Catching Monsters

Chapter 221 Hand It All Over

Jiang Yun quickly stood up and said to Xu Xiaogang, Qi Da, and Leng Liuer, "The three of you wait for me here, don't run too far."

After saying that, Jiang Yun quickly followed. The road in the disaster camp was narrow and crowded. Jiang Yun followed the girl and patted her shoulder, "Master."

The girl in front of him was none other than the leader of the Red Lotus Cult, Linglong.

She was wearing a gray cloth shirt, a gray hat, and there were some black stains on her face. She looked like a beggar girl.

Feeling someone tapping her shoulder, Linglong turned around instantly. When she saw Jiang Yun, she was slightly stunned: "Hey, why are you here?"

After saying that, Linglong looked around and said, "This is not the place to talk. Follow me."

Linglong led the way and soon brought Jiang Yun to a wooden house. They pushed open the door and went in. The furnishings inside were simple.

But compared to those straw huts, at least it can shelter from wind and rain.

After entering the house, Linglong closed the door, then took out some tea leaves and started to make tea. This was definitely a top-notch luxury in the disaster relief camp.

After making two cups of hot tea, Linglong sat down and asked curiously, "Why are you here instead of staying in the capital?"

But soon, Linglong's eyes flickered slightly, and she said, "Are you here for Master Wu Yue?"

Jiang Yun nodded, sat down opposite Linglong, and said, "The order from above was to capture Master Wu Yue, but I didn't expect it would be such a coincidence to meet the leader."

"Master, you went out to reorganize our Red Lotus Sect, why are you here?"

Linglong drank the tea in her hand and said, "We in the Red Lotus Sect want to rebel. Where is the most likely place for rebels to emerge?"

"Xishu Province is full of disaster victims, and it's most likely to have a large number of disaster victims. Isn't it normal for me to be here?"

"Also come here and observe how Baekje Villa is doing it."

Having said that, Linglong looked at Jiang Yun with some surprise, and then put her hand on Jiang Yun's wrist to check it out.

Jiang Yun didn't dare to resist.

"You have actually reached the fifth level of the Taoist realm of guarding oneness?" Linglong widened her eyes, looking a little incredulous.

"Your training speed is so fast."

This is not the first time that Jiang Yun has been praised for his fast cultivation speed, and he has become accustomed to it.

Linglong slowly put down Jiang Yun's wrist, shook her head, and said slowly: "But with your strength, it's not that easy to take down Master Wu Yue."

"This Wu Yue Zhenren practices the Taoist magic, and his strength has reached the fourth-grade Zhenren realm for a long time."

"Also, in Baiji Villa, there are other masters recruited by Master Wu Yue."

Listening to Linglong's words, Jiang Yun frowned slightly. Looking at the wooden house, it was obvious that Linglong should have been here for some time and knew the situation here much better than he did.

He asked, "Master, do you know anything about the whereabouts of this Wu Yue Zhenren?"

Looking at Linglong in front of him, Jiang Yun couldn't help but mutter to himself, if he could ask her for help, combined with Leng Liuer's strength, the possibility of taking down Master Wu Yue would be greatly increased.

"Master Wu Yue would appear in the disaster camp every morning and sprinkle Taoist holy water on everyone. However, he would also be followed by a large number of experts at that time."

"You have no chance."

"The rest of the time, he lives in Baekje Villa."

"If you really want to deal with him, you can only find a way to sneak into Baekje Villa first."

Get into the villa?

Hearing this, Jiang Yun nodded, and then said: "Master, I have been ordered by the court to come and capture this evil man..."

"If you complete the task, you will definitely get a promotion and a raise, and it will be of greater help to the leader's grand plan."

"I just wonder if the Master is free and can help me?"

Linglong took a sip of the tea in her hand and refused without hesitation: "No help."

It is clean and simple.

Jiang Yun wanted to speak up and persuade him.

But Linglong understood his look and still refused: "I won't help you."

"I'm only here to observe and learn, not to cause trouble."

"What's more, if he really wants to rebel, it will be beneficial to me."

"Why should I help you kill him?"

"That makes sense." Jiang Yun could only force a smile and nodded slightly.

"Protector Jiang, I won't stop you no matter what you want to do." Linglong said with a smile, "But if you really want to attack Master Wu Yue, then help me keep an eye out for a palm-sized Buddha statue in Baiji Villa."

"If you see it, please help me get it."

"I will serve you even if it means death. I will make sure you keep an eye out for me then." Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun agreed without hesitation.

But I couldn't help but mutter in my heart, as expected, women's mouths are deceiving.

Linglong was obviously coming for the black Buddha statue she mentioned.

However, Jiang Yun couldn't help but feel curious about what kind of Buddha statue could allow Linglong to lurk in this disaster relief camp for such a long time.

Linglong then said: "During the day, Baiji Villa will send people to recruit young and strong men. You can go there. With your physical fitness, it should be easy to join." Jiang Yun nodded thoughtfully: "Yes."

"If the leader has no other instructions, I will take my leave."

"Go ahead." Linglong nodded: "If you get the thing, just come here to find me."

After walking out of the exquisite little house, Jiang Yun returned to where Xu Xiaogang, Leng Liuer and Qi Da were.

After they came back, You Ji's body had disappeared. It was obvious that it had been disposed of by the three of them.

The disaster victims around did not dare to speak out about the matter. After all, less trouble is worse than more.

Moreover, countless people have starved to death since the drought began, and deaths have become commonplace.

"Where have you been?" Xu Xiaogang asked curiously after Jiang Yun came back.

Jiang Yun smiled and said, "I met a friend and chatted with him for a while."

Xu Xiaogang looked around in surprise and said, "You have quite a wide range of friends. You can still meet friends in a place like this."

Jiang Yun just smiled and said, "Let's go find a place to rest for a while."

But before leaving, Xu Xiaogang took out some dry food from his pocket and handed it to the father and daughter. Then, he took out a silver note with fifty taels of silver: "Take it, take your daughter to the city to get some medicine for treatment."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man showed surprise on his face and took the fifty taels of silver with trembling hands.

This is fifty taels of silver, which is a huge sum of money for ordinary people.

"Let's go." Xu Xiaogang turned and left.

Most of the sheds here were occupied. After searching around, they could only find an open space to sit down and rest.

Jiang Yun then told the three of them about his plan to join Baekje Villa tomorrow, and naturally the three of them had no objection to this.

Although the weather has warmed up since spring, the night temperatures are still cold. Fortunately, everyone has magical powers to protect themselves, so they are not afraid of the cold.

Late at night, many of the refugee camps around were filled with victims howling with hunger. Some even ran out in the middle of the night and dug up dirt from the ground and stuffed it into their mouths.

Seeing this scene, Xu Xiaogang frowned deeply and looked at Jiang Yun, Qi Da and Leng Liuer: "How much dry food do you have left? Anyway, we have to join Baiji Villa tomorrow, otherwise..."

Leng Liuer said slowly: "How many people can we save with the dry food we have?"

"Save as many as possible." Xu Xiaogang said in a deep voice, looking at the hungry victims.

Then he took out four bags of dry food for several people, took out one of them, walked forward, and handed it to several victims who were digging in the dark.

After receiving the dry food, the victims wolfed it down without even saying thank you.

Soon, the whole bag of dry food was eaten up. Then they reached out to snatch the dry food from Xu Xiaogang's hands and turned around and ran away.

"Hey!" Seeing this, Xu Xiaogang wanted to chase after them, but then he thought that they could take the dry food back to fill their stomachs, so he gave up.

After Xu Xiaogang sat back down, Leng Liuer laughed and said, "See? These people don't have the slightest gratitude. They didn't even say thank you."

After all, Leng Liuer had been a beggar since he was a child, and he had seen through the ups and downs of life.

But Xu Xiaogang was different. He grew up in the capital city and had enough food and clothing. The only hardship he had to endure was when he went to brothels to play, but he didn't bring enough money and the girls were taken away by others.

Because of this, he sometimes feels aggrieved.

As for the records of gnawing on tree bark and chewing on the ground during the famine, those are all recorded in books and textbooks.

"I'm so hungry that I don't even bother to say thank you." Xu Xiaogang didn't care. He just felt more sad that these local officials should be killed.

Several people continued to meditate.

But unexpectedly, soon, another twenty or thirty victims suddenly emerged from the darkness.

There was a strange light in the eyes of these victims.

There were two disaster victims who were discussing in low voices:
"Ma San, do they really have any dry food on them?"

The man called Ma San whispered, "How can I lie to you? These people are well dressed and may even have dry food on them."

"If we rob them, we won't have to starve in the next few days."

"At worst, these four guys are unfamiliar to us. If we kill them, we'll have meat to eat for a few days."

With the strength of Jiang Yun and others, their hearing is extremely sensitive, and they heard Ma San's words clearly.

Soon, twenty or thirty hungry victims surrounded the four people, as if they wanted to eat them.

The leader, Ma San, was the one who had just snatched the dry food from Xu Xiaogang.

Ma San forced a smile on his face and looked at Xu Xiaogang: "Hey, do you have any food?"

"Hand them all over."

Leng Liuer smiled and looked at Xu Xiaogang beside him, and said jokingly: "Nuo, I'm here to thank you."

Xu Xiaogang's face darkened and he said, "You don't need to be so sarcastic."

Ma San said coldly: "Ignore me? If you ignore me, I will find it myself."

(End of this chapter)