Lin Feng was arranged to stay in a beautiful courtyard in the Spirit Array Master Temple. Bebe was happily jumping around in the courtyard, oblivious to everything else.
The sun was setting in the west. Lin Feng looked at Bei Bei, who was playing, and smiled.
"Grand Elder, Young Master Zhuge Haobo is here to see you."
A servant girl came in to report.
Lin Feng said, "Let him in."
Soon, a teenager who looked to be around sixteen or seventeen walked in.
"Zhuge Haobo greets Grand Elder Lin." Zhuge Haobo bowed.
"No need for formalities." Lin Feng waved his hand.
Zhuge Haobo stood up and looked curiously at the man who was only a few years older than him, but who was rumored to be the next leader of the temple.
The news of Lin Feng suppressing Zhuge Jian with a flick of his finger and defeating Sun Yongchang had spread far and wide.
Now, the entire Temple City was talking about it.
Zhuge Haobo was naturally very curious about Lin Feng.
"You're called Zhuge Haobo. How is Zhuge Haobo related to you?" Lin Feng asked.
"He's my great-grandfather!"
Zhuge Haobo said.
"Mm." Lin Feng nodded.
Zhuge Haobo said, "Grand Elder, the carriage is ready. Should we head to the Four Saints House for the banquet?"
"Alright, lead the way," said Lin Feng.
Lin Feng said.
"Yes." Zhuge Haobo led the way. Lin Feng got into a carriage, and Zhuge Haobo personally drove the carriage towards the Four Saints House.
"It seems like Zhuge Haobo is quite talented. That's why Zhuge Baishan asked him to drive the carriage for me. He probably wants me to remember him." Lin Feng closed his eyes and rested.
…
Niu Dajiang and the others escorted the disciples of the Great Dragon Ancient Immortal Dynasty to the Temple City. The last mission was completed. More than ten people were walking on the streets.
Someone said, "180 years ago, which is today! We've become the guards of the Great Dragon Ancient Immortal Dynasty. 180 years later, we've completed our final duty as guards. 180 years is a cycle. Not a day more, not a day less. I wonder, where will we spend the next 180 years? "
They had worked so hard for so many years and were about to obtain a manor and land in the Great Dragon Ancient Immortal Dynasty. But in the end, all their efforts were in vain. They naturally felt extremely stifled in their hearts.
It wasn't easy being an itinerant cultivator.
They couldn't compare to the cultivators of the major clans and powers, who had to worry about many things.
Niu Dajiang replied, "No matter how difficult life is, life has to go on."
"I wonder how Brother Lin is doing. Did he find his family?" One of them said.
Niu Dajiang replied, "Before Brother Lin left, he gave me a jade tablet and told me to go to the Spirit Array Master Temple to find him. He said that he would find us a job."
The others smiled and shook their heads.
One of them said, "Young people like to save face sometimes. Brother Lin is also young, so it's understandable."
"That's right. We used to be people of that age too. I heard that some clans are recruiting guards in the Temple City's plaza. Should we go take a look?" Another person asked.
Niu Dajiang sighed, "There's a lot of competition over there. I've asked around, and those powers are recruiting at most three to five people, and at least one or two people. If we go to the Holy City's plaza to find a job, I'm afraid we'll be separated."
Another person said, "Of the hundred or so brothers who came out together, only a dozen or so of us are left."
Niu Dajiang said, "I'm planning to go out and find a job. What do you all think? That way, the remaining dozen or so of us will be able to advance and retreat together. "
The others nodded in agreement.
Niu Dajiang and the others were all from a small city in the Central Plains. Back then, Niu Dajiang had led a hundred or so brothers out. After so many years, many of them had died in one mission after another. Now, only a dozen or so of them were left. Whenever they thought of their dead brothers, Niu Dajiang and the others couldn't help but feel sad.
They were independent cultivators, the lowest level of existence in the world of cultivators. Perhaps one day, they would be buried in some desolate mountain like their dead brothers.
Niu Dajiang continued, "The jade tablet that Brother Lin gave me doesn't look like an ordinary item. I don't know if it's something passed down in his family. Let's return it to Brother Lin, then we'll leave."
Someone said, "If we return the jade tablet to Brother Lin and he doesn't have a way to introduce us to jobs when he sees us, wouldn't it be very awkward?"
The others nodded, feeling that this was very reasonable.
Niu Dajiang said, "Didn't Brother Lin go to the Spirit Array Master Temple to find his relatives? Let's ask the guards at the Spirit Array Master Temple. If Brother Lin enters the Temple, we'll give the jade tablet to the guards and let them pass it to Brother Lin. "
When everyone heard this, it made sense. Then, the group of people walked towards the Spirit Array Master Temple.
The Spirit Array Master Temple was filled with endless majesty. It was like the imperial palace of a secular country, isolated from the outside world.
Niu Dajiang and the others carefully arrived outside the Spirit Array Master Temple. More than a dozen people were stopped by the guards.
A guard said in a deep voice, "The Spirit Array Master Temple is not to be trespassed!"
Niu Dajiang said carefully, "Sir, it's like this. We're looking for a cultivator called Lin Qing."
"Lin Qing? There doesn't seem to be anyone called Lin Qing in the Spirit Array Master Temple. " The guard said.
"It's like this. Brother Lin Qing came to the Spirit Array Master Temple not long ago to look for his relatives. It's very likely that he has already entered the temple. Can I trouble you to help me ask?"
Niu Dajiang asked carefully.
"Liu Linhai, go to the Foreign Affairs Hall and ask if there's someone called Lin Qing who came to look for relatives." Nalan Yuanfang said.
If someone came to the Spirit Array Master Temple to look for relatives, they would be registered in the Foreign Affairs Hall.
"Yes, sir!" The cultivator called Liu Linhai said. He went to ask, but soon returned and reported to Nalan Yuanfang, "Sir, there's no one called Lin Qing who came to look for relatives."
Nalan Yuanfang nodded, then looked at Niu Dajiang and the others and said, "The person you're looking for isn't here. Quickly leave."
"Yes …" Niu Dajiang and the others didn't dare to stay, and they walked outside.
"It seems like Brother Lin didn't find his relatives?" Someone asked.
Niu Dajiang nodded and said, "Yes, if Brother Lin found his relatives, the Foreign Affairs Hall should have a record. Let's go and look for Brother Lin. Let's see if we can find him."
The group of more than ten people walked outside. At that moment, more than ten people riding Black Flame Beasts rushed over from the distance.
There were more than ten young cultivators, both male and female. They rampaged through the streets, causing people to be thrown off their horses. Many people who were slower to dodge were sent flying by whips.
"A group of lowly commoners. Do you think the Spirit Array Master Temple is a place you can just casually watch?" One of the young cultivators sneered.
During this period of time, many people had come to Temple City to pay their respects to the mysterious Spirit Array Master Temple.
Most of them were independent cultivators. These independent cultivators had risked their lives to cross the forest to reach Temple City, and they weren't just there to watch the show.
Now, the geniuses of the three thousand prefectures had gathered in Temple City, and these geniuses were all from extraordinary backgrounds.
Their clans had sent higher-ups to escort them here.
These independent cultivators wanted to find an opportunity to climb up the ranks of some of the major powers, then join them and become their guards.
After all, it was better to lean against a big tree.
After crossing the forest, some of the major powers had indeed lost many guards, and those who were able to stay in the Spirit Array Master Temple were few and far between.
Most of them would leave after the finals, so the powers that had left had to recruit new guards to fill in the gaps of those who had died.
As long as they were strong enough, independent cultivators could find decent clans to join.
However, the higher-ups of the Spirit Array Master Temple looked down on these ordinary independent cultivators.
Not to mention ordinary independent cultivators, most of them even looked down on the descendants of aristocratic families.
Now, most of the people gathered outside the Spirit Array Master Temple to watch the show were independent cultivators, and there were very few descendants of aristocratic families. If it was a descendant of an aristocratic family, they didn't need to watch from the outside, and could follow their elders into the Spirit Array Master Temple to pay a visit. Most aristocratic families had friendly relations with the Spirit Array Master Temple.
This was also the reason why this group of higher-ups of the Spirit Array Master Temple were so unscrupulous in harming others. In fact, the descendants of the higher-ups of any major powers had both outstanding and mediocre disciples. Naturally, there was no lack of hedonistic disciples.
A group of more than ten people rode on Black Flame Beasts and rushed towards the Spirit Array Master Temple. Along the way, they lashed out again and again, and many cultivators who were slower to dodge were sent flying. This was the tragedy of independent cultivators. In a world where the strong preyed on the weak, even if independent cultivators were bullied, who would speak up for them even if they were killed?
No one cared about the life and death of independent cultivators. In a world where people ate people, this was the cruelest law of survival.
"Pa …" One of the young masters raised his whip and lashed out again.
Crack.
A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy grabbed the whip that was lashed at him.
"Aren't you guys going too far? Aren't independent cultivators also human? " The young man said angrily.
"You're courting death!" The young master who had lashed out felt that he had lost face when his whip was caught, and he sent the youth flying with a slap.
Wah.
The youth was no match for the young master and spat out a mouthful of blood. The young master rode on his Black Flame Beast and rushed forward, lashing out at the youth again and again. The youth's skin was torn open.
Many people were angry, but they didn't dare to speak up. Who would dare to offend this group of second-generation Spirit Array Masters in Temple City?
"This kid is simply courting death. Who does he think he is? How dare he question Young Master Mo?"
The group of people laughed as they looked at the half-dead young man who had been whipped.
Seeing that the youth was twitching all over, Niu Dahe rushed forward and stood in front of the youth. He pleaded with the young master called Young Master Mo, "Young Master, please calm down. This child is still young and has offended you. Now that he has been punished, please be merciful and let this child go."
Young Master Mo sneered, "Today is really strange. There are actually so many fearless independent cultivators jumping out to find trouble with this young master."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Young Master Mo lashed out at Niu Dajiang's face with his whip.
Immediately, the left side of Niu Dajiang's face was torn open, and fresh blood flowed out. Even his flesh was exposed, and he looked rather miserable.
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