I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

Heart Inquiry Mountain is not towering, and the Heart Inquiry Hall appears quite ordinary.

Tian Lin, following several elders, ascended the mountain and entered the Heart Inquiry Hall, where many disciples of the Heart Inquiry Sect were already standing in the courtyard outside.

These disciples of the Heart Inquiry Hall kept their eyes fixed on Tian Lin, bypassing the elders, as if trying to discern whether Tian Lin had grown three heads and six arms, and why he was worthy of receiving the legacy of the Heart Inquiry Ancestor in the 'Jia' character room.

"Shichou, go find some clothes for your junior brother Tian."

Just as they entered the Heart Inquiry Hall, the sect leader suddenly halted at the doorway and spoke to Zhou Shichou in the courtyard.

Zhou Shichou stepped forward about to accept the command when Tian Lin promptly said, "I have new clothes in my Storage Bag, I was thinking of borrowing the side hall for a moment."

The sect leader then told Zhou Shichou, "Shichou, take your junior brother Tian to my meditation room; once he is changed, bring him here."

Zhou Shichou hadn't yet returned to his place and immediately accepted the command, inviting Tian Lin to the side hall.

The sect leader's meditation room was in a compartment behind the side hall, a small room that could only fit a bed.

Tian Lin in the 'Jia' character room had no major bodily injuries but his clothes were ragged and he was filthy all over.

He first washed his body hurriedly with water from the well before entering the meditation room to change into the robes of the Yao Yue Sect.

When Zhou Shichou led Tian Lin back, after a long while, he finally managed to say:

"Junior brother Tian, your talent is indeed exceptional, to have gained the recognition of our Ancestor."

Tian Lin quickly replied, "The brothers of the Heart Inquiry Sect are much stronger than me. I merely gained the legacy by chance, unlike the brothers who didn't rely on Elixirs, but cultivated the Heart Inquiry Skill on their own."

Zhou Shichou, not good with words, found his earlier compliment genuine, but Tian Lin's courteous remarks left him momentarily unsure how to respond.

Fortunately, the sect leader's meditation room was not far from the Heart Inquiry Hall, and Tian Lin soon returned there.

He glanced at the over twenty disciples of the Heart Inquiry Sect still standing outside the Hall, puzzled, not understanding why these disciples had been summoned.

While Tian Lin's thoughts were many, it did not delay him from entering the Heart Inquiry Hall and paying respects to the sect leader and several Heart Inquiry Sect elders.

No sooner had he finished his respects, the sect leader rose from his seat and walked to the entrance of the Heart Inquiry Hall, addressing the twenty-plus disciples standing on the stone steps:

"Since your senior brother Shixue received the legacy, ten years have passed, and now the 'Jia' character room of the Heart Inquiry Sect has welcomed another successor of the old Ancestor."

Hearing this, a disciple immediately stepped forward and said:

"I believe that junior brother Tian is quite good. However, he is still a notch below senior brother Shixue. When senior brother Shixue left the 'Jia' character room, his Heart Inquiry Skill was already Perfect, but this junior brother Tian—"

As he tilted his head towards Tian Lin, the sect leader answered for him:

"This junior brother Tian of yours also achieved the Perfect Realm of the Heart Inquiry Skill the moment he left the 'Jia' character room.

It's just that he does not specialize in the Heart Inquiry Skill, thus his Spiritual Sense is insufficient, preventing him from freely using the Heart Inquiry Skill, otherwise none of you would be his match."

These words caused a bit of an uproar in the courtyard.

Someone stepped forward to question: "Even though he is a disciple of the Yao Yue Sect, if he has practiced the Heart Inquiry Skill, he is still not a child of our Zhou family. How could the spirit of our deceased Ancestor show favor to an outsider?"

Although these remarks seemed unreasonable, the Heart Inquiry Skill is everything to the Heart Inquiry Sect, and being a successor of the 'Jia' character room is both a reward and an honor.

Years ago, when Liu Xuanfeng entered the Heart Inquiry Sect and received the legacy, it had left the people of the Heart Inquiry Sect feeling extremely ashamed.

Now that Tian Lin has arrived, not only has he once again received the legacy that many of the Zhou family could not obtain, but he has also perfected the legacy.

The disciples wonder, is Heart Inquiry Skill truly a family tradition of the Heart Inquiry Sect?

Is the 'Jia' character room meant for the Zhou family, or for the disciples of the Liu family?

How could an outsider simply arrive and receive more than they have?

"Since Tian Lin has received the approval of the Ancestor, then he is no longer an outsider to our Heart Inquiry Sect."

After the sect leader said this, he glanced at Tian Lin.

Tian Lin, finding it improper to speak, could only respectfully perform a bow.

The sect leader ignored Tian Lin and turned again to address the disciples in the courtyard:

"I have summoned you all not only to tell you that Tian Lin has gained the Ancestor's approval and legacy. But also to tell you that a stone carving left by the Ancestor has cracked."

People below exchanged glances, and Tian Lin too was somewhat puzzled.

The sect leader turned to look at a woman in white, who then lifted the red cloth on the table.

Under the red cloth, a mountain-shaped stone carving, instantly revealing itself as Dao Seeking Mountain, was presented.

As the woman in white held the two split halves of the mountain-shaped carving out of the hall, the disciples who saw the stone carving were immediately abuzz, and Tian Lin was also surprised by the mountain-shaped stone carving resting on the transmission plate.

This mountain-shaped stone carving, Tian Lin had seen it in the illusion; it was what Zhou Qing had brought from the Wendaos Sect.

However, Tian Lin did not expect that one day he would see this thing from a thousand-year-old illusion in reality.

"Could the cracking of the mountain-shaped stone carving be related to junior brother Tian?"

The disciples in the courtyard, already speculating, though addressing the sect leader, stared intensely at Tian Lin.

Tian Lin turned his head, also looking at the sect leader, wanting to understand his intentions.

Then he heard the sect leader say: "Our Heart Inquiry Sect Ancestor, when leaving the 'Jia' character room, also left a will—

Whoever causes the Heart Inquiry Stone Carving to crack upon entering the Heart Inquiry Room is the Chosen One, and should immediately assume the position of Sect Leader. All disciples and elders must wholeheartedly assist, and must not defy this order—"