Chapter 12 – Eternal Amulet
This month, almost all the honorary students knew Wang Lin. They all put on arrogant faces and spoke rudely to him.
Wang Lin ignored them. He knew that all these honorary disciples were twisted. Before he arrived, all the honorary disciples were at the bottom. They had nowhere to vent their anger and frustration. However, now that he, who had entered the sect by attempting suicide, was here, they viewed him as someone even lower than them and vented their anger by bullying him.
He laughed coldly to himself. He knew this wasn’t something he could do. In the sect, the strong always prevailed. Some of the honorary disciples had been here for a long time, and their bodies were incredibly strong. Some had even learned immortal techniques. If he fought back, he would definitely lose.
However, Wang Lin wasn’t one to give up easily. He remembered the faces of all the disciples who looked down on him and planned to take revenge once he became strong enough.
With this mindset, he acted as if he were blind and deaf, and continued to fetch water every day, while secretly studying the stone beads.
He experimented by soaking the beads in various liquids. He tried mixing dew and dipping the beads in spring water, sweat, and even blood. Ultimately, he found that dew was by far the best.
However, there are several types of dew. The dew that appears on the beads in the morning is the best, followed by the dew that appears on the beads in the evening. If the dew is collected in another place, the results will not be as good as the dew that appears in the evening.
The next best is when mixed with spring water. Blood and sweat are the worst, both having almost no effect.
In order not to attract attention, he found some small gourds in the wild and hollowed them out to collect some of the dew.
He didn’t carry the gourds with him. Instead, he hid them separately in secluded locations. He would only take them out when he went to fetch water and never brought them back to the sect.
He carried a gourd with him to work. Whenever he felt tired, he would drink it and immediately feel refreshed.
Furthermore, Wang Lin discovered a strange phenomenon. Whenever night or morning dew appeared on the stone beads, it would appear as if there were many dewdrops on the beads, but when he collected them, he could only collect about a tenth of that amount. The rest disappeared.
Regarding this strange phenomenon, Wang Lin could only say that the dew was being absorbed by the bead. Although the explanation was somewhat absurd, he really couldn’t think of anything else.
Today at dusk, Wang Lin filled the remaining three barrels and said to the yellow-clothed disciple while he was meditating, “Brother Liu, I will be taking a trip home so I won’t be coming tomorrow.”
Young man Liu opened his eyes and looked at Wang Lin, then snorted.
Wang Lin didn’t care. He learned from Zhang Hu that an honorary disciple could return home to visit relatives three times a year. All he had to do was ask Elder Sun for permission.
Wang Lin remembered that his father’s birthday was coming up. No matter what, he had to return. After completing his task, he walked towards the elder in charge of the honorary disciples.
The Heng Yue Sect was divided into six academies, which were further divided into five subdivisions. They were Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, each with its own honorary disciple. The inner disciples and elders all lived in the main courtyard. He often passed by them when he fetched water. He always looked at them with envy in his eyes. Upon arriving, he took a careful look around and then shouted, “Honorary disciple Wang Lin asks for Elder Sun.”
A young man dressed in white walked casually forward. He looked at Wang Lin once and said proudly, “You are Wang Lin?”
Seeing the white-clothed youth, Wang Lin’s heart tightened as he nodded.
He already knew that all disciples of the Heng Yue Sect were ranked based on the color they wore. Honorary disciples were divided into gray and yellow. The yellow ones were given the right to start cultivating immortal techniques. Inner disciples were ranked based on their strength. From high to low they were purple, black, white and red.
The white-clothed youth’s lips twitched and he gave Wang Lin a cold glance before turning around and walking back into the courtyard. Wang Lin followed behind him with a straight face.
After walking through the courtyard for a while, he arrived at a house surrounded by flowers. The young man in white said lazily, “Teacher Sun, an honorary disciple has come to see you.”
After he finished speaking, he stood aside.
A hoarse voice came from the garden. “You may go, honor student, come in.”
The young man in white chuckled and left.
Wang Lin was extremely nervous inside. He pushed open the gate leading to the garden. As soon as he entered the garden, he immediately smelled the scent of various medicines. He turned and looked at the gate, wondering why he couldn’t smell it from outside.
A disgruntled voice came from the corner of the garden, “What are you doing standing there? Hurry up and tell me your name.”
Wang Lin immediately said, “Disciple Wang Lin has come to see Elder Sun. Tomorrow is my father’s birthday, and this disciple wishes to return home to visit.”
The voice scolded, “You’re Wang Lin? So it’s you. Hmph, someone who trains to become an immortal and cares about worldly affairs? As long as you live, you will never become an immortal!”
Wang Lin frowned and couldn’t help but say, “This disciple hasn’t even cultivated any immortality techniques, how could this disciple possibly be on the path to immortality?”
The elder paused for a moment and said impatiently, “You have three days, so hurry back. This is a thousand-mile immortal talisman that can be used twice. This talisman will greatly increase your speed.” Then, a dull, ordinary-looking piece of paper floated out of the window and landed next to Wang Lin.
Wang Lin took out an immortal talisman. He learned from Zhang Hu that all visiting disciples received these talismans. The sect’s goal was simple: to showcase the sect’s immortal techniques and treasures to attract more young people to enroll.
This immortal amulet is actually quite poor quality, but its advantage is that it’s very easy to use. All you need to do is stick it on your foot. For normal people, this amulet increases their speed.
However, many honor students collect them because they hear that they can be exchanged for other goods in the outside world. Many students use the excuse of returning home to collect them.
After leaving the courtyard, Wang Lin returned to his room. After saying goodbye to Zhang Hu, he began to descend the mountain.
At this time, the stars were shining in the sky. Wang Lin wanted to go home tomorrow, but he didn’t want to use the talisman and was afraid of missing his father’s birthday, so he left at night.
Shortly after Wang Lin left, Elder Sun came out of his room to get some herbs, but was suddenly stunned. He looked at the gate. All the bluegrass growing there had withered.