Chapter 118: Return to the Sect, Acquire a Flying Sword
To prevent further complications, Elder Xiao took Tian Lin to a side room for a secret discussion. Afterward, he left the room and handed over the formula of the Heart Inquiry Pill to the sect leader Zhou.
Sect leader Zhou glanced over the formula twice before handing it to the Great Elder.
As the Great Elder took the formula and entered the side room to try refining the elixir, Sect leader Zhou took off a tag from his waist, seemingly made of wood but not wood, and handed it to Tian Lin:
"Every disciple of our Heart Inquiry Sect has such a tag. Now that you have cultivated the Heart Inquiry Skill, although you are not a member of the Zhou family, you are also considered a disciple of our sect."
Tian Lin took the tag and looked at it briefly, noting that the front of the wood tag was engraved with the words 'Heart Inquiry', while the back had an asymmetrical ten-character phrase: 'Holding the pen to draw the worldly society, watching the universe from the palm.'
As Tian Lin was examining the tag, Second Elder couldn't help but speak, "Elder brother, this tag—"
Sect leader Zhou waved his hand, instructing Tian Lin:
"This tag has never been given to anyone outside our Heart Inquiry Sect, not even your master has obtained it. And this tag is made of thousand-year-old wood, thus it is quite precious."
"Thousand-year-old wood?"
Elder Xiao couldn't help showing surprise as he looked at the wooden tag in Tian Lin's hand, "Is it the thousand-year-old wood destroyed a thousand years ago?"
"Yes— Immortal Sinking Pond's water sinks things, and only thousand-year-old wood can ferry people across. Ever since the thousand-year-old wood in Yulong Continent was destroyed, there are not many of such wood left in the world."
Realizing how rare the wooden tag in his hand was, Tian Lin immediately bowed and expressed his thanks.
At that moment, the Great Elder walked out from the side room.
He was holding a wooden box, within which were several pills.
The pills emitted a faint fragrance of herbs and grass, which drew the gaze unconsciously.
While placing the pills on the table in front of Sect leader Zhou, the Great Elder nodded, "It is indeed the formula of the Heart Inquiry Pill."
Sect leader Zhou's face lit up with joy, then turned his gaze towards Elder Xiao.
Elder Xiao understood Sect leader Zhou's intention and immediately said, "Senior Brother Zhou, rest assured, the Heart Inquiry Skill is your sect's spell, I, Xiao, will never pass the Heart Inquiry Pill formula to anyone else."
Sect leader Zhou reciprocated:
"Elder Xiao's character I do trust. Here I have a 'Nourishing God Pill', although it cannot cure nephew Zhong's hysteria, it can prevent his condition from worsening."
Han Yue, who had been standing on the periphery, felt both joy and sadness; she was joyful that Sect leader Zhou was willing to grant an elixir, but saddened that even Sect leader Zhou could not cure her brother Zhong's hysteria. Who in Yulong Continent could then?
She knelt down to kowtow and thank him, tears in her eyes as she said, "Disciple would like to ask Elder Zhou for guidance, is there really no way at all for my brother's hysteria?"
Sect leader Zhou pondered for a moment, then shook his head:
"It's not that there's no way, but that way is perhaps as difficult as ascending to the heavens. Your brother is now mentally deranged due to a damaged Spiritual Sense and a fragmented Divine Soul, which causes his madness. If he had the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Realm, even if his Sea of Consciousness was injured, it would eventually heal itself—
But he's already delirious, how could he achieve the state of Foundation Establishment?"
Han Yue kneeling on the ground had a sorrowful expression, seeing which, Tian Lin hurriedly helped her up, while Elder Xiao seized the opportunity to bow to Sect leader Zhou, saying:
"Now that everything is settled, we have many matters to attend to back in our sect, so we won't disturb Elder Zhou and the fellow brothers any longer."
Sect leader Zhou also bowed to Elder Xiao, personally escorting the people of Yao Yue Sect out of the Heart Inquiry Hall.
Outside the Heart Inquiry Hall, the disciples of Heart Inquiry Sect looked at Tian Lin and his companions with complex eyes.
They wanted to kill Tian Lin and his group to avenge their Sixth Elder, yet they were reluctant to part with the Heart Inquiry Pill formula.
Only after Elder Xiao's Flying Boat ascended and completely left the territory of the Heart Inquiry Sect did those vengeful glances truly disappear.
Senior Brother Zhao on the boat breathed a sigh of relief, unable to resist saying, "I was always afraid that the people from Heart Inquiry Sect would act shamelessly, taking the Heart Inquiry Pill formula and then denying recognition."
Elder Xiao at the bow of the boat huffed, "The people of Heart Inquiry Sect do not concern themselves with worldly matters, so they seem detached but cultivate a simple nature. Plus Tian Lin—"
He stopped talking and suddenly turned from the bow to look at Tian Lin.
Tian Lin knew Elder Xiao had many questions, but now was clearly not the time to discuss them.
Finally, at dawn the next day, the Flying Boat stopped by Baihua Peak.
Senior Brother Zhao, stepping off the Flying Boat, felt like crying, couldn't help but lament, "If it weren't for Brother Tian this trip to Heart Inquiry Sect, we probably wouldn't have made it back."
Meanwhile, Han Yue also carried Zhong Wujie off the boat, beside Tian Lin she said, "This time, it was all thanks to elder brother's help, junior sister hereby thanks you."
Tian Lin slightly shook his head, he was about to express modesty, but Elder Xiao who had retracted the Flying Boat said:
"Tian Lin, follow me to the Daoist Temple, Han Yue, go report to your elder sister Xiao about your safety. Moreover, your experiences in Heart Inquiry Sect including Tian Lin's, do not speak of them to anyone."
After finishing his words, Elder Xiao turned and left, Tian Lin had no choice but to use the Wind Walking Skill to follow closely behind.
The two soon arrived at the peak's Daoist Temple.
Elder Xiao's Daoist Temple was somewhat similar to Liu Xuanfeng's Daoist Temple; at first glance, Tian Lin seemed to see a Daoist Child guarding the door.
However, in reality, the little Daoist child from Lianshui Peak, along with Thirteen Niang, had long disappeared along with Elder Liu.
And the so-called Daoist child at Elder Xiao's door was actually Elder Feng.
As soon as Elder Feng saw Tian Lin closely following behind Elder Xiao, he knew the trip had been smooth.
He waited until Tian Lin and Elder Xiao entered the Daoist Temple before asking Elder Xiao, "Elder Xiao, did you really give the Heart Inquiry Pill formula to Heart Inquiry Sect?"
Elder Xiao sat down at a table in the courtyard, poured himself a cup of tea, glanced at Tian Lin again before lightly saying: