Does this person have some serious illness?
Lin Qiye's gaze toward Cao Yuan became strange.
He has always been prone to assuming the worst about others, so it's hard for him not to overthink things if someone suddenly comes up to him for no reason.
"I don't understand." Lin Qiye shook his head. "Just because I can control you in your berserk state?"
"You can also help me cleanse my sins and achieve perfect merit." Cao Yuan put his hands together and softly chanted the Buddha's name.
Lin Qiye frowned. "What are you talking about?"
Cao Yuan's face darkened, a trace of sorrow flashing in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke:
"I bear the weight of 333 innocent lives lost, blood splattering the heavens, a sea of slaughter... Only you can absolve me of this sin and spare me the torment of karmic fire."
"You killed 333 people?" Baili Pangpang's eyes widened. "You used to... be a bandit?"
"...no."
"So what did you do?"Cao Yuan kept his eyes down, his mind focused, and remained silent.Lin Qiye slowly spoke, "I'm sorry, I don't have the ability to absolve people of their sins. You should go find a monk.""I've searched." Cao Yuan stared into Lin Qiye's eyes. "I've been chanting sutras and reciting Buddhist scriptures on Mount Jiuhua for seven years, but the blood-red aura on my body hasn't faded at all... Grand Master Jin Chan said that only one person can help me absolve my sins and achieve perfect merit.""Did he give me his ID number?" Lin Qiye asked curiously."...No, but it makes no difference either," Cao Yuan said calmly. "Two trees stand upright, one of the eight gods is gone, ten years have passed since nightfall, guiding the world... isn't that exactly the name Lin Qiye?"Lin Qiye didn't react much to the first two sentences, but when he heard the line "Ten years into the night, saving the world," his expression gradually became solemn.Does "ten years in the night" mean he was blind for ten years, or does it mean his agreement with Zhao Kongcheng to join the Night Watch for ten years?If it's the former, it only means that Cao Yuan investigated him carefully, but if it's the latter... there was no one around when he made the oath, so how did that Golden Cicada Grand Master know about it?"I'll say it again, I won't help others avert disasters or overcome tribulations." Lin Qiye shook his head."It might not be possible now, but I believe you can do it in the future.""You trust me that much?""I believe in the Golden Cicada Grandmaster."Lin Qiye stared at Cao Yuan for a long time, then sighed helplessly, "Suit yourself, but I won't make any guarantees."Cao Yuan's lips curled up slightly, as if he had remembered something, and he handed the pickled vegetables to Lin Qiye."Eat pickled vegetables."After hesitating for a moment, Lin Qiye reached out and grabbed a little bit, stuffed it into the white steamed bun, and took a big bite.Cao Yuan revealed a satisfied smile."That smile looks more and more like a simp's..." Baili Pangpang muttered, shamelessly moving closer to Cao Yuan and reaching out to grab some pickled vegetables.Cao Yuan's expression changed, and he abruptly blocked the dish of pickled vegetables with his hand, "Get out!""Let me have a bite! If Qi Ye can eat, why can't I! So stingy..." Baili Pangpang pouted."These all belong to Lin Qiye," Cao Yuan said expressionlessly.Baili Pangpang approached Lin Qiye with a wronged expression, "Qiye, tell me, do I, Baili Pangpang, deserve to eat your pickled vegetables?!""Unworthy.""...My Rolex...""Hmm... eating a little less is fine too."Seeing Lin Qiye relent, Cao Yuan, under Baili Pangpang's sinister grin, could only reluctantly let go and silently began to gnaw on the raw meat by himself.Baili Pangpang stood arrogantly in front of Cao Yuan, holding a steamed bun in one hand and pickled vegetables in the other, munching and chuckling like a newly favored empress in the imperial harem.Attention everyone!!Just as everyone was focused on eating, Instructor Hong walked in from the cafeteria entrance with two other instructors, their loud voices echoing throughout the cafeteria.Everyone put down their steamed buns at the same time, except for Baili Pangpang, who stuffed a mouthful of steamed bun into his mouth and stood there straight with his cheeks puffed out.Instructor Hong's sharp gaze swept across the entire room as he slowly began to speak:"This afternoon is your first extreme training session! After lunch, everyone gather at the back of the cafeteria! Understand?!""Understood!" the new recruits replied.Instructor Hong nodded. "Here's a piece of advice: the extreme training this afternoon will be very tough... You'd better finish the food on the table."After they finished speaking, the three instructors turned and left, and the noise in the canteen grew louder again."Extreme training? What the hell is that?" Baili Pangpang asked in confusion while chewing on a steamed bun."I don't know," Cao Yuan shook his head."Let's finish eating what's on the table first." Lin Qiye sighed, watching the instructors leave. "This afternoon is probably going to be hell..."...After Lin Qiye and his two companions finished their meal, they went straight to the back of the cafeteria, where several black buses were already parked, their destinations unknown."Leaving the camp?" Baili Pangpang's eyes lit up, his face showing some anticipation."Leaving the camp might not be a good thing." Lin Qiye frowned slightly."Why?""This means that the facilities in the training camp can no longer meet the 'extreme' conditions." Zheng Zhong, a former special forces soldier, suddenly appeared behind the three of them and spoke out abruptly."Have you trained before?""I don't know if the Night Watch's training is the same as the military's, but anyway... this afternoon's training won't be as easy as this morning's, so save your energy."Zheng Zhong walked past Lin Qiye, and the door of the black bus slowly opened. With a light leap, he disappeared from everyone's sight.Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, but still couldn't guess what this extreme training was all about, so he simply stopped thinking about it and got into the car with Zheng Zhong. Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan followed afterward.Once everyone had arrived, the vehicles slowly started moving, and the five black buses drove out of the training camp gate and sped off into the wilderness.About half an hour later, the vehicle stopped.Lin Qiye, who was resting, opened his eyes, looked out the window, and was slightly taken aback."Jinnan Mountain?" Lin Qiye was a local from Cangnan, so he naturally recognized the lush mountain range in front of him.Cangnan City is located on the plains in the southeast of Daxia. It doesn't have any high mountains or famous mountains. This Jinnan Mountain is only about 4,000 meters high, which is not considered a high mountain. However, it is surrounded by a series of small peaks that enclose it in the center, forming a mountain range. It is neither very big nor very small.Moreover, Jinan Mountain has not been developed on a large scale. It is a wild mountain on the border of Cangnan City. There is only a small cable car on the top of Jinan Mountain for tourists to go up and down. Even so, not many tourists come every year. It is an extremely unpopular tourist attraction.After the vehicle came to a stop, Instructor Hong stood up, turned around and looked at the new recruits, a cruel smile curling at the corner of his mouth."Everyone, get off!"