Chapter 176 Blatant Blackmail
He had no grudges against Li Gongfeng, so he would not do anything to harm him or benefit himself at the expense of others.
Tian Lin did not stay here for long, and dived into the sea again.
Not long after, a small boat appeared in front of Tian Lin.
Just as Tian Lin approached the boat, Zhou Shoufan on the boat frowned and glanced at the sea water under the boat.
Tian Lin, who was under the sea, was slightly startled, and sank more than ten feet deep with his breath held.
At this time, he could not see Zhou Shoufan, and Zhou Shoufan on the boat could not see Tian Lin.
At this time, Tian Lin heard waves above him, and Tian Lin vaguely saw another boat appear on the sea.
Then a young man's voice came: "Xing Bufan, where is the soul-gathering bead?"
"Fifth Young Master, the soul-gathering bead is here."
After Zhou Shoufan's voice sounded, the young man's voice sounded again, with a relaxed and playful tone:
"You are not worse than my thirteenth brother, the same five-element Dharma body has achieved the middle stage of foundation building;
My thirteenth brother knows to collect residual souls and compete for the position of outer disciple of Shuiyun Sect, but you, Xing Bufan, are willing to be a worshiper of my Tong family for the rest of your life?"
Hearing Zhou Shoufan's voice:
"The Tong family prohibits the private sale of residual souls, it is nothing more than the limited number of outer disciples of Shuiyun Sect, and they are afraid that the Tong family will not be able to compete with outsiders, so They established this rule to restrict outsiders, but they themselves may not abide by it.
Understanding this truth, I know that I, Hua Hualang, cannot compete with the disciples of the Tong family. Instead of dreaming of competing for the position of outer disciples, it is better to sell the residual soul in the soul-gathering bead and make some spirit stones to make money. "
After he finished speaking, the voice of the fifth young master sounded:
"Well, no wonder you can have the cultivation of the middle stage of foundation building at such a young age. This is the way of the world. Compared with birth, the so-called talent is not important.
Here are seventy medium-grade spirit stones, which is my reward for you. "
As soon as the two finished speaking, a sound of zither suddenly sounded.
Tian Lin under the sea was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed.
Although he was more than ten feet away from the sea this time, he could clearly see that a pleasure boat slowly emerged from the clouds on the sea.
The pleasure boat was very large, and the two-story building was hung with big red lanterns.
"What the hell is that?"
As soon as the Fifth Young Master's voice sounded, the whole person flew towards the pleasure boat.
Tian Lin only heard the Fifth Young Master shouting angrily: "Xing Bufan, you dare to use me to block the knife?"
There was a swish sound, and above Tian Lin's head, the boat belonging to Zhou Shoufan quickly moved away from the pleasure boat.
And a bamboo pole made of unknown material, with a young man who died with his eyes open, was gently moving under the sea.
Tian Lin saw the Fifth Young Master on the bamboo pole, and the other party was obviously killed directly by the "Xun Zongzhu" at the bow.
At this time, the Fifth Young Master's eyes were wide open, and his body slid off the bamboo pole and sank into the deep sea of Shenxiantang.
Above Tian Lin's head, the sound of the zither and the sad singing of the dancers drifted away.
Tian Lin suppressed the horror in his heart and dived towards the Fifth Young Master.
His hands were as fast as lightning. He directly took off the storage bag on the Fifth Young Master and the jade pendant on the Fifth Young Master's waist, which looked very valuable. This time, he did not change direction, but swam after the pleasure boat.
This pleasure boat, when there was no one, was extremely slow.
But once it met someone, the speed would increase, and it would kill them almost instantly. Only after killing those who were catching wandering souls on the sea would it turn the bow and slowly leave.
In just one night, Tian Lin followed the pleasure boat and directly earned three storage bags and a number of porcelain bottles containing unknown elixirs.
As soon as the day dawned, the pleasure boat disappeared in the mist, and Tian Lin was exhausted.
He searched for an hour and finally surfaced near the sea where there was no one. He took out the spare wooden boat from his storage bag and then climbed on board.
When Tian Lin arrived at the coast, Gao He and his wife had already landed, and there were many foundation-building monks who Tian Lin did not know.
The elder was also in the crowd. When he saw Tian Lin, he quickly approached and asked Tian Lin:
"It was inevitable that a pleasure boat appeared last night. Did you see it?"
Tian Lin looked at Zhou Shoufan behind the elder, and saw that Zhou Shoufan frowned slightly and looked a little solemn.
After thinking for a while, Tian Lin nodded solemnly and said:
"That pleasure boat is extremely powerful. I have only encountered it once - poor Jiang Gongfeng, a foundation-building strongman, was killed by the boatman on the pleasure boat in one move."
After hearing this, the great elder turned around and looked at Zhou Shoufan, and saw Zhou Shoufan said:
"The boatman on this pleasure boat is probably at the level of Night Wandering God. If the boatman is like this, the singing girl on the boat is probably the Day Wandering God."
The great elder nodded and said to several foundation-building cultivators beside him:
"I will tell the ancestor about this. In the future, if you see this pleasure boat and hear the singing, it is better to escape as soon as possible.
In my opinion, each of you should prepare a soul-finding needle. With the soul-finding needle, you can be mentally prepared before this pleasure boat appears."
Everyone agreed after hearing this.
After the great elder left, the group of people chatted with each other.
Gao He brought Cai Shu to Tian Lin and asked Tian Lin with a smile:
"When Jiang Gongfeng died yesterday, you were by his side, so what are Jiang Gongfeng's relics?"
Tian Lin noticed that some people were looking at him, so he simply said:
"The relics Jiang offered are indeed in my hand, but I risked my life to earn them from Huafang. You don't want me to return this 'relic' to the Jiang family, right?"
Gao He said hurriedly: "Fellow Taoist, you have misunderstood. Are we that kind of people?"
Tian Lin didn't listen to Gao He's explanation. Under the envious eyes of some people, he cupped his hands and walked towards Yu'er in the distance.
In fact, he could deny with all his heart that Jiang Chongfeng's relics were on his body.
But considering that the harvest this time is relatively large, if you want to get rid of the things in your hands, you can't hide them. It's better to use the name of 'Jiang Zongfeng' to get rid of all the relics of the three foundation-building experts.
When Tian Lin walked towards Yu'er, Yu'er stood up from the stall.
At her stall, in addition to selling the things Tian Lin gave her, she also collected some things for resale.
At this time, Tian Lin had just handed a storage bag to Yu'er when he saw a richly dressed young man walking towards him.
Tian Lin looked at the young man walking over in confusion, and heard Yu'er remind him in a low voice beside him: "This is the seventh young master of the Tong family."
As soon as Yu'er finished speaking, the seventh young master over there had already walked up to Tian Lin and asked Tian Lin:
"I heard you were a corpse hunter."
There is no respect in these words, but Tian Lin is now a worshiper of the Tong family, and this young man is the young master of the Tong family——
Tian Lin couldn't just turn around and leave, let alone shout something like "Thirty years to the east of Hedong, thirty years to the west of Hexi" like Zhou Qing did.
"Tian did indeed retrieve the body, but I don't know why, Master Seven, you want to see me?"
Tian Lin suspected that the other party was here to blackmail him.
But even if the other party is a disciple of the Tong family, how could Tian Lin give up his interests?
The seventh young master said: "I heard that you salvaged Jiang Chongfeng's relics yesterday? So, the soul-gathering beads collected by Jiang Chongfeng during this period are in your hands?"
Tian Lin suddenly remembered that Gao He had also asked about Jiang Chongfeng's relics.
At that time, he thought that the other party was coveting the treasure in Jiang Gongfeng's hands, but now that he thought about it carefully, he probably also had the idea of collecting soul beads.
"I will give the Soul Gathering Bead to the Great Elder. If the Seventh Young Master wants the Soul Gathering Bead, please go to the Great Elder to ask for it when the time comes."
After Tian Lin understood the reason for the matter, he made the decision without thinking.
The seventh young master's face darkened when he heard this. Without him having to speak, a maid behind him stepped forward and scolded:
"Do you only have the great elder in your eyes and not my seventh young master?"
Tian Lin was very surprised. How could this woman at the twelfth level of Qi Refining have the confidence to speak like this to a person like herself, who had established a foundation of cultivation?
Furthermore, why should I have her seventh young master in my eyes?
Seeing the woman pull out the flying sword as she spoke, Yu'er also pulled out the sword and stood in front of Tian Lin facing the maid holding the sword.
Both girls hold swords. Although they are both from the Tong family, they are now their own masters.
But Tian Lin knew that Yu'er was only at the sixth level of Qi refining, so she would definitely not be a match against the seventh young master in a sword fight.
He didn't care that Yu'er would lose his face if he failed in the sword fight, but he didn't want the conflict to expand for no reason.
Tian Lin pushed Yu'er away from him, looked at the seventh young master coldly and said:
"Tian is a worshiper of the Tong family, not a slave of the Tong family. When the seventh young master came to persecute him this time, did he simply think that Tian was easy to bully, or did he think that the worshipers of the Tong family were inferior to others?"
Tian Lin's question was interesting, because no matter what the seventh young master admitted, he had already established his reputation as a bully.
The seventh young master frowned and found that many foundation-building monks and Tong family priests were looking this way.
He knew that it would be detrimental to him if things escalated, and he also thought of retreating.
He glanced at Tian Lin coldly and said, "I originally wanted to make friends with Tian Zongfeng. Since you don't like me, let's meet again later."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left with his sword.
A priest over there came over at this time and comforted Tian Lin and said:
"There is no need to worry, Tian Zongzong. Although we are worshipers of the Tong family, we are still foundation-building monks after all. If a Tong family member can yell at us, then what's the point of doing this worship?"
Don't worry, if the people above investigate it, we will also speak for you. "
Tian Lin heard this and said with a smile: "Tian, thank you all for your kindness, and I also ask you to witness that all of Jiang's soul-gathering beads are in this storage bag.
Tian did not keep any of these soul-gathering beads and handed them all over to the great elder. "
He knew that he had given the Soul Gathering Pearl to the Seventh Young Master, and these offerings would probably make him hate him.
Because in the eyes of these worshippers, the Seventh Young Master is also a competitor with them.
The reason why he refused to give the Soul Gathering Bead to the Seventh Young Master was not only because he did not want to attract hatred for himself, but also to prevent other children of the Tong family from coming to him for the Soul Gathering Bead next time.
The harder he hurts the seventh young master this time, the other young masters will not imitate the seventh young master and blatantly come to blackmail him in order to avoid embarrassment.