Chapter 76 Mission Stolen
Chapter 76 Mission Stolen
For safety reasons, Tian Lin almost followed Qian Ping and other outer disciples to Lin'an County.
Not counting Tian Lin, Qian Ping and a group of seven outer disciples were dressed in fine clothes and riding fast horses, which attracted special attention outside the city gate.
When they dismounted at the city gate, the people in the grass market on both sides all looked at them, with expectations and awe in their eyes, but more of it was envy.
While the people in Caoshi were looking at Qian Ping and others, Tian Lin had already dismounted from his horse on the official road.
While leading the horse, he looked at the somewhat deserted Caoshi.
Although it is deserted, Tian Lin saw many dilapidated villages along the way, which made Lin'an County look too lively.
He saw the county gentry welcoming Qian Ping and others into the city, and then he leisurely led his horse into the city.
When the county official guarding the gate saw the Yao Yue Sect badge handed over by Tian Lin, how could he dare to stop him?
If Tian Lin had not refused, the county official would have sent someone to escort Tian Lin all the way into the city.
Compared to the outside of the city, the city seemed quite lively. Almost all the grain stores were crowded with county residents carrying money bags.
Tian Lin was not in a hurry to go to Wang's house. He first asked for a private room on the second floor of the pub opposite Wang's house.
While the waiter was serving the dishes, Tian Lin took out some dried grass fish from his bag and pointed to Wang's house across the window and said:
"It's such a big house, why is there no one in sight?"
As the waiter was serving the dishes, he smiled and said, "Sir, you are not from our county, are you?"
"How do you say this?"
Then the waiter explained, "There's a blood cult going on in the county right now, and anyone with connections is trying to find a way to go somewhere else.
The same is true for the master of the Wang family. His family dismissed the servants two or three days ago. Now there is only a couple left in the house, waiting for his immortal son to send someone to pick them up. "
Tian Lin'er listened to the waiter talking, but his eyes were looking through the window at the Wang family's courtyard.
I saw an old woman coming out of the side room of the main house with a basin in her hand. She poured out the water and went back to the side room.
Tian Lin swallowed the dried grass fish in his mouth and asked the waiter, "Is that woman Mr. Wang's first wife?"
The waiter took a look and nodded affirmatively, saying, "She is Mr. Wang's first wife. All of us neighbors know her."
"I heard that her son is the county lieutenant of Qinghe County, and is also a sixth-level Qi Refining Immortal Master. He was once a disciple of the Yaoyue Sect."
The waiter said, "That's right. His family benefited from the Lin'an Wang family. However, the Lin'an Wang family is said to have been exterminated because of their connection with the Blood Cult. Fortunately, although his family is a member of the Wang family, they are already five generations apart from the Wang family."
"Since Old Man Wang's son is the county lieutenant of Qinghe County, why is he living in Lin'an County?"
"They are originally from Lin'an County, and County Magistrate Wang was appointed as the Qinghe County Magistrate because of the Blood Cult demonic incident in Lin'an County and the death of the original county magistrate."
Tian Lin asked for a while, and after eating a dried fish, he stood up and said:
"I am going out for a while. Please take care of the horse for me and I will pick it up when I come back."
When the waiter saw Tian Lin was about to leave, he couldn't help but ask, "Sir, are you not going to eat your food? It will get cold soon."
"Please help me pack the food and give it to the little beggars on the street."
Before the waiter could say anything, Tian Lin had already gone downstairs.
In fact, it seemed unnecessary for him not to go directly into the Wang's house, but Tian Lin was very worried about Yao Yuezong's "intelligence work".
Now that he had received confirmation from the waiter, he was no longer so worried that the 'mission' was a fraud.
Tian Lin went downstairs and knocked on the Wang family's door. However, the person who opened the door was not the old woman, but an old man with a knife.
The old man had a stern face and was looking Tian Lin up and down, while Tian Lin was also looking at the old man.
"Who are you? Why are you knocking on my door?"
After the old man finished speaking, Tian Lin said bluntly:
"I am a disciple of Yaoyue Sect. The sect received a request for help from County Lieutenant Wang of your prefecture, asking me to escort you to Qinghe County."
"So he is the immortal master of Yaoyue Sect."
The old woman who had been carrying the basin and pouring water finally appeared. She came over and took Tian Lin's hand and said:
"Master, please come in. I'm really sorry to have to trouble you to come here for my husband and I. Please come in. We have some wine and food ready."
Tian Lin walked into the house, but did not go to the wing room. Instead, he looked around at the furnishings in the yard.
The courtyard of this royal residence is different from the one seen in the tavern.
Tian Lin glanced at the stone lock beside the well and smiled at the old man: "Mr. Wang also practiced martial arts?"
Old man Wang didn't say anything. The old woman who had closed the door came back and said:
"In this world, everyone who goes out to make a living has to practice a few tricks. Fortunately, my old man is a master. If it were not for this, he would not have betrayed the son of a county lieutenant.
Don’t look at his age, even an ordinary master may not be his match.”
"Why are you talking so much?"
The old man seemed to be taking advantage of his age and asked Tian Lin in a bad tone, "What level of Qi Refining are you?"
The old woman was afraid that her husband's words would anger Tian Lin, so she pinched the old man's arm.
But the old man was very persistent and stared at Tian Lin, insisting that Tian Lin give him an answer.
"Tian's current cultivation level is the second level of Qi Refining..."
Tian Lin lied, but it wasn't really a lie, because the second and third levels of Qi Refining were both considered low-level cultivators.
"Second level of Qi refining?"
The old man withdrew his gaze from Tian Lin and turned his anger on the old woman, saying:
"I told Dalang not to waste those spirit stones to ask the immortal master of Yaoyue Sect to escort us. I have been to Lin'an County and Qinghe County many times when I was in the martial arts world. What could go wrong?"
The old man turned his head and although he was talking to his old wife, his eyes were looking at Tian Lin:
"Now that's bad. I spent ten spirit stones and only hired someone who is at the second level of Qi Refining." The old man wanted to continue complaining, but fortunately the old woman covered his mouth.
Facing the old woman's somewhat frightened eyes, Tian Lin did not show any anger on his face. Instead, he politely comforted the old couple:
"This is because County Lieutenant Wang is worried about you getting into trouble, so he spent spirit stones to buy peace of mind. Don't worry, elders. Although my cultivation is not high, I will definitely send you to Qinghe County Government safely."
After saying that, Tian Lin stretched out his hand to touch his arms, but unexpectedly there was a knock on the door.
Tian Lin frowned, and the old man drew the scimitar from his waist. The old woman walked towards the gate and asked, "Who is it?"
Then a steady voice came from outside: "Aunt, I'm safe!"
Hearing the word "safe", the old man put away his scimitar, Tian Lin's brows relaxed a little, and the old woman quickly opened the door.
Outside the door, a middle-aged man appeared. He was wearing a gauze hat and official robes, looking quite dignified.
He first bowed to the old woman, then to the old man, and finally looked at Tian Lin in confusion.
Tian Lin bowed to the middle-aged man and was about to introduce himself when Qian Ping walked out from behind the middle-aged man.
I heard Qian Ping shouting, "Tian Lin, why are you here?"
In the secular world, it is very rude to call someone by his name. Tian Lin glanced at Qian Ping and the four outer disciples behind him, and still bowed to the middle-aged man and said:
"I am an outer sect disciple of Lianshui Peak of Yaoyue Sect. I would like to meet Senior Brother Lin."
The middle-aged man was the county magistrate of Lin'an County, and also a cultivator at the twelfth level of Qi Refining.
Tian Lin called him senior brother, not because the other party had a high level of cultivation, but because the other party was a disciple of the Baisheng Sect.
Although the Baisheng Sect is not in Yingzhou, the Yaoyue Sect and the Baisheng Sect are both "orthodox" sects, so the disciples, whether in the sect or outside the sect, call each other brothers.
"It's Junior Brother Tian. Nice to meet you. Junior Brother Qinghe Wang wrote to me a few days ago, saying that he wanted to invite an immortal master from Yaoyue Sect to escort his parents to Lin'an County. Junior Brother Tian, are you here for this matter?"
"That's what I'm here for."
Lin Pingan nodded after hearing this, then turned his head to look at the old woman and said:
"Aunt, several of my fellow apprentices are from the Yaoyue Sect. They came to Lin'an County to help me catch the demon, and they learned that you have a vacant room, so they wanted to buy this yard as a place to stay."
"No matter whether to buy or not, they are all from aristocratic clan families."
The old woman wanted to bring Lin Ping'an into the house, but the county lord bowed and said:
"My nephew has some official business to attend to, so I can't stay here for long."
After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Tian Lin and asked, "Did the sect only send Junior Brother Tian to escort the two elders this time?"
"Brother Lin, do you think there is something wrong?"
Before Lin Pingan could say anything, the old man angrily said, "For ten spirit stones, you hired a Qi Refining Level 2 person as a guard. In the eyes of Yaoyue Sect, these ten spirit stones are too cheap, aren't they?"
After saying this, Qian Pingxian asked Tian Lin, "Brother, can you earn ten spirit stones on this trip?"
Tian Lin shook his head: "When I received the task, I only knew that I could earn one Earth Spirit Stone after handing over the task."
"Tian Lin, do you think I'm stupid? Even if the brother who issued the task was greedy, it's impossible for him to steal nine out of ten spirit stones, right?"
Several outer disciples refused to believe it and shouted that Tian Lin had deceived them.
Tian Lin ignored these outer disciples and just turned his head to ask the old man:
"The sect asked me to send the old man to Lin'an County. Now that I'm here, what does the old man say?"
Old man Wang knew the outer disciples of the Baisheng Sect, and he had a son who was also a disciple of the sect, so he was not afraid of Tian Lin.
He stiffened his neck and said, "If you escort me, why not ask Yaoyue Sect to return the ten spirit stones—"
Tian Lin took out a piece of paper from his bosom and said, "Since the old gentleman refuses to let me escort you, then let me sign a document so that I can report back."
After saying that, he took a pen and wrote down on the paper the reasons why the task could not be completed. Then he bit his finger and made a handprint on the paper.
Old Man Wang looked at the contents on the paper and said nothing for a while, but Qian Ping advised him:
"Don't hesitate, Uncle Wang. If he doesn't accept the mission, we will."
After hearing this, Old Man Wang said to Qian Ping, "Okay, that's what you said. But I need four people at the eighth level of Qi Refining to take me to Qinghe County."
Qian Ping looked embarrassed when he heard this:
"I don't know how much spirit stones this mission is worth. If Mr. Tian didn't lie to us, then wouldn't it be unfair for the four of us who are at the eighth level of Qi Refining to go to Qinghe County just for a spirit stone?"
Lin Pingan said, "No matter how many spirit stones are offered for the Yaoyue Sect mission, since I have troubled you brothers to help me, how can I let you suffer a loss? I have eight low-grade spirit stones here, which can be regarded as a reward for my brother Wang."
After he finished speaking, he really took out a bag of spirit stones from his bag.
Qian Ping took the spirit stone and a look of joy appeared on his face.
How hard is it to earn spirit stones?
This can be seen from the fact that Old Man Wang scolded Yao Yuezong for being too expensive and Tian Lin for being too useless.
But this time, as long as they accompany the old man for a distance, they can get eight spirit stones for free, and this does not include the reward for the sect's mission.
"This is very easy! Even if we don't consider the spirit stones, we can do it just for Senior Brother Lin's sake."
Qian Ping immediately urged Old Man Wang, "Uncle, can you press the handprint now? There are five of us here, and each of us has the cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Refining. Picking out any four of them will be enough to ensure that you can go to Qinghe County to see County Magistrate Wang."
The old man no longer hesitated at this time. He took the deed from Tian Lin's hand, bit his finger and pressed his fingerprint.
Tian Lin glanced at the handprint and saw the prompt words:
[Hemostatic powder, has the effect of stopping bleeding and healing wounds, edible]
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