Chapter 273 - Cruelty is the Greatest Goodness (1/2)

The ninth Thunder Doom falls and the bright light comes along，dazzling everybody’s eyes. When people open their eyes again, the swirling wind is already gone. Sun is s.h.i.+ning through the thick clouds.

Almost all of the walls and buildings in the Textile School have collapsed. Dust is everywhere. A large deep hole is in the yard. While the crazy Taoist is still immersed in the aftertaste of the Heaven’s Doom, Lin Luoran “wakes up” because her level of cultivation is much lower than his.

The ground in the school is burnt. No creature may survive this kind of powerful strike.

Lin Luoran leads a team and searches the campus. All she finds is a bit of black dust at the bottom of the hole.

The threat should have been eliminated. The crazy Taoist is still here so Lin Luoran waves her hand and calls the other cultivators in.

The victory has been so rough yet sudden. Many of the cultivators can’t believe what has happened. They say, “Master, have we won?”

Lin nods and smiles, “Yes!”

In the meantime, Lu Sanchun receives a call. He smiles, “Miss Lin, the call is for you!”

Li Xi’er is on the other side of the phone. She and her teammates have killed five vampires who were playing in clubs and they are going to search for more escaped ones. This is good news. Li Xi’er hesitates for a while and tells Lin that things became out of control in a bar and the vampire showed its true form in front of all the customers. Li and her teammates were caught by the cameras of the TV station and they may be on the news later.

Lin Luoran smirks, “Are you wearing your pretty clothes today?”

Lin knows that Li Xi’er must be stamping her feet now. Lin comforts Li that the TV station won’t show their faces on the news, then Li Xi’er calms down.

Lu Sanchun hears what Lin and Li are talking about and he keeps this in mind. He will take care of the news.

“Master Lin, we haven’t found the missing pregnant women.” Lin is surrounded by so many cultivators that Xiao Xiaomu has to go a long way to get to her side. Xiao’s level of cultivation is fairly low and he was a.s.signed to guard the wall on the outside. He didn’t help much during the fight. Now, he finally gets the chance and he hurries to remind Lin of the missing pregnant women.

Lin Luoran nods and says, “As cultivators, we must finish our loss ends. Thank you, everyone, for joining the fight. Now we have to search for the place. Even if the missing women are dead, we must find their bodies.”

Everybody agrees. The uninjured ones split up into groups and go on the search. The entire campus has become ruins. With the aftertaste of the Heaven’s Doom still lingering, the cultivators are confused while using their spiritual minds. The search becomes much more difficult.

Lu Sanchun calls the snipers in to help with the search. Wearing battle fatigues, Lin Qingxue becomes shy when she walks pa.s.s Lin Luoran. She loses her calmness of shooting the vampires in the head.

She has the same last name as Lin Luoran, who is the leader of the cultivators. Lin Qingxue signs out of envy. As a woman, she has to try harder than men in order to become outstanding in the military. “Master Lin” must have also worked hard to gain the recognition of all the cultivators.

The snipers are disciplinary while the cultivators are noisy. After two groups of people leave the yard, the crazy Taoist opens his eyes.

“Senior, have you gained something?”

The crazy Taoist nods, “A little bit.”

Lin Luoran smiles. She has gained a little bit of something for herself as well.

Liu Zheng is only injured on the back of his hand and he offers to join the search. The crazy Taoist stops Liu Zheng and says, “Liu, will you bear a grudge because I never give you a handy magic weapon?”

Then Lin Luoran realizes that she really never saw Liu Zheng with a weapon.

Liu Zheng lowers his head and says no. The crazy Taoist laughs, “It’s easy to get you some weapons. The thing is, your Taoist root is not the best. If you want to make progress, you must focus on improving your own strength. Your only chance is to lay a solid foundation.”

Lin Luoran doesn’t get his deeper meanings. Liu Zheng is so ashamed that his ears turn red. He wants to stamp his feet like Li Xi’er does. However, after giving another thought of his master’s words, it makes some sense to him.

This is one of the few moments that Lin Luoran has ever got the guidance of a senior cultivator. She asks respectfully, “Senior, are you saying that cultivators should not rely on the power of magic weapons?”

The crazy Taoist nods, “Think carefully. Since you got this Grade Five flying sword, you seldom use spells during fights because the sword is much stronger. Is that right? As cultivators, the five elements are the most important things to us. If you don’t have a deep understanding of Reiki in the five natures, you’ll find it hard to enter the next level even if you’re talented.”

Lin Luoran understands immediately. It’s true that she has made some mistakes. She is never a swordsman who enters the path of cultivation through the sword. Back then, when she learned the Fire Ball Spell secretly from Wen Guanjing, she tried to feel the fire Reiki. Then Lin met White Fairy. The sword spells she gave Lin were powerful, and Lin always had the feeling that spells of the five elements would never be as powerful as the sword. Spells of water and fire are quite useful and Lin sometimes uses the spells of wood and gold. As for the earth spells, she seldom thinks of them.

Since she entered the level of Laying Foundation in the blood pool in the dungeon, Lin Luoran has surpa.s.sed the early stage but hasn’t reached the middle stage. It has been years and she should have entered the next stage because her bead has been absorbing Reiki continuously. Why hasn’t she?

The crazy Taoist’s words enlightened Lin Luoran. She bows to him respectfully.

The crazy Taoist waves his hand. He points at Goldie and asks, “You have a nice hawk. Did you take it out from the secret land?”

“Exactly.”

The crazy Taoist smacks his lips and says with pity, “You’ve raised it well. It’s fat.”

What? Fat? Lin Luoran doesn’t raise the hawk for its meat! Liu Zheng raises his eyebrows. He really wants to drag his crazy master back to the temple.

However, Lin Luoran is acting like she didn’t hear what the crazy Taoist just said. She asks curiously, “Senior, did you ever been to the secret land?”

“Of course, otherwise I wouldn’t have laid my foundation. After all, my school doesn’t have the prescription for the Foundation-laying Bolus.” The crazy Taoist is logical most of the time. Except for calling Goldie fat, Lin Luoran hasn’t noticed his craziness today. Lin’s guard is down. She asks carelessly, “Senior, didn’t you catch a beast as your pet?”

The crazy Taoist suddenly becomes sullen. He says angrily, “Yes.”

Liu Zheng is interested by the answer. He has followed his master around for years and he has never seen a bird’s feather or a beast’s waste. No way he owns a pet!