Chapter 42: Zhang Family
Chapter 42 Going Home (please follow up)
Zhao Si had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders and seemed absent-minded the whole afternoon.
Tian Lin also noticed that the atmosphere around him was not right. He thought that after the group of errand disciples had "gained nothing" in the morning, they would launch a new round of counterattacks against him in the afternoon.
Unexpectedly, not only did no one provoke him, but everyone seemed very restrained and tolerant.
Even though no water spirit ore could be found in the sieve, no one complained, as if they had suddenly accepted their fate.
Tian Lin looked at Zhao Si and saw that Zhao Si's eyes were wandering. Tian Lin stared at him so hard that the sand in his hand leaked into the river.
"Brother Han? This is my afternoon water spirit mine."
Tian Lin did not test the thoughts of these chores disciples. He took off the cloth bag from his waist and handed it directly to Han Li.
In full view of everyone, Tian Lin returned to his residence, changed his clothes, got the silver, and went directly to the kitchen.
The second lady in the kitchen saw Tian Lin coming over and said, "Brother Tian, the kitchen has added a new dish today. Take a look and see if it's what you're looking for."
While Er Niang was speaking, she opened the small drawer.
Tian Lin glanced at it and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Second Lady. Please remind me next time if there are new dishes. But this dish is not what I want, so today we will have a dish of stir-fried bamboo shoots as usual."
He no longer eats Ruyi Fan Flower, because although Ruyi Fan Flower can help him improve his internal strength, its effect is far less powerful than that of Fig. Tian Lin came to the kitchen just to see if there are any new dishes that can supplement the two spiritual energies of Earth and Wood.
As long as he has these two ingredients, he can cultivate the Five Elements Qi.
Coming out of the kitchen, Tian Lin carried the food box and went straight up to the Wendao Mountain.
Then she saw the green-dressed girl from the mountain sitting on a mat, holding a bowl and looking sideways at Tian Lin.
Tian Lin quickly withdrew his gaze from her food and went straight up the stone steps with the food box.
Tian Lin was not surprised that the girl in green clothes went up the mountain to ask questions before him.
It was Old Man Gou who arrived before him, which surprised Tian Lin.
"Boy, what kind of magic skills are you practicing?"
Tian Lin didn't know if it was because the light was too dim in the past few nights, he never paid attention to Old Man Gou's eyes.
But today, under the daylight, he only saw that Old Man Gou's eyes were red as if they were bleeding.
"What kind of magic skills have I practiced?"
Tian Lin calmly sat down on the 95th level and opened the lunch box in an orderly manner.
Seeing Tian Lin bring out a plate of stir-fried bamboo shoots, and then taking out a peach from the food box, Old Man Gou said, "You're not practicing magic, how did you reach level 95 so quickly?"
Tian Lin said: "How do you know that I didn't hide my cultivation before?"
"Have you hidden your cultivation?"
Old Man Gou looked at Tian Lin munching on vegetables and peaches with suspicion. He suddenly said, "I think you are a spy from the Blood Cult."
Blood cult?
Tian Lin raised his head. This was not the first time he heard this name.
When the market opened, he and Han Li went to the Zhao family shop, and the Zhao family's servant said that Quzhou was already dominated by the Blood Cult.
"What is the Blood Cult? Is it a cult? Are they cultivators?"
Old man Gou stared at Tian Lin, as if trying to find a flaw in Tian Lin's expression, but in the end he failed.
He sighed and said, "The Blood Cult is not the orthodox sect of our Zhao Dynasty, but a cult formed by a group of Huahualang. They don't have spiritual stones, so they use human blood to make pills. They are the target of the court and the immortal sects-"
He talked about the cruelty of the Blood Cult, but his eyes were full of envy.
He said, "Do you know? Cultivators are divided into natural spiritual roots, double spiritual roots, triple spiritual roots, and pseudo spiritual roots. It's okay for people with natural spiritual roots, but where can people with triple spiritual roots and pseudo spiritual roots get four or five kinds of spiritual stones to practice? But the Blood Sect is different. No matter what spiritual roots they have, they all practice blood true qi, and only need blood pills to enhance their cultivation."
"But this kind of blood pill requires killing people to refine blood, and it is still like this during the Qi training stage. When it comes to building the foundation, I wonder how many people I have to kill to be enough."
After Tian Lin finished speaking, Old Man Gou glared and said, "The path of seeking the truth is to go against the will of heaven. If you can go against the will of heaven, why should you care about thousands or tens of thousands of lives?"
"Senior Gou's determination to pursue the Dao is indeed very strong!"
Tian Lin looked at Old Man Gou with a playful smile, and Old Man Gou realized that he was still a "decent" person.
He snorted coldly, stood up, waved his sleeves and walked down the stone steps.
At the same time, the girl in green clothes who was eating at the mountain gate came up the mountain.
She stopped at level 95 and stared at Tian Lin's lunch box.
Tian Lin felt a little uneasy, but he didn't expect the girl in green to turn around and go down the mountain again. After a while, she carried her food box and passed Tian Lin directly, and went up the fairy ladder to the second platform. Tian Lin frowned, watching the disappearing figure of the girl in green, feeling puzzled.
He couldn't understand why the girl in green clothes wanted to learn from him to carry the food box up the fairy ladder, so he had to practice on his own.
After an unknown amount of time, he seemed to hear the sound of a conversation.
When he opened his eyes, it was completely dark. He only heard Bai Ye asking Han Lidao at level 90: "Brother Han, until now, you still don't dare to take the last step?"
Han Li stood at the 98th level with his back to the others, so no one could see his expression. All they could hear was him saying, "Perhaps if I continue to practice for another year or two, I will be able to step onto the last stone step. But right now, I'm afraid I'm not strong enough."
Bai Ye didn't say anything. The fat woman at level ninety-five said enviously, "Level ninety-nine! Once you reach level ninety-nine, you can become an outer sect disciple. Next time we see Brother Han, we'll have to call you Steward Han."
Han Li laughed loudly, but turned around without much smile on his face. He said, "That's just because I got there first. I believe that in the near future, you will also be able to reach that platform."
After speaking, he looked at Tian Lin.
Tian Lin looked at the sky. The moon was high in the sky and it was time to go to bed.
He really wanted to ask the group of errand disciples who had been doing chores during the day what conspiracy they were plotting against him, so he simply locked the food box and followed Han Li down the mountain.
When the two arrived at the mountain gate, Tian Lin was about to speak when he heard Han Li say, "Brother Tian, do you want to go up the ninety-nine stone platform?"
Tian Lin was stunned, and asked with a smile: "Brother Han, don't you want to?"
"Yes! I've been away from home for thirty or forty years, and I dream about it every night."
Tian Lin said: "Then I have to congratulate you, brother, you are about to get what you want."
Indeed, compared to Old Man Gou and a few others, Han Li will be able to become an outer disciple in two years.
It took two years to make it this far, and the wait and hard work are well worth it.
"But two years is too long. I can't wait any longer."
After Han Li finished speaking, Tian Lin's face changed slightly and he advised: "Brother Han has waited for thirty or forty years, why are you not willing to wait even two years now? I advise you to wait two years before going up the stone steps!"
Han Li smiled and said as he walked down the mountain: "I'm not in a hurry to become an outer disciple, but I want to go home."
"go home?"
Tian Lin even frowned this time. He blocked Han Li's way and looked at Han Li and said:
"Brother Han has spent forty years cultivating immortality. Needless to say, it was a painful journey. Now that he is finally on the verge of success, why do you want to go home?"
He actually had an idea in mind, and sure enough, he heard Han Li say, "If it's just for cultivation, I'm not afraid of twenty years, let alone two years; but I'm anxious to wait, and I'm afraid that my family can't wait any longer -
You also heard what Zhao said when the market opened! My hometown has now become the territory of the Blood Cult. I don't know how many people in Quzhou have died at the hands of the Blood Cult's evildoers. I always have nightmares during this period, dreaming about your sister-in-law, your nephew, and my mother at home. "
Tian Lin saw him crying and for a moment he didn't know what to say to comfort him.
What he actually wanted to say was that if Han Li went back now, he would probably only see the corpses of his wife and children.
But this statement is both unlucky and too cruel.
Ask yourself, if your family is in danger, can you practice with peace of mind?
"When does Brother Han plan to leave?"
Tian Lin made way and was now planning how to succeed Han Li's position as supervisor after Han Li left.
"I will go to the Third Steward tomorrow and ask him to allow me to leave."
The two returned to their residence. Seeing that Han Li looked distracted, Tian Lin didn't want to bother him with his own affairs anymore.
Fortunately, the next morning, he finally found out what those menial disciples were planning behind his back.
Just as the Taoist bell rang and Han Li's whistle sounded, Zhao Si came over happily with Xiaoyue.
Before Zhao Siren came to Tian Lin, he said happily: "Miss Xiaoyue, look, it's him. It's him who made us all starve."
Although the group of people were afraid of the whip in Xiaoyue's hand, they all complained to Xiaoyue:
"Miss Xiaoyue, you have to help us. This Tian guy relied on his martial arts skills to bully us and rob our Shuiling Mine."
As they talked, Xiaoyue also looked at Tian Lin and heard Xiaoyue ask Tian Lin: "Have you reached the Grandmaster level?"
Seeing Tian Lin nod, Xiaoyue nodded with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, I will definitely tell the young master about your performance and let him reward you well."
At this time, the group of errand disciples had already sensed that the atmosphere was not right. Xiaoyue did not seem to have any deep hatred with Tian Lin, and they seemed to have misjudged the situation.
Just when the group of people were feeling anxious, Han Li's voice rang out from the stilt house: "What are you all standing there for? Why don't you get to work?"
Zhao Si was the first one to run towards the river. He did not do so to grab a position, but simply felt that the situation was not good. He was afraid that the whip would fall on his head again, so he ran away first.
A group of errand disciples fled in all directions, leaving only Tian Lin and Xiao Yue in the stilt house.
(End of this chapter)