Chapter 35: Blue Halo

Pulling his mother, he walked in. Stone gambling workshops in every place were the most crowded. There were those picking raw stones, those specifically watching the fun, and those waiting and watching, but none of it had anything to do with Lin Zhangqing.

He scanned it and finally saw a blue halo. He walked over slowly. Just then, someone happened to pick up that raw stone and study it back and forth.

Lin Zhangqing's heart beat violently, thump, thump, thump, as if it were about to jump out of his chest. Fortunately, that person looked at it for a while, put it down, and changed to study another one.

Lin Zhangqing hurried over and took it in his hand. This piece was a bit larger than the last one, and it felt heavy in his hand.

Just like last time, he chose two more smaller raw stones that caught his eye.

Seeing Lin Zhangqing take so many raw stones, his mother hurriedly told him not to be so impulsive and to just buy one to test his luck first.

Lin Zhangqing confidently said that he had good luck and wouldn't lose money, telling his mother not to worry!

Thinking of Lin Zhangqing's harvest last time, his mother also wanted to know if Lin Zhangqing was particularly talented in stone gambling, so she didn't speak to stop him again.

Lin Zhangqing then took a few raw stones and went to find the boss to settle the bill. It was indeed the same stone gambling stall boss as last time.

However, he seemed to have no impression of Lin Zhangqing anymore! This time, the three raw stones cost Lin Zhangqing 460 spirit stones.

It was the same routine again, saying he could help solve the stones for free, guaranteeing to retain the value inside to the maximum extent. In fact, it was just to attract traffic to watch and buy raw stones.

Anyway, the most important raw stone was already in hand. Let's solve these two here; consider it giving back to the boss for his contribution these two times.

He told the boss to solve two, and he would play with the remaining one slowly. The boss agreed readily. He immediately called a stone-cutting master to prepare to grind the raw stone. A large crowd of people immediately surrounded them, even more excited than Lin Zhangqing, the owner of the goods! Professional stone-cutting speed was fast. Soon, a little red crystal was seen. Experienced people around immediately judged it to be a low-grade fire spirit stone, and some people had already let out sighs.

In a short while, it was completely solved. Unfortunately, the spirit stone that came out was too small. This raw stone only solved out raw ore worth a dozen spirit stones. The crowd watching let out a sigh.

He let the master solve the second one too. This time, what came out was still a low-grade spirit stone, and the result was only a little better than the first one. It was very clear that both pieces were a big loss, and he harvested a pile of sympathetic gazes from the crowd.

Unable to bear the gazes of the crowd, he had no choice but to pull his mother and walk back. In fact, he was extremely happy in his heart right now, but he couldn't show it and was trying his best to endure it!

It was hard to return home, and his mother still wanted to comfort Lin Zhangqing. Unexpectedly, as soon as Lin Zhangqing got home, he drilled into his room and didn't come out. His mother thought he was embarrassed and didn't think much of it.

And Lin Zhangqing entered the space and couldn't help but laugh out loud! After a long while, he calmed down his emotions. It was a pity that his grandfather wasn't home, and there was no one to share his joy for the time being.

He took out the dharma artifact for grinding raw stones and began to grind it slowly, bit by bit. As the skin and shell fell off bit by bit, finally, a little blue crystal gradually appeared before his eyes: a water-attribute high-grade spirit stone.

The overall weight was a bit more than last time; it should be able to be cut into 25 high-grade spirit stones, and there were some scraps.

After considering it, he decided to just throw it into the deep pit for Lin Zhangliu to digest! Otherwise, he didn't know when he would be able to cash it in.

Having made up his mind, he came to the edge of the deep pit and threw the raw ore stone in directly, even throwing in the stone skin shell, to see if Lin Zhangliu would give him a surprise tomorrow.

The next day, early in the morning, Lin Zhangqing finished his cultivation. Today's cultivation effect was surprisingly good; it must be because of the high-grade spirit stone raw ore in the deep pit last night.

However, now was not the time to enter the space. Lin Zhangqing had to go to the exchange meeting to see if there was a chance to pick up a leak.

On the third day of the ceremony, it was mainly to hold an internal exchange meeting, led by the Lin family, and guests with invitations could participate.

The form was very simple: report the things you needed, and then show the spiritual objects used for exchange for everyone to watch. If there was a suitable one, both parties would negotiate by themselves. The Lin family would not charge any fees.

When Lin Zhangqing arrived, he happened to meet the Fourth Elder who was also going in to participate in the exchange meeting. He hurriedly saluted the Fourth Elder and then followed him into the venue, seeing that twenty or thirty people were already sitting inside, and people were coming one after another.

Lin Zhangqing found an inconspicuous corner and sat down, waiting for a while, and the people finally arrived.

At this time, the Fourth Elder stood up, walked to the stage, and said: "Thank you all for coming to participate in the Lin family's Lin Maoxiang's Foundation Establishment Ceremony. Today's exchange meeting will be represented by me on behalf of the Lin family to throw a brick to attract jade first."

The Fourth Elder took out three jade boxes, three first-tier high-grade Marrow Cleansing Pills, which had the miraculous effect of clearing the meridians and washing the marrow to improve aptitude.

Priority was given to exchanging for spirit medicines or spirit pills that could help break through bottlenecks. If not, each high-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill would be exchanged for 1000 spirit stones. As soon as the voice fell, a Xu family cultivator said: "I happen to have a Yellow Dragon Pill. This pill takes the meaning of 'striking directly at the Yellow Dragon' and has a miraculous effect on breaking through bottlenecks. How about exchanging it for one of your high-grade Marrow Cleansing Pills?"

The Fourth Elder was overjoyed and said: "Very good, thank you, Fellow Daoist Xu."

At this time, a Chen family cultivator said: "I also have a Green Moon Spirit Fruit here, worth 1500 spirit stones. It has miraculous uses for bottlenecks below the Foundation Establishment stage. How about exchanging it for one of your high-grade Marrow Cleansing Pills plus 500 spirit stones?"

The Fourth Elder was pleasantly surprised and said: "It is very fair, thank you, Fellow Daoist Chen."

There was still one high-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill left. Was there any other fellow daoist who wanted to exchange? "I have one tael of second-tier Spirit Mist Tea here, which has the effect of clearing the mind and enlightening, and also has some effect on bottlenecks, worth 2000 spirit stones. How about exchanging it for one of your high-grade Marrow Cleansing Pills plus 1000 spirit stones?" This was the voice of a Li family cultivator.

The Fourth Elder thought for a while and said: "Although it is not specifically aimed at bottlenecks, I think second-tier Spirit Mist Tea should also have some effect. Let's do as Fellow Daoist Li said! Thank you, Fellow Daoist Li, for your support."

Thank you again for the support of all fellow daoists. I have already exchanged for suitable spiritual objects, so I won't occupy the space. Next, I invite Fellow Daoist Li to come to the stage to exchange spiritual objects.

The Li family cultivator went up to the stage, patted his storage bag, and took out three large jade boxes. This was first-tier high-grade Clear Spirit Tea, which had the effect of making people feel refreshed and was suitable for drinking before cultivation.

Each box was one catty, and the three boxes were worth at least 4500 spirit stones. What he wanted to exchange for were spirit medicines or spirit pills that had a therapeutic effect on divine soul injuries.

After speaking, he looked at the stage with expectant eyes. After waiting for a long time, no one spoke; after all, there were too few pills that could treat the divine soul!

A bit disappointed, he continued: "Since there isn't any, then exchange all these Clear Spirit Teas for spirit stones! 1500 spirit stones per box."

Immediately, three people jumped up to close the deal.

The whole exchange meeting lasted for more than an hour. Just like this, people went up and down; some exchanged for suitable spiritual objects, and some returned disappointed.

And the leak picking that Lin Zhangqing expected didn't happen, and he didn't find any items with halos. This time, there was no harvest at all.

The exchange meeting ended successfully, which meant that the Foundation Establishment Ceremony was also successfully completed. Today, most of the guests would leave the Lin family, except for some of the Fourteenth Uncle's good friends, who should stay for a few days.

Nine Peaks Mountain, which had been lively for several days, finally returned to its former tranquility.

The family members all completed their tasks and returned home. His father and second uncle were the most tired these two days, followed by his mother, who was not relaxed helping in the back kitchen.

Fortunately, the family had contribution point rewards for everyone, and even Lin Zhangqing had an income of five contribution points.

Fortunately, the ceremony finally ended, and everyone was relaxed. Next time, it should be his aunt's turn to hold a Foundation Establishment Ceremony, right!

After practicing spells at night, he returned to his room.

With a thought, he entered the space. As soon as he entered, the feeling was different. The space was suddenly much more spacious, and the height had also increased. Before, it was a small space, but now there were at least thirty-plus mu of land.

With so much land, he could consider making good use of it. Although he couldn't plant high-grade spirit medicines and spirit plants everywhere, even if he planted spirit medicines for refining Qi Gathering Pills, it would be quite an income over a year!

After carefully inspecting and measuring, he got the exact answer: there were a total of 32 mu and a little more. He didn't expect that piece of high-grade water spirit raw ore to be so powerful! It was almost equivalent to twenty-eight thousand spirit stones.

He saw that he would have to go to the stone gambling workshop more often when he had time in the future. Even if he couldn't cash it in for the time being, leaving it for Lin Zhangliu to digest was also good.

With such a large space, what was good to plant? Suddenly, Lin Zhangqing thought of something: the spirit seeds of the Bloodthirsty Thorn Vine. If he kept cultivating it in the space, what would happen? Would it break through to the third tier, or would it reach the second-tier limit and then start to condense seeds?

But there was another problem: how to control it? One had to know that although it was a plant, it had very strong aggressiveness. Lin Zhangqing didn't like the idea of contracting it as his native spirit plant right now.

Without a contract, Lin Zhangqing didn't dare to plant it. If he couldn't control it when the time came, it would be troublesome. He'd better wait for his grandfather to return before talking about it!

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