I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong-Chapter 56 - 51: Shame or Repair

Tian Lin left the mountain that night, but did not return to Lianshui Peak.

As he had expected, by the time he returned, the mining school was in an uproar.

The servant disciples in the bamboo corridor looked at him with reverence, and many complex emotions, only lacking hatred.

Tian Lin smiled, the first time he had grinned at these servant disciples since he became Supervisor.

With that smile, all the servant disciples bowed to him, feeling honored.

"Alright, I’m going to become an Outer Disciple now; you don’t have to worry about me competing with you for Water Spirit Ore in the river anymore."

Tian Lin said, "I’m happy, and so should you be."

Then, one servant disciple bravely stepped forward from the crowd, holding a bundle saying, "Immortal Master Tian, this is some silver collected by everyone—"

The bundle seemed hefty, but Tian Lin pushed the silver back:

"During my time in the mining school, everyone has lost quite a bit of silver. There’s no reason for you to spend more as I’m leaving the mining school. I won’t take the silver; keep it for yourselves!"

If he had said this before, would anyone have taken him seriously?

But now, his status was different, and his words moved the group of servant disciples to tears.

"Tian Immortal Master is honorable and clear-hearted, he’s the best Supervisor our mining school has ever had."

Some flattered him while the others echoed in agreement.

Tian Lin smiled, feeling a sorrow for Han Li in his heart.

He waved his hand and said, "If you’re not good with words, don’t use them. Don’t bother flattering me either. I wasn’t here last night; did anyone come looking for me?"

Hearing one of the servant disciples say, "Second Steward’s servant came once, and Third Steward’s accountant also visited once."

Tian Lin asked, "What about Manager Merchants?"

All the servant disciples shook their heads, then one said, "Both Second and Third Steward said, if Tian Immortal Master returns, he must visit them."

Tian Lin nodded with a smile. As he turned and started walking back up the mountain, his smile vanished.

He suspected that Second and Third Stewards wanted him for reasons other than the Spirit Stones.

Even if secrets were leaked, it shouldn’t have happened so quickly.

Tian Lin guessed they might be seeking to ’honor the virtuous.’

Upon reaching halfway up the mountain, Tian Lin glanced around at the buildings surrounding the office.

These houses were residences of Lianshui Peak’s Outer Disciples, yet most of them were empty.

Tian Lin did not head towards where Second and Third Stewards lived; instead, he took a small path directly up the mountain.

As he further ascended Lianshui Peak, he was stopped by a middle-aged man at a pavilion: "Servant disciple, why do you rashly rush to the mountaintop?"

Tian Lin knew this middle-aged man was also an Outer Disciple, and hurriedly said, "Disciple climbed the Immortal Ascension Ladder to the first platform last night. It was too late, so I dared not disturb Elder Liu. I am here today to seek a master."

The middle-aged man observed Tian Lin more seriously, his demeanor softened considerably.

Then he said, "Elder Liu is meditating in the temple, follow me."

He led Tian Lin up, climbing the steps until they reached the Daoist Temple.

Tian Lin looked at the couplet in front of the temple gate:

"Daoist Temple’s gentle breeze, brushing away world’s turmoil, brings inner peace;

Pill Furnace’s bright fire, cultivating Immortal Bone, leisure ensues."

He was caught in awe, when after the middle-aged man knocked, the temple gates opened from inside.

A young Daoist child with a face like a beautiful jade peeked out, glanced over Tian Lin, and bluntly asked the middle-aged man: "Daoist is bathing with Thirteenth Madame, are you here on some urgent matter?"

Upon hearing this, Tian Lin thought he had misheard, and looked up at the little Daoist child.

Hearing the middle-aged man angrily say, "What time is it now, and that vixen is still ensnaring grandfather. Don’t they know—"

He didn’t finish his sentence when an impatient voice from the little Daoist child rang out: "So, do you have business or not, if not I’m closing the door."

Think about it, a man in his fifties being disgraced by a child not even ten years old, how frustrating could that be?

But he swallowed his anger, pointing at Tian Lin, said, "This is the servant disciple who ascended the mountain yesterday, I’ve brought him to seek a master."

The Daoist child listened and looked at Tian Lin once more, saying, "Let him wait here first, I will come back to talk after delivering the message!"

Hearing the ’bang’ as he closed the main gate of the Daoist Temple, Tian Lin kept his head down expressionlessly.

However, it seemed the middle-aged man guessed what Tian Lin was thinking and said:

"My great-grandfather has reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and it looks like there is no hope for him to advance to the Golden Core. Thus, he immerses himself in pleasures. Now that you are just starting on the path of Immortality, you must not follow his example."

Tian Lin knew that this fourth steward came from the Law Enforcement Hall, so he responded with a respectful expression.

At this moment, the door that was initially closed was opened again from the inside, and the previous Daoist child opened it wide, saying to Tian Lin:

"The Daoist Master said that only you may enter."

Tian Lin bowed to the middle-aged man before entering the Daoist Temple.

As soon as he entered the temple, bursts of laughter reached his ears.

These laughter came from the peach blossom forest on the right side of the central courtyard, sounding so enchanting that it made one’s bones soften.

It was as if the peach blossoms had come alive, transforming into women to tempt people.

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Tian Lin, without drifting his gaze, followed the Daoist child and waited in the main hall of the central courtyard.

The central courtyard’s main hall enshrined the ancestral figure of the Yao Yue Sect, an image of an old Daoist in robes with a sword on his back and hands behind him.

Tian Lin knelt on the cushion facing the ancestral spirit tablet when Elder Liu emerged from a side hall.

He appeared, barefoot and wearing nothing inside, just clad in a white Daoist robe with blue edges.

Following behind Elder Liu, two pink-robed women, each holding a round fan, ran after him, saying, "Daoist Master, how can you come out to see people without wearing clothes, aren’t you ashamed?"

"Ashamed or not, cultivated or not?"

Tian Lin then saw a hairy leg approached the altar, followed by the same leg turning its back to Tian Lin, offering incense to the ancestral spirit while mumbling:

"This Yulong Continent is barren, devoid of my path to the Golden Core. What else is there to cultivate, and what is there to be ashamed of?"

As he spoke, he eventually draped his Daoist robe properly and then sat cross-legged on a cushion next to him, leaning against the altar, looking at Tian Lin, and asked:

"Are you the servant disciple who came to become an apprentice? Do you truly seek Immortality?"

Tian Lin, with a proper posture, bowed his head and said, "Disciple wholeheartedly seeks Immortality, please, Peak Master, accept me as your disciple."

Hearing Elder Liu said, "For me to accept you as my disciple is not difficult, but since you’ve come to apprentice yourself, did you bring the twelve Spirit Stones?"

Tian Lin paused, having anticipated that the Second and Third Stewards might extort him, but he never expected Elder Liu to do the same.

However, he was only startled for a moment before detaching the pouch from his waist and handing it over with both hands.

"Think it over, you really don’t have to become an apprentice. With these twelve Spirit Stones converted into Silver, wouldn’t a lifetime of wealth and carefreeness be enjoyable?"

Tian Lin mustered his courage to look up at Elder Liu, noticing the elder’s hair half-black and half-white, showing no signs of frailty, rather possessing an appearance of returning youth.

"The disciple is wholeheartedly dedicated to the path, indifferent to glory and wealth!"

He had come this far, how could he easily retreat?

Moreover, in this world, without strength, how could one protect wealth and status?

"Good, since you cannot let go of this obsession with cultivation, then struggle on the path of Immortality."

Elder Liu took the bundle but only picked one earth spirit stone, then threw all the other spirit stones back to Tian Lin.

But Tian Lin handed the spirit stones back, respectfully saying, "Please, Master, transmit the techniques to me."

"I shall take you as my disciple, of course, I will teach you the Qi Cultivation."

Yet, Tian Lin said, "Disciple wishes to cultivate the Bright Sun Finger and Earth Escape Skill."

Elder Liu frowned, pulling another Fire Spirit Stone from Tian Lin’s pouch, then threw the spirit stones back to Tian Lin.

As he stood up and swung his sleeves, entwining the two women as they walked toward the side hall.

As the door was about to close, he said, "The Earth Escape Skill is a top-grade technique available only to Inner Sect Disciples to cultivate; only the Bright Sun Finger is a low-grade technique appropriate for you as an Outer Disciple—

Go back first, and tomorrow I will have Shiniang send you the technique and your identity token!"

Shiniang?

Tian Lin heard this title when he entered the yard, but what really drew his attention to this name was Xiaoyue.

When Xiaoyue died, she had mentioned ’Shiniang’ to Young Master Shang, but it was unclear who exactly Shiniang was.