Chapter 64: Taking by Tricks

Qingyun Sect, Qingquan Peak, General Affairs Hall.

Lin Chen walked in an aisle, and after turning several corners, he finally entered a room.

This was the place where he received miscellaneous tasks in the medicine garden last time, and it was also the place where disciples with strength and connections took jobs.

However, Lin Chen came here not to take jobs, but to collect intelligence.

As far as he knew, whenever a disciple came back from a mission, he had to hand in the corresponding mission credentials and regional information related to the mission.

The relevant departments of Qingyun Sect would collect and organize this information, organize it into intelligence, and then have a basic understanding and control of the forces below.

Lin Chen came here to find news related to the Lin family to determine the situation he would face next.

However, Lin Chen was not sure whether he was qualified to query this information, so he came to try.

Even if it didn't work, he had prepared other ways. After all, someone's position had room for operation.

'I remember that when I came last time, this uncle was reading a book. It happened that I was selling it recently. Maybe I could give him some gifts to see if I could get through the back door? 'Lin Chen walked silently, but he was thinking about something.

These days, giving gifts to get things done is not shabby.

'We're here...' Lin Chen looked up, confirmed the room, and walked in.

He approached the counter and was about to speak, but was suddenly stunned.

Because the old man sitting at the counter had white hair and a youthful face, was energetic, and was wearing a green Taoist robe. He leaned on the back of the chair, squinted his eyes, raised a cup of spiritual tea in his hand, and gently blew away the white mist on it, looking quite like an immortal.

Huh? !

Lin Chen was stunned and blinked violently.

'That's right, the person is still the same person, how come he suddenly becomes so immortal? Is it a problem with the clothes, the hairstyle, or because he didn't read books during the duty hours? '

If he was an old naughty boy with a wretched temperament before, then now he is a Taoist master.

Did he recognize the wrong person? Or is it a role-playing in the world of immortal cultivation? Lin Chen was a little confused.

"What's the matter?" The old man said leisurely, and Lin Chen immediately confirmed his identity.

It was the uncle who read the book during the last shift.

Lin Chen looked at him suspiciously, and after thinking about it, he still didn't take out the book that had been prepared in the storage bag. After all, the other party looked like an immortal, and it would be difficult for him to just take it out and stuff it in, right?

"Disciple wants to inquire about the news of Jiangcheng, the fairy city under my sect." Lin Chen said loudly.

"Oh?" Hearing this, the old man raised his eyelids and looked at Lin Chen. A trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it soon disappeared.

"Only foundation-building cultivators and true disciples are qualified to inquire about the news and intelligence of the forces under my sect." The old man said seriously.

"This... Disciple has important things to do. I wonder if the elder can make some concessions." Lin Chen said politely.

"This is not possible. Rules are rules and cannot be easily violated." The old man refused directly.

"This..." Lin Chen hesitated, and quickly took out a bag of spirit stones from the storage bag and handed it over.

Although most of the research was consumed, Lin Chen still had some spirit stones for daily use, and he could still take out a hundred spirit stones.

"What do you mean?! Am I such a person?" The old man saw this scene, his eyes widened, and he scolded.

"Master, you misunderstood. I just picked it up at the door. I took it out now to ask if it belongs to you?" Lin Chen replied quickly.

"I didn't drop anything outside. You should keep it. I don't buy it!" Lin Chen didn't expect the old man to deny it, but said with a wave of his sleeves.

Hmm? ! Is my gift-giving posture wrong?

Lin Chen was stunned. Is the other party really so upright that this way is not feasible?

But it doesn't matter, he has a second plan!

"Yes, yes, maybe I made a mistake. I will go back to find the owner." Lin Chen nodded quickly, and then reached out to touch the bag of spirit stones.

It seemed that he had used some force, and after pulling it, the cloth bag actually scattered, and the accumulated spiritual stones fell, accompanied by a paper book.

The paper book fell with a snap, and the cover was opened for some reason, revealing a lifelike portrait.

The snow-white and bright mountain peaks, the proudly standing red plum blossoms...

Hmm? ! The old man's hand holding the teacup suddenly paused.

"Uncle Master, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm clumsy and disturbed you, uncle. I'll clean it up now." Lin Chen nodded hurriedly to apologize, and then squatted down to clean it up.

I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, but Lin Chen didn't take the lead in cleaning up the book that was clearly close at hand, but went to pick up the scattered spiritual stones in the distance first.

His movements were very ups and downs, and he raised a breeze after another, blowing up the pages of the book, revealing a small part of the next page.

In the mist of the hot spring, a light touch caused ripples to form, and the pages above were...

When Lin Chen stopped moving, the wind stopped, and the pages fell down and could not be seen.

"Oh, there is also this book." Lin Chen seemed to have just noticed it and suddenly realized it.

Then, he reached out to the book with a slow but not fast movement.

Getting closer and closer...

'Ten, nine, eight, seven...' Lin Chen muttered in his heart.

"Cough cough!"

'One! 'Just when Lin Chen touched the book, a cough suddenly came from his ear.

Lin Chen quickly retracted his hand, stood up and said respectfully: "I wonder what the uncle master wants?"

The old man said with a serious face: "I remember you, kid, it seems that you won the second place in the outer sect competition, and now you have become an inner sect disciple?"

"Yes, I broke through by chance some time ago and became an inner sect disciple." Lin Chen replied.

"Is that so..." The old man thought for a while, "At your age, with such talent and strength, it must not be difficult to become a true disciple. In this case, I will get it for you if you want to read it!"

"Thank you, uncle!" Lin Chen replied with joy.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the two of them ignored the books on the ground at the same time.

Soon, the old man sorted out the information he wanted, took out a green leaf that was shining with green light, and handed it over.

Lin Chen took the spiritual leaf and put it between his eyebrows. His eyes suddenly changed. Countless text information appeared in the air one after another. This was the intelligence collected by Qingyun Sect on its forces!

‘Jiangcheng, Lin family…’ This thought just popped up in his mind, and a large part of the information in front of him disappeared. The rest was all about Jiangcheng, Lin family, and the surrounding examples related to them.

‘The family’s foundation-building cultivator has reached the end of his life, and there is no successor. He was suppressed by the other two families. It is exactly the same as the information given by the Lin family. It seems that there is no problem… Am I overthinking? ’ Lin Chen frowned slightly.

He observed carefully and found that there was no problem. He hesitated for a moment, so he reached out to remove the spiritual leaf attached to their eyebrows.

Huh? !

But just when he touched the spiritual leaf on his eyebrows, he accidentally looked at the previous records, but suddenly froze and noticed something strange.