Chapter 422: A Walk on the Life and Death Stage

Tomorrow, I will continue to look for stone gambling workshops to find resources for Lin Changliu so it can advance as soon as possible!

So Lin Zhangqing earnestly promised her that he would absolutely not go out of his way to provoke them, unless they sent themselves to his door.

Then there would be no other way. He couldn't just stand by and be bullied without saying a word, right? Chen Zi Ya also understood his meaning. Being able to get such a promise, she was satisfied, so she didn't say anything more!

Early the next morning, after Lin Zhangqing completed the basic cultivation of the Five Elements Chaos Sutra, he put on the Hidden Spirit Mask and left the inn directly.

Last night, he had already agreed with Chen Zi Ya not to be with them. Today, he was going to act alone.

Not long after leaving, he found a grocery store and bought some things like wine pots, bottles, and jars.

Afterward, he incidentally asked the shop owner how many stone gambling workshops there were in Linyuan City.

The grocery store owner told him there were four, and described the approximate addresses. Excluding the one he had already been to yesterday,

there were three more. So Lin Zhangqing decided that today's main task was to visit these three stone gambling workshops.

Because the four stone gambling workshops were distributed in the four corners of Linyuan City, the distances were quite far apart!

Therefore, he had to seize the time. He estimated that most of today would be spent on traveling and asking for directions!

Not daring to delay, he immediately rushed toward the stone gambling workshop at the East Gate. It just so happened that they should have passed by this one at the East Gate last time,

so he already roughly knew where it was. Therefore, he chose this one at the East Gate as his first target.

Traveling alone was fast. It only took half the time as last time to find it. It should have just opened not long ago, and there weren't many customers inside.

This was the point he was most satisfied with. After all, with fewer people, fewer people should notice him, which could reduce quite a bit of trouble.

The scale of this stone gambling workshop at the East Gate was about the same as the one at the South Gate, but Lin Zhangqing only saw seventy or eighty halos of different brightness inside.

After strolling around, he confirmed there were eleven premium raw stones. Only five relatively large ones caught his eye; he didn't want the remaining ones that were too small.

He found the boss, and after the two of them negotiated, the deal was finally concluded at sixty-five thousand spirit stones.

Lin Zhangqing paid off the spirit stones, and after putting away the five premium raw stones, he left the stone gambling workshop at the East Gate.

He moved quickly toward the North Gate. This time, it wasn't so smooth. It took him two or three hours to find the stone gambling workshop at the North Gate.

After spending some effort, the harvest was about the same as the one at the East Gate, but Lin Zhangqing was already very satisfied.

The harvests from the East Gate and North Gate stone gambling workshops combined already exceeded the South Gate side yesterday, so Lin Zhangqing's mood was very good now.

However, it was already afternoon, and there was one last place to run. He didn't dare to delay too much time either.

Fortunately, the last stone gambling workshop at the West Gate was found without much effort, and the harvest was truly huge.

It could also be said to be a huge surprise. Inside, Lin Zhangqing bought a premium raw stone that was three times the size of the giant one from before.

Plus seven normal-sized raw stones, it cost Lin Zhangqing a total of two hundred and twenty-five thousand spirit stones. The entire stone gambling workshop was in an uproar.

Seeing this situation, Lin Zhangqing knew there would certainly be trouble this time. But there was no other way; he couldn't give up such a large premium raw stone. So even though he had guessed this result, he had to buy it. Moreover, he was wearing the Hidden Spirit Mask, and he would leave here tomorrow morning.

Therefore, he acted so rashly and paid off all the spirit stones at the fastest speed.

And with the help of a few shop clerks, after putting all the raw stones into his storage bag,

he walked away quickly. However, two or three people followed behind him. At this time, Lin Zhangqing didn't want to bother with them.

However, sometimes the more you don't want to cause trouble, the more trouble you get. After walking a few hundred meters, when he passed an intersection, a cultivator appeared from the front, back, left, and right.

They blocked him by the roadside. Such flagrant behavior made Lin Zhangqing laugh out loud, and murderous intent surged in his heart.

Especially since one of them was the middle-aged cultivator who had finally ordered the retreat among the group yesterday. His cultivation was quite high, at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

At this time, Lin Zhangqing didn't speak and just watched what they wanted to do next! At this time, the middle-aged cultivator spoke: "Little guy, you don't have eyes when walking! Are you deliberately looking for trouble?"

Lin Zhangqing heard him say this and couldn't help but laugh again. These stink bugs could even say such things! This time, Lin Zhangqing wasn't prepared to let them go, so he followed his words: "That's right! I specifically came to bump into you. What do you want to do?"

Hearing Lin Zhangqing answer like this, the four people surrounding him all felt their hearts jump at the same time. They were in this line of work, so they had to have basic discernment.

This person clearly wasn't afraid of them. If he wasn't that kind of greenhorn who had just arrived in Linyuan City, then he certainly had something to rely on.

So, the middle-aged cultivator also had some suspicion and hesitation in his heart, and couldn't help but want to retreat.

But he still spoke: "Then of course you have to apologize to me! And then compensate me with twenty thousand spirit stones, and that will be it!"

By this time, Lin Zhangqing had already seen through him, but he still had to block his retreat.

So he said with a grin: "Since you are so cowardly, that's fine. Just give me twenty thousand spirit stones, and then kneel down and apologize to me, and I'll let it go!"

Hearing Lin Zhangqing say this, the middle-aged cultivator was so angry that his face turned red. However, the more this happened, the less he dared to follow Lin Zhangqing's script.

He pretended to be magnanimous and spoke: "I am a man of great stature and won't lower myself to your level, little junior! Let's just let it go this time. Open your eyes wider when walking next time. Let's just leave it at this!"

After speaking, he swept a glance at the other three accomplices and prepared to retreat and leave.

However, how could Lin Zhangqing agree? The other three could be forgotten, but if he really let this middle-aged cultivator leave, he wouldn't be happy himself.

He immediately stepped forward and grabbed him, saying with a grin: "After bumping into me, you want to leave just like that? How can there be such a good thing?"

"Either compensate me with twenty thousand spirit stones and kneel down to apologize, and I'll let it go!"

"Or we go to the Life and Death Stage for a walk, and life and death will depend on our own means! Don't think about fooling me."

"Also, even if you find the patrolling Black Armor Army, I'm not afraid. I don't believe they don't know what kind of people you are!"

"So now you only have two choices. Don't think about having any other options!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 423 =====