Crazy involution in male-oriented novels, my senior brother has set his sights on me

"Help! Is there anyone here?" Not long after Lin Hao left, he heard a voice asking for help. The person seemed to be about the same age as him, and might also be here to attend the disciple recruitment meeting.

Although it sounded like it was not far away from him, Lin Hao did not stop but continued to move forward.

"Crunch... crunch..."

The forest was eerily quiet. The only sounds could be heard: the man's cry for help and the sound of Lin Hao breaking off dead branches and leaves on the ground.

Lin Hao sensed something was wrong. How could there not be even a bird or a mosquito in such a dense jungle?

But before he could think carefully, the man who asked for help seemed to have heard Lin Hao's footsteps and asked for help: "Is there anyone up there? Can you rescue me?"

Lin Hao ignored it and continued walking upwards.

"I am the son of the head of the An family in Yong'an City. If you are willing to save me, I will reward you handsomely! You can name your price for spiritual stones and magic weapons!" The man said anxiously as he heard the footsteps going away.

Lin Hao remained unmoved and continued walking towards the top of the mountain.

If it were normal times, Lin Hao might save people for the sake of the promises. But he was in such a bad condition that he couldn't even protect himself, so how could he save people?

Seeing that Lin Hao's footsteps were still getting farther away, the man became anxious and began to promise to raise the price.

But Lin Hao never looked back at that person, as if that person did not exist.

Perhaps the noise was too loud and attracted nearby jackals.

Seeing the jackal drooling at the man who was asking for help, the man got so scared that his voice trembled a little.

"Please! Please, save me! I don't want to die! Ah..."

"howl!"

The cries for help became weaker and weaker, and what reached Lin Hao's ears was the sound of wild beasts eating and chewing.

But none of this made Lin Hao show any guilt. He continued to walk towards the top of the mountain as if nothing had happened, and was not affected by the episode just now...

In front of the water mirror, these sect leaders and elders all took a deep breath.

"Hiss...this child has no compassion at all?" someone said in surprise.

"It seems that in the second level of the state of mind, this little guy... Alas! What a pity." Luo Zheng said. Although his words were full of pity, the kind expression on his face did not change at all.

"Hmph! What's such a pity! Such a merciless boy will be a great scourge to the world of cultivation in the future even if he becomes an immortal!" There was a hint of righteousness in the man's voice, but his words were filled with some dislike for Lin Hao.

This person is Gong Yu Yanming, the head of Mingbian Hall who is in charge of the precepts of Wandao Sect!

Cang Chen was gloating beside him. Tsk tsk tsk! It looks like this kid is going to fail at this level.

Qian Baiyu didn't have time to pay attention to Cang Chen. He just stared at the water mirror, his eyes full of worry for Lin Hao.

Lin Hao was completely unaware of this. Even if he knew that someone was watching all this, he would not change his mind to save someone who had nothing to do with him.

Soon the sound behind him faded away from Lin Hao, and before he knew it, he came to an empty space.

There was fog in front and behind him, making it impossible for him to see the road ahead or the way he came.

A majestic voice sounded from above, exactly the same as the voice heard at the foot of the mountain. "Why didn't you save that person just now?"

Lin Hao replied as a matter of course: "Why should I save someone who has nothing to do with me?"

"Then why do you want to practice Taoism?" the person above continued to ask.

"Become stronger!" Lin Hao replied without any hesitation.

"How can a person who doesn't even have a compassionate heart protect the people in the future?" This time, the voice from above was filled with anger.

Everyone watching this in front of the water mirror fell silent. Yun Rao was the first to break the silence, "Oh, it's rare to see the phantom of the mirror flower and water moon get angry. It seems that this little guy really pissed it off this time."

"I can barely save myself in this situation now. Am I stupid? Knowing that I might lose my life, why would I save someone I know I can't save?"

The words "I'm not an idiot" were clearly written on Lin Hao's face.

People inside and outside the illusion: "..."

Actually, this is true...

"Hmph!" Only Gong Yu Yanming still looked at Lin Hao with dissatisfaction.

In the illusion, Lin Hao continued: "Also, why do I have to save the people?"

"If it's not for the protection of common people, then what's your way?" Huan Ling seemed to have found a point to refute Lin Hao, as if to regain the confidence that he had lost after being ridiculed before, and his voice became a little colder.

But to Lin Hao it sounded much more pleasant than before. Lin Hao always felt that the voice before was unpopular. Look, it is so lively now.

Fortunately, Huan Ling didn’t know what Lin Hao was thinking at the moment, otherwise he would have been very angry.

Lin Hao said in a mocking tone: "If you can't even protect your own life, how can you protect the common people? One life for another? Then forgive me for not being that great!"

Then he replied with a firm face: "My way has never been to consume myself! Keep getting stronger! This is my way!"

Lin Hao continued, "Continuously challenge the strong, gradually match them, and finally surpass those strong, this is my way! Why must I protect the people to be considered to have the Tao? Why can't I walk the path I want to walk?!"

These words silenced Huan Ling, and everyone outside the water mirror was also silent. Only the young man in red, who had stayed out of the matter, curled his lips slightly.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is not wrong. Although Lin Hao's remarks seem to be heretical in their eyes, they make everyone unable to refute them.

Yes, no one stipulates that you can't practice Taoism if you don't protect the people, but they have become accustomed to taking on everything. After all, in their opinion, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

"This kid is really a heretic! He is bewitching people!"

Only Gong Yuyanming's eyes were full of displeasure towards Lin Hao.

This is the world they live in, and it should be ruled by the strongest of them.

Huan Ling thought for a long time and didn't know how to refute Lin Hao, so he could only say reluctantly: "Congratulations to Lin Hao for passing the Questioning Heart Realm."

After saying this, Lin Hao was thrown out mercilessly by Huan Ling.

It was the kind of real loss. After Lin Hao was thrown out of the fog, he landed on his butt.

Lin Hao rubbed his buttocks which were hurt from the fall and stood up, thinking, this phantom spirit is really stingy, he can't win the argument so he uses such a rough method to deal with a patient like him...

Wait…why doesn’t his right shoulder hurt anymore?

Lin Hao looked down and saw his intact right shoulder. He was filled with questions and recalled what Qian Duoduo had said...

“Don’t look with your eyes, rush forward boldly when encountering things, don’t be afraid of getting hurt or dying.”

So that's what it means. It seems that they have entered a fantasy world since they set foot on the road of trial.

In the original novel, the male protagonist was late for some reason and did not catch up with the trial road. Instead, he was taken to the mountain by the elders of Qianji Pavilion at the foot of the mountain.

Therefore, Lin Hao did not know that he was in an illusion.

Lin Hao beat his chest and stamped his feet. In fact, if he thought carefully about what Qian Duoduo said to him before leaving, he would understand the essence of it.

But Lin Hao didn't take the words to heart because he wanted to explore on his own.

If he had known that this was an illusion, why would Lin Hao have been so timid when fighting the giant tiger? Since he wouldn't die anyway, he should have fought to the death!

Yes, to outsiders, it was a fierce battle.

But in Lin Hao's opinion, that battle was too timid.

What a great opportunity!

The opportunity to fight without regard for the consequences and not die slipped away from him.