radicalducati Chapter 85 As you know, I've been with you since I was a child.
Chapter 85 As you know, I've been with you since I was a child.
Wild Dog Taoist felt genuinely happy these days.
First, the eldest hall master raised his arm and led his former members of the Blood Refining Hall, who were scattered in the wilderness, on a long journey back to the Central Plains. They found the ancestral temple ruins deep in the Kongsang Mountains and vowed to revive the glory of the Blood Refining Hall, which had unified the demonic sect eight hundred years ago.
Immediately afterwards, he, Wild Dog Taoist, was entrusted with an important task and was promoted to one of the three elders in the hall. Now, when the disciples of the sect see him, which one does not respectfully bow his head and call him Elder Wild Dog?
This feeling is truly intoxicating and blissful.
If he has any regrets now, it's that he didn't take on a single truly loyal follower.
He looked down on all the disciples in the gang, who were all sycophants and opportunists. He could only lament his disappointment.
"Brother Wild Dog! Brother Wild Dog! Wait for me!"
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind. Wild Dog Taoist was startled and subconsciously turned around to look. He saw a dazzling purple light rapidly approaching, and in the light was a guy he had never seen before.
"Hey! Boy, who are you?" A fierce glint flashed across Wild Dog Taoist's ugly face. He spun his fanged club around, turning it around so that the menacing barbs at the front were aimed at the newcomer. He was certain that he had never seen this person in the hall before. Putting aside everything else, just based on the appearance and temperament of the person in front of him, it was impossible for him to be a disciple of their Blood Refining Hall.
Russell quickly pointed to himself and said, "Brother Wild Dog! It's me! I'm Russell! Little Russell!"
"Little Luo?" Wild Dog Taoist thought for a moment, then, confirming he had no recollection of him, immediately thrust his fanged club forward: "Bullshit! Wild Dog doesn't know you at all! Don't try to get close to me! Tell me, who are you? If you don't explain clearly, don't blame my fanged club for being blind!"
Seeing this, Russell sighed deeply: "Alas... Brother Wild Dog is indeed forgetful of important matters. Now that you've risen to prominence, you've forgotten your old brothers. Don't you remember the Wild Dog Gang from back in Heyang City?"
"Wild Dog Gang!?" Wild Dog Taoist was shocked.
Seeing Wild Dog Taoist's reaction, Russell knew he had made the right bet.
The Wild Dog Gang is not a plot point in the original novel "Zhu Xian," but rather a background setting added to the derivative game "Fantasy Zhu Xian" to enrich the character of Wild Dog Taoist.
In this setting, when he was a child, Wild Dog Taoist gathered a group of abandoned beggars in Heyang City and formed a small group, proclaiming himself the leader and naming it the Wild Dog Gang.
Russell was just giving it a try. If it worked, great; if not, he'd just run away. Dealing with a cultivator of Xiao Yicai's level would be a bit troublesome, but could he not beat a wild dog? If all else failed, he could use the World Anchor to travel to other worlds.
On the other side, after much hesitation, the fierce glint in Wild Dog Taoist's eyes gradually faded, and his tone softened: "Are you really a member of the Wild Dog Gang?"
Actually, he was already mostly convinced by what he had said. After all, he had never told anyone else about this, not even the eldest brother. Unless this person was a fortune teller, there was no way he could know about such a trivial matter.
Seeing this, Russell immediately seized the opportunity and nodded repeatedly: "Ever since you left without saying goodbye, Brother Wild Dog, I have been taken in as an apprentice by a wandering Taoist priest."
The Wild Dog Taoist asked, puzzled, "If that's the case, then what are you doing here?"
"I've come to seek refuge with you!" Russell said eagerly, his eyes almost overflowing with sincerity. "Once a brother, always a brother. I've traveled to so many places over the years to finally hear about you and come to you for help. Brother, you can't abandon me."
"Is that so?" A rare blush appeared on the ugly face of the Wild Dog Taoist. He lowered his head with some shame, not daring to look at Russell's burning gaze.
He was a man of great loyalty, but so many years have passed that he no longer remembers the past, yet there are still people who remember him so persistently.
He felt unworthy of such loyalty!
"Very well!" After a moment's thought, Wild Dog Taoist suddenly raised his head, a resolute light rekindling in his eyes. He patted Russell's shoulder heavily and said in a deep voice, "Little Bu! Since you still acknowledge me as your elder brother, then I, Wild Dog, will never treat you unfairly! From now on, you'll follow me! If I, Wild Dog, have a piece of meat to eat, you, Luo Xiaobu, will have a sip of soup to drink!"
"Big brother!"
"Little Bu!"
"Big brother!"
"Waaaaah~"
"No, brother, stay away from me! I just changed into the brocade dress!"
"..."
……
At this very moment, deep within the Kongsang Mountains, inside the main altar of the Blood Refining Hall, built against a natural cave.
The eldest disciple sat upright on the tall chair carved from the bones of an unknown beast, his single eye looking down at the disciples who were gradually returning to the main altar from all directions. He nodded in satisfaction as he watched the hall become increasingly crowded.
In just over a year, he finally managed to grow the Blood Refining Hall from a handful of people to nearly a hundred.
Although the number of people is small, this is due to the overall environment.
In today's world, internal competition within the Demonic Sect is fierce, business is difficult, disciples are hard to recruit, and starting a business is extremely challenging.
Above, the four major clans—Ghost King Sect, Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, Joyful Union Sect, and Longevity Hall—control resources. Below, countless smaller sects fight and devour each other for survival. Outside, sects like Qingyun Sect, Tianyin Temple, and Burning Incense Valley, which claim to be righteous, are eyeing the area covetously, always ready to slay demons and monsters.
For a sect like their Blood Refining Hall, whose ancestors were once wealthy, it would be even more difficult to rise again in the cracks!
Being able to expand to its current scale without relying on any major sect is already the limit for the eldest brother.
"Elder brother, why did you call everyone back in such a hurry? Is there something important?" A seductive and alluring female voice with a long, drawn-out tone broke the slightly somber atmosphere in the hall.
A beautiful young woman dressed in a revealing red dress swayed her hips as she walked gracefully out of the side passage, giving a flirtatious wink without any restraint, her eyes brimming with allure.
"Hehe, Lady Qu, you've probably forgotten that Old Man Nian's right eye is blind. Aren't you just throwing your flirtatious glances at a blind man?" A frivolous laugh rang out, and a pale yellow light flashed, landing in front of the main hall, revealing a middle-aged man with a sinister face.
His name was Liu Hao, and he was known as one of the three elders of the Blood Refining Hall, along with Lady Qu and Daoist Yegou.
He made sarcastic remarks without any restraint, his gaze lingering on Lady Qu's graceful figure.
Lady Qu wasn't annoyed; she just gave a soft snort, rolled her eyes at Liu Hao, and exuded charm.
The eldest brother was already used to these kinds of verbal squabbles among his subordinates. He looked around and asked in a deep voice, "Where's Wild Dog? Why hasn't he arrived yet?"
Both Lady Qu and Liu Hao shook their heads, indicating that they did not know.