Chapter 122 Tomb of the Golden Core Ancestor

For the next half month, Tian Lin stayed in the illusion.

He spent a lot of time eating water spirit rice at the twenty-first level. Even he himself didn't remember how much water spirit rice he ate, but he couldn't feel the existence of the sword intention.

With no choice but to do so, Tian Lin had to temporarily give up on the illusion at the twenty-first level and climb higher.

While Tian Lin was climbing the mountain, the other outer disciples, including the handyman disciples, were not idle either.

Especially at Jianfeng, the talisman papers that no one cared about in the past are now all sold out no matter how expensive they are.

Everyone is preparing for the next stage of life and death, but Tian Lin is still climbing.

"Hall Master Huang, we have already arrived at Kun Lake. We are about to get the Foundation Establishment Pool. Why don't you leave?"

In the fantasy world, Tian Lin was at the edge of a lake.

The big lake looks very ordinary. Apart from the cool breeze and the opportunity for fishing, there is nothing special about it.

Tian Lin looked doubtfully at the old man in Taoist robes who was talking next to him, and then at the middle-aged man on the other side.

It's just an old man in Taoist robes. Although he is respectful to Tian Lin, he is not afraid of him.

But the middle-aged man looked very humble. When Tian Lin looked at him, he bowed slightly.

Tian Lin glanced at the embroidery on the middle-aged man's inner lining and knew that this was a blood cultist, presumably one of his subordinates, so Tian Lin asked him politely:

"Master Zhou said that there is a foundation building pool here. Do you think Master Zhou would lie to me?"

The middle-aged man hurriedly said: "If you think about it carefully, everything Master Zhou said does not seem to be a lie. Moreover, Master Zhou and the Hall Master have been friends for many years, so I think they are very reliable."

Tian Lin smiled and looked at the old man in Taoist robes with squinted eyes:

"Yes, I think if it hadn't been for you, Master Zhou, I wouldn't have been able to cross the ocean from Yulong Continent to the border of Cangzhou. Now time flies, how old was Master Zhou back then?"

After Tian Lin asked, the old man in Taoist robe said: "I was less than thirty years old at that time. Time flies so fast. I never imagined that more than forty years have passed in the blink of an eye."

Tian Lin nodded slightly. Only then could he confirm that the first section of the 99th stone steps to the second section of the 30th stone steps was the experience of Patriarch Yao Yue in the forty years since he was in Cangzhou.

"Yes, after forty years, you are half buried in the soil. And I am also over a hundred years old and dying."

"Just because everyone doesn't have much time, it's more important to go into Kun Lake to find the Foundation Establishment Pool."

Tian Lin had seen the portrait in Zhong Wuji's travel notes and knew that he would be attacked by Zhou Xianshi and another man during this trip.

According to Zhong Wuji's records, although Master Zhou Xian had the twelfth level of Qi refining, his spells were only at the mid-level and minor level.

As for that man, his cultivation level is not low, but his spells are only mid-level.

But Tian Lin's experience told him that other people's illusions are different from his own.

The people or things in other people's illusions are all fake, and their strength is greatly reduced.

But many times the people or things in his fantasy world are not real or fake. At least the strength of these people has not been compromised.

"In order to build the foundation pool, of course I will go down to Kun Lake - but even if I want to go down to Kun Lake, I have to be fully prepared before going down."

Tian Lin remembered that in the travel notes, Master Zhou and the Hanzi were attacking Ancestor Yao Yue in the water.

He was sure that Kun Lake was a 'bait' or a 'trap', so of course he refused to go into the lake.

Seeing this, Master Zhou Xian frowned and said:

"It seems that Hall Master Huang still can't trust me - well, since Hall Master Huang can't trust me, why not lend me the Zhou family's wooden plaque first. After I successfully build the foundation, I can return the wooden plaque to Huang Tang host."

Tian Lin frowned. Although he had some guesses in his heart, he still pretended not to know: "What kind of wooden sign is the Zhou family?"

"Haha, of course it's the Zhou family heirloom wooden plaque held only by the head of the Zhou family."

Zhou Xianshi frowned and smiled with a little anger: "Why, Hall Master Huang himself refuses to enter Kun Lake, so he won't let us enter Kun Lake, right?"

Tian Lin heard this and touched his waist.

He was sure that there was a wooden sign in the storage bag, but there was indeed a wooden sign hanging on his waist.

"Paint the rivers and lakes with a pen, and see the world in the palm of your hand - it turns out it means taking charge of the lakes and lakes, I understand."

Tian Lin laughed. When Master Zhou reached out to take the token in his hand, Tian Lin suddenly took the token away and asked Master Zhou: "How come you know everything about the secret of the Zhou family's wooden plaque?"

Master Zhou Xian looked at Tian Lin with more suspicion, but still replied: "You knew I was a disciple of the Zhou family, why did you still ask questions knowingly?"

Although Master Zhou’s surname was Zhou, Tian Lin never thought that he was a member of the Zhou family.

In fact, he met Master Zhou Xian earlier than Zhou Qing.

If Master Zhou had not captured people and sold them to the Blood Cult, Patriarch Yao Yue would not have been able to reach Cangzhou.

And Tian Lin’s understanding of the Zhou family was limited to Patriarch Yao Yue’s ambush on Zhou Qing——

Because the time span of the fantasy was so long, although Tian Lin knew that the Zhou family was a well-known family in Pingyang County, apart from Zhou Shoufan and his son, the only Zhou family he had ever met was Zhou Qing.

"Since you are a member of the Zhou family, why would you tell me, an outsider, the family's secrets? Aren't you afraid that the ancestors of the Zhou family will come to you, an unworthy descendant, in your dreams?"

Most people would be angry at Tian Lin's words, but Master Zhou Xian gave up his doubts about Tian Lin after hearing this.

He smiled and said: "As expected, Hall Master Huang still doesn't trust me, thinking that I want to avenge the Zhou family. In fact, there is no need - although you destroyed the Zhou family, I don't hate you."

Master Zhou said: "Even if you, Master Huang, don't kill all the Zhou family members, I will do it myself. Think about it. The Zhou family has been passed down for generations, and countless water spirit rice has been planted. Has it ever benefited me?

Although I am only a side branch and my talent is not very good. But my heart to the Tao is very strong, no worse than that of the direct descendants. Why do they have spiritual rice to eat when they are born, but I have to rely on going out to sea to sell people to survive? Heaven is so unfair to me!"

Tian Lin nodded and said: "Yes, Heaven is never fair to people."

After speaking, Tian Lin threw the token in his hand to Master Zhou and said: "Okay, I will lend you the token, and you go down alone. When you find the foundation pool, come up to find us."

He said "we", obviously wanting the man next to him to stay on the shore.

Immortal Zhou looked a little unhappy, and said, "That is the graveyard of the powerful Jindan masters. How dare I break in alone? Besides, Master Huang asked me to go down alone. Aren't you afraid that I will take away all the benefits after finding the foundation-building pool?"

Tian Lin smiled and said, "This is originally your Zhou family's property. If you can monopolize the foundation-building pool, then I have nothing to say."

Immortal Zhou looked at the man next to Tian Lin, and then said to Tian Lin, "Master Huang, look into my eyes."

Tian Lin really looked at him.

But soon, Immortal Zhou's face changed, and he stepped back two steps and shouted, "Brother Jiao, hurry up!"

The man next to Tian Lin was stunned, and the knife in his hand chopped towards Tian Lin.

Tian Lin's Fengxing technique instantly disappeared from the spot, and appeared behind Immortal Zhou in an instant.

Immortal Zhou knew something was wrong, but when he turned around with his sword, it was too late.

Tian Lin's flying sword cut off Immortal Zhou's head, and then hung it on the man's forehead.

The man still held the knife in his hand, staring at the flying sword between his eyebrows, and was so scared that he swallowed his saliva.

"Tell me, what benefits did Lao Zhou give you that you want to betray me?"

The man knelt on the ground, threw the knife aside, and begged for mercy:

"Please forgive me, Master. I was blinded by greed and was bewitched by Zhou. I coveted the position of the master - I beg you to spare my life."

Tian Lin smiled when he heard it, walked to the man and took down the sword hanging between his eyebrows, and then put it on his neck again.

"Tell me again, is there really a foundation pool under Kun Lake?"

The man felt the cold touch of the flying sword on his neck, and cold sweat flowed from his forehead.

He did not dare to stand up, still kneeling in front of the corpse of Master Zhou, saying:

"As far as I know, this Kun Lake is indeed the ancestral property of the Zhou family. It's just that no one has paid attention to it because Kun Lake is ordinary on the surface.

I have also been to the bottom of the lake with the same surname Zhou, and I have indeed seen a keyhole on a stone wall at the bottom of the lake. I just don't know if there is really a tomb treasure behind this keyhole."

Tian Lin heard him and asked him again: "The tomb is built under the water. Even if it is a Qi-refining cultivator, how long can they hold their breath in the water?"

The man was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Tian Lin, but Tian Lin scratched a bloody mark on his neck. He immediately stopped turning his head and said in a hoarse voice:

"Master, don't you bring a breath-holding pill? With a breath-holding pill, it's nothing to not breathe for a day."

When Tian Lin entered the illusion, in addition to his own storage bag, he now also had the storage bag of Patriarch Yaoyue.

But at this time, he couldn't open the storage bag of the old man Yaoyue. According to Zhong Wuji, everything in the illusion is fake, so the storage bag can't be used by people.

But Tian Lin's situation is different. He doesn't think that things in the illusion can't be used in the illusion. He just can't open the storage bag of the old man Yaoyue.

"Let me see your breath-holding pill."

After Tian Lin finished speaking, the man trembled and took out the breath-holding pill from his own storage bag.

Tian Lin frowned and took a look, only to see the prompt words:

[Disguise pill, can change a person's appearance for twelve hours, edible]

The man knelt on the ground, not knowing that Tian Lin's face was distressed at the moment. He only noticed that Tian Lin hadn't spoken for a long time, so his body was shaking a little.

"Okay, follow me to the bottom of the lake."

Tian Lin didn't wait for the man to speak, picked up the man and drilled to the bottom of the lake.

The ordinary lake water did not have any prompt words. Not only did Tian Lin feel suffocated, but the man also felt the coolness and uncomfortable suffocation in the water.

He stared at the breath-holding pill thrown away by Tian Lin, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and dive to the bottom of the lake.

The two of them dived about ten feet, avoiding a group of fish and shrimps, and the man brought Tian Lin to a place close to the stone wall.

The man pushed aside a piece of green algae on the stone wall, and soon exposed a round hole as big as a bowl.

Tian Lin gave the wooden sign to the man, and the man took the wooden sign and probed into the round hole.

Not long after, Tian Lin vaguely heard a "click" sound, and then the huge stone wall in front of the two people trembled violently, not only shaking off a pile of green algae attached to it, but also stirring up waves of mud and sand.

The turbid mud and sand blocked people's sight, but Tian Lin still saw the spacious space inside after the huge stone was opened.

Tian Lin saw this and threw the man behind the stone gate while he was struggling.

As soon as the man got rid of Tian Lin's control, he wanted to escape through the stone gate.

But as soon as he turned around, before he walked out of the stone gate, a lot of blood gushed out of his back.

The bright red blood instantly dyed the water at the bottom of the lake red. Tian Lin felt a blur in front of him, and when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the Daoshan Mountain.

"Is it really the tomb of the Jindan Patriarch? But why is the key to the Jindan Patriarch's tomb in the hands of the Zhou family?"