Chapter 181: Taming, Unwilling to Give Up

Early the next morning, he finished his cultivation of the Five Elements Chaos Sutra.

Lin Zhangqing began to feed the Purple Crystal Scorpions inside the Spirit Beast Bracelet, crushing some demonic beast meat and throwing it in for them. When they had eaten almost enough, he threw in a portion of ice crystals for them to gnaw on slowly.

Next was Mao Qiu. This was the simplest; he gave it a Spirit Nurturing Pill and that was it. This little guy basically stayed in Lin Zhangqing's room and didn't go out now.

Because there were two Golden Winged Birds outside, the last time Mao Qiu slipped out, it was almost taken as a snack by Chuyi's wife. He estimated that Mao Qiu was so scared it had psychological trauma.

The Mystic Tiger cub wasn't forgotten either, but he only gave it some demonic beast meat. Next were Chuyi and its wife.

Lin Zhangqing specifically cut the demonic beast meat into strips, then summoned the two Golden Winged Birds down, and began to feed one strip to Chuyi, one strip to its wife, feeding them in turns like this.

Lin Zhangqing had recently been using this method to build trust with Chuyi's wife. After they were all full, he fed each of them a Spirit Nurturing Pill.

Lin Zhangqing remembered that the "Record of Spirit Beasts in the Qingyun Mountain Range" in the clan said that adult wild Golden Winged Birds were unruly and difficult to tame.

Lin Zhangqing had Chuyi as a link and wanted to try if he could succeed in taming it. Now, although it could accept Lin Zhangqing's feeding, when he approached and wanted to stroke it, it would fly away. He had already tried several times.

However, Lin Zhangqing wasn't in a hurry. Take it slow; as long as it didn't separate from Chuyi, there would always be a chance.

And Lin Zhangqing still had a big move he hadn't used yet! The Lu Youqiang family would jump over the wall in a hurry when they smelled the Hundred Flowers Drunken Soul Wine. He thought Chuyi's wife would also be unable to resist the temptation of spirit wine.

If it still didn't behave in a few days, it wouldn't be too late for Lin Zhangqing to use his big move. In any case, he would try to get it done before setting off for Jiaoyun Prefecture; otherwise, it would be a bit inconvenient.

Because he definitely had to take Chuyi with him when the time came, but Chuyi's wife might not be willing to enter the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

This way, he wouldn't be able to take it with him, and the two Golden Winged Birds would be forced to separate. What if it was lured away by other Golden Winged Birds? So he had to try to get it done before setting off.

After feeding all the spirit pets, Chen Zi Ya happened to come over. Now the two met every day, leaning together to drink tea and chat, and they would chat for half a day before returning to accompany their parents and family.

Lin Zhangqing cast a Water Ball Technique to wash his hands clean, and Chen Zi Ya had already started brewing spirit tea.

After quietly appreciating Chen Zi Ya's performance, Lin Zhangqing ran over and leaned against her. The two began their daily routine of drinking tea and chatting intimately.

It was mainly because Lin Zhangqing was no longer satisfied with just holding hands since the day he hugged Chen Zi Ya.

Now it had developed to the point of putting his arm around her waist while drinking tea. Every time he saw the shy and blushing appearance of this icy maiden Chen Zi Ya, Lin Zhangqing felt particularly satisfied in his heart and had a great sense of achievement.

However, there was a special situation today. The two's tea had only been drunk halfway when an uninvited guest arrived.

This time it wasn't discovered by Lin Zhangqing, but by Chuyi and the others. They were currently cruising at high altitude above Lin Zhangqing's head! He said to Chen Zi Ya: "We have another guest! I estimate it should be that Liu Yuntao who has come."

Chen Zi Ya chuckled lightly: "Then I will go to the back garden pavilion to brew spirit tea and host the guest, and Senior Brother will go to the entrance to welcome him."

Lin Zhangqing nodded and said: "Good, let's do that! I don't know what business he has coming here this time?"

Subsequently, Lin Zhangqing waited at the Chen family's main entrance. Not long after, a figure descended on a sword at the entrance, and the one who came was Liu Yuntao.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Liu!"

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Lin! Sorry to disturb you again." Liu Yuntao said with a slight apology.

Lin Zhangqing laughed and didn't pick up on his topic, but said directly: "Junior Sister Chen is already preparing spirit tea to host you. Let's talk in the back garden!"

Liu Yuntao agreed happily.

Arriving at the back garden, after Chen Zi Ya and Liu Yuntao exchanged greetings, the three sat down as host and guests.

Chen Zi Ya sent two cups of tea to the two of them, "Senior Brother, Fellow Daoist Liu, please drink tea!"

"Thank you, Immortal Maiden Chen!" After Liu Yuntao thanked her, he picked up the spirit tea and took a sip.

Then he didn't state the purpose of his visit this time directly, but chatted about everything under the sun with the two. After three rounds of tea, he began to state the purpose of his visit this time.

"I found the place Fellow Daoist Lin mentioned, but it is already empty, and even the entire mine cave has been destroyed." Liu Yuntao said somewhat helplessly. "Oh, that's great. Does this mean these rogue cultivators won't come back in the future?" Lin Zhangqing said, pretending to be happy.

"This might be the only good news! I think these rogue cultivators must have carried out destructive mining before destroying the mine cave, and probably only destroyed the mine cave after mining almost everything." Liu Yuntao guessed.

Lin Zhangqing nodded: "If it were me, I would definitely mine as much as I could. By the way, what is the purpose of Fellow Daoist Liu coming here this time?"

Liu Yuntao glanced at Lin Zhangqing and said: "I asked the villagers who were rescued by you, and they all said that the mine vein was actually almost mined out."

"Only the last bit was left, and they were afraid that if they finished mining, they would be killed, so they deliberately controlled the speed of mining, which is why it wasn't mined out so quickly."

"That proves that over ninety-five percent of the ore in the entire mine vein was already on that group of loose cultivators."

"Lin Daoist and one of them have met. I want to invite you to join the Liu family in tracking down the whereabouts of that group of rogue cultivators. After success, I will share thirty percent of the proceeds with you, Fellow Daoist. What do you think?"

Lin Zhangqing hadn't expected the Liu family to still not give up. However, the people were dead, so were they going to track down the air?

He shook his head and said: "It is true that I have met one of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer rogue cultivators. However, that time, being able to retreat unscathed at my Qi Refining Fifth Layer was already a stroke of luck. Thinking about it now, I still feel lingering fear."

"So I won't participate in the matter of tracking down that group of rogue cultivators. I can draw a portrait of that rogue cultivator and give it to Fellow Daoist Liu."

"If the Liu family really tracks down those ores, you don't need to share any with me. Just take care of Tongshan Village more in the future."

After hearing Lin Zhangqing's words, Liu Yuntao was a bit disappointed, but thinking that there was a portrait of one of them, it could be considered a harvest.

So he still nodded and said: "Since Fellow Daoist Lin doesn't want to participate, I can't force it. I will have to trouble Fellow Daoist Lin to draw the portrait of that rogue cultivator for me."

"If the Liu family really finds that group of people, I definitely won't forget the share of Fellow Daoist Lin and Immortal Maiden Chen."

Lin Zhangqing nodded and said: "This is easy. I will draw it for Fellow Daoist Liu now."

After finishing, he took out an empty jade slip, placed it against his forehead, and began to depict the body shape and facial features of that Qi Refining Sixth Layer rogue cultivator, then handed it to Liu Yuntao.

Liu Yuntao took the jade slip and placed it against his forehead to check. Seeing that Lin Zhangqing had depicted the rogue cultivator very vividly, he believed that he would be able to recognize him as long as he took one look, and he was very satisfied with this effect.

He solemnly put away the jade slip and thanked Lin Zhangqing: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Lin. You are truly multi-talented."

"Depicting that rogue cultivator so vividly and realistically makes people remember him at a glance. Admirable, admirable!"

Lin Zhangqing laughed secretly in his heart. That was only a little bit of sketching skill.

He sighed lightly: "Fellow Daoist Liu is too kind. It's just because the things that happened that day were truly too deep for me, which is why I could draw it so vividly."

"Usually, if you asked me to draw, I wouldn't be able to draw it either."

"Also, regarding the share you said you would give to me and Junior Sister just now, we won't accept it. After all, one shouldn't receive rewards without merit."

"If the Liu family can track down those ores this time, I would like to ask you to take care of Tongshan Village more, especially Junior Sister Chen's family."

"After all, we only come back once in a long while, and some things are beyond our reach!"

Hearing Lin Zhangqing's request, Liu Yuntao immediately agreed: "Fellow Daoist Lin, what are you saying? Even if we don't track down those ores this time, for the sake of the two fellow Daoists, the Liu family will also take care of Tongshan Village more, not to mention Immortal Maiden Chen's family."

At this time, Chen Zi Ya also spoke: "Then I really have to trouble you and the Liu family. When I return to the sect, I will tell my grandmother."

Liu Yuntao was overjoyed upon hearing this. If he could connect with the high-level figures of the Qingyun Sect through this matter, the Liu family's path in the future would be much wider.

He hurriedly thanked Chen Zi Ya, "Then thank you, Immortal Maiden, for your kind words. Please rest assured that the Immortal Maiden's family will be taken care of by the Liu family."

By this point, the host and guests were happy. Liu Yuntao sat for a while longer before leaving. He had to send the jade slip back to the family as soon as possible.

Then he would search for the whereabouts of this group of rogue cultivators with all his might. This was a matter related to several Foundation Establishment Pills.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 182 =====