I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

This voice was extremely loud and icy, causing all the lamps in the inn to light up.

A man's voice suddenly rang out from one of the rooms: "Middle of the night, which crazy lady isn't sleeping and making a ruckus outside, watch out or—"

The man's voice stopped abruptly, as Tian Lin and Brother Zhao hastily ran towards the window and broke it open, but saw no one on the street outside.

Just then, with a 'creak' sound, Tian Lin and Brother Zhao turned their heads to see a white-clad figure push open the door of their own room from the corridor and then slowly walked in.

Originally planning to flee, Tian Lin now stood still, and turned to greet the appearing woman with a bow: "Tian Lin, a white-clad disciple of Yao Yue Sect, pays respects to the senior from the Heart Inquiry Sect."

The white-clad woman waved her left hand and the room, previously dim, brightened up.

She glanced over Brother Zhao and Tian Lin with her sharp eyes, stepped on the bloodied footprints into the main room of the inn, and then carelessly threw the unconscious Brother Jiang onto the ground with a sneer:

"You from Yao Yue Sect really have the nerve, killing people from my Heart Inquiry Sect and then daring to cause trouble on my turf."

Zhou Shichou quickly stepped forward and said, "Auntie, these friends of mine, they aren't—"

Zhou Shichou didn't finish his words before receiving a slap to the face from the woman.

The woman glared at Zhou Shichou, whose face was now swollen, and said, "Friends? You make friends with your family's murderer?"

Tian Lin knew that if he wanted to save his own life, he couldn't just stand by and watch Zhou Shichou get hit.

As Zhou Shichou was the only one who could plead on his behalf now and in the future, Tian Lin was frightened, but still, he stepped forward to bow and said:

"Senior has misunderstood, the death of the Seventh Elder was not Yao Yue Sect's intention. I did not know Elder He had caused such a disaster— I am willing to compensate with the Heart Inquiry Pill formula."

Tian Lin didn't want to play his hand so soon, but as he saw the woman's hand start to move towards him.

He instinctively felt that this slap was different from the one given to Zhou Shichou. If this slap landed on his face, it would not just be half an inch swollen, but rather his entire head might explode.

Sure enough, Zhou Shichou's plea didn't have much effect; it was the Heart Inquiry Pill formula that made the difference.

The woman retracted her hand and pulled Zhou Shichou, who was covering his face, to her side and asked him, "Is what this kid said true?"

Zhou Shichou hurriedly replied, "Brother Tian speaks the truth, he has the Heart Inquiry Pill, given to him by the Peak Master of his sect. That Peak Master also possesses the formula for the Heart Inquiry Pill—however, our sect might have to offer Sister Han and Brother Zhong in exchange."

Upon hearing this, the white-clad woman snorted coldly, then laughed:

"Exchange what? Leave this kid here too, let the one surnamed Xiao send over the Heart Inquiry Pill formula, and when the time comes, we'll keep the formula but not return the people."

At her words, Tian Lin said resolutely:

"The Heart Inquiry Pill formula is hardly worth mentioning. If it is something a friend desires, my Baihua Peak will naturally not be stingy; but if the senior intends to kill me and does not consider my Baihua Peak a friend, then you can forget about getting the formula for the Heart Inquiry Pill."

The white-clad woman said, "If the one surnamed Xiao won't give it, do you think my Heart Inquiry Sect cannot just take it?"

Tian Lin laughed, and after his laughter ceased, his expression became solemn, saying:

"My Yao Yue Sect has never robbed others in a thousand years since its founding, and no one should even dream of robbing a single needle from Yao Yue Sect—

If the senior does not believe me, just kill me and then lead the seniors of the Heart Inquiry Sect to pay a visit to Yao Yue Sect."

If begging for mercy was useful at this time, Tian Lin might have considered how to beg.

But he also knew that begging for mercy was mostly futile.

"Auntie, for the Heart Inquiry Pill formula—"

"Shut up!"

The white-clad woman silenced Zhou Shichou, then said to him, "Take those corpses of the Blood Sect Devotees outside and come back to the sect with me now."

As the white-clad woman spoke, she jumped out of the window and stood on the Flying Boat outside the window.

She, decked in white and extremely beautiful, instantly drew the attention of the townspeople.

The mortal populace hurriedly knocked their heads to the ground in prayer, wishing to ask for divine intervention and beg her for magical methods, but how could the white-clad woman care about them?

Inside the room, Tian Lin looked at Brother Zhao and smiled, saying, "We agreed that I would go alone to the sect, but now it looks like all three of us are going to enter the Heart Inquiry Sect."

Brother Zhao forced a smile, then walked up to Brother Jiang and slapped the snoozing Brother Jiang awake.

Brother Jiang, covering his face and glaring at Brother Zhao angrily, heard Brother Zhao curse, "It's all your fault, now none of us can escape, so hurry up and get ready to enter the Heart Inquiry Sect together?"

While Brother Zhao was dragging Brother Jiang, Tian Lin hesitated whether to take out a Thunder Talisman.

After thinking for a while, he still didn't take the risk.

Although each of the three talisman papers had the power of a late-stage Foundation Establishment strike, could they really kill the white-clad woman at the Foundation Establishment Realm?

Once he made a move, that would truly leave him with no way out.

On the contrary, if he obediently joined the Heart Inquiry Sect now, as long as they wanted the Heart Inquiry Pill formula, they would not actually kill him.

Soon, Zhou Shichou carrying a woman's corpse got on the Flying Boat, and Tian Lin and the other two also followed, jumping onto the Flying Boat.

The Flying Boat turned into a beam of escaping light in an instant, appearing outside the town in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Zhou Shichou was silent, but Brother Jiang couldn't stop begging for mercy from the white-clad woman at the bow of the boat.

But his pleas were futile, only eliciting a slap from the woman in white.

Watching as Disciple Jiang fainted once again, Tian Lin actually felt relieved.

It appeared that although the woman in white was hot-tempered, she wasn't so volatile as to kill at the slightest provocation.

At last, the mountain gate of the Heart Inquiry Sect came into view, and the Flying Boat soared over the gate, landing upon a cliff.

Tian Lin glanced at the mountain gate beyond the cliff, only to see two lines that read "Eternally separate mortals from immortals, neither human nor ghost shall enter."

How could Tian Lin not recognize the handwriting of the Yao Yue Sect's Ancestor?

Yet he chose to remain silent, not voicing the doubts in his heart.

The stone steps beyond the gate of the Heart Inquiry Sect were high, but clearly, they were not the Immortal Ladder.

The group ascended the stone steps, and soon a young man in white approached from afar.

This young man ran down from the mountain and halted at the second platform, bowing to the woman in white, "Shihen pays respects to auntie."

The woman in white glanced at the youth and pointed at Tian Lin and the others, "These are disciples of the Yao Yue Sect, take them to the Water Room!"

Upon hearing this, the youth repeated his acknowledgment. As soon as the woman in white departed, he turned his gaze towards Tian Lin and his companions, sneering, "Well, well, the Yao Yue Sect's brats dare to come to our Heart Inquiry Sect."

Seeing this, Zhou Shichou hurriedly said, "Second brother, do not harm anyone!"

The youth sheathed his sword, but his gaze at Tian Lin and the others remained unfriendly, "What are you three still standing there for? Follow me!"

Zhou Shichou, not reassured about Tian Lin and his companions, accompanied them, detouring from the mountainside towards the so-called Water Room.

Tian Lin surveyed the Heart Inquiry Sect, finding that only two or three mountain peaks had buildings.

Moreover, even those few peaks had only a handful of inhabited places, looking nothing like the grandeur of the Yao Yue Sect.

"All disciples of the Heart Inquiry Sect wear white, all dressed in simple attire."

Brother Zhao whispered in Tian Lin's ear, with a shut-down Disciple Jiang behind him.

Tian Lin nodded. He then asked Zhou Shichou, "I wonder if my fellow disciple Han Yue and Brother Zhong are also in the Water Room?"

When in the sect, Tian Lin would address Han Yue as senior sister, but outside he was the Peak Master, yet now he only referred to Han Yue as junior sister.

Zhou Shichou hadn't gotten the chance to speak when Zhou Shihen beside him sneered, "Of course, they're in the Water Room—old Sixth still hasn't been buried yet; we certainly can't bear to let them die."

As they spoke, the group was led to a cave.

The sound of water flowed continuously inside the cave, but no stream flowed out.

Tian Lin and his company were brought into the cave and discovered it was not dark inside; lamps were lit all around the stone walls.

"Hold your breaths for all I care, and if you can't, die; this world doesn't leave survival paths for the worthless."

Inside the cave, a man's gloomy voice sounded, and as Tian Lin and the others entered, they saw a man with bulging muscles and a whip in his hand, coldly watching over a deep pond.

And in that pond were seven or eight youths.

The youngest of these youths were only eleven or twelve years old, and the oldest were about twenty.

They all submerged themselves in the pond water, holding their breath and cultivating.

In the water, snakes slithered in and out of their clothes, biting and tearing at their flesh.

"Enduring such hardships today is all for the sake of surviving in this world;

You must never forget how our ancestors of the Zhou Family were driven to this barren Yulong Continent, and even to death, remember that we are but Huahua Lang residing in a foreign land—our roots are in Cangzhou!"

Having said this, the man turned to look towards Tian Lin and his companions.

His gaze first fell on Brother Zhao, as Tian Lin and his group were not disciples of the Heart Inquiry Sect, and among them, Brother Zhao had the highest cultivation.

"Shichou, Shihen, are these three from the Yao Yue Sect?" The man's gaze put immense pressure on Tian Lin and his friends, but fortunately, it soon moved away from them and turned to Zhou Shichou and Zhou Shihen beside him.

Zhou Shichou stepped forward, "Elder Seven, these are friends from the Yao Yue Sect."

The word 'friends' made the man's brows furrow deeply, and at that moment, Tian Lin promptly stepped forward and bowed, "Disciple Tian Lin of the Yao Yue Sect pays respects to Elder Seven."

The man paid no heed to Tian Lin, instead directing his attention to Zhou Shichou.

Zhou Shichou stated, "These three were brought here by auntie, who instructed us to lock them up in the Water Room first."

The man nodded, then chuckled coldly, looking at Tian Lin and his friends:

"Good. The Water Room is indeed a fine place. It is where our Heart Inquiry Sect trains our disciples, since your Yao Yue Sect has the capability to kill our people, presumably you're also not afraid of the poisonous snakes in this Water Room."

Looking at the variously colored snakes in the pond, Disciple Jiang began to cry out:

"Elder, please spare our lives; none of us have ever killed any disciples of the Heart Inquiry Sect."

Tian Lin's gaze swept over the pond, noticing the glowing terms on the snakes. Bowing to the man, he said:

"As the guests follow the host's lead, if the elder wishes to host us in the Water Room, then as the younger generation, we would not dare to decline.