Outside the Zhonghang Sect's mountain gate, Lin Jiang was holding three thousand spirit stones, looking back every three steps. Zhonghang Sect had the habit of giving settlement fees to the families of disciples.

Menial disciples only had a few spirit stones. If the family did not have a cultivator, they would not even give spirit stones, but would give some gold, silver, or food, and send them off casually.

The families of outer disciples would be given about thirty to fifty spirit stones, while the inner disciples would be given one hundred spirit stones. There was a difference between the inner disciples, and if they were top-level talents, they could be given three hundred spirit stones.

As for why Lin Jiang was given ten times the settlement fee, Lin Jiang guessed it was because of their identities. Lin Jiang had inquired about it, and half of the quotas for the disciples recruited by the big sects came from vassal forces, that is, those clansmen similar to the Nalan family.

This kind of disciple came with his own faction, and no matter how talented he was, he could not become a disciple of the Nalan family's competitors, but it was different for a casual cultivator like Lin Jiang who had no background.

When a genius disciple enters the sect, it is possible to become a disciple of anyone, so Nalande deliberately established a personal favor in advance. Three thousand spirit stones are not a small amount for a casual cultivator. It is a good thing for Cao Ying to become a disciple of Nalande's camp in the future. Even if he is from another camp, isn't it also a good fate? Anyway, he doesn't have to pay for the resettlement fee, so why not use the sect's money.

"Forget it, forget it, I must remember that I am a passer-by in the world, and I must not get deeply involved in this ."

In the end, Lin Jiang sighed and told himself in his heart that everyone has their own fate, Cao Ying also has her own life, and Zhongxing Sect will be her best destination, and he should be happy about it.

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"Friend Lin, good morning"

A month later, Lin Jiang was walking on the streets of Yunzhong City. The patrolling guards saw Lin Jiang and greeted him warmly. Lin Jiang also smiled in response.

A few days ago, the news that Cao Ying had joined the inner sect of Zhongxing Sect spread out. It was first spread among the Zhongxing Sect disciples in Yunzhong City, and then Lin Jiang began to receive enthusiastic attention. When he walked on the street, the Zhongxing Sect disciples would greet Lin Jiang enthusiastically.

In response, Lin Jiang just expressed his helplessness. He did not want to accept this kind of attention, but Lin Jiang could not control the will of others. He could only reduce the number of times he went out. Anyway, he did not go out on weekdays.

When he came to Yunlai Pavilion, the shopkeeper of Yunlai Pavilion immediately came out to greet him. Lin Jiang took out the talismans for him to count. Every ten days or so, Lin Jiang would come to Yunlai Pavilion to sell talismans, 30 at a time, the level of ordinary late-stage Qi training talisman painters. For other talismans, Lin Jiang would secretly sell them to other businesses, and even sell them after disguising himself.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, the spirit stones were given to the wrong person, too much."

After the shopkeeper of Yunlai Pavilion counted and paid the spirit stones, Lin Jiang found that he had given too much.

"That's right. Fellow Daoist Lin is also an old customer of our Yunlai Pavilion. Moreover, Fellow Daoist Lin's talismans are of high quality, with sufficient spiritual energy, great power, and stability. Some old customers specifically asked for Fellow Daoist Lin's talismans, so we decided to give Fellow Daoist Lin a little more price."

"You won't make any money this way,"

Lin Jiang said. The company only made a small profit of about 10% when purchasing talismans from them. Now, if they were to buy them at the retail price, they would lose money because they still had to pay rent and labor costs.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, it seems that we don't make any money, but in fact, we don't lose money. This shop is ours, and we don't need to rent it. We do business every day, so there is no labor cost. Moreover, Fellow Daoist's talismans are of good quality, which can help us stabilize other old customers. In the end, we still make money, but we just make less money."

"Manager Zhang, we have been dealing with each other for almost ten years. There is no need for this. My niece just joined the Zhongxing Sect, and she is not a big shot."

Lin Jiang smiled bitterly. Manager Zhang is really the same as him. He even drafts lies and lies easily.

"Haha,"

Shopkeeper Zhang smiled awkwardly, then he said, "It seems that Fellow Daoist Lin didn't receive the news."

"What news?"

"Fellow Daoist's niece started practicing on the fifth day after entering the sect. She drew Qi into her body overnight, and she was already at the second level of Qi training three days ago."

"What the hell?"

Lin Jiang's body trembled, and he scratched his ears. He must have heard it wrong.

Drawing Qi into the body overnight, in less than a month, she is at the second level of Qi training. It must be a lie. Think about the original owner of Lin Jiang. It seemed that it took her eight months to successfully draw Qi into the body. It took so many years to go from the first level to the second level of Qi training. Hey, I'm embarrassed to recall it.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, you didn't hear it wrong. She drew Qi into the body overnight, and trained Qi to the second level in twenty-four days. It is said that it has alarmed the Nascent Soul ancestors of Zhongxing Sect. At least three Nascent Soul-level elders of Zhongxing Sect want to take her as their apprentice, and they have argued several times."

"This joke is not funny"

"Fellow Daoist Lin, how do you react? Shouldn't you be happy?"

"The main thing is that I know what level my Xiaoying is at. She is not very stupid, but she is also an ordinary person,"

said Lin Jiang. He has taught Cao Ying to read and write and martial arts in the past few years, but he really didn't find her to be a genius.

"One of my great uncles is the inner door manager of Zhongxing Sect. My great uncle's brother-in-law is in charge of the inner door Shanxuetang of Zhongxing Sect. Shanxuetang is the place where Zhongxing Sect is responsible for teaching the disciples who have just entered the sect to practice,"

said Zhang, the shopkeeper. This matter has caused a sensation in Zhongxing Sect. Zhongxing Sect does not lack geniuses, but it lacks top geniuses. Undoubtedly, Cao Ying is now a top genius.

Her spiritual root qualifications are one aspect, and the other aspect is her comprehension. There are many people in the world of cultivating immortals who have excellent spiritual root qualifications but poor comprehension. The upper limit of such people is also limited. However,

Cao Ying has excellent spiritual root qualifications and first-class comprehension. As long as she is not murdered in the middle of the process, she can start at the foundation building stage and her upper limit is unlimited. Even if she is a Yuanying or Huashen, it is possible.

"I still don't believe it,"

Lin Jiang said. He was thinking, Cao Ying and Zhang Ruifang weren't top talents, their aptitude was just a little bit better than his, maybe even about the same, how could their daughters be so awesome, it's unscientific.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, can I still deceive you? You're going to be rich in the future,"

said Zhang, Cao Ying was still young, her value hadn't been reflected yet, but when she builds her foundation and forms a pill, she'll be really powerful, with connections, making some money in Yunzhong City won't be a problem, buying a house here won't be a problem.

"If it's true, then I can't accept your spirit stones, Zhang, I'm sorry."

"Fellow Daoist Lin, we've been friends for more than ten years."

"Less than ten years."

"Ahem."

Zhang's face turned green, what did he mean, he looked down on them because they were a small family, and didn't even give them a chance to curry favor with him?

"Please don't misunderstand, Shopkeeper Zhang. Our business is business and friends are friends. Since Xiaoying is so outstanding, I, as her uncle, can't hold her back, right?"

"Fellow Daoist Lin, I don't mean that..."

"I know, I know. Old Lin makes a living by his craft, not by his connections. How about this? I'll draw more talismans every month in the future. You can make money and I can make money too. How about that?"

"Okay, then fellow Daoist Lin, please come often."

"Of course, I recognize old friends. I have a pleasant cooperation with Shopkeeper Zhang. I will definitely come in the future,"

Lin Jiang said. He really didn't want to hold Cao Ying back. This money is not easy to take. No matter how much money someone gives you, you will have to give it double or even multiple times in the future.

Lin Jiang took out the extra spirit stones, chatted with Shopkeeper Zhang for a few more words, and then left.

In the next few days, the news that Zhongxing Sect had recruited a genius disciple slowly spread, and all the scattered cultivators were envious. The rule of cultivators is that if one person succeeds, the whole family will rise to heaven. Which of these rich people in Yunzhong City doesn't have people in the two major sects?

Many people mentioned Lin Jiang, but Lin Jiang lived in seclusion more and more, so few people knew his identity. However, within the Zhongxing Sect system, Lin Jiang was no longer a secret.

When he met Zhongxing Sect disciples, some people would greet him and make friends with him. He would also get a big discount when he went to Zhongxing Sect's shops to buy and sell things.

Of course, this was limited to Zhongxing Sect. Yunjian Sect ignored him because he was not their disciple. At most, they would be polite to Lin Jiang.

But even so, it caused great trouble to Lin Jiang. He had too many secrets. Such a large attention would bring him a lot of trouble.

The most typical one was the Dark Night Killer. Lin Jiang had killed more than ten Dark Night Killers. Although Zhang Ruifang rarely went out when he took Cao Ying, who knew if Dark Night would know Cao Ying's name.

Although Lin Jiang had long abandoned the identity of Lin Yang, some characteristics were fixed, such as the talisman painter. If you find Lin Jiang's previous talismans for comparison, it will be clear at a glance. Many habits of the talisman painter are fixed.

"Let's move. Once Xiaoying is settled, I'll find an excuse to go out for a trip, and then find an excuse to move."

Lin Jiang once again made up his mind. He couldn't continue using this identity. After Cao Ying's side was stable, he would continue to change his identity, otherwise he would be in disaster sooner or later.