Cao Ying talked a lot, describing her happy life in Zhonghang Sect. She was the best of the new students in Zhonghang Sect's Shanxue Hall, far ahead of the second place. She was also noticed by the big boss of Zhonghang Sect. She was like a little princess, and her life was extremely happy.

Lin Jiang wanted to teach her not to take it for granted, but when he thought that Cao Ying was only thirteen years old, he held back and thought, forget it, maybe she won't be so happy in the future, so she can enjoy every day. It

was dark when they talked. Lin Jiang was arranged to stay in the Zhikeyuan of Zhonghang Sect. The next morning, Cao Ying came to find Lin Jiang early and wanted to take Lin Jiang to visit Zhonghang Sect.

"What do you think about becoming a disciple?"

Lin Jiang asked about becoming a disciple. No one should be eavesdropping now. If those Jindan ancestors really wanted to eavesdrop, Lin Jiang would not be able to find out, so he could not care so much.

"I don't know either. The better they treat me, the more scared I am."

"Why are you scared?"

"Because they are not related to me. Uncle treats me well because he is my uncle, but they are not."

"That makes sense. Xiao Dingsheng, Ouyang Qing, Qi Yunzhao, how much do you know about them? What is their reputation?"

"I have only been in the sect for a year. How can I know so much? I heard them say that they all said it was good."

"I understand. This is for you."

Lin Jiang nodded and then took out the spirit stone coin.

"Uncle, what do you want to do with this?"

"It's the same as when we chose the sect to become a disciple. You just toss this spirit stone. Three people, you first choose two, toss three times, and the one that appears twice will eliminate the other one. The next one is the other one. The one you choose is the one. This is called God's will."

"Uncle is still smart. Just do it this way."

Cao Ying laughed and said, how could she forget this.

Lin Xuzi and the other two who were watching all this secretly were quite speechless. How could such an important matter as becoming a disciple be treated so lightly? It seems that Uncle Cao Ying is not a reliable person either.

"Xiaoying, you should practice well in Zhongxing Sect. Your uncle will go out to travel in two years."

"Uncle, where are you going?"

"I don't know. Anyway, the world is so big, I want to go and see it."

"Uncle, don't run around. It's very dangerous outside. When I build my foundation, I will take you there. I will protect you then."

"Hahaha, okay, I will wait for you to protect me then."

Lin Jiang laughed, feeling a little unhappy, because this could really happen. With Cao Ying's qualifications and the training of Zhongxing Sect, it would be normal for him to build his foundation before him. It was a waste of more than a hundred years of practice, but he couldn't compare to a ten-year-old child.

Lin Jiang didn't stay in Zhongxing Sect for the second night. That was enough. In the afternoon, he left Zhongxing Sect and returned to Yunzhong City.

········

Time passed. At the age of 162, Lin Jiang finally broke through to the state of great perfection of Qi training. So far, he has practiced for a full 150 years.

This made Lin Jiang sigh constantly. It took him 150 years to do what others could do in 10 or 20 years. If he hadn't cheated, the grass on his grave would be so high. In

Juxing Tower, Lin Jiang received a high-level reception. The Jindan-stage shopkeeper personally came out because just over half a year ago, Cao Ying became a disciple of Ouyang Qing, the 13th elder of Zhongxing Sect.

Ouyang Qing was the last-ranked Yuanying ancestor of Zhongxing Sect, but her strength was not weak at all. She had two extremely outstanding characteristics, which were enough to make her stand out from the crowd in Zhongxing Sect.

The first is that she is young, now she is only in her early 300s. According to the 1,000-year life span of the Nascent Soul, as long as she does not die midway, she can still live for 700 years. Living long is capital, and she has enough time to support her own people. The second is that her Taoist partner is Chen Mingyang, the eighth elder of Zhongxing Sect. Chen Mingyang is also the head of the Dan Hall of Zhongxing Sect. He is the best in alchemy in Zhongxing Sect. It is just that Li Ruoxu has taken the limelight in recent years. Otherwise, if you ask who is the best alchemist in Yunzhong City, it must be Chen Mingyang.

Cao Ying's worship of Ouyang Qing is equivalent to holding the thighs of two Nascent Souls. As long as Cao Ying does not have any accidents midway, the probability of advancing to the Golden Core is very high. After all, he is not short of talent and understanding, and resources are not lacking.

Everyone knows that Cao Ying's future achievements will not be low, so Lin Jiang also benefited from it again.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, are you here for the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"Yes, after years of hard training, I finally reached the Great Perfection of Qi training. I must give it a try no matter what,"

said Lin Jiang. After returning from Ruiyang Mountain, Lin Jiang changed his name again. Now he is called Lin Sheng, and he also changed his publicly announced age to thirty-five. Now, ten years have passed, and Lin Jiang is only forty-five years old to the outside world. It is completely reasonable for him to make a move to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, I can't sell this foundation-building pill to you directly."

"I know the rules. Senior, just notify me to participate in the auction."

Lin Jiang nodded. The foundation-building pills in Yunzhong City are rarely sold directly. Most of them are sold in the form of auctions.

Why is this so? Lin Jiang didn't understand at first, but later some brothers from the big market explained to him. First, auctions can earn more spirit stones. The normal auction price of foundation-building pills is 20,000 to 30,000 spirit stones, but there are often abnormal situations, such as encountering scenes where auctioneers are fighting for wealth, or when multiple auctioneers are in urgent need of foundation-building pills, it is possible to raise the price to 40,000 or 50,000 spirit stones. Foundation-building pills are used to harvest wealth.

The second point is to limit the strength of independent cultivators. There are a lot of independent cultivators, and their qualifications and understandings are uneven, but the base is large, and there is no shortage of capable people among independent cultivators. The big sects don't want to see too many independent cultivators succeed in building their foundations, so they limit the production of foundation-building pills and release them little by little from the auction.

During the Jindan stage, the big sects did even more extreme. They collected all the treasures in the wild that could improve the Jindan stage. Only they planted spiritual medicines like the Five Elements Golden Fruit in their sects, almost monopolizing the Jindan treasures. But

they would release some Jindan treasures every few decades or hundreds of years. For example, during the last celebration of Yunzhong City, there was an auction of the Five Elements Pill, and the price was extremely high. If the foundation-building great perfection wanted to obtain it, if there was no support from the forces, they would have to rob other casual cultivators. Not only did they reap the wealth of casual cultivators, but they also greatly reduced the number of casual cultivators.

In the years when Jindan treasures appeared, casual cultivators of the foundation-building stage would disappear in large numbers, and they were basically robbed and killed by those who had reached the great perfection of the foundation-building stage, because they had to collect spirit stones to buy treasures.

"Fellow Daoist Lin is very reasonable. I admire you. When there is a Foundation Establishment Pill auction, I will send someone to notify you."

"Thank you, senior."

Lin Jiang nodded. He didn't want to waste too much of Cao Ying's favor. If he could spend money, he would spend as much as possible. Anyway, he was not in a hurry.

It's just that Lin Jiang's change of identity will be delayed. Or, if he can build a foundation within the next fifteen years, he doesn't need to change his identity. With Cao Ying's relationship, the Dark Night Organization may not dare to attack him. In the past few years, the Dark Night Organization was killed by Zhongxing Sect and Yunjian Sect. Many people were beaten to death by them. They could only hide and didn't dare to show their teeth. After leaving

the Juxing Tower, Lin Jiang went straight home. He didn't go to Duobao Pavilion. Juxing Tower gave him face because of Cao Ying. Duobao Pavilion would not give him any face.

When he returned home, Lin Jiang took out the blank talisman paper to draw talismans and entered the great perfection of Qi training. His spiritual power and soul were greatly increased again, and the number of talismans he drew every day could be increased to twelve.

Another point is that his current expenditure has been greatly reduced. When his cultivation reaches the Great Perfection of Qi Training, he no longer needs to consume the Gathering Spirit Pills or the Gathering Spirit Array. He only needs to practice daily to stabilize his cultivation. After a period of settling, when his cultivation stops growing completely, he can start to build his foundation.

"Including rent, the daily expenditure does not exceed 30 spirit stones. It feels so good to save money every day. My storage bag will be full again."

Lin Jiang counted his assets. Before in Ruiyang Mountain, Lin Jiang got 80,000 spirit stones. With the previous savings, he had more than 120,000. In the past ten years, he still had more than 80,000 spirit stones left, and various items worth tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Lin Jiang was not going to sell all these things, because he was about to build his foundation, and he would need them by then. Only those that might expose his identity would have to be disposed of by then.

"Before building the foundation, we have to find a way to improve the strength of the big and small sand sculptures."

Lin Jiang took another look at the spirit beast bag. Since the big and small sand sculptures reached the middle stage of the second stage, their strength has increased very slowly. They eat a lot of spirit meat every day, but their cultivation has hardly increased. It just fills their stomachs. The remaining demon pill fragments have increased their cultivation a little, but they have not reached the late stage of the second stage.

"I don't know what the father of the big and small sand sculptures is, but their mother was in the middle stage of the second stage. It stands to reason that it is entirely possible for them to reach the late stage of the second stage. The third stage may require opportunities, but as long as you are willing to spend a lot of money, the third stage is not hopeless. The grade of the Aurora Falcon is very high. Yunzhou once produced a fourth-stage late Aurora Falcon."

Lin Jiang thought of the beast control knowledge he had read. The Aurora Falcon has great growth potential. Yunzhou has produced a fourth-stage late Aurora Falcon Demon King, who dominated the land, but was eventually killed by the immortal cultivator.

If you want to improve the strength of the Aurora Falcon, you have to spend a lot of money. Over the past hundred years, Lin Jiang has invested countless amounts of money in them. But now that the investment has reached this point, he can't stop the loss in time. He still has to continue investing money. If he can really cultivate it to the third level, then he will be able to move freely in the foundation-building stage in the future.