Chapter 170 Soul Cultivation
Chapter 170 Soul Cultivation
Tian Lin told Cui'er to go there immediately, but in fact it was not until dawn that Cui'er went to find Zhong'er crying.
When Zhong'er heard Cui'er was going to confess, he was so scared that his face turned pale.
She angrily said to Cui Er: "In the beginning, it was you who begged me, so I took the risk to help you steal the Buddha Demon Freedom Skill. If you confess now, aren't you dragging me down with you?"
Cui Er said: "Just tell your master that I stole the Buddha Demon Freedom Skill, so you didn't know about it."
"What about your master?"
"It was my own idea to steal the Buddha Demon Freedom Technique that day. This matter has nothing to do with my master."
Cui'er understood that Tian Lin wanted to use her as a scapegoat, and she was ready to die.
Anyway, the servants like them were told to be loyal to the Tong family and their masters since they entered the mansion.
She knew at a very young age that her and her sister's fate was to take the knife for their master one day.
"This matter really has nothing to do with your master?"
Zhong'er was a little unconvinced, so he heard Cui'er say:
"If I hadn't acted on my own initiative, my master wouldn't have been angry, let alone take the initiative to reveal this matter."
There was some truth in what she said, and coupled with her solemn assurance, Zhong'er actually believed it to some extent.
As the matter involved himself, Zhong Er angrily said: "You are really something, without the Buddha Demon Pill, why did you steal the Buddha Demon Freedom Skill?
Your master is also a pedantic person - he can just know about this matter, no one knows about it, why bother to make a fuss about it?"
Cui'er didn't say anything, and Zhong'er knew he couldn't stop Cui'er.
She repeatedly warned Cui'er not to give her away, and then Cui'er saw Master Long Dan who had just come out of the alchemy room.
Master Long Dan seemed to have not taken a bath for several days. Except for the precious clothes on his body that were not stained by dust because of the material, his whole body was greasy and his hair was messy.
Considering that he is at the foundation-building stage, he shouldn't have so much dirt on him.
Cui'er guessed that Master Long Dan probably hadn't taken a bath or washed his face for more than a year, otherwise it would be difficult to achieve such an effect.
But she didn't think that such a Dragon Pill Master was annoying. Instead, it was people like Tian Lin who took a bath every day but had no skills who made people look down on them from the bottom of their hearts.
"You said you stole my Buddha Demon Freedom Skill?"
Master Long Dan frowned, looked at Zhong Er angrily and said, "Zhong Er, didn't I tell you to keep an eye on the Buddha Demon Freedom Skill?"
Zhong Er immediately knelt down and said:
"Master Rong Bing, you asked me to keep an eye on Master Tian and not let him steal my Buddha Demon Freedom Art. I was only on guard against Master Tian, but who would have thought that it would be stolen by Cui Er, the lowly maid."
Master Long Dan thought about it carefully and realized that he had indeed asked Zhong'er to be on guard against "Fellow Daoist Tian" at that time, and had not asked her to be on guard against Cui'er, Yu'er, Zhuier or the like.
So it seems that Zhong'er really can't be blamed for this?
He had been with Zhong'er for many years and was particularly generous to her, so he found an excuse for her in a flash.
When he looked at Cui'er again, his eyes became much sharper:
"Do you know how taboo it is to steal someone else's skills? This is an irreconcilable feud."
Zhong Er was afraid that Cui Er would betray her in order to save her life, so he immediately pleaded:
"Master, you don't know that Cui'er stole the Buddha Demon Freedom Skill for her master. But who would have thought that Master Tian didn't understand her painstaking efforts and wanted to beat her to death with a stick."
After hearing this, Master Long Dan said, "From what you said, she stole my things and she wants me to plead for her?"
Tian Lin didn't know what was going on in the next yard. He sat upright on a chair in the main room with a teacup in his hand.
Yu'er on the side frowned slightly, not hiding her worry about her sister at all.
Just when she was about to open her mouth to speak, Tian Lin suddenly stood up from the stool.
Not long after, the cook opened the door and Master Long Dan walked in, followed by Cui'er and Zhong'er.
Tian Lin looked angry. He glanced at Cui Er behind Master Long Dan, then bowed and apologized to Master Long Dan:
"I failed to discipline my child properly, and a thief emerged. Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Long. If I don't give you an explanation, how can I stay in Pingyang City and be your neighbor?"
He had no intention of killing Cui'er and was ready to pay the spirit stones in installments.
But if Master Long Dan asked for too much, Tian Lin would not agree.
"Hehe, you know that it's your fault for not disciplining your child properly, but now you put all the blame on a little girl. Aren't you ashamed?"
Master Long Dan snorted twice, and Tian Lin asked him, "What do you think of Brother Long?"
Master Long Dan said: "In my opinion, although this girl made a mistake, she is very loyal to her master. Fellow Daoist Tian should not punish her, but reward her instead."
Tian Lin frowned, not knowing what Master Long Dan was up to. "Want me to reward her?"
"You, the slave girl, stole my Buddha Demon Freedom Art. I think she has shown it to you, right? You got a magical power for nothing, shouldn't you give it to her?"
Tian Lin glanced at Cui'er behind Master Long Dan, wondering what kind of magic potion she had given to the man named Long.
However, Zhong'er behind Master Long Dan puffed out his chest complacently, looking quite proud.
"She has committed such a big mistake. Does Brother Long want me to let her off so easily? If this matter gets out, people will laugh at me for not knowing the rules."
Tian Lin said something tentatively. How could Master Long Dan have the patience to play tricks on Tian Lin? He said, "I won't pursue this matter. Who would have the time to pursue it? Anyway, I'm asking for mercy on behalf of your maid. Please let her go for my sake.
If you think that I am not that kind of person, I can give you the elixir, and you can transfer Cui'er to me, how about that? "
Tian Lin didn't expect that Master Long Dan not only didn't ask him to pay compensation, but it seemed that he was even prepared to spend money to buy Cui'er.
He flatly refused, "Master Long Dan pleaded for her, so of course I have to give Master Long Dan face. But she is the maid that the Tong family gave me, how can I sell her off?"
After saying this, Tian Lin angrily scolded Cui Er, "I wanted to kill you to prove my innocence and my family tradition. But since Master Long Dan has pleaded for you, why don't you thank Master Long Dan?"
Cui Er came out from behind Master Long Dan, knelt down and kowtowed to Master Long Dan to express her gratitude. Then even Yu Er came forward and kowtowed to Master Long Dan.
Master Long Dan really enjoyed being thanked by others and felt a sense of accomplishment after saving lives.
He stroked his beard and waved his hand nonchalantly: "I saved you, not for your gratitude."
Then he bowed to Tian Lin and said, "Long is anxious to make the elixir. Now it has been delayed for too long, so I will not stay here for long."
Tian Lin escorted the master and servant out of the house, then turned around and looked at Yu'er in surprise.
He first sent Cui'er back to her own room, and then said to Yu'er: "Do you think this Dragon Pill Master has any conspiracy?"
Yu'er said, "Master Long is obsessed with alchemy and never thinks about people or things other than alchemy. Maybe the Buddha Demon Freedom Art is a big deal in the eyes of the master, but in his eyes it is just a small matter that delays his alchemy."
Tian Lin said: "No matter how devoted you are to alchemy, you shouldn't be so generous and selfless, right? Is there really such a good person in this world?"
Tian Lin couldn't believe it.
But from now on, I am no longer afraid of people asking about the origin of the Buddha and Demon Freedom Art, and I am no longer afraid of people questioning me.
Tian Lin thought about it and took out two medium-grade spirit stones from his storage bag:
"Master Long Dan asked me to reward Cui Er. You and she will each receive one of these two mid-grade spirit stones."
Yu'er knelt down and said, "It was Cui'er who made the mistake first. Master, please don't punish her. You don't need to reward her with spirit stones."
"I asked her to go to Master Long Dan to apologize, which was to punish her. She helped me to obtain the Buddha Demon Freedom Art legitimately, which was her contribution.
To be honest, giving her a mid-grade spirit stone is really stingy. But I'm in urgent need of spirit stones right now, so I can't afford any extra ones."
Two mid-grade spirit stones in exchange for a copy of the Buddha and Demon Freedom Art, this deal can be said to be a huge profit.
But in Yu'er's eyes, Tian Lin had been fishing for several days and had only obtained twenty-six low-grade spirit stones.
She guessed that even if Tian Lin had saved some money, it probably wouldn't be much.
In addition, Tian Lin is such a stingy person, but he can still take out two medium-grade spirit stones as a reward, which is enough to show Tian Lin's generosity.
Yu'er hurriedly thanked Tian Lin and went out to arrange breakfast.
Tian Lin ate some Shuiling rice casually, then left the house and went to Chenxiantang.
The sun was high in the sky at this time, but Chenxiantang was shrouded in thick fog.
Tian Lin was shocked and asked Zhang Xiaoke, "It's only been one night, and the fog has already spread here?"
Zhang Xiaoke's face also looked a little ugly, and he said with a sad look:
"Yesterday, several of our crew members followed Feng Gongsheng to the open sea and lost several lives."
Tian Lin asked him, "Can you find out where this fog comes from and what is in it?"
Zhang Xiaoke said: "This fog came from the south and has covered most of Chenxian Pond. And in this fog, there are resentful souls lingering -
Those fishermen who fell ill or died were all injured by these resentful spirits. Unfortunately, the resentful spirits can only be seen with spiritual awareness, and Qigong practitioners cannot project their spiritual awareness.
So even though we knew there were ghosts in the fog, we couldn’t prevent them.”
After hearing this, Tian Lin looked towards the several fishing boats on the sea.
If he was not mistaken, there were some Qi Refiners on the fishing boat on the sea.
Zhang Xiaoke saw the doubt in Tian Lin's heart and said, "Those are soul cultivators. Like the blood cultists, they are also notorious."
Tian Lin said in surprise: "Blood Cultist? I seem to have heard of this name."
Zhang Xiaoke laughed: "Senior, you may not know that the Blood Cultists were still very active a thousand years ago. Later, I don't know how they offended a man named Huang Ping'an from the Wendao Sect.
Huang Ping'an was originally just an outer disciple of the Wendao Sect, but his cultivation had reached the Golden Core Realm. It was this Golden Core expert who led the Wendao Sect's people to wipe out the Blood Cultists in the entire Tiannan and Tianbei counties.
Since then, no more blood cultists have been born in Tianbei County."
Tian Lin was somewhat silent after hearing this. He suspected that after Patriarch Yao Yue came ashore, he directly betrayed his "former fellow disciple" from Tianbei County in order to clear his identity.
"Since the Soul Cultivators are as notorious as the Blood Cultivators, why don't people attack them collectively?"
After Tian Lin finished asking, Zhang Xiaoke said, "The Immortal Sect has been suppressing the Blood Sect for many years, but only Senior Huang was able to be effective.
Soul cultivators are no worse than blood cultivators, and there are also people in the immortal sect who practice the magic of sealing souls and seizing spirits. How can those immortal sect elders chop off their own heads? "
(End of this chapter)