Chapter 203: Can't Die Before Fulfilling the Promise
Chapter 203: Can't Die Before Fulfilling the Promise
Tian Lin had doubts in his mind, but he didn't intend to ask about Jiu Niang's identity.
He only recognized the Ninth Aunt, but the Ninth Aunt had no connection with this Sun-Wandering God, and the Ninth Aunt's cultivation strength was too low, so it was impossible for her to be the Ninth Aunt that the Sun-Wandering God was talking about.
"It would be best if you can sell the wine to me, but if you can't, I won't force you to do it. As for asking for help, it's better not to ask for it."
Tian Lin was worried that his attitude was too tough, so he planned to give in as soon as the woman in white got angry.
But unexpectedly, the woman in white was not angry. Instead, she didn't say anything to ask Tian Lin for help.
She waved to a maid to pour wine for Tian Lin, and then said to Master Xun outside the boat, "Sail to the coast and send Master Tian back."
Tian Lin couldn't figure out what the other person was thinking. After the maid poured him some wine, he didn't dare to drink it. Instead, he asked the woman in white:
"I don't know how many Youdu coins this wine costs. I'm afraid I can't afford it."
The woman in white smiled and said, "I said I was treating Master Tian to this wine, so I won't accept your Youdu coins."
She wanted to give it away for free, so Tian Lin didn't dare to eat it.
As if she could see that Tian Lin was worried about her, the woman in white said helplessly: "If you really want to pay, then give me 20 Youdu coins."
Twenty Youdu coins, this is not a small amount of money.
As far as Tian Lin knew, Hua Hualang of Pingyang City didn't even know what Youdu currency was.
Including Tong Shisan, who was born in the Tong family, knew very little about Youdu coins.
Fortunately, Tian Lin had saved more than a hundred Youdu coins from the ferryman. After paying twenty Youdu coins, he still had one hundred and seventy-three coins left.
The woman in white took the Youdu coins, but only saw Tian Lin put the wine back into the storage bag.
She opened her mouth in surprise, but said nothing.
Tian Lin was indeed reluctant to drink the Youdu Immortal Brew, because according to the words on the Youdu Immortal Brew, this thing called 'Tianyi Immortal Brew' could make people understand the rules of Taoism.
The rules of Taoism are something that can only be practiced in the Nascent Soul stage and are more powerful than supernatural powers.
When ordinary people seek the Tao, they are seeking the rules and regulations of the Tao.
Tian Lin didn't know how effective this pot of Tianyi Immortal Wine was, but he knew that things that could help people touch the rules of Taoism were not easy to obtain.
Obviously, the pleasure boat is not the right time to attain enlightenment.
What is more important now is how to escape from the hands of the woman in white - even if she does not seem to have any ill intentions.
At this time, the woman in white was still singing on the pleasure boat.
Occasionally, one or two night-wandering gods would board the boat and then get off.
Finally, half a quarter of an hour later, Tian Lin heard a commotion and the sound of someone falling into the water outside the pleasure boat.
A maid said to the woman in white, "Miss, there are boats blocking the road ahead. Should we kill those people?"
The woman in white said, "We are not going out to sea to kill people. Besides, Master Tian is a guest on our ship. If we kill someone, he will have a hard time explaining himself after he gets off the ship."
Tian Lin, who was sitting opposite the desk, felt that there was something wrong with his ears, otherwise he wouldn't have heard the nonsense coming from the woman in white.
But the woman in white really had no intention of embarrassing Tian Lin, and said to Tian Lin considerately:
"Mr. Tian doesn't seem to be comfortable on my boat. We are close to the coast now. If Mr. Tian wants to get off the boat, he can leave now."
Tian Lin certainly didn't want to stay here for long. He quickly stood up, bowed to the woman in white, and said sincerely:
"I thought the Sun God was an evil spirit, so I became an enemy of you. Now I think I was just dreaming, please don't mind it."
The woman in white smiled, and after sending Tian Lin to the bow of the boat, she said to the maid behind her, "Go get a jar of Youdu Immortal Wine for Master Tian."
Tian Lin was delighted, but he declined on the surface, saying, "No merit, no reward. How can I take something from you for free?"
The maid over there suddenly cried out in surprise, "Miss, our Youdu Immortal Wine has been stolen."
The pretty face of the woman in white turned cold, and her murderous aura made Tian Lin silent.
He instantly thought of the female elder of the Goddess Sect, who entered the cabin before him when rescuing Fairy Mei.
By the time he entered the cabin, the female elder of the Goddess Sect had already looted most of the items inside.
"I have never stolen the Youdu Immortal Wine from you, senior."
Tian Lin was afraid that the woman in white would misunderstand him, but she shook her head and said, "This matter has nothing to do with Master Tian. I just hope that Master Tian will not blame me for not keeping my word."
Tian Lin said hurriedly: "The hateful one is the thief who stole the wine. Besides, the Youdu Immortal Wine belongs to you, how can I be angry with you just because you don't have any wine to give me?"
He turned his head and glanced outside the pleasure boat, and sure enough, there were dozens of boats parked outside the pleasure boat.
However, when the monks on the boats saw the pleasure boats coming, some flew their swords, while others rowed their boats to escape, leaving only dozens of empty boats standing there.
The woman in white bowed to Tian Lin and finally saw him off the boat.
Even after Tian Lin reached the shore, he was still in a daze and felt a little bit unbelievable.
Although he didn't think he was doomed, he didn't expect to escape so easily.
When Tian Lin landed, Tong Yao appeared. She frowned and looked at Tian Lin and asked, "How did you survive?"
Tian Lin was furious when he heard this. These people forced him to help. But when the time came, they only cared about their own people and left him there without caring about his life or death.
"Perhaps it's because of my identity as a ferryman?"
Tian Lin made up a story: "Or maybe it's because the younger generation gave money?
As far as I know, the God of Travel only solicited customers on the sea that day, and would never force anyone after collecting the Youdu coins. "As soon as he finished speaking, the elder of the Goddess Sect said:
"Nonsense, if the evil spirit was really that kind, there wouldn't be so many people dying in vain."
She walked up to Tian Lin, grabbed his shoulders and scolded him, "Tell me, what are you hiding from us?"
Tian Lin's shoulder was hurt by her grip.
But since he is under someone's roof, what else can he say, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west"?
"If you don't believe me, why don't you go to the painting boat and ask the Sun God?"
As soon as she said this, the elder of the Goddess Sect crushed Tian Lin's shoulder blade. She also grabbed the storage bag on Tian Lin's waist with her right hand and forcibly wiped out the spiritual consciousness on the storage bag.
Fortunately, Tian Lin had made preparations before going ashore. In addition to a flying sword, a dozen low-grade spirit stones and a painting, the storage bag he carried only contained the ferryman's boat, a bamboo pole and a wooden sign.
After the elder of the Goddess Sect wiped out Tian Lin's spiritual consciousness on the storage bag, he ignored Tian Lin's frown due to the pain caused by the backlash.
She poured out everything in the storage bag, and finally touched a painting inside.
The elder of the Goddess Sect unfolded the scroll and saw only a faceless woman on it.
Although this faceless woman has no face, she exudes a fairy-like aura.
The elder of the Goddess Sect looked at Tian Lin and asked him, "Whose portrait is this, and why is the face not drawn?"
This portrait is a portrait of the Nine-Life Immortal painted on a small boat in front of the Tianlinshang painting boat.
He remembered that when he was in Pingyang City, when he asked the Yu'er sisters to paint the Nine-Life Immortal, the Nine-Life Immortal in the painting almost came to life.
Tian Lin didn't know whether he would die on this trip, so he prepared an incomplete portrait on the boat, intending to paint it and die together with others at the critical moment.
Tong Yao, who was standing next to him, took a look at the portrait and said to the elder of the Goddess Sect, "Senior Sister Qiu, you don't know, this is the portrait of the Nine-Life Immortal."
The elder of the Goddess Sect looked at Tian Lin again and asked him, "Why are you painting the portrait of the Nine Lives Immortal?"
"I heard from others that a great power like the Nine-Life Immortal should not be heard or spoken of. So I wanted to leave a portrait. If the pleasure boat is in danger, I can attract the Nine-Life Immortal and perish together with the wandering god."
The elder of the Goddess Sect sneered and said, "Nonsense, there are countless people in the world who call out her name and draw her, and you are not a great figure, how could she pay attention to you?"
That was true, but the elder of the Goddess Sect believed that Tian Lin had nothing to do with the Sun-Wandering God.
But she felt that there were still many suspicious points about Tian Lin, so she didn't plan to let Tian Lin go.
Tong Yao spoke up instead: "The most urgent task now is to wake up Junior-nephew Mei."
The elder of the Goddess Sect looked grim upon hearing that, and turned away without saying a word.
Tong Yao glanced at Tian Lin calmly, and then said calmly: "Elder Qiu is in a bad mood because Junior-nephew Mei was injured. You have to understand her and not resent her."
Tian Lin said: "How dare I? I am also worried about the safety of Mei Xiangu."
Tong Yao nodded, waved and returned the storage bag that the elder of the Goddess Sect had thrown away to Tian Lin, then walked away with a sad face.
Once she left, others dared to come up.
These people looked at Tian Lin with some doubt and uncertainty, because they saw Tian Lin getting off the pleasure boat with their own eyes.
"Friend Tian, what are you doing——"
Rong Gongfeng opened his mouth to ask, but Tian Lin shook his head and said, "Look, I have a broken arm now, you should let me go back and recuperate."
Everyone looked at Tian Lin's broken arm and were speechless for a moment.
"Fellow Daoist Tian has really suffered an unprovoked disaster. If it weren't for the fact that Fairy Mei's spirit was damaged, Elder Qiu wouldn't have used Fellow Daoist Tian to vent his anger."
"Shut up, I'm afraid your word 'diarrhea' may have an ambiguous meaning."
These people are chattering, but who actually cares about Tian Lin's life or death?
They even felt a bit gloating over Tian Lin's injury.
Fortunately, Yu'er and her sister arrived at this time. They had previously gone to the old house to find Tong Shisan about Tian Lin's news.
Later, he heard that Tian Lin had returned, so he rushed here from the county town.
Coming with them was Master Long Dan.
Master Long Dan looked at Tian Lin's broken arm and couldn't help but change his expression: "This injury, even if it is cured, will leave a hidden disease."
Tian Lin smiled and said, "It's thanks to Elder Qiu that he showed mercy. Otherwise, how could I still be alive?"
After Tian Lin finished speaking, he asked Master Long Dan, "The spirit of Mei Xiangu was damaged. I wonder if she has woken up?"
Master Long Dan nodded, then shook his head: "He is awake, but he just wants to recover. I am afraid he will need to recuperate for a year or so."
"It would be great if you could wake up."
Tian Lin said this sincerely.
After all, Mei Xiangu promised him that as long as he went out to sea to deal with the Sun God this time, she would help him get the Tian Yi Sheng Water Secret.
Tian Lin hopes that the other party will not die before fulfilling his promise.
(End of this chapter)