Chapter 12 Not Smart Enough (Please Follow)

"How about this place, nice isn't it?"

Supervisor You smiled and said, "This place was originally the young master's quarters, we usually aren't allowed up here. Today, Manager Xu made an exception for you to come up and share in the blessings of the Immortal Master. Oh, help me close the door."

Tian Lin turned around, bent down while closing the door.

Indeed, as soon as the sound of wind reached his ears, he heard a 'bang'. Wood shavings brushed his face as they fell.

Supervisor You pulled the Wolf Fang Club from the wooden door and sneered, "Quite clever, I didn't fool you, you dodged it."

Having said that, Supervisor You swung the club again towards Tian Lin's shoulder.

Tian Lin rolled on the ground, barely dodging it; the Wolf Fang Club smashed a hole in the floor beside his right hand.

The noise in the room was too loud, Manager Xu's voice cursed from downstairs: "Can't you stop damaging the house, do you think repairing this wooden house doesn't cost money? Do you know how hard it is to squeeze a couple of coins out of those poor wretches every day?"

His scolding passed through the house down to the ears of the mine slaves, all of whom said resentfully, "Serves him right that even with the Immortal Technique, he can't reach the first level of Qi Cultivation; I've never seen someone pinch a coin into two halves before".

The entire day, the ruckus in the upper floor's small room never ceased.

At night when food was distributed, Tian Lin was dragged back to the wooden house where the mine slaves slept like a dead dog.

At this time, Tian Lin's face was smeared with blood, lying on the ground with his mouth corners sticky with blood.

His already tattered clothes were now dyed with blood, making him look like a slaughtered thin pig from afar.

When the mine slaves entered, all wore somber faces and didn't dare to approach Tian Lin.

In a worse condition than Tian Lin was Big Zhang—

Originally imposing Big Zhang, now hung from a roof beam, a large piece of flesh ruthlessly torn from his chest.

He squinted down from the beam and smiled, "You stinky kid, still alive?"

There was no reply from Tian Lin in the room, Big Zhang asked from the beam, "Stinky kid, are you dead or not?"

Finally, a mine slave gathered courage and said, "He seems unable to speak, but he's not dead yet—he just moved his hand recently."

Old Zhang's voice came from the beam: "Brother, please do me a favor, give him some water. He hasn't eaten all day, don't let him die."

The mine slave, however, lacked the courage and said, "Brother Zhang, don't blame me for not rescuing; the person you offended is Manager Xu. We can't oppose Manager Xu with our meager strength."

"That's okay, sigh, Manager Xu is really after our lives."

After saying this, Big Zhang spoke no more, and Tian Lin on the ground couldn't utter a word either.

Finally, in the middle of the night, a mine slave saw everyone was asleep, quietly walked over to Tian Lin.

He stuffed a pill into Tian Lin's mouth, and Tian Lin gradually regained some strength.

Tian Lin looked at the unfamiliar man in front and the man whispered, "Your brother helped me with something a few days ago and asked me to help you when it's critical. But I can only do so much, besides this medicine your brother gave, I can just fetch you some water so you won't die of thirst."

As he fed him water, Tian Lin summoned his strength, "You help me do something—"

Before Tian Lin could finish, the man whispered, "Impossible, if it weren't for my possession still being with your brother, I wouldn't want to get involved with you two brothers."

"Tomorrow, you must bring me a few Soul Burying Flowers."

Tian Lin also interrupted the man's words, he strained his throat to say: "Help me with this favor, and the knife hidden beneath my store will be yours."

Hearing there were benefits to be exchanged, the man hesitated.

He clenched his teeth and said, "Fine, you want to eat the Soul Burying Flower and seek death? It's your own doing, don't blame me."

After feeding Tian Lin water, he left and indeed brought back the Soul Burying Flower the next day. He thought Tian Lin wanted to commit suicide, so he didn't stay there long.

After he left, Tian Lin put one and a half of the Soul Burying Flowers into his mouth.

Compared to the first night, Tian Lin looked even more miserable on the second night.

Boss Zhang on the beam spoke weakly, "You stinking kid, can you hold on?"

Still no response from Tian Lin, Boss Zhang said, "In this world, the easier things are obtained, the less they are trusted and cherished, don't you think?"

Tian Lin still didn't respond, until the man fed him water and the Soul Burying Flower in the middle of the night.

That night, Tian Lin practiced Qi Cultivation throughout the entire evening.

Early the next morning, Supervisor You pushed the door open, and the Mine Slaves reflexively got down from their sleeping platforms.

When they saw Supervisor You, they were no longer in a hurry to rush out for food.

Because Supervisor You would, as usual, ask Boss Zhang on the beam if he was compliant.

If Boss Zhang customarily responded with a 'no', Tian Lin would be taken away.

Indeed, after Supervisor You and Boss Zhang finished their talk, Tian Lin was grabbed from the ground, and then taken upstairs to the small wooden house where the Supervisors lived.

The sounds of a beating erupted from the second floor, terrifying the listening Mine Slaves.

Someone couldn't help but say, "Are these two brothers made of iron, so tough? Even now, they still refuse to yield?"

Then a Mine Slave sneered and said, "You don't know, the reason these two brothers entered the mine was to earn stakes and thereby obtain rewards from Old Master Shang. Both brothers, one of them a top-notch expert, if it's about scrounging for food, where can't they go? Thus, they have far-reaching aspirations and absolutely refuse to be Manager Xu's dogs."

Indeed, being Manager Xu's dog, how could they surpass Manager Xu and obtain the Immortal Law rewarded by Old Master Shang?

"However, if these two brothers keep going like this, they'll be ruined. Supervisor You is no easy lamp to burn."

After these words, unsurprisingly, Manager Xu's scolding echoed from the first floor: "Supervisor You, can you keep it down a bit? Don't break my wall panels. If they break, are you going to compensate?"

Just after Manager Xu finished speaking, the door and walls of the small house on the second floor suddenly cracked.

Immediately following, a black figure was hurled from the wooden house, landing heavily in front of Manager Xu.

Manager Xu was stunned, looking at Supervisor You, who was a mess on his face, somewhat incredulously squatting in front of him.

He patted the face of Supervisor You who was 'hehe'-ing and spitting up blood, and said, "Are you going to die?"

Supervisor You could not speak at this time, and Manager Xu stood up and looked towards the small house, only to see the door and walls being smashed open again.

Tian Lin, from a high position, smashed his Wolf Fang Club down towards Supervisor You on the ground.

With a 'bang', Supervisor You's head instantly burst open like watermelon juice, blood splattering everywhere.

"Supervisor You, you're not clever enough. I didn't even trick you to close the door, how could you not dodge the Wolf Fang Club?"

"Ah well, it's good that you're dead, no need to waste money on medicines now."

Manager Xu didn't attempt to save Supervisor You as the Wolf Fang Club fell, but instead jumped back, not wanting his clothes to be stained with blood.

His clothes, bought from a shop in town seven years ago, were very expensive! He had patched them up and was reluctant to replace them.