Chapter 136 Meeting with old friends

Chapter 136 Meeting with old friends

Chapter 136 Meeting with old friends
The red flying boat flew in the sky for only a moment before it passed over the densely populated town and appeared above the overlapping mountains.

"Brother Tian, ​​Brother Zhao, our Qi Sect is ahead."

On the bow, Qiu Lingsu, dressed in a black Taoist robe, pointed his hand at a red gourd in front of him.

In the distant clouds, I saw a red gourd as big as a mountain hanging upside down in the sky, with the gourd mouth facing the peaks below.

"That red gourd was a magic weapon used by our ancestor when he was alive, and later it was used as a mountain protection formation. As long as an enemy rushes into our Weapon Sect, even if they are foundation-building masters, they will be strangled by the aura exhaled from the gourd.

Unfortunately, the sect is short of spiritual stones and has long been unable to afford this gourd. Now this red gourd has become a decoration in the sect."

As Qiu Ling spoke, he drove the flying boat down a slope below.

Speaking of which, the structure of the Qi Sect is different from that of the Yaoyue Sect.

The Qi Sect has eight secondary peaks, each with a mountain gate.

Eight secondary peaks surround the main peak in the middle, and the top of the main peak faces the red gourd above.

Qiu Ling settled in the Xun Gate among the eight gates of Qi Sect, which is also the location of Qi Sect’s guest hall.

"Junior Sister Qiu, Senior Brother Zhou."

As soon as the flying boat landed, three young men walked down the stone stairs opposite the mountain gate.

The leading young man was wearing a black Taoist robe and walked out of the mountain gate in a few steps.

He stopped again, bowed to Tian Lin and Senior Brother Zhao and asked, "Are these two fellow disciples from Yaoyue Sect?"

Tian Lin took a step forward, bowed to the young man and said, "I am Tian Lin, the head disciple of Baihua Peak."

Hearing the words "Baihua Peak", two young men in white clothes came out from behind the young man. One of them said in a bad tone, "So, you are the senior brothers of Han Numo?"

Another young man in white also spoke up: "You came at the right time. Han Numo is a disciple of your Baihua Peak. She killed so many of our fellow apprentices. You Baihua Peak should give us an explanation."

"Tian is here to capture Han Yue and bring her back to the sect. If she has indeed done something that is against the will of heaven and earth, Baihua Peak will definitely give an explanation to the fellow disciples and the people of Quzhou."

“The people of Quzhou and my fellow disciples of Qi Sect do not need Baihua Peak to give us an explanation.

The murderer was Han Yue. My fellow disciples in the Qi Sect will capture Han the Demoness and bring her back to the sect, and use her head to commemorate the deceased’s wronged soul.”

The young man in black robe spoke at this time, no longer paying attention to Tian Lin and Senior Brother Zhao, and only said to Zhou Shichou and Qiu Ling: "Senior Brother Zhou, Junior Sister Qiu, let's go up the mountain now."

Qiu Ling looked at the young man in black robe, then looked at Tian Lin and Senior Brother Zhao, then walked towards the young man in black robe and said with a smile:
"Brother, I was lucky that the two brothers from Yaoyue Sect intervened. Otherwise, I would not have been able to escape the clutches of the two sect rebels."

She spoke well of Tian Lin and the other two, and the young man in black robe looked at Tian Lin and Senior Brother Zhao and bowed, saying:
"Thank you two friends from Yaoyue Sect for your help. Why don't you follow Qu Butong to the reception hall to have a drink, and then let Junior Sister Qiu take you to play in the sect for a few days. After we kill Demon Han, we can return his body to you two and report back to the sect."

Senior Brother Zhao behind Tian Lin wanted to speak, but Tian Lin raised his hand to stop him.

Tian Lin returned the greeting to the young man in black robe, and then said to Zhou Shichou and Qiu Ling:

"I have other important matters to attend to this trip, so I will not go to Qi Sect with Senior Brother Zhou and Junior Sister Qiu. If there is a chance in the future, we can meet again some other day."

Qiu Ling knew that his fellow disciples in the sect disliked Tian Lin, so it was not easy to drag Tian Lin up the mountain.

Zhou Shichou is not a member of the Qi Sect, so it is even more impossible for him to take the initiative to invite Tian Lin.

He had no choice but to bow and watch Tian Lin and the other man leave.

Tian Lin did not take the flying boat this time, but walked to the nearest county town based on his memory of the trip.

Senior Brother Zhao followed closely behind Tian Lin and couldn't help but say, "That guy named Qu is too arrogant. He clearly doesn't want us to bring Junior Sister Han back to the sect."

Tian Lin said, "Junior Sister Han was born in Baihua Peak. If she really killed a lot of disciples from Qi Sect, it is normal for others to dislike us."

After Tian Lin finished speaking, he suddenly stopped.

Senior Brother Zhao was stunned, looking at the village appearing in the distance.

There were only a few locust trees standing in the village in the distance, and then there were a lot of collapsed wooden houses.

Those wooden houses had long lost their original appearance and had all been burned into black charcoal.

A few wild dogs came from nowhere and were searching for something among the fallen charcoal in the village.

"This place isn't that far from Qi Zong, right?"

Senior Brother Zhao was somewhat shocked and walked into the abandoned village.

Tian Lin followed closely behind, and just then a wild dog passed by him with a human arm in its mouth.

Tian Lin didn't move, but Senior Brother Zhao did.

He waved Taibai, and the wild dog instantly broke into two pieces, lying on the ground and howling at the fallen human arm.

"This must be the work of those blood cultists."

Senior Brother Zhao said something, but Tian Lin shook his head:
"It may not be the work of the Blood Cultists. I see that the crops outside have been harvested. And looking at the wheel marks and the rice stuck in the mud, it seems that the villagers migrated away on their own."

"Who burned down the house?"

Tian Lin suddenly turned his head and looked at the locust tree at the entrance of the village.

There was a line of words carved with a sword on the locust tree: "Half of the villagers in Yuyan Village have colluded with the Blood Cult and secretly built an alchemy room. Now their houses are burned and their rooms are destroyed as a warning to future generations - Qu Butong."

"It's the Senior Brother Qu we met today."

Senior Brother Zhao said, "It seems that most of the people in this village have become blood cultists, so the whole village was burned down by him."

Tian Lin said to Senior Brother Zhao, "Let's change our clothes first and go to the county town to find out about Junior Sister Han."

They wore the Taoist robes of Yaoyue Sect on this trip, which avoided misunderstandings among fellow Taoists, but also allowed the Blood Cult members to recognize their identities at a glance.

Tian Lin originally planned to go to Qi Zong to inquire about the news, but the people of Qi Zong did not welcome him, so he had to go to the surrounding counties.

Since you don't need to join the Qi Sect, there's no need to wear the Yaoyue Sect's Taoist robes.

The two of them walked one after the other and found a place to change out of their Taoist robes. This time, Tian Lin flew with Brother Zhao directly to the heartland of the Blood Sect in Quzhou.

Most of Quzhou has been occupied by the Blood Cult. There are no Blood Cult foundation-building masters guarding these places, so the disciples of the Weapon Sect can march straight into these hinterlands at any time.

But although the Blood Cult was completely defenseless, the Weapon Sect also lost control of this land.

The people here are civilians during the day and blood cultists at night.

Qi Zong can massacre a whole village and make a whole area of ​​land barren.

But to massacre the city?

The foundation-building elders of the Weapon Sect could certainly do it, but they couldn't find the meaning of doing so.

Especially at this point in time, even in the villages and towns surrounding the Qi Sect, people were secretly cultivating blood qi.

Could Qi Zong really kill all the people in Quzhou?

If everyone dies, what is the meaning of this wasteland of Quzhou?

"These people have already sold blood pills openly." On the street, Senior Brother Zhao's eyes flickered to the butcher shop.

In addition to selling pork, the butchers in those butcher shops would also place some blood dans next to the chopping board for retail sale.

Senior Brother Zhao saw with his own eyes a woman holding a child walk to the butcher shop and ask about the price of blood pills.

"Brother, do you think Yingzhou in the future will become Quzhou today?"

Senior Brother Zhao followed closely behind Tian Lin, like a child who was afraid of losing his parents.

Tian Lin turned his gaze away from the people around him and said, "Let's find a tavern to stay in first, and then find a blood cultist to find out the news about Junior Sister Han."

The two crossed the street and saw a tavern nearby.

At this moment, the sound of gongs was heard in the distance on the street.

Tian Lin discovered that when the peddlers on the street heard the gong sound, they hurriedly retreated to the eaves of the houses nearby, making way for the congested street.

Tian Lin hurriedly grabbed Senior Brother Zhao's arm and followed the peddlers to retreat to the side of the road.

"Mortals can also attain enlightenment, so why do parents have to be immortals? Break the saying of spiritual roots and prove my true blood——"

Along with the sound of gongs, a dozen people in red robes appeared in the distance.

Except for the leader who was beating the gong to clear the way, the people behind him all held papers in their hands.

They were men and women, young and old, and handed the paper in their hands to the peddlers and hawkers beside them, and reminded them:

"Tonight, Vice-Hall Master Zhao of the Holy Blood Church will give a lecture. If you want to listen to the holy music, you need to rush to Huangjiaji before the hour of Xu."

While these people were talking, those who received the paper immediately bowed reverently while holding the paper.

Tian Lin mixed in the crowd and he and Senior Brother Zhao each got a piece of paper.

The two of them looked at each other, and waited until the men in red robes walked away before going into the tavern.

The waiter at the tavern was very polite. He came up to Tian Lin and bowed, "Sir, would you like to have a meal?"

Tian Lin glanced at the people eating in the lobby, and then said, "Arrange two adjacent rooms for us, and give us some food."

The waiter took the two upstairs. After the waiter left, Senior Brother Zhao spoke up, "I'm afraid the meat from Quzhou is not edible. I saw that the meat sold in the lobby is very cheap. Who knows what kind of meat is in the dish?"

Tian Lin comforted him, "I ordered the dishes only because I didn't want to arouse suspicion, and I won't really eat them. Junior Brother Zhao, go back to your room and rest first. We'll go to Huangjia Market at 2:45 pm."

Soon the waiter came up and, while setting the dishes in Tian Lin's room, he asked Tian Lin with a smile, "Sir, your accent doesn't sound like you're from here."

"Every ten miles you go, the dialect changes. Every hundred miles you go, the customs change. Besides, I've been traveling around for so long that my accent has become weird."

As Tian Lin spoke, he took out a dime and asked the waiter, "I know there are clam pearls and fireflies in Quzhou. Where can I buy them?"

The waiter looked at the silver in Tian Lin's hand and immediately said, "Of course, the Qi Zong has the most Ling Bang Pearls and Ju Huo Chong."

Tian Lin shook his head: "It's better for people like us to have less dealings with the Weapon Sect. Even if I could pay them, they might not be willing to sell it to me."

"The Ling Clam Pearl can only be purchased with Lingshi or Blood Pills. Ju Huochong, I can help you think of a way - but it's just this silver."

Tian Lin handed the silver to the shop assistant: "I am not short of silver - if you can find the spiritual clam pearl, I can also spend spiritual stones or blood pills to buy it."

The waiter bowed and left, and Tian Lin raised his hand and poured the food on the table into the food box in the storage bag.

Night fell, and I didn't know how much time had passed before I saw people on the street calling their friends to go out of the city.

At this time, Senior Brother Zhao knocked on Tian Lin's door and said to Tian Lin, who was eating bird eggs under the lamp, "Senior Brother, shall we set off now?"

Tian Lin said: "I don't know what will happen in a while, it's not appropriate for you and me to call each other Brothers - since your name is Zhao Bei, I will call you Brother Bei, and you can call me Brother Lin."

At this time, the streets were brightly lit on both sides, but many people on the streets were holding fire sticks.

These people are old and young, male and female.

Tian Lin and Zhao Bei went downstairs and followed these people out of the city.

It is different outside the city than inside. The road is pitch black and you have to light a fire to see the road clearly.

A group of hundreds of people, laughing and joking, crossed the official road and went up the mountain road. After walking for half an hour, they finally arrived at the so-called Huangjiaji.

At this time, Huangjiaji was already crowded with people from various villages, blocking the entire entrance to the village.

A high platform was set up in front of the villagers who were sitting cross-legged on the ground.

There was a large cauldron on both sides of the platform, and under the cauldron were kneeling hundreds of men, women, young and old, tied up with ropes.

Tian Lin and Zhao Bei followed the example of the others in the crowd and found an open space to sit down.

On both sides of the crowd were the red-robed men who had distributed the leaflets during the day.

These red-robed people stood in two rows, holding torches and standing all the way from the village entrance to the platform.

After an unknown amount of time, an old man walked up to the platform, raised his hand and shouted, "Mortals can also attain the Tao, proving my words of true blood - everyone, follow me to welcome Deputy Hall Master Zhao!"

The old man in red robe was the first to kneel on one knee on the high platform, and the other red-robed people holding torches also knelt on one knee in unison.

Below, the villagers who came from all directions were also following suit in a noisy manner.

Tian Lin pulled Zhao Bei, squatted on the ground, and pretended to kneel and kowtow.

"Everyone, please stand up!"

A voice sounded, and Tian Lin and Zhao Bei both looked up suddenly.

On the high platform, a man in a red cloak was sitting on a chair, looking at the people below with a smile.

"Master, please teach me the way to attain enlightenment."

Below the platform, several villagers knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully to the man on the platform.

The man on the high platform stood up, bowed to the villagers and saluted, then stood up and said:
"I am not some immortal master. I am just an ordinary cultivator at the twelfth level of Qi Refining. If you join my Blood Sect, sooner or later you will be able to reach my level of cultivation. It is not impossible that you can even establish your foundation."

After saying this, he walked down the platform and helped the people kneeling on the ground up:

"Immortals and mortals are one. You don't have to kneel to me, just like I don't have to kneel to those immortals."

He helped these people up, but the villagers behind him all knelt down and said, "Master, please teach us the Dharma!"

Seeing this, the man shouted, "Everyone, stand up, don't kneel. From now on, when you practice blood true qi on your own, you don't have to kneel down and kowtow to those people from the clan, nor do you have to kowtow to those high-ranking outer and inner disciples in the immortal sect."

He said: "I, Zhao Kang, don't need you to kneel down and kowtow to me."

The people below finally stood up, and Tian Lin and Zhao Bei also raised their heads.

Zhao Bei tightly grasped Tian Lin's wrist at this time, and said in a low and indescribably sad tone: "After the Zhao family was destroyed, I never thought I would see my eldest brother here again."

(End of this chapter)