Chapter 160 The Traces of the 9-Life Immortal
Chapter 160 The trace of the Nine-Life Immortal
Not long after Tian Lin closed the door, the older maid knocked on it.
"Master, Brother Qiu from the old house has come to give you a memorial tablet."
Tian Lin stood up, opened the door, and looked at the servant behind the maid.
The boy held a tray in his hand, on which were placed five spiritual stones of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.
Under the thirty low-grade spirit stones was a white robe with gold edges, and on the robe was a silver waist badge.
Before Tian Lin could say anything, the servant said, "Master Tian, this is what the Great Elder asked me to bring."
Tian Lin only took the silver waist badge, but refused to accept the clothes and spiritual stones on the tray:
"No merit, no reward. I feel bad for eating and living for free. How can I ask for anything from your house?"
The servant smiled and said, "Master Tian, you are an outsider. You are a servant of my Tong family, so you are one of our own. There is no 'your mansion' here, only our mansion."
The young man was very eloquent, which made it difficult for Tian Lin to refuse.
The maid was also able to read the situation, and without waiting for Tian Lin's instructions, she helped Tian Lin take the serving tray.
Tian Lin said to the servant, "I will accept the spiritual stones and clothes. I will come to thank the elder in person some other day for his kindness."
The servant bowed and said, "Master Dao, if you don't have any instructions, I will leave first."
He was about to leave when the maid who had just put the serving tray on the table chased him out and shouted, "Qiu Ge'er, wait a moment."
Tian Lin had built a foundation in cultivation, and with a quick glance of her spiritual sense she saw the maid at the door, and she took out a spirit stone from the pouch on her waist and put it into the hand of the servant.
The servant thanked him with a smile and finally left Tian Mansion.
While the maid went to the kitchen to get hot water, Tian Lin looked at the thirty spirit stones on the tray and picked up the clothes on the tray.
Thirty low-grade spirit stones is a considerable amount of money in the Yulong Continent.
But in Cangzhou, low-grade spirit stones are not particularly rare.
Tian Lin picked up the clothes on the tray and asked the maid, "What is this dress made of? Why does it look like a magic weapon?"
The maidservant changed the water for the teapot on Tian Lin's table and explained with a smile:
"This is made of spirit moth silk and golden leaf grass. Both spirit moth silk and golden leaf grass are used to make precious clothes. So even though this dress is not a precious dress, it still costs about a hundred low-grade spirit stones to buy it."
Tian Lin smiled when he heard this and said, "I am flattered that the Great Elder is so kind to me."
The maid explained to Tian Lin:
"Master, don't feel embarrassed. Our Tong family grows golden grass and raises spirit moths. This dress is expensive outside, but for our family, it doesn't cost much spirit stones.
Moreover, anyone who makes an offering in the Tong family will receive gifts for the first time, as well as congratulations during festivals. So this is not just the case here, but also for other offerings.”
Tian Lin put down his clothes, took the tea handed to him by the maid, and asked her, "There are quite a few priests living in this area. Do you know all of my high-ranking neighbors?"
Although he had changed his appearance, he still didn't want to meet Zhou Shoufan, so he asked this question.
“There are two worshippers living on our left, one is Master Gao Dao and the other is Fairy Cai. Both of them are at the initial stage of foundation building and are good at making talismans.
The one living on the right is Long Daoye, an alchemist at the foundation-building stage. "
She said to Tian Lin, "Master, if you have anything in the future, you can exchange it with them. This is much better than buying magic weapons and talismans outside."
As soon as she finished speaking, the younger maid said at the door: "Master, the Taoist master next door is here."
Just as the maid finished her words, a strong laugh sounded outside the door.
Tian Lin looked in the direction he was looking and saw a tall and thin man walking into the room. He bowed to Tian Lin and said:
"Fellow Daoist Tian, nice to meet you."
This tall and thin man is more than eight feet tall and looks like a bamboo pole.
Tian Lin smiled, bowed and returned the greeting, saying, "The hut is simple and has not been tidied up yet. Please forgive me, Brother Gao."
While the two of them were talking, two maids were busy setting the table and making tea for the tall and thin man.
The tall and thin man sat down after being invited by Tian Lin. The two men told each other their names and hometowns. Tian Lin naturally concealed the fact that he was from Yulong Dazhou.
After a few words of greeting, Gao He asked Tian Lin:
"I see that you, Fellow Daoist Tian, are so young, but you have already reached the initial stage of foundation building. I believe you must have a skill to earn spirit stones, right?"
Tian Lin stroked his graying beard and said with a smile:
"I don't know any of the arts of cultivating immortals. I relied on my ancestors' wealth and a little immortal fate to barely reach the foundation-building stage. Now I have nothing left. I have to rely on the help of the great elder to ask for an opportunity to go fishing."
"Friend Tian is really funny and humorous."
Although Gao He thought Tian Lin's jokes were ridiculous, he still laughed a few times to keep his face.
But seeing that Tian Lin did not defend himself, he realized that what Tian Lin said just now did not seem to be a joke, and he could not help but question:
"Do you really want to go fishing with those fishermen to earn spiritual stones? What's so good about the fish in Chenxian Pond? I'm afraid the spiritual stones you earn in a month are only enough for three meals of spiritual rice."
Tian Lin didn't know much about fishing, so he asked sincerely, "What advice do you have, Brother Gao?"
Gao He smiled and said perfunctorily: "There is nothing much to teach you. After all, fishing is a serious business."
At this time, his attitude towards Tian Lin became much colder. He slapped his head and said "Ouch", then he bowed to Tian Lin and said, "Gao has forgotten to make a few talisman papers, and they will be delivered tomorrow. Fellow Daoist Tian, please forgive me, we will talk next time."
Tian Lin tactfully bowed and smiled as he saw Gao He out the door.
There were still two maids serving in the room.
The younger maid couldn't help but whisper something. The older maid glared at her, and when Tian Lin turned around, she came forward and said:
"In addition to selling talisman paper himself, this Taoist master also helps the Tong family make talismans."
Tian Lin asked her, "How much can a talisman maker like them earn in a month?"
The maid thought about it and shook her head:
"Master Gao is a low-grade talisman master. He can earn at least one spirit stone for a low-grade talisman paper. But there are also differences among low-grade talisman masters. Some can draw dozens of talismans a day, while others can only draw a few.
Besides, there are many talisman makers in Pingyang City. Except for a small number of talisman papers that have a lot of demand, most of the talisman papers have no one to buy from Master Gao.
Anyway, we can’t know how many spirit stones Master Gao can earn in a month. But after thinking about it, he should earn at least dozens of medium-grade spirit stones a month.”
Dozens of mid-grade spirit stones are indeed not a small number.
"If I go fishing, how many mid-grade spirit stones can I earn in a month?"
Tian Lin looked at the two maids. The little maid who had been holding back for a long time finally got the chance to speak.
She didn't turn her face away from Tian Lin, but Tian Lin always felt that her tone was mocking him:
"If you go fishing at sea and are lucky, you can earn about ten low-grade spirit stones in a month."
Tian Lin frowned and said, "Is this the limit for a foundation-building cultivator?"
The eldest maid was afraid that he would vent his anger on his sister, so she quickly explained:
"Master, you don't know that the fish in Shenxiantang used to be very rich, and it was a good place for our Tong family to earn spiritual stones. But as time went by, there were fewer and fewer sea fish along the coast, and we had to go to farther seas to catch fish monsters.
About two hundred years ago, it was no longer possible to catch fish monsters in the distant seas, and it was extremely dangerous. As a last resort, my Tong family gave this Shenxian Pond to those fishing gangs, and only collected a few spiritual stones from them every month as tribute. "
She paused and said, "At this stage, although the fish harvest in Shenxian Pond is still not much, it is enough for the members of the fishing gang to earn 20 to 30 low-grade spirit stones every month.
But half a year ago, a large black ship suddenly appeared on the sea. On the ship, a woman in white brought a Taoist boy with her. They were unknown where they came from. They stirred up a storm on the sea and killed countless fish monsters. Since then, the fishing gangs on this coast have not been able to catch a single fish for several months.
Tian Lin narrowed his eyes. Wasn’t it half a year ago when he crossed the sea?
He remembered that half a year ago, he had seen a large number of corpses at sea. Many of those corpses were transformed fish monsters.
At that time, the corpses had become a wave, piling up layer upon layer, and no one knew how many fish had died.
"A big black ship and a woman in white?"
Tian Lin inexplicably thought of the Nine-Life Immortal—
"Do you still remember the appearance of the woman in white?"
After Tian Lin asked, the head maid waved to her sister.
Her sister pouted and went out, but she quickly brought back pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
The head maid apologized to Tian Lin, then spread out some water-white drawing paper on the table and started drawing a woman's makeup.
She first painted the hair and face, then the clothes and earrings.
By this time, Tian Lin was already certain that the woman in white she was talking about was indeed the Nine-Life Immortal.
Just as she was drawing the lips and about to add the finishing touches, Tian Lin suddenly slapped the pen out of her hand.
The head maid didn't understand what was going on and knelt down in fear.
Tian Lin said: "I am not blaming you, but this senior has great cultivation, so you'd better not draw her."
Just after the maid drew the lips, Tian Lin clearly saw the lips on the paper move.
Tian Lin couldn't imagine what would happen if the complete Nine-Life True Man was drawn.
Will the other party jump out of the painting and kill me just like he appeared in the illusion?
Tian Lin did not explain why he saw her lips slightly open, so the maid could only stand up doubtfully.
Seeing that Tian Lin kept knocking on the table without saying anything, he winked at his sister and the two of them quietly left the room.
At this time, Tian Lin was the only one left in the room.
What he was thinking about was not whether he could catch fish by going out to sea, but why the Nine-Life Immortal wanted to kill so many people in Chenxian Pond.
Moreover, it has been rumored that True Man Jiu Ming is a Jindan cultivator, but his various behaviors do not seem like those of a Jindan cultivator.
Thinking that Jiu Ming Zhenren might be an old monster in the Nascent Soul stage, Tian Lin felt a chill in his heart.
He didn't know whether the Nine-Life Immortal was still thinking about him.
If the other party still cares about me, then my disguise pill will probably be of no use to him.
(End of this chapter)