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I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong-Chapter 157 - 131: It Really Came
"Tian, do you really not know about Elder Liu's whereabouts?"
For three consecutive days, Tian Lin had been in prison when Shang Yu's figure appeared again.
Facing Shang Yu's question, Tian Lin looked at the food box in Shang Yu's hand:
"Brother Shang, are you here to deliver Spirit Rice for me? You have put in quite some effort for my sake."
Shang Yu snorted coldly: "I advise you to tell me what you know sooner. It will save others from worrying about you."
After finishing his words, he opened the food box and separated the dishes and rice with the bars, placing them inside Tian Lin's iron cell.
It was impressive how skillfully he could tilt the plate without letting the food fall onto the ground.
"I have nothing to say. Besides, I haven't committed any crimes, so Elder Xiao, Brother Zhao, and Elder Xiao have no reason to worry about me."
Having said this, Tian Lin picked up the bowl and started eating the Spirit Rice heartily.
Shang Yu sneered: "You sure have a good appetite, not afraid of death, not afraid I might have poisoned your food?"
"I already told you, Brother, a Huahua Lang enjoys the present without fearing death. If I were scared, I wouldn't be a Huahua Lang."
Tian Lin had said these words to Shang Yu twice before, but Shang Yu had never believed him.
But this time, Shang Yu truly started to believe.
"Some time ago, Elder Liu was spotted at the Heart Inquiry Sect."
Shang Yu suddenly spoke up, causing Tian Lin, who was eating, to pause.
"You say, if Elder Liu really wanted to retire, why would he go to the Heart Inquiry Sect?"
Tian Lin was also puzzled and frowned: "Yeah, what was he doing at the Heart Inquiry Sect?"
"I should be the one asking you! You're his disciple, you had just left the Heart Inquiry Sect, and then he went there—
Tell me, what conspiracy do you both have?"
Tian Lin pleaded: "Brother Shang, it's really a coincidence. I went to the Heart Inquiry Sect to save Sister Han, who in the sect doesn't know this?
As for what secrets the Heart Inquiry Sect holds and why my master went there, you'll have to ask him."
Shang Yu didn't believe Tian Lin. He sneered:
"It's a coincidence that master and disciple go to the Heart Inquiry Sect one after another, and it's also a coincidence that you both acquired the heritage of the Heart Inquiry Sect?
What's more, Elder He said that the people from the Heart Inquiry Sect want you to be their Sect Leader, this isn't false, is it?"
Tian Lin knew he couldn't hide the matters of the Heart Inquiry Sect from those who were determined to uncover them.
Although Elder Xiao had ordered Brother Zhao and Han Yue not to spread the word,
there was another witness to the events in the Heart Inquiry Hall—Elder He.
Despite Elder Xiao's esteemed position, Elder He was also powerful and held high status, so naturally, Elder Xiao couldn't make Elder He keep silent.
"The Heart Inquiry Sect wanting me as their Sect Leader was merely them believing in their old ancestor's rumors. In the end, didn't the Heart Inquiry Sect still let me leave?"
Tian Lin quickly finished the Spirit Rice and handed the empty bowl back to Shang Yu, saying: "Thank you, Brother Shang, for the meal. I'm afraid I will have to trouble you for my meals three times a day from now on."
Shang Yu snorted but did not take the empty bowl from Tian Lin. Instead, he instructed the guard to watch carefully before turning and leaving.
Shang Yu was gone, but Tian Lin frowned.
He used to believe that Elder Liu had the mindset of 'Leisurely Clouds and Wild Cranes,' but upon hearing from Shang Yu that Elder Liu appeared at the Heart Inquiry Sect, he too began to suspect if there was a hidden plot behind Elder Liu.
"Sect Leader Xing suspects I'm Elder Liu's backup, while Shang Yu is certain I'm colluding with Elder Liu—
They are wrong about me because I indeed have no collusion with Elder Liu.
But, are they wrong about Elder Liu?"
It was a difficult matter to comprehend, so Tian Lin simply stopped pondering it.
At first, staying in the dungeon felt much more comfortable than the arduous cultivation on Dao Seeking Mountain.
But as time went by, he grew bored.
Tian Lin suddenly realized his spiritual fortitude wasn't strong enough—probably because he was used to enhancing his cultivation with Spiritual Liquid and improving his Earth Escape Skill with the eggs of communication birds—
that without these two resources, he lost the drive to cultivate.
Normally, cultivation involves sitting cross-legged, slowly breathing in the myriad Spiritual Energies from the world.
Otherwise, how could an ordinary cultivator afford so many Spirit Stones or have enough Spiritual Liquid to quickly raise their cultivation?
But Tian Lin was accustomed to taking shortcuts; if he is told to rely on meditation for cultivation, he would complain that the progress is too slow.
"Perhaps, I should view this imprisonment as an opportunity for tempering. Only by forging an adamantine will can one travel further on the Immortal Road."
In the following ten-plus days, Shang Yu no longer visited Tian Lin, but Xiao Hong did come to check on him a few times.
Besides, Brother Zhao came to the Law Enforcement Hall daily, with the servant disciple responsible for guarding Tian Lin delivering the Spirit Rice.
Over ten days, Tian Lin's cultivation hadn't made significant advancement, but to his surprise, he seemed to have understood the application of Sword Intent.
"Disciple Qin, this Spirit Rice might taste good, but it holds little benefit for you."
One day, as Tian Lin took the food handed over by the guarding servant disciple, he said with a smile.
The complexion of the servant disciple changed, and he demanded from outside the bars: "What do you mean?"
Tian Lin replied: "You are cultivating Blood True Qi, and you need Blood Pills.
This Water Spirit Rice can only replenish Water Spiritual Energy, which merely satisfies hunger but cannot enhance your cultivation. So, in the future, you should refrain from stealing your Brother's Spirit Rice."
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The servant disciple became furious, pointing at Tian Lin's nose and scolding:
"You're already a prisoner, yet you dare to lecture me, accusing me of stealing your Spirit Rice? Humph, just so you know, your days are numbered."
Tian Lin held his rice bowl and raised an eyebrow, asking, "What do you mean by that?"
The servant disciple said, "You don't know, Hall Master Shang has already planned to drag you out and behead you. Right now, the red-robed disciples in our Law Enforcement Hall are discussing how to divide your flesh."
"Oh? So Brother Shang has been busy planning how to kill me during this time."
Tian Lin's face showed no fear, and he calmly began to eat his rice.
The servant disciple felt humiliated and took the whip from his waist, striking through the iron door towards the bowl in Tian Lin's hand:
"This rice is useless to me, but I won't let you enjoy it!"
Tian Lin didn't know where this servant disciple got the courage, nor the anger.
He guessed that the other party had decided he was already a dead man, hence the boldness.
As for the anger!
He had stolen his Spirit Rice, clearly, he was in the wrong, yet he blamed Tian Lin for calling out his theft, showing more lividness than Tian himself!
"This is due to a lack of character cultivation, focusing solely on cultivation and forgetting to nurture one's nature."
"But, having cultivated for several days, it seems I can't quite achieve a state of unruffled calm."
How could Tian Lin, a twelfth-tier Qi Refining cultivator, possibly be hit by this servant disciple?
His body didn't move, yet his buttocks astonishingly slid a few inches across the ground.
It's just those few inches of distance that caused the servant disciple's whip to miss Tian Lin's body.
The servant disciple was about to burst into rage, but Tian Lin only glanced at the sword sheath by his side.
The sword sheath suddenly made a 'zing' sound, flew out from the servant disciple's sheath, and then into the iron cell, landing at Tian Lin's feet.
The servant disciple outside the cell turned pale, dropped the whip, and reached for his empty sword sheath.
He confirmed Tian Lin had not made a move, but then how could the sword fly towards Tian Lin on its own?
"What kind of spell is this?"
After asking, the sword before Tian Lin suddenly flew up again, heading towards the servant disciple.
It was as though an invisible giant hand in the air was controlling the ordinary sword, directing it at its master.
There was a 'thud', and the servant disciple hastily raised a dagger to knock down the sword targeting his throat.
Inside the cell, Tian Lin, holding the bowl, sighed and said, "In the end, I still suffered due to insufficient Spiritual Sense."
Outside the cell, the servant disciple was scared witless. He stood at a distance, stomping and cursing Tian Lin:
"You deserve a good death for trying to kill a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall. Just wait, I'm going to find Hall Master Shang and have him punish you."
Clearly, the servant disciple was frightened by Tian Lin and thus displayed a terror that belied his fierce appearance.
Just then, Zhao Si came walking out from the depths of the cave.
He picked up the whip outside Tian Lin's cell and with large strides arrived in front of the servant disciple.
Before the servant disciple could speak, Zhao Si brandished the whip, cursing:
"Blind thing, who is Hall Master Shang that he would listen to incitement from a mere servant disciple like you?
And who are you to act all high and mighty before Brother Tian?"
Zhao Si lashed out furiously, whipping the servant disciple until his skin tore and flesh split.
After Tian Lin finished his meal, Zhao Si came over to apologize at the door:
"Brother Tian, please don't take offense. During this past month or so, our Yao Yue Sect has taken in many Blood Sect Devotees from outside. As long as these Blood Sect Devotees are willing to reform, our sect will not blame them for their past—
As a result, the quality of servant disciples in our Law Enforcement Hall has become mixed, with all kinds of riff-raff."
Tian Lin responded, "It doesn't matter; he only stole a bit of Spirit Rice from me."
Hearing this, Zhao Si became furious.
Even he wouldn't dare to steal Tian Lin's Spirit Rice, he himself had never tasted the Yao Yue Sect's Spirit Rice, and now someone had beaten him to it.
If his earlier rage was performed for Tian Lin's benefit, then this time Zhao Si was truly enraged.
He picked up the sword from the ground and strode towards the servant disciple.
The servant disciple angrily said, "Brother Zhao, what are you doing?"
Zhao Si snorted coldly and stabbed through the servant disciple's arm, saying:
"You're sent by Hall Master Shang, so I will not kill you now. But for daring to steal an inner sect brother's Spirit Rice, just for that, you should prepare to be refined into a Blood Pill."
The servant disciple, now frightened, was about to beg for mercy.
At that moment, a loud bang suddenly came from the entrance of the cave.
Both Tian Lin and Zhao Si were taken aback inside the cave.
Then, someone shouted loudly from the entrance, "Someone has broken in, it seems to be Elder Liu!"
Instantly, many servant disciples rushed in, blocking the entrance to Tian Lin's cell.
In just a moment, Xing Tongtian's figure appeared, and Shang Yu, riding on a Godspeed Talisman, appeared in the dungeon like the wind.
"Tian Lin, what say you? Didn't I tell you Elder Liu was coming for you? Yet you wouldn't admit it, now, what have you got to say?"
After saying this, Shang Yu bowed to Xing Tongtian:
"Disciple has been waiting for Liu Xuanfeng for more than half a month, seeing he was not willing to show up. I had no choice but to spread the word, threatening to take Tian Lin's head to vent his frustration. Now, it's only been two or three days, and Liu Xuanfeng has finally arrived."
Tian Lin was also very surprised!
Could it be that he was truly the trump card left by Elder Liu in the Yao Yue Sect?