Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 135: The Fallen and the Soul Devouring Blade
Several days passed.

On the broad official road, a team of horse-drawn carriages galloped forward.

In the carriage at the center of the convoy.

"Happy birthday, young master."

The old butler smiled gently, looked at the not-so-rich seven dishes and three soups on the table, and said apologetically:
"The conditions outside are simple, and there are no rich ingredients. This is all I can do. I hope the young master can make do with it."

"It doesn't matter." Lin Rong sat next to the old housekeeper and said nonchalantly:
"It's just an eleven-year-old birthday. It's not an integer. It's not that important."

"If you feel bad about it, Grandpa Yu, we can make it up to you in two months on your 70th birthday."

In the spacious carriage, there were only Lin Rong and the old butler at the moment.

For a family occasion like a birthday, Dugu Bo, an outsider, was naturally driven by Lin Rong to the carriage at the back to keep Yang Wudi company.

The chassis of the carriage was very stable, and the official road on which the carriage was traveling was also very flat and wide.

Therefore, although the carriage was traveling at high speed, there was no shaking in the carriage, and they could enjoy the birthday dinner with peace of mind.

Lin Rong was raised by the old housekeeper since he was a child. No one knows his eating preferences better than the old housekeeper, including himself.

Therefore, the seven dishes and three soups on the table all suited Lin Rong's appetite.

Although there were only two of them dining, the one with the lowest cultivation level among them was a high-level Soul Emperor, so they were able to finish all ten dishes on the table without any waste.

Warm times always pass quickly.

After the meal, Lin Rong was just about to close his eyes and take a short rest when he sensed something and turned his head to look at the continuous mountains outside the official road.

"One is chasing and the other is fleeing. The leader of the pursuers has a bright aura, while the group of fugitives has a strong smell of blood, and it is still fresh."

"In this era, with such a distinct and obvious feature, there is no doubt that it is the Spirit Hall Law Enforcement Team that is hunting down the Fallen."

In the era of Dou Yi, there was no such thing as evil soul master in the soul master world.

Similarly, in this era, people will never use martial spirit to judge a person's good or evil.

For example, Bibi Dong.

If it were in the era after Dou Yi, using either of the Death Spider Emperor or the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, they would definitely be evil soul masters.

Not to mention that Bibi Dong possesses two at the same time. She is simply a natural evil soul master and the destined leader of the Holy Spirit Church.

However, if Bibi Dong were placed in the era of Dou Yi, she would not be an evil soul master hated by everyone. Instead, she became the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall because of her outstanding talent.

The fact that the Qian family, who possess the six-winged angel spirit, would do this shows that they know that it is not the spirit that determines whether a person is evil, but human beings themselves.

The measure of whether a person is evil depends on what he does.

Therefore, those who like killing and commit numerous evil deeds are uniformly called "Fallen" by the Spirit Hall.

The Spirit Hall claims to be righteous, and although it is hypocritical and selfish, it does spare no effort in dealing with the Fallen.

In order to capture the Fallen across the continent, the Spirit Hall established a law enforcement team.

This law enforcement team represents the righteous side of the Spirit Hall's Qianjia, so it is stipulated that each team of the law enforcement team must have at least one soul master with light attributes.

And no matter how strong the soul master with light attribute is, he is the captain of this team.

Because the criterion for judging whether a person is a Fallen is behavior, only when the law enforcement team discovers that the Fallen have committed evil deeds will they arrest them and imprison them in the City of Slaughter.

Similarly, not every Fallen is willing to go to a place like the City of Slaughter.

After all, this kind of place is for the strong only, and you can only enter but not leave. In addition, the Killing City has a threshold, not everyone can enter.

However, everything can be traded.

You can only enter the City of Slaughter but not exit, and you cannot obtain food and various daily necessities.

The Spirit Hall can provide these materials for the Slaughter City. In exchange, the Spirit Hall can ignore the threshold of the Slaughter City and send those fallen people in, making the Slaughter City a prison for them.

It was precisely because of the Spirit Hall's actions that the trial field used by the Shura God to select his successors was turned into a garbage dump where all kinds of people gathered.

Those Fallen who want to enter the City of Slaughter but do not meet the entry standards only need to commit a crime of killing, and then wait for the Spirit Hall Law Enforcement Team to arrest them, and then they should surrender obediently, and they will be sent in by the Spirit Hall Law Enforcement Team as they wish.

But for those fallen ones who love freedom, facing the capture of the Spirit Hall Law Enforcement Team, they who do not want to be imprisoned in the City of Slaughter will choose to flee.

These two situations for the Fallen are basically half and half.

In the current situation, it is obvious that the Spirit Hall Law Enforcement Team is arresting the Fallen who are unwilling to enter the City of Slaughter.

"However, given the direction and speed they are chasing from, I'm afraid they will collide with our convoy soon!"

"That won't do. The fact that the Po Yi clan has submitted to me cannot be known to the Spirit Hall."

"And if we were to be caught, it might make the Spirit Hall think that the annihilation of the Wind Sword Sect was related to me."

"Forget it. I'll just give you a hand. Why bother detaining the Fallen in some killing city? Can't we just kill them right away?"

Thinking of this, Lin Rong used his mental power to transmit a message to Dugu Bo who was sitting in the carriage behind.

"Turning left on the official road, ten miles northwest, there is a group of Fallen Ones and a team of Spirit Hall law enforcement officers."

"Remember, you have to get rid of them all. Be clean and don't leave any clues."

"Go quickly and come back quickly. Don't let them disturb me from enjoying the scenery along the way."

In the carriage behind, Dugu Bo was still having dinner with Yang Wudi. After hearing Lin Rong's voice transmission, he muttered softly:

"Why me again? My lord, you have so many people under you, not just me."

But even though he complained, he did not dare to slack off. After hearing the content of the task, Dugu Bo immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks, flew out of the car window, and headed towards the northwest on the left side of the official road.

About a quarter of an hour later, Dugu Bo came back.

"My lord, everything is done."

In the carriage, Dugu Bo reported the results of the mission, then took out a piece of cloth and spread it out, revealing an ancient black carving knife.

"I got this from a fallen person. When I held this carving knife in my hand, an inexplicable force devoured my vitality and soul power."

"Since you are very knowledgeable, I wonder if you know what this knife is?"

"Devouring your vitality and soul power?" Lin Rong looked at the carving knife in front of him and seemed to have heard of it somewhere.

It was obviously an ordinary carving knife, but Lin Rong felt an extremely pure vitality from it.

"No, it can't be!"

The plain and simple black carving knife and the pure vitality hidden in it, putting all these together, instantly reminded Lin Rong of a ranking carving knife that appeared in Dou Er.

The ninety-ninth ranked evil sword, Soul Eater.

(End of this chapter)