I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

At this moment, the village still remained as it was when Tian Lin left.

There were no signs of a battle in the half-collapsed Divine Temple.

"I now feel that Senior Sister Mei didn't fight the opponent at that time."

Tian Lin wandered around the Divine Temple, arriving at a conclusion opposite to his previous one.

Cui'er quickly said, "But so many houses in the village are collapsed, without signs of a fight, how could this be?"

"Those battle traces might have been faked by the other party on purpose?"

Tian Lin said, "Given Mei Xianfu's cultivation, her opponent must at least be a late-stage Golden Core powerhouse. How could their battle be so quiet?

But look at this village again. Though the houses are collapsed, most of them remain in their original shape. And on the ground, there are no signs of collapse or damage."

Cui'er questioned again, "What about the withered branches of the Divine Lady Tree?"

For a moment, Tian Lin couldn't answer Cui'er's words.

Clearly, whoever attacked Mei Xianfu must have also attacked the Divine Lady Tree.

If not, he wouldn't have found the withered branches of the Divine Lady Tree in the morning.

But the Divine Lady Tree and Mei Xianfu are inseparable!

If the Divine Lady Tree attacked the visitor, Mei Xianfu wouldn't stand idly by.

Mei Xianfu, wielding the Divine Lady Tree, once fighting, the scene shouldn't be as it is now.

As Tian Lin was pondering, several chirping sounds occurred, and then several beams of tunneling light appeared in the village one after another.

A leading Golden Core Cultivator said, "The reward of grain is acceptable, but what do you think the Wenda Sect or Elder Mei would reward if we find Mei Xianfu's whereabouts? Could it let us enter the immortal gate too?"

"I heard Elder Mei has only this one granddaughter! If we could save her life, not only might we enter the immortal gate and become an Inner Sect Disciple, but we might even become Elder Mei's granddaughter's husband!

By then, we'd have a Nascent Soul Realm elder as a backing!"

These Golden Core Cultivators laughed and joked, but when they saw Tian Lin coming out of the Divine Temple, they immediately stopped smiling.

They, both embarrassed and a bit timid, cupped their hands to Tian Lin.

Apparently, these guest elders of the Su family or temporarily residing Hua Hualang in Beiyed County recognized Tian Lin.

Tian Lin's gaze swept over these people and then looked at the cultivators, whether they were quick or slow, Golden Core or Foundation Establishment.

He didn't pay attention to the casual comments from earlier and cupped his hands to these people, saying:

"Mei Xianfu is my senior sister! If any of you have any clues about Mei Xianfu, regardless of how Elder Mei or the Wenda Sect reward you, I will personally give you another reward."

The people were secretly delighted, but did not show it on their faces, only saying, "Don't worry, Zhenren Tian, we will do our utmost!"

The village Tian Lin had investigated twice, including this time.

With these people now coming to investigate, Tian Lin hoped they could discover something new.

It's a pity that after an afternoon, everyone explored the village thoroughly but found no direct clues.

However, through collective effort, new information unknown to Tian Lin was indeed uncovered.

Someone held a book, which was an account book left by a villager who offered incense every day.

"According to the dates on this incense book, we can deduce that this villager died four days ago—meaning Miss Mei might have disappeared four days ago."

"The Divine Temple is collapsed, but the tables and chairs inside are still intact! This shows the collapse wasn't caused by internal fighting, but more like someone hit the Divine Temple from outside!"

"So there was no fight inside the Divine Temple! But if there was no fight inside, why is there this ceramic powder?"

Someone noticed gray-green powder in the corner of the Divine Temple.

The powder was inconspicuous and easily mistaken for fallen wall ash.

But the various professional Hua Hualang who came here easily distinguished this ceramic powder from the wall ash.

"This ceramic powder is obviously crushed from tea bowls—and I just happened to find that while there are many other things in this room, there is a tea set missing. Could it be that Mei Xianfu deliberately smashed the tea set? But if so, why crush only this tea set into powder?"

Someone raised a question!

In a cultivator's house, they can do without other things, but tea sets are essential.

Because besides drinking tea, tea sets can be used to entertain guests.

Tian Lin hadn't been here since the Divine Temple was established, but he knew that Mei Xianfu also drank tea.

So, the missing tea set indeed aroused curiosity.

It's unlikely that during the fight, Mei Xianfu deliberately put the tea set back into the Storage Bag, right?

Therefore, the ceramic powder in the corner is most likely from Mei Xianfu's broken tea set.

"I smelled the scent of Mist Immortal Grass in this tea set powder."

An Alchemist stepped forward to explain to everyone, "Mist Immortal Grass is non-toxic and tasteless, but once mixed with Awakening Dragon Tea, it has the effect of causing drowsiness. Why would Mei Xianfu, without a reason, put Mist Immortal Grass in her tea set?"

"Isn't it obvious? Clearly, someone wanted to take action against Mei Xianfu. But fearing Mei Xianfu's strength, they secretly poisoned her!"

"But as far as I know, Mei Xianfu's village never allowed outsiders in! So, who sneaked into the village to poison Mei Xianfu?"

Everyone initially thought of the villagers in the village.

It's a pity, the villagers in this village were all dead, and they were neither cultivators from the Xiangxi Sect nor could they find answers from the dead!

Moreover, the person who acted against Mei Xianfu even destroyed the tea set. This clearly shows they wanted to destroy evidence, so how could they leave a corpse to perform Summoning Soul and find the truth?

"In other words, someone pre-poisoned Mei Xianfu's tea set. After Mei Xianfu fell unconscious, they forcibly broke through the Divine Lady Tree protecting her and kidnapped Mei Xianfu!"

Tian Lin said, "This person can forcibly break the Divine Lady Tree, showing their strength is not weak—but this also shows that the other party's cultivation might not have reached the Nascent Soul Realm yet."

Everyone nodded, happily saying, "Yes, if they were at the Nascent Soul Stage, why go through all this trouble? So most likely only a late-stage Golden Core!"

Though few present had late-stage Golden Core cultivation.

But no matter how powerful a late-stage Golden Core is, they are still weaker than a Nascent Soul Cultivator, right?

"Do you think the one who kidnapped Mei Xianfu could be Shang Yu?"

Someone suddenly spoke, and everyone looked toward Tian Lin.

Mei Xianfu had no ties with Shang Yu!

If there was any connection, it was that Mei Xianfu had a close relationship with Tian Lin, and Shang Yu had enmity with Tian Lin.

Everyone couldn't help but think that Mei Xianfu was kidnapped because of Tian Lin.

"Shang Yu has a grudge against me, he could have come directly for me, why act against Mei Xianfu?"

After saying this, Tian Lin continued, "If the one who acted was indeed Shang Yu, what is his purpose? Is it to use Mei Xianfu to compel me to comply?"

"If it is indeed Shang Yu, I think Mei Xianfu might not be dead now! Shang Yu's goal has always been Zhenren Tian—

He captured Mei Xianfu, probably just to use her as leverage! The ultimate aim must be to force Zhenren Tian to find him."