Chapter 264 228: Entering the Forest Together
Chapter 264 228: Entering the Forest Together
Tian Lin had different thoughts; where would he get so much money to buy the Undead?
Thinking it over, Tian Lin took the initiative to invite the siblings:
"Next to Huilong Village is the Chaotic Burial Forest, where the Undead must be densely packed. Maybe we can find a way to catch a few of them."
Zhou Jin hesitated, but his sister straightforwardly laughed and said: "If money can solve the problem, why should we take the risk ourselves?"
The point was well made, but the crux of Tian Lin's problem was exactly the lack of money.
Then Zhou Mengjiao said: "If Tian needs money, I can buy an Undead and give it to you."
Tian Lin saw that her face was smiling, and it did not look like she was trying to insult him.
Tian Lin chuckled and said: "There's no need for that. If I can't hunt any Undead, I'll scrape together some Spirit Stones and sell some things. I should still be able to afford a low-class Undead."
Feeling that Zhou Mengjiao did not like him, he thanked the siblings with clasped hands and directly controlled his sword toward the direction of Huilong Village.
Zhou Jin stood up, looking at his sister with dissatisfaction, and said: "I've already stopped urging you to marry Tian, why would you hurt him with words?"
Zhou Mengjiao laughed and said: "This Tian is still at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, yet he refuses to learn the top-grade Divine Skills of our own sect and insists on learning top-grade Divine Skills from other sects that lack auxiliary elixirs.
With such lofty and far-reaching ambitions, Brother surely doesn't think highly of him either, right? Otherwise, why would you not bring up marriage between him and me?
I just don't want to see you, Brother, wasting your time on him."
Zhou Jin thought of Ju Yunhai, then thought of how Tian Lin was able to advance from Class D to Class C so quickly, and also elder Kin's attitude toward Tian Lin.
Stomping his foot, he said: "We may not become family, but we can still be friends. There's no need for harsh words."
After saying that, he also controlled his sword and flew after Tian Lin.
Although he was following in the same direction as Tian Lin, he did not know Tian Lin's true purpose.
By the time he got to the Chaotic Burial Forest, Tian Lin had already appeared at the entrance of Huilong Village.
The mid-stage Foundation Establishment old man in Huilong Village was surnamed Ran or perhaps everyone in the village had the surname Ran.
And that mid-stage Foundation Establishment Elder Ran was not only the Village Chief of the village but also the Clan Leader of the villagers of the same surname.
When Tian Lin entered the village, he did not conceal his movements, especially since Elder Ran quickly came out of his house.
After recognizing Tian Lin, he frowned and said: "What brings Tian here? Surely not to buy more dry corpses."
A few hours earlier, a 'dry corpse rain' had suddenly fallen from the sky above Huilong Village, and the old man had seen the two dry corpses they had just sold off.
He had captured those two dry corpses and put them back into the ancient well to be raised.
He did not know how Tian Lin and his companion had lost the dry corpses after buying them. He suspected that Tian Lin had come to demand the dry corpses back.
"Our elder has changed the task, now Tian doesn't need dry corpses, only Undead."
Elder Ran was startled, then said:
"Then Tian has come to the wrong place, our ancient well in Huilong Village cannot raise Undead. If Tian wants to buy Undead, I do know a few households, they have Undead. Maybe I can help Tian inquire."
Tian Lin shook his head, smiling he pointed in the direction of the Chaotic Burial Forest and said: "Aren't there ready-made Undead over there? Rather than spending money to buy them, why not catch them ourselves?
Ran, are you interested in joining me to hunt for Undead?"
How could Elder Ran not be tempted by the prospect of getting Undead for free?
He asked Tian Lin: "What about that Zhou Cultivator? Are we three going to join hands?"
Tian Lin said: "Elder Ran, with your mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation and adding me to the team, the two of us should be enough."
"Don't joke, friend. To catch Undead, we must go deep into the Chaotic Burial Forest. And once we are inside, the Corpse Poison is so strong that even I cannot withstand it—At that time, one cannot exert full strength, making it extremely difficult to catch Undead."
He secretly cursed; if capturing Undead was that easy, he would have joined hands with the chiefs of other villages to do it a long time ago.
"Success or failure, we only know after we try. Elder Ran, are you afraid I will harm you?"
Elder Ran frowned; he did not trust the character of the disciples from Wendaos Sect.
By this time, the villagers had also been awakened by the commotion. They recognized Tian Lin, so they were not very wary of him.
Hearing that Tian Lin was not here to reclaim dry corpses, but to seek a fortune with their Clan Leader, many villagers became greedy.
"A low-class dry corpse is worth hundreds of top-grade Spirit Stones. If we could catch one, it would be enough for our expenses for a year.
Grandpa, the children in our village need to buy Magic Artifacts, aren't we short of money? It's a rare opportunity."
A woman spoke, and immediately others began to echo her calls.
Elder Ran gave a cold glance to those village women, but he knew very well that the village was in dire need of money.
After pondering for a moment, Elder Ran said to Tian Lin: "Fine, I will accompany you on this trip to put your heart at ease."
After finishing his words, he went back into the house to get a wind lantern and fetch a coat.
Tian Lin saw that he had put on a mourning attire and couldn't help but frown.
Taking the mourning clothes Elder Ran threw to him, he looked at Elder Ran puzzledly.
Elder Ran explained: "In the Chaotic Burial Forest, many of the buried corpses are actually our village's elderly. If you wear this, those elders will not easily attack you."
Tian Lin put his clothes into the Storage Bag, but he was not in a hurry to change into them.
The old man didn't trust him, and he didn't quite trust the old man either.
At this time, several villagers had changed their clothes and taken wind lanterns, but the old man waved his hand and said, "In the middle of the night, are you planning to cheer us on? All of you go back."
These villagers only had Qi Refinement Realm cultivation, and couldn't really help out.
After sending the villagers away, the old man and Tian Lin quickly reached the Chaotic Burial Forest using Sword Control.
They had barely landed when Zhou Jin, who was hiding in the bushes on the periphery of the Chaotic Burial Forest, came out:
"I knew Tian wouldn't act without a strategy; turns out you've thought of a clever way to catch the Undead and invited an expert from Huilong Village."
Tian Lin was also somewhat surprised by Zhou Jin's arrival, he returned the gesture with some pleasure and said:
"We're catching the Undead, we have to ask for help from locals no matter what. First, the locals are more familiar with the situation here, and secondly, Elder Ran has been chasing corpses for generations, dealing with these bodies is something our people from the Wendaos Sect are no match for."
He gave Elder Ran some praise, expressing his goodwill. He didn't want Elder Ran to think that he and Zhou Jin were plotting against him because of the sudden appearance of Zhou Jin.
But Elder Ran was a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, certainly not easy for Tian Lin and Zhou Jin to harm.
Zhou Jin's arrival actually made Tian Lin less worried about being backstabbed by the old man.
After meeting, Tian Lin tossed the funeral attire to Zhou Jin from his Storage Bag, listening to him say:
"To catch the Undead, we must venture deep into the Chaotic Burial Forest. But once we are deep in the Chaotic Burial Forest, our strength will be suppressed.
Therefore, the best method is still to find someone to lure the Undead from the depths to the outskirts. Firstly, this way we won't be attacked by a horde, and secondly, with the Undead losing the nourishment of Corpse Qi and without Corpse Qi troubling us, we have a more significant advantage in subduing them.
Thirdly, we'll set up an Array on the outskirts, lure the Undead into it, and turn our disadvantage into an advantage—"
Having finished, Elder Ran looked at Tian Lin disapprovingly and said, "Then according to Tian's strategy, who will go deep to lure the Undead?"
Zhou Jin also looked at Tian Lin, thinking that Tian Lin wanted to push Elder Ran to do the task.
But he saw Tian Lin smile and say, "Since it's my strategy, naturally I should be the one to lure the Undead."
Elder Ran looked at Tian Lin seriously, trying to see if he was being sarcastic.
Zhou Jin frowned at this moment as well, saying, "Otherwise, why don't the three of us go in together to attract the Undead?"
It was unreasonable to let an Early-stage Foundation Establishment person like Tian Lin take on such a risky task.
But Zhou Jin didn't want to be the one attracting the Undead either.
After all, if it really came to it, he could spend spirit stones to buy an Undead; there was no need to take risks for it.
"Senior Brother, don't worry too much. If things look bad, I'll definitely run. Moreover, if you give me two more Detoxification Pills, everything will be fine."
Tian Lin looked at Elder Ran and said, "I'll go to lure the Undead, and Elder Ran, you will support me from behind. As for my Senior Brother Zhou, he'll guard the Array on the outskirts."
Elder Ran thought for a moment and finally nodded his head.
Zhou Jin also nodded to Tian Lin, knowing that Tian Lin was having him guard the outskirts, not without the intention of guarding against Elder Ran.
After all, if both Foundation Establishment Cultivators died, wouldn't that be two free Undead for the taking?
Once their plan was agreed upon, Zhou Jin fetched six Detoxification Pills and handed them to Tian Lin, also passing him the Compass.
Elder Ran thought for a moment, and then took out a small box from his Storage Bag, and upon opening it, there were about ten dark, shiny maggots wriggling inside.
"If you get injured by the bodies, you can put these maggots on the wound to help heal."
Tian Lin accepted what the two handed over, smiled and said, "Alright, let's enter the Chaotic Burial Forest after daybreak."
Dawn broke soon, and the three of them were well-rested.
They entered the Chaotic Burial Forest together, and quickly picked an open area on the outskirts to stay.
"The Undead have a little bit of intelligence, but not enough to see through the Array. Therefore, when setting up the Array, just focus on setting up the Killing Array."
Elder Ran, on top of the foundation laid by Tian Lin and Zhou Jin, set up a few smaller Arrays.
With everything in place, Zhou Jin stayed behind to watch the area, while Tian Lin and Elder Ran continued forward.
As they walked ahead, they were both quietly sizing each other up.
Elder Ran looked normal along the way, seemingly unaffected by the Corpse Qi, which was certainly no surprise to Tian Lin.
After all, Elder Ran was a corpse chaser, with mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation. If he felt uncomfortable with a little Corpse Qi and needed a Detoxification Pill, then what help would he be to Tian Lin?
But Tian Lin's normal complexion along the way really was beyond Elder Ran's expectations.
He couldn't help but ask Tian Lin, "Could it be that you've also learned the necromantic techniques of the Corpse Chasing Sect?"
Tian Lin shook his head and said, "The only thing I've learned related to Funeral Science is probably the cultivation of the Sealing Earth Skill."
Elder Ran exclaimed, "The Sealing Earth Skill of the Xiangxi Sect? That is quite a difficult Divine Skills to cultivate—but, even if you cultivated the Sealing Earth Skill, shouldn't you still be wary of Corpse Poison?"
Tian Lin said nothing but just put a Detoxification Pill from his Storage Bag into his mouth.
At this point, Elder Ran was also starting to struggle, but instead of taking a Detoxification Pill, he took an unknown elixir and stuffed it into his nose.
"Going further will lead us deep into the Chaotic Burial Forest. I'll be here waiting for your good news."