Chapter 182 Goodbye Mr. and Mrs. Gao He
Chapter 182 Goodbye Mr. and Mrs. Gao He
The water in Chenxiantang was obviously returning to calm, otherwise the fat man called Master Wubian would not have been able to fly up after falling into the water.
But Tian Lin knew in his heart that the danger level of Chenxiantang was increasing.
Perhaps it was because the sea water had returned to calm, and something on the seabed could no longer be suppressed, so that the "Soul-Replenishing Powder" gathered more and more.
The soul-replenishing powder on the seabed is now less than three or four feet deep from the sea surface.
These "soul-replenishing powders" are not only harmful to the physical body, but even the soul cannot withstand the cutting of these "soul-replenishing powders".
If one day Chenxiantang is filled with this "Soul-Replenishing Powder", Qiannianmu may not be able to sail on the sea surface of Chenxiantang.
When that time really comes, only the cultivators who have established their foundation will be able to occasionally fly their swords to the sea to kill the evil spirits.
What purpose can a Qi-refining cultivator have when he flies out to sea on his sword, other than adding more wandering souls to the fog?
Tian Lin was not in a hurry to go ashore at this time. He just slowly rowed the boat and moved closer to the coast on the sea.
At the bow of the boat, Yu'er first helped Cui'er up, then took out a pill from the bag Tian Lin gave her and gave it to Cui'er to take.
While Cui'er was meditating, Yu'er turned around and said to Tian Lin, "Senior, if you don't mind my slow rowing, let me row the boat."
Tian Lin shook his head and refused, saying:
"I heard you were looking for a man named Tian Shuang. Is he your master? If I remember correctly, he killed the son of the ninth concubine of the Tong family. Was he killed by someone hired by the ninth concubine?"
Yu Er looked a little sad, and said, "My sister and I went to the Tong Mansion in Tianbei County, and we had asked Mr. Tong to take charge and send someone to bring Aunt Jiu back.
But Aunt Jiu acted too quickly. Less than a day after the reward was issued, my master disappeared at sea."
Tian Lin nodded and said while rowing the boat, "Seventy high-grade spirit stones would tempt me."
After he finished speaking, Yu'er's smile was a little awkward, and she said, "Since you are a disciple of the Immortal Sect, how can seventy high-grade spirit stones be worth your attention?"
She said this tentatively, trying to find out Tian Lin's identity and background.
Tian Lin didn't dare to pretend to be a disciple of the Immortal Sect. Even though he had the badge given by Elder Yu, he still didn't dare to call himself a disciple of the Wendao Sect.
If he is not registered, then he can only be known as Huahualang. How can he claim to be a disciple of a sect?
"I'm not a disciple of some immortal sect. How can I not be tempted by seventy high-grade spirit stones?"
Tian Lin took the opportunity to ask Yu'er: "Your master is dead, how are you two going to deal with it now?"
Yu'er was injured, so it was not appropriate for her to be distracted and talk at this time.
But she still endured the pain and dared not not answer Tian Lin's question: "The two of us will go back to the city first and build a tomb for the master. As for what to do in the future, I am a little unclear."
Tian Lin raised his eyebrows and said, "If the Tian guy dies, won't you be free?"
Yu'er was speechless for a moment, not knowing whether she should blame Tian Lin for being disrespectful to 'Tian Shuang'.
After a long while, she said:
“Senior, you may not know that the swords given to us by the Tong family cannot be used as swords again once they have had a previous owner.
Logically, we should die with our master, but..."
Tian Lin smiled and said, "But you don't want to die for an old man, right?"
Cui Er, who was meditating, opened her eyes and said in a somewhat unfriendly tone:
"Although you saved us, you shouldn't be so disrespectful to our master. Although my master's cultivation is a little bit lower, he is also a strong foundation-building master.
Senior, if you are criticizing others behind their backs, aren't you afraid that others will also criticize you behind your backs?"
She is a person at the eighth level of Qi Refining, but she dares to criticize a cultivator who is at the foundation-building stage. She is so ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth.
After Cui'er finished speaking, Yu'er added:
"You are a chivalrous man, as you are able to help two little girls you met by chance. I think you just made a slip of the tongue and did not mean to humiliate my master."
Tian Lin glanced at the two sisters, then turned his gaze towards the thick fog ahead.
Not long after Tian Lin looked at the fog, the soul-fingering needle in Yu'er's hand also sensed the presence of the wandering soul.
When Yu'er looked up, Tian Lin had already slapped out with his palm.
Magical spells such as the Buddha and Demon Freedom Art consume both true energy and spiritual consciousness.
The strength of Tian Lin's spirit stone is no longer what it used to be. When he slapped out with his palm, the two wandering souls that were rushing towards him were instantly extinguished.
Tian Lin took out the soul-gathering bead, and the white mist formed by the wandering souls was instantly absorbed by the soul-gathering bead.
On the river, a small boat appeared in the fog.
There was a man and a woman on the boat, holding talismans and soul-pointing needles in their hands, and they were obviously here to chase the wandering souls.
Tian Lin recognized at a glance that the people on the boat were Gao He and Cai Shu. The couple were obviously stunned when they saw Tian Lin.
"Who are you?" Just by looking at Tian Lin's clothes, the two could tell that Tian Lin had reached the initial stage of foundation building.
But judging from Tian Lin's appearance, he didn't look like someone who could reach the initial stage of foundation building. Even if he was only building a spiritual foundation, Tian Lin looked ridiculously young at the age of sixteen or seventeen.
They suspected that Tian Lin was a descendant of an immortal sect, or perhaps a descendant of an aristocratic family.
"My humble name is not worth mentioning. You two Taoist friends can just call me Brother Tian."
Gao He was thinking about this, and he didn't remember that there was a noble family named Tian in Tianbei County. But this didn't stop him from immediately bowing and saying:
"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Tian. Nice to meet you."
When he saw Tian Lin putting the soul-gathering bead back into the storage bag, he knew that the two wandering souls were collected by Tian Lin alone, and he felt that Tian Lin's strength was even more impressive.
As he put away the talisman paper, he invited Tian Lin, "Fellow Daoist Tian, are you going ashore? If you don't mind, why don't you take my boat back to Pingyang City together?"
"That's fine, I'll trouble you two fellow Taoists."
After Tian Lin finished speaking, he jumped onto the bow of Gao He and his wife's boat.
The boat of Gao He and his wife was obviously bigger than that of Tian Lin and Master Wu Bian, and there were talismans pasted on the boat and it had a cabin, which could be described as "luxurious".
As soon as Tian Lin changed boats, Yu'er asked Tian Lin, "Senior Tian, how can we contact you after we get ashore?"
Tian Lin looked back at the two sisters and said casually, "As long as you two appear on the shore of Chenxian Pond, I can find you at any time, and you don't have to come to me specially."
Over there, Yu'er and the other two rowed away. Gao He invited Tian Lin to sit in the cabin and said, "Fellow Daoist Tian, aren't you from Tianbei County?"
Tian Lin said: "I am new here and have never been to Tianbei County before."
Gao He and his wife looked at each other. Cai Shu had already poured the wine and pressed her breasts against Tian Lin's shoulders.
Tian Lin had known the couple for quite some time, but he had never received such a warm welcome from them.
Tian Lin's body stiffened slightly, and Cai Shu smiled even more, and put a glass of wine into Tian Lin's hand:
"I see that Fellow Daoist Tian is well-spoken, so he must be from an aristocratic family, right?"
Tian Lin said, "Both my parents are dead, and I don't have any relatives alive in this world."
Cai Shu and Gao He didn't believe it. Gao He smiled and questioned, "I see that you look so young, it doesn't seem like you've taken a beauty pill. If I'm right, you're only sixteen years old, right?"
Tian Lin himself was unsure, and he said, "Maybe after the new year, I will be seventeen years old."
Cai Shu and Gao He looked at each other again, and Cai Shu's buttocks were almost touching Tian Lin's crotch.
While pouring wine for Tian Lin, she asked him, "Brother Tian, you must be a disciple of the Immortal Sect?"
Tian Lin still spoke the truth: "I do know an elder of the Immortal Sect, and I am now his disciple. But I have not yet registered with the Immortal Sect, so I dare not pretend to be a disciple of the Immortal Sect."
The reason why Tian Lin stopped taking the Disguise Pill was because he wanted to use his real identity to obtain the Soul Gathering Pearl and use his real identity to obtain the Tian Yi Sheng Water Art.
The reason why he did not reveal his name to others was because Zhou Shoufan had never seen his true face. As long as his name was not revealed, Zhou Shoufan would most likely not look for him.
"Which elder is the one that Fellow Daoist Tian is talking about? Which immortal sect is the one that he is talking about?"
Gao He suspected that Tian Lin was a child of an aristocratic family, or perhaps a disciple of an immortal sect.
But after Tian Lin admitted that he had become a disciple of the immortal sect, he began to suspect that Tian Lin was a liar.
"It's better not to mention this matter. After all, I have not yet entered the Immortal Sect, nor have I received the personal recognition of the elder. How can I use the banner of the Immortal Sect and my master before the dust has settled?"
After saying this, Tian Lin added a question to Gao He: "I wonder if you two fellow Taoists have ever seen Senior Brother Zhaixingzi from the Daoist Sect? I heard that he seems to have come to Chenxiantang as well."
Tian Lin said that he was unwilling to reveal the name of the immortal sect, but he called him Senior Brother Zhaixingzi as soon as he opened his mouth.
Gao He didn't know whether Tian Lin was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.
He had no choice but to say, "A few days ago, there was a rumor in Chenxiantang that the Taoist priest Zhaixingzi had come to Chenxiantang. But he was like a dragon that was hard to find, and he never showed up - or maybe he had already shown up, but we didn't recognize him."
Tian Lin said: "I heard that this Senior Brother Zhaixingzi is about my age. There shouldn't be many people of my age who have reached the middle stage of foundation building. I guess it's easy to recognize him, right?"
Gao He quickly shook his head and said, "Brother Tian, you don't know that disciples of the Daoist sect have always emphasized 'focusing on the Dao and not getting involved in worldly affairs'.
So when they go out, they must disguise themselves and hide themselves so that no one can detect their presence."
Tian Lin nodded suddenly and said, "My master never told me about this."
He said that the elders had not yet announced his identity as a "disciple" to the public, so it was not easy for him to pretend to be someone else's disciple, but he kept calling him "master".
He also said that there was no registration, so it was not easy to reveal the name of the immortal sect, but he kept talking about Senior Brother Zhaixingzi, and kept talking about Zhaixingzi's whereabouts.
Gao He was a little hesitant, not sure whether Tian Lin was telling the truth or a lie.
At this time, the boat was about to dock. Tian Lin bowed to Gao He and his wife and said, "I have a humble request. I hope you can help me keep an eye on Zhaixingzi's movements. When I become a disciple of the Immortal Sect in the future, I will never forget your help."
(End of this chapter)