Chapter 37: Seven Prefectures Small Meeting

Two more months passed, and his grandfather and aunt still hadn't returned, and there was no news. They had already set off for seven or eight months.

The whole family was very worried, although none of them said it out loud!

This day, Lin Zhangqing was taking care of the spirit field on Aoyun Peak when he suddenly received an early warning from Chuyi. Looking in the direction of the warning, it was two people flying toward Aoyun Peak on dharma artifacts. When they flew closer, it turned out to be his tenth younger brother Lin Zhanghao and his twelfth younger sister Lin Changlian.

Seeing them land in the courtyard, Lin Zhangqing hurried to welcome them and hurriedly said: "Tenth younger brother, twelfth younger sister, why are you here? Did something happen?"

"If nothing happened, does that mean we can't come?" Lin Changlian said with a smile.

"Ninth brother, we are here to invite you to participate in the Seven Prefectures Small Meeting in three days." Lin Zhanghao said:

"What Seven Prefectures Small Meeting? Never heard of it!" Lin Zhangqing was confused.

"I think you've become stupid from cultivation; you don't even know about the Seven Prefectures Small Meeting!" Lin Changlian was speechless.

"I really don't know. How about I brew a pot of tea, and we sit down and talk slowly."

Lin Changlian said proudly: "That's more like it."

The three sat down in the small pavilion in the courtyard. Lin Zhangqing also liked to sit here when he was resting. On the side, there were two ordinary peach trees. The peach blossoms on the trees were lush, and when the wind blew, they brought a faint fragrance, which was very artistic!

Lin Zhangqing didn't take out the Green Jade Tea produced in the space, but brewed a pot of ordinary spirit tea and took two plates of spirit fruits produced in the Baicao Garden to entertain the two little friends.

The three drank tea, tasted fruits, and chatted idly for a good while before they remembered the serious business they just mentioned.

Lin Changlian then continued to explain: The Qingyun Sect controlled seven prefectures including Pingyang Prefecture, Dongyang Prefecture, Danyang Prefecture, Qiyun Prefecture, Jinzhou Prefecture, etc. Every year, the Qingyun Sect would take turns recruiting disciples in the seven prefectures.

Ordinary mortals, as long as they were eight years old, could participate in the spirit root testing assembly organized by the Qingyun Sect. As long as they had spirit roots, they could join the Qingyun Gate.

Of course, the Qingyun Sect also welcomed scattered cultivators and family cultivators to join, but as long as they joined the Qingyun Sect, it had nothing to do with their original family, so there were very few family cultivators who joined.

Moreover, the Qingyun Sect did not allow families to test the spirit roots of children with different surnames. Even if they knew that the child had spirit roots, as long as they were not from their own family, they must all be handed over to the Qingyun Sect.

The ordinary mortals of the seven prefectures were the main source of the Qingyun Sect's disciples and also the foundation of the Qingyun Sect. They did not allow any family to interfere, which was an iron law set by the Qingyun Sect.

It was a warning left by a Foundation Establishment family to others with blood in the past. So for hundreds of years, no one dared to violate it.

This year it was our Pingyang Prefecture's turn. Ordinary mortals didn't need to be mentioned, but the scattered cultivators of the seven prefectures or others who were determined to join the Qingyun Sect, or cultivators who came to join in the fun, would all come to the Pingyang Market, so it was called the Seven Prefectures Small Meeting by all the families of the seven prefectures.

It would definitely be very lively when the time came. We are here today to invite you to go with us, so we can take care of each other on the road.

Lin Zhangqing thought for a while and nodded in agreement: "Okay! Let's go together when the time comes!"

After agreeing on the time and place, they said goodbye and left; they still had to go and invite Fifth Brother Lin Zhangjie and Sixth Brother Lin Zhangyuan! Lin Zhangqing actually also wanted to find a time to go to the market. Since he just happened to encounter the Seven Prefectures Small Meeting, and everyone was going together, it was even better.

This time the purpose was to go to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to see if he could find a suitable contract method. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to plant the Bloodthirsty Thorn Vine!

By the way, he would stroll around the stalls. It seemed that the stone gambling workshop boss had invited him to his shop to take a look before!

But before going, he had to tell his family, so they wouldn't worry. And he couldn't let his younger sister Lin Changling know; otherwise, she would definitely want to follow. At most, he would bring her some gifts when he came back. After finishing the work at Aoyun Peak and the Baicao Garden, Lin Zhangqing went home. In the evening, the whole family sat together for dinner. Lin Zhangqing hadn't had time to say he was going to Pingyang Market when his mother mentioned the Seven Prefectures Small Meeting first. His younger sister immediately expressed that she wanted to go.

His mother naturally didn't agree, which made her shed golden beans on the spot. Lin Zhangqing had to come forward to appease her, promising to bring her gifts and also promising to take her to Aoyun Peak to play.

Because his younger sister couldn't fly yet and hadn't been to Aoyun Peak, she had been thinking about going to play there. Now that she got the promise, she was satisfied.

Actually, his younger sister was very sensible and knew that she was a key protection object now. Going out would cause trouble for the family and the Clan Leader. Since she had gifts to receive and could go to Aoyun Peak to play, she was already very satisfied.

Of course, it would be even better if she could go and watch the fun! But it was estimated that she would only be able to be freer after she established her foundation.

Lin Zhangqing told everyone about going to the Pingyang Market to participate in the Seven Prefectures Small Meeting with a few people.

His parents considered it and agreed, instructing him to be careful when going out, and that safety was the most important thing.

His father also gave the Heavenly Thunder Bead in his hand to Lin Zhangqing for self-defense. This Heavenly Thunder Bead was given to his father by his grandfather before.

His mother gave him three first-tier high-grade Earth Escape Talismans and three first-tier high-grade Wood Escape Talismans, all for running away when he couldn't beat someone.

His second uncle also pulled Lin Zhangqing to start imparting his experience of walking outside. Lin Zhangqing felt the family's deep love again and could only firmly remember it in his heart.

Two or three days passed in the blink of an eye. This day, Lin Zhangqing specifically got up very early, finished his daily cultivation tasks first, and then tidied up before going to the agreed place to meet with his partners.

Of course, now all 124 Purple Crystal Scorpions were in his spirit beast bag, while Chuyi was cruising in the high sky above his head, providing high-altitude early warning for Lin Zhangqing, waiting until the Pingyang Market to put it into the spirit beast bag.

Once everyone was gathered, they set off. Because there was no family Wind-Running Boat to take them, everyone specifically set off early. Lin Changlian borrowed her father's first-tier spirit boat dharma artifact, and everyone took turns to urge it. Although it couldn't compare to the Wind-Running Boat, the speed wasn't too slow.

After flying for more than two hours, they finally landed at the entrance of the market, which took about an hour longer than the Wind-Running Boat. Fortunately, the journey was smooth, and they didn't encounter anything. Lin Zhangqing also put Chuyi into the spirit beast bag.

Taking out the identity token he had obtained for two spirit stones, after inspection, he successfully entered the market. There were quite a lot of people, even more than the last auction.

Because although the Qingyun Sect recruited disciples, it didn't recruit just anyone. Especially for scattered cultivators who were not trained by the sect from a young age, there were aptitude requirements. The minimum requirement was four spirit roots, and one of them had to be over 40 points.

Another method was to break through the arena set up by the Qingyun Sect. As long as one defeated three Qingyun Sect disciples of the same cultivation level and had a clean identity, one could directly join the Qingyun Sect.

So as long as the scattered cultivators of the seven prefectures had some strength, they wouldn't miss the opportunity. Of course, where there was traffic, there were business opportunities. This wasn't taking the opportunity to set up stalls to sell things, and there were many cultivators. The scale was much larger than the last auction.

After discussing the meeting time and place with his partners, they separated and strolled around.

There were really quite a lot of strange things. Although he hadn't found any halo items for the time being, the things on the stalls also opened Lin Zhangqing's eyes.

And it wasn't that there was no harvest. Just after shopping for a while, he received three seedlings of second-tier high-grade Jade Essence Mushroom for 300 spirit stones. The start was not bad, so he continued to shop.

Along the way, there was everything: treasure maps from long ago, dharma artifact fragments and spiritual artifact fragments brought back from ancient cultivator cave abodes, old Angry Vajra Buddha statues, various demon beast tendons, bones, and skins, as well as some incomplete cultivation secret manuals and the like.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 38 =====