Chapter 121 The Secret of the Wooden Sign
Chapter 121 The Secret of the Wooden Sign
"I met Captain Wen a few years ago. If it weren't for his help, how could I have achieved my current level of cultivation?"
Tian Lin pulled the tiger skin and raised the big flag, and saw that the face of the Li Hall Master opposite him turned fierce, and he reached out for the knife and said: "If that's the case, I can't let you stay."
With a 'swish' sound, when Hall Master Li drew his sword, he was stabbed in the middle of his eyebrows again.
Tian Lin looked at the unfinished blue dragon fish with regret. Soon his vision became blurred and he left the illusion of the twentieth stone step again.
"The twentieth-level illusion can only be confined to the tavern and cannot be explored freely. If you want to buy spiritual rice to eat, you must leave the tavern."
Tian Lin did not have much demand for thunder spiritual energy because he was practicing the Five Elements Qi.
The first thing he had to do now was to wait for the life and death competition at the end of the month.
How could Tian Lin be satisfied with the status of an outer disciple when he had the opportunity to become an inner disciple?
As an inner sect disciple, one is provided with two meals of spiritual rice a day, and a monthly salary of up to twenty-five spiritual stones.
For the sake of spiritual rice and spiritual stones, Tian Lin also wants to fight for the position of inner disciple.
In addition, Tian Lin, who has reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining, needs to prepare for building his foundation.
He practiced the Five Elements Qi, which required five foundation pools: water, fire, gold, wood, and earth.
There is no need to worry about the Shuiling Foundation Building Pool. Tian Lin remembered that in the first section of the stone steps illusion, the hint for Chenxiantang was Shuiling Foundation Building Pool.
"To find the fire, gold, wood, and earth foundation pools, I need to first find 'strange water' similar to Chenxian Pond. Perhaps I will never be able to gather all five foundation pools - if that is the case, then I will change to cultivating water true qi and find a way to build a foundation with water true qi."
In fact, one can also build the foundation with blood qi, but Tian Lin never thought of changing to practicing blood qi.
Over the next two days, Tian Lin kept entering and exiting the illusion, and finally reached the 23rd stone step.
At this time he was in a study with a pot of charcoal under his feet.
In the main room of the study, there stood a man in a black robe.
Tian Lin knew clearly from Zhong Wuji's travel notes that the target to be killed today was the man in black robe in front of him.
But he was not clear about the identity of the man in black robe, nor the hatred between him and himself.
Just based on the state of the man in black robe at this moment, Tian Lin felt that the other party was very respectful to him.
"Besides what happened before, is there anything else that brought you here to see me?"
After a brief silence, Tian Lin took the initiative to break the deadlock and asked a question.
The black-robed man was stunned for a moment, and said, "Master, you haven't told me the details of how to proceed with the marriage between the Tong and You families."
How would Tian Lin know which family, the Tong or the You, was going to marry?
He knew that this was an illusion and that he was not the real Patriarch Yao Yue.
So he casually said, "You can discuss this matter with others, and you don't need to consult me on everything."
The man in black robe frowned, but after looking at Tian Lin, he found that Tian Lin's attitude was very firm, so he quickly lowered his head and bowed, saying:
"I will go back to the county right away and have my men keep a close eye on the Tong and You families."
After he finished speaking, he still kept his posture bowed and backed away. When he reached the door, he mustered up the courage to ask Tian Lin:
"My Lord, do you dislike tea? If you don't drink this Mist Tea in time, it will gradually lose its effect as the tea cools down."
Tian Lin lowered his head and glanced at the tea placed next to the pile of books on the table.
He lifted the lid of the teacup slightly, and what rose from the teacup was not the hot steam of tea, but white mist.
The mist floats up and down in the teacup, and there seems to be the sound of birds singing and beasts roaring in between. It is extremely mysterious.
[Lohan tea, a precious medicine that assists the Lohan magic, edible]
Tian Lin frowned. He didn't know whether the tea was mixed with poison to become [Luo Han Tea], or whether there was no poison in the tea, but the entry simply changed the Wuyin Tea into [Luo Han Tea].
"Is this Mist Hidden Tea very expensive?"
Tian Lin asked a nonsense question.
But at this time Tian Lin was the hall master, and the man in black robe opposite was Tian Lin's subordinate.
Although the black-robed man felt that Tian Lin's behavior today was strange, he immediately replied:
"It was not easy to get this Wuyin Tea. I got a few ounces of it by accident, so I immediately gave it to the hall master as a gift."
Seeing that the man in black robe seemed to be looking forward to his tea, Tian Lin suspected that the tea was poisonous.
"I'll drink the tea. If you have nothing else, go down first."
After Tian Lin finished speaking, the man in black robe bent even deeper.
Tian Lin guessed that he was hiding his emotions, but ignored him.
After the man in black robe left, Tian Lin immediately shouted, "Someone come!"
Soon, the door was pushed open, and a young woman in plain clothes walked in and asked softly, "Master, what do you want?"
Tian Lin looked at the young woman in surprise and asked, "Where is your son?"
The young woman blushed and lowered her head even more: "Fan'er is staying with his grandfather Yun. I didn't bring him into the mansion."
Tian Lin didn't know where his mansion was built, but he guessed that this mansion was his.
He had no idea how this young woman became his servant. He thought it might have something to do with the time when Master Li called her upstairs in the tavern.
"Is there any spiritual rice in the house?"
Tian Lin asked, and the young woman immediately said, "The water spirit rice in the house has been collected. If the master wants to eat the spirit rice, I will go and ask someone to make it now."
"be quick!"
After Tian Lin finished speaking, he raised his hand and asked the young woman to leave.
As soon as the young woman left, he turned around and looked at the books in the study.
Now that he is the head of the Blood Cult, the books in his study are naturally not ordinary books.
Tian Lin went to the bookshelf first, took out a few thread-bound books and started reading.
He discovered that the study was filled with Qi-refining tools and some low-grade spells.
As for the mid-level spells, there are two or three of them, and the Folding Wind Palm is among them.
"What's placed here is not the magic manual of the Blood Cult, but some ordinary skills. I think the magic here is used to conceal the truth."
"Yuyin Travel Notes? Tongzhou Sea View Map?"
Tian Lin flipped through the book, but he became confused.
When he first looked at Patriarch Yaoyue's collection of books, he thought that the books in the study were just decorations. In order to create the image of a normal Qi-refining practitioner, the Qi-refining books and magic skills commonly used by ordinary righteous people were deliberately placed there.
But after Tian Lin flipped through a few books, he discovered that these books were not just for display.
Because not only do the pages of these books show signs of having been turned, but many of them also have very careful "annotations".
Tian Lin judged from the handwriting that Patriarch Yao Yue not only read these books seriously, but also studied them carefully.
The most in-depth research is on the Five Elements Foundation Building Method and several travel books. "Among all the foundation building methods, the Five Elements Foundation Building Method is the orthodox longevity method; by building the Five Elements foundation, it can transform all things and is the root of all things—"
Looking at the inscription of Patriarch Yao Yue on the title page of the Five Elements Foundation Building Method, Tian Lin laughed: "Could it be that Patriarch Yao Yue wants to change his blood Qi to cultivate Five Elements Qi?"
This idea was a bit absurd, because building the Five Elements Foundation was extremely difficult, and Patriarch Yaoyue was already in his seventies or eighties, which was not a good time for him to practice the Five Elements Foundation Building Method.
But Tian Lin thought about it carefully, Patriarch Yao Yue founded the Yao Yue Sect when he was at the Golden Core Realm, and no one in Yulong Continent knew about his experience in practicing blood qi.
Perhaps, the other party really changed the Five Elements Qi in the middle of the process.
Especially looking at the words on the title page of the Five Elements Foundation Building Method, it can be seen how much Patriarch Yaoyue admires the Five Elements Foundation Building Method.
"The old man has been seeking immortality since he was a child, and he still dares to travel across the ocean at the age of 80. It can be seen that his heart for Taoism is unmatched. Since he knows that the Five Elements Foundation Building Method is better than Blood Qi, it is possible that he will really switch to the Five Elements Qi.
Moreover, both the Yuyin Travel Notes and the Tongzhou Sea Viewing Map prove that he is looking for the Five Elements Foundation Building Pool. "
Tian Lin put down the Five Elements Foundation Building Method and looked up at the door.
I saw a young woman holding a serving tray with spiritual rice and meat on it.
Tian Lin asked the young woman, "How many spiritual stones do we have in our house? How much water spiritual rice can we buy?"
The young woman immediately said, "Only you know how many spiritual stones we have in our house, and we dare not ask. But as for the spiritual rice, we grow our own spiritual rice in our house, and it is more than enough for you alone."
Tian Lin was stunned for a moment. He picked up the bowl of Shuiling rice from the serving plate and asked the young woman, "Where did the Shuiling rice come from in our house?"
Tian Lin was not afraid of exposing his identity, and the young woman could not guess that Tian Lin had already become a different person.
Her face flushed, anger flashed in her eyes, she lowered her head and said in a muffled voice:
"My husband has passed away. Since the master has taken over my body, why do you still use words to tease me?"
Tian Lin was stumped by his question, then suddenly realized.
The Shuiling Field in his own home was probably Zhou Qing's ancestral property.
Zhou Qing died, and the ancestral land fell into the hands of outsiders.
Now I don’t know how many years have passed, and now I have asked for it.
Tian Lin did not mean to tease Zhou Qinshi. Seeing that Zhou Qinshi was embarrassed and annoyed, he lost interest in talking to her and started eating the Shuiling rice seriously.
He still didn't know how much effect the [Sword-Asking Fruit] had on improving sword intent. Even after he had eaten the water spirit rice from the Asking Dao Peak, he didn't feel the existence of the so-called sword intent at all.
The reason why Tian Lin insisted on eating Shuiling rice was simply because he knew the terms would not deceive him.
Besides, Zhou Qing and Taoist Yun made sword cultivation sound so mysterious, how could Tian Lin not be interested in sword skills?
He ate nearly ten bowls of juicy rice in a row until his stomach was almost full, and then he put down his chopsticks.
Zhou Qin looked at Tian Lin as if he were a monster, obviously not expecting Tian Lin to be such a big eater.
At this time, a maid's voice said outside the door: "Master, the man surnamed Tang is here again."
Tian Lin frowned and said to the maid outside, "Tell him that the master is feeling very unwell and will not see him today."
The maid took the order and left. Tian Lin looked at Zhou Qin who was carrying the tray out of the room and said, "Put the food here first, and you go lie down on the bed."
Zhou Qin, who was holding the serving tray, suddenly changed her expression. She wiped her tears and went to the couch next to the study to take off her clothes.
Tian Lin frowned and said, "Just lie down quietly, why take off your clothes?"
Zhou Qin didn't know what Tian Lin was going to do, so she lay down on the bed.
She saw Tian Lin striding towards her and immediately closed her eyes.
Tian Lin was stunned for a moment, then reached out to touch the wooden sign on her waist.
On the wooden plaque, the words "Ask your heart" were engraved in positive relief on the front, while the ten words "Drawing the world with a pen, viewing the universe in the palm of your hand" were engraved in negative relief on the back.
This token is not light in the hand, and its material looks like wood but is not actually wood.
"What are you doing? This is a Zhou family heirloom. I left it to Faner. Give it to me now!"
Zhou Qin waited for Tian Lin's caress for a long time, and when she opened her eyes, she found that the wooden sign hidden in her clothes had fallen out and was touched by Tian Lin at some point.
Just when she was about to snatch it away, Tian Lin knocked her unconscious with a palm, and then covered Zhou Qin's head and body with a quilt.
Outside the house, footsteps were heard, and then the voice of the man in black robes that Tian Lin had heard when he first entered the illusion was heard, saying, "I heard that your health seemed to be poor, so I came to check on you."
In the room, Tian Lin held his breath, quietly left the bed, and then hid at the door.
Outside the closed wooden door, the voice of the man in black robes sounded again, "Sir? Sir Huang, are you okay?"
Tian Lin in the room still didn't say anything, but the flying sword he summoned was suspended behind the door, waiting for the man in black robe to enter the room.
"Sir, if you don't speak, I will come in."
After the man in black robe finished speaking, he did not break into the study from the outside, but broke the window and jumped into the study.
When he saw the bulge in the quilt on the bed, a smile appeared on his face.
But when his eyes glanced at Tian Lin hiding behind the door, his smile immediately disappeared.
The two sword lights lit up almost at the same time, but Tian Lin's flying sword was obviously faster.
With a 'dong' sound, the flying sword of the man in black robe brushed Tian Lin's ear and broke the wall behind Tian Lin.
Tian Lin's flying sword directly pierced the black-robed man's forehead.
The black-robed man's expression suddenly dimmed, and he fell to his knees, staring at Tian Lin.
In case this guy was not dead yet, Tian Lin controlled the flying sword and beheaded him directly.
It was not until the scene in the illusion began to blur that Tian Lin was sure that the other person was dead.
He put the flying sword back into the storage bag and finally escaped from the illusion and appeared in the real world.
As soon as he came out of the illusion, Tian Lin first opened his storage bag and took out the wooden plaque given to him by the Wenxin Sect.
Tian Lin touched the patterns on the wooden sign, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
"The wooden plaque in the illusion is not only exactly the same as this one, but even the patterns on it are the same. But Zhou Qin said that this wooden plaque is a family heirloom of the Zhou family. If the wooden plaque in the illusion and this one are the same, then why did Master Zhou of the Wenxin Sect give me this Zhou family heirloom?"
Tian Lin was puzzled.
When he was in the Questioning Heart Sect, he was certain that Master Zhou had no intention of passing the Sect on to him, and facts proved that Master Zhou really did not want to keep him in the Questioning Heart Sect.
But the wooden sign in his hand now told Tian Lin that Master Zhou had never given up on him.
In fact, if you look closely at the two lines of words, you can see the "执" in "执笔画江湖" and the "掌" in "观千坤中观天下".
When these two words are put together, don’t they form the word "in charge"?
"Since it is a family heirloom of the Zhou family, I think only the patriarch of the Zhou family can possess it. The Heart-Searching Sect gave me this wooden plaque, not to make me the patriarch of the Zhou family, but probably to let me take charge of the Heart-Searching Sect in the future.
I couldn't guess what was in Master Zhou's mind, so I just pretended I knew nothing. First, find a way to achieve the foundation-building realm, and then see what the future holds!"
(End of this chapter)