I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

As part of the obedience test, the disobedient Tian Lin became the best negative example.

Although Master Listening Rain, didn't intentionally hurt Tian Lin due to his vow in front of Houtu, he didn't hold back from isolating him.

For instance, he found over ten Storage Bags in the village and some common Magic Artifacts—

Master Listening Rain distributed two each to Lang Guan and the Second-in-command, but Tian Lin received none.

Without a Storage Bag, no matter how many Spirit Stones the mine produced, Tian Lin had no way to take them away.

Fortunately, Tian Lin's cultivation was at Late-stage Foundation Establishment. As long as he didn't engage in major battles, his True Qi would last for a long time.

Not getting a Storage Bag from Master Listening Rain, Tian Lin did not force it. He simply carved a wooden cart himself, loaded it with a full cart of Spirit Stones from the mine, intending to personally pull the cart when he hit the road.

Privately, Lang Guan and the Second-in-command also advised Tian Lin to give in, as Master Listening Rain wouldn't really harm him.

But Tian Lin refused, for he was different from Lang Guan and the Second-in-command.

He was not a person of this world and was destined to leave it.

He did not want to be trained into a slave by Master Listening Rain.

So, they stayed at the mine for a few more days until Master Listening Rain, Lang Guan, and the Second-in-command filled their Storage Bags.

This was also until dozens of Walking Corpses pulled dozens of carts full of spirit mine. Only then did Master Listening Rain wave his sleeve to cover the mine with giant stones and trees.

Two Walking Corpses carried the sedan chair and lifted Master Listening Rain to hit the road.

Behind Master Listening Rain, closely followed Lang Guan and the Second-in-command, along with a row of Walking Corpses pulling carts.

Tian Lin also blended in with the Walking Corpses, pulling a cart. The Spirit Stones on his cart were his own.

Fortunately, though the mountain path was difficult, his cultivation allowed him to pull a heavy load without much trouble.

Also, with Master Listening Rain leading the way and the abundance of Walking Corpses in the team, no wandering ghost would dare block their path along the way.

Thus, traveling day and night, they were nearing Central State.

But the closer they got to Central State, the slower the group moved.

Not for any other reason, but because they encountered more and more Hua Hua Lang along the way.

These Hua Hua Lang teams numbered in the hundreds, some even thousands. Unequivocally, over ninety percent were Cultivators.

Most of these Cultivators were led by those at Golden Core Realm, and so far, they hadn't encountered any strong Nascent Soul practitioners.

But it was foreseeable that as they approached the central Jing City area, Nascent Soul experts wouldn't be few.

Although Master Listening Rain had recovered to the mid-Nascent Soul stage, he didn't have the confidence to be undefeated across the world.

During this time, at the outskirts of Jing City, he had already witnessed the chaos among the "refugees". After slaying a few short-sighted Hua Hua Lang groups, he also worried that being too conspicuous might lead to getting killed by other Nascent Souls or even Divinity Transformation experts.

"I plan to bury this Walking Corpse team in the soil. Then we can travel low-key. What do you think?"

Master Listening Rain had already gotten off the sedan, not as ostentatious as before.

"This matter is entirely up to Seventh Brother."

Lang Guan and the Second-in-command, having 'passed' the obedience test, now referred to Master Listening Rain as 'Seventh Brother'.

Only Tian Lin frowned, not heeding Master Listening Rain: "If we four travel alone, it may be less conspicuous; those Divinity Transformation and Nascent Soul experts might not notice us, but those Golden Core and Foundation Establishment Cultivators might think we are easy targets."

Master Listening Rain said: "As long as we don't attract the attention of Divinity Transformation experts, what's a little trouble? In any case, that's settled."

He had no intention of discussing with others, so he found a dirt mound and used Divine Skills to bury all the Walking Corpses in the soil.

Dozens of Walking Corpses didn't contribute much in combat strength to Master Listening Rain.

But those Walking Corpses were still quite a fortune. Even people in the Nascent Soul Realm would covet them.

Master Listening Rain didn't want to fight Nascent Soul experts now because he was carrying a massive amount of Spirit Stones.

In this world, once a Spirit Stone is used, it is gone; when True Qi is used, it is used up.

Even a Divinity Transformation expert would fight fiercely for Spirit Stones.

Master Listening Rain understood the principle of guilt by treasure, so he just wanted to stay low-key now.

Having buried the Walking Corpses, all the Spirit Stones they carried were packed into the newly acquired Storage Bags.

In the last part of the journey, there were always people who couldn't keep their eyes open and sought trouble. Master Listening Rain killed many and confiscated Storage Bags.

Including Tian Lin, who now had three Storage Bags around his waist.

"From now on, we'll call each other Boss One, Boss Two, Boss Three, and Boss Four."

Master Listening Rain said: "During cultivation, make sure not to reveal the fact that you have hidden Spirit Stones."

He actually wanted to kill Lang Guan and Tian Lin, so he could take all the Spirit Stones for himself and not worry about the risk of news of the Spirit Stones and the mine spreading.

However, he couldn't harm Tian Lin and the others because of the oath he made in front of Houtu.

"Among us four, who is Boss One, who is Boss Two?"

Tian Lin smiled and said: "According to Brother Seven, should we call you Big Brother now?"

Master Listening Rain's face darkened, glaring at Tian Lin: "What, does Boss Six want to be the Big Boss?"

Tian Lin said: "I don't care who's the boss, it's just an empty title. But being the boss always draws much attention. Are you sure you can conceal your cultivation from Divinity Transformation experts?"

Master Listening Rain confidently said: "I haven't been idle all these years, unless the opponent has cultivated a True Eye, otherwise, they can't see through my disguise."

After speaking, his appearance and stature changed, turning into a bald robust man, no longer the old feeble appearance.

Unfortunately, having eaten the True Eye Fruit, Tian Lin could still discern truth from falsehood, seeing the old man's spirit.

Generally speaking, it's hard to disguise one's spirit along with one's appearance.

One's true face should inherently follow the spirit's growth.

Tian Lin didn't know if others had cultivated True Eye, but at least the old man couldn't fool his eyes.

"Fine, you're the mid-Golden Core Boss One, and I'm the late-Foundation Establishment Boss Two."

Tian Lin said to Lang Guan and the Second-in-command: "It's not that I want to take advantage of my brothers, but it's just that my cultivation is hard to conceal."

Lang Guan and the Second-in-command said: "Boss Six needn't explain, you being the second brother is no issue. After all, we are only Qi Refinement Cultivators, and the world should rank people by their cultivation."

You could say, Master Listening Rain's obedience test over this period had a significant effect, as both Lang Guan and the Second-in-command's personalities had been somewhat reshaped by him.

After the group agreed, they continued towards Central State.

Without the Walking Corpses escort, more people started testing the four of them along the way.

However, most of those testing the four were Foundation Establishment Cultivators. As Master Listening Rain said, they were all easy troubles to solve.

After Master Listening Rain killed a few Foundation Establishment Cultivators and tied their heads to his waistband, even these small troubles lessened.

Finally, the group arrived smoothly at the outskirts of Central State.