Chapter 408 371 Youth
Chapter 408 371 Youth
The destination was about to be reached, and a smile appeared on the young man's face.
In fact, most of the day's journey was not difficult, but the siblings had been traveling on empty stomachs. It was manageable for him, but his sister had already been hungry to the point of her stomach growling.
"This Spice Manor doesn't seem peaceful at all!"
Tian Lin, walking ahead, did not smile. Instead, he looked at the dense forest to the left on the mountain path.
Among them, Tian Lin had the highest cultivation, and his five senses were much stronger than others.
He only heard the sound of rustling grass, and turned his vigilant gaze to the bushes in the forest.
The officer and the second-in-command reacted as well, both looking towards the slope's vegetation.
But neither of them had high cultivation, and their vision and senses were not much better than a mortal's, so they did not notice anything unusual.
It wasn't until Tian Lin raised his sword and deflected the two arrows shot from the thick forest that they could be sure there were people in the forest.
The officer had gotten to know the siblings along the way and had a good impression of the young man.
He couldn't bear for the siblings to get hurt, so he pressed the young man's neck down, hiding him behind a rock on the slope, while he wielded his knife and charged towards the dense forest from behind the rock.
The young man, taken care of by the officer, hid with his sister behind the rock, dodging the arrows' attack. But he did not shy away from battle, saying to the little girl behind the rock:
"Girl, hide well here. Brother will be right back."
Dragging a broken sword with a missing tip, he rushed into the forest but had already missed a step.
In fact, he was not the only one who missed a step; so did the officer and the second-in-command.
When the officer and the second-in-command were
Tian Lin said with a smile, and before the second-in-command could feel disheartened, he added, "But even if he's unwilling, he has no choice. According to our vow, brothers should help each other; he can't just watch us die without helping."
Indeed, if the silent rain master didn't see them, that would be a different matter. But if he did see them, would he dare let them starve to death?
"Now the concern is, this Spice Manor seems completely self-sufficient, and people in the village won't easily leave the village. How can we contact the seventh brother?"
"According to the young man, someone transports wood into the manor at the beginning of each month. It's still about twenty days until the beginning of the month, but our food likely won't last that long."
After speaking, Tian Lin looked towards the young man.
The young man was actually in a worse situation than Tian Lin and the others.
Tian Lin and the others didn't have enough food, but they could endure hunger for up to twenty days.
But the young man had no food; if there was no assistance within twenty days, he and his sister had no chance of survival.
"Brother Tian, are you a Sword Cultivator?"
The young man had no idea of Tian Lin's thoughts and wasn't worried about starvation; instead, he was looking at the sword on Tian Lin's back.
"I'm not a Sword Cultivator."
"But I saw you using your sword to deflect arrows earlier. That swordsmanship was truly exceptional. Brother Tian, can you teach me swordsmanship?"
Tian Lin wasn't stingy with his swordsmanship but explained, "I'm only stronger in cultivation than others, with good spiritual perception. The arrows weren't deflected with swordsmanship but broken with sheer force of cultivation.
If you want to learn swordsmanship, I can teach you one or two techniques I know. But mind you, I'm not a Sword Cultivator, so I can't be your mentor."
Although Tian Lin wasn't a Sword Cultivator, he had truly studied quite a few sword techniques.
Moreover, along the journey, he had killed several Cultivators, from whom he had opportunistically taken a few sword manuscripts from their Storage Bags to give to the young man.
The young man took the sword manuscripts and began leafing through them, while continuing to climb the mountain with Tian Lin and the others, looking at the mental method in the book.
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