Time flies, and another ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
In these ten years, many stories have happened in the Lin family. Lin Batian's thirty-fifth child has been born. After Lin Die, two more members of the Lin family have advanced to the foundation-building stage, namely the second child Lin He and the tenth child Lin Ying. However, the eldest child Lin Shan failed and still stopped at the tenth level of Qi training.
In these ten years, Lin Batian stopped the expansion of the Lin family and concentrated on consolidating the territory he had established. The Lin family became more and more prosperous. The number of Lin family cultivators has exceeded fifty, and it is a rising star family in the southwest of Yunzhou.
And Lin Jiang finally reached the third level of Qi training. The third level of Qi training at the age of thirty-six is not uncommon in the Lin family, nor is it uncommon anywhere. It is even a very poor result. But
Lin Jiang is very happy. The increased power brought by the improvement of his cultivation makes him feel addicted. This feeling is very refreshing.
Lingtao Villa has also changed a lot. There are more servants, from more than 100 to nearly 200. The increase in manpower allows Lin Jiang to better manage Lingtao Villa. He raises more silver fish, silver arrowfish, colorful pigs, and iron-back pigs. The annual income of Lingtao Villa has exceeded 500 spiritual stones.
Lin Baohua, who lives in Lingtao Villa, seems to have accepted his fate and no longer hopes to refine the spirit-opening pill to open his spiritual roots. He married and had children in Lingtao Villa, helped Lin Jiang manage the manor, and placed his hope of cultivating immortals on the next generation.
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"It's so cool."
In the sky, Lin Jiang grabbed Lin Ying's shoulders and called loudly. Flying with a sword seems to be a wonderful thing.
But Lin Ying rolled her eyes fiercely. She can fly with a sword at the fourth level of Qi training, but her brother is only at the third level of Qi training. Isn't it embarrassing for her to fly with him? Lin Die, who was standing
aside, also shook her head speechlessly. She simply didn't look at her embarrassing brother and kept her head down on the road.
Anhua City in Yunzhou is about 10,000 miles away from the Lin family's territory. It takes about two days for a cultivator in the foundation-building stage to reach the city. At this time, Lin Die and Lin Ying took Lin Jiang to Anhua City. In
recent years, Lin Jiang has lived in a small corner, and many delicacies have made Lin Ying and Lin Die a little tired of them. They gradually reduced the number of times they came to Lingtao Villa. Lin Jiang also wanted to go out for a walk, so he begged Lin Ying to take him with him. Otherwise, with Lin Jiang's cultivation, it would take at least half a month to get there, and he might encounter many dangers on the way. Going out like this, a small shrimp at the third level of Qi training, is simply giving away his head to the bandits. After
two days of eating and sleeping in the open, the three finally arrived at the famous Anhua City. Lin Jiang looked at Anhua City, which was lying on the ground like a giant dragon, and was also shocked. Such a huge city is rare even in modern society.
"Shocked, right? I was also shocked when I came here for the first time. There are as many immortal cultivators here as rice."
"Qi training is everywhere, foundation building is worse than dogs."
"Bah, bah, bah, you are the dog, it should be foundation building is everywhere, Qi training is worse than dogs."
Lin Ying was so angry that she wanted to throw Lin Jiang down. How dare you call your sister worse than a dog?
Lin Jiang smiled and did not refute. That's right. In Anhua City, foundation building is not worth much. There are more people than dogs, and there are more people in Qi training than foundation building. Isn't this the case that foundation building is worse than dogs.
Anhua City does not allow flying. The three landed outside the city, each paid a spirit stone as the entrance fee, and the three walked into Anhua City.
Lin Die has been to Anhua City many times, and she took the two people to find the Lin family's business in Anhua City, which is a small shop.
"Third sister, sixth brother, tenth brother" Lin
He, the second brother, smiled immediately when he saw the three of them. It was rare to see a member of the Lin family in Anhua City, so he was very happy. This was like meeting an old friend in a foreign land.
"Hello, second brother,"
the three of them greeted. Lin He has been in Anhua City for many years. The shops in Anhua City are very important bases for the Lin family. The resources produced by the Lin family are sold here, and some things needed by the Lin family are bought back, which plays an irreplaceable role.
Lin He asked the three what they were doing. Lin Die and Lin Ying came to buy elixirs. The elixir taken during the Qi training period is called the Qi Ju Dan, which can be bought in the Lin family market, while the elixir taken during the foundation building period is called the Zhenling Dan, which is difficult to buy in the Lin family market, and the quality is very poor. Too many impurities are not good for cultivators, so every once in a while, Lin Die will come to Anhua City to buy elixirs.
As for Lin Jiang, he came to broaden his horizons. This is the first time that the country bumpkin Lin Jiang has left the Lin family territory.
Lin He enthusiastically introduced many shops in Anhua City to Lin Jiang. There are many resources needed by cultivators, and each shop has its own expertise. People who don't understand really don't know how to buy things.
The Lin family's business had a shop in front and a yard in the back. The three decided to stay in the business to save the money of staying in an inn. After settling in, the three agreed to go shopping together.
Anhua City was overcrowded, and the streets were full of bustling crowds. There were many shops on the street, including elixir shops, spiritual medicine shops, spiritual talisman shops, tailor shops, restaurants, inns, and everything else.
"This is a big market, with food, drink, and entertainment, but Sixth Brother, don't go to those stalls to buy cultivation items, and don't think about picking up bargains. The immortal cultivators here are all old-timers with first-class experience and vision. They won't give you the opportunity to pick up bargains. If you can pick up bargains, they are definitely scammers."
Lin Die pointed to the street stalls on the side of the road and said that many immortal cultivators could set up stalls here by tearing a piece of rag. They had all kinds of elixirs, spiritual talismans, spiritual medicines, and even broken magic weapons, incomplete treasure maps, etc.
But most of these are garbage, rags, or a kind of deception. High-level alchemists will not set up stalls here. They are all guests of honor of various businesses. Precious spiritual medicines will not have the opportunity to be picked up by ordinary monks. What about treasure maps? If you really look for them, you may be waiting for bandits who want to rob you.
"Third sister, you are joking. I am not a rookie. How can I believe this?"
Lin Jiang immediately put away the protagonist's halo after being told by Lin Die, although he didn't seem to have this thing.
As the eldest of the three, Lin Die introduced many situations in Anhua City to Lin Jiang and Lin Ying, including various incredible scams, and told the two to stick to their original intentions and not be greedy for cheapness, so that more than 90% of the scams can be avoided.
There are too many vendors in the big market, selling all kinds of things, including various snacks. When it comes to eating, Lin Jiang is never stingy. Walking down a street, the three of them have dozens of snacks in their hands, and Lin Ying's mouth has never stopped from beginning to end.
"My brother is still the best to me,"
Lin Ying said happily. Although she was already in the foundation-building stage, she was always the little sister in front of Lin Jiang.
Lin Die was a little sad about this. Her biological brother was the eldest brother Lin Shan, but the two were more than 20 years apart. There was no brother-sister relationship. They were just like ordinary brothers and sisters, and their feelings were not deep. She envied Lin Ying for this. No matter when, Lin Jiang always doted on Lin Ying.
Early the next morning, Lin Die took the two to a familiar store to buy items. Lin Die told the two that when she came to Anhua City to buy things, she mostly looked for familiar stores. She didn't ask for cheapness, but for reliability. If she rashly went to some unfamiliar stores, it would be easy to be blackmailed. Some stores even had bandits behind them, and it would be easy to be robbed and killed outside the city.
"Hello, Senior Lin,"
walked into a store called Duobao Pavilion. The waiter smiled when he saw Lin Die and invited the three to the wing room, which was a proper VIP treatment.