Told You I Can Turn Back Time
Chapter 130 - 129 Memory Trade

Chapter 130: Chapter 129 Memory Trade

The next day, a piece of news spread throughout the entire city.

Three days later, the Taiqing Sect would begin a grand martial arts competition on the platform, open to all ages, genders, and schools, but competitors could only use martial arts for the contest.

And the champion of the platform would become the Sect Leader’s direct successor, inheriting all of Taiqing Sect’s secret techniques.

As the news of the Taiqing Sect platform spread, the whole Qingtian City seemed to boil with excitement.

Countless martial artists, confident in their own strengths, all squeezed into the Taiqing Sect to participate in this grand martial arts competition.

Lin Xing stood in front of the announcement, looking at its content without much interest.

Because the competition was non-lethal, competitors were not allowed to kill their opponents.

"A non-lethal competition where only martial arts are used... My disadvantage is too great. Forget it."

He turned to leave when he suddenly noticed a familiar face.

He saw Du Chuang from the Evil-cutting Sect also looking at the announcement.

Lin Xing realized that the other party did not react after glancing at him, remembering that he was wearing a human skin mask.

And there was Du Chuang talking to a senior brother beside him, "Senior brother, are you interested?"

Li Zhao said, "The secret techniques of the Taiqing Sect are very good, but there are too many masters within the sect..."

He shook his head in slight regret, "The champion of this grand martial arts competition will probably be someone from Taiqing Sect itself, they might have already decided internally. Why bother joining the crowd?"

Just then, Du Chuang’s young disciple ran over excitedly, "Master, Grandmaster Uncle, Senior Uncle, take a look at this..."

He held a paper and said, "Taiqing Sect is recruiting external disciples, and the registration fee is just one hundred taels..."

Du Chuang slapped his disciple’s head reprimanding, "Don’t shout like that."

Li Zhao on the other hand took the paper with curiosity and, while reading it, commented, "This is rather interesting."

Lin Xing glanced at them a few times and then hurriedly left, returning to the inn.

Upon hearing that the Taiqing Sect was actually organizing a grand martial arts competition to recruit a direct disciple for the Sect Leader, Puppet Girl clenched her fists with both hands and seriously said, "I want to participate in this competition."

Lin Xing was surprised, "What if your identity as a puppet is exposed?"

Puppet Girl said, "On our journey north, I practiced how to manipulate the puppet all the way, and now my movements are no different from those of ordinary people."

"I also learned from Xue Rong how to hide traces of the residual soul."

As she spoke, Puppet Girl suddenly performed a set of boxing techniques, displaying the demeanor of a master in every move.

Clearly, Bai Yiyi had been gradually integrating her experience in martial arts into the manipulation of the puppet.

Puppet Girl then pointed to her neck and wrists and said, "Plus, I’ve covered the key areas with things like bow ties and wrist guards, blocking them off so nothing will show."

Although Zhao Wanxi had always felt her master was a bit strange, she was still stunned by their conversation and her eyes widened.

"My master is a puppet? Did I actually take a puppet as my master?"

She stared intently at the Puppet Girl in front of her, but no matter how she looked, she couldn’t tell that the other was actually a puppet.

Yet Bai Yiyi continued, "This is a competition organized by the Sect Leader of the Taiqing Sect. Even if I don’t come first in the end, I can still take the opportunity to learn more about Taiqing Sect, and maybe find out about the ’Yuhua Reincarnation Chapter’."

She clenched her fist again with a bang, "The things I’ve lost, I’ll take them back with my own strength!"

Lin Xing felt the seriousness in Bai Yiyi’s tone and nodded, "Alright, but you must be careful."

As Bai Yiyi registered for the competition, Lin Xing tried to learn about the ’Yuhua Reincarnation Chapter’ through another channel.

From Lin Xing’s experience on his journey northwards, each city in Mirror World was always home to various underground organizations, such as gangs, cults, or even rebels.

Though these underground forces were dangerous, they were also well-informed and thus suitable for Lin Xing to get in touch with.

Lin Xing approached the inn’s attendant and asked, "Where is the most dangerous place in this city?"

"Hehe, don’t worry, I’m certainly not looking to go to any dangerous places."

"I just want to ask which places in this city are dangerous, so I can avoid them in advance and not run into trouble."

The attendant finally understood and said, "The most dangerous place would definitely be the West Market. It’s full of various gambling dens and coin forgeries. I’ve heard of outsiders going in there and never coming out the next day."

Following the waiter’s guidance, Lin Xing arrived at the West Market of Qingtian City that very night.

Not long after Lin Xing wandered about aimlessly and made random inquiries, a green-thatched man with triangular eyes came over to him.

The man’s name was Lai San, a local ruffian in West Market. In earlier years, his family had some spare wealth, but over the years it had all been squandered away in the gambling dens.

Lai San sized up Lin Xing and asked, "Brother, are you from out of town?"

Lin Xing nodded, "I’m looking to gather some information on the Taiqing Sect."

A smile crept into Lai San’s mind, "You’ve come to the right person then, follow me."

Lin Xing followed Lai San through twists and turns until they finally arrived outside a secluded courtyard.

Lai San knocked on the door rhythmically, and a man with mutton chop whiskers peeked out, then opened the door to let them in.

As soon as Lin Xing entered the courtyard, he felt the door behind him shut instantly.

Seeing the seven or eight martial artists who were about to surround him with clubs in hand, Lin Xing declared righteously, "In broad daylight, do you really intend to commit an armed assault?"

The mutton chop whiskered man looked at Lin Xing as if he were looking at a fool.

He only heard him scoff and say, "Kid, consider yourself unlucky in this life, be sure to grow more eyes in your next life so you don’t believe everything you hear... Ah!"

Amidst a scream, streaks of light had already swept across the knees of everyone present.

Whether it was the mutton chop whiskered man or Lai San, they all screamed in agony as they fell to the ground.

After some questioning, Lin Xing learned that this group was involved in human trafficking, and in the room nearby, more than a dozen ragged refugees and beggars were tied up, all intended to be sold by these traffickers.

But the mutton chop whiskered man looked at Lin Xing unwillingly, his eyes seemingly filled with resentment: "Today, we brothers were just unlucky to have provoked such a grand master."

"With your strength, just the tiniest show of your abilities would have convinced us to roll as far away as possible."

"Instead, you come here and cripple all of us right away, that’s hardly in keeping with the world of martial arts."

Lin Xing frowned and said, "I am a law-abiding citizen, not a part of the jianghu; who’s talking about jianghu rules with you?"

"You traffickers, I’m reporting you to the authorities right now."

Upon hearing this, the mutton chop whiskered man and the others all burst into wild laughter.

"Report us?"

"This is a Taiqing Sect business, what official would dare to intervene?"

"Just you wait, by breaking Qingtian City’s rules, the Taiqing Sect won’t let you off."

Looking at the confident demeanor of the mutton chop whiskered man and the others, Lin Xing was momentarily taken aback.

If human trafficking was indeed something that the local rulers were turning a blind eye to, then it seemed they would indeed get off scot-free.

At that moment, there was a sudden, thunderous boom.

The courtyard gate had been kicked open, and a group of masked men rushed in.

But upon seeing all the fallen bodies in the courtyard and Lin Xing standing among them, the masked men seemed dumbfounded.

One of them looked at Lin Xing in surprise and asked, "Did you knock these people out yourself?"

Seeing Lin Xing nod, the masked men relaxed slightly.

But the mutton chop whiskered man on the ground angrily shouted, "Anti-Clearing Association!"

The masked man snorted coldly, knocked all the traffickers unconscious, and then released the tied-up beggars and refugees.

Lin Xing watched in amazement, finding it hard to believe: "Mirror World actually has people who fight for justice?"

He felt that this couldn’t be as simple as it seemed on the surface; there must be some deeper reason.

And when Lin Xing followed them, those masked men didn’t say anything and led him to a small tavern.

The leading masked man took off his mask, revealing a face weathered by life, and smiled at Lin Xing, "This young master seems to have many questions in his mind?"

Seeing Lin Xing nod, the man sighed, "Those slave traders weren’t wrong; their human trafficking is indeed done under the instructions of the Taiqing Sect."

"Most of these people will be sold to the Taiqing Sect, where they will either experience life and death or hone their skills, ultimately having their memories extracted..."

Hearing this, a spark of light flashed in Lin Xing’s eyes. He hurriedly asked, "The Taiqing Sect, do they indeed possess the method to control memory?"