arts.
As for the warriors who practice internal martial arts, they look down upon the strongmen who practice external martial arts.
This is all judged based on the rarity and preciousness of the corresponding monk.
In the entire Yunlong Sect, there are probably no more than ten spiritual masters who can manifest a weapon as easily as Lin Qianxing.
"Alas." Luo Changliu sighed and said, "I am sorry for wronging you, Junior Brother."
Luo Changliu really felt sorry for Lin Qianxing now.
With such strength and accomplishment, he was sent to a remote place like Wujinglou just because he came to the apprentice with his skills, and was unable to achieve anything.
It's such a pity.
However, he was now more confident that he could successfully complete the contribution task tonight.
He even wondered, since Lin Qianxing was so capable, should he give him more money?
The two set out under the cover of night and soon left the Yunlong Sect's mountain gate and headed towards Zhanghe County.
Luo Changliu circulated his internal energy to his legs. With every step he took, there was a pushing force that allowed him to easily leap more than two meters away.
Lin Qianxing was even lighter, floating directly on the ground.
The two of them moved very quickly and soon arrived at Zhanghe County.
However, the two did not enter the county town, but went to the farmland in a nearby village.
"That strange beast destroyed all the farmland of the nearby villagers, and swallowed up a large amount of crops. The villagers and martial artists from the county town who came to stop it were also smashed to death by it, and swallowed into its stomach..."
After arriving at the location, Luo Changliu told Lin Qianxing the information he knew, and took out something that looked like a compass.
Lin Qianxing knows this thing.
There is a record about this thing in the miscellaneous book in Wujing Tower. It is a compass that can detect the surrounding aura and display different scales of light according to its strength.
"Huh?" Seeing the direction of the needle on the compass, Luo Changliu's expression became a little strange. He said, "Is this thing broken again? The construction workers of the sect are getting more and more perfunctory. This thing cost me thirty taels of silver!!"
Lin Qianxing took a glance and found that there was a full bar of light directly in the direction where he was.
This means that there is a presence comparable to a grandmaster in this direction. This is also the detection limit of the compass in Luo Changliu's hand. After all, any higher would be meaningless to him.
Luo Changliu put away the compass and comforted Lin Qianxing, "Brother Lin, don't worry. Although the compass is broken, the range of its movement is limited. It's not difficult to find. We should ."
"Brother Luo, I don't think it's necessary to go through so much trouble." Lin Qianxing pointed at a dark shadow not far away and said, "Is that the strange beast we are looking for?"
"What?"
Hearing the sound, Luo Changliu looked in the direction where Lin Qianxing's finger was pointing, and saw a creature about ten feet in size, which looked like a wild boar, walking slowly in the farmland.
