Chapter 374 I Will Repay You
In the following days, just as Master Tingyu had said, many Golden Core Realm and Foundation Establishment Realm Hua Hualang went to the outer city to beg for food and wait for charity porridge.
Because these Golden Core and Foundation Establishment Hua Hualang had gone to the outer city, the vagrants outside the Capital City were nowhere to be seen, leaving only those Qi Refiners who did not meet the standards and whose cultivation was lacking.
These Hua Hualang howled and gathered in groups, attacking each other, seizing territory, and competing for work opportunities.
Since the opening of the village gates, each village also frequently released tasks to the outside, allowing for free interaction.
For instance, the Spice Village started to release tasks, asking those Hua Hualang to help transport spices to the outer city.
The task rewards were not high, only half a bowl of porridge.
But in the eyes of those Hua Hualang who had been hungry for long, this reward was already quite generous.
Besides the tasks of helping to transport items, there were also tasks privately released by various aristocratic families, such as bounties for a certain person's head, or the purchase of mountain treasures, or even the acquisition of Secret Techniques.
These tasks were varied and strange, and most of the rewards offered were food, while some rewarded Magical Treasures, Cultivation Techniques, etc.
These bizarre tasks gave Hua Hualang with Qi Refinement a chance to survive, preventing them from feeling hopeless.
Even some cultivators with late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivation would follow along to do tasks in their spare time after having porridge in the outer city.
However, these Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators could not leave the outer city, so they usually only did tasks within the city.
"In the past, food was extremely precious, but now these aristocratic families do not hesitate to offer it. It shows Master Tingyu did not lie, and these families will soon leave the Capital City without fearing hunger again."
Tian Lin also felt a sense of urgency, could it be that the only way to leave this world and return to the Immortal Sinking Pond was to become a registered resident of the Capital?
If so, wouldn't heaven have cut off his path?
Tian Lin really couldn't understand how someone like himself, who wasn't even at the Golden Core Cultivation level, could be noticed by an aristocratic family and brought into the Capital City with a household registration.
Only with Nascent Soul Cultivation could one become a Guest Elder of those families, successfully register in the Capital, and be taken away with them.
"If this world is a trial for those entering the Heavenly Gate, then the situation shouldn't be so simple. After all, Master Tingyu is not the only Nascent Soul Powerhouse entering the Heavenly Gate. And I am truly the exception.
If even Nascent Soul Powerhouses can enter the Capital and migrate with the entire Daqi Dynasty, then what is the point of the Illusion set by the Immortal Sword?"
Tian Lin had entered illusions more than once or twice, and each time there was always a traceable way to break through.
But the illusion set by the Immortal Sword left him baffled.
Master Tingyu said that the way to break through is to follow the entire Daqi Dynasty and leave this world with the Capital. But since Tian Lin couldn't have a registered household in the Capital, he instead hoped Master Tingyu was wrong.
If the way to break through isn't by leaving this world with the Capital City, then what is the way to break through?
Tian Lin thought this might be a setup by the Immortal Sword, so he focused on tasks related to 'swords' for the breakthrough method.
Of the recent tasks published by the Capital City, Tian Lin missed none that were related to swords.
"Transport the Demi Immortal Artifact, Heavenly Fortune Sword!"
"Explore the Sword Tomb, help Young Master Zhao obtain the Sword Immortal's legacy!"
"Sword Theory at Xu Mountain?"
Tian Lin selected these three tasks from the gathered tasks.
At this moment, Master Tingyu came over. He knew Tian Lin was unwilling to believe that the way to break through was to leave the Capital City with the Daqi Dynasty and also knew Tian Lin was searching for another way to break through.
He didn't stop him, because he himself wasn't sure if leaving this world after entering the Capital City would surely be safe.
Looking at the three sheets of paper in Tian Lin's hand, Master Tingyu said, "Is this the method you believe will lead to a breakthrough?"
"It's not certain, but perhaps this is the Sword's trial, and the way to break through is among them?"
Tian Lin didn't hide his thoughts and said to Master Tingyu, "The Capital City migrating to another world, let's not even discuss whether this can succeed. Even if it succeeds, can we really return to the Immortal Sinking Pond after migrating to another world?"
"Alright, you can first gather information about these three tasks. When you need my help for anything, feel free to ask."
After saying this, Master Tingyu added, "I discovered the elders from the Sword Sect and the Xiangxi Sect."
Tian Lin frowned slightly, looking at Master Tingyu, "Who are they, did they discover you?"
"I hid very well, they definitely did not discover me."
Master Tingyu said, "Wu Hen from the Sword Sect has already infiltrated the Zhao family, and the short elder from the Xiangxi Sect has also infiltrated the Zhou family."
Tian Lin did not know the elder Wu Hen from the Sword Sect, but he recognized the short elder from the Xiangxi Sect.
He hadn't expected that the short elder had entered the Heavenly Gate as well! The last time they parted, the short elder said he was going to explore the Nine Netherworld. Since then, Tian Lin hadn't heard from him, only to unexpectedly find him here.
"The Zhao family and the Zhou family are both major aristocratic families of the Daqi Dynasty, capable of helping Wu Hen and the short elder solve their household registration issues. It seems that these two elders have the same idea as you, planning to follow the Daqi Dynasty to migrate to another world for breakthrough."
"Right, there's another thing I forgot to tell you. That little girl named Yaya, whom you asked me to look after, has gone missing."
Tian Lin frowned and said, "How could she go missing, you are a Nascent Soul Powerhouse, and you couldn't take care of her?"
Master Tingyu snorted coldly, "You also know that I am a Nascent Soul Elder, not anyone's servant! I took her and her brother to see their biological mother as you asked, which is already giving you a lot of respect. It's just that their mother is not a good person, trying to flatter me with her daughter while finding her son to be a burden."
Through Master Tingyu's description, Tian Lin came to learn.
The siblings' mother, due to losing her youthful looks, had fallen from concubine to servant.
Yet even as a servant, she had not ceased trying to climb up.
To please her master, she dressed up her daughter to present her as a 'plaything' for the young master.
The young master's intention was for the sister to become a concubine, giving her a path to survival in the future.
But being a plaything for the aristocratic young master was a fate drastically different from being a concubine, not only subject to being toyed with by anyone but also facing life-threatening danger.
The young boy was very angry and ran away with his sister that day.
His sister escaped, but he himself couldn't escape the fate of being beaten to death.
"This world is like that; fathers are not fathers and sons are not sons. These siblings never had feelings for their biological mother, and it was unwise for them to seek refuge with her."
Tian Lin didn't speak when he heard this. He wasn't particularly cold-hearted, but he wasn't overly compassionate either.
Life for these siblings in this era was a tragedy in itself.
Originally, Tian Lin had Master Tingyu take the siblings to see their biological mother to fulfill the young boy's wish, and also because he didn't want the siblings to die beside him.
In any case, Tian Lin had long anticipated that this world did not allow mortals like the siblings to survive, so he wasn't particularly saddened by the news of the young boy's death.
Only in his memory, he vaguely recalled the young boy smiling and saying to him: I will repay you.