Zhou Shihen was extremely dissatisfied with Tian Lin's seemingly fearless demeanor. He shoved Tian Lin and two others towards the cave behind the pond, scaring Tian Lin by saying:
"Our Water Room houses five types of poisonous snakes. Among them are those that cause pain, those that cause itchiness, those that cause sorrow, and those that cause illness—
In short, the Water Room contains all sorts of snakes; just don't know which kind you prefer?"
Tian Lin remained silent, but Disciple Jiang was thoroughly frightened.
He looked at the various snake holes in the tunnel ahead, always feeling snakes continuously sticking out their tongues from those ventilated holes, licking his face.
"Senior Brother, didn't we agree that only you would enter the sect? I've been afraid of snakes since childhood; asking me to get down into the water is really too much for me."
Disciple Jiang tried to tug at Tian Lin's sleeve but was stopped midway by Senior Brother Zhao:
