Lin Jiang was lying on the ground     in an unknown cave , his whole body was convulsing, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and his teeth were clenched, but he still held back and didn't shout.

After an unknown amount of time, the pain faded, and Lin Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and with difficulty took out a pill and stuffed it into his mouth.

"The countless alchemists in the world of cultivation have not developed anesthetics, which is the biggest failure, and they are all garbage."

After a little better, Lin Jiang started to complain. The alchemists in the world of cultivation have even developed pills that can revive the dead and regenerate bones, but there is no anesthetic. It must be said that this is a very failed place.

Three days later, Lin Jiang was resurrected with full blood, took out the True Spirit Pill, and began to practice. After five hours, the True Spirit Pill was completely refined.

"My aptitude is twice as good as before, and the Bone Shaping Pill is well-deserved."

Lin Jiang opened his eyes with joy, and it was worth it for him to spend so much money to buy the Bone Shaping Pill, and it was worth it for him to be in so much pain to reshape his bones. After using the Bone Shaping Pill, Lin Jiang's aptitude was doubled compared to before.

According to the conversation between Lin Jiang and Cao Ying, he learned that whether someone is a genius in the world of cultivation depends on three indicators, not the two he understood before.

The first indicator is spiritual roots. According to the current mainstream theory of the world of cultivation, the fewer spiritual roots, the better. Fewer spiritual roots means that the total amount of spiritual energy required to improve cultivation is less, and the cultivation speed is faster. The second indicator is comprehension. For a technique or a secret technique, people with high comprehension can understand it once, while people with poor comprehension still don't understand it after reading it eight or ten times. The difference is huge.

The third indicator is root bone, that is, physical fitness. For example, when taking the same pill, some people's bodies can absorb 70% of the medicinal effect, while others can only absorb 30%. Those who absorb well are naturally considered to have high talent. This kind of thing is not uncommon among mortals. The same food, some people become strong after eating, while others are weak and fragile. This is the difference in root bone.

"I don't know how the Bone Shaping Pill works, but the casual cultivators, especially the low-level casual cultivators, don't know about the Bone Shaping Pill at all. The news of the low-level casual cultivators is too closed."

Lin Jiang once again lamented the difficulties of the low-level casual cultivators. Their difficulties are all-round. If they don't work hard to seize some opportunities, they will never be able to get ahead, or they can only hope for the next generation and rely on genetic mutation.

"Should I use the remaining Bone Shaping Pill?"

Lin Jiang considered whether to suffer the second and third times. Cao Ying had said before that there was no guarantee that the Bone Shaping Pill would definitely make it better, and it might also make it worse, so those with good qualifications would definitely not take it. This is a pill prepared for the last mile.

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The Yuntuo River originates from the deep wilderness in the west of Yunzhou. No one knows how long it is from east to west. Anyway, it is hundreds of thousands of miles long in the human territory.

With such a long distance, countless tributaries flow into the Yuntuo River, and the Cang River is the largest tributary among them. In an area where the Cang River and the Yuntuo River meet, there is a city for cultivating immortals, named Cang City.

The founder of Cang City was the Five Elements Sect, one of the three dominant sects in Yunzhou. The Five Elements Sect owns all the property rights of Cang City, and there are no other shareholders.

Cang City also has another alias, called Medicine City, because Cang City is the largest medicinal material distribution center in the entire Yunzhou. The reason for this is also related to the Five Elements Sect, because the Five Elements Sect has the best spiritual plants, the best spiritual veins and spiritual fields in Yunzhou, so that the Five Elements Sect can rely on spiritual medicines to make a lot of money.

"The spiritual medicines in Medicine City are indeed well-deserved. The complete range of medicinal materials is not comparable to Yunzhong City, the largest city in Yunzhou. It's just that the water is a bit deep. People who don't know the business will be swallowed by their bones when they come in."

Lin Jiang lingered in Medicine City for several days and had a certain understanding of Medicine City, and he knew how deep the water of spiritual medicine in Medicine City was.

First of all, there are almost no fake medicines in Medicine City, because the Five Elements Sect does not allow it. Once discovered, they will be executed immediately, and even their families will be harmed.

But the absence of fake medicines does not mean that there are no problems. The first problem is that inferior medicines are passed off as good ones. Ninety-nine percent of the spiritual medicines in Medicine City are grown by spiritual plant husbands. In theory, the spiritual medicines grown are the same as those in the wild. There is no difference.

But some people can't stand it. Some special means are used to ripen the spiritual medicines. In one year, the age of the spiritual medicine can be increased by two or even three years. However, the age of the medicine has increased, but the efficacy has not increased. If it is not for some experienced alchemists, it is really difficult to distinguish.

The second is to mix the real with the fake. The living conditions of many spiritual medicines are extremely special. It is extremely costly to simulate their living environment in the spiritual medicine garden, so some people use their variants and subspecies instead. The medicinal properties seem to be similar, but sometimes, the slightest difference can be fatal.

These are the routines that Lin Jiang has initially understood and knows. Let alone the deeper routines, which are simply hard to guard against. Those who dare to enter this industry without the guidance of professionals are definitely a big injustice.

"Of course, only a few things are not presentable. If you understand the tricks here, you can still do business, especially wholesale, which is extremely profitable."

Lin Jiang thought to himself, if Yaocheng was full of things that were not presentable, it would not have the reputation it has today. After all, these things are done by a small group of people.

Unfortunately, Lin Jiang didn't have much business sense, at least he wasn't a shrewd person, and he wasn't interested in this.

Lin Jiang came to Yaocheng mainly to learn the techniques. The Five Elements Sect was the only sect in Yunzhou that would train people with five spiritual roots as their own disciples, because they had the techniques that best suited the five spiritual roots. The three techniques

, "Five Spirits Sutra",

"Return to Oneness Decision",

and "Hunyuan Treasure Book",

were the five elements techniques that Lin Jiang had already heard about. Unfortunately, these three techniques were the secrets of the Five Elements Sect and the core techniques.

For any techniques like this, the inheritance of the sect would not leave any written records, and there was no need to think about jade slips or the like. They were all passed down orally, or even passed down by special means.

Even if the disciples were captured by the enemy, it would be useless for the enemy to use soul-searching techniques. At that time, they would only get fragments that could be read but not practiced, just like martial arts, which not only had moves, but also had mental methods. If you couldn't get the mental methods, what was the use of the moves?

Half a month after arriving in Medicine City, Lin Jiang rented a house. The front shop and the back yard together covered more than 300 square meters. The annual rent was 6,000 spirit stones, and the location was not bad. In this respect, the housing prices in Medicine City were incomparable to those in Yunzhong City.

Lin Jiang was too lazy to decorate the front shop. He just cleaned it casually, then put up the shelves, arranged the formation on the shelves, and put out his own spirit talismans for sale.

This time, for the centennial celebration of Yunzhong City, Lin Jiang collected more than 50 kinds of runes of second-level spirit talismans, which was enough for him to learn for a long time. So far, Lin Jiang has collected all the commonly used runes among the second-level runes. Occasionally, he was too lazy to pay attention to some unconventional or special ones.

The new store opened, and there were no acquaintances to support it, so the business was naturally not good. Lin Jiang was not in a hurry, and recruited two people, a man and a woman, who were in the early stage of Qi training to be clerks. The female cultivator was responsible for sales, and the male cultivator was responsible for accounting and running errands. Both of them were paid 10 spirit stones a month, and accommodation was provided but food was not provided. They lived in the utility room behind the store.

This treatment is much better than other shops, because Lin Jiang hired people according to the wages of Yunzhong City. The wages of Yaocheng would be lower, and Lin Jiang didn't care.

Lin Jiang's focus is still on cultivation and drawing talismans. Occasionally, he goes out for a walk, which can be regarded as a secluded person.

As time goes by, Lin Jiang's talismans slowly open up the market, and the business of the store is much better. After all, he will not live off his capital.

The neighbors around him gradually become familiar with each other, and Lin Jiang begins to integrate into the life of Yaocheng.

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"Brother Lin Hua, you are here"

Three years later, in a house in the south of Yaocheng, Lin Jiang just walked in, and a big man greeted him warmly.

"Brother Zhong, I am not late, is the banquet ready?"

"No, I was waiting for you."

The big man smiled, today is the big day of his Zhong family, the day his son got married.

"Haha, that's good, that's good."

"Brother Lin Hua, please come to the table."

The big man took Lin Jiang to a large round table. There were already several casual cultivators in the foundation-building stage sitting here. They were all acquaintances. Lin Jiang simply exchanged a few words.

Lin Jiang's alias in Medicine City was Lin Hua, and the big man was one of Lin Jiang's suppliers, specializing in supplying talisman paper to Lin Jiang. They had known each other for more than two years and had already become familiar with each other.

The big man's name was Zhong Xuanming. He had settled in Medicine City for three generations. With three generations of people here to endorse him, Zhong Xuanming's son Zhong Linyu was accepted as a disciple by the Five Elements Sect. This is called a clean family. The world of cultivating immortals also has this set of political review.

Zhong Linyu has been practicing hard for many years. With the financial support of his family, he broke through the foundation-building stage at the age of thirty-six. He has a promising future. Less than half a year later, he was valued by an outer sect manager in the Five Elements Sect and married his daughter to him. Today is Zhong Linyu's big day.

The efforts of three generations of the Zhong family finally paid off, so Zhong Xuanming held a grand wedding for his son. Neighbors, business partners, and friends were all invited to the banquet, with more than 30 tables. Lin Jiang came to the banquet today.

"The bride is here."

After a while, a child screamed. Zhong Linyu and his new wife appeared, and many disciples of the Five Elements Sect also appeared. The wedding began.

For the newlyweds, the wedding may be the most important moment in life, but for the guests, they pay more attention to the food, or regard it as a social place.

Lin Jiang was naturally no exception. While chopsticks kept coming, he was joking with several outer disciples of the Five Elements Sect at the same table, making good connections, which might be useful in the future.

Adult socializing is so vulgar. If there is no benefit, there will be no early rise. If there is no utilitarianism, it is called ineffective socializing.

"Alas, what a pity, there is no scene of bride kidnapping or breaking off engagement."

An hour later, the banquet was over. Unfortunately, there was no scene of bride kidnapping or breaking off engagement, which made Lin Jiang feel that it lacked some fun.