Chapter 590: Being Watched
Chapter 590: Being Watched
Meanwhile, in Zhao Geng Nian’s Residence, he was seated in the main hall, waiting for the senior disciples to return.
But it had been so long before any of them came back from the arena.
"What is taking them so long?" He frowned and asked.
One of the senior disciples in the main hall stepped forward and said, "I’ve sent some of them over to the arena to check."
Footsteps could be heard approaching the main hall after he was done.
"There they are..." The senior disciple pointed at the Qing Feng Sect disciples standing at the entrance and said.
"Did you find them?" The senior disciple went over to them and asked.
Those who had just come back shook their heads and said, "There are no traces of them anywhere in the arena.
"It’s like they had just disappeared."
"Disappeared?" Zhao Geng Nian stroked his beard and mumbled to himself.
It was getting much more tricky than he had thought.
Whoever it was behind it might be much more powerful than he was.
He pondered on what he should do next and he glanced habitually to his side.
But Xiao Feng wasn’t standing beside him; he was still recovering from the injuries from the match earlier.
Zhao Geng Nian sighed and decided not to be rash and go up against the mysterious person behind it.
Best for him to figure out who he was dealing with first.
And if required, he would request help from the Qing Feng Sect Leader, Zhao Ming Ye.
He had already failed several times with his plan and the sect leader might be losing his patience with him, so he had better salvage whatever he could as soon as possible.
"Follow everyone who is involved in the tournament. I want their every move under the watchful eyes of you.
"Once Xiao Feng recovers, then he will go and figure things out for me." Zhao Geng Nian said to the disciples and they cupped their hands at him.
After which, they turned around and quickly headed off to execute his instruction.
...
Back in the Lin Mansion.
Lin Xuan Qi had his dinner and finished his daily cultivation session.
He was lying in his bathtub, relaxing in the warm water. All the day’s worth of fatigue was slowly soothed away by it.
While he enjoyed the bath, he summoned the system to see if he could help Lao Er and Ling Er filter the bad hats from the disciples they had gotten.
In the next moment, information panels with words appeared in his mind.
[Choose person in mansion to see summary of their day:]
[1. Xue Cong.]
[2. Yue Jie.]
[3. Yue Xin.]
[4. Lee He Song.]
[5. Liu Shi Shi.]
...
He scrolled through the huge list of names that was under the Lin Clan and thankfully, he was able to find the names of the newly acquired disciples by Lao Er and Ling Er.
With it, he randomly picked one and thought about the name in his mind.
[Summary of Lie’s day.]
[Lie was astonished when he saw the matches of Lao Er and Ling Er.]
[Their win had smashed his view on what was possible as someone without any background.]
[No one had heard of Lao Er and Ling Er’s sect and he was intrigued to find out how they were able to accomplish such a feat.]
[The more he learned about their beginnings, the more impressed he was with them. They were like him, surviving and cultivating with what they could muster and most importantly, they didn’t harm the innocent like the others did.]
[Finally, there was someone like him, who had made it on their own terms, and he was eager to join them.]
[Loyalty: 60]
[Respect: 80]
[Gratitude: 60]
Lin Xuan Qi had expected statistics like the loyalty level for now. What was more important was that the disciple wasn’t a cunning villain.
Lao Er and Ling Er had obviously done their work.
He let out a sigh as it meant that there would be less work for him.
After being relieved about what Lao Er and Ling Er had done, he moved on to the next disciple.
And the result was roughly the same.
All of the disciples Lao Er and Ling Er had taken in were suitable candidates without any dubious behaviors.
The rest was up to them now to increase their loyalty, respect and gratitude towards him.
Then, when the South Lin Sword Sect was ready, they would be part of the Lin Clan officially, making the Lin Clan take a leap as a cultivation clan.
And that would make it much easier for him to deal with things that had to do with cultivation.
Things were starting to get messy with all the actions from the Qing Feng Sect and what was happening in the north. He had better prepare himself for it.
No one shall be able to mess with his clan and family now that he was at Core Formation Level.
Lin Xuan Qi leaned his head back and he began to anticipate the delivery of the Natal Puppet from the Sima Family.
Once he got it, he could start to cultivate it as his Natal Spiritual Artifact.
...
Next day.
Lin Xuan Qi woke up and had breakfast as usual.
But he immediately sensed that there were several Qing Feng Sect disciples lurking around in the vicinity of his mansion.
He figured that they must be trying to find out what happened to those senior disciples in the arena.
It wasn’t too much of a worry for him.
As long as he was in his mansion, no one could do anything to him.
But he wasn’t going to stick around in his mansion for the next few days.
He would live life normally instead.
If he changed his behavior in any way, it would raise the suspicion of the Qing Feng Sect.
And with his cultivation level and invisible talismans right now, he wasn’t too scared of the Qing Feng Sect disciples anymore.
"Master Lee, let’s head for the factories to check on the production afterwards." Lin Xuan Qi said and Lee He Song nodded his head at him.