Chapter 33: Stairway to Immortality
Chapter 33: Stairway to Immortality (Seeking follow-up reading)
Seeing Xiaoyue was about to leave, Tian Lin turned around and said, "I hope Master Shang can tell me why he asked me to do this."
Xiaoyue was stunned, turned around and glared at Tian Lin, then whipped the stool next to Tian Lin and collapsed it.
"Young Master asks you to do something, but do I need to give you a reason? Have you forgotten who you are?"
Tian Lin glanced at the bench next to him that was broken into two pieces. He was not frightened by Xiaoyue's appearance. He still looked at Xiaoyue and said:
"I just want you to tell Master Shang what I said today. It will be up to him to decide whether to kill or beat me."
"Okay, I will report your words to the young master exactly as they are. But don't forget what happened to the young master."
After Xiaoyue finished speaking, she turned around and whipped the whip towards the door, and then she heard a scream from the corner outside the door.
The errand disciple was caught off guard and fell to the ground, wailing loudly.
Han Li, who heard the wailing, also ran out of the room at this time and saw Xiaoyue coming out of Tian Lin's room.
He cupped his hands, pointed at the errand disciple on the ground and asked, "I wonder how my brother offended Miss Xiaoyue to make her do this to him?"
Xiaoyue said, "Next time when you ask him to eavesdrop, don't put his head so close to me. If he hears something he shouldn't, I'm afraid he won't have the chance to lie there and cry like this again."
After Xiaoyue left, the errand disciple on the ground started crying, "They were arguing in the room, but why was I the one who got beaten? I didn't see anything, and I didn't hear anything."
Han Li frowned and asked someone to carry the errand disciple on the ground away, then he went into Tian Lin's house.
Seeing Tian Lin packing up the benches, he stepped forward and frowned, "What's going on? Aren't you all Master Shang's men?"
Tian Lin also wanted to ask what was going on. Did Young Master Shang want to kill Han Li himself?
He threw the broken bench into the corner and said, "Before I joined the sect, I killed her father. Maybe that's why she hates me."
Han Li took a breath of cold air after hearing this. His expression changed for a while, and finally he shook his head and said:
"Forget it. I won't ask about your grudge with her father. There's just one thing. If you want to stay in Lianshui Peak, you should stay away from Miss Xiaoyue."
"I appreciate Brother Han's kindness! But you're so close to me, I'm afraid if Xiaoyue sees it, she'll hate you too."
Han Li suddenly realized, and then laughed: "Manager Shang and I are both the Third Manager's men, and Manager Shang won't do anything to me. Besides, Xiaoyue hates me because of you, and I'm not afraid of her."
"Third Manager?"
Tian Lin looked puzzled, and then he heard Han Li say, "There are four stewards in the sect from Lianshui Peak now. Except for Steward Shang, the other three stewards are the descendants of Elder Liu. These three stewards are the grandsons of Elder Liu."
Tian Lin was completely confused.
According to his guess, Young Master Shang wanted him to kill Han Li probably because he had a conflict with the Third Steward.
But from what Han Li said, Young Master Shang was the third manager just like him.
After saying that, Han Li turned and left. Tian Lin hesitated for a moment, but still did not step forward to explain.
After noon, Han Li's partridge voice sounded outside, and Han Li shouted, "It's time to work. Don't blame others if you can't get a position!"
There was a commotion in the bamboo corridor. The shirtless errand disciples disappeared into the house barefoot. Only the errand disciple who was whipped was still screaming "ouch!" in the next room.
Tian Lin did not go into the river. He moved the table to the bedside, sat on the table, picked up a piece of "Three-legged Little Qilin" and put it into his mouth.
The soft and tender leg meat instantly filled Tian Lin's taste buds. He chewed the tender bones off with a crunch and instantly felt the fire spirit filling his body.
Tian Lin did not dare to be careless, and quickly practiced the "Five Elements Foundation Building Method". The fire spirit energy followed the meridians and condensed in the acupuncture points of his first tendon, and began to entangle with the water spirit energy in the acupuncture points.
Tian Lin's forehead was covered with sweat, but fortunately, with the guidance of the Five Elements Foundation Building Method, the two kinds of spiritual energy did not conflict with each other in his body.
He meditated in the house the whole afternoon, and finally absorbed all the fire spirit brought by the "three-legged little unicorn".
Unfortunately, he was practicing the Five Elements Foundation Building Method. However, even if the method was not good, his achievements in the past two days were equivalent to that of an ordinary person in a year.
After all, how can ordinary people have the chance to eat "crystal fish" and "three-legged little unicorn"?
In the afternoon, Han Li did not come to see Tian Lin, and Tian Lin did not go to the kitchen to buy grass fish and three-legged toad for food.
His first acupuncture point was no longer short of water and fire auras, but it lacked gold, wood and earth auras.
Tian Lin didn’t see any ingredients in the kitchen that could replenish these three kinds of spiritual energy.
In the afternoon, the Taoist bell rang, and the group of chores of the Mining Academy also got off work.
Tian Lin got some ordinary food in the cafeteria and did not buy the grass fish or the three-legged unicorn.
On the way back, Tian Lin went to Han Li's room specifically.
Han Li was a little surprised by Tian Lin's arrival. He stood up and asked, "Brother Tian is here?"
Tian Lin put the food on the table, sat down opposite Han Li and asked, "Brother Han, are you curious about what Xiaoyue asked me to do?"
Han Li was stunned for a moment, and asked back: "Does this have anything to do with me?"
Tian Lin said bluntly: "Xiao Yue was asked by Young Master Shang to come to me and ask me to kill Brother Han."
Han Li shook his head after hearing this, and then burst into laughter: "I have no grudges against her or her servant, why do they want to kill me?"
Tian Lin frowned. He thought Han Li knew the reason, but it seemed that Han Li didn't know why Young Master Shang wanted to kill him.
Then Han Li said, "Besides, as far as I am concerned, apart from a few managers in the entire Lianshui Peak, I don't think there are many people who can rival me. As for you, Brother Tian, if I'm not mistaken, you have only just entered the first-class level not long ago, right?"
There was nothing to hide. Tian Lin nodded and said, "I have indeed just entered the first-class martial arts realm." Han Li sneered and said, "Then why would Master Shang let you, a junior who has just entered the first-class realm, kill me, a master?"
He felt that Tian Lin wanted to alienate him and use him to deal with Xiaoyue, but this alienation was too clumsy.
Tian Lin did not explain, and said:
"Brother Han has helped me a lot in the past two days, so I don't want to harm you behind your back. That's all I have to say today. I just want Brother Han to be careful. As for whether you believe it or not, that's not something I can control."
Seeing Tian Lin's seriousness, Han Li couldn't help but ask, "Young Master Shang wants you to kill me, why did you tell on me? Aren't you afraid that Young Master Shang will punish you?"
If Tian Lin really took Young Master Shang's Heart-Sorrow Gu, he would never dare to betray Young Master Shang so boldly.
Unfortunately, the heart-breaking poison that Tian Lin took turned into a body-refining pill.
Although Young Master Shang was an outer sect disciple, he was able to settle the matter by beating and killing the menial disciples.
But the small Lianshui Peak is also a place where "the water is shallow and there are many turtles". Young Master Shang is the only manager of Lianshui Peak whose surname is not Liu. Will the other Liu family members who are surnamed Liu but not managers be willing to let Young Master Shang make a mistake?
"First, it's unlikely that Brother Han would tell on you. Second, I don't want to fight you. Third, if Brother Han tells on you, I will say that Xiaoyue was too careless when she passed the message to me, and the errand disciple outside the gate overheard it. Anyway, someone did eavesdrop at the time, and everyone knows it."
Han Li looked at Tian Lin speechlessly for a long while, and he still shook his head in disbelief:
"No matter how hard I try, I can't think of any way you can kill me. If it's just poison, I think Master Shang will have a way to kill me without anyone noticing."
"I also don't understand why Master Shang wants me to kill you, but Xiaoyue, if I don't see your head in a month, you will hold me accountable."
"What are you going to do?"
Tian Lin said succinctly: "Since Brother Han is unwilling to join me in dealing with Xiaoyue, then help me improve my cultivation and let me help you kill Xiaoyue."
He wanted to kill Young Master Shang, but naturally he was unable to do so now.
But killing Xiaoyue was part of his plan and it was not impossible.
"You want to kill Xiaoyue?"
Han Li stood up and looked around to make sure no one could hear them talking.
He leaned over to Tian Lin again and said, "I'm not looking down on you, but with your skills, how can you kill Xiao Yue?"
"We'll talk about whether to kill her or not later, but if I only have the strength of a first-rate martial artist, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect myself if she really attacks me."
Han Li frowned, he thought Tian Lin's words were crazy.
The difference between the first-rate realm and the grandmaster realm is not only in martial arts skills, but also in cultivation.
This cannot be compensated by a short period of practice.
But although he did not accept Tian Lin's "estrangement" to deal with Xiaoyue, he did not want to watch Tian Lin die like this.
"Okay, I can teach you martial arts, but I don't want to get involved in your affairs with your young master."
After Han Li finished speaking, he sat back down and started eating.
Tian Lin didn't say much. What he was sure of was that Young Master Shang had absolutely no hatred towards Han Li.
Killing Han Li must be for other big purposes.
Tian Lin didn't know what Young Master Shang was planning, but he didn't want to ruin himself because of Young Master Shang's conspiracy.
You know, Manager Xu once said that there is a big secret hidden in Young Master Shang’s mine.
Tian Lin was not very interested in big secrets. He just hoped that even if Young Master Shang had any ambitions, they would not affect him.
Therefore, it would be best to draw a clear line with Young Master Shang, or even directly eliminate this source of trouble.
Anyway, I have already made up my mind that if I have the chance, I will take Young Master Shang's head to sacrifice to Big Liu and Boss Zhang.
"Miss Xiaoyue's martial arts realm has reached the Grandmaster level, and is stronger than the average person. You want to catch up with her in a month, and I don't know how to help you find a way. I'm afraid that just improving your martial arts will not be very effective."
After finishing his meal, Han Li put down his bowl and chopsticks and said something.
Tian Lin smiled when he heard this and said, "One month should be enough, I think."
Han Li thought about it, paced back and forth in the room, and suddenly turned to Tian Lin and said, "If you are not afraid of being laughed at, why don't we go to the Immortal Ladder together?"
"The ladder to heaven?"
Tian Lin raised his eyebrows, he had never heard of the 'Immortal Ladder'.
"Do you know the immortal gate of our Yaoyue Sect? There is a stone staircase with three platforms. Those who can reach the first platform are the first step of the warriors in Qi training and can be promoted from menial disciples to outer disciples."
He didn't say anything about entering the second and third platforms, and Tian Lin didn't ask.
Because when Han Li mentioned the mountain gate, Tian Lin recalled that countless Hua Hualang went up the mountain and finally fell off the cliff.
I also remembered the scene where the old man held on to the iron chain and crossed the abyss, and finally his head rolled down the stone steps, and he died with his eyes open.
Immortals and mortals are forever separated, and no humans or ghosts are allowed to enter.
(End of this chapter)