I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong-Chapter 213 - 177: Young Master 7 Died
In the afternoon, Tian Lin handed over the Soul Gathering Bead presented by Tribute Jiang to the Great Elder, exchanging it for forty Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
Whether the Great Elder would shelve the Soul Gathering Bead or privately give it to a certain offspring of the Tong Family, was beyond Tian Lin's control.
He did not reveal the two Soul Gathering Beads in the hands of the fifth young master, nor the Soul Gathering Bead held by another Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Tian Lin planned to keep these three Soul Gathering Beads for himself, to see if there was a possibility of exchanging them for the Heavenly Water Breathing Technique in the future.
After coming out from the Great Elder's quarters, Yu'er couldn't help but express her concern:
"Master, you have offended the seventh young master, and he is one to insist on exacting payment to the last cent. What should we do now?"
Tian Lin said, "My safety is of no concern. You and Cui'er be careful on your own.
This seventh young master can't openly cause me trouble, but he may very well instruct his sword holders to bully you."
Tian Lin's words turned out to be prophetic; the next morning, Yu'er was injured.
Cui'er came to complain, infuriated, "That sword-serving maid purposely provoked us, accusing the Elixirs we sold her of being fake.
She not only smashed our stall but also hurt my sister."
After some thought, Tian Lin said to Cui'er, "You and your sister don't need to set up the stall for the next few days; take some rest in the residence instead."
Previously reluctant to come forward to sell things, Cui'er was somewhat unwilling and disinclined to simply leave it at that.
Selling goods for Tian Lin, he had been rather generous with his rewards.
In one night, she and her sister could earn more than ten Low Grade Spirit Stones.
However, Cui'er was also aware that it was not the time to be temperamental.
She could only harbor frustration and follow Tian Lin's instructions, taking Yu'er with her obediently back to Pingyang City.
After two or three days like this, Tian Lin had not collected many items left by Foundation Establishment Cultivators, nor did he let Yu'er and Cui'er return to Immortal Sinking Pond to sell goods.
The maid called the sword holder, unable to find trouble with Yu'er and Cui'er, had no choice but to follow the seventh young master on a sea adventure to catch roaming souls.
For several days, she and her master did not dare to approach the open sea, inevitably lessening their catch.
Finally, unable to wait any longer, master and servant alike set out towards the distant sea.
The direction of the far sea was sparsely populated, almost no other Cultivator could be seen within a range of one li.
After dispatching a roaming soul, master and servant were both somewhat tired. The seventh young master told his sword holder, "You keep a tight grip on the Soul Needle, this young master will rest and meditate for a moment."
Holding a wind lantern, the sword holder stood at the bow, holding the Soul Pointing Needle, vigilantly watching her surroundings.
Before long, they both heard a series of 'thud thud' knocking sounds coming from the bottom of the ship.
The seventh young master frowned slightly, unable to help but say, "Our ship is smeared with medicine, isn't it? If I remember correctly."
With her face turning somewhat pale, the sword holder responded to the seventh young master, "This servant distinctly remembers that the ship is treated with medicine; no sea fish would attack our vessel.
Moreover, in this area to the south, very few sea fish are present."
The 'thud thud' knocking sounds resumed, causing the complexion of both master and servant to change.
"Even the Day Patrol Deity wouldn't dare to touch the Immortal Sinking Pond. Could it be that there are sea creatures more powerful than the Day Patrol Deity beneath our ship?"
The seventh young master quickly commanded his sword holder, "Hurry, set sail!"
The sword holder hastily hung up the wind lantern and then took up the oars to row the ship.
But as soon as the ship began to move, a faint sound of water trickled within the cabin.
The sword holder's complexion changed. She lifted her skirt to check, and with a crying tone said, "Young master, our ship is leaking."
"How can it be leaking?"
While speaking, the seventh young master pulled out a talisman paper from his Storage Bag.
Following his incantation, lightning struck down through the hole in the ship's plank.
A 'boom' was heard as the lightning caused a ripple on the water, which also made the thousand-year-old wood ship sway.
"Young Master, the leak has gotten worse!"
"Let's switch to another boat!"
After speaking, the seventh young master slapped out a light boat from his Storage Bag.
This light boat was smaller than his original thousand-year-old wood ship, obviously a spare vessel.
With not enough time to pack their belongings from the ship, the master and servant pair promptly switched to the small boat, rowing towards the distance.
'Thud thud'
Only half a li out, the knocking sound under the boat resurfaced.
The seventh young master finally lost the arrogance he had in front of Tian Lin, and he anxiously said, "What exactly is going on?"
Originally not a particularly faint-hearted person, the sword holder became overwhelmed by fear, amplified by the desolate ocean around them and the roaming ghosts drifting in the pitch black.
Crying, she said, "There seems to be a Water Ghost beneath the ship, constantly chiseling at our boat."
Upon hearing this, the seventh young master resolutely countered, "Impossible, what kind of ghost could cause harm within Immortal Sinking Pond?"
His face turned fierce, and he suddenly turned towards his sword holder, "Sword holder, go down and check."
The sword holder, startled, looked at the seventh young master and said, "Young master, once one falls into Immortal Sinking Pond, one can't come back up."
The seventh young master said, "You are my sword holder, which means you should obey my will like my sword, right?
Isn't the Tong Family training you to die for me?"
The sword holder wiped away her tears and could only say, "Young Master, after I die, will you find a new sword holder?"
Seventh Young Master was rather frank and thought for a moment before nodding:
"As a scion of a great family like us, one cannot be without a sword holder by their side. Rest assured, after your death, I will remember your name."
The sword holder had nothing more to say and could only kowtow to Seventh Young Master at the bow of the boat.
At this moment, she was still afraid, looking at the pitch-black seawater, her face had long since lost its color.
She gripped the sword in her hand tightly and, with gritted teeth, plunged into the sea.
Below the sea, Tian Lin, who was using a thousand-year-old wood iron spike to chisel at the boat, was startled.
He tossed away the iron spike inlaid with thousand-year-old wood and watched the sword holder forcefully lunging toward him.
Unfortunately, although the sword holder was a twelfth-tier Qi Refining cultivator, in the Immortal Sinking Pond, she couldn't exert any strength at all.
The flying sword in her hand lost control, her Spiritual Sense unable to control the flying sword to stab at Tian Lin.
And she could only watch with bulging eyes, bubbles gurgling up as she continually sank.
Seeing this, Tian Lin collected the sword holder's flying sword while approaching her to 'help her out of her clothes.'
On the sword holder's body, he only found a Soul Gathering Pearl and a Brocade Handkerchief; nothing else was of note.
Tian Lin had no choice but to leave the sword holder behind and continue to swim towards the fleeing boat.
He thought the sword holder had given up struggling, but she clung fiercely to his leg, refusing to let him chase after Seventh Young Master.
Tian Lin frowned, turned around, and used his flying sword to sever the sword holder's arm. With the sword holder's severed hand, he continued to swim towards Seventh Young Master.
Seventh Young Master rowed quickly, and Tian Lin's pursuit was not slow either.
After a short while, Tian Lin reappeared under Seventh Young Master's boat, directly thrusting his flying sword through the hole he had carved out earlier.
Above the sea, Seventh Young Master's boat began to sink instantly.
Tian Lin only heard Seventh Young Master on the boat shouting in a frantic rage, "What kind of Water Ghost is this, dare to come and fight?"
Tian Lin let Seventh Young Master helplessly rage on the boat, while he himself drifted away from the vessel, quietly waiting for the boat and Seventh Young Master to fall into the water.
In the Immortal Sinking Pond, there was no significant difference between Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Qi Refining cultivators.
Seventh Young Master's True Qi could only circulate inside his body but could not pass through it.
In the sea, he finally saw Tian Lin's figure.
He stared wide-eyed, holding a flying sword, and opened his mouth as if to swear at something.
But every time he opened his mouth, a large amount of seawater poured in.
And the water of Immortal Sinking Pond was poisonous.
Tian Lin surmised that besides cursing him, Seventh Young Master certainly also wanted to ask why Tian Lin was not afraid of the Immortal Sinking Pond's seawater?
And why, over a trivial dispute, would he take Seventh Young Master's life?
Tian Lin just crossed his arms, calmly watching as Seventh Young Master sank deeper and deeper.
It wasn't until Seventh Young Master lost the strength to curse and began to lose his senses that Tian Lin swam over to take the Storage Bag from his body.
This expedition had yet to inspect Seventh Young Master's Storage Bag.
But just the two flying swords in hand, Tian Lin's harvest was substantial.
He released the thousand-year-old wood near the shore, sat back on the boat, and opened Seventh Young Master's Storage Bag.
Inside the Storage Bag, two top-grade Spirit Stones and more than ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones were particularly noticeable, besides, there were some Elixirs that Tian Lin did not recognize.
Tian Lin searched again, other than a few Soul Gathering Pearls, he did not find the Heavenly Water Breathing Technique, which inevitably disappointed him a bit.
"After all, the Heavenly Water Breathing Technique is a Divine Skill of the Shuiyun Sect, and perhaps only Tong Yao from the whole Tong Family has practiced it.
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Moreover, even if other disciples have practiced the Heavenly Water Breathing Technique, they might not carry it on them."
Tian Lin suppressed the disappointment in his heart and took out a Peach Wood Sword from the Storage Bag.
This Peach Wood Sword was not a flying sword, but it could be driven by Spiritual Sense.
The most crucial point was that, while the Peach Wood Sword might not be efficient at killing people, it was remarkably effective against evil beings like roaming souls.
Tian Lin stuffed the Peach Wood Sword into his own Storage Bag and then gathered everything from Seventh Young Master's Storage Bag into his own.
During these past few days, along with the possessions of Fifth Young Master and others, he had gathered around eight top-grade Spirit Stones in total.
With this calculation, it likely wouldn't take half a year for him to accumulate enough Spirit Stones needed for the Transmission Array.
"It's a pity that the Storage Bags of Fifth Young Master and Seventh Young Master have their own markings, making them unsuitable for Yu'er to sell."
Tian Lin thought for a moment, then took out the Brocade Handkerchief of the sword holder.
The sword holder's Brocade Handkerchief was also a spatial Magical Treasure, similar to the handkerchief Liu Yunjiu gave to Tian Lin on Yulong Continent.
The Brocade Handkerchief didn't have large storage space; inside were some common Elixirs and several Mid-grade Spirit Stones, presumably the sword holder's entire savings.
"This Brocade Handkerchief might not sell for many Spirit Stones, so it can be given to Cui'er for her use.
As for the flying swords, Fifth Young Master and Seventh Young Master's are not suitable for sale, but the sword holder's flying sword has no engraving."
Tian Lin counted his loot, but he was not in a hurry to go ashore. Instead, he changed into Seventh Young Master's clothes, disguised as Seventh Young Master, and rowed westward in full view of everyone.
When he reached the west, he took off Seventh Young Master's clothes, reverted back to his old man appearance, and dove into the sea to swim back to the south, then rowed back to Pingyang City from the south.
The next morning, news of Seventh Young Master's disappearance spread throughout Pingyang City, and immediately, people from the Tong Family sought out Tian Lin.
