I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

The red Flying Boat flew in the high skies for just a quarter of an hour before crossing densely populated towns and appearing above the overlapping mountain ranges.

"Brother Tian, Brother Zhao, ahead is our Artifact Sect."

At the bow, dressed in a black Taoist robe, Qiu Ling pointed straight ahead towards a red gourd.

In the distance within the clouds, a massive red gourd hovered upside down high in the sky, its mouth facing several mountain peaks below.

"That red gourd was a Magical Treasure used by our founding master during his lifetime, later repurposed as the Mountain Protection Array. If any enemy charges into our Artifact Sect, even Foundation Establishment experts will be slain by the Gang Qi spewed from the gourd.

Sadly, the sect's Spirit Stone reserves are insufficient; we can't afford to maintain the gourd anymore. Nowadays, this red gourd has merely become a decoration in our sect."

As Qiu Ling spoke, she steered the Flying Boat towards a slope below.

Speaking of which, the layout of the Artifact Sect differs from that of the Yao Yue Sect.

Artifact Sect has eight Auxiliary Peaks, each with a gate established on its mountain.

These eight Auxiliary Peaks surround the central Main Peak, which directly faces the red gourd above.

Qiu Ling descended to the Xun Gate among the eight gates of the Artifact Sect, where the sect's reception hall is located.

"Sister Qiu, Senior Brother Zhou."

The moment the Flying Boat landed, three youths walked down the stone steps facing the mountain gate.

The youth in the lead, dressed in a black Taoist robe, swiftly stepped out of the gate.

He then halted, and facing Tian Lin and Zhao, bowed his hands, "Are these two brothers from the Yao Yue Sect?"

Stepping forward, Tian Lin bowed his hands to the young man, "I am Tian Lin, the managing disciple of Baihua Peak."

Upon hearing "Baihua Peak", the two youths in white behind stepped forward, one of them spoke hostilely, "So, you are the brothers of that Han demoness?"

Another youth in white added, "It's good that you've come. The Han demoness is your Baihua Peak's disciple, and she has killed many of our disciples; your Baihua Peak should explain this to us."

"I am here to capture Han Yue and bring her back to the sect. If she indeed committed atrocious deeds, Baihua Peak will certainly give an explanation to the brothers and civilians of Quzhou."

"The civilians of Quzhou, and our Artifact Sect disciples, do not need explanations from Baihua Peak.

The murderer is Han Yue, and our Artifact Sect disciples will personally capture the Han demoness and bring her back, using her head to appease the wronged souls."

At this point, the youth in the black robe stopped paying attention to Tian Lin and Zhao, only saying to Zhou Shichou and Qiu Ling, "Senior Brother Zhou, Sister Qiu, let's head up the mountain now."

Qiu Ling glanced at the youth in the black robe and then at Tian Lin and Zhao, smiling as she walked towards the youth in black, saying:

"Brother, if it weren't for the intervention of the two brothers from Yao Yue Sect just now, I would have hardly escaped the traitorous clutches of both sects."

She spoke up for Tian Lin and Zhao, to which the youth in the black robe then turned to Tian Lin and Zhao and bowed his hands,

"Thank you, friends from the Yao Yue Sect for your righteous aid. How about joining Qu Butong at the reception hall for a modest drink, and letting Sister Qiu show you around the sect for a few days? After we kill the Han demoness, we can return her body to you so you can report back to your sect."

As Zhao was about to speak, Tian Lin raised his hand to stop him.

Tian Lin returned the gesture to the youth in black, then said to Zhou Shichou and Qiu Ling:

"I have other important matters to attend to this trip, so I won't join Senior Brother Zhou and Sister Qiu into the Artifact Sect. If there's a chance in the future, let us meet another day."

Qiu Ling knew that the disciples in the sect didn't regard Tian Lin favorably, making it difficult to invite him up the mountain.

Since Zhou Shichou was not from the Artifact Sect, he couldn't possibly pose as the host to invite Tian Lin.

He could only bow his hand and watch as Tian Lin and Zhao left.

Instead of using the Flying Boat, Tian Lin walked towards the nearest town following his previous memory.

Zhao followed closely behind Tian Lin, unable to hold back, "That Qu seems too arrogant, clearly not allowing us to take Sister Han back to the sect."

Tian Lin responded, "Sister Han comes from Baihua Peak, if she truly has killed several disciples from Artifact Sect, it's normal for others to dislike us."

After finishing his words, Tian Lin suddenly stopped.

Zhao paused, staring at the emerging village in the distance.

The village had just a few locust trees standing upright, followed by a spread of collapsed wooden houses.

Those wooden houses had lost their original appearance, all burnt into pitch-black charcoal.

Several stray dogs, from who knows where, rummaged through the collapsed charcoal in the village.

"This place, isn't actually that far from Artifact Sect, right?"

Zhao was somewhat shocked as he stepped into the abandoned village.

Tian Lin followed closely, and just as a stray dog carrying a human arm swept past him,

Tian Lin didn't move, but Zhao did.

He swung his Taibai, instantly splitting the dog in two, which lay on the ground howling towards the fallen arm.

"This must have been the work of the Blood Sect Devotees."

Zhao uttered those words, but Tian Lin shook his head:

"It might not necessarily be the Blood Sect Devotees. The crops outside have been harvested, and the rut marks, and the sunken rice in the mud seem like the villagers moved away on their own."

"Then who burned these houses?"

Tian Lin suddenly turned his head, looking towards the locust tree at the village entrance.

On the locust tree, there was an inscription: "Half of the villagers in Yu Yan Village colluded with the Blood Sect and secretly established an alchemy room. Today, their houses are burnt, and their rooms destroyed, as a lesson for future generations—Qu Butong."

"It was the Brother Qu we met today."

Zhao said, "It seems a large part of this village turned into Blood Sect Devotees, so he burned down the entire village."