Chapter 224: Trading Ore for Vermilion Fruit

Suddenly remembering the two bundles of alfalfa grass he had prepared, he took one bundle out of the storage bag and put some in front of the three little guys; they gnawed on it twice and then didn't eat it.

Lin Zhangqing was a bit disappointed, but still left that bundle of alfalfa grass in the mine tunnel; anyway, there was still plenty of this stuff in the inner space, so he didn't need to bring it back.

After playing with the three little Earth-Armored Rhinoceroses for a while, Lin Zhangqing began to examine the Yellow Earth Crystal ore on the ground.

There were bits of Yellow Earth Crystal the size of a fingernail on the ore; these required crushing the ore to separate the Yellow Earth Crystal.

Lin Zhangqing estimated that a full portion of Yellow Earth Crystal would require about two cubic meters of raw ore to make up.

After visually estimating, there were about fifty or sixty cubic meters of raw ore here, which should be able to produce twenty-seven or twenty-eight portions of Yellow Earth Crystal.

All of them were collected into the spirit beast bracelet; after returning to the inner space later, he would just find an empty space to pile them up.

After collecting them, he took out two hundred-year Vermilion Fruits from his storage bag and fed them to Jin Yi and Jin Er, which made them very happy, using their pointed heads to nudge Lin Zhangqing.

Lin Zhangqing had a flash of inspiration and hurriedly stopped them, then conveyed to them through the contract that so much ore could be exchanged for one spirit fruit like the one just now in the future.

Next time, to exchange for two spirit fruits, they would need two piles of ore as much as this; Jin Yi and Jin Er nodded one after another to show they understood.

Actually, thirty portions of Yellow Earth Crystal were only worth fifteen hundred spirit stones, while one hundred-year Vermilion Fruit could sell for two thousand spirit stones, so Lin Zhangqing was still at a loss.

However, this was a good idea that Lin Zhangqing just had a flash of inspiration for.

It was to cultivate their habit of exchanging ore for spirit fruits, so even if he was at a loss, it didn't matter; anyway, the fat water didn't flow into outsiders' fields, and they were all his own spirit beasts, so it didn't matter.

Suddenly he remembered that when he came just now, Jin Yi and Jin Er were all lying on the ground and were not digging for ore.

Instead, the three little guys were digging.

And they didn't look very spirited; this was when he remembered that they had been stung by the Purple Crystal Scorpions, but their cultivation was higher, so they basically could hold on.

It was just that he hadn't given them the treatment for the injuries on their souls yet; no wonder they looked listless just now.

First, he cast a spirit light shield on himself, and then took out the Xuan Yuan Heavy Water Bottle, extracting two small clusters of Hundred Flowers Drunken Soul Wine; this was a portion carefully calculated by Lin Zhangqing.

This amount could guarantee to heal the injuries on their souls, but not enough for them to advance to the second stage; after all, he had just signed a contract with them, and the relationship between them was not that firm yet.

So their advancement to the second stage should wait; wait for a while and see their performance before deciding; this would avoid any uncontrollable variables.

Controlling the two small clusters of spirit wine, they flew in front of Jin Yi and Jin Er, who immediately opened their mouths and swallowed them, then rushed to Lin Zhangqing's side, nudging Lin Zhangqing's body with their heads.

Lin Zhangqing gave a light laugh; although these two big guys looked a bit clumsy, sometimes they were also quite cute.

Reaching out to touch their heads, in just a short while, they fell into a deep sleep; when they woke up again, the injuries on their souls should be completely healed.

Communicating with the three little Earth-Armored Rhinoceroses through divine sense, he told them not to disturb Jin Yi and Jin Er's deep sleep; it wouldn't take long for their parents to wake up, so they didn't need to worry.

Subsequently, Lin Zhangqing returned to the inner space, communicated with Lin Zhangliu in his heart, telling it he wanted to return to the small courtyard of the Chen family.

Then he found a place in the inner space and poured out the Yellow Earth Crystal ore he had collected in the mine vein just now from the spirit beast bracelet space, lest it occupy space inside all the time.

Lin Zhangliu fed back not long after that he had arrived; Lin Zhangqing exited the inner space, and sure enough, he had returned to the room.

Although he had used it several times, he still felt it was very magical; it was truly too convenient.

Going out to explore or something in the future would also have some guarantees; at least for Lin Zhangqing, there would definitely not be a situation where he went in but couldn't come out.

And if he used this to do bad things, it would be simply ghost-like and god-like; Lin Zhangqing felt secretly proud in his heart.

Time passed day by day like this, and in the blink of an eye, half a year had already gone by.

Time passed day by day like this, and in the blink of an eye, it had already been half a year.

During these six months, two things also happened; the first thing was the matter of finding someone to propose marriage to Chen Zi Ya's parents on his behalf, which had been troubling Lin Zhangqing. After thinking about it, he thought of Old Man Chen Qingrong, feeling that this old man should be a relatively suitable candidate.

So Lin Zhangqing brought gifts and personally went to the home of the Tongshan Village head, Old Man Chen Qingrong, to ask him to represent Lin Zhangqing in proposing marriage to Chen Zi Ya's parents.

After Old Man Chen heard Lin Zhangqing's intention, he readily agreed; after all, Lin Zhangqing had solved such a big problem for the village and saved so many people in the nearby villages.

Even now, villagers who had been saved often brought their families to kowtow in front of the Chen family's door to thank Lin Zhangqing for saving their lives.

And the Lin family's ancestors also went out from Tongshan Village, so it could be considered that everyone still had a bond of incense; therefore, Old Man Chen readily agreed to be this matchmaker.

Subsequently, he chose a good day and personally went to propose marriage; the result was of course everyone was happy; after all, Chen's father and mother had already been prepared in their hearts early on.

Anyway, with the consent of Chen Zi Ya's parents, everyone knew it; now in private, Chen Zi Ya's brother and sister, as well as several juniors, were all calling him brother-in-law or uncle-in-law, and Lin Zhangqing also took the opportunity to change his address.

To tell the truth, Chen Zi Ya was already a cultivator, and her father and mother could no longer make the decision for her marriage; the ones who could really make the final decision should be her grandmother and great-grandmother.

The reason why he still racked his brains to ask someone to propose marriage was more to show respect to Chen Zi Ya's parents and family, and it could be considered as going through a ritual there.

When the time came, Lin Zhangqing would still have to go through it again in front of Senior Chen Jieyi and his great-grandmother.

The second thing was Lin Zhangqing's own matter; in these six months, Lin Zhangqing's cultivated Thunder True Scripture had successfully opened up six more thunder apertures.

The stabilizing objects used were six Swift Thunder Golden Needles; a total of seven golden needles had already been used for six.

Now Lin Zhangqing had successfully opened a total of thirteen thunder apertures, and according to his own conjecture, specifically went to the mine tunnel where the Earth-Armored Rhinoceroses were to do some tests.

First was strength; after testing, he could now lift a stone of about twelve hundred catties and still walk easily for more than a mile; if he changed to a fifteen-hundred-catty stone, he could probably only walk a few dozen meters.

In the last month, he had often gone to the mine tunnel to do some strength adaptation training; the sudden increase in strength was when he successfully opened the twelfth thunder aperture.

Now more than a month had passed, and he had not only opened another thunder aperture but also adapted to the changes in his body's strength, and would no longer have the situation of pinching the teacup to crack it.

Next was the test of the body's skin and flesh, finding that the body's toughness and defense had greatly increased.

To test it more specifically, Lin Zhangqing also specifically rummaged through the spoils of war and found a first-stage lower-grade flying sword, and gradually increased the force to test his thighs and arms.

Finally, it was confirmed that the body's toughness and defense had indeed greatly increased compared to before; the damage caused by the first-stage lower-grade flying sword cutting was much smaller than he had expected.

At that time, the golden seal script on the light gauze magic treasure mentioned that cultivating the Thunder True Scripture had an accompanying body refining effect.

There were thirty-six thunder apertures that needed to be cultivated at the Qi Refining stage; now Lin Zhangqing had already cultivated thirteen, so the body refining effect should be gradually appearing.

Lin Zhangqing estimated that he should be at the first-stage early-grade of body refining now; after successfully opening twenty-four thunder apertures, he should be at the first-stage mid-grade of body refining, and after all thirty-six were successfully opened, it would be the first-stage late-grade great perfection of body refining.

Anyway, it should be that the more thunder apertures opened, the higher Lin Zhangqing's body refining cultivation would be; it was just that he didn't know if the qi and blood in his body would condense into a body refiner's qi and blood golden core after all three hundred and sixty-five thunder apertures were successfully opened.

The time for Chen Zi Ya to return to visit relatives had already been nearly a month longer than expected; although they were still ten thousand times reluctant, after discussing with Lin Zhangqing, they decided to set off to return to the Qingyun Sect tomorrow.

And the two didn't tell Chen Zi Ya's family about this decision now, preparing to leave quietly tomorrow morning after leaving a letter.

This idea was Lin Zhangqing's; it was mainly because Lin Zhangqing knew that this kind of sad scene of parting would affect Chen Zi Ya's Dao heart.

So he simply didn't say goodbye; anyway, they would come back to visit them in the future, and it would also avoid making Chen's father, mother, and Chen Zi Ya sad.

This time, according to Senior Chen Jieyi's statement, it was that Chen Zi Ya's Dao heart was lacking, and she was worried about affecting her foundation establishment, which was why this visit to relatives was arranged.

It was hard to achieve success, so it couldn't be destroyed by a scene of sad parting.

Therefore, Lin Zhangqing came up with this idea and persuaded Chen Zi Ya to accept his suggestion.