Chapter 173: Being Fooled

Although he had figured out the problem he had missed just now, Lin Zhangqing still decided to deal with Xu Meiniang's problem first.

He nodded at her and said: "I know. You go back to the Spirit Beast Bracelet first. I will take you to a place in a moment."

Although Xu Meiniang was a bit confused, she still nodded and followed Lin Zhangqing's arrangements.

After sending Xu Meiniang back to the Spirit Beast Bracelet, Lin Zhangqing checked his surroundings twice more to confirm there were no problems before entering the inner space.

The Lu Youqiang family was still as enthusiastic as ever. Surrounded by the family of three calling "You-You", Lin Zhangqing could only feed each of them a Spirit Nurturing Pill and then stroke their fur.

He also told them through the contract that someone would be coming in a moment and would be living here from now on, telling the family to get along well with the newcomer.

Subsequently, he released Xu Meiniang from the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

After coming out and looking around, she was completely bewildered, not knowing what place this was. Fortunately, Lin Zhangqing was right by her side, giving her a sense of security.

She hurriedly asked: "Master, what place is this? Why does it look a bit desolate?"

Lin Zhangqing glanced at her and introduced: "This is the secret place I told you about. You will cultivate and live here from now on. There are also a few of my spirit beasts here; let me introduce them to you."

After finishing, he summoned the Lu Youqiang family over.

"They are the auspicious spirit beasts, the Three-Colored Deer. This guy with horns on its head is Lu Youqiang, this is Lu Xiaoya, and the smallest one is Lu Xiaoling. They are a family."

"You must get along well here and try to take care of each other. They are mainly responsible for taking care of the spirit herbs, spirit grass, and spirit plants here."

"You are responsible for picking some mature spirit fruits and the like and preserving them well. There are also some tasks they can't do, which will all be yours. You will slowly know how to do them in the future."

At this time, the Lu Youqiang family was already circling the two, calling "You-You". Xu Meiniang greeted them enthusiastically, considering it an introduction.

Seeing that they were all so beautiful and elegant, Xu Meiniang couldn't help but reach out to stroke Lu Xiaoling. Unfortunately, Lu Xiaoling wouldn't let her touch it. Seeing her intention, it dodged and hid behind Lin Zhangqing.

Xu Meiniang could only withdraw her hand in disappointment. Subsequently, Lin Zhangqing began to take her around the space.

He introduced the various spirit herbs, spirit plants, and mainly the more important ones like the Earth Soul Fruit Tree and the Hundred-Year Vermilion Fruit Tree to Xu Meiniang, so she wouldn't be unfamiliar with them and cause some ridiculous incident in the future.

This included the nine main ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill, as well as the Jade Spring Heart Tea Tree. He introduced these to her again with emphasis.

The several types of spirit trees and the roots of those spirit plants that Lin Zhangqing had brought out from the secret realm had all been successfully planted under the care of the Lu Youqiang family, and the situation was quite good.

This included the two Jade Spring Heart Tea Trees planted by the pond, which had already grown some branches and buds.

In a year or two, Lin Zhangqing would have a steady stream of Jade Spring Heart Tea, which would make it much easier for him and his family to cultivate various spells and divine abilities.

This round of introductions took about an hour. Fortunately, the introductions were finished, and she could slowly learn the rest herself!

Subsequently, he took Xu Meiniang to a piece of open ground and pointed at it: "There isn't a house suitable for living here yet. You are an Earth-attribute cultivator and must know Earth Wall Techniques and the like, so build a courtyard here!"

After finishing, he gave her two storage bags. One contained some building materials Lin Zhangqing had collected from the mine cave.

The other was Xu Meiniang's own storage bag, because she used to live in the Spirit Beast Bracelet and couldn't bring the storage bag in, so Lin Zhangqing had to keep it for her first.

Xu Meiniang was a bit bewildered when she heard her master tell her to build a courtyard herself; she had never done it before and had no idea how to do it.

After telling Lin Zhangqing about this situation, fortunately, Lin Zhangqing had experienced it at Aoyun Peak and knew how a courtyard should be built.

So Lin Zhangqing directed and Xu Meiniang did the work. With the two of them cooperating, the speed was quite fast. In about an hour, it had a rough shape.

After all, it was convenient for Earth-attribute cultivators to build houses. The rest was just the fine adjustments inside the courtyard, which he left to Xu Meiniang to handle herself. The courtyard the two built wasn't too big, with a total of only six rooms, which should be more than enough for now. There was no need to worry about daily necessities, as they were in the storage bag.

He also moved the dozens of containers and tools he had bought for brewing wine into the courtyard, and that was basically it.

By the way, Lin Zhangqing specifically took Xu Meiniang to see the deep pit and instructed her never to fall into it, otherwise, Lin Zhangqing might not be able to save her.

After confirming that Xu Meiniang had no problems, Lin Zhangqing exited the inner space. As for the Hundred Flowers Drunken Soul Wine, Lin Zhangqing had things to deal with now, so he would take it out for Xu Meiniang to consume in a couple of days.

Now he had to find Chen Hu and ask two more questions.

He exited the inner space and then released Chen Hu from the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

He lay on the ground motionless, his eyes dull and lifeless. It took a while after coming out for him to react.

Seeing Lin Zhangqing standing in front of him, he asked indifferently: "What are you looking for me for again?"

Lin Zhangqing looked at him coldly and asked: "To what extent can the Yuling Sect's core cultivation method be cultivated? Think clearly before answering me."

Chen Hu hadn't expected Lin Zhangqing to suddenly ask this question and was caught off guard. He hesitated for a moment before saying: "It can be cultivated to the Purple Mansion Stage Great Perfection."

Lin Zhangqing sneered: "A Qi Refining disciple can actually run around with the sect's Purple Mansion Stage core inheritance cultivation method. Do you take me for a fool?"

"I'll give you one last chance. Tell me the truth. If you dare to lie to me again, I'll send you on your way immediately."

Chen Hu then gritted his teeth and said: "At that time, that person was already at the Qi Refining Late Stage. The cultivation method found on him could be cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage."

Lin Zhangqing heard this, and although he knew this was the most reasonable explanation, he still couldn't help but feel deeply disappointed.

He found some paper and a pen from the storage bag and threw them to Chen Hu. "Write down the cultivation method for me. Don't tell me you didn't memorize it. If you didn't memorize it, I don't want it, and you go die for me immediately."

"Also, after a while, I will have you write it down again. If the two copies of the cultivation method are different, then you go die for me too."

Chen Hu shivered upon hearing this, knowing that Lin Zhangqing wasn't joking. If he dared to refuse now, he would definitely end up as a corpse on the spot.

He honestly picked up the paper and pen on the ground and began to write. More than an hour later, a cultivation method of over four thousand characters was already in Lin Zhangqing's hands.

After putting Chen Hu into the Spirit Beast Bracelet, Lin Zhangqing finally had time to carefully study this cultivation method.

It turned out that the prerequisite for cultivating the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Taming Sutra was strong soul power, which could also be understood as strong spiritual power, coupled with special contracts and unique cultivation methods, which constituted the core inheritance of the Yuling Sect.

Everyone in Lin Zhangqing's family met the conditions for cultivating this cultivation method, after all, they had all consumed a bit of Earth Soul Fruit.

But now the cultivation method only went up to the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage, which was too chicken-rib-like—tasteless to eat but a pity to discard.

Moreover, this cultivation method was written down by Chen Hu. To be honest, Lin Zhangqing didn't quite dare to believe it and had no way to distinguish between true and false.

Because even if he only changed one character, it could be a difference of a thousand miles, so it could only serve as a reference.

To put it plainly, this Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Taming Sutra was about borrowing the aptitude of spirit beasts and using the spiritual energy fed back when they advanced to achieve the effect of advancing faster.

Moreover, even if the cultivation method written down by Chen Hu was all true, having only the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage cultivation method clearly meant the path ahead was cut off, so it definitely couldn't be cultivated! Unless he could get the subsequent cultivation method from the Yuling Sect, otherwise, it was really of no use. But provoking the Yuling Sect was clearly like an egg hitting a stone, an act of overestimating one's own strength.

After putting in so much effort, he had a false joy. However, Chen Hu dared to fool him, so Lin Zhangqing wouldn't let him off, and he would deal with him all at once in a couple of days.

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