I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong-Chapter 1 - This Is Not Cow Dung

Looking at the collapsed wall of the Picket Fence Courtyard, a bad premonition rose in Tian Lin's heart.

He almost dragged himself toward the earthen house ahead with his 'crutch', but the old man behind him was faster.

The old man stumbled into the house and soon a cry of anguish broke out: "These goddamn beasts!"

The old man's voice was piercing, spreading through the entire valley like the cry of a Mountain Demon.

At this point, Tian Lin slowed down his pace, using the support of the bamboo pole to weakly shuffle into the earthen house.

As he expected, inside was a family's corpses.

The man lay on the ground, the woman dead in the bed.

"These goddamn beasts, they didn't leave us a single grain, do they want us to starve to death alive!"

"Isn't everyone in on it together, doesn't their conscience hurt?"

The old man somehow found the strength to suddenly push Tian Lin away from the doorway: "Check the chicken coop, maybe they missed a couple of eggs?"

The old man had already run toward the chicken coop while speaking, but soon his wails were heard again: "It's a sin, they've cleaned out everything, they're practically living bandits."

"Living bandits, aren't we foreigners Seeking Immortality also living bandits?"

Tian Lin threw down his bamboo pole and sat leaning against the door wall.

He licked his dry lips and said, "How many counties have we passed from east to west in our memories? We haven't found immortality, but we've killed plenty of people for food."

"What's wrong with killing people? On our quest for immortality, what's wrong with killing a few to survive?"

The old man looked at Tian Lin and said: "Xiao Linzi, are you possessed, speaking such foolish words?"

"Maybe I am, I just wonder, how much longer before we find the immortal gate. Will we starve to death before we keep going like this?"

"It won't be too long, Zhang Lao Da said that past Qinghe County, we could find the Yao Yue Sect."

"Once we find the Yao Yue Sect and pass the assessment, we can become disciples of the Yao Yue Sect."

He said this and also leaned against the door wall to sit down.

The two didn't speak again, only their stomachs continued to 'growl'.

"No, I can't stand it anymore, I need to dig up some wild vegetables to stave off hunger."

The old man spoke, somehow gathering the strength.

When he took Tian Lin's bamboo pole and left through the courtyard wall, Tian Lin also got up from the ground.

He held his stomach and followed behind the old man; he also had to go out to find food, otherwise he would really starve to death here.

Tian Lin crossed the Picket Fence Courtyard wall and looked at the old man searching for wild vegetables ahead.

He also bent his head down to look at the weeds and wildflowers on either side of the path.

[Beef bun, can effectively replenish physical strength, alleviate hunger, and safe to consume]

Tian Lin, lacking any enthusiasm, was startled, looking at the cow dung on the ground lost in thought.

He suspected he had seen incorrectly, and couldn't help but rub his eyes.

But indeed, there were words floating above the cow dung——

"Old man, come and see, there's a beef bun here."

Tian Lin shouted with all his strength, and the old man, who had already crawled into the thicket, rushed out with his walking stick.

"Where, where, wait for me, don't you dare hog it all to yourself, kid."

The old man lost a shoe as he ran, stepping on the cow dung when he reached in front of Tian Lin.

But all he thought about was eating, completely disregarding the details.

"The beef bun, you've squished it."

Tian Lin pointed at the cow dung beneath the old man's sole, the old man at first was stunned, then his face turned green.

"Tian kid, my stomach is so messed up I can't even feel it anymore, and you still have the heart to talk about this. Shouldn't we save our strength, find a bit to eat, and catch up with the group to seek immortality together?"

After the old man spoke, he walked on the cow dung and left.

Tian Lin glanced at the cow dung on the ground, licked his lips and also hobbled after the old man.

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Both of them were in tattered clothes, truly looking like beggars picking up things in the mountains to eat.

The old man had abundant experience; within an hour, he managed to find a bunch of wild greens that wouldn't kill a person if eaten.

Only Tian Lin could do nothing but stare enviously as the old man devoured his meal, green juice spilling from his mouth.

[One-year-old Qi Condensing Grass, capable of enhancing strength and replenishing vitality, is the sapling of the low-grade Spirit Grass 'Qi Condensing Grass']

A line of text appeared again, and Tian Lin rubbed his eyes, gazing blankly at the 'insect grass' in front of him.

"What's the matter with you, you brat?"

The old man couldn't hear Tian Lin's movements anymore, and when he turned around he saw Tian Lin plucking the 'insect grass' from the ground, about to stuff it into his mouth.

His face changed color, and he hurriedly grabbed Tian Lin's hand, saying: "Have you gone mad? This insect grass is poisonous, eating it will make your whole body itch."

Yet Tian Lin ignored him, shrugged off his hand and was about to stuff it into his mouth.

The old man held onto Tian Lin's hand tightly and said: "You can't eat this, you must be delirious from hunger. Alright, alright, I'll share some of my wild greens with you, okay?"

Tian Lin didn't say a word, he stuffed the insect grass into his mouth without haste to chew.

In the memories of his previous life, his former self had experienced eating insect grass.

That was after his father left home to seek immortality, and 'he' became so unbearably hungry that he followed the adults into the mountains to dig up wild greens.

But how could the seven or eight-year-old 'himself' know which could be eaten and which couldn't?

He mistook the insect grass for wild greens and ate it – it didn't cause any serious harm, but he did end up itching all over for an entire night.

Later on, as 'he' grew slightly older and went out with a few people from the same town to seek immortality, hoping for eternal life.

Although 'he' never ate insect grass again during that time, the taste of the insect grass was still vividly remembered.

"This is not insect grass; this is Qi Condensing Grass."

Tian Lin used his tongue to feel the spines of the insect grass oddly enough, the hairy insect grass didn't give the scratchy sensation he remembered.

He began to chew and tasted a sour yet saliva-inducing juice that spread across his taste buds.

The juice, mixed with his saliva, went down his throat, and Tian Lin felt less exhausted.

"This is really Qi Condensing Grass, not insect grass."

Tian Lin no longer hesitated, swallowing the insect grass in his mouth completely.

Then he turned his attention to the heaps of insect grass in the grass pile, plucking them one by one and stuffing them into his mouth.

"What Qi Condensing Grass? I have never even heard of it. That's insect grass, and not only are you delirious from hunger, you've clearly overindulged in 'beef buns'."

Tian Lin paid no mind to the old man's words, he finished off all the surrounding insect grass, then turned to the old man and asked: "Old man, do you know where I can find more insect grass?"

The old man, fuming, turned away and said: "Don't ask me, I don't know. If you want to eat insect grass, go find it yourself."

Watching the old man leave, Tian Lin smacked his lips.

When he first ate the insect grass, he only felt his strength increase slightly, and his body's weakness lessened to just the same degree.

As he continued eating, the effect of gaining strength weakened, but his body no longer felt weak at all.

He was still hungry, though, as there weren't enough insect grasses to serve as a meal for him.

"What I ate, was it really insect grass or Qi Condensing Grass?"

Tian Lin was somewhat puzzled, but at that moment, the old man suddenly turned back to Tian Lin and said, "It's getting dark; we'll borrow a place to stay for the night in that farmhouse."

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They walked in silence, a small amount of wild greens just enough to keep them from starving, but still leaving them with no desire to talk.

They returned to that ominous house, but didn't enter the main building, instead finding a spot leaning against the straw stack in the barn to rest.

"We should sleep early so we can presumably catch up with the others tomorrow. Once we've passed Qinghe County, we'll be able to find the Yao Yue Sect."

"Yao Yue Sect, Cultivators?"

Tian Lin said and then closed his eyes, but in the middle of the night he was awakened by crying next to him.

In the moonlight, the old man appeared to have stripped off his clothes, incessantly scratching his chest and back.

"Old man, what on earth are you doing in the middle of the night?"

The old man was crying as he said: "You little rascal, you've fooled me again, that clearly was insect grass, and yet you claimed it was Qi Condensing Grass. How come you're fine after eating it, but now I'm terribly itchy all over."

Surprised, Tian Lin said: "Insect grass is toxic; don't you understand such basic knowledge? Why did you eat it then?"

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