Grotto-Heaven, Part Two

Several servants who had wanted to rebuke him did not dare make a sound. Everyone lying on the ground and wailing had injured knees; this sight showed that he was no one to swallow insult and humiliation. Thus, they all fell silent.

A sturdy servant who had wanted to distinguish himself by earning merit was also noticed by Rong Wan and hastily called back. Being away from home was unlike being at home; the fewer troubles they stirred up, the better.

Li Guanglu was a playboy, but his heart seemed decent enough. Seeing blood all over the ground, he ordered several servants to step forward and apply medicine and bandage those people.

After the people on the ground slowly climbed up, the leader answered Lin Xin's questions, thanked Li Guanglu, and limped away.

Lin Xin had not struck very heavily. There seemed to be much blood, but it was merely meant to frighten them. These ordinary people only had a little external martial arts foundation. Killing them would not help him and might even worsen the accumulation of hallucination corruption.

Although he had temporarily suppressed it by consuming those silver fruits, he still feared that excessive slaughter might weaken their effect. Therefore, he would avoid killing whenever possible.

Once that group left, the ruined temple became much quieter.

Lin Xin tossed the immobilized man aside, then sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

Meanwhile, Li Guanglu, Rong Wan, and the others lit a fire and cleaned the floor, making it somewhat cleaner.

At that moment, heavy rain suddenly began to fall outside. Rainwater lashed against the ruined temple's broken doors with a crisp crackling sound like rain striking banana leaves.

The servants carefully used water to clean up the black dog's blood and other things that