Chapter 134: Picked Up a Small Leak

Walking and stopping like this, after strolling through dozens of stalls, he finally saw something good at one stall.

A piece of thunder-struck wood, about the thickness of Lin Zhangqing's thigh and about a meter long, had cutting marks on both ends. It should have been a relatively long spiritual material that had been cut into two or three sections.

Touching this piece of thunder-struck wood, Lin Zhangqing clearly felt the fluctuations of lightning-attribute spiritual material.

The stall owner was an elderly cultivator. Lin Zhangqing observed him for a moment and asked, "Boss, what kind of tree is this? Why can't I tell?"

The stall owner saw someone interested in his goods, looked at Lin Zhangqing, and introduced, "This is my family's spirit peach tree. It was three or four hundred years old and was about to advance to the second grade."

"A while ago, it was suddenly struck by lightning. The outer layer was burned by the lightning, leaving only a bare trunk, which I cut into three sections."

"Oh, I see! Then how are you selling this piece of spiritual material?" Lin Zhangqing asked directly.

The stall owner thought for a moment and opened with a price, "If you are sincere about wanting it, take it for twelve hundred spirit stones!"

Lin Zhangqing shook his head repeatedly upon hearing this, "This is only a first-grade spiritual material. Your price is enough to buy a spiritual artifact. How about this, make it cheaper, and I'll take it for eight hundred spirit stones."

The stall owner also shook his head repeatedly, "Even if this thunder-struck wood isn't a second-grade spiritual material, it's still first-grade top-grade. Such a large piece of material is enough to refine three first-grade top-grade thunder-struck wood flying swords."

"That's not worth that much. How many spirit stones do three first-grade top-grade flying swords cost? Plus auxiliary materials, and having to pay an artifact refiner to refine them, it's not cost-effective at all!"

The stall owner thought for a moment and took a step back, "Then I'll make it a hundred spirit stones cheaper for you, eleven hundred spirit stones!"

Lin Zhangqing was getting impatient and said directly, "The final price, one thousand spirit stones. If you agree, I'll buy the other two sections together. If you don't agree, forget it."

The stall owner considered it and said, "Three sections of thunder-struck wood, three thousand one hundred and fifty spirit stones. That's the final price. If it's not suitable, you can leave!"

Lin Zhangqing pondered for a moment before saying, "Then I want to see the other two sections of thunder-struck wood first. If they are about the same as this one, I'll buy them."

The stall owner nodded and took out the other two sections of thunder-struck wood from his storage bag. Lin Zhangqing carefully checked and confirmed there were no problems before paying the spirit stones and taking away the three sections of thunder-struck wood spiritual material.

He thought for a moment and asked the stall owner, "Then you didn't dig out the root part?"

The stall owner looked at him and shook his head, "No, the remaining stump is still at home. I haven't moved it. I want to see if it will sprout new buds and grow back into a spirit peach tree."

Lin Zhangqing nodded. That's the right way! Being struck by lightning doesn't necessarily mean the whole plant is dead. The stall owner's approach was a wise one.

Not having picked up a big leak, Lin Zhangqing didn't dwell on it and continued strolling after saying goodbye to the stall owner.

After looking at another twenty or so stalls, he came to a particularly fragrant stall. The stall owners were two young and beautiful female cultivators, one of whom looked a bit older, probably in her twenties, and the other looked fifteen or sixteen.

The things they were selling were things in crystal bottles, colorful and similar to perfume.

What attracted Lin Zhangqing's attention were these things that were very similar to the perfume from his previous life.

"Boss, what is this? Why is it so fragrant?" Lin Zhangqing asked deliberately.

The older female cultivator replied, "These are flower essences, which are the essence extracted from fresh flowers. Of course, they are fragrant!"

Lin Zhangqing's heart moved. He remembered the beautiful scenery in Heavenly Fragrance Valley in the Ziyang Secret Realm last time. Perhaps he could plant more flower seeds in the space.

In the future, he could raise some bees to help the spirit herbs and spirit plants in the space pollinate. With fresh flowers, he wouldn't have to worry about them having no food.

Having made up his mind, he responded casually, "Then what is the use of these things?"

The younger female cultivator started to promote, "These things are only useful for female cultivators. They are mainly used for bathing and scenting, and have the effect of making people feel happy and refreshing the mind. Do you want to buy a few bottles to give to your Dao companion?"

Lin Zhangqing shook his head, "I don't have a Dao companion yet. Do you have any flower seeds for sale here? I want to buy some to decorate the courtyard. If there are spirit flower seeds, that would be best; if not, ordinary flower seeds will do."

The two female cultivators looked at each other. The older female cultivator said, "Spirit seeds are hard to come by; we don't even have enough for ourselves. As for ordinary flower seeds, we can sell some to you, fellow Daoist."

Lin Zhangqing was overjoyed and said, "Then thank you, two fellow Daoists. I don't know how these ordinary flower seeds are sold?"

The older female cultivator took a cloth bag from her storage bag and handed it to Lin Zhangqing. She chuckled, "Ordinary flower seeds aren't worth many spirit stones. Fellow Daoist, just give twenty spirit stones; consider it the fee for hiring us to collect the flower seeds."

"This bag of flower seeds is enough to sow twenty acres of land. If it's not enough, you can wait for the flower seeds to bloom and bear fruit next year, collect them yourself, and then sow them again."

Lin Zhangqing laughed, "It's already enough. The amount for twenty acres of land is already too much. Thank you, two fellow Daoists."

After saying this, he took the cloth bag, took out twenty spirit stones, handed them to the older female cultivator, and then said goodbye and left.

There were still dozens of stalls behind, but unfortunately, there was no harvest after strolling through them, let alone discovering any halo items. After all, they were just some small stalls set up spontaneously on the guest ship.

He hadn't held high expectations to begin with. Being able to have these harvests, Lin Zhangqing was already very satisfied.

Returning to the top floor, in his room, there must be one or two high-grade cultivators sitting in the Wanbao Pavilion's guest ship, so Lin Zhangqing didn't dare to enter the space. If he were discovered, it would be troublesome.

So these flower seeds he just bought would have to wait for an opportunity to be planted later.

What Lin Zhangqing was most satisfied with this time was harvesting these three sections of first-grade top-grade lightning-attribute spiritual material. Although they were first-grade spiritual materials, they were not common.

Mainly because lightning-attribute spiritual materials were rare to begin with, and when you encountered them, there were even fewer.

When he first saw these spiritual materials, he already had an idea in his heart, which was to ask Hu Yunna for help to see if they could be refined into specialized second-grade lightning-attribute suppressing objects.

Of course, Lin Zhangqing knew that crossing from first-grade top-grade to second-grade, even if it was second-grade lower-grade, certainly wouldn't be that easy.

But it just so happened that Lin Zhangqing still had a piece of second-grade upper-grade thunder-struck wood heart that he had bought at the Wanbao Pavilion before in his storage bag. After all, they were all lightning-attribute spiritual materials of the same origin.

He would see how to use them reasonably. Anyway, as long as they were second-grade lightning-attribute spiritual artifacts that could serve as suppressing objects for lightning apertures, that would be fine. Of course, the more the quantity, the better.

By then, these spiritual materials would all be handed over to Hu Yunna, and she would come forward to find someone to help Lin Zhangqing refine them. He believed that with Hu Yunna coming forward, there was a great possibility of completing Lin Zhangqing's vision.

And for these spiritual artifacts specifically used as suppressing objects, there wouldn't be any high requirements for power. This way, Lin Zhangqing's idea should be relatively easy to realize.

Of course, all of this would have to wait until Lin Zhangqing went to the Qingyun Sect next time to see Hu Yunna and communicate face-to-face before he would know if there was this possibility.

However, even if Lin Zhangqing's vision couldn't succeed, he would entrust Hu Yunna to refine that section of second-grade upper-grade thunder-struck wood heart into an upper-grade spiritual artifact. Anyway, no matter what, he had to make use of the spiritual materials.

This is the importance of professional channels. Of course, this is also why Lin Zhangqing would strive to maintain his relationship with Hu Yunna and Zhao Mingxia.

Professional matters should be handled by professional people. Even the Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill would be handled in this way in the future. Of course, it's still a bit too early to talk about this now.

He must wait until Zhao Mingxia has that ability before Lin Zhangqing will go find her. He believes that by then, she will definitely be able to handle it well for Lin Zhangqing.

Adjusting his happy and excited mood after picking up a leak, there shouldn't be anything else today. And Chen Ziya's mood was poor, so he estimated she wouldn't come to find him today either.

So Lin Zhangqing prepared to start practicing the Thunder True Scripture. After exhausting his excess energy, he would rest. He arranged his time fully, without wasting a single bit.

Of course, before starting to practice, he had to take Mao Qiu out of his bosom; otherwise, the sweat he would shed later would be enough for it to take a bath.

He found Mao Qiu in his bosom. The little guy was quite obedient. When Lin Zhangqing told it not to make a sound, it didn't make a sound at all when he was strolling through the stalls just now. It was really a clever little guy.

Suddenly, a question occurred to him. He didn't know if Mao Qiu was male or female? Just as the balloon was in his hand, Lin Zhangqing flipped its belly upward and was about to check carefully, but Mao Qiu struggled desperately.

Lin Zhangqing had no choice but to put it on the table and gave up the idea of giving it a physical examination. After all, it was his own mouse, so he should still show appropriate respect.

Since it wouldn't let him check, Lin Zhangqing had no choice but to ignore it.

He set his posture and began to run the Thunder True Scripture, generating lightning-attribute spiritual energy to stimulate the acupoints.

He estimated that in another twenty-something days, he should be able to open another lightning aperture, taking another step closer to the limit of thirty-six apertures in the Qi Refining stage.

By then, when all thirty-six apertures were successfully opened, the power of the Thunder True Scripture should be considered to have initially formed.

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