Chapter 273 Master, am I still your disciple?

Lin Xiaoman followed his master's footsteps and soon saw his master communicating with a strange cultivator. Eh? That's not right, it's a demon cultivator.

She stood not far away and looked at the circle of immortal friends. She didn't know what progress the Wanling Society had made, and how long it had been since her breakthrough this time.

She had anticipated not being able to catch up with the competition, but she didn't know to what extent, or whether they had won.

However, the message fell on deaf ears. Confused, Lin Xiaoman contacted the second senior sister, Shu Yan, Wang Musen and others.

But no one has any news. What happened? Are they all in the competition?

That’s not right. The eldest brother is not participating in the competition.

"Xiaoman."

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the master's voice over there and Lin Xiaoman hurried over.

"Master, where are the eldest brother and the others?"

Zhang Youdao said with a smile, "They have gone back. Your retreat took a year, and the Wanling Conference would have ended long ago."

"ah?!!!"

Lin Xiaoman was very shocked. A whole year had passed, and she had only made a breakthrough.

The next moment, Zhang Youdao said, "You destroyed a lot of Wuji City during your tribulation breakthrough this time. This is Wu Shan from the Wuji City Lord's Mansion. He wants compensation for the damage."

"ah?"

Lin Xiaoman felt uneasy, and suddenly had a bad feeling. The ruins he had seen at that time were quite large. He hoped they weren't too many, right?!

"Oh, by the way, I have something urgent to do and I probably can't wait for you. You can pay your debt here first, and I will come to pick you up after I leave."

"ah???"

Lin Xiaoman was shocked and confused again and again. Master, am I still your disciple? Why are you just leaving me to pay off my debt?

"Hey, Master, wait a minute. Please lend me some. I will definitely return it to you when I get back."

At this moment, Lin Xiaoman only regretted that most of her previous assets were sect points. She basically used as many talismans as she drew. After all, she used them a lot. Although she had a lot of assets, they were all "real estate" with little cash flow. If it weren't for Chen Zixin's more than 200,000 spirit stones and the newly acquired white jade stone, she estimated that it would be difficult for her to break through to the Jindan stage.

I don’t know when I will have another good opportunity to break through.

"Don't worry, Wuji City won't cheat you. I'll come pick you up once I've dealt with this urgent matter."

The sound was getting farther and farther away, and in the blink of an eye, the figure disappeared.

Lin Xiaoman took a few steps forward and could only watch her master's figure go away. She could hear that his voice was indeed very anxious. She had never heard her master's voice filled with so much anxiety.

It seems like something really happened, but... Master, this is Wuji City, where the emperor is far away. Is she going to stay here alone to work and pay off her debts?!

Suddenly, a dark shadow rushed towards her from the front. Lin Xiaoman took a closer look and her eyes lit up. She quickly took it. It was a storage bag.

"Wow, Master, thank you."

He is the best master in the world. He just can't bear to leave his beloved disciple alone in Wuji City.

Lin Xiaoman's eyes were filled with tears. She opened the storage bag with emotion and took out the things inside.

The next moment, he swallowed back the tears in his eyes, "Where are the spirit stones?" Help me, Master, I need the spirit stones.

However, there were no spirit stones in the storage bag. There was only a Core Formation Stage cultivation manual, a Body Refining Manual, and a talisman booklet containing Earth-grade talisman patterns. The rest was all talisman paper, talisman ink, and a high-grade Earth-grade talisman pen—all high-quality items.

Lin Xiaoman was in tears. Maybe her master knew that she could only use talismans to repay her debt, so the most he left for her were talisman paper and ink, and he also gave her such a good talisman pen.

If she received this gift in Tianyan Sect, or even anywhere else except Wuji City, she would jump for joy.

But at this moment, Lin Xiaoman really couldn't laugh.

He turned around and gave the demon cultivator named Wu Shan a dry laugh. "Um, Senior Wu, I'm Lin Xiaoman from the Tianyan Sect. May I ask who won this time's All Spirits Meeting?"

Wu Shan:...He thought this cultivator would ask her how many spirit stones she owed Wuji City, but he didn't expect that the question would be this. He smiled silently.

"Human race."

Lin Xiaoman's eyes lit up and he exclaimed "Wow".

But suddenly he remembered that the big man in front of him was also a demon cultivator, and a seventh-level demon cultivator at that, so he quickly put away the smile on his face and coughed lightly.

"Well, I wonder how much damage I've caused to Wuji City this time?"

Wu Shan didn't care about her joy. He just smiled faintly and showed her the list in his hand. "The total is 18.87 million spirit stones. Considering that Fellow Daoist Lin didn't damage it intentionally, the situation is special, and it happened during the Asking for the Ten Thousand Spirits Conference, our city lord has decided to cancel the remaining amount. Fellow Daoist Lin only needs to pay 18 million spirit stones."

"How many?"

Lin Xiaoman's face turned pale and his hands were shaking. How much? ! ! !

Wu Shan still smiled gently and lovingly, "Eighteen million spirit stones. Of course, if Fellow Daoist Lin wants to pay back with top-grade spirit stones, he only needs 18. High-grade spirit stones require 1,800, and mid-grade spirit stones require 180,000."

Thank you for helping me convert it.

However, she didn't have any of those spirit stones.

"Haha, Senior Wu, are there any spirit stone mines in Wuji City? Especially mines with top-grade spirit stones. I can go dig."

Lin Xiaoman laughed dryly. She could no longer find the direction of this world. With such a huge debt, it was no wonder that her master ran away. She now seriously suspected that her master did not run away because he had something urgent to do, but was scared after seeing his debt.

Wow, it's just a breakthrough to the Jindan stage, why do I owe so much debt?!

The price of this Jindan Zhenren is too high.

"There is a spirit stone mine outside the city. If you are interested, Fellow Daoist Lin, you can go to the north city gate to sign up."

Is it true?!

Lin Xiaoman's eyes lit up for a moment and then went out. If mining spirit stone mines could make so much money, all the cultivators would probably go there. She had thought of this idea a long time ago. Don't think that Tianyan Sect doesn't have spirit stone mines, but mining spirit stones there is not only dangerous, but also most of the spiritual power will be restricted. Moreover, most of the spirit stones mined are basically divided up by the mine owner, and she can only keep a pitiful amount of wages.

"Well, Senior Wu, I don't mean anything else. I just looked at the damaged area and it shouldn't be that expensive. Look, why does this stone cost 10,000 spirit stones per piece?"

What kind of material is so expensive?!

Wu Shan still smiled and answered patiently, "These have been confirmed by your Majesty, and the price is the cost."

Lin Xiaoman's mouth twitched. Okay, so the price they gave her was still a preferential price, there was no room for bargaining.

"Okay, well, can I go back and earn spirit stones and pay it back slowly?"

"No, you need to stay in Wuji City and pay back these spirit stones before you can leave. You must pay them back within five years."

Oh my god! Is it too late to regress to the Foundation Establishment Stage now? The Foundation Establishment Stage is also quite good.