"It was not my intention to separate them"said patriarch
" It also saddens me lot "
"Not your intention than was it mei lin 's master .who wanted this" steward
"Mei lin's master does not want her to stay with someone who will stop or effect her growth in cultivation. It is undeniable that mei lin loves and care about her brother a lot .
which has become barrier in her growth "
" As a cultivators we should look beyond family and friends and our only goal should be to seek great dao ."
"In the long passage of cultivator s life all relationships are hindrances for someone seeking great dao .I hope mei lin can stay away from such hindrances and truly focus on her cultivation " that's what her master said
It is also fact that mei lin have only learned techniques on the basic levels .and isn't trying to improve herself .
According to her master "mei lin with her talent should have already broken through qi refining realm .if I am not wrong mei lin is waiting for her brother to catch upto her .sub conciously she does not want to increase the gap between her and brother "
"I wasn't able to refute her .the fact is so called expulsion is just a way to break familia ties "patriarch lin tao clutched his chest as he felt a pang of pain in his heart
Although from her words lin tao could guess .lily s master was looking down on them .
As a cultivation clan their strength didn't not measure up in front of master .what could they
Their family needed lily s master to behind them .just by having relationship with strong person .his lin family could deter other 3 families .it was because of master s present other families didn't dare to compete with their families in crooked ways .
"I only hope that this can temper both of them.make their personality strong , determined.it is also fine if they turn greedy and learn ,tricks and schemes .their character are too soft for cultivation world ."lin tao
"Master I failed to see logic behind your decision "pls forgive me "bowed steward
"Send someone to keep an eye on both of them " patriarch
"Both of them are still child they need protection .this are some of the treasures mei lin s teacher left behind for mei lin "
*****
It had been 3 hours since he entered the snake tail forest .
Along the way he met many tier 2 dangerous beasts .such a fiery scillion ( it's bird similar to eagle but with long beaks .during attack it's wings can catch fire ",
slippey jade snake ( snake with shining body gives other the illusion of jades stones . however when someone tries to pick it .it attacks with speed that cannot be tracked by even foundation establishment cultivator)
elephant legged gorilla (as it name said it was gorilla with legs similar to elephant.its legs were small .decreasing it's speed .but in written in return he had long hands twice his legs .he had a strength that could even shatter boulders")but all of them haven't matured so they still aren't threat to silver tail city .once they became tier 4 even elders of 4 families cannot stop them .lin tian guessed
His journey through the forest had been smooth .no strange beast have attacked him.
He was extremely familiar with the path he was taking .He had entered this forest secretly many times in past .
For some unknown reason beasts never attacked him .Either they would ignore him or change their way .Good thing was beast couldn't speak or mock or humiliate him .or he would feel he was still in clan .
In return he had also never attacked any beast .(The other reason was he didn't had strength to harm them ).he also didn't want to risk his life . according to his knowledge beast were divided from
tier 1- 10
Tier 1 beast could be hunted by normal humans
Tier 2 beast can hunted by professional hunters
Tier 3 beast can develop some intelligence .they can even develop abilities for attack and defense .they can only be hunted by cultivators (fountain building and above)
Tier 4 beast were great threat once they entered mortal cities .by now their intelligence had developed further .they could instinctively guess and differentiate between strong and weak humans .
For tier 4 beast they knew if they could eat strong humans they would become strong . That's why they would enter human cities in order to eat humans that can cultivate .
For humans beasts were treasures.from their bones ,teeths ,meat to blood everything can be sold for money .
He was not here for beast though .he had entered the dangerous forest in order to search for herbs .herbs that were helpful for cultivator fetched a lot of prices in market .
From tier 1 -3 herbs were something that can be easily afforded if they had money .
Tier 4 herbs had price .but they were not available in silver tail of surrounding cities .
In order to get tier 4 herbs they will have to travel far to the capital.
Such trips were dangerous and often resulted in many deaths .therw was danger from bandits . itinerary cultivators ,and beasts .
If he could find tier 4 or even tier 5 herb .
If he presented them to clan treasury .it will count as merit earning .
In exchange he can ask to decrease mei lin s punishment .
That's why he has to gather more and better herbs .
He had seen herbs of tier 1 and 2 .which were easily available in silver tail city . however about wild herbs he didn't knew anything .let alone herbs of tier 4 or above .
Than what can he do .he had a small plan in his mind .
He would search the lair of specific beast .this beast has been roaming and collecting herbs from other tier 3 and lower beasts territory .
This beast showed intelligence beyond normal beast .
More importantly this type of beast would never eat anything poisonous .so he can be assured of it wouldn't be harmful to anyone .even if they were he only had to bring them back safely .once he reached clan there would be elders and others to recognise the herb .
Soon he saw tier 3 "impenetrable skin rhino " s lair .it was dark cave without any light .it's entrence was 8 feet wide and 6feet height .
Lin tian collected some small stones and scaled the nearby tree .he started throwing stones in cave one by one with small gap of time .
Soon . Half a incense stick s time passed .if the beast were inside he will atleast do movements or make sounds . But there was no reaction. The cave was really empty . He carefully entered the cave .the cave was hollowed from inside .and uneven floor spanned 35feet vertically and 40 feet horizontally.
From roof to surface there was a gap of 15 feet .
Lin tian s eyes lit up in the cave "red mushroom" like thing were growing in one Conner
They were the only visible thing in dark cave .
Lin tian lit up a torch .
With more visibility he saw some others herbs in corner .some were half eaten .some had only root left .
Lin tian covered his hands with layers of clothes before he started searching and collecting herbs .
Lin tian quickly collected the intact herbs .just as he was about to exit . a figure saw him.