Chapter 209 The Whereabouts of Zhou Shoufan
Chapter 209 The Whereabouts of Zhou Shoufan
While Tian Lin was exploring the ground, the rest of the cultivators on the ship had already disembarked.
Soon, a large group of people stood on the green lawn.
When these people were looking at the few errand disciples who got off the boat with them, those errand disciples were also looking at them.
One of them stepped forward and said, "You will stay on this duckweed for the next few days and are not allowed to leave without permission."
Someone then asked the errand disciple, "I have already given my soul-gathering beads to you, Senior Brother. I wonder if you can tell us the criteria for becoming an errand disciple."
The errand disciple said expressionlessly:
"I'm going to bring your hometowns and the number of soul beads you've surrendered to Elder Ao for inspection. Why are you so anxious?"
After he finished speaking, he said to the two errand disciples beside him, "Keep an eye on them for the next two days and don't let them run around."
The rest of the errand disciples followed him and left, leaving only two young errand disciples behind.
The two young errand disciples had a good attitude. He looked at everyone and said:
"For us cultivators, one or two days of practice is just a matter of a moment. Please rest assured, I expect most of you to become menial disciples.
If you really feel bored, you might as well meditate here. I guess you haven't felt such abundant spiritual energy in Pingyang City, right?"
What the young disciple said was not wrong. Everyone could clearly feel that the wood spiritual energy, water spiritual energy, etc. were very abundant.
They were now certain that they were on a lotus leaf, because in the thick fog they could see a larger petiole that looked like a mountain.
These longer petioles support a taller lotus leaf, densely packed and overlapping in the foggy sky.
It was as if there were countless pieces of land built on the clouds.
Among the clouds, there are birds singing and insects chirping, and even mountains, palaces and buildings.
However, the lotus leaf where everyone was located, although wide and broad, was low in terrain and there were no buildings.
The five elements of spiritual energy are basically provided by these lotus leaves.
"Everyone, since we are here, let's just sit and meditate."
Someone made a suggestion, and the others could only agree, sitting on the bare lotus leaves with confused eyes.
Tian Lin took Yu'er to one of the young errand disciples, bowed and asked the errand disciple, "Where is Senior Brother Tan now?"
As soon as Tian Lin finished asking the question, a flying sword carrying Mr. Tan appeared.
Young Master Tan looked up at Tian Lin and said, "Since Fellow Daoist Tian does not want to join Shuiyun Sect, please come with me to Tianbei County."
Tian Lin quickly summoned his flying sword and took Yu'er and her sister to catch up with Mr. Tan who was fleeing into the distance.
He flew the sword at an extremely fast speed and instantly flew away from the lotus leaf where he was originally located.
As he flew out of the lotus leaf, he instantly saw the river in the abyss under the lotus leaf.
Tian Lin was shocked, he couldn't imagine where there was such a big river in Cangzhou.
Strictly speaking, the place where they were was only the outer courtyard of Shuiyun Sect, so it didn't take long for them to get out of Shuiyun Sect.
Young Master Tang, who was leading the way, has now appeared on a flying boat, and on the boat besides him there is also his sword.
The woman holding the sword was also a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building. She waited until Tian Lin and the other two got on the flying boat before she drove the flying boat to shuttle through the clouds.
After boarding the boat, Tian Lin bowed to Master Tan and said, "I am really sorry to have Senior Brother Tan personally escort me to Tianbei County."
When he first went to Shuiyun Sect, although Tian Lin did not hand in the Soul Gathering Pearl, he reported his real name, so that Shuiyun Sect would record his real name when giving him the Tianyi Sheng Water Jue.
Sure enough, at this time, Master Tan threw a jade token to Tian Lin. On the blank jade token, Tian Lin's name was engraved in relief.
"The Tian Yi Sheng Shui Jue technique is recorded in the jade tablet. You can read it by yourself. Do not pass on the Tian Yi Sheng Shui Jue technique to others."
Tian Lin took the jade token, but found that he could not pass his true energy into it.
The man with the sword who was driving the flying boat saw that Tian Lin was a little confused and couldn't help but sneer.
Tian Lin did not think it was shameful, and asked Master Tan, "How do I use this jade token?"
"Put the jade token between your eyebrows and you will know."
Tian Lin followed his instructions and placed the cold jade token between his eyebrows. He felt a cool air suddenly flow from the jade token into his sea of consciousness.
Tian Lin was startled and quickly took off the jade token from between his eyebrows.
But the cool air had already invaded his sea of consciousness, and the figure of an old man in Taoist robes had appeared in his sea of consciousness.
The old man's figure was illusory, and he shouted loudly, "Outer sect disciple Tian Lin, are you willing to swear to Hou Tu that you will never pass on my Shuiyun Sect's "Tian Yisheng Shui Jue" to outsiders!"
The old man's shouting question made Tian Lin feel certain. He was afraid that the jade token given to him by Mr. Tan was a magic weapon to plot against someone secretly.
Now it seems that I was overthinking.
"Tian Lin is willing to swear!"
There is no need to ask Mr. Tan this time, Tian Lin said this automatically in his heart.
In a flash, the old man in the sea of consciousness disappeared, but left behind a piece of text.
Tian Lin memorized these words instantly, not missing a single word. Tian Lin opened his eyes in surprise and said, "So there is such a way of passing on the Dharma in this world."
Upon hearing this, Master Tan said: "The magic and gods in this world are usually expressed in words, but the Tao is invisible in words.
When Fellow Daoist Tian has the opportunity to practice Taoism in the future, he will know that all Taoist methods require special means to be passed on."
After saying this, he said:
"I guess you have also sworn an oath to Hou Tu, right? I would like to remind you again that if you have sworn an oath to Hou Tu, you must not break it, otherwise a disaster may happen."
Tian Lin asked, "What kind of disaster is it?"
"I have never breached a contract, so how can I know what kind of disaster will happen?"
Tian Lin was speechless for a moment and had to make a secret decision that he would never make random oaths again.
After about half an hour, the flying boat quickly flew out of the mountains. Only after some human habitation appeared did Master Tan use his sword to land the flying boat.
The five of them got off the boat at a mountain peak. Tian Lin couldn't help but say, "Mr. Tan, if you just wanted me to take the teleportation array, there would be no need to go through so much trouble."
Indeed, a hundred or so high-quality spirit stones are extremely precious to an ordinary Hua Hua Lang.
But for these disciples of the immortal sect, it is not impossible to take it out.
"Don't misunderstand, Fellow Daoist Tian. I only promised Mei Xiangu to give you the Tian Yi Sheng Shui Jue. As for the matter of the teleportation array, Mei Xiangu will naturally help you with it after you go to Tianbei County."
Mr. Tan said: "I went to Tianbei County to investigate the matter of Tong Yao."
Tong Yao is dead, this was said by True Man Jiu Ming himself.
But when Mr. Tan said he wanted to investigate Tong Yao, Tian Lin realized that there must be something else going on.
Fortunately, Master Tan did not keep the secret. He said, "If I am not mistaken, Fellow Daoist Tian has also met Tong Yao and Xing Bufan, right?"
Tian Lin nodded and listened to Master Tan say, "If you see Tong Yao when you go to Tianbei County, remember to tell me about it. If I can find out her whereabouts, I will owe you a big favor."
Seeing his seriousness, Tian Lin nodded: "Is this Tong family ancestor really not dead?"
"She is dead, but someone is using her body to revive her."
Mr. Tan looked very unhappy: "Tong Yao is an outer disciple of my Shuiyun Sect after all. How dare Xing Bufan use her body to revive? How can I save the Shuiyun Sect from losing face?"
When these words were spoken, not only the Yu'er sisters were shocked, but even Tian Lin found it hard to believe.
"If I'm not mistaken, that Xing Bufan is a man, right? How could he dare to occupy the old ancestor's body?"
Cui'er thought what Mr. Tan said was ridiculous.
Tian Lin also found it ridiculous. If the conspiracy of Kunhu Tomb was Zhou Shoufan's attempt to destroy the Tong family and avenge his ancestor, it would make sense.
But the Tong family is now ruined, and Zhou Shoufan is still using Tong Yao's body to revive himself. This is something Tian Lin could never have imagined.
"Senior Sister Tong is now in her prime, and she is practicing the Five Elements Golden Elixir Technique.
I think Xing Bufan must have seen the potential of Senior Sister Tong, so he used Senior Sister Tong's body to revive.
As for the gender change, it is not a big deal.”
Tian Lin was speechless. If sex change is not a big deal, then what else is a big deal?
"This Xing Gongsheng is really bold and presumptuous."
After a long while, Tian Lin finally uttered this sentence.
He thought of the Wenxin Sect and the Zhou family members in the Wenxin Sect.
If these people knew that their ancestor had become a woman, I wonder how they would feel.
The group of five traveled through mountains and rivers, but did not fly on swords.
But for them, since this place is not far from Tianbei County, it doesn't take much effort to walk there.
It was still early when Tian Lin and his companions entered the county town. Master Tan took Tian Lin to find an inn, but they were not in a hurry to leave.
Tian Lin didn't know when Mei Xiangu would come to the county town, so he asked him:
"If I'm not mistaken, Mei Xiangu will probably be cultivating her Goddess Tree in Pingyang City, and she won't be coming to the county city in the short term, right? According to Senior Brother Tan's estimate, when will Mei Xiangu come to the county city?"
At this time, Bao Jian had already found the waiter and asked for a pot of tea.
Mr. Tan took a sip of tea and said, "I have already sent a message to Fairy Mei, telling her that Zhaixingzi is in Tianbei County. I believe she will show up soon, so you don't have to worry."
Tian Lin didn't know what Zhai Xingzi was doing in the county town, nor did he care about the feud between Zhai Xingzi and Mei Xiangu. But when he heard that Mei Xiangu would be here soon, his face lit up with joy.
But he soon thought of the evil spirits in Pingyang City.
If Fairy Mei and Elder Qiu had not suppressed those evil spirits in Pingyang Town, who knows how much more trouble those evil spirits would have caused.
Mr. Tan seemed to see what Tian Lin was thinking, and he said:
"You don't have to worry about the evil spirits in Pingyang City. The sect has accepted Hua Hualang from Pingyang City as menial disciples this time, and they are to be sent to guard Pingyang City forever."
Permanently guard Pingyang City?
This sounds nice, but doesn't it mean that those Huahualangs will be forced to stay in Pingyang City for the rest of their lives as menial disciples of the Shuiyun Sect and not be allowed to leave?
Then what's the point of being a menial disciple?
(End of this chapter)