Chapter 175: Smooth and Sophisticated

Because they were hosting a fellow Daoist, it certainly couldn't be in Lin Zhangqing's room, so the place was changed to the Chen family's back garden.

When the two arrived, Chen Zi Ya was already brewing tea in the pavilion, waiting for them.

After Liu Yuntao and Chen Zi Ya exchanged greetings, the three sat down in the pavilion as host and guests.

"Senior Brother, Fellow Daoist Liu, please drink tea!" Chen Zi Ya sent a cup of tea to each of them.

"Thank you, Immortal Maiden Chen!" Liu Yuntao was even more respectful towards Chen Zi Ya, after all, he knew she was an Inner Sect Disciple of the Qingyun Sect, representing the Qingyun Sect to a certain extent outside.

And there was a Golden Core True Person behind her, so although Tongshan Village was their Liu family's territory, the proper attitude had to be maintained.

Fortunately, this Liu Yuntao of the Liu family looked like someone specifically responsible for the Liu family's external affairs, and he was very capable in all aspects of worldly wisdom.

He didn't ask about the mine cave and mine vein right away, but instead drank tea and chatted with Lin Zhangqing and the other.

Liu Yuntao shared some local customs and practices from various places and even asked about the situation in Qingyun City. Fortunately, it wasn't too difficult, and they were all questions the two could answer.

Interspersed with some of the difficulties of the Nanhe Liu Family, he could be considered a smooth and sophisticated person.

After chatting aimlessly for over an hour, Liu Yuntao finally entered the main topic and asked the most important question this time.

He praised Lin Zhangqing: "I heard that it was Fellow Daoist Lin who took action this time to rescue many villagers from the nearby villages. That is truly immeasurable merit!"

Lin Zhangqing chuckled: "Fellow Daoist Liu is too kind. The Lin family also walked out of Tongshan Village. This time when I came back, I just happened to encounter it and solved it incidentally."

"And quite a few rogue cultivators escaped this time. I don't know if they will come back in the future?"

"My Junior Sister and I can't stay here for too long, so in the future, we will still have to rely on Fellow Daoist Liu and the fellow Daoists of the Liu family to take care of Tongshan Village!"

Hearing Lin Zhangqing say that quite a few rogue cultivators had escaped, Liu Yuntao's brows furrowed, and he hurriedly asked: "Fellow Daoist Lin, do you know exactly how many rogue cultivators escaped?"

Lin Zhangqing had already thought of a way to deal with this question and answered: "At that time, when I sneaked in, I only saw two rogue cultivators."

"I was very anxious at the time, thinking that if I were caught in a pincer attack by them, I wouldn't have any chance of winning, and maybe my own life would be lost!"

"The only way at the time was to ambush one first. If it succeeded, it would be one-on-one, and that might give me a slight chance of winning."

"So I used the Yin Thunder Bead, a protective trump card given by the elders in my family. Fortunately, my luck wasn't bad, and I killed a rogue cultivator on the spot."

"The other one heard the thunder and came to kill me, but only entangled with me for a while before retreating on its own for some reason."

"I hurriedly summoned all the villagers and told them that the rogue cultivators had been dealt with by me. At the time, it was just to put their hearts at ease, and then I led them back to Tongshan Village overnight."

"However, I heard from the villagers that there seemed to be six rogue cultivators in total, but I don't know why I only encountered two that day."

"The remaining four hadn't shown their faces yet! I didn't dare to stay inside for long at the time, just fearing that the rogue cultivator who left would gather his accomplices and return to the mine cave, and then we wouldn't be able to leave."

Liu Yuntao heard that there were six rogue cultivators in total and that five had actually escaped, and his head began to ache.

By the time the two of them patted their butts and left, the Liu family would still have to stay here and clean up this mess.

He sighed and continued to ask: "I heard the villagers were all captured by them to mine?"

Lin Zhangqing nodded and said: "That place was indeed a mine cave, but I went in to check the specific situation inside."

"I couldn't make head or tail of it either. After all, I don't understand mine veins and such, so I didn't waste time there."

"The main thing was that I didn't dare to delay for too long. However, I did find some ore from that rogue cultivator's storage bag."

"After discussion and identification by my Junior Sister and me, we believe it should be Red Smelted Fire Copper ore."

After finishing, he took a piece of ore from his storage bag and handed it to Liu Yuntao.

Liu Yuntao held it in his hand, turning it over and over to examine it carefully, and even took out a dharma artifact from his storage bag to test it. Finally, he agreed with the two's opinion; it should indeed be Red Smelted Fire Copper ore.

Liu Yuntao became a bit excited now. If this mine vein was even a micro-scale mine vein, mining it all out and exchanging it for spirit stones at the Wanbao Pavilion...

That would at least be enough to buy two or three Foundation Establishment Pills! Could this be his opportunity to advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage?

He hurriedly continued to ask: "Fellow Daoist Lin, where is that mine cave? I'll go take a look. In case any rogue cultivators return, we can be prepared early, so as not to be caught off guard by them."

Seeing Liu Yuntao's impatient appearance, Lin Zhangqing and Chen Zi Ya looked at each other. Chen Zi Ya couldn't help but want to laugh.

Lin Zhangqing also saw the smile at the corner of her mouth and hurriedly spoke to attract Liu Yuntao: "Fellow Daoist Liu, I can tell you the approximate location, but you must be careful!"

"If it's impossible to do, it's better to retreat first. It's best to find a few more people to go together; I think that's the safest."

Liu Yuntao nodded repeatedly: "Fellow Daoist Lin's words make sense. I'll observe the situation from afar first. If there are too many rogue cultivators returning, I will have to ask the two fellow Daoists to take action and help."

Lin Zhangqing nodded and said: "That mine cave is in the southeast direction of Tongshan Village, about thirty or forty li away. Fellow Daoist Liu, look carefully, and you should be able to find it."

"Fellow Daoist Liu can go observe the situation first! If I really need to take action, although my cultivation isn't high, dragging one rogue cultivator is no problem."

"However, my Junior Sister isn't good at fighting, so she might not be able to take action. I hope Fellow Daoist Liu will forgive me."

Hearing Lin Zhangqing say this, Liu Yuntao knew he couldn't force it. Subsequently, he chatted with Lin Zhangqing and the other for a few more sentences before taking his leave. He looked a bit impatient indeed.

After he walked far away, Chen Zi Ya couldn't help it anymore and giggled.

She said to Lin Zhangqing: "Senior Brother, looking at Fellow Daoist Liu's appearance, he is obviously very impatient. I don't know what expression he will have when he finds the place and sees it turned into ruins."

It really was as Chen Zi Ya had said; it had indeed turned into ruins. Lin Zhangliu had returned two days ago, and there was definitely nothing left inside; not even mineral slag was left for them.

Lin Zhangqing thought for a moment and said seriously: "When Fellow Daoist Liu arrives and sees that those rogue cultivators are gone, he will probably be quite happy!"

"He won't have time to come find us again; he will definitely think of ways to clear the mine cave first."

"Then after spending a great deal of effort, they will only dig up a tiny bit of ore. He should be cursing the mothers of those rogue cultivators!"

Chen Zi Ya heard this, and thinking that it was really possible that it would be as Lin Zhangqing said, she couldn't help but burst into loud laughter.

Fortunately, Chen Zi Ya laughed for a moment and then turned the page. Subsequently, the two no longer discussed the issue of the Red Smelted Fire Copper mine.

The two leaned against each other and chatted for a while before Chen Zi Ya returned.

Lin Zhangqing estimated that Liu Yuntao would still go to question the villagers who had been rescued. By then, he would definitely know that the mine vein had actually been mined almost completely.

He would only think that the entire mine vein had been mined out by the rogue cultivators and taken away, and naturally, he wouldn't think that all the ore had ended up in Lin Zhangqing's hands.

The matter of the Red Smelted Fire Copper mine came to an end, and Lin Zhangqing also returned to his courtyard.

Looking at the huge nest under the eaves, that was the bridal chamber that Chuyi and its wife had worked hard to build for a day.

After getting in touch for the past few days, Chuyi's wife wasn't as resistant to Lin Zhangqing anymore; at least it allowed Lin Zhangqing to approach it.

But there was still a distance to go before intimate contact, like letting Lin Zhangqing stroke its fur, and this was already the effect of one or two Spirit Nurturing Pills every day, plus the feeding of demonic beast meat.

In any case, it had already settled down and could be considered his bird. Lin Zhangqing wasn't in a hurry. After spending a long time together, they would eventually establish trust with each other.

And most importantly, there was Chuyi as a link, so it definitely couldn't run away.

However, there was another problem, which was that he had promised the clan that he would hand over the descendants of Chuyi and the others to the clan. He didn't know if Chuyi and its wife would be willing to agree when the time came? Forget it, he would leave this problem until Chuyi's children were born.

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