landbeastnovel End of Chapter 32
End of Chapter 32
After eating his fill, Lu Lin went back into the bandits' hideout to search for more food.
The broom handle from before is definitely unusable now.
He has now mastered the second move of the Nine-Spinning Slash, which gives him some offensive power, so naturally he needs to find a suitable weapon.
only……
"A kitchen knife? Fire tongs? A back scratcher? What is all this? As bandits, shouldn't you have at least two weapons?"
They quickly realized that as the fog descended and the bandits fled, they would naturally take their weapons with them.
After searching for a long time, Lu Lin found a hook used for shoveling ash from a fire.
Lu Lin hammered at the hook for a long time until it was straight.
"Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect I had a talent for forging weapons."
"Isn't this just a long spear... oh no, a short spear, hehe."
The second move of the Nine-Spinning Slash is a thrusting attack.
What weapon could be more suitable than a short spear?
"I'll sharpen it a bit more. If I encounter this black goat again, one shot will leave a bloody hole."
As he was polishing, Lu Lin felt the ground beneath his feet begin to vibrate.
Immediately afterwards, a series of stomping sounds rang out.
"God, are you kidding me?"
"One or two is fine, but why are there so many at once?"
Lu Lin didn't have time to continue sharpening his pistol; he took off running.
He estimated that the clattering sound must have come from a herd of black goats.
Too much of anything is bad; too many ants can kill an elephant.
Lu Lin had no intention of risking his life against these monsters.
He was fast, but the black goats were even faster.
The monsters in the mist are rarely vegetarian; even if they are, they are omnivorous, eating both meat and vegetables.
Black goats happen to be among them.
Following Lu Lin's scent, they suddenly quickened their pace.
Before long, Lu Lin was caught up.
"Damn it! Are they going to keep targeting me?"
Continuing to run will only waste energy.
Rather than that, we might as well kill a few more.
Monsters are, after all, animals. Without intelligence, they don't have the courage or conviction to fight to the death.
Upon seeing their companions injured or killed, they would certainly take a detour to leave.
"Come on, weren't you chasing me? Come on!"
Holding the fire hook, Lu Lin shot out. The black goat at the front was noticeably larger. It only saw a blur before the humans who had been chasing it appeared in front of it.
next second.
The fire hook pierced the black goat's eye and emerged through its bone.
Lu Lin quickly drew his fire hook, leaped onto the back of a black goat, and then pierced the head of another black goat with the fire hook.
The sudden attack threw the black goat herd into chaos.
Some wanted to continue attacking Lu Lin, while others wanted to retreat.
Lu Lin was covered in blood.
His figure flashed among the sheep, and each time he appeared, a splash of blood splattered.
One by one, the black goats fell to the ground, and the remaining black goats finally realized that Lu Lin was not someone to be trifled with.
The black goats that were running around on the perimeter began to wander off.
When Lu Lin pulled the fire hook out of the eye of a black goat, he looked around and found that there were no more black goats around.
"call--"
"Haha, hahaha, that's awesome, so awesome!"
In just a short while, Lu Lin had killed twenty-three black goats.
If we can lead them out of the fog, we will surely gain a lot.
It should be noted that the lowest price for monster meat sold on the black market in Jinshan Prefecture is 120 taels per catty.
One black goat weighs fifteen catties, that's 1,800 taels. If there are twenty-three goats...
Lu Lin wore a smile that resembled that of a landlord's foolish son.
"Who goes there!"
Just as Lu Lin was feeling smug, a gust of wind came from afar.
The wind howled, and it only took a moment for it to approach from afar.
"Are you a candidate for the academy?"
The newcomer, dressed in a long red robe, stood before Lu Lin; it was none other than Master Xu Ruian.
The mist has changed.
First, there were multiple inexplicable teleportation events, and out of more than 3,000 candidates, more than 100 were teleported away.
Then, highly venomous insects inexplicably appeared in the mist.
This has never happened before in previous cases.
The entire beam, no more, no less, was artificially divided into two hundred sections for fog control.
The number of foggy areas containing highly venomous insects is no more than two hands' worth.
If these were just signs, then the appearance of the demonic beast, the Running Goat, made Xu Ruian completely uneasy.
He sent someone to inform Li Songtao at the academy, and at the same time summoned nearby scholars to enter the foggy area to find candidates for the exam.
This assessment has exceeded the academy's risk tolerance limit.
Even though the candidates have all signed a waiver of their right to life or death, they can't just keep sending food to monsters.
After a brief discussion, Xu Ruian decided to terminate the assessment early.
After rescuing hundreds of examinees and helping them leave in groups, Xu Ruian heard a commotion.
A flock of sheep.
Seeing that many of the sheep were stained with blood, Xu Ruian realized something was wrong.
Sheep do not eat their own kind.
That means someone had fought the running sheep ahead.
Xu Ruian was extremely anxious and flew all the way to Lu Lin.
Seeing that Lu Lin was safe and sound, he felt relieved.
But the next second, Xu Ruian's eyes widened.
What he saw... a ground littered with the carcasses of sheep, at least a dozen or twenty.
The absence of other examinees meant that... Lu Lin had killed all the sheep by himself.
This, this, how is this possible!
"What's your name?"
Xu Ruian suppressed his excitement and asked.
"Greetings, Master. I am Lu Lin."
"Lu Lin, good, good name. Have you already tempered your bones?"
"No, I only refine skin."
"Skin Refinement? You have the strength to refine skin? Not bad, not bad." Xu Ruian didn't believe Lu Lin when he said that he only had skin refinement.
Children today are different from those who were born.
Having acquired strength, they don't flaunt it; instead, they keep it hidden, afraid that others will find out.
People's hearts have changed.
Xu Ruian's gaze fell on the fire hook in Lu Lin's hand. He searched his memory but had never seen such a strange weapon before.
"Lu Lin, what weapon are you holding?"
"A weapon?" Lu Lin raised the fire hook, waved it at Xu Ruian, and couldn't help but laugh, "Master, this isn't some kind of magical weapon; it's just a fire hook I found at random!"
"Fire, a fire hook?!"
Xu Ruian asked himself if he had lived for over a hundred years and had experienced the full range of internal organs. He had traveled all over the country in his youth and started teaching at an academy after the age of eighty. He had seen all kinds of people and heard all kinds of things.
But he had never heard of anyone using fire hooks as weapons.
Seemingly realizing he'd gone a bit too far with the number of surprises today, Xu Ruian coughed twice. "Well, not bad, not bad. Lu Lin, the assessment is over early. You should return to camp as soon as possible. Oh no, don't linger after you get back. There's been an anomaly in the misty area this time. Take the token you found and go home. Report to the academy in three days."
"It ended early?" Lu Lin was stunned. Xu Ruian wouldn't lie to him; it must be related to the appearance of monsters in the misty area.
Although he lost the opportunity to continue cultivating, Lu Lin had a good attitude and didn't hold it against it.
Seeing Xu Ruian about to leave, Lu Lin suddenly thought of something.
"Master, wait a moment."
Xu Ruian stopped in his tracks.
"Master, may I take this black goat with me?"