Chapter 190 Mei Xiangu's Purpose
Chapter 190 Mei Xiangu's Purpose
Rong Gongsheng did not dare to offend Master Long Dan again, and instead looked at Tian Lin:
"The Great Elder wants to divide those of us who are in the early stage of foundation building into three groups. Fellow Daoist Tian plans to follow Fairy Mei or Young Master Thirteen, or?"
"Since we are going to go out to sea, of course we should follow Tong Shisan. After all, we are also the servants of the Tong family. As for that girl named Mei, she is a disciple of the immortal sect and it is obvious that she wants to kill us."
Rong Gongfeng slandered Mei Xiangu behind her back simply because he had a "personal grudge" against her.
But his words were recognized by several people present.
They have seen Tong Shisan's character clearly in the past half month.
In addition, as Tong family's priests, even if Tong Shisan didn't take care of them, he wouldn't harm them either.
"Who we go out to sea with is probably not something we can decide on our own. Let's wait until dark to see what the Great Elder has to say about the arrangements."
Tian Lin is the youngest and speaks slowly and softly, but his words carry the most weight among those present.
He said to Master Long, "Friend Long's alchemy skills are naturally unmatched, but I'm afraid you don't have much experience in risking your life. It's best to go back and make preparations before it gets dark."
Master Long Dan nodded, bowed to Tian Lin, threw out another flying sword from his storage bag and left Chenxiantang directly.
Gao He and his wife also left. In addition to taking Xiang'er with them, they also planned to find some cultivators who had reached the twelfth level of Qi Refining to go out to sea together.
How to collect more residual souls is no longer something that Gao He and his wife should consider.
What they are worried about now is how to survive in Chenxiantang.
If you can survive, the residual soul is indispensable.
Soon it was night, and the Yu'er sisters also came to find Tian Lin.
Although 'Tian Shuang' is dead, the two women still hold the sword.
Their slave status is still in the Tong family. The Tong family even sent their offerings to Chenxiantang to risk their lives. How could they let these two cannon fodders go?
When Yu'er and her sister found Tian Lin and were about to go out to sea with him as "Tian Shuang" holding a sword, Gao He and his wife had already appeared with Xiang'er and a few sword slaves they had found from nowhere.
At this time in Chenxiantang, only the original shops were still open, and there was no one setting up stalls.
There were both foundation-building and Qi-refining cultivators in the group. After a while of noise, the figure of the great elder finally appeared.
Along with the Great Elder, there were also a dozen cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage.
These cultivators in the late foundation building stage are all elders of the Tong family.
The Tong family has been passed down for ten thousand years and has trained many foundation-building cultivators, so they were able to select more than a dozen elders.
"Chenxiantang has been invaded by evil spirits. My Tong family, you all, and the entire Pingyang City will all prosper if one prospers, and all will suffer if one suffers—
So, when you guys go out to sea, how can a dozen of us old guys just sit there and watch?"
After he finished speaking, he turned around and looked at the dozen people behind him and said, "You go first. My Tong family wants everyone to fight to the death. How can we shrink back?"
The dozen or so elders didn't waste any time. They stepped on their flying swords and instantly flew into the fog of Chenxiantang.
Looking at the white fog in the dark night, the Foundation Establishment cultivators and Qi Refining cultivators present were all silent.
In just one day, the fog in Chenxiantang has become thicker, and it is foreseeable that more wandering souls and night-wandering gods will appear tonight.
It’s hard to say how many people will die on this voyage.
"Now let's divide everyone into three groups. Everyone on my left, follow Tong Shisan and head south first."
After the great elder finished speaking, the people below were in an uproar.
Many people are willing to follow Tong Shisan because Tong Shisan will not kill people at will.
But although following Tong Shisan is good, you have to go to the most dangerous southern waters. Who would agree to that?
The people on the left of the Great Elder were talking about it, which made Gao He and others in the middle very happy.
Gao He smiled and said, "When I first heard that the person on our right could follow the Thirteenth Young Master, I was very envious, but now I am not envious at all."
Cai Shu leaned close to Tian Lin and said with a smile, "Fortunately our second brother stood in the middle, otherwise we would have been the ones to go to the south this time."
Tian Lin felt the soft touch on his shoulder and felt uncomfortable.
But he didn't dare to remind them loudly. After all, Gao He next to him didn't care about these things, and everyone else's attention was focused on the Great Elder.
"Everyone! Tonight you will follow Young Master Thirteen to guard the south, and tomorrow night it will be these Taoist friends in the middle who will guard the south!
Every time the three of us switch positions, no one will suffer any loss."
This is actually quite true. After all, the danger in Chenxiantang is getting higher day by day.
For those guarding the south tonight, today will be more dangerous.
But those who guard the south tomorrow night will encounter more dangerous night wandering gods and wandering souls than today.
To be honest, the person standing in the middle suffers more than the person standing on Tian Lin's right.
In an instant, Gao He's face fell. Although Cai Shu was still sticking to Tian Lin, she no longer flattered him.
Instead, Rong Gongfu smiled and said, "It's a good thing that we are standing in the middle with Fellow Daoist Tian. Anyway, no matter which side we line up from, we will go to the south tomorrow.
So whether you make a profit or a loss, it is not the biggest loss or the biggest profit."
When he said this, Gao He and his wife also laughed.
Tian Lin was somewhat speechless, and said: "We still don't know who we are following, let's first listen to what the Great Elder says."
Everyone looked at the great elder above, and heard the great elder say: "The Taoist friends in the middle follow Mei Xiangu and guard the east tonight. And the Taoist friends on my right follow Mr. Tan and guard the west tonight." The great elder knew that there was no absolute fairness in the world, and that any decision he made would be questioned no matter what.
So once he finished talking about the result, he immediately slapped out his flying sword and said, "My fellow Taoists, I will go ahead."
Before everyone could react, the Great Elder had already transformed into a streak of light and disappeared onto the sea.
At this time, Mei Xiangu walked to the middle. She glanced at everyone and pointed at Master Long Dan:
"Fatty, I heard that you are very diligent in refining pills. You don't have to follow us when we go out to sea this time."
As soon as these words came out, someone immediately stepped forward and said, "Mei Xiangu, I am also an alchemist."
Mei Xiangu said, "This group of people only need this fat man, and the rest of you should follow me to Shenxiantang."
After she finished speaking, she pointed at Tian Lin and the group of people around him and said:
"Tonight, you will go out to sea with me. Tomorrow, during the day, the rest of you will go out to sea with me."
The rest of the group were naturally overjoyed, but Gao He and others who were with Tian Lin wanted to complain but did not dare to.
They watched Mei Xiangu walk towards Chenxiantang first and could only follow behind her with their heads down.
At this time, Yu'er and Cui'er, who were standing outside, also found Tian Lin. Gao He and his wife, as well as Rong Gongsheng, also came over with swords and sword slaves and said to Tian Lin:
"It's better for us to stay together. We can look after each other when we are together."
Tian Lin did not comment. His wooden boat was not big, and it would be rather crowded if he took Yu'er and Cui'er with him.
But a small boat is easier to turn around, and Tian Lin has no plans to change to a bigger boat.
Tian Lin said directly to the two girls: "You two are not my servants, so I will not let you work in vain during this voyage."
Yu Er said, "It's better for the two of us to follow Taoist Tian than to be used as scapegoats by other Taoists.
In fact, my sister and I are already very grateful that you, Master Tian, are willing to let us follow you."
What she said was the truth. After all, they could not escape the fate of being cannon fodder in Chenxiantang.
Instead of following others, it is better to follow Tian Lin.
At least Tian Lin was quite capable and had a good reputation - just when the great elder was speaking, Rong Gongsheng Bao Jian told her and her two sisters about Tian Lin's chivalrous deeds.
"Okay, it's up to you. One of you will row the boat for me, and the other will help me collect the remaining souls. I will not leave you alone to escape unless it is absolutely necessary."
As Tian Lin was speaking, he got on his small wooden boat first. On his left and right were the large boat of Rong Gongfeng and the large boat of Gao He and his wife.
They knew that a small boat would make it easier to escape, but a small boat could accommodate fewer people.
This time, Gao He and his wife brought not only Xiang'er, but also four or five sword-bearing men.
The same is true for Rong Gongfeng.
In a flash, hundreds of large and small ships on Chenxiantang hung wind lanterns and hoisted sails and headed towards the distant sea.
Let’s not talk about the group of people including Tong Shisan who were heading south, let’s just talk about Mei Xiangu who Tian Lin is following closely.
I saw Mei Xiangu standing on a big ship, and the hull was engraved with exquisite runes all over.
On the big ship, there were four maids in pink clothes, holding palace lanterns in their hands, and walked behind Mei Xiangu.
The sea breeze made Mei Xiangu's skirt flutter. She walked to the bow and placed the potted plant in her hand on the table at the bow.
At this time, before leaving the coastal area, an evil spirit flew in from the fog.
There was no need for Mei Xiangu to take action personally to deal with these wandering spirits. Several maids beside her had already taken out wooden swords and killed all the evil spirits that pounced on them.
Two of these maids have reached the initial stage of foundation building, so they must be the swordsmen of Mei Xiangu.
After they killed these wandering souls, they did not use the soul-gathering beads to collect them.
Tian Lin, who was leaning against the back of the boat, looked up. Because of the True Eye Fruit and his relatively strong spiritual awareness, he could see that after Mei Xiangu took out a stick of incense and placed it in front of the potted plant and lit it, all the wandering souls that were killed were absorbed by a branch in the potted plant.
The branches absorbed the residual soul and began to grow. The speed was so slow that ordinary people could not see it at all.
But Tian Lin was sure that the branches in the potted plants were indeed growing.
Tian Lin was a little confused. If the jade-faced scholar from the Shuiyun Sect came to Chenxiantang because of the sect's order.
Then Jian Jue should have come to Chen Xiantang for Chen Xiantang's sword energy.
These two people have their own purposes, and Mei Xiangu also has her own purpose.
She seemed to be using these residual souls to cultivate her potted plants.
Tian Lin didn't know what tree the branches and leaves in the potted plant came from, but he was sure that they must have an extraordinary origin.
"Mei Xiangu came to Chenxiantang to cultivate her trees. Then, what about Zhaixingzi? Why did Zhaixingzi come from the Northern Wasteland to Chenxiantang?"
Tian Lin had questions in his mind, but unfortunately no one could answer them.
Because until now, no one has seen Zhaixingzi show up.
What’s funny is that many people regard Tian Lin as the star picker.
"Master Tian, Mei Xiangu's boat is going too fast. We can't catch up with her."
(End of this chapter)