[Don't worry, Host. Your task is to make Jiang Yun change his mind and try to turn the spies. It doesn't have to be a successful defection. So, you don't need to be anxious!]
Hearing the system's words, Xia Lin felt relieved. Then he was even more determined to make Jiang Yun change his mind and turn those spies. Jiang Yun agreed, but he told Xia Lin that if he couldn't turn them, he would still kill those spies in a bloody way.
[Ding~ The task is successful. Jiang Yun's blackening value has decreased by 8 points. The current blackening value is 35. Please keep up the good work, Host.]
Xia Lin and Jiang Yun stayed in the Demon Cult as planned. Since Jiang Yun was busy trying to turn the spies, he didn't have time to accompany Xia Lin to experience other activities in the Demon Cult. So he asked the Four Great Guardians to take care of Xia Lin.
Different from what Xia Lin had imagined about the gloomy and ruthless people in the Demon Cult, the Four Great Guardians were very amiable and talkative. They showed Xia Lin around the Demon Cult, how they trained their disciples, and how they transported supplies from outside. Maybe this was because he was Jiang Yun's lover. Perhaps they were indeed cold to others.
That night, Xia Lin got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet. Even though it was spring, the night wind was still cold. After groping in the dark to relieve himself, Xia Lin wanted to run back quickly. But suddenly, two strangers appeared in front of him. They were masked, and it was obvious they were not good people.
Xia Lin knew he was no match for these two people, so he wanted to call for help, hoping that Jiang Yun in the bedroom would hear him and come to rescue him. But as soon as he shouted a word "Help", the two masked men had already quickly knocked Xia Lin unconscious.
When Xia Lin fainted, he thought that next time he should use a chamber pot to relieve himself indoors. It would be... safer!
When Xia Lin got up to go to the toilet, Jiang Yun heard his movement. He slept lightly and had developed the habit of caring about Xia Lin all the time. So he planned to wait for Xia Lin to come back before falling asleep again.
But as time passed, even if Xia Lin had been taking a long time, he should have come back. But Jiang Yun didn't even hear Xia Lin's footsteps outside the door. This situation was very strange. Without even putting on his coat, Jiang Yun went out to look for Xia Lin. He searched the toilet and other nearby places, but there was no sign of Xia Lin. Jiang Yun's face turned icy cold, scaring the Four Great Guardians who rushed over to kneel on the ground.
"Master? When your subordinate noticed the commotion, he immediately searched with the other three guardians and has captured the four intruders."
Jiang Yun looked down at Qing Ling who was speaking and asked him word by word, "Where's Xia Lin? Have you rescued him?"
The four guardians shook their heads and knelt on the ground nervously. They hadn't seen the master this angry for several years. The last time was five years ago when the most trusted subordinate of the master's father died unexpectedly. The master got angry and wiped out a sect. This time...
"Go and look for him! Don't come back until you have news of Xiaolin!" Jiang Yun was just saying this out of anger, but the Four Great Guardians also felt the master's concern for his wife. Because the master also went to look for him personally and used his lightness kung fu that they couldn't keep up with.
Many people in the Demon Cult were sent out. It wasn't until a whole day later that Jiang Yun found out who had kidnapped Xia Lin. It was the Hehuan Sect, a promiscuous sect that practiced obscene martial arts. If the decent sects in the martial arts world were hostile, fearful, and a little bit in awe of the Demon Cult, they simply despised, loathed, and looked down on the Hehuan Sect!