Chapter 9

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“Hold on! I have something to say.” At this moment, the White Tiger Hall’s Hallist, Cheng Lihu, who had been watching from the side, suddenly spoke.

Not only was Deputy Gang Master Lu and the encampment manager surprised, but Lin Changqing was also very surprised.

“Hallist Cheng, what do you have to say?” Although the encampment manager was a little unhappy, Cheng Lihu’s identity was not ordinary, so he did not dare to offend him.

“Deputy Gang Master Lu, Manager Fan. Elder Zhao has done me a favor. Lin Changqing is someone he values. Although he left a little suddenly, he specially brought Changqing to see me. He asked me to bring Changqing into the White Tiger Hall and take good care of him.

“I know very well how much Elder Zhao cares for Changqing. If the people here today were members of other gangs, I would never say a word. But he’s Lin Changqing! So, I have to say a few words of justice. Lin Changqing hasn’t officially cultivated. His strength isn’t even at the Force Refinement Realm. He only has an ordinary pet dog with him. It’s impossible for him to be a threat to Leader Lu.

“When Lin Changqing joined the gang, his background was very clean. Elder Zhao personally asked about this.

“According to my understanding, the reason why Lin Changqing participated in the mission today was just a coincidence. Leader Lu had a sudden idea and used a temporary transfer order to conscript Lin Changqing.

“Manager Fan should know this better than anyone else. The duration of this mission is very short. In the past, many members can testify that Lin Changqing didn’t interact with anyone, nor did he have any interaction with Leader Lu.

“In the latter part, Leader Lu ordered Lin Changqing to go to the Land of Resentment to search for clues. There are many members who can testify. From the time they set off together to the time of the accident, the interval was very short.

“I believe that any normal person can tell that Lin Changqing definitely doesn’t have the ability to influence Leader Lu’s decision, much less pose a threat to him.

“Therefore, I think we can eliminate Lin Changqing as a suspect. Of course, Leader Lu was killed. This matter must be investigated thoroughly. As the most important person involved, Lin Changqing can’t leave the gang’s control.

“I’m willing to be Lin Changqing’s guarantor. I guarantee that he won’t leave the gang’s control before the matter is investigated. I wonder if Deputy Gang Master Lu and Manager Fan can change the place Lin Changqing is held from the gang prison to White Tiger Hall?” Cheng Lihu looked at Deputy Gang Master Lu and Manager Fan and asked seriously.

Lin Changqing didn’t expect Cheng Lihu to help him at such a critical moment.

The memory of his predecessor was very clear. At that time, when his predecessor met Cheng Lihu, it was just that Elder Zhao showed off to Cheng Lihu that his predecessor had a good appearance and extraordinary cultivation aptitude. He did not entrust Cheng Lihu with taking care of him.

Of course, there was another possibility. After his predecessor left, Elder Zhao and Cheng Lihu had talked about it in private.

However, Elder Zhao had left so suddenly that all of this could not be verified.

No matter what the reason was, Lin Changqing was quite grateful that Cheng Lihu spoke up for Lin Changqing like this. Entering the White Tiger Hall was definitely much better than entering the prison.

Lin Changqing could feel that Deputy Gang Master Lu and Manager Fan were a little unhappy.

Manager Fan and Deputy Gang Master Lu looked at each other and fell silent for a moment before he said, “Hallist Cheng’s words make some sense, so we’ll follow Hallist Cheng’s words first. If this matter is related to Lin Changqing, Hallist Cheng, please don’t interfere.”

“Of course! If he really breaks the gang rules, I’ll be the first to not let him off.” Cheng Lihu agreed readily.

The three upper echelons of the Knife Gang chatted for a while more before Cheng Lihu called for someone to carry Lin Changqing away.

Lin Changqing returned to the guest room at the beginning. His pets, Little Bamboo and Little Tiger, stayed here. This seemed to be the territory of the White Tiger Hall.

“Lin Changqing, the hallist has instructed you to recuperate here in peace. Someone will change your dressing and bring you food regularly. Rest well.” The member of the White Tiger Hall was more polite to Lin Changqing.

“Thank you, Big Brother!” Lin Changqing tried his best to communicate with people using the style of his predecessor.

Just like that, Lin Changqing was placed in the gang’s White Tiger Hall.

Lin Changqing could sense that there was someone guarding outside the guest room, so he and the spirit dog, Little Tiger, went to rest.

The injuries on him and Little Tiger were not fake. They needed time to recover.

Lin Changqing used a little of the life force in his body to greatly reduce the discomfort in his body, but he didn’t dare to quickly recover from his injuries. He still couldn’t understand who was good and who was bad in this gang.

He slept until the sky turned dark. Someone came into the room to deliver food. Lin Changqing pretended that he could barely move and could take care of himself, so he didn’t get anyone to take care of his daily needs.

He did this because the pill he took was indeed magical. His injuries were recovering quickly under the effect of the medicine. It was reasonable for him to be able to move now.

After eating, drinking, and pooping, he continued to sleep. He slept until the latter half of the night before he quietly woke up.

He and Little Tiger carefully sensed the movements everywhere and realized that although there were still people guarding outside, they did not approach the room and pay attention to the situation inside.

With a wave of Lin Changqing’s hand, Little Tiger brought the active vine it had brought back from the Land of Resentment into his hand. Now that this vine was no longer wriggling, it looked like a piece of dead wood. Lin Changqing could sense the active energy contained in it.

Lin Changqing pulled up the thick blanket to cover himself. The broken net in his sea of consciousness appeared in his hand and caught the vine.

With the birth of a bit of spirituality, Lin Changqing’s third capture succeeded again.

Lin Changqing didn’t know if it was because he was lucky, or because the target he chose was suitable, or because the success rate of the first three attempts was already high, the vine that had become Lin Changqing’s pet contained more and more vitality, but it did not leak out at all. Other than Lin Changqing, no one else could sense it.

The vine that was originally as long as chopsticks and as thick as two fingers kept shrinking and bending like a small snake. It took the initiative to wrap around Lin Changqing’s left wrist, turning into an inconspicuous vine bracelet.

[Thorn Vine]: A spiritual vine with powerful regeneration ability. It has the talents of [High-Speed Regeneration] and [Spiritual Energy Conversion]. It can grow.

[High Speed Regeneration]: Proliferates and grows at an extremely fast speed.

[Spiritual Energy Conversion]: Converts negative energies such as resentment and hostility into pure spiritual energy.

Lin Changqing checked the introduction and talent of his new pet, and his eyes lit up.

“Both talents are not simple!”

The information provided by the broken net was still as simple as before. Lin Changqing felt that he should be able to obtain both talents.

Through his research on obtaining pet talent twice, Lin Changqing discovered that pet talent was not imitated to him in the original version. Instead, it had undergone certain changes to the human body.

This change was usually to weaken the ability of one’s talent to maintain Lin Changqing’s human nature.

The pet’s talent was born according to the pet’s strongest characteristics. Even if Lin Changqing, a human, had the same talent, he could not compare to a pet that gave birth to a talent.

His current vitality and perception were much stronger than ordinary humans, but they could not compare to Little Bamboo and Little Tiger, who had given birth to these two talents.