Lin Xiuyuan left the city center, which was rich in spiritual energy, and returned to the right district.

His face was beaming with joy the whole way.

Lin Xiuyuan had previously met with that Deacon Chen's friend.

Not only can he leave, but he can also take Liao Cai'er with him, though it will cost 20,000 spirit stones. As for the fact that he was specifically assigned by Deacon Chen, that's unnecessary.

But this is not a problem for Lin Xiuyuan.

He spent more than a year in the talisman-making workshop and had been a high-level talisman master for more than half a year. Although most of his spirit stones were used for cultivation and storing talismans.

However, given Lin Xiuyuan's success rate in making talismans, especially after he was able to make high-level talismans, and with the increased income from recruitment missions, he could save more than a thousand spirit stones every month, aside from these expenses.

I now have over 20,000 spirit stones. After giving the Foundation Establishment senior 20,000 low-grade spirit stones, I still have several thousand spirit stones left. I can use them to buy materials for high-grade talismans to make up for the losses I suffered during the previous ambush.

There are still half a month before the departure time. Given Lin Xiuyuan's success rate, this period should be enough time to produce a batch of talismans.

After a short trip to Zuocheng District, Lin Xiuyuan filled a bag with materials and returned home to share the good news with Liao Cai'er.

But after pushing open the door...

Lin Xiuyuan discovered an unexpected guest.

She was wearing a gray robe, and simply sitting there, she perfectly displayed her graceful and curvaceous figure, arousing a lot of imagination.

Poetic and picturesque, its artistic conception is beyond words!

But when she turned her head, she inexplicably and completely destroyed this artistic conception.

A gruesome scar stood diagonally across her face, with dried flesh curling up and moving with her facial muscles like a writhing centipede, a truly horrifying sight.

Fire Talisman Master?

Lin Xiuyuan was surprised.

Liao Cai'er sat on the other side, looking somewhat uneasy.

Seeing Lin Xiuyuan return, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran up to him, saying:

"Brother Xiuyuan, she said she's your friend and needs to talk to you. She's waiting for you to come back."

"Okay, I understand. Yes, she's a Fire Talisman Master, a fellow Daoist from the Talisman Making Workshop. You go to your room first, I'll entertain her." Lin Xiuyuan nodded, signaling Liao Cai'er to return to her room. Then he looked at this unexpected guest and said, "Fire Talisman Master? What a rare guest! I didn't expect you to come. I just left, did I not entertain you properly?"

Lin Xiuyuan sat down and looked at the Fire Talisman Master with curiosity.

This person is aloof. Even after more than a year, when they meet at the talisman-making workshop, a nod is enough to acknowledge each other.

Only when Elder Qin gave him guidance did she hit the nail on the head, saying something simple and easy to understand, which made him understand the new method of talisman making even more clearly.

Aside from that, there was no further communication...

I don't quite understand what this fire talisman master's purpose is in coming here today.

"I'll get straight to the point. The reason I've come here so abruptly is to ask Master Lin to take me away from the market."

The Fire Talisman Master spoke calmly and indifferently.

"Huh?" Lin Xiuyuan was taken aback, his brows furrowing slightly and his eyes narrowing as he asked, "How did you know?"

The Fire Talisman Master said, "Master Lin, there's no need to be nervous. No news has leaked out, and I won't expose this information. It wouldn't benefit me at all; on the contrary, it would implicate me! I know a bit about lip reading, and I deduced this from your conversation with Steward Chen."

Lin Xiuyuan felt a little relieved upon seeing this, but then said with a troubled expression, "I'm sorry, Fire Talisman Master, this matter was entirely arranged by Steward Chen. I was just leaving the market with a senior."

"What about her?" The Fire Talisman Master glanced at the house. "We can't just abandon her, can we? Surely the Lin Talisman Master will have a way."

Before Lin Xiuyuan could refuse, the Fire Talisman Master took out a jade box, opened it, and said, "As long as you take me with you, this is yours."

Lin Xiuyuan's gaze shifted downwards, and he couldn't help but be stunned, a look of shock immediately appearing in his eyes.

The jade box was still there, containing a white-black pill, mostly crystal clear, with the remaining part showing a bit of white-gray, due to its low quality.

This pill looks exactly like the low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill he exchanged at the City Lord's Mansion!

Lin Xiuyuan extended his divine sense and carefully sensed it before confirming it without a doubt.

The pill that the Fire Talisman Master took out was a low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill!

For a moment, Lin Xiuyuan couldn't help but look at the Fire Talisman Master in surprise. She was only a mid-level talisman master with the peak of the sixth level of Qi Refining, yet she had a low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

This is something that countless cultivators at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining dream of!

It's quite unbelievable that a Fire Talisman Master possesses one.

"Master Lin, there's no need to worry about its origins. It was obtained by chance, so there's no risk involved. How about I exchange this for a spot?"

The Fire Talisman Master spoke calmly.

Lin Xiuyuan fell silent; without a doubt, he was tempted.

Foundation Establishment Pills are something no Qi Refining cultivator can ever have too many of.

Although refining both pills together won't have the same effect as adding one plus one, and will only bring a slight improvement, that's enough! However, most of the medicinal power of the second pill needs to be expelled from the body, otherwise the meridians will have a hard time withstanding such a huge amount of spiritual energy.

There will be a lot of waste, but even a slight increase in the success rate of breaking through the Foundation Establishment bottleneck is enough to empty one's pockets!

Lin Xiuyuan raised his head and said, "I can try asking that senior. If it works, you will need to pay an extra 20,000 spirit stones. Don't misunderstand, it's not that I'm greedy, it's that senior's rule. Even when I brought my little sister, we still paid 20,000 spirit stones."

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