I’m Still Practicing Martial Arts, But How Did My Daughter Become an Immortal? – Chapter 34

Ch 34: Every Barrier is Difficult, But Every Barrier Must Be Passed

Inside the small courtyard,

Several figures lay neatly arranged, all face down, some twitching occasionally. They didn’t seem to fear suffocating.

An old man sat on a stone chair asking questions, one question at a time, and Qing Yi answered each one.

Anyone who didn’t know better would think they were playing a word chain game.

Lin Tian strode into the courtyard and called out, “Qing Yi, what’s going on?”

Qing Yi saw Lin Tian and couldn’t help but feel delighted. She hurried over, saying, “Master, you’re finally back.”

Qing Yi explained the whole story to Lin Tian, and only then did Lin Tian turn to look at the old man.

“Huh!”

Lin Tian felt a sense of familiarity, the familiar beggar’s attire, the familiar impoverished air.

The old man chuckled and stroked his beard, “Long time no see, smelly brat.”

Qing Yi breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Master knew this old grandfather, but it seemed…

Lin Tian’s face was full of surprise! His mouth hung open wide: “It’s you, old bastard, you’re not dead yet?”

The old man’s expression instantly darkened upon hearing this, and he glared, “So eager for me to die?”

“You little bastard, why didn’t I slap you to death back then?”

Lin Tian laughed, “Qing Yi, is there any food left in the kitchen? I’ll have a drink with this old fellow.”

“Alright, Master.” Qing Yi also smiled and ran to the kitchen.

Lin Tian said with excitement, “Two years, do you know how I’ve spent these two years?”

The old man was a little guilty, “What you’ve been doing has nothing to do with me.”

Lin Tian cut him off, “Wait a minute, after I’m done dealing with this, we’ll have a good drink together.”

Lin Tian’s expression instantly darkened as he looked at the people lying on the ground, then turned to Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan’s clothes were tattered, and there were binding marks on his wrists. Judging by his disheveled appearance, he must have been kidnapped by these people.

These people were either Wang Yuan’s enemies or strangers who came for money.

Then the third possibility… Lin Tian carefully recalled Wang Yuan’s identity. Then the third possibility was related to the Marquis of Nantian. After all, this guy’s grandfather was still in the Zhang Family.

Then Lin Tian walked to another person, tore off his mask, and saw that this person had ordinary features and a small mustache.

Lin Tian didn’t stand on ceremony and directly slapped him.

*Slap!*

He instantly slapped A Gou awake. A Gou opened his eyes in a daze, only feeling dizzy.

“Who am I… where am I?”

*Slap!*

Lin Tian slapped him again, directly stunning A Gou. After a while, A Gou finally saw Lin Tian clearly.

A Gou’s expression was a little surprised. Wasn’t this, wasn’t this the guy from the boat?

There was also an old monster next to him. A Gou knew he couldn’t escape, so he got up directly from the ground and kowtowed to Lin Tian.

“Spare me, spare me, Lord! I have a seventy-year-old mother above, and a three-year-old younger brother waiting for milk below, and a sister-in-law waiting to be taken care of… I can’t die, Lord.”

Lin Tian’s face darkened even more: “Shut up! According to you, your seventy-year-old mother gave birth to a three-year-old brother for you?”

A Gou quickly shut his mouth, his expression a little embarrassed.

Lin Tian didn’t give him a good look: “Wake them all up for me.”

After a while, the others also woke up, but all of them were dizzy and shaking their heads.

Only Wang Yuan wasn’t woken up. Lin Tian wouldn’t let him wake up. He decided to let this guy sleep enough.

Then Lin Tian coldly stared at the few people: “Did the Marquis of Nantian tell you to do this?”

A Gou shook his head to indicate he didn’t know: “They told us to kill this kid, but Second Uncle wouldn’t allow it.”

A Gou told Lin Tian exactly what Second Uncle had said last time.

Lin Tian felt it was a little funny. These people didn’t look too smart: “Your Second Uncle? Who is your Second Uncle?”

A Gou didn’t dare to hide anything: “My Second Uncle is Dao Hen.”

“Dao Hen, then is his father called Dao Youdao?” the old fellow asked from the side.

Lin Tian looked at the old fellow: “How, do you know him?”

The old fellow chuckled: “We have some acquaintance, but not much.”

A Gou still had some brains. Hearing the conversation between Lin Tian and the two, he seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.

He didn’t know what his Second Uncle’s father was called. Even if Second Uncle didn’t have a father, he had to have one now.

A Gou quickly shouted: “Yes, yes, yes, I heard Second Uncle say it, it’s his father.”

Lin Tian raised his head and swept over A Gou and the others. The few people immediately shrank their necks, their expressions fearful.

Suddenly, Lin Tian changed his attitude and laughed loudly.

He walked to A Gou’s side and patted A Gou’s shoulder. It would have been better if he hadn’t patted him. With one pat, he almost patted A Gou into the ground.

“It’s really a case of the flood washing into the Dragon King Temple, we’re all one family.”

“Since we know each other, it’s easy to handle.”

“However…”

A Gou felt something was wrong and quickly shouted, “Lord, don’t worry, we will do whatever you say, whether it’s going up a mountain of knives or down into a sea of fire.”

“If Lord is still not at ease, A Gou and the others are willing to become Lord’s adopted sons to show our loyalty.”

A Gou signaled to A Mao and the others with his eyes. A Mao and the others also stepped forward and knelt down.

Lin Tian almost choked: “Get out, get out, get out, I don’t have such a big son, you look older than me.”

“Alright, get up.”

“However, since you’ve done something wrong, you have to pay the price.”

“I’ll arrange something for you. If you do it well, it’ll be fine. If you don’t do it well, I’ll take your Second Brother.”

“Second Brother? Lord wants my Second Brother, you can have him.” A Gou looked righteous and then pulled over A Mao from the side.

A Mao shivered and felt bitter in his heart. Did this lord have a penchant for men? It’s over, it’s over, would A Mao’s lifelong reputation be ruined?

Lin Tian said with a dark face: “Who the h*ll wants your Second Brother? If you don’t handle it well, I’ll send you to the palace to be an imperial eunuch.”

Only then did A Gou understand that Lin Tian wanted that Second Uncle. He shuddered all over. This matter was absolutely impossible.

He immediately began to express his loyalty: “Lord, don’t worry, no matter what it is, I will definitely handle it beautifully for you.”

Lin Tian chuckled, pulled A Gou over, and whispered in his ear: “I don’t care who sent you here, I want you to be my inside man. You have to report everything your superiors do to me.”

“Including your Second Uncle, can you do it?”

A Gou looked firm, with a feeling of going to his death generously: “Yes.”

“Of course, I won’t let you work for nothing.” As he spoke, Lin Tian took out a silver note, a full one thousand taels.

A Gou stared at the silver note with both eyes, thinking in his heart: （Good heavens, one thousand taels! I wouldn’t earn one thousand taels even if I worked myself to death for decades.）

（With this one thousand taels, why would Second Uncle still steal the emperor’s women’s underwear? He could just buy it. In the future, I’ll have Second Uncle call me Second Uncle.）

Lin Tian stuffed the one thousand taels into A Gou’s arms: “See that old man? Do you know what his identity is?”

A Gou shook his head to indicate he didn’t know.

Lin Tian lowered his voice: “This is the Emperor’s favorite person, the number of imperial eunuchs who died in his hands, if not a thousand, is still hundreds.”

“You are really lucky to have gotten back a life from his hands.”

“Of course, you can also try to deceive me. If you don’t, then we’ll see.”

After speaking, Lin Tian coldly “hmph”ed: “Alright, get out of here.”

“Take this guy away too, and hand him over to the old man who’s with him.”

Lin Tian kicked Wang Yuan, and inadvertently, a wisp of black Qi entered Wang Yuan’s body, and the Bing Lao attribute was transferred over.

Lin Tian glanced at Wang Yuan with a sinister look. You kid have repeatedly opposed me, so you can be a Kidney Deficiency Young Master from now on.

A Gou’s heart was still cold. Although he was a little stupid, he understood what Lin Tian meant. This old man was an imperial eunuch.

But how could this imperial eunuch still have a beard? Maybe… maybe his strength was too high, and it grew out again.

I, A Gou, have experienced hardships for more than thirty years since birth, and now I have finally found a patron.

As he spoke, the few people carried Wang Yuan and quickly drove away. Before leaving, A Gou looked back reluctantly.

Lin Tian didn’t plan to keep these guys at first. Killing them would be a trouble and would also dirty his yard.

The most important thing was that the old fellow knew them. He couldn’t give face to anyone, but he couldn’t not give face to the old fellow.

He wasn’t afraid that A Gou wouldn’t do things. This kind of person was the easiest to deal with. While recognizing money, he also had to make him accept his fate.

Only when he accepted his fate would he know his own worth and how much he was worth.

Just like Yan Qing, only when he was on the verge of death could he experience the true meaning of being alive, and finally be desperate, without any sense of resistance.

Afterwards, he would trick him in, tell him that he was given this by the Marquis of Nantian, make him resent, make him go crazy, make him feel that the Marquis of Nantian was sending him to his death.

In the end, Lin Tian not only didn’t form a grudge with the Seven Absolutes Hall, but also created an enemy for the Marquis of Nantian.

Lin Tian only wanted some information from him, and it was still the kind of unimportant information. Even so, Yan Qing would have to be grateful to Lin Tian for the rest of his life.

But using this set on Zhan Rixing wouldn’t work. This kind of person, no matter what his purpose was, he wouldn’t say it even if he was beaten to death. Even if he said it, he would be setting a trap for Lin Tian.

Dealing with people was the most troublesome kind of behavior.

Lin Tian carefully recalled that the old fellow’s original name was Ghost Sword Sorrow. Lin Tian always called him Ghost Old Master, Ghost Grandfather.

Lin Tian looked at Ghost Sword Sorrow, and suddenly a feeling of joy overflowed from his expression.

Speaking of Ghost Sword Sorrow, he was Lin Tian’s life-saving benefactor.

When he first came to Great Liang, he was alone in the heavy snow with a baby. If it weren’t for Ghost Sword Sorrow, Lin Tian’s Nannan would have starved to death long ago.

Lin Tian waved his hand, and a bottle of Erguotou appeared in his hand.

“Come—tonight, we won’t return until we’re drunk.” Lin Tian poured wine for Ghost Sword Sorrow.

Ghost Sword Sorrow chuckled: “You’re capable now, and you even know how to drive people around, but your methods are a bit poor.”

The aroma of wine overflowed from the cup. Ghost Sword Sorrow smelled it, and a mellow aroma entered his nose: “Good kid, your wine has some flavor, where did it come from?”

Lin Tian: “Would you believe me if I said I brewed it myself?”

Ghost Sword Sorrow looked disbelieving: “Kid, don’t lie to me. If you had said you had this ability earlier, would I still have needed to stay at the Li Family for two years?”

Lin Tian smiled slightly: “It definitely can’t compare to the Li Family’s Qiongjiang Yuye.”

Ghost Sword Sorrow glanced at Qing Yi, who was busy serving dishes: “You amateur, you even accepted a disciple, aren’t you afraid of misleading others?”

“But this aptitude is indeed good. To think that she could even be compatible with the Heavenly Yin Sutra. Where did you get it from?”

Lin Tian took a sip of wine: “She obtained it by her own chance, how… is there anything special about this Heavenly Yin Sutra?”

Ghost Sword Sorrow saw that Lin Tian didn’t understand anything, yet he could accept such a good disciple. He felt uncomfortable in his heart: “There’s a lot special about it.”

“This cultivation method has an extraordinary origin, but the ones that have been passed down now are not authentic.”

“The original version can be practiced by both men and women. The backlash caused by the Yang Fire being too strong can be neutralized.”

“But in essence, it is still suitable for women to practice, so those who practice it to the extreme are also women.”

“Later, each owner will modify this cultivation method to best suit themselves.”

“Now it is becoming more and more difficult to practice. It can only be practiced by those with an extremely Yin body. It’s better for women. If men practice it, they will definitely suffer Cultivation Deviation.”

Lin Tian was also pensive. An extremely Yin body was someone born in the Yin year, Yin month, and Yin hour. There were many folk sayings, but most of them were not good.

Thinking of Qing Yi’s background, perhaps this was a case of gains and losses.

Ghost Sword Sorrow picked up a peanut and put it in his mouth to chew, giving Lin Tian a meaningful look: “Are you raising a beautiful woman, or a real disciple!”

“How is your strength progressing in two years? Let this old man see.”

Lin Tian smiled and didn’t speak. He pretended not to hear what he said earlier.

As for the latter, Ghost Sword Sorrow didn’t know Lin Tian’s true strength. If he knew that Lin Tian’s strength was already comparable to the Innate Realm, he would be scared to death.

In the past, Lin Tian followed behind his a*s every day asking to be his disciple, but the old fellow wouldn’t accept him. In the end, he gave him a copy of the Eternal Youth Art and disappeared without a trace.

Ghost Sword Sorrow: “Hmm~ this wine is good, not bad, not bad, it tastes even better than the Li Family’s Drunken Immortal Brew, kid, how much do you have?”

Lin Tian: “Enough, you can drink as much as you want, and there’s even stronger stuff than this that I haven’t taken out.”

Ghost Sword Sorrow: “Good, good.”

Lin Tian glanced at the ninety-nine percent alcohol in the system space. Speaking of which~ it shouldn’t kill the old fellow, right?

……………………………

The night was deep.

An old man lay sideways on the bed with his eyes closed, scratched his foot, and then brought it to his nose to smell it.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes sharply. The moonlight shone on his face through the window paper, making him look very strange.

“D*mn it… my grandson, I told you to stay in the north, why are you going south?”

“It’s bad, it’s bad… it’s bad, it’s bad.”

“Alas! It’s all fate.”

The old man stood up and paced back and forth in the room, his face full of anxiety.

“Forget it… this is your fate, and it’s also our fate.”

“Every barrier is difficult, but every barrier must be passed, but unfortunately, you can’t pass this Love Barrier.”

“Alas!”