He Zilin was dead!
Given what he had done, Qin Shaofeng naturally could not possibly let him live.
If he had not needed to learn about the Tianyin Sect, Qin Shaofeng would likely have killed He Zilin at the very first opportunity.
However, although He Zilin had revealed quite a bit about the Tianyin Sect, Qin Shaofeng did not entirely believe him.
Thus, in the end, he still used his divine sense to forcibly search through He Zilin's soul.
As a result, Qin Shaofeng discovered that He Zilin had indeed concealed things from him.
It was not as though everything He Zilin had said was false, but some of it had been lies meant to fool him.
The Tianyin Sect was indeed powerful. Just as He Zilin had said, under normal circumstances, martial artists needed at least the realm of Martial Emperor to join the Tianyin Sect.
There really were three ranks—low, intermediate, and high—and becoming a true disciple of the Tianyin Sect was not difficult either.
One merely had to become a cultivator. However, there was another difference: although Tianyin Sect disciples were divided from Level 1 to Level 10—
—it was not as He Zilin had claimed. Tianyin Sect disciples had to rise from Level 1 to Level 10 based on their contributions, until they were promoted to the rank of deacon.
Deacon sounded like a position of some standing, but in truth, within the Tianyin Sect, any cultivator who reached the Sea of Qi Realm could unconditionally become a deacon.
The reason He Zilin had put it that way was entirely to exaggerate his status in the Tianyin Sect, making Qin Shaofeng wary enough not to kill him outright.
Once one became a deacon, the Tianyin Sect would indeed promote them according to their contribution.
He Zilin