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I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong-Chapter 534 - 496: Scenes of Tragedy
This time, not all the female elders of the Goddess Sect returned to the sect; some elders still remained in the secret realm of the Wenda Sect, including Elder Mei.
Though compared to the Wenda Sect, Mei Xiangu is actually more familiar with the Goddess Sect.
But without Elder Mei at the Goddess Sect, she herself feels it’s uninteresting to stay there.
Thus, when Cui’er came to inquire, she immediately packed up and decided to go with Tian Lin and the others to the Wenda Sect.
When leaving the Goddess Sect, surprisingly, besides Kong Wu the monk, no one came to see them off, not even the new Four Gods Sect believers.
Mei Xiangu mocked Tian Lin, "Spent half a year cultivating so many followers. In the end, when you leave, not a single person remembers you."
Tian Lin seemed indifferent. After bidding farewell to Kong Wu the monk, he only replied to Mei Xiangu after getting on the flying boat, "They were never really believing in me, but in the so-called Four Gods—once you see through this, what’s there to be disappointed about?"
"You’re quite free-spirited."
After a sarcastic remark, Mei Xiangu finally changed the topic, "Elder Xue wrote to ask you to do something, is it related to my master’s death?"
When Wang Yanyu was in Beiyed County, she said she would handle the aftermath of Elder Zhang’s death.
Though knowing Wang Yanyu isn’t one to boast, the one who died was after all a Nascent Soul elder, Mei Xiangu couldn’t fathom what means Wang Yanyu would use to stop the sect from investigating Elder Zhang’s cause of death.
"Elder Xue’s letter didn’t mention Elder Zhang’s matter and didn’t actually call us back."
Tian Lin said, "He just informed us that a space has now been developed in the secret realm. The future field of practice for the Wenda Sect will be mainly focused within the secret realm."
Mei Xiangu raised an eyebrow, "Why go into the secret realm for no good reason?"
"According to Elder Xue’s words, the disaster from ten thousand years ago will extend to the present. Later, the outside world may be more dangerous than the secret realm—"
Almost as Tian Lin finished speaking, there was a commotion under the flying boat caused by flying locusts.
A large number of flying locusts suddenly began to disperse as if something was driving them away.
Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu’s hearts tightened; first Mei Xiangu summoned her Divine Lady Tree, and then Tian Lin accelerated the airborne flight of the flying boat.
Quickly, the four people on the boat turned their heads back, just in time to see a ’Buddha’s Hand’ dispersing the locusts, crushing the air behind them.
Though called the Buddha’s Hand, this hand was actually exuding demon energy and demonic qi all over. Among the intertwining demon and magic energies, one could vaguely see on this mountain-sized palm, forest-like lush hair as tall as a big tree—
"What kind of evil spirit is this?"
Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu both knew that beneath the Southern State was full of evil spirits, but when they first came to the Southern State, most evil spirits were in the wilderness and not very strong.
But that evil spirit’s big hand just now, even if it didn’t have the power of the Nascent Soul realm, wasn’t too far off.
"During this period, we’ve been staying at the Goddess Sect, always not paying attention to changes outside. Now it seems the reason why the Goddess Sect rarely attracts refugees is not that the disciples of the Goddess Sect are blocking them, but likely because of these evil spirits."
"Jingzhe!"
Not affected in his spell casting as he spoke, Tian Lin raised his hand, and a thunderbolt descended from the sky. The thunderbolt struck directly on that big hand, followed by the spread of lightning. Within a hundred miles around the big hand, a sea of blue was scorched, immediately electrocuting many flying locusts.
Over there, Mei Xiangu wasn’t slow either, the Divine Lady Tree in her hand suddenly began sprouting branches. Branches like thousands of long whips, lashing towards that big hand.
Under their combined efforts, they quickly escaped the pursuit of that big hand.
"If I’d known earlier, we should have just used the sect’s transmission array directly to go to the North Wilderness; why bother to go to Quzhou to use the transmission array?"
"My original intention was to pass by Fuzhou and visit the stall owner who sold me the paperman."
"Why are you looking for him, want revenge?"
"I’m very interested in the paper folding within Qimen Dunjia, and learning it wasn’t entirely because of Elder Zuo—"
He initially approached the stall owner, saying that Wang Yanyu had a grudge against him, and also that Wang Yanyu had offered a substantial reward for clues about himself.
Tian Lin was gambling that the stall owner would sell him out for the reward. After all, the stall owner had no food left, and had no way out besides selling Tian Lin.
As it turns out, that stall owner indeed ran to Beiyed County. Actually learning through the rumors at Beiyed County that Tian Lin and Wang Yanyu were in some unclear relationship—
The stall owner cheerfully went to the Su family and reported Tian Lin to Wang Yanyu.
Luckily, Wang Yanyu was clever, and from the stall owner’s few words, she figured out Tian Lin’s situation.
She acted decisively, taking Kong Wu the monk along and heading to the Southern State.
As for the stall owner, Wang Yanyu didn’t go back on her word, really giving him some food and letting him return to the Southern State.
According to Tian Lin’s guess, if the stall owner returned to Fuzhou and was careful enough, he’d likely survive until now with the leftover array in Fuzhou.
But seeing that big hand just now made Tian Lin lose confidence in the stall owner’s safety.
"Master, below is Fuzhou City."
At this point, Yu’er suddenly spoke.
Tian Lin hesitated only slightly, saying to Mei Xiangu, "You take the sisters Cui’er and go first, I will go to Fuzhou alone to take a look."
After hearing this, Mei Xiangu sneered, "With you? If you encounter danger, it’s better with me around. Alone, you might not find help even if trying to escape." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
She considered her combat power greater than Tian Lin’s, and the reason she cared so much about Tian Lin’s survival was entirely because her fate was tied to Tian Lin.
Under Tian Lin’s control, the flying boat soon pierced through the locust ’clouds’ and descended above Fuzhou.
But as originally expected, the array in Fuzhou was already broken. Looking down, one only saw evil spirits wandering everywhere on the streets of Fuzhou City; not a single human figure was there.
"That stall owner only has cultivation of the Foundation Establishment realm right? With his power, he’s likely unable to survive among so many evil spirits."
"You’re correct—perhaps he’s already dead, or maybe he’s already fled with his family."
After finishing his words, Tian Lin suddenly turned the flying boat and directed it towards Quzhou.
Seeing this, Mei Xiangu asked, "Not going to find that stall owner to learn paper folding?"
"Though the stall owner’s paper folding technique is unique, the sect also has the Qimen Dunjia Technique. Instead of risking to find him, might as well return to the Wenda Sect and find it within the sect."
Tian Lin was unwilling to risk it, after all, this wasn’t his home turf.
Soon the flying boat swept past Fuzhou, and in a moment, Quzhou was already faintly visible.
The situation in Quzhou was worse than in Fuzhou, with undead and evil spirits crawling all over the city walls. The whole city had long become a dead city.
"Perhaps really as Elder Xue said, this world is no longer suitable for normal people to live in."
Mei Xiangu wasn’t so sentimental; she just looked towards the station in Quzhou City and said, "Now we can only hope that those damned evil spirits haven’t destroyed the transmission array. Otherwise, we’ve come all this way for nothing."