High-level martial arts: Start with a grueling grind for the Golden Bell Shield.

The people of Qingshuiying are simple and honest, yet also fierce.

Getting into a fight over a disagreement is a minor matter.

Even worse, killing officials, rebelling, and becoming outlaws were common occurrences.

This resulted in the area centered around Qingshui Camp in the prefectural city being surrounded by mountain bandits and outlaws.

There are eighteen groups with more than two hundred people each.

At this scale, the number is countless, ranging from a dozen to dozens or even hundreds of people.

Previously in Jinshan Prefecture, Lu Lin saw on the mission roster that there were no fewer than twenty missions near Qingshui Camp.

Lu Lin arrived at the Qingshui Camp government office and received twelve missions in one go.

The tasks vary in size, with the largest reward being five thousand taels and the smallest being eight hundred taels.

The total amount exceeded 20,000 taels.

The news that Lu Lin had accepted the mission was immediately leaked to people in the government office.

Soon, several high-ranking bandits on the mission list received the message.

White Goose Mountain, Flying Sand Mountain, Hidden Gold Temple.

These three were the largest bandit strongholds in the mission, but after hearing the news, they were dismissed with disdain.

Even if a mere teenager has some martial arts skills, at most he can only reach the peak of Bone Refinement.

And any one of these three families has more than fifty martial artists who have reached the perfection of Bone Refinement.

If Lu Lin doesn't come, that's fine, but if he does, we definitely won't let him leave.

Night fell.

Lu Lin arrived at White Goose Mountain.

White Goose Mountain wasn't home to just one bandit group; there were five or six groups scattered around, though that one was the largest.

In one night, Lu Lin eliminated three businesses.

As dawn broke, Lu Lin arrived at the largest bandit gathering place.

The main peak of White Goose Mountain.

The bandits called themselves the White Goose Thieves.

All three leaders are skilled in filth-refining techniques.

Lu Lin's target was clear: these three leaders. The remaining bandits were not on the mission list, and Lu Lin considered himself to be peaceful by nature and unwilling to cause more bloodshed.

At this time, dawn had just broken, and the White Goose Thief's stronghold was completely silent.

Lu Lin discerned the direction and went straight to the place where the three leaders lived.

There were people waiting outside the courtyard, but they were all asleep.

Lu Lin reached out and easily killed the sentry.

I sneaked into the courtyard and ran into a big-bearded man who was urinating.

Upon seeing Lu Lin covered in blood, the bearded man immediately knew who Lu Lin was.

He turned and ran.

"Help! The thugs are attacking!"

Big Beard's shout broke the silence of the mountain village.

Lu Lin chased after him and killed him with a single blow.

But then, more than twenty martial artists appeared in the courtyard.

Still half-asleep and not even properly dressed, they charged at Lu Lin with swords in their hands.

"If you hadn't woken up, you might have escaped this disaster. What a pity."

Lu Lin was filled with regret, but his hands did not stop moving.

None of the twenty-odd martial artists could withstand a single blow from Lu Lin; they were all killed in an instant.

Outside the courtyard, a large number of gang members rushed over upon hearing the noise.

Seeing the two leaders dressed in their best and heading out, Lu Lin rushed towards one of them first.

"You little brat, you have some nerve!"

The other party shouted, but Lu Lin had no time to respond. He severed the other party's left arm holding the knife with a single stroke, and with a flick of his wrist, he cut the man open from behind.

Seeing Lu Lin's ferocity, the other man knew he was no match for him and turned to run away.

But Lu Lin wasn't about to let him go. He quickly caught up and slashed down with his sword.

The blade sliced ​​along the lines of bone and muscle all the way down to the thigh, causing internal organs to spill out. The man collapsed to the ground, speechless.

"The bandit leader is dead, do you still want to throw your lives away?"

Lu Lin cut off the heads of three bandit leaders and held them up to the arriving gang members.

In an instant, the bandits stood still.

Lu Lin took a step forward, and the bandits took a step back.

"kill!"

Lu Lin shouted, and all the bandits fled in unison.

He caught up with the slower runners, cut them down, and let the rest escape.

Upon returning to the courtyard, Lu Lin found a considerable amount of silver notes and martial arts manuals.

However, those cultivation techniques and secret manuals were all ordinary items, and Lu Lin didn't care about them, so he casually tossed them aside.

The white goose theft was dealt with.

Lu Lin continued on to Feisha Mountain.

There are seven bandit families in Feisha Mountain, and Lu Lin plans to catch them off guard.

Otherwise, once the news spreads, they might either flee or be prepared, which would increase the difficulty for Lu Lin to complete his mission.

One day.

Lu Lin did not eat or drink, and killed seven bandits from Feisha Mountain.

Even the largest bandit gang, the Flying Sand Bandits, was completely wiped out by Lu Lin.

The news caused an uproar in the vicinity of Qingshuiying.

Many small groups of bandits dispersed and hid in villages and towns.

On the contrary, the notorious bandits were completely unafraid.

Lu Lin was tired.

He went to a nearby county town and found an inn to rest for the night, but did not take any action the next day.

Early in the morning, Lu Lin washed up and returned to the Qingshui Gang.

Noticing that many bandits had come to join him, Lu Lin instructed his subordinates to carefully screen them. Those who were utterly wicked were to be executed and sent to the Qingshui Camp in the prefectural city to receive a reward.

After resting in Clearwater Bay for three days, Lu Lin finally embarked on his journey to the Hidden Gold Temple.

The Temple of Hidden Gold.

It is said that a few monks from out of town, who possessed some martial arts skills, killed someone in a fit of rage and were forced to become outlaws.

Over the years, the group has built temples and recruited believers.

There's a subtle trend of black turning white.

But when they wanted to change course, those they had killed refused to agree.

These monks, in particular, committed numerous serious crimes after witnessing the woman's allure.

It is said that even the wives and daughters of the magistrates of several counties were abducted and persecuted by them.

The more people like this are killed, the cleaner the world will become.

Over the past three days, Lu Lin has once again tempered his kidneys.

Lu Lin plans to go straight to the Hidden Gold Temple and not play any tricks like hiding anything.

However, when he arrived at the Hidden Gold Temple, it was evening, the lights at the foot of the mountain were out, and although there were occasional bandits patrolling the mountain, there were very few of them.

"It seems that Heaven has spared your lives."

Lu Lin plans to go up the mountain again tomorrow to launch another attack.

Just as he was about to find an inn to stay at, he encountered several bald monks who stopped a horse-drawn carriage by the roadside.

The sounds of a woman crying and a child shouting came from inside the car.

"Mother, don't take my mother away!"

Those evil monks didn't care whether the child lived or died. They dragged the woman out and kicked the child inside the car.

"what!"

"Constant Heart—"

Hearing the child crying, the woman cried out in distress.

But those evil monks slapped him across the face.

"Keep your voice down, or I'll kill you right now!"

Lu Lin stopped and sighed.

"There are still too many evil people in this world. Ordinary people have no safety guarantee at all."

"It's not that the people are wrong, it's that they are wrong."

"If you make a mistake, you must admit it and accept the punishment."

Only then did the group of evil monks notice Lu Lin standing to the side. One of them walked over and spat at Lu Lin.

"Hey kid, what are you looking at? Get lost, Buddha!"

Despite it being only March, the other person pulled open his monk's robe, revealing his strong chest and his body covered in black fur.

Lu Lin looked at the other person and said, "Even Buddha only refers to himself as 'this seat,' while you call yourself 'Buddha.' Can you bear such a noble title?"