Chapter 419: Hitting Back
From the moment Shang Yu appeared, Tian Lin immediately recognized him.
The opponent's disguise technique is quite good; otherwise, he wouldn't have confidently swaggered over to Tian Lin.
But Tian Lin has eaten the True Eye Fruit, which allows him to see through a person's true soul. Unless Shang Yu's disguise can change the appearance of the soul, he cannot deceive Tian Lin.
"No wonder you dare not fight him; you recognize him. Who is he?"
Mei Xianfu already had a vague suspicion, after all, she had waited outside the Immortal Sinking Pond for half a year when Tian Lin entered the Heavenly Gate.
She also saw Shang Yu personally carrying the Immortal Sword out of the Heavenly Gate.
"It's Shang Yu. He has a feud with me and came to kill me this time."
"Perhaps killing you is just incidental, coming to Beiyed County to seek the relic of Yun Dinggong."
"Yun Dinggong?"
As Tian Lin frowned, Elder Qiu's voice sounded from outside: "You guys go after him, I'll check their accomplices here."
With the Immortal Sword, Shang Yu is not so easy to chase.
It's not that Shang Yu cannot be caught, but since he wants to disguise, he obviously does not want to expose his identity.
As long as he doesn't want to reveal his identity, he won't easily use the Immortal Sword in front of everyone.
In this way, Shang Yu, with fear of being discovered, won't use the Immortal Sword to escape.
However, precisely because Shang Yu won't use the Immortal Sword to escape, he will eventually have to fight with others.
In urgent situations, would Shang Yu be afraid of exposing himself? Once using the Immortal Artifact, Shang Yu can slay not just Nascent Souls—it's absolutely certain that Shang Yu, when wielding an Immortal Artifact, is invincible in the Golden Core Realm.
"Qiu, you let others chase him while you sneak in here searching for accomplices? Ha, what a devious ploy."
The door was slammed open, and Elder Qiu walked in from outside.
Beside her were two other women.
When the two women saw Mei Xianfu, they were visibly surprised.
Elder Qiu frowned slightly, and coldly asked: "Mei, when did you come here?"
The two had already turned against each other, with no chance of reconciliation, so they spoke without courtesy.
"I'm a True Disciple of the Wenda Sect. Do I need to report to you wherever I go? And you, who do you think you are?"
Elder Qiu blushed; though she's an elder of the Goddess Sect, she merely handles miscellaneous tasks.
In terms of status, she obviously cannot compare to Mei Xianfu.
"What a True Disciple of the Wenda Sect!"
Elder Qiu sneered: "But, I know how you really secured your position as a True Disciple!"
"And how did you say I became a True Disciple?"
Seeing their fierce quarrel, Tian Lin frowned and interjected, "Ladies, if you continue bickering, the thief will truly escape!"
"Tell me, how did I get the True Disciple position?"
"Your True Disciple position was begged for by your grandfather at the Wenda Sect! Without your grandfather, you couldn't even become an Inner Sect Disciple of the Goddess Sect."
Mei Xianfu did not retort, but she had already taken out the Divine Lady Tree.
Its dense roots, like disheveled hair, instantly slammed towards Elder Qiu.
Though Elder Qiu was swift, she couldn't outrun the attack of a Dao Artifact.
As she raised her sword, the waterfall-like roots of the Divine Lady Tree instantly wrapped her entire body.
The roots of the Divine Lady Tree pulled and tugged, and Elder Qiu's human skin seemed to peel off like clothes.
The two female disciples who came with her tried to intervene, but were unable to.
"Is Elder Qiu dead?"
One female disciple was in disbelief, while another pointed at Mei Xianfu: "You dare to kill a fellow member, aren't you afraid of sect punishment?"
Mei Xianfu retracted the Divine Lady Tree, sneering: "I'm a disciple of the Wenda Sect; she's an elder of the Goddess Sect. How is this considered killing a fellow member?"
She basked in her triumph but quickly frowned, as Tian Lin also sensed something was off.
If Elder Qiu was truly dead, the Divine Lady Tree should have sprouted Cold Fragrance Leafs. But the truth was, the Divine Lady Tree that 'ate' Elder Qiu showed no sign of 'sprouting leaves'.
Indeed, the pool of blood on the ground suddenly coagulated.
From the blood, a tree seedling rapidly grew, quickly forming branches and towering into a giant tree.
This tree grew from sapling to towering tree almost in the blink of an eye.
Neither Mei Xianfu nor Tian Lin stopped this process, watching as it broke through the roof and absorbed every drop of blood from the ground.
The unknown tree, after absorbing Elder Qiu's blood, suddenly grew a bud on its branches.
The bud gradually enlarged, eventually blossoming to reveal its core. Inside the core, a tiny naked figure was suspended from the bud.
At that moment, the tiny naked figure began to grow, absorbing the giant tree's nutrients in reverse.
The giant tree rapidly shrank, all its energy and nutrients being consumed by the tiny figure.
The figure grew from a young stage to a girl, then to an adult. Like a ripe fruit, she fell from the tree.
The vine that fed her snapped off automatically, and the tree behind her, losing its nutrition, completely turned to ashes.
Who else could the matured naked woman be, if not Elder Qiu, who had supposedly died?
"I didn't expect you to have such a method of rebirth!"
Even Cui'er, shocked by the scene, along with the experienced Mei Xianfu, had to admire Elder Qiu's technique.
Previously, she had the opportunity to interrupt Elder Qiu's revival but chose to observe, believing she could kill Elder Qiu again.
Tian Lin refrained from acting, not wanting to escalate the situation.
After all, Elder Qiu belonged to the Goddess Sect.
If Mei Xianfu killed Elder Qiu, she'd face punishment from the Goddess Sect, and Elder Mei within the Goddess Sect would also be held accountable.
In the public eye, killing Elder Qiu put her at a disadvantage.
According to Tian Lin, wouldn't it be easier to kill someone quietly? Why invite trouble?
"Senior Sister Mei, stop!"
Tian Lin realized Mei Xianfu wanted to kill again and quickly stepped in her way.
Over there, Elder Qiu wasn't foolish!
Having revived, she didn't even bother to dress, flying out of the broken house bare-bottomed.
Seeing Elder Qiu escape, Mei Xianfu glared at Tian Lin angrily: "Why? Did you get smitten by a naked beauty, and now you won't let me kill her?"
"Elder Qiu deserves death, but if you kill her, where does that leave Elder Mei?"
After speaking, Tian Lin ignored Mei Xianfu and instead cupped his hands towards the two female disciples: "Please relay a message to Elder Qiu! Tell her today's humiliation shall be avenged by me at the Goddess Sect in due time."
The two female disciples were taken aback, never expecting Tian Lin to be so brazen and twist the situation around!