Chapter 130: Luo Zi Comes Calling (Please Subscribe)

Stopping his departing footsteps, Du En turned to look at this new visitor.

It was clearly aimed at him, and it was also clear, given the timing, that Yu Jian had been avoiding this person, and this person had not noticed that the old patrol guard had just come by.

"It's ten to one!"

Just as Du En thought this to himself, he vaguely sensed a subtle gaze being cast over from out of thin air.

"Not a divine sense projection, not someone lurking in the dark; this is surveillance through an array. Camp Master Xiang Tao..."

Quickly deducing this, Du En stood calmly, feeling no ripples of emotion, remaining exceptionally composed.

"I feel that my life is actually not that miserable."

"Not even a little bit?"

Who starts acting like brothers the moment they meet? Do you know what manners and etiquette are? Are you worthy of calling me brother?

Tsk! Truly worthy of being from the lowest of the low, just crude and rude!

Forget it, the important matter comes first; I won't bicker with him about these things for now!

Luo Zi suppressed the dissatisfaction surging in his heart, stood with his hands behind his back and his chin slightly raised, and said: "Regarding the tyranny, willfulness, and harsh exploitation by the Camp Master and the other senior patrol guards, I imagine you must have a deep understanding of it as well, so I will speak plainly."

In his view, since he himself was living so miserably, someone like Du En with an even poorer background must be even worse off; it was just good luck that out of their batch of over twenty people who died, he still hadn't died.

It was mainly because the danger was somewhat low, and the evil cultivators were lying low and plotting things, allowing them to adapt steadily; to have such thoughts, looking at the situation, the great cause was not yet achieved, and there seemed to be signs of internal friction.

Du En then made an even more oblivious remark: "Hmm, Brother Luo, you came specifically to find me, is there some urgent matter?"

Why are you asking so much? Just nod obediently!

Luo Zi flicked his sleeves in displeasure; he was not cheered by this, but instead became even more dissatisfied with Du En's performance.

"Any advice?"

Does anyone really like rolling in rotten, stinking mud?

When he said this, he paused slightly, observing the changes in Du En's expression.

"You..."

"Especially after last night's events, it is even more certain that the Camp Master is muddle-headed and gullible, and handles matters unfairly. If we, the weak, do not unite, we will only continue to be oppressed and unable to turn things around!"

"No!"

From his perspective, for someone like Du En, whenever something didn't go as he wished, he would start to get angry and displeased, and he only felt that Du En was overstepping and bold.

"My luck is actually quite bad."

Hearing this, Luo Zi immediately became angry.

This group of people was either deeply prejudiced, excessively arrogant, or even inherently evil and perverted in nature—not evil cultivators, but worse than them!

So Du En was speaking the truth again.

The visitor looked young but was not actually young; he had originally been quite dashing and plump, but as a new patrol guard, after more than a year of baptism in the mountains and forests, he had added traces of vicissitudes, and when his brows twitched, fine wrinkles would pull at his cheeks, revealing the clues of his true age.

Comparing their behaviors, one side choosing to "wallow in degradation" and the other choosing to "gather to cause trouble," for Xiang Tao, it was better if more of his subordinates were people who wallowed in degradation and just muddled along.

He cupped his hands at Du En casually, quite haughtily, his tone also appearing cold, and faintly harboring some resentment.

Luo Zi was getting a bit frantic and issued an ultimatum directly: "Just say whether you are joining or not!"

Luo Zi's righteous stance, merciful tone, and magnanimous attitude clearly showed he was here to take Du En as a dog, so that when it came time to divide the spoils in the future, he would have a subordinate to support him.

Although when they were first exiled here, they were all miserable about the future, now that they had adapted, they began to change their perspectives, pull themselves together, and try to band together to make their lives better.

Luo Zi had never seen anyone willing to wallow in degradation to this extent.

Du En spoke the truth, directly choking the other party.

Because once he showed his hand, letting Xiang Tao notice, it would only make him resentful, suspicious, and even wary, and then he would start targeting him.

"Hmph! Wallowing in degradation!"

Cursing once, Luo Zi returned in defeat.

There was no change at all; there was none of the performance he imagined where, as soon as the topic was raised, the other would immediately bow and ask for guidance, nor was there the other scenario he imagined where the other's face would change drastically, showing cowardice, fear, and anxiety.

Du En shook his head slightly in his heart, but spoke on the surface: "It is only natural for the weak to band together for warmth, but I think I need to ask first how exactly you plan to do this."

Therefore, he would first see what this visitor had to say, and then, based on the other's attitude and words, he would show a normal, ordinary response.

Regarding Du En's seemingly normal performance, he couldn't say he was very satisfied, but it was barely acceptable.

Because everything is afraid of comparison.

The gaze of Xiang Tao's surveillance did not hesitate and followed the movement directly.

This caused all of Luo Zi's various plans to fall into the water and sink.

Seeing the person opposite him stuck for a long while without continuing, Du En spoke considerately, as if giving him a step down.

Because the attitude here was far too peaceful and quiet; logically speaking, he should have taken the initiative to pay respects first, but now it required him to speak up, which was truly lacking in awareness and manners.

"In short, more than a year has passed, and all the fellow Daoists have basically recovered. In order to no longer be wantonly bullied and humiliated by the old-timers, I have taken the lead in connecting everyone, and we have recently decided to unite as one and face the outside world together."

Comparing his background with Luo Zi and the others—one was a low-class laborer from outside the city, the other was pampered inside the city—the fact that Du En still didn't choose to collude with them was an extra point.

"I am Luo Zi."

Fortunately, Luo Zi finally got to the point.

Luo Zi refused flatly and continued to be arrogant and bossy, "In short, for someone like you from a background of a lowly corpse-burying laborer to be able to join is an opportunity I fought for you. I advise you not to be ungrateful; nod quickly, and in the future, when I eat meat, I will leave you some soup, so you won't have to continue living this miserable life!"

Given the other's attitude, Du En felt that talking to them was simply a waste of his time.

Since he started cultivating, among the people and things he had encountered, there were not many that were good or normal.

"No need, thank you."

"You haven't joined yet, so these things cannot be told to you!"

I am giving you an opportunity to participate and join; you must not be ungrateful, hurry up and bow your head, follow me, and in the future, work hard without complaint and endure being beaten and scolded—that is all your good fortune!

"Hmph!"

"Don't think that your luck can last forever!"

Luo Zi felt annoyed in his heart; the deeper his prejudice against Du En grew, the more dissatisfied his attitude became.

"Clearly I haven't done anything, I've only maintained my true self, yet even like this, it's still wrong..."

"Considering you also came with our same batch, every bit of strength we can gather counts, so I laid out the pros and cons to persuade the other fellow Daoists, and have come here specifically at this moment to invite you to join in this grand undertaking!"

It was not just him; everyone else in the entire camp was basically like this.

Therefore, he currently did not have any opinions regarding Du En's side.

After all, the patrol work still needed someone to do it, and furthermore, it was necessary to establish a relatively good example...

(End of this chapter)