In fact, even the leading cultivator wanted to know who the young man was, but it was better to know less about the affairs of Nascent Soul cultivators.
No one knows which words will inadvertently touch the other person's sore spot.
Li Yan, who had already entered the formation, heard the conversation between the people behind him even though he did not deliberately listen. However, his face remained normal, but he had already made a new judgment in his mind.
“The real purpose of Dong Lin Tingyue’s going out should only be known by the high-ranking cultivators in the clan, and it has been deliberately kept secret within the clan.
She didn’t want anyone else to know that her cousin was injured, lest her enemies knew about it and their fighting power would be weakened…”
Just from the other party's few words, Li Yan had already thought of a lot of things.
Dong Shuang Tingyue must have thought of something in her mind, and a chill appeared in her beautiful eyes.
Under the care of the family, these disciples in the clan have had fewer conflicts with the outside world over the years, but they have become less verbal. "People with a keen eye" can instantly figure out a lot of things through these few sentences.
She had no choice. If she went out to look for the antidote, it would definitely reveal some information, and there would also be a reasonable explanation within the clan.
With her status as an Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, even if others knew that she had many cousins, they would immediately guess that it was the cousin who had already formed a Nascent Soul Stage. This was inevitable, and she could not stop it.
"I'll need to inform the law enforcement elders about this matter later. Let these disciples kill more sea monsters instead of spending their days practicing and patrolling with nothing else in their heads..."
In an elegant courtyard, Dong Lin Tingyue personally arranged a residence for Li Yan and then left in a hurry.
Li Yan did not comment on this. After carefully exploring the courtyard, he finally chose a room. After setting up some restrictions around it, he sat cross-legged in the room and meditated.
What he never expected was that he would have to wait for four days.
This made Li Yan, who had been calm at first, feel strange. It was understandable that Dong Lin Tingyue needed to inform the clan members that someone was coming to treat him, but it was not normal for it to take so long.
But considering that Shangguan Tianque had once told him in detail some things about the Donglin family.
Considering that the other party only had one late-stage great cultivator, and that he had a good relationship with the "Pojun Sect", Li Yan waited patiently.
However, his vigilance was heightened, and he even expanded the range of his spiritual sense to a thousand feet while on alert near his residence.
There is no way around it. His character has always been like this. Just as Zhao Min said to Li Zhaoyan, Li Yan can live to this day not just by relying on his fighting ability.
At midnight on the fourth day, Li Yan, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly raised his head.
"Huh? Showing up at midnight!"
Just as Li Yan's eyes flickered, Dong Lin Tingyue's voice came from outside the courtyard.
"Friend Li!"
She arranged for Li Yan to live in a place where there was no one else nearby, so she was not afraid of anyone nearby knowing it.
As soon as she finished speaking, the gate to the courtyard opened. Dong Lin Tingyue did not delay and immediately floated in like a spirit goose.
Inside the room, Li Yan looked at Dong Lin Tingyue who looked tired. A gleam of light flashed in the depths of his eyes, but he did not speak first. Instead, he just looked at the other person quietly.
After Dong Lin Tingyue saw Li Yan, she seemed a little slow, as if she was organizing words. After a few breaths, she slowly spoke.
"Friend Li, can you tell me exactly how confident you are? Although you have told me some of it before, I still want to hear the answer in your heart!"
"70% to 80%!"
Li Yan spoke without any hesitation, as if he knew what she was going to ask. His words were exactly the same as what he had said in the inn in Fangshi, without any change.
The two returned together. Along the way, Li Yan noticed that Dong Lin Tingyue looked relatively relaxed after seeing him take action at the Fangshi Inn, but his expression now revealed fatigue.
Li Yan guessed that after the other party came back, there must have been some discussion among the clan members and some obstacles encountered in the process, so she did not show up for several days.
I just got here and I need to confirm it again.
Sure enough, after Dong Lin Tingyue heard this, a decisive look quickly appeared in his eyes.
"Okay, I'll take you there in a bit, but you need to swear by your inner demon that no matter what you see in the Donglin family, you must not tell anyone else. There are no other requirements."
After hearing this, Li Yan frowned. The other party actually wanted him to swear by his inner demon.
"Fairy Tingyue, your behavior has put me in a difficult position. We have never had this kind of negotiation before. I think your behavior is inappropriate.
If there is no reason that can convince Li, then I am sorry that I cannot obey your order. I think it is better to send Li away from here."
As Li Yan spoke, his face darkened. The other party's sudden request made him extremely unhappy.
"Friend Li, please don't misunderstand me. This matter involves some unknown secrets of our clan. This is just our request.
I just need you not to tell anyone what you saw. I have no other intentions. As long as Fellow Daoist Li agrees, I can give you all the remaining silver sand!"
Dong Lin Tingyue had obviously thought about this beforehand, so she was not surprised by Li Yan's displeasure.
But as she spoke, she waved her jade hand, and two identical jade bottles, both only as thick as a thumb, appeared in the air.
One of the jade bottles was filled with most of silver sand, while the other was only half full. Li Yan's eyes flashed. The jade bottle filled with most of silver sand was the one he had seen in the market.
"She divided the smoothie into two or more portions, and only took out a portion..."
Li Yan thought quickly in his mind.
Dong Lin Tingyue just looked at him like that. After dozens of breaths, Li Yan finally spoke again.
"I can agree to this condition, but how much silver sand do you have? I want to trade it in other ways. Is that possible?"
After saying this, he stared at the other party with burning eyes. Seeing that Li Yan agreed, Dong Lin Tingyue was relieved. After hearing the second half of Li Yan's sentence, she shook her head with a wry smile. "Fellow Daoist Li, I can swear on my inner demon that this bottle of silver sand was obtained by chance in the depths of the 'Heavenly Demon Grassland', but there are only this much in total, and there is no more."
"oh?"
Li Yan gave a puzzled sound but did not continue asking.
"How about this, regardless of whether you can remove the poison in the end, in addition to exchanging this bottle of silver sand as agreed, I will also record the location where I got the silver sand on a jade slip map and give it to you, is this okay?"
Dong Lin Tingyue seemed to have thought about it beforehand, and without any pause, she continued speaking, staring at Li Yan with her beautiful eyes.
After more than ten breaths had passed, a smile suddenly appeared on Li Yan's calm face.
"Hehehe... Thank you very much, Fairy Tingyue. However, I would also like to trouble you to swear by your inner demon that the jade slip of the map is authentic, and that you do not have any extra silver sand in your hands!"
Li Yan chuckled and looked back at the other person while smiling. He didn't look like he would offend the other person at all.
"no problem!"
Dong Lin Tingyue nodded. Since he proposed the specific rules, the other party would of course have their own requirements. This was reasonable.
But she also realized how difficult it was to deal with Li Yan. In fact, when she took out all the silver sand, the other party could have asked her to swear an oath to make sure that she took out all the silver sand.
But Li Yan did not do so. Instead, he set a trap and proposed to exchange the silver sand outside the two bottles in other ways, even though he insisted that he had no more.
He had only just mentioned making a vow to his inner demon at this point. If he hesitated any further, it would mean that he was continuing to lie.
Li Yan on the other side was already muttering something, and soon a blood-red scroll appeared in front of him. There was originally no word on the scroll, but as Li Yan chanted, lines of small words quickly appeared on it.
It took only two breaths, just when Li Yan stopped whispering and chanting, a rune flew out from between his eyebrows, the rune had a faint power of restriction.
In a flash, it disappeared into the blood-colored scroll in front of it.
Suddenly, the blood-colored scroll that had been spreading out calmly began to rise and fall like waves. As it rose and fell, an aura of time and decay emanated from it.
The moment these auras were emitted, Li Yan felt that several powerful spiritual senses were sweeping towards him from several directions at the same time.
These spiritual senses did not sweep towards Li Yan, but instantly fell on the blood-colored scroll. Although Li Yan sensed it, his expression did not change at all, as if he did not notice anything.
Dong Lin Tingyue had been looking at Li Yan. She just stood there quietly. Until this moment, she raised her beautiful eyes and looked towards the red scroll.
She carefully read the ancient words on it, and then a smile appeared in her eyes.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Li!"
What was written above was exactly the inner demon oath that Li Yan had performed using magic, which was exactly the same as what she had requested.
After seeing the other party's confirmation, Li Yan said no more. He opened his mouth and blew gently forward.
After a light breeze blew, the blood-colored scroll disintegrated in front of him, turning into blood-red stars and disappearing into nothingness.
Then, there seemed to be a faint force in the air, which instantly fell on Li Yan. Li Yan was just slightly startled, and then returned to normal.
In the future, as long as he doesn't tell others what he saw here today, this oath made by his inner demon will not affect him at all.
As the blood-colored scroll disappeared, those spiritual consciousnesses also disappeared instantly.
Li Yan was also satisfied with this. The other party was very disciplined and did not rely on their numbers to spy on him.
After seeing this, Dong Lin Tingyue immediately took out a jade slip, put it on his forehead, and took it away after a short while.
At the same time, a rune emitting an ancient aura appeared between her eyebrows and was directly integrated into the jade slip, which was then handed to Li Yan.
Li Yan took it with a smile. The jade slip felt quite warm to the touch, and it had a woman's orchid-like body fragrance on it. Then, in front of Dong Lin Tingyue, he immersed his spiritual consciousness into it.
Seeing this, Dong Lin Tingyue's long black eyelashes trembled slightly, and a faint blush rose on her jade neck under the mask.
After a short while, Li Yan raised his head.
"Fairy Tingyue, when can we go over to see your brother?"
As he spoke, a light flashed in Li Yan's hand, and the jade slip disappeared. He chuckled.
… …
The Donglin family is huge, and Li Yan has been staying in his own courtyard these days and has not gone out.
Under the night sky, he followed the graceful figure of Dong Lin Tingyue, circling around among the pavilions and towers. After walking for more than half an incense stick of time, a dark forest appeared in his sight.
As they walked along, Li Yan discovered that there was not a single cultivator anywhere they passed, and the place they went to was getting more and more remote, and there were fewer and fewer houses around.
Li Yan could even feel the sea breeze blowing in from the forest, which naturally gave rise to a feeling of emptiness in his heart.
Finally, they arrived outside the woods. Although Li Yan kept a calm expression on his face, he felt something strange in his heart.
"Among the monks, this cousin of his should be considered relatively young, but his personality is a bit weird, as he actually lives in such a remote place.
There are no other houses or courtyards nearby. If I am not mistaken, they are far away from their people..."
While he was thinking, Dong Lin Tingyue walked into the woods without stopping. Li Yan released his spiritual sense, his face calm, and followed in.
The woods at night seemed even darker and deeper. The sea breeze blowing from afar was wet, and it also carried the cold and salty taste of the night.
In the woods, there is a stone path that can accommodate three people walking side by side. It twists and turns, spirals under the roots of trees, and leads to the unknown darkness...