Chapter 14: I Know This One!
“Immortal, save me.”
The woman, dressed in pink robes that revealed just enough to be suggestive, looked at him while wearing very little. “I am very cheap. As long as the little brother buys me, I will definitely work like an ox or a horse to repay you.”
Lin Qingyue tried to pull his leg out again, frowning. “Let go first.”
“Is Little Brother agreeing to save this slave from deep waters and scorching fire?”
The woman looked at him hesitantly and mournfully. The fierce-looking strong men behind her watched but didn’t make a move to pull her back.
Facing this scene of human trafficking, Lin Qingyue’s heart was as still as water, his eyes without a ripple. The moment the woman tentatively let go, he immediately grabbed Ye Jingxian and ran forward.
Buy her? What money do they have? Wouldn’t that require paying some kind of price?
The woman’s shrill and anxious voice rang out, but Lin Qingyue had already run far away.
Lin Qingyue stopped. “Good thing we ran fast.”
Looking back, they had missed the stone stall. “Let’s go somewhere else.”
There was a waterside pavilion not far away, close to the river, and a bridge a bit further on. Lin Qingyue thought the scenery was nice and started heading that way.
Ye Jingxian furrowed his brows. “Having entered an illusion, anyone who actively strikes up a conversation with you is extremely likely to be a test from the predecessors.”
Lin Qingyue turned his head, puzzled. “Didn’t I already give my answer? Who says one must save people?”
Ye Jingxian carried his sword in silence.
If once didn’t work, try twice.
Lin Qingyue hadn’t even seen the scenery yet when someone started “Selling Oneself to Bury Father.”
This time, the one selling himself to bury his father was a man. He looked pitiful and lovable, like a little rabbit, sobbing softly. The surrounding people were all sighing with pity. Yet, as if he had a radar turned on, he looked only at Lin Qingyue.
A woman didn’t work, so now it’s a man?!
Lin Qingyue immediately retreated several zhang away, his face full of disdain that clearly said “Don’t come near me.” His movements were so big he even left Ye Jingxian, his guardian Senior Brother, behind.
“Oh mother, scared me to death!”
Everyone’s gaze fell upon him. Lin Qingyue said innocently, “Why look at me? I’m not fighting you for him.”
“Aren’t you going to buy him?” someone asked.
Lin Qingyue said bafflingly, “Why should I buy him?”
“He is already so pitiful. If you buy him and let him bury his father, it would be a good deed.”
“Exactly. He is so pitiful; do you not have a shred of sympathy?”
“Exactly. He is already this miserable, yet you kick him while he’s down. It truly violates the way of a gentleman.”
The onlookers chimed in one after another, the core message being: You saw it, why don’t you help?
But no matter what they said, Lin Qingyue remained unmoved.
“He is indeed very pitiful, so why don’t you buy him and let him bury his father? I’ll leave the good deeds for you to do; how could I steal someone else’s merit? I don’t do that kind of thing. I leave this good deed to you all; fellow Daoists can discuss it amongst yourselves.”
Lin Qingyue shouted this loudly, then yelled toward Ye Jingxian, “Eldest Senior Brother, let’s go.”
Leaving behind a confused crowd and a “Selling Oneself to Bury Father” guy who couldn’t cry anymore, while the passersby looked full of “this shouldn’t be happening.”
As Lin Qingyue wandered, he got a bit hungry. The delicious food could only be seen, not eaten.
Full of resentment, he swept his gaze over every food stall on the roadside. Finally, his gaze landed on a bookstore and a place selling magical artifacts. “Let’s go inside and look.”
The novels always said that places selling manuals and magical artifacts were where one found hidden treasures. If he looked at every book, he’d surely find one suitable for him.
Adhering to the principle of never missing an opportunity, Lin Qingyue picked up every book and item, flipping through them carefully, trying to spot any clues.
After looking at each book, he would turn to Ye Jingxian and ask him to look too.
“These are all over the place outside.”
“Cultivation basics.”
“Anyone human knows this.”
“No one would buy this.”
“This sword technique consists of very basic moves.”
Ye Jingxian’s forehead throbbed wildly. He looked at him as if looking at an idiot. “You have to ask about this too?”
Lin Qingyue brought the book closer to his eyes, a bit guilty. “Hehe, habit, sorry. Isn’t it because I feel Eldest Senior Brother reads faster than me?”
What is this called? This is called making the best use of everything. No, wait, those who are able should do more work.
After flipping through everything one by one and finding nothing he wanted, Lin Qingyue shifted his gaze to the passing pedestrians, trying to see if there was anything different about them.
“Eldest Senior Brother, will we starve to death here?”
Lin Qingyue squatted by the roadside, somewhat helpless, drawing circles on the ground while looking up at him.
Ye Jingxian glanced down and spoke coldly. “When the time comes, I will go out myself.”
Right, I overthought it.
Lin Qingyue: “Illusion, shm-illusion. Why not change it? I’ve searched for half a day and haven’t seen a useful sword technique. This predecessor won’t give me a technique but insists on keeping me in the illusion; this kind of behavior is really not kind. In the future, I must remind the junior brothers and sisters.”
Ye Jingxian: “This predecessor likes you very much.”
“Eldest Senior Brother, this joke isn’t funny at all.” Lin Qingyue complained, “Have you ever seen someone who likes you trap you and not give you manuals or treasures?”
Ye Jingxian: “If they didn’t look favorably upon you, you wouldn’t even encounter the illusion.”
The Forest of Ten Thousand Sword Tablets had always required one to be “fated.” The illusions here were very random. Being able to enter an illusion was only the first step; whether one could obtain a sword technique within the illusion was the key.
What everyone encountered upon entering was different. Encountering a rain of swords or a forest of blades, dodging them, and comprehending a sword technique from within was an opportunity.
Directly obtaining a sword technique manual and comprehending it oneself was also an opportunity. And like Lin Qingyue, entering an illusion, undergoing a test, and receiving a legacy was also an opportunity.
Listening to him talk about the different stories that had happened in the Forest of Ten Thousand Sword Tablets, Lin Qingyue found it increasingly interesting.
“Then what about you, Eldest Senior Brother? How did you get your sword technique?”
The expression on Ye Jingxian’s face remained as always as he spoke coldly. “After entering the Forest of Ten Thousand Sword Tablets, I was trapped in a sword tower. I had to kill dozens of levels of puppets from the inside and forcibly break out of the tower.”
So compared to Lin Qingyue entering an illusion where the task was blatantly just to save people, theirs was either suffering or bad luck.
Lin Qingyue: “If I go save people now, it should still be in time, right?”
Why didn’t you say so earlier? I thought there was some conspiracy.
Ye Jingxian glanced at him. “Too late.”
Lin Qingyue stood up and clapped his hands. “True enough. A good horse doesn’t eat the grass behind it. If I missed it, I missed it. Can only say there was no destiny.”
Ye Jingxian: “You are quite open-minded.”
Lin Qingyue just smiled. He said casually, “Doesn’t a person have to be open-minded?”
After all, when one can’t let go, blaming the heavens and others, hating fate for being unfair, and blaming every reason under the sun is still futile and helpless.
“Kid, you are right. This old man thinks what you said makes sense.”
Suddenly, an old man popped out of the crowd, grinning at the two of them.
“Child, I think your bone structure is unique. You are a…”
“I know! I know this one!” Lin Qingyue answered quickly. “I am a rare cultivation genius. Whatever sword technique Senior wants to pass on, I can learn it.”
So hurry up and teach it. I’m hungry; I want to go back and eat.
“No.”
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