I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

If you choose not to do something, then don't do it at all. But if you do it, you must do it thoroughly; otherwise, you will offend people for no reason, planting seeds of disaster for the future. What's the point?

Therefore, when Tian Lin suggested that the female True Disciple take the risk, Zhou Ting and the others hesitated, creating suspicion among everyone.

And once suspicion arises, it's out of the question to let the female True Disciple survive.

"Fine, very well. I am willing to take the risk and confront the Evil Spirit."

When had the female True Disciple ever been so aggrieved?

At this moment, she deeply resented Tian Lin, as well as Zhou Ting and the few companions beside her.

The reason she was so arrogant before was firstly because she was accustomed to being a True Disciple, so she wasn't used to being humble.

Secondly, she thought, with more companions on her side, that Tian Lin and the others, being few and unstable in their foundation, were easy to bully.

But with just a few words, Tian Lin turned her so-called allies into people who wanted her dead—

She only felt that her trust had been betrayed and her feelings had been betrayed. So she hated Zhou Ting and the others even more than she hated Tian Lin and Mei Fairy's group.

"You just want me to probe, but you must state a plan; otherwise, I wouldn't be so foolish as to rush to my death."

She knew that under the public's will, she couldn't resist. But even if she had to follow the crowd's orders, Tian Lin still had to come up with a convincing plan.

Everyone turned to look at Tian Lin, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"I, Tian, have said that I do not act to kill people. So asking Senior Sister to probe is also to ensure her safety as much as possible."

Tian Lin said, "So what I must do is nothing more than to accompany Senior Sister to meet the Village Chief when he arrives tomorrow, just as Senior Sister Mei did with me today."

His words left everyone surprised.

After all the talk of fight and kill, everyone thought he was up to something.

But in the end, all he wanted was for the female True Disciple to do a task that wasn't dangerous at all.

The male True Disciple there couldn't help but be stunned and a bit embarrassed, saying:

"What do you mean by this, Brother Tian? Is this what you call probing? What we know clearly now is that you are an official. And what we have to do is see if Senior Sister Yu is a civilian—

If you accompany her, and the Village Chief doesn't kill Senior Sister Yu, it can only prove that it's because of your official presence; hence, he dares not make a move. What else can it prove?"

Tian Lin replied, "This precisely proves that as long as an official is present, the Villagers will not dare to kill—Moreover, do you really want Senior Sister Yu to act alone? In that case, her safety really wouldn't be guaranteed."

His words made the male True Disciple so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

Because it was originally Tian Lin's idea for the female True Disciple to act alone.

It's just that Tian Lin hadn't explicitly stated it earlier—But Tian Lin's earlier hints had long forced people to think in that direction.

But now, Tian Lin turned back and bit, as if it was himself who wanted to kill on purpose.

He turned his head and indeed saw that his Senior Sister Yu's killing intent towards him was completely undisguised.

So, once begun, don't stop. At this moment, since he was already hated, how could he let Senior Sister Yu live?

He thought Tian Lin was trying to clear his name, to let others take the fall.

He wasn't afraid of taking the blame, so he said, "I think it's better for Senior Sister Yu to act alone. This way, we can truly test whether Senior Sister Yu is a civilian."

Fairy Mei laughed on the side; she hadn't expected that Tian Lin could both avenge himself by killing the female True Disciple and have someone willingly take the blame.

The female True Disciple was furious, scolding, "Feng, don't forget who saved your life during the last mountain closure! And now, this is how you repay my life-saving grace?"

The male True Disciple frowned and said, "Senior Sister, you know you have a favor, so you should understand I do not want to harm you. But since this concerns the greater affairs, we need Senior Sister to make small sacrifices.

Furthermore, the probability of you being an official is not low, and this trip may not end in death."

May not end in death, meaning there was a possibility of dying.

Having cultivated to the late Golden Core stage and being a True Disciple of the Wenda Sect, she was destined for grandeur and wealth. Who would want to take such risks?

Moreover, Feng was obviously trying to get her killed. Even if she escaped with her life from the Village Chief as an official, it would never be possible to coexist peacefully with him in the future.

Just as Senior Sister Yu was about to speak, Tian Lin had already spoken, "Enough, I said it already: tomorrow, Senior Sister Yu and I will see the Village Chief together. There's no need to say more about this."

Tian Lin repeated his earlier words, with emphasis, letting everyone know he was serious.

That Brother Feng froze, unable to fathom Tian Lin's intentions.

Could it be that Tian Lin really didn't intend to kill Senior Sister Yu?

Were all his actions truly for the public good, aiming to determine who was a civilian and who was an official?

"Foolish, do you think by doing this, Yu will let you go?" These words were on the verge of slipping out of his mouth.

But before Brother Feng could speak, Senior Sister Yu had already agreed, "It's a simple task. Tomorrow, I'll accompany Brother Tian to meet the Village Chief."

Fearing further complications, she seemed a bit eager.

The moment her words fell, the sound of the night watch echoed outside.

Wang Yanyu's voice was heard, "It seems almost as soon as those soldiers left, the old watchman went out to announce the time. It looks like he's afraid that before dawn, those soldiers might return and attack him again."

Just as she finished speaking, the knocking of the Village Chief was heard outside: "Official, the dried corpses in the village are all ready; please come inspect them."

By right, the village only needs to offer a dozen or so dried corpses every year. The number of dried corpses inspected by Tian Lin yesterday was already sufficient.

Normal villagers wouldn't be willing to pay more taxes, but the Village Chief seemed to not fit this norm, delighting in inviting people to inspect corpses.

At this time, Tian Lin opened the door and said to the Village Chief, "Alright then, please lead the way, Village Chief."

The Village Chief looked at Tian Lin with a troubled expression, only to hear Tian Lin emphasize, "Why, does the Village Chief have doubts about my ability to inspect corpses?"

"I wouldn't dare; this old man will lead the way now."

The Village Chief didn't waste words and turned to have the other villagers clear a path.

At this time, Senior Sister Yu was still somewhat apprehensive and didn't fully trust Tian Lin. But with Tian Lin willing to accompany her and not let her face the Village Chief alone, it really didn't seem like he meant her harm.

"This time, we are heading to Zhang Ergou's house—though he doesn't have many dried corpses, the quality is higher than yesterday's; the official is sure to be pleased."

The Village Chief wore a smiling facade, seemingly very courteous to Tian Lin, yet clearly suppressing a murderous intent.

Tian Lin recalled yesterday's situation; had he not had the note to back him up, he likely would have been suffocated by the Corpse Qi.

Yesterday's Corpse Qi was plenty already, and today's Corpse Qi seemed to be only more abundant than yesterday's.

When they arrived at Zhang Ergou's house, they indeed saw eight coffins lying in the yard.

Senior Sister Yu glanced at Tian Lin, then heard Tian Lin say, "I tired of looking at dried corpses yesterday, and today I'm genuinely a bit weary. Village Chief, how about having her inspect the corpses for me?"