I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong-Chapter 66 - 61: Just Slaughter It
The hull was slowly sinking, and finally, as it neared a mountain peak, a group of people emerged from the forest.
Among them, one person clasped his hands together and said to Xing Shanping, "Outer Disciple Zhao Kang, ordered to meet Brother Xing; please, Brother Xing, give your instructions."
Thus, members of both the Han Family and the Qu family, who were Qi Refiners, came forward to meet Xing Shanping. Among these people, Tian Lin only recognized that Brother Zhao.
Originally, when the Yao Yue Sect had opened the market, Tian Lin and Han Li had visited the Zhao family’s store, aware that the Zhao family was involved in the Horse Gang business.
"Although you all have left the sect, you learned many skills from our Yao Yue Sect. In a sense, you are still part of our family. Xing here would like to thank you all for helping encircle the Wang Family for the past half month, preventing their escape."
Xing Shanping made a clasped hand gesture, his expression becoming serious again:
"However, on my journey here by Flying Boat, I saw neither travelers nor farmers in the various estates and fields. The Wang Family controls thousands of households in various strongholds, so how come they’ve all disappeared in half a month?"
Brother Zhao was the first to step forward and explain, "Brother Xing doesn’t know, but those mortals who depended on the Wang Family have all become the Wang family’s human elixirs. About a hundred cultivators from the Wang family are in control of several thousand households, some of which were ’consumed’ by them, and some escaped—
Therefore, it’s normal for Brother not to see many people along the way."
Hearing this, Xing Shanping turned to several outer disciples who came with him on the boat and asked, "What do you all think?"
The outer disciples lowered their heads, not daring to say much, so Xing Shanping pointed at Tian Lin:
"You are the only one here not related to them, tell me, can Zhao Kang’s words be trusted?"
Tian Lin did not expect Xing Shanping to be so blunt, nor did he anticipate being singled out to respond.
Facing hundreds of gazes, Tian Lin stepped forward and clasped hands with Zhao Kang before speaking to Xing Shanping:
"When I first disembarked from the Flying Boat, I also glanced around the Wang Family’s nearby area and noticed many crops well-tended—
It seems that half a month ago, the Wang Family’s villagers were still peacefully farming without neglecting their fields."
One of the accompanying disciples glared at Tian Lin, but Zhao Kang spoke before that disciple could:
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"Junior Brother Tian is correct; half a month ago, there indeed were some villagers at the Wang Family’s place. After we arrived, to prevent the fighting from affecting them, we relocated them to nearby estates, though this group was not large."
Tian Lin didn’t care how many mortals these noble families had divided up; after responding to Xing Shanping, he stepped back to stand beside him.
For the moment, Xing Shanping did not want to delve into this matter and sternly declared:
"I don’t care how many farm households you’ve divided and hidden away, but if you dare commit acts against these ’hidden households’; no need for Zhao Country’s government to complain to the Yao Yue Sect, our Law Enforcement Hall will deal with you first."
After speaking, he said to the disciples who had arrived with him on the same boat, "Let’s all head into the valley now; there will be time for greetings back home after the work is done."
The outer disciples dared not defy him and followed Xing Shanping down the mountain.
Zhao Kang and several other outer disciples followed as well, advising Xing Shanping:
"Now that the Wang family members are trapped in the valley, they are like turtles in a jar. Brother, you can wait for the Sect Elder to arrive before entering the valley."
Xing Shanping stayed silent, heading directly to the entrance of the valley.
A putrid smell was now filling the entrance of the valley; Tian Lin covered his nose and looked toward the flies swarming around the entrance behind Xing Shanping.
The expressions of several accompanying disciples also looked especially grim, but Zhao Kang and his group of outer disciples seemed already accustomed to the bodies piled at the valley entrance and the swarming flies.
"Are these bodies all from the Wang family?"
After Xing Shanping asked, Zhao Kang replied, "Not only from the Wang family but also our families’ Grandmasters and Qi Refiners."
"Burn them!"
As soon as Xing Shanping finished speaking, a sect’s disciple among them stepped forward and waved his sleeve towards the bodies at the valley entrance.
A breeze brushed over the corpses, which instantly caught fire.
Within moments, a roaring fire had ignited at the valley entrance.
The smell there, mingled with the stench, turned to the scent of cooking meat.
Tian Lin frowned, covering his nose even tighter.
He glanced sideways at several of the sect’s disciples behind him, suspecting that Zhao Kang’s group kept the bodies unburned just to claim credit from the Yao Yue Sect.
Tian Lin didn’t know whether Xing Shanping had noticed it, but since Xing Shanping did not say anything, it was not his place to interject.
"Senior brother, that old man from the Wang family has been hiding in the valley and not coming out. What should we do now?"
Someone asked, to which Xing Shanping expressionlessly replied, "If he doesn’t come out to see me, I will go in to find him!"
"Senior brother, that’s not advisable!"
The sect’s disciples were all anxious, even Tian Lin loosened his hand from his mouth and said to Xing Shanping, "There are probably many Wang family disciples hidden in the valley; it is truly risky for us to go in."
However, Xing Shanping did not care about their advice and strode towards the valley entrance.
Tian Lin, feeling helpless, touched the Godspeed Talisman in his pocket, and after thinking about it, he decided to closely follow behind Xing Shanping.
Approaching the valley entrance, the flames nearly assaulted them head-on.
Xing Shanping walked in the front, stirring up a gust of wind at the valley entrance.
This wind, unlike the one raised by another sect disciple earlier, was a cold wind that blew straight across the charred bodies.
Not only did it extinguish the fire on the charred bodies, but wherever the cold wind passed, frost instantly condensed, forming a thick ice bridge.
This move from Xing Shanping boosted Tian Lin’s confidence by a few points; after all, Xing Shanping was a twelfth-tier Qi Refining expert, and besides the elder from the Wang family, how many other Qi Refiners could there be at home?
Moreover, Xing Shanping was not the only one on their side.
There were four Qi Refiners of eighth-tier, three Qi Refiners of fourth-tier among the sect disciples, plus himself, a second-tier Qi Refiner — it was not impossible to take a risk at the Wang family.
Thinking this, Tian Lin steadily followed behind Xing Shanping and the others.
They crossed the ice bridge and quickly burst through the gates at the valley entrance.
With the gate open, the bloody air mixed instantly with the air outside the valley, stirring up the robes of Tian Lin and the others like wind.
Tian Lin frowned, loosened the Godspeed Talisman, and his right hand reached for the hilt of his sword.
"How could the bloody smell here be stronger than outside? Could there have been a bloodbath here too?"
An outer disciple continuously swatted away the buzzing flies in front of him; they noticed that although the village inside appeared very clean and devoid of corpses, there were even more flies than outside the village.
"Wang Tianlin, how long are you going to hide?"
Ahead, Xing Shanping stood on an empty ground, shouting towards the main house at the end of the central axis inside the valley.
The main house’s doors were tightly closed, with no response. Instead, from the wooden houses built along the stone walls on both sides of the main house, people kept popping their heads out of the windows.
Being stared at by dozens of eyes, whether openly or stealthily, even a Qi Refiner felt a certain pressure.
After all, the Wang family had been following the Yao Yue Sect for several generations, and each generation had disciples who entered the sect for cultivation.
These disciples, before they left the sect, had reached the fifth or sixth-tier, even the eighth-tier of Qi Refining.
Additionally, the Wang family had joined the Blood Sect, so who knows how many Qi Refiners they had cultivated over the years?
"I am Xing Shanping, a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall of the Yao Yue Sect. Today, I have come to the Wang family to capture the Devil Path disciple of the Blood Sect—
Any disciple who has not cultivated Blood True Qi, if you step forward now, I will ensure you can sever ties with the Wang family and have a chance to redeem yourself through meritorious deeds."
After Xing Shanping finished speaking, the doors of the main house finally opened.
A figure swiftly flew out from the main house and appeared in front of Xing Shanping in an instant.
Tian Lin, who was behind Xing Shanping, was just about to make a move when the figure suddenly froze at a distance about half the length of Xing Shanping away and fell to the ground as an ice sculpture with a loud thud.
Tian Lin’s gaze swept over the ice sculpture, only to realize that this figure was actually a corpse that could not be deader.
The corpse was skin and bones, its flesh drained completely by some unknown means which reminded Tian Lin of Han Li’s death state.
He felt that no one would pat his shoulder again, nor would anyone invite him to eat Grass God Fish, nor would anyone warn him not to get lost in the comfort provided by Huahua Lang.
"Xing senior brother, I fear that there is no one in Wang’s family who does not cultivate Blood True Qi— this place looks so clean, yet attracts so many flies. Presumably, this valley has long become a ’slaughterhouse’ already."
Tian Lin said, "So, there’s no need for us to strain ourselves distinguishing who has or hasn’t cultivated Blood True Qi. We might as well just report to Elder He and have him directly raze this valley."