Chapter 137: Spiritual Clam Pearl

"Let's see what he's going to do first."

Tian Lin knew that Zhao Bei was very emotional at the moment, and was afraid that he would stand up on impulse. Would he still be able to recognize each other as "brothers" at that time?
He forced Zhao Bei to sit cross-legged again and watch Zhao Kang's performance on the podium.

Tian Lin remembered that the first time he met Zhao Kang was when the sect was open for business and Han Li took him to the ghost market to buy things.

Later, in Lin'an County, Zhuang Buzhou led his clan members and disciples from aristocratic families to kill the Lin'an County Lord, and Zhao Kang was also present at the time.

Since then, the two have not met each other.

“He had been a top disciple in the sect a long time ago. After leaving the sect, he searched for opportunities for several years but never found a foundation-building pool.

When he comes back to manage the family business, I think he will settle down and take over the position of head of the family—"

Zhao Bei muttered, causing the people around him to complain: "Didn't you see the immortal master teaching the Dharma above? You are mumbling here, are you going to let us practice?"

Zhao Bei was so angry that he could only calm down and look towards the platform.

Tian Lin couldn't understand Zhao Bei's mood. He looked around with his peripheral vision and frowned slightly.

"It's best if we don't get into any conflict. I see there are a few experts outside the village."

Zhao Bei nodded. He knew that although Tian Lin's five senses were not as good as those of the disciples of the Questioning Heart Sect, they were much stronger than those of others.

They both looked at the platform, and saw Zhao Kang finish explaining the cultivation method, and then laughed again:
"I have previously told you about the circulation of blood qi. Now I will tell you how to obtain blood qi."

After he finished speaking, the old man next to him winked at the two red-robed men holding torches.

Two red-robed men holding torches strode to the bound mortals under the platform.

They picked out an old man in a blue coat from among the mortals and threw him onto the platform.

Although the old man's hands and feet were tied and his mouth was stuffed with rags, he still refused to surrender.

Seeing that the old man was about to sit up, Zhao Kang kicked him back.

He looked down from above and said to the people below:

"This Mr. Huang from Huangjiaji has been bullying the villagers for many years. If I remember correctly, he has forced other people's wives and daughters to be concubines and seized other people's property over the years, right?"

Those who came from all directions to "seek the truth" immediately said, "Yes, I don't know how many people left their hometown to become Huahualang because of the separation of their wives and children in the Huang family."

Zhao Kang said, "So, every drop of blood from the Huang family is sinful. What's wrong with us using their blood to make pills?"

The people in the audience naturally echoed loudly: "Of course it would be great if we could use his blood to make pills."

"Okay! I brought the alchemy furnace today. Now all the 120 people in the Huang family are refining blood pills to help them cultivate bleeding true qi."

After Zhao Kang finished speaking, he drew out the flying sword from his waist and threw it suddenly.

Everyone thought that the flying sword was going to chop down Old Man Huang, but they didn't expect that the flying sword would actually fly out of the village.

When a group of people turned their heads to look, the flying sword had already cut down a tree that was so big that three people could hug it.

Just when everyone was puzzled, a voice rang out from the treetop next to the fallen tree: "Brother Qu, Brother Ao was killed by this bastard!"

In the village, the villagers who were sitting cross-legged stood up one after another.

Tian Lin was also somewhat surprised and said to Zhao Bei: "I thought the cultivators outside were secret sentries of the Blood Cult, but I never thought they were actually enemies of the Blood Cult."

Tian Lin pulled Zhao Bei and followed other villagers to hide in the east end of the village, and then they saw several figures jumping onto the high platform from several trees outside the village and surrounding Zhao Kang.

When Zhao Kang raised his hand, the flying sword had already returned to his hand. He sneered at the people in front of him and said:
"So they are friends of the Questioning Heart Sect, the Weapon Sect, and the Yaoyue Sect."

The young man in the lead bowed to Zhao Kang and said, "I have heard of Brother Zhao's great name for a long time, but I didn't expect to see you here."

Zhao Kang said, "I am afraid that my humble name will offend you, Brother Qu is too polite. What are you doing here? You have come to the heart of the Blood Sect."

Qu Butong said, "We came here to find Han Yue, and we don't want to fight with you. But you just killed my junior brother, so we have no choice but to kill you first and then go find Han Yue."

Zhao Kang laughed loudly after hearing this and said, "If you guys want to kill me in the heartland of the Blood Cult, I'm afraid it won't be that easy, right?"

After Zhao Kang finished speaking, he raised his hand and the flying sword shot straight at Qu Butong.

Qu Butong did not dodge or evade, but just lifted the hem of his clothes, and the hem hit Zhao Kang's flying sword, bouncing it back.

While the two men were fighting, Zhou Shichou and several others who came with them had already attacked the surrounding blood cultists.

They knew that everyone present was a member of the Blood Cult, and even those who had not cultivated the Blood Qi were all people who were looking forward to cultivating the Blood Qi.

Therefore, they attacked without mercy, especially those from the Weapon Sect, who raised their hands and used a few talismans to shoot out fire, lightning and ice arrows.

Groups of villagers fell down, and Tian Lin, who was hiding among them, pulled Zhao Bei up and flew out of the village in an instant without giving Zhao Bei a chance to speak.

Only a hundred miles out of the village, the two men saw several beams of light heading towards Huangjiaji.

Zhao Bei said: "This is the territory of the Blood Cult. Senior Brother Zhou and the others might be in danger."

Tian Lin stopped performing the Wind Walking Technique, pulled Zhao Bei to a tree branch and said:
"It depends on their luck. If they can run in our direction, we might be able to give them a helping hand.

If they go the wrong way, we can’t risk our lives to save them.”

Tian Lin remembered that Zhou Shichou had helped him, but saving Zhou Shichou last time was also considered as repaying the favor.

He was asked to risk his life for Zhou Shichou at this moment. He asked himself if he had such a close relationship with Zhou Shichou. The two waited on the treetops for half an hour, and finally two beams of light came from a distance.

Zhao Bei's face lit up with joy, but Tian Lin slapped his storage bag and threw the Immortal Binding Rope towards one of the escaping lights.

When he threw out the Immortal Binding Rope, he had already pulled Zhao Bei up into the air.

Before Zhao Bei understood what was happening, the big tree under their feet exploded.

Zhao Bei's face changed, and he couldn't help but ask, "Why did this group of blood cultists chase us here instead of chasing Qu Butong and the others?"

Tian Lin didn't want to talk at this time, so he flew over the sword and took Zhao Bei away from the spot in an instant.

Behind the two of them, four or five escaping lights were tightly biting Tian Lin's buttocks and refused to give up.

Zhao Bei said: "Brother, you can't fly fast enough with me, why don't you just leave me behind?"

"I can abandon others, but you are my junior brother, how can I abandon you?"

Tian Lin looked at the escaping light that was chasing him closely behind him, gritted his teeth and took out a piece of talisman paper from his storage bag.

The talisman paper swelled up in the wind and instantly became the size of a bed sheet.

Over ten rays of light appeared in front of the 'bed sheet' in an instant. After seeing the 'bed sheet' clearly under the moonlight, four of the dozen rays of light turned around and fled.

'boom! ’

A ball of flame suddenly burst out from the bed sheet and instantly engulfed the entire forest.

Three Qi Refiners were unable to escape the raging flames and were instantly vaporized.

Also using the power of the Fire Talisman to release, Tian Lin pulled Zhao Bei into the forest below.

At this time, the quiet forest was filled with the sound of burning wood, mixed with the roars of animals and the chirping of birds.

Everywhere they looked, they saw a sea of fire.

Zhao Bei couldn't help but exclaimed: "Is this the top-grade Fiery Talisman?"

He was amazed at first, and then he saw many beasts running around in the forest with flames all over their bodies. He couldn't help but say:
"Although this Fiery Fire Talisman is powerful, it has too much impact. I'm afraid that countless lives on the surrounding hills will die in this sea of fire."

Tian Lin didn't want to listen to Zhao Bei's sigh. He had just lost a fire talisman and didn't know how painful it must be.

He said, "This sea of fire can cover our traces. You and I can use this raging sea of fire to get back to the tavern."

He put the Immortal Binding Rope that he had taken back earlier back into the storage bag, and then grabbed Zhao Beifeng and shuttled through the woods.

Tian Lin's body was strong, and ordinary flames could do no harm to him.

But Zhao Bei was different. Although he used his true energy to protect his body, after half an hour, all his hair was completely burned bald.

The two men got out of the fire and changed their burnt clothes in a valley.

The two of them returned to the inn. Tian Lin saw that Zhao Bei looked a little lost along the way, so he patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Rest early, there is no point in thinking too much. Once we get news about Junior Sister Han, we will capture her and return to the sect as soon as possible."

Zhao Bei didn't say anything and turned back to his room.

Tian Lin stayed in the inn until dawn. The next morning, the waiter came upstairs and knocked on the door.

The waiter made room for Tian Lin and said, "Sir, if you are looking for fireflies and clam pearls, this girl has them for sale."

Tian Lin looked at Qiu Ling who appeared next to the waiter and couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He glanced at the corridor and didn't see anyone there.

But even so, Tian Lin suspected that Qu Butong and others were hiding in the dark.

"This girl!"

Tian Lin did not intend to expose Qiu Ling's identity, so he bowed to Qiu Ling and said, "I want to buy some fireflies. How much do you want, young lady?"

Qiu Ling was also a little surprised when she saw Tian Lin, but after she heard Tian Lin's question, she took out a dime from her sleeve and threw it to the waiter:

"I am here to discuss business with this gentleman, so I will not trouble you to serve me."

The waiter received rewards from Tian Lin and Qiu Ling respectively, and he was naturally satisfied at this time.

After he left, Qiu Ling asked Tian Lin in surprise, "Brother Tian, why are you here?"

Tian Lin asked Qiu Ling to come into the house, and while making tea for her, he asked:

"Shouldn't I be the one asking you this? Why did you suddenly come here to sell Lingbang pearls and fireflies?"

"It's okay for a firefly, but only Qi cultivators can afford the Ling Clam Pearl. I guess the one who wants to buy the Ling Clam Pearl must be a Blood Cultist of status, so when he saw someone asking about the whereabouts of the Ling Clam Pearl, he volunteered to come here."

She looked at Tian Lin with a strange expression:

"This spiritual clam pearl has some effect of keeping one's youth. Usually, only old men and women who have no shortage of spiritual stones will buy it. I see that you are very young, Senior Brother Tian, so you don't really need the spiritual clam pearl, right?"

Tian Lin drank a cup of tea and said calmly, "Lingbang Pearl is a specialty of Quzhou, and it is very difficult to find in Yingzhou. Although I don't need it myself, it's just right for me to take it back to honor the peak master."

Qiu Ling suddenly realized what was going on. She stood up and said excitedly, "Brother, I'll give you the Spirit Clam Pearl. Can you help me save people?"

(End of this chapter)

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