Chapter 381

After thinking for a moment and weighing things in his heart, he communicated with Jin Yi and the others. After they reached an agreement, ten cubic meters of raw ore would be exchanged for one hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruit.

This was a result that made everyone happy; in any case, Jin Yi and Jin Er were very pleased, and there was no need to even mention Lin Zhangqing.

This time, Lin Zhangqing did not suffer a loss; in fact, he made a huge profit. Ten cubic meters of raw ore could yield about five portions of Mystic Spirit Gold.

It was worth twenty thousand spirit stones, and if one hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruit was counted as two thousand spirit stones, Lin Zhangqing had painfully made a profit of nearly ten times the price difference—even capitalists wouldn't dare to be this ruthless.

So, in a great mood, he took out two storage bags and two beast sinews, and after some maneuvering, he tied the two storage bags around the necks of Jin Yi and the others.

He began teaching them how to use their demonic power to refine and use the storage bags. After they finally succeeded, he gave them twelve hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruits each.

As for how they would consume them, that was their business; Lin Zhangqing didn't need to worry about that, as they both had experience.

After thinking for a bit, he left them a good amount of demon beast meat and had them store it all inside the storage bags.

In any case, he had harvested a lot of demon beast meat the day before yesterday, so leaving some for them was nothing, and this way, they wouldn't have to go out to forage for food as often.

They could save more time to mine for spirit stones for Lin Zhangqing, and of course, earn hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruits for themselves; it could be considered a win-win!

After patrolling once more to confirm that there were no issues in this mine cave.

He instructed Jin Yi and Jin Er to mine more, and that he would exchange more hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruits for them when he came back next time.

Then, he communicated with Lin Zhangliu, letting it leave a spatial mark there, before leaving the mine tunnel and entering the inner space directly.

He had Lin Zhangliu send him back to Nine Peaks Mountain, and after dealing with the enthusiastic Deer, Xu Meiniang happened to come over.

So, Lin Zhangqing handed over the various replantable spirit herbs and spirit plants he had collected along the way for her to handle.

She was very familiar with this work and had plenty of experience, so he didn't need to give any further instructions.

He went to the courtyard to see Lu Youguang and Lu Xiaomei, who were still in a deep sleep. After checking them and confirming that their condition was normal, Lin Zhangqing felt relieved.

In about ten days, they should succeed in their breakthrough; once they reached the second stage, they would be able to help him catalyze more spirit herbs and spirit plants.

After instructing Xu Meiniang to continue looking after them, Lin Zhangqing arrived at the deep pit in the center of the space and took out the storage bag containing the dharma artifacts.

He threw all the dharma artifacts and spiritual artifacts with the Jin family's special marks into the deep pit, including the trash and sundries, throwing them all in together.

He also disposed of the twenty-five corpses of the Jin family cultivators all at once; otherwise, he felt strange in his heart whenever he carried them around.

It was that kind of uncomfortable feeling, but now that they were all disposed of, he felt much better instantly.

Then, he sorted and stored the remaining few top-grade dharma artifacts and the dozen or so mid-to-high-grade spiritual artifacts.

As for the three top-grade spiritual artifacts, he had already directly put them into his own storage bag, and he would begin refining them when he had free time.

Afterwards, he returned to the courtyard once more and placed the spiritual artifacts, dharma artifacts, and the few magic treasures in the storage room.

It wasn't convenient to keep these things on his person, so keeping them in the inner space was the safest.

Next, he went to the Bee Queen, dissolved a Spirit Nurturing Pill into water, and sent it to the entrance of the hive; this time, he didn't have to wait for it to come find him.

At this moment, Lin Zhangqing suddenly felt a stir in his heart and received a notification from Lin Zhangliu. Knowing that it had already returned to Nine Peaks Mountain, he immediately exited the inner space and appeared directly in his own cultivation room.

By now, Lin Zhangqing finally let out a sigh of relief; he had encountered quite a few things on this trip, and after three days, he had finally returned home.

However, he wasn't planning to end his seclusion yet; he wanted to make up for the cultivation progress he had missed over the past two days as much as possible, and then end his seclusion tomorrow.

Just like that, sitting on the No-Thought Jade Cushion, he began his cultivation with undivided attention.

The Five Elements Chaos Sutra, various divine abilities and spells, and the Thunder True Scripture—he practiced them all without missing a single one.

Time passed unknowingly, and by the time he opened his eyes again, it was already the next day.

He estimated that Chen Zi Ya was already waiting outside for him to end his seclusion, so he didn't waste any more time, directly closing the formation and restrictions before coming out.

As soon as he came out, he saw Chen Zi Ya and his younger sister, and Lin Zhangqing was in a pretty good mood.

So he said with a smile, "Ling'er, how do you have so much free time today? You actually came to welcome me out of seclusion; that's truly rare!"

Lin Zhangling rolled her eyes at him and said with disdain, "I came specifically to play with my sister-in-law; welcoming you out of seclusion is just a side benefit!"

Hearing her say this, Chen Zi Ya giggled and said, "That's right, Ling'er is afraid that I'll be too bored alone, so she often comes to keep me company.

Then she just happens to take a look at the cultivation room every day; she definitely didn't come specifically to welcome you, I'll testify for her."

Once Lin Zhangqing heard this, he knew what was going on. Sure enough, doting on his sister was still useful, so he reached out and patted her little head.

However, she dodged it. Lin Zhangqing didn't mind and continued to ask, "In the few days I was in seclusion, nothing happened at home, right?"

Chen Zi Ya shook her head and said, "Everything is normal, nothing major happened.

It's just that Mother has already cultivated to the Qi Refining Great Perfection, and her spiritual energy has been polished to a smooth state, but she plans to wait a bit longer before entering seclusion for Foundation Establishment.

It looks like she's planning to postpone it until after we leave!"

Hearing this, Lin Zhangqing couldn't help but sigh. There was only a little over a month left before they set off; during this time, he would go over to accompany his mother and aunt more! They were the people who worried about and loved Lin Zhangqing the most.

So he said to Chen Zi Ya, "During this time, let's go over there more! The next time we come back, it will be at least ten years later."

Chen Zi Ya nodded earnestly upon hearing this, fully understanding Lin Zhangqing's mood.

She also missed her own parents and family very much, but now she could only hide her homesickness completely.

Actually, she also wanted to go home to take a look, but to go back from here, one had to cross four or five prefectures; whether she flew on her sword or rode Chuyi, it would take nearly a month.

A round trip would take nearly two months, and that way, all the time would be spent on the road, and doing so would result in losing out on both ends; it was completely unfeasible.

And when Lin Zhangling heard her brother give such instructions to her sister-in-law, she finally beamed with joy, feeling that Lin Zhangqing hadn't forgotten his mother just because he had a Dao companion.

(End of chapter)