CHAPTER 962: CHAPTER 959: CHOSEN

The curtains and drapes were drawn, and the lights were off. Despite it being broad daylight, the room was dim. In the dark room sat a person, completely shrouded in a black robe, with neither figure nor face visible.

In front of the black-robed person was a laptop computer, and on the screen was the unmistakable view of a large classroom, evidently equipped with surveillance cameras.

Tan Yuan entered and respectfully said, "Secret Master, the lecture is over. Which student would you like to become the elector for this period?"

The black-robed man slightly lifted his head and looked at the computer screen. Ignoring the naked female students, he focused on Lin Tian in the front row and raspingly said, "This new male student, he is the seed."

"I understand, Secret Master." Tan Yuan nodded respectfully, took a seed, and then retreated.

After Tan Yuan left the room, he returned to the large classroom. The students were both excited and expectant because someone was about to be chosen as an elector today, and being selected as an elector was considered a fortune.

"Dear students, I just performed a divination using your names to inquire about Heaven’s will. Heaven has given me an indication, and the elector has finally been chosen. This period’s elector is just one person, and that is..." Tan Yuan paused, making all students prick up their ears, eager to know whether they were the chosen elector.

"It is... Lin Tian!" Tan Yuan announced the elector’s name. Disappointment painted the students’ faces, their gaze at Lin Tian filled with deep envy.

Zhao Ya, however, looked worried because she knew what being an elector meant. If anything happened to Lin Tian, how could she explain it to Zi Yan?

Hearing his name, Lin Tian was not surprised at all, as he had already used his Eye of Clarity to track Tan Yuan earlier and heard the conversation with the black-robed person.

Tan Yuan indeed wasn’t the Witch, it was the black-robed man, Lin Tian knew this well. However, he still acted ecstatic, as if he had just won a five-million lottery.

Tan Yuan was very satisfied with Lin Tian’s expression. He walked to Lin Tian and said, "Lin Tian, you were selected as an elector on your first visit. It is great fortune. This is the fortune seed. Once you take it back, you must plant and nurture it carefully, do not squander Heaven’s favor, understand?"

Lin Tian took the seed; it looked ordinary, but who could imagine that once it grew, it would become the Yin Yang Life Spirit Grass.

"Alright, this concludes today’s lesson. See you next time." With that, Tan Yuan left the large classroom.

The other students all gathered around Lin Tian, expressing words of envy. Some female students even brazenly invited him to their homes, knowing well that inviting someone over meant engaging in certain matters between men and women.

Lin Tian naturally declined all invitations, pulled Zhao Ya away from the Meditation House, as he had more important matters to attend to.

Back in the car, Lin Tian instructed Zhao Ya to wait in the car and not to come out. He then got out of the car alone, bypassed the other students, and jumped onto the rooftop of a building.

Lin Tian opened his Eye of Clarity, covering the entire Meditation House with his vision. The black-robed person was no longer in the room; he and Tan Yuan were heading downwards, and Lin Tian followed closely with his gaze to see where they were going.

The black-robed person and Tan Yuan exited from the back door of the Meditation House, crossed several alleys, and arrived in front of a low building. Once inside, instead of heading upstairs, they opened a door on the first floor, revealing an underground passage. The low building contained a basement!

The basement was not large, about the size of an ordinary living room. It contained many items, with glass cabinets along the walls filled with bottles and jars of unknown substances. The most conspicuous was a table in the center, holding a potted plant.

It was indeed the Yin Yang Life Spirit Grass! Lin Tian was overjoyed because this Yin Yang Life Spirit Grass was much larger than Zhao Ya’s, and more importantly, there was a fruit growing at its top.

The fruit had a unique appearance, exhibiting both red and black colors. Lin Tian clearly remembered the description from the Shennong Emperor’s Medical Scripture regarding the Yin Yang Life Fruit, which perfectly matched this fruit. This was precisely the Yin Yang Life Fruit!

As I suspected, as long as you find the Witch, you can find the Yin Yang Life Fruit, Lin Tian thought with immense delight.

He crouched and leapt across to the opposite building, approaching the low building through successive jumps. After arriving at the door, he stormed in without hesitation and dashed into the basement.

In the basement, the black-robed man turned and saw Lin Tian emerging from the passage, astonished by his speed, as they were caught off guard and trapped in the basement.

"You are... Lin Tian, the newfound student. How do you know about this place? Why have you come?" Tan Yuan asked, frowning.

Even though Lin Tian had barged in, both remained calm, believing a student posed no threat to them.

Lin Tian smiled and said, "Of course, I followed you in. As for the reason I’m here, you’ll naturally find out soon."

The black-robed man looked up at Lin Tian. With the hood obscuring his face, only half was visible, appearing no different from ordinary people.

However, the black-robed man removed his hood by himself, revealing his other side, which was adorned with strange black patterns. No, not painted on; Lin Tian’s intuition told him these patterns were growths from the skin.

"You aren’t surprised to see my true appearance, so clearly, you are more than just a student." The black-robed man spoke in a muffled voice, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"What’s to be surprised about? I’ve seen faces scarier than yours; a few patterns are nothing. But since you’ve shown your true face, you’re not planning to let me leave, are you?" Lin Tian replied calmly.

"As expected of the elector I’ve chosen, indeed clever. However, before I turn you into flower fertilizer, I can answer a few questions for you, so you won’t die with regrets?" The black-robed man spoke unemotionally, mentioning turning Lin Tian into flower fertilizer as if it were no big deal, completely considering Lin Tian as already dead.

"Oh, what a generous person. Alright then, let me ask, are you the Witch?" Lin Tian asked leisurely with a smile.

"Witch? I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m not a Witch. It seems that title is just something those dull people made up, but I can tell you, I am the Secret Master." The black-robed man denied it with a cold laugh, dismissing the Witch title with disdain.

"Secret Master? Never heard of it. Though I’ve heard of a secretary, but given your size, you couldn’t be a secretary." Lin Tian casually remarked.

Hearing Lin Tian compare "Secret Master" with "secretary," the black-robed man’s face twitched slightly, evidently agitated by Lin Tian’s peculiar comparison.