Chapter 208 Shuiyun Sect
Chapter 208 Shuiyun Sect
"I would like to ask Elder Qiu, you killed the people of this city for the sake of Mei Xiangu's Goddess Tree. Then why did you destroy the county government's teleportation array and not allow us to leave?"
From the direction of the county government office, several foundation-building cultivators flew over and stood on a roof.
When everyone looked towards the late foundation building cultivator who was speaking, Elder Qiu also looked towards the late foundation building cultivator:
"First, the evil spirit in Pingyang City came here because Jiu Ming Zhenren left his post without permission. What does it have to do with me?
Second, Elder Ao from Shuiyun Sect has not come yet, so no one from the Tong family, including you, can leave."
It was hard to believe what she said, and some people started to question:
"I'm afraid that the souls of ordinary people are too weak, and you want to keep us, the foundation-building cultivators, so that you can take our souls to nourish the Goddess Tree of Mei Xiangu. This kind of behavior really damages the reputation of the Goddess Sect."
As soon as the man finished speaking, his head was chopped off by a plum blossom.
The others were shocked and angry, but they could do nothing about Elder Qiu.
Tian Lin in the distance sighed and suddenly asked Mei Xiangu on the city wall: "Should I fulfill the Tian Yi Sheng Shui Jue you promised to give me?"
Mei Xiangu glanced at Tian Lin and said:
"Although the Tianyisheng Water Skill is not a secret of the Shuiyun Sect, few people can obtain this magical power from the Shuiyun Sect. Give me the Soul Gathering Pearl, and I can let the man named Tan take you to the Shuiyun Sect to obtain this magical power."
Because of Elder Qiu's behavior, Tian Lin was very skeptical about the credibility of the Goddess Sect.
Mei Xiangu snorted coldly, "If I really want to seize your Soul Gathering Pearl, I don't need to cheat you now, I can just rob you. Anyway, it's up to you whether you believe it or not."
Tian Lin glanced at Elder Qiu who was not far away, but Elder Qiu did not look at him.
"Okay, but I have a lot of soul beads. So in addition to the Tianyisheng Water Art, I also want to use the teleportation array of Tianbei County to help my master and my servant go to the Northern Wilderness."
"That depends on how many soul-gathering beads you have."
Fairy Mei became interested and saw more than twenty soul-gathering beads as big as eggs flying out of Tian Lin's storage bag with cold air and flying towards her like long snakes.
These twenty or so soul-gathering beads as big as eggs instantly attracted the attention of many people.
No one knew how Tian Lin had grown these twenty or so soul-gathering beads so big and how he had accumulated so many of them.
Then, Fairy Mei crushed more than twenty soul-gathering beads, and the plum blossoms on the trees bloomed, and it seemed that the fragrance of flowers floated from the top of the city into the city.
Mei Xiangu broke off twenty-four petals and threw them at Tian Lin:
"Don't worry, Mr. Tan owes me a favor, so I will definitely help you get your Tian Yi Sheng Shui Jue. As for the teleportation, it's just a small matter."
Tian Lin took the petals and put them back into the storage bag amid the envious gazes of the people around him.
What puzzled everyone was that Tian Lin had so many soul-gathering beads, such large soul-gathering beads, why didn't he use them to fight for the position of outer disciple of Shuiyun Sect, but instead used them to exchange for an inconspicuous Tianyishenshui Jue.
Even though the Tian Yi Sheng Water Art is a top-grade magical power, in the eyes of everyone, as long as one becomes an outer sect disciple, wouldn't the Tian Yi Sheng Water Art be easily mastered?
It’s a pity that this is not a good time to find Tian Lin to get information, as everyone is dealing with wandering ghosts.
But once hundreds of thousands of people die, they will turn into new resentful souls, so that there will be more and more evil spirits in the city.
If it were just that, it would be fine. What is scary is that there are wandering souls constantly coming ashore at Chenxian Pond, including night wandering ghosts.
These night-wandering gods are a disaster for ordinary people, and they are also a disaster for those ordinary cultivators in the early stages of foundation building.
Fortunately, the fog was not very severe at this time and everyone could still hold on.
Tian Lin simply returned to his own house. Because of the protection of the battle flags offered by Rong, few wandering souls broke into his house.
No one could sleep that night. By dawn, Pingyang City had completely become a ghost town.
When Tian Lin left the house again, the so-called Elder Ao of Shuiyun Sect had already brought Master Tan to Pingyang City.
Two Jindan cultivators stood in the old house of the Tong family. Elder Ao glanced at Elder Qiu and said:
"Ao was in Tianbei County these past two days to check the population and land of the Tong family, so I came a little late. Thanks to you, Elder Qiu, for keeping watch over them and preventing the Tong family from escaping."
He said this in a neutral tone, with a condescending attitude towards Elder Qiu.
But Elder Qiu, who had such a bad temper, could only sulk inwardly, forcing a smile on his face and saying to the old man:
"You don't have to be polite, Elder Ao. I have already left the Tong family here for you. Elder Ao, you can just take it away."
Elder Ao turned his head and asked Elder Qiu, "This place is not far from my Shuiyun Sect. Why don't you come to visit my Shuiyun Sect?"
"That's not necessary. I will wait until I have exorcised the evil spirits in Pingyang County before I leave."
At this time, Fairy Mei had also finished talking to Master Tan. Master Tan and Tian Lin nodded, and then asked the errand disciples of the Shuiyun Sect who had come with them to start driving people onto the boat.
Tong Shisan and other members of the Tong family took a separate big boat, while Tian Lin and other servants took another separate boat.
On these boats, there are many menial disciples from the Shuiyun Sect.
And these menial disciples all wore white Taoist robes.
They were extremely rude to others and shouted at the Huahualangs from Pingyang City to squeeze into the cabin.
The group of foundation-building cultivators who usually showed off their might in Pingyang City were not angry at all. Instead, they all looked extremely excited.
In contrast, the crying of women and children from the Tong family was heard on the other boat.
"I have collected ten soul-gathering beads, although none of them are as big as Fellow Daoist Tian's. But I think it won't be a big problem to become a menial disciple of Shuiyun Sect with these soul-gathering beads."
"It has been difficult to enter the immortal gate since ancient times, but once you step into the immortal gate, cultivation will be a smooth journey." They had just seen the errand disciples on the boat showing off their power, and they consciously put themselves in the shoes of these errand disciples.
Although they have not yet arrived at Shuiyun Sect, they can already imagine that in the near future they will be as powerful as those menial disciples on the ship.
But some people looked sad:
"I don't know what the Shuiyun Sect's criteria are for recruiting menial disciples, and whether the soul-gathering beads I have are enough."
After saying this, the man looked at the two old men not far away:
"Fellow Daoist Jiang and Fellow Daoist Ran don't have to worry anymore. Now that the Tong family has been taken down, no one can compete with Fellow Daoist Jiang and Fellow Daoist Ran for the quota of outer disciples."
The two old men over there stroked their beards reservedly and said:
"Things haven't been finalized yet, so it's too early to say anything now. Fellow Taoists, don't envy us. They can become menial disciples, and they will eventually have the opportunity to achieve the Golden Elixir in the future."
At this time, the cries of the Tong family on the nearby ship gradually disappeared. Everyone knew that the Tong family's ship had started to fly away from Pingyang City before them.
Soon, everyone felt a shock under their feet, and the scenery outside the cabin began to change dramatically. As the cabin rose higher, the fog in Pingyang City gradually disappeared.
The strong wind was unable to rush in because of the formation in the cabin. Outside the cabin, a errand disciple from the Shuiyun Sect shouted:
"Hand over the Soul Gathering Orbs, and tell us your names and origins."
He glanced at the crowd, glanced at the sword-bearing and sword-slave beside the monks, and sneered:
"You came to Shuiyun Sect to serve the outer and inner disciples, not to become the boss. All of you holding swords, get off the boat and get out."
The faces of the sword bearers and sword slaves on the boat changed, and Yu'er and Cui'er also looked particularly nervous.
Tian Lin shook his head. He didn't want to go to Shuiyun Sect to be a menial disciple.
"Master, I don't have a flying sword. How can we get off the boat now that it's in the air? Please have mercy on us and let us get off after the boat stops in a while."
A white-haired sword slave begged, but the errand disciple said ruthlessly:
"Our ship is going to enter Shuiyun Sect. Do you think anyone can enter Shuiyun Sect?"
Finally, someone smart enough to empty out all the spirit stones on his body and handed them to the errand disciple.
Seeing this, the errand disciple swept away all the spiritual stones in the sword slave's hand with a flick of his sleeve:
"Forget it. I am not an unreasonable person. I will allow you to get off the boat outside the sect and leave."
By this time, everyone in the cabin knew that this errand disciple was deliberately blackmailed.
They deliberately let these sword slaves and those holding swords on board in order to collect money per head.
But at this time, everyone was under his roof and could only allow this menial disciple to blackmail them.
When it was Yu'er and Cui'er's turn, Tian Lin said, "I am not joining the sect on this trip. These two are my sword bearers and will follow me to the Northern Wilderness.
You can ask Senior Brother Tan from your outer sect about this matter."
The errand disciple was not angry. He simply passed Tian Lin and went to collect the soul-gathering beads from Gao He and Cai Shu.
Soon, all the soul-gathering beads, big and small, were put into the storage bag of this menial disciple.
After registering everyone's names, he glanced at them and said, "When we enter Shuiyun Sect, don't talk nonsense, otherwise don't blame the brothers on the boat for turning hostile."
Everyone was angry but dared not say anything, and could only let the menial disciple leave arrogantly.
An ominous premonition hung over the hearts of a few people at this moment.
But the atmosphere on the ship was generally very lively.
No one knew how long the boat had been in the air; all they heard was the sounds of cranes crowed and tigers roared.
Looking through the cabin, everyone saw a large hand passing over the ship.
Only after the boat sailed far away could we see clearly that it was a statue reaching into the sky.
In the mist, everyone felt the boat tremble. When the servants shouted to everyone on board to get off, everyone dared to leave the cabin.
When they came out of the cabin, they saw that their ship was resting on a green plain.
Someone got off the boat, stomped his feet on the ground, and couldn't help but let out a light exclamation.
Yu'er also leaned close to Tian Lin at this time and said to him, "Master, the ground is soft."
Tian Lin also followed the example of other monks, squatting down and touching the ground with his hands.
He gently inhaled the true Qi and found that the green ground was like a living thing and he could absorb its true Qi into his body.
He scanned with his spiritual sense again and found that about 25 feet underground, there was green juice flowing back and forth in the "tunnel" below.
“We seem to be on a leaf.”
Tian Lin was somewhat amazed and said, "I wonder how such a large lotus leaf was formed."
(End of this chapter)