Chapter 190: Retiring Behind the Scenes

Lin Zhangqing suddenly remembered that the Liu family of Nanhe must still have cultivators staying in the Jinzhou Market to keep watch.

They were just trying to track down the whereabouts of Zhao Liyu and her group of robber cultivators. He must not let them recognize her.

Otherwise, if she were recognized, it would lead to complications, and things would become increasingly troublesome.

So he said to Zhao Liyu, "Fix up your makeup; it's best if you can look completely different from before. The cultivators of the Liu family of Nanhe should still be investigating your whereabouts."

Zhao Liyu laughed upon hearing this and said confidently, "Master, please rest assured. Women all know a little bit about makeup and dressing up.

If you hadn't mentioned it, Master, I might not have paid attention, but since I know now, I guarantee that even if I pass right in front of them, they won't recognize me."

After speaking, she went into the courtyard. A while later, a completely different middle-aged female cultivator came out. The difference from the Zhao Liyu who had just gone in was huge; at least to a stranger, it would be impossible to immediately associate her with Zhao Liyu.

Lin Zhangqing nodded, acknowledging her disguise. Not only had her image changed, but even her age had changed. This was very good and could avoid many troubles.

So he said to Xu Meiniang, "Let Zhao Liyu go this time; I'll arrange for you to go another time if there's an opportunity. You go busy yourself first; I have some things to discuss with Zhao Liyu."

Hearing Lin Zhangqing's words, Xu Meiniang was a bit disappointed, but she could only accept it. "Yes! Master, then I'll go pick some Green Jade Tea first. Master, you can take some with you later."

Lin Zhangqing nodded, knowing she was telling him that she was leaving here to go to the Green Jade Tea trees, so he could speak freely.

He took Zhao Liyu into a room in the courtyard and looked at her seriously.

Only then did he say, "You've been here for a while, so you should have probably guessed what kind of place this is, right?"

Zhao Liyu nodded, "I do have some guesses in my heart, but I can only guess that we are currently inside an independent small space."

Lin Zhangqing continued, "This time, I need you to leave this space and go outside to carry out a task.

But I must warn you first: once you have any thought of revealing the existence of this space to anyone, it will cause you to immediately have your soul fly and scatter and die an untimely death.

I believe the rune in your sea of consciousness should give you this awareness! So never test the law with your own body.

At the very least, you can cultivate here with peace of mind. I won't force you to do anything, and furthermore, there is a chance to advance to the Foundation Establishment or Purple Mansion stage.

Although you have lost your freedom, I think at the very least, it's much better than when you were a scattered cultivator before, right? And I promise you that as long as you complete the task, the conditions I promised will be fulfilled. Of course, you can only choose one of the two."

Hearing Lin Zhangqing's words, Zhao Liyu said earnestly, "Master, since coming here, I have never thought of betraying you.

Even less would I reveal the existence of this space to others. This place is very good; I like it very much and want to cultivate and live here forever."

Lin Zhangqing had been sensing her emotional changes through the golden rune in his sea of consciousness and knew she wasn't lying to him.

Plus, with what she had just said, Lin Zhangqing felt quite gratified in his heart.

He nodded and chuckled, "Very good, but if you want to cultivate and live here forever, finish this task first!"

Zhao Liyu nodded firmly, determined to complete this task well.

She really felt that this place was very good. Although she had lost her freedom, through several contacts,

the Master's character seemed quite good. At the very least, he allowed her to cultivate and even provided resources for her to establish her foundation, so she had never thought of betraying Lin Zhangqing.

Lin Zhangqing continued, "You should hurry up now and refine the artifacts first.

Then I will release you outside the market, and you will fabricate an identity and get an entry/exit token at the market gate.

Find an inn to stay in, and wait until tomorrow afternoon, close to evening, to go to that Gambling Stone Workshop and buy their treasure of the shop marked at 50,000 spirit stones.

After shaking off any potential tails, fly toward the guest ship landing field, and you will naturally receive my next instructions on the way.

That's about it. Do you understand what I said?" Zhao Liyu nodded, "Understood. Get an entry/exit token, find a place to stay, wait until tomorrow evening, buy the raw stone marked at 50,000 from the Gambling Stone Workshop, shake off the tail, leave the market and fly toward the landing field, and wait for Master's next instructions."

Lin Zhangqing nodded, quite satisfied. Seeing her capable appearance, there shouldn't be any problems.

"Very good. Go refine the artifacts first, and come find me when you're done."

Zhao Liyu agreed and left to refine the artifacts.

Lin Zhangqing also prepared himself. He found two empty storage bags and one large empty storage bag, and put 50,000 low-grade spirit stones inside. This went without saying; it was the spirit stones used to buy that super-large raw stone.

He put 500 low-grade spirit stones in another small storage bag; this was for Zhao Liyu to stay at an inn or for other expenses. It wouldn't be recovered after the task was completed; it was just a small benefit for her.

Zhao Liyu shouldn't be that fast in refining the artifacts, so Lin Zhangqing walked out of the courtyard and began to patrol the space.

Actually, there were many spirit herbs and grasses in the space that were already in a mature state, but they hadn't been picked, just to keep them fresh.

But this wasn't a solution either. Mature spirit herbs would always have a limit. If they weren't collected after a certain period, they would still rot automatically.

So this required a specialized person to manage these spirit herbs. It would be best to find a specialized alchemist to make use of all these spirit herbs.

But now, the most suitable candidate was his own younger sister, Lin Changling, because she had a fire spirit root.

However, she was now the treasure in the eyes of the Clan Leader and the hope of the whole clan. Perhaps to let her focus on cultivation, they might not even let her learn alchemy.

So he still had to keep an eye out for other suitable candidates, just like Xu Meiniang or Zhao Liyu, and bring them into the space.

This could ensure that the spirit herbs in the space were reasonably utilized and could guarantee a steady stream of pills for Lin Zhangqing or his family to use.

However, such people weren't so easy to find, so from now on, he had to keep an eye out everywhere.

Of course, Lin Zhangqing wouldn't bring people into the space for no reason; he would definitely look for robber cultivators or other people who deserved their punishment.

Only then would they be brought into the space by Lin Zhangqing to atone for their crimes and be utilized.

Of course, if someone followed Lin Zhangqing voluntarily, that would be another matter.

At this time, Xu Meiniang also returned after picking tea and specifically packed the tea leaves into three jade boxes in the courtyard and handed them to Lin Zhangqing.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Liyu also came out after refining the artifacts and told Lin Zhangqing that she was ready.

Lin Zhangqing nodded, put her into the Spirit Beast Bracelet, and exited the inner space.

He had delayed for another hour or two in the inner space just now, so he had to hurry up, or it would be dark soon.

He activated the restriction on the door and then left the inn. He walked toward the outside of the market and reached a forest about ten miles outside the market.

After confirming that the surroundings were safe, he released Zhao Liyu from the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

Suddenly changing environments, Zhao Liyu was still a bit unaccustomed, but she reacted quickly. This should be outside the Jinzhou Market.

Lin Zhangqing gave her some time to adapt, and only after seeing she was about ready did he ask, "How is it now? Are you used to it?"

Zhao Liyu nodded and said, "Master, please rest assured. It was just a sudden change of space, so I was a bit unaccustomed, but I'm fine now."

Lin Zhangqing nodded and told her the general location where they were, so she would have an idea.

Then he handed the two storage bags he had prepared in the space to Zhao Liyu, gave her a few instructions, and let her start her action.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 191 =====