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I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong-Chapter 533 - 495: Departure
"Now that the elders of the Goddess Sect have returned, sir, when do you plan to leave the Goddess Sect?"
Due to the Dao Seed and the Enlightenment Pool, the sisters Cui’er have reached the early stage of the Golden Core.
They have been with Tian Lin in the underground space for a month, helping a lot with propaganda work.
In fact, they don’t dislike life in the Goddess Sect; after all, no one bullies them here.
However, Tian Lin’s stay here is due to a scheme orchestrated by that Great Elder of the Goddess Sect. Therefore, he is unwilling, having been used and yet sincerely contributing.
"When to leave, I think it’s better not for us to decide."
Tian Lin said, "It should be decided by that Great Elder of the Goddess Sect."
Hearing his words, Cui’er couldn’t help but say, "With free labor available, how could she bear to let someone go? If I were her, I would keep you here doing work for a lifetime."
Tian Lin smiled and said, "Now that the underground space is on the right track, even without me, it’s nothing special—just that the monthly output might be a bit less.
But in that Great Elder’s eyes, my presence here is probably a more serious issue than the reduced food output."
As Tian Lin had predicted, the next morning, that Great Elder rushed to the underground space.
She didn’t inform Tian Lin and the others of her visit, bringing only her own disciple.
Although the two didn’t disguise themselves, after the Goddess Sect disciples were summoned to worship the Ancestor yesterday, they didn’t come to the underground space.
Now remaining in the underground space are all followers of the New Heaven Sect, and almost none of these followers recognize the Great Elder.
"Wenda Sect really produces talents!"
The Great Elder said, "Among the young, let’s not mention Zhai Xingzi, this Tian Lin indeed has some means. Ever since the disaster year brought flying locusts, how long has it been since we’ve seen such a harvest?"
The accompanying female disciple, hearing this, also looked at the endless waves of grain.
The grains resulting from these ears were quite diverse, and most were the unpleasant early-ripening food.
But in such a disaster year, this unpalatable food is life-saving treasure.
"Thanks to Tian Lin’s generous teachings, even now, no one can perform the twenty-four solar terms alone like him. But they can simulate the twenty-four solar terms using tools or small spells."
This accompanying female disciple said, "Now Tian Lin has become dispensable."
"This is exactly what I wanted to say——" The Great Elder said, "A person so generous not afraid of ’killing the donkey when the grinding is done’ shows that although Tian Lin doesn’t have a heaven-defying talent like Zhai Xingzi, he has his unique character and magnanimity.
By the way, where are those magical treasures that can simulate the twenty-four solar terms?"
"In the Four Gods Temple."
Upon hearing this, the Great Elder’s Divine Sense instantly covered the entire underground space.
Under the coverage of her Divine Sense, she could not only see the people working diligently in the fields but also that every few hectares of land had a Four Gods Temple.
The joy brought by the abundant harvest was not long hanging on her face, and her brows gradually furrowed: "Why are so many Four Gods Temples built?"
Hearing her question, the female disciple explained: "Because no one has Tian Lin’s ability, unable to benefit the entire underground space alone. So they had to rely on quantity——these Four Gods Temples, apart from offering incense to the deity statues, also serve as arrays."
Upon hearing these words, though, the Great Elder’s furrowed eyebrows remained unchanged.
"Let’s go and see the Divine Temple."
She transformed into a streak of light and appeared in front of a Four Gods Temple below in an instant.
Although there are many Four Gods Temples, each is not large and not luxurious.
Just four wooden pillars with some straw roofs and woven mats encircling them as walls, one could say it’s utterly shabby.
The Great Elder gazed at the outer wall of the shrine briefly, then briskly walked into the temple.
"Though the temple is small, the incense is rather prosperous."
Smelling the incense in the room, the Great Elder looked at the wooden statue of Tian Lin standing behind the incense burner.
Nobody knows who crafted that wooden statue, but it resembles Tian Lin vividly.
The only difference is the Dao robe carved on the wooden statue, which is obviously unrelated to Wenda Sect. Only because the Dao robe is adorned with various insects, grass, sun, and moon.
At the foot of the wooden statue are various Eight Diagrams Mirrors, horsetail whisks, Jade Purifying Bottles, and even soul banners——
The Great Elder knew those who believed in Tian Lin were Hua Hualang from the New Heaven Sect, people with an unconventional background and extremely complex origins.
But the use of the Eight Diagrams Mirror to adjust the weather, the horsetail whisk to summon wind and rain, and the Jade Purifying Bottle to unleash lightning all made sense——but what was the purpose of the soul banner?
"Actually, the best approach would be to expel all the New Heaven Sect members——but don’t mention that Great Elder Kong Wu wouldn’t agree, even if she agreed, we couldn’t let them leave."
The Great Elder had already gone to see those Buddha-believing sect disciples before coming to the underground space.
Those disciples seemed uninterested in farming, believing rather that they could gain the Buddha’s favor by merely eating vegetarian food and chanting every day, eventually entering the Pure Land without worrying about food and clothing.
Instead, it was the believers of the ’New Four Gods’ who believed in the philosophy of ’My Fate is up to Me, Not the Gods’——these people, though not compliant with the Goddess Sect’s rules, were fortunately willing to delve into farming. In such a disaster year, those willing to delve into farming and capable of production are talents that the sect could ill afford to let go of.
"These people should remain in the sect under strict supervision, but as for Tian Lin, he cannot stay in the Goddess Sect."
The Great Elder made a decisive decision, and at this moment, a flash of light passed by in the distance.
As the Great Elder turned her head, she saw Tian Lin landing outside the Divine Temple.
"Disciple estimated that the Great Elder would come to inspect, so I instructed the maidservants to prepare some light wine early and invite the Great Elder to come."
He stood solemnly at the door, appearing extremely respectful.
The Great Elder sighed and said to Tian Lin: "It’s thanks to you, Young Tian, that the Goddess Sect can still support so many people. On behalf of the Goddess Sect and even the people of the Southern State, I extend my gratitude to you."
Tian Lin sidestepped, avoiding the Great Elder’s bow.
Without needing the Great Elder to say more, he ’self-reflected’: "Although I, Tian Lin, have done some good in farming, I’ve also led to the emergence of a rogue cult within the Goddess Sect. As long as the elder doesn’t blame me, how could I dare accept the elder’s thanks?"
"This matter was organized spontaneously by people below, unrelated to young Tian."
After saying this, the Great Elder took a letter from her sleeve: "This is a letter Elder Xue asked me to hand over to you when I was leaving the Wenda Sect. Now that the Goddess Sect has gotten back on track, the sect can’t forcibly keep you anymore——well then, I’ll bid you farewell today with flowers for the Buddha, considering it a send-off on behalf of your friend!"
She acted extremely decisively, which was an urging for Tian Lin to leave.
Fortunately, Tian Lin had anticipated this, so he didn’t bear any resentment.
The meal between the two was tasteless and ended within just half an hour.
Once Cui’er and the others finished clearing the dishes, Tian Lin said to the two women, "Call on Fairy Mei to see if she wants to leave with us."