Chapter 217 "Brother Lin" becomes "Little Lin"

Xuantian Sect.

The atmosphere was extremely depressing, especially among the young disciples.

There were also people in other sects who were in low spirits, but the reason they were in low spirits was because they were sad about the death of their elders, their fellow disciples, and their relatives and friends.

But the disciples of Xuantian Sect are different.

During the domain war, they were heroes fighting against Luoyang Domain, but when the domain war ended inexplicably, they became traitors.

This extreme reversal of identity is unacceptable to the disciples of Xuantian Sect.

At first they were still arguing and even fighting with the monks who spread rumors, but as the elders fell silent, from the sect leader to the elders, no one said anything, these disciples knew that this was probably not a rumor.

Xuantian Sect really betrayed Chengshan Territory.

The Xuantian Sect has gone from being one of the four major sects to being the most despised sect in the entire Chengshan Region, and its past reputation has plummeted.

For the Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment disciples of Xuantian Sect, not only is this gap unacceptable to them, but more importantly, they are completely unaware of this matter.

In order to keep it secret, only the elders in the entire Xuantian Sect know the truth.

"Father, those who want to leave should be killed as traitors, why are you letting them go?"

Yue Yaotian didn't understand why his father didn't punish those Qi Condensation disciples and allowed them to leave the sect.

He is still only a Qi Condensation disciple now. If he doesn’t have the thunder-like means, those Foundation Establishment disciples will probably also have ideas.

"Yaotian, you are too cruel. I didn't take it seriously in the past, but now it seems that this is not a good thing."

Yue Zhentao looked at his son. He was extremely happy that his son was valued by Zixiao Sect. For this reason, he handed over most of the sect's power to his son.

The Supreme Elder also supported his decision. He should think the same as he did, that Yaotian’s future lies in the Central Region.

It doesn't matter if Chengshan Region lets Yaotian do whatever he wants, because the cultivators in the entire Chengshan Region are not on the same level as Yaotian.

It was because of his own indulgence that Yaotian's character became cruel and he could not tolerate any failure.

But now, first the little girl from Wentianmen was directly accepted as a disciple by Hunyu, and then Tang Ruowei was accepted as a disciple by Suxin Island.

The strength of Suxin Island is not weaker than that of Zixiao Sect. According to Senior Brother Yaotian, the elder from Suxin Island offered Tang Ruowei the treatment of a first-class disciple. So when Tang Ruowei arrives at Suxin Island, she will also be accepted as a disciple by the elder.

If the disciple from Taiyuan Peak is included, Yaotian no longer has the capital to be superior.

"These disciples are my Xuantian Sect's disciples after all. Even though they have some misunderstandings and dissatisfaction with the sect now, they still remember the sect's training in their hearts."

Yue Zhentao decided to give his son some advice: "Today, I will tell the sect disciples why we have to cooperate with Luoyang Territory."

"Father, you must not do that!"

Yue Yaotian hurriedly tried to stop him. Wouldn’t this be tantamount to admitting that Xuantian Sect had betrayed Chengshan Region?

"Do you think it will work if you don't admit it?" Yue Zhentao glared at his son and said, "Not knowing him is the same as acquiescing. Believe it or not, if you deny it, the three major sects of Xiyue Sect will tell you the truth immediately."

Yue Yaotian remained silent, because he knew that what his father said was correct. The reason why Xiyue Sect and Wentian Sect did not tell the truth now was just because they were waiting for the next move of Xuantian Sect.

"I still say the same thing, you must endure now, don't forget what your senior brother told you."

"Father, I understand. I will stay in the sect and not go anywhere during this period of time."

Although he was very unwilling, Yue Yaotian had no choice but to swallow his anger.

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Go up to Cloud City.

"Old Liu, have you prepared all the tax spirits for this year? Do you want me to delay it for two years?"

"All ready, thank you, Brother Lin."

At the foot of a mountain, a young monk was standing in a field. An old man walked out from two bamboo houses in the middle of the field, smiling.

“This is from last year, and this is from this year.”

Lin Hao took the bag of spirit stones from the old man, counted the spirit stones inside, frowned and asked, "Why are there three more?"

The sect set a tax of thirty spirit stones per year for every ten mu of spiritual fields. Last year, when a cultivator in the foundation-building stage broke through, the energy spread to the spiritual fields contracted by Lao Liu and destroyed the spiritual medicine.

The foundation-building cultivator left after his breakthrough, but the sect didn't care about that, and Lao Liu still had to pay the spiritual field tax.

The spiritual medicines on the spiritual fields were destroyed. Lao Liu had no spiritual medicines to sell, so where did he get the spiritual stones to hand over to the sect?

Seeing that Old Liu and his wife were quite old, he took out thirty spirit stones from his own pocket and gave them to the sect on behalf of Old Liu.

"Brother Lin paid me 30 spirit stones last year. The extra 3 spirit stones are interest. If it weren't for Brother Lin's help, I would have to go to a bank to borrow spirit stones, and the interest would be even more expensive than this."

"Forget it. I don't need your three spirit stones. You should keep them for yourself, Lao Liu."

Lin Hao took out the three spirit stones and returned them to the old man. He helped Lao Liu purely out of sympathy, not for interest.

"I say, Lao Liu, you and your spouse don't have any children?"

To be honest, Lin Hao felt that he could not see through Lao Liu and his wife. This inability to see through did not refer to their state of mind.

Old Liu and his wife are both in the late stage of Qi Condensation, and their realm is the same as his. What he cannot see through is the actions of Old Liu and his wife.

At such an old age, there is no hope for a breakthrough to the foundation-building stage. And without any descendants, why bother to work so hard to grow spiritual medicines and earn so few spiritual stones? Wouldn't it be better to just find a random mortal country and live the rest of your life as a rich man?

"My wife and I are planning to travel around, but we don't have enough spiritual stones. So we can become a herbalist to earn some spiritual stones. We'll stop when we have enough money for the trip."

"Traveling around?"

Lin Hao still couldn't understand, so he nodded and reminded him, "Next year, I may not be the one collecting the medicinal field tax. Old Liu, you have to be prepared."

The senior brother who will take over this task next year is said to have a very cold temper and will not allow the herbal farmers to default on paying the spirit stones.

"Brother Lin, has he been promoted?" the old man asked curiously.

"What promotion? I am..." Lin Hao smiled bitterly and changed the subject: "Old Liu, why are you so curious? You are so old now, you should know that curiosity will bring you trouble."

"If it were someone else, an old man like me would definitely not be curious, but Brother Lin has a kind personality. If he gets promoted, I, an old man, will be happy too."

"Anyway, it's not a good thing. Okay, I'm leaving now."

Lin Hao waved goodbye. His master was an elder of the sect, but he died on the border in a recent domain war.

Without the protection of the master, his second senior brother, who already had some grudges against him, took the opportunity to attack him. None of the sect master and other elders stood up to rescue him. Even the junior sister who had said she wanted to marry him, has been finding excuses to avoid him recently.

All these changes happened only because Second Senior Brother’s master, the Third Elder, is still alive and has broken through to the middle stage of foundation building, making him the sect’s top master.

Lin Hao turned around and prepared to leave, but found a man walking towards him from behind. There was a wary look in his eyes. This man was only a few dozen meters away from him, but he was unaware of it. This man's strength might be above his own.

"Teacher, you and your wife made it so hard for me to find you."

As the man approached, Lin Hao was about to question his identity, but he heard this man speak first, so he turned around and looked at Lao Liu.

Is this man Lao Liu's apprentice? Lao Liu has such a powerful apprentice, why does he want to be a herbal farmer? "Didn't I say that your master's wife and I are going to travel around the world, so there's no need to come to us."

Liu Junshan looked at Chu Ning. He hadn't seen him for decades, but his disciple's appearance hadn't changed at all. Instead, he himself had grown old.

Hearing the noise, Chen Jingyi also came out from the bamboo house behind him.

"Master's wife." Chu Ning saw Chen Jingyi coming out and greeted her with a smile.

"Why are you here kid?"

Chen Jingyi was also very happy to see Chu Ning. During the domain wars a few years ago, she and her husband were a little worried, fearing that Chu Ning would also be sent to the border battlefield.

"I'm here to report a happy event to you two elders. I'm going to marry Ruo Wei." Chu Ning said with a smile.

"With the girl from the Tang family? This is a great thing."

"It's a great thing, but since you and your wife are not here, I can't hold this wedding. In order to become a bridegroom as soon as possible, I have been looking for you everywhere."

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Chu Ning was joking. Although the teacher and his wife were traveling, they still wrote letters back to the Chen family in the Liang Dynasty. He was able to find the teacher because he went to the Liang Dynasty and learned the address where the teacher mailed the letters from the Chen family.

"You should blame your teacher. It was he who said he wanted to earn spirit stones for traveling."

"Just listen to this kid's nonsense. I wrote to Chen Jingwu last year. We haven't moved to a new place in the past year. Why should I look for him everywhere?"

Liu Junshan knew his disciples very well. If Chu Ning wanted to find him, he would definitely go back to Liang Dynasty to ask his acquaintances first. Besides, the domain war had just ended not long ago, so a wedding would definitely not be held during the domain war.

Lin Hao listened to what Liu Junshan and Chu Ning said, and he felt nostalgic in his heart. If his master was still alive, the same would be true between him and his master.

"Old Liu, since your apprentice is here to see you, go back with him. You are already old, don't be so playful."

Liu Junshan's mouth twitched. What did he mean by "playful"? "Xiao Lin, don't leave in a hurry."

Lin Hao was stunned. When did he become Xiao Lin? Wasn’t he Brother Lin?

"Chu Ning, your master's wife and I have been in Shangyun City for several years, thanks to Xiao Lin's care."

"Disciple understands."

As soon as Chu Ning heard what his teacher said, he understood what the teacher meant.

"Thank you, Xiaolin, for taking care of my teacher."

Lin Hao's eyes widened. What do you mean by master and disciple? It's fine for one to change "Brother Lin" to Xiao Lin, but you look about the same age as me, is it appropriate to call me Xiao Lin?

"This is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it, Xiaolin."

Chu Ning took out a jade box.

Lin Hao: ...

Why does this sound so awkward?

"Xiao Lin, this master and disciple is just joking with you, but you should accept this gift."

Seeing Lin Hao's confused expression, Chen Jingyi glared at her husband unhappily. It is said that people become more naughty as they get older. Her husband was a steady man when he was young, but now that he is old, he likes to play tricks on people.

"Okay, I'll take it then."

Hearing what Chen Jingyi said, Lin Hao didn't hesitate to take the jade box handed over by Chu Ning and put it in his arms without opening it.

"Teacher, let's go."

Chu Ning raised his right hand and a flying boat appeared. Seeing the flying boat, Lin Hao was completely stunned.

Foundation-building monk!

Old Liu’s disciple turned out to be a foundation-building cultivator.

He originally thought that the other party was also in the late stage of Qi Condensation like himself, but his cultivation might be more advanced than his.

I never expected that he would be a foundation-building cultivator.

Chu Ning took his teacher and his mistress onto the flying boat, smiled at the stunned Lin Hao, and drove away in the flying boat.

"Chu Ning, what thank-you gift are you going to give to Xiaolin?" Liu Junshan asked curiously after getting on the flying boat.

"Teacher, can you tell me first why you want to help Xiao Lin?" Chu Ning asked back.

"How did you know I wanted to help him?"

"Teacher, you are not the kind of person who would ask your disciples to thank others for you. There is only one possibility, that is, Xiao Lin encountered trouble and you were unable to help, so you asked your disciples to give him a thank-you gift."

The corners of Liu Junshan's mouth twitched. What did he mean he couldn't help?

Chen Jingyi on the side couldn't help but laugh. This master and disciple pair really knew each other very well.

"Your teacher heard from others that Xiaolin's master died in battle at the border. Without his master as a backer, Xiaolin suffered suppression in the sect."

Chen Jingyi explained the reason. There were thousands of acres of spiritual fields at the foot of the mountain, and there were nearly a hundred herbal farmers. The herbal farmers often chatted together. Some of them were well-informed and had a better understanding of the internal situation of the Qingling Sect to which the herbal fields belonged. It was during a chat that Liu Junshan heard other herbal farmers mention Lin Hao's situation.

"So that's how it is. Then the teacher and I are still on the same page. Since Xiao Lin has lost his backer, let him be his own backer."

Chu Ning smiled slightly. It was really satisfying to change other people's fate.

…

The flying boat left and disappeared into the sky completely. Only then did Lin Hao wake up from his shock.

"Old Liu is such a jerk. He has a foundation-building disciple, but he still works as a herbalist. I don't know what he's thinking. He wants to travel the world but has no money. Will his disciple not give him money?"

Lin Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head. He was sure that if he told other herbal farmers what he had just seen, no one would believe it.

"Then this jade box..."

After complaining, Lin Hao suddenly had an idea and took out the jade box. If Lao Liu's disciple was only in the late Qi Condensation stage, he would not have had high expectations for the jade box, but if it was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it really aroused his expectations.

Is the Ju Yuan Dan a magical weapon? Lin Hao opened the jade box with anticipation. The next moment, his eyes widened, as if he couldn't imagine what he saw.

Bang! Lin Hao closed the jade box instantly, but opened it again immediately afterwards.

Because he was afraid of being dazzled.

Although with his strength, this situation is impossible.

But there was no way. The things in the jade box were beyond his imagination, and he could hardly believe his eyes.

(End of this chapter)