Lin Caogen was a little hungry, so he ordered a bowl of mutton offal soup, a flatbread, and twenty skewers of grilled mutton tripe from a vendor.
Seeing Lin Caogen enjoying his meal, the vendor grinned and said, "Young man, judging from your clothes and appearance, you must be from a wealthy family!"
Lin Caogen was taken aback, then said, "It's nothing, just some friends who have money to help me out. What do you need?"
The vendor chuckled, "I was born without any immortal roots, so I can only do some business on the outskirts of the Wuwu Sect. At night, I come to the sect's night market to sell some mutton offal soup. I truly envy you cultivators!"
Lin Caogen said calmly, "Immortal roots are determined by fate. I've heard that there are methods to modify and improve immortal roots later on."
The vendor chuckled, “Transforming and enhancing one’s immortal roots is incredibly difficult; only alchemists possess this heaven-defying ability to change one’s fate. To be honest, my ancestors were alchemists. However, a million years have passed, and my lineage has long since lost its former glory.”
Lin Caogen became interested upon hearing this and asked, "Your ancestors were alchemists a million years ago? Do you have any proof?"
The vendor chuckled and pulled a map made of animal hide from his chest pocket.
Lin Caogen asked in confusion, "What is this?"
The vendor laughed and said, "This is a map of where my ancestor refined pills! If you can find the place where my ancestor refined pills, you will surely inherit a great fortune."
Lin Caogen laughed and said, "Since you have a map, why don't you go and find the place where our ancestors refined pills?"
The vendor chuckled, “My ancestors, numbering in the millions, searched along this map, but none of them found it. Later, I hand-copied dozens of copies of this map and sold them to the disciples of your Wuwu Sect, but no one found my ancestor’s alchemy site. Now I’m too lazy to hand-copy and draw it again. If you’re interested, how about I sell you this original map for 100 Immortal Yuan Coins?”
As the vendor was speaking, a refined-looking young man interrupted, "Lin Caogen, don't be fooled! I bought a handwritten map from him before, but when I went to the location on the map, I couldn't find anything and almost lost my life."
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