Chapter 189: The Treasure of the Shop

He hurriedly collected his expression. Lin Zhangqing believed that his expression just now must have been seen by the clerk.

However, looking at his "nothing to be surprised about" appearance, could there be some hidden story?

Officially stepping into the gate of the Gambling Stone Workshop, the clerk immediately came up to greet him. This time, Lin Zhangqing didn't refuse the clerk's service introduction.

Finally, unable to suppress the curiosity in his heart, he pointed directly at the super-large raw stone parked in the shop, facing the entrance.

He asked the clerk, "What's the situation with this?"

The clerk laughed and introduced, "The guest must be visiting our Jinzhou Market for the first time, seeing such a large raw stone for the first time, which is why you are so surprised.

This is the treasure of our shop. It has been placed here for more than ten years, and almost every cultivator in the entire Jinzhou Market knows about it.

Of course, this is also the largest raw stone I have ever seen. The boss once weighed it specially; it's a little over five thousand catties, so the boss specially marked this raw stone at 50,000 low-grade spirit stones.

To be honest, this price is already equivalent to a Foundation Establishment Pill. Who would buy a raw stone for 50,000 spirit stones unless they were crazy?"

Lin Zhangqing nodded. Yes! He was indeed going to be crazy. It was a super-large superior-grade raw stone mine with a huge, bright red halo.

Just now at the entrance, his little heart had almost been shattered.

Lin Zhangqing couldn't imagine how large the inner space would be if this huge superior-grade raw stone mine were absorbed and digested by Lin Changliu! Lin Zhangqing didn't even know how to calculate it now.

However, he had to keep his cool from now on. Now was not the time to buy this super-large raw stone.

Even the Gambling Stone Workshop's own clerk felt that 50,000 spirit stones were too expensive and that no one would be willing to buy it unless they were a lunatic, so he had to be well-prepared before coming back.

50,000 low-grade spirit stones—at this moment, as long as Lin Zhangqing dared to take them out and buy this raw stone,

the news would spread like wildfire, and interested parties from all sides would follow one after another.

And Lin Zhangqing still needed to stay here for two more days, until before the Chen hour the day after tomorrow, to board the Wanbao Pavilion's guest ship.

Therefore, the most suitable time to buy this super-large raw stone should be after disguising himself, changing his identity, and buying it quickly tomorrow evening when the Gambling Stone Workshop was about to close, then leaving the market directly.

Arrive at the guest ship landing field outside the city in advance, hide there, and wait until dawn before boarding the Wanbao Pavilion's guest ship to leave.

After sorting out his thoughts, he temporarily cast that big guy aside and began to look at the raw stones in the shop.

This Gambling Stone Workshop covered a quite large area, so there were quite a few raw stones displayed. Lin Zhangqing scanned them and found twenty-two halos of varying brightness, only three of which were bright.

Because there was a clerk by his side now, Lin Zhangqing didn't directly take the three superior-grade raw stones into his hands.

Instead, he looked left and right, carefully studying and comparing, and spent over an hour doing the surface work before finally selecting those three superior-grade raw stones.

According to past experience, these three superior-grade raw stones should be able to yield about two hundred superior-grade spirit stones.

However, Lin Zhangqing was already accustomed to this, especially after seeing that super-large superior-grade raw stone.

These three little fellows were not even worth mentioning; it could be said that he felt nothing at all! He had completely lost the huge joy of picking up a leak worth two million low-grade spirit stones like before.

He asked the clerk to find the boss to settle the bill. The three raw stones cost Lin Zhangqing a total of 980 spirit stones.

After paying the spirit stones, he refused the boss's suggestion to help him cut the stones, put the three raw stones into his storage bag, and took his leave.

Now Lin Zhangqing was in no mood to stroll around the Stall Square. He had originally planned to return to the inn along the original path, but considering he had just come out of the Gambling Stone Workshop, he took precautions.

He specifically circled around the streets and alleys in the market a few times, and after confirming with his divine sense that there were no tails following him, he returned to the inn where he was staying.

Sitting in the room, the fragrance of Green Jade Tea drifted in the air. Lin Zhangqing wanted to use the refreshing effect of the Green Jade Tea to let himself completely calm down.

Thinking carefully, he wondered if there were any other aspects of this plan that could be perfected; he had to minimize the danger as much as possible.

Lin Zhangqing sat in the room for two hours, even delaying the cultivation of his spells and divine abilities he had originally planned.

He carefully deliberated every step of the entire plan and designed two insurance measures to ensure nothing went wrong and no accidents occurred.

By the time Lin Zhangqing came back to his senses, the sunlight outside was intense; it was already noon. Since he had already planned it, he just had to wait until tomorrow evening to officially implement it.

Remembering the things he bought just now, he decided to send them into the inner space first for Xu Meiniang and the others to use.

After checking the room twice and confirming there were no problems, he activated the Small Five Elements Mystery Array and entered the inner space.

With things on his mind, he just fed Lu Youqiang and the others a Spirit Nurturing Pill each and let them go play by themselves.

He summoned Xu Meiniang and Zhao Liyu. When he saw them, a sudden thought occurred to him. That's right!

He had subordinates, so why did he have to take risks himself? He could let his subordinates do it! Weren't subordinates meant to be used? If he had to do everything himself, what were subordinates for? Were they just there to waste pills and spirit rice?

Anyway, if anyone dared to betray him, he could just kill them directly; at most, he would lose some spirit stones.

Moreover, that big raw stone would definitely be bought by a female cultivator in her twenties or early thirties at Qi Refining Layer Nine.

What did that have to do with Lin Zhangqing, a small Qi Refining Layer Six cultivator? Wouldn't that minimize the risk? In that case, the daytime plan would be scrapped, and many details of the new plan would need to be reconsidered.

But it didn't matter; he would handle the things in the space first and then talk to Xu Meiniang and the others! He took out all the things he bought at the grocery store this morning from his storage bag: five sets of furniture, various spirit seeds, and two sets of tools, and handed them to them.

Lin Zhangqing specifically mentioned the characteristics of Blood Tooth spirit rice and instructed Zhao Liyu to arrange a separate place to plant it well. When spirit beast blood was needed, she should tell him. He believed they would arrange the rest themselves.

As for the six spirit fruit tree saplings, Lin Zhangqing found a suitable place himself and planted them.

Then he cast the Spirit Rain Technique and the Nourishing Origin Catalysis Technique, leaving the rest to Zhao Liyu and Lu Youqiang and the others to care for.

After Xu Meiniang and Zhao Liyu had finished setting up the furniture and such, he summoned them over again.

After organizing his language slightly, he said, "I have a task here that requires one of you to help complete.

Of course, this task will definitely have a certain degree of danger.

But the person who completes it will have their treatment improved and can enjoy a Hundred Flowers Drunken Soul Wine, or cultivate here steadily until the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection."

As soon as Lin Zhangqing's voice fell, Zhao Liyu had already shouted, "Master, I am willing to go!"

Xu Meiniang's voice also rang out, "I am willing to go!"

Lin Zhangqing looked at them, nodded, and chuckled, "I haven't even said what the task is, and you are already scrambling to go, not afraid of losing your little lives!"

Xu Meiniang and Zhao Liyu looked at each other and didn't speak. Clearly, both of them wanted to earn this treatment.

This was very good. Lin Zhangqing was very gratified.

He began to explain, "Actually, this task is very simple. It's just that tomorrow evening, go to the Gambling Stone Workshop and buy their treasure of the shop, a super-large raw stone, and hand it to me smoothly.

The boss has already set the price for that raw stone himself: 50,000 low-grade spirit stones. At that time, pay the spirit stones as quickly as possible and take the raw stone away."

Hearing this, Zhao Liyu's heart stirred, and she asked, "Master, are we in the Jinzhou Market?"

Lin Zhangqing nodded, "That's right, we are indeed in the Jinzhou Market."

Zhao Liyu spoke again, "Master, I have stayed in this place for a period of time and am quite familiar with it. Let me go!

I will definitely be able to shake off the tail behind me and guarantee that no one will follow me."

Lin Zhangqing considered it and nodded in agreement.

Then he found several first-rank superior-grade artifacts in his storage bag, including two flying sword artifacts, one shield artifact, and some spirit talismans.

He handed them all to Zhao Liyu, telling her to refine them first to prevent any sudden incidents.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 190 =====