Hearing Tan Tai Yun Jin's words, Chen Lin's face changed involuntarily, and he asked anxiously: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
Seeing Chen Lin's expression, Tan Tai Yun Jin immediately explained, "That's not the case. After we got out of that place, we waited in the sea for a long time but didn't see you come out again. We had no choice but to return to Tianyun Fairy City. After that, Miss Zhao was depressed every day. I wanted to take her as a disciple, but she refused."
"In the end, she stayed here for three years. She left before you showed up. She said she didn't believe you would get killed and wanted to look for you somewhere else. Then there was no news of her."
Chen Lin fell silent.
To be honest, although he was concerned about Zhao Mengru, he didn't have any strong feelings for her. When he heard what she had done, he couldn't help but feel mixed emotions.
At this time, Tan Tai Yun Jin spoke again: "But Fellow Daoist Chen, there is no need to worry too much. I gave Miss Zhao some treasures when she left, and she is also smart and adaptable, so nothing should happen to her."
Chen Lin shook his head and said nothing.
If nothing really happened to the other party, it is impossible that he did not come back here to check for more than ten years. I am afraid that he is in great danger.
But he could only think positively and look for it slowly after leaving here.
However, looking for a person in such a vast world of immortal cultivation, especially one with so many foundation-building cultivators, is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Suppressing his depressed mood deep in his heart, Chen Lin began to ask Tan Tai Yun Jin for the information he wanted to know.
The main purpose of his trip was to find a solution to the problem of the origin of the soul. The hidden family that the Silver Fairy told him about was very mysterious, and he hadn't found out anything about it in this year. It seemed as if it didn't exist at all.
If it weren't for the information provided by the Silver Fairy, he would have thought it was fake.
"Senior Tantai, do you know of a hidden family with the surname Ji that is good at dealing with souls?"
After talking for a while, Chen Lin asked directly.
Tan Tai Yun Jin was stunned, frowned slightly and thought for a while, then asked in confusion: "I think I have heard of this family, but I don't have much impression of it. Why is Fellow Daoist Chen looking for this family? Is there something important?"
Chen Lin didn't expect that the other party really knew about it, which meant that this family really existed. He immediately nodded and said, "I have some health problems, and I may need the help of this family."
"Is there something wrong with your body?"
Tan Tai Yun Jin looked at Chen Lin and said, "I see that Fellow Daoist Chen has abundant Qi and blood, so he should have made progress in his body training. I don't see anything wrong with him, could it be his soul?"
"Senior Tan Tai has a keen eye. It is true that the origin of my soul has been damaged. I did not find a solution in the northern cultivation world, so I came to the southern cultivation world to try. I heard that the Ji family is very good at the soul, so I wanted to try my luck."
He did not mention his current identity. The Silver Fairy and her family, the Yun family, were not on good terms. The Yun family was a prominent family in the southern cultivation world, and revealing his identity might bring trouble.
After hearing Chen Lin's words, Tan Tai Yun Jin frowned even deeper.
"The damage to the soul's origin is very difficult to solve. How could it become like this?"
Chen Lin smiled bitterly and said, "When I was breaking through the realm of my body refining technique, a heavenly tribulation occurred. Something went wrong when I was overcoming the tribulation, so part of my soul was separated."
There was nothing to hide about this, and he also wanted to see if the other party could provide any solution.
Tan Tai Yun Jin nodded without asking any more questions. After thinking for a while, he said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, there is no need to be so formal with me. We can just treat each other as equals. You can stay here first while I ask the city lord for information about the Ji family and then make a decision."
She said confidently, "The Lord of this city has been practicing for a long time. He even traveled around the entire Star Continent in the past. His experience is not comparable to that of an ordinary Yuanying Zhenjun. He should be able to understand this hidden family."
Upon hearing this, Chen Lin immediately thanked him.
Then the two chatted about what they had seen and heard over the years. Tan Tai Yun Jin was mainly interested in Chen Lin's experiences in the northern world of immortal cultivation. After all, in the eyes of them, the southern cultivators, the northern world of immortal cultivation was a chaotic and disorderly place with demons rampant. It should not be easy for a foundation-building cultivator to survive in such a place.
Chen Lin didn't feel anything.
He felt that the northern cultivation world was similar except that it was not as prosperous as here. Of course, it might also be because he had always been under the protection of the Silver Fairy's wings and had not experienced the dangers of the outside world.
Tan Tai Yun Jin was also a man of decisive character. After chatting for a while, he got up and went to the City Lord's Mansion.
Chen Lin did not live in the mansion. After all, the other party was a female cultivator and it would have a bad influence. So he asked Luan An to help rent a courtyard with abundant spiritual energy outside and live there temporarily.
"Senior Chen, is there anything else you need? If you need anything, just let me know and I'll bring it to you in a moment."
After having the yard tidied up inside and out, Luan An came to Chen Lin and asked respectfully.
Chen Lin waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be polite, Fellow Daoist Luan. You and I can just treat each other as equals. If you are afraid that your master will blame you, then we can just treat each other as brothers. As for the things, there is no need to buy anything. I won't be staying here for too long."
Luan An hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, then I will call you Brother Chen. By the way, there is something you may be interested in."
"What's the matter?" Chen Lin was a little confused.
"It's like this. After we came back from that ghost land, many cultivators from Tianyuan Island came to our city. Some of them even established a force outside the city. I wonder if there are any people you know, Brother Chen."
"oh?"
Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, then he thought it was normal.
Although the Tianyuan Continent was blocked by the evil demons of the Qishen Sect at the beginning, a large number of cultivators still escaped. Tianyun Immortal City is very close to the Wuding Sea and it is a big city, so it is very convenient for those who escaped to settle down here.
In this case, I can go and see if there are any old friends there when I have time, and find out the news about Luo Qinglan, Mu Xingchen and others.
For several days, Tan Tai Yun Jin did not show up, and Chen Lin was no longer anxious. Instead, he practiced while looking for useful materials in the city.
During this period, two other disciples of Tan Tai Yun Jin also came to visit. Xia Zhi still looked the same as before. Perhaps due to his practice, his appearance had not changed much, and his cultivation had reached the late stage of foundation building.
Even Xu Zihua has successfully established his foundation, but nearly twenty years have passed and he has entered middle age. He has become more stable and less frivolous.
The southern world of immortal cultivation is divided into two levels compared to the northern world of immortal cultivation in terms of cultivation resources.
The north is rich in natural treasures and various minerals, while the south is richer in finished treasures. Chen Lin had never found a treasure that could resist thunder disasters, but he bought several in the past year.
It just so happened that his cultivation was about to reach the peak of the sixth level of foundation building, and he planned to break through to the late stage of foundation building here before leaving.
One day, Chen Lin came to a small hill outside the city and looked at the buildings on the hill.
This is the gathering place of cultivators from the Tianyuan Continent. It is now called the Qingshan Sect. There are quite a few people here, but the sect leader with the highest cultivation level is only in the late foundation building stage. He does not seem to be good at management and is an outsider, so he is not doing well.
The sect leader’s name was Lu Donghan. Chen Lin had no memory of this person and probably didn’t know him.
After thinking about it, he didn't waste time to inquire more and flew over directly.
In the meeting hall of Qingshan Sect, several foundation-building cultivators sat at the top, and below them were two old cultivators in the late Qi training stage, one male and one female, both with angry looks on their faces.
"Master, the Chang family's child is ugly, of low caliber, and also has a congenital disability. My daughter will never become a dual cultivation partner with him!"
The old woman suppressed her anger and spoke in a cold voice.
"presumptuous!"
Before the sect leader who was sitting in the right seat could say anything, a middle-aged man next to him started shouting loudly.
"What time is it now? My sect has reached a critical moment of life and death. There is no room for choice. Even the granddaughter of the sect leader is going to be given to the ancestor of the Chang family as a concubine. What else can you refuse!"
The old woman opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word for a long time.
But in the end, he snorted coldly and said, "The survival of the sect depends on sending women. What's the point of keeping such a sect? It's better to disband it as soon as possible!"
These words made the several foundation-building cultivators at the top look shocked.
The sect master sighed and said, "We have come here from Tianyuan Continent after many hardships. We thought that we would be rewarded with happiness after all the hardships. But we didn't expect to end up like this. This is all because of my incompetence. Since you don't want to, forget it. I will give the order in a moment. The sect will be disbanded from today. Everyone should accept their fate!"
"Master, you can't do that!"
Upon hearing this, everyone hurried to dissuade him.
A white-haired old man said in a deep voice: "The Sky Eagle Sect is eyeing us covetously. If we stick together, we still have a chance of survival. If we really break up, I'm afraid no one will survive. It is best to ask the Chang family's ancestor to mediate."
After saying that, he looked at the old woman and said, "Chen Qiaoyun, it's not that we have to force you, but your daughter has a special talent that will be beneficial to the grandson of the Chang family's ancestor, so the other party specifically asked for her."
"Besides, your daughter is already over 30 years old and a widow. It is not a bad thing for her to become a Taoist companion of a direct descendant of the Chang family. Maybe her cultivation can be further improved and she may even be able to establish a foundation."
The old woman's face changed, and she sneered, "Don't think I don't know. It sounds nice to say that we are a pair of Taoists, but in fact, we are just a cauldron. Anyway, our family of three will never agree to this matter even if it means death. If you force us, then just kill us. Anyway, it's better to die than to live in such a cowardly way!"
"you!"
The white-haired old man's beard was shaking with anger, but he could do nothing. He had to use the opponent. He couldn't really kill him with one palm.
At this moment, a disciple suddenly walked in and bowed, saying, "Master, there is a foundation-building cultivator outside who claims to be from the Tianyuan Continent and wants to see you!"