Chapter 524: Kaiyuan Market

Lin Zhangqing suppressed his unhappiness, knowing that the Zhao family cultivators wanted to fish for information, but there was nothing that couldn't be said.

So he replied: "No companions, just me alone!

I came from Dong'an Market and intend to go to the spirit stone mine ruin in the Dongling Mountain Range to try my luck. Do you all have any business?"

The people on the treasure boat didn't answer Lin Zhangqing's question immediately, but another, more aged voice spoke: "Little Friend, don't be nervous! There isn't any major business. I just want to ask, you came all the way from Dong'an Market today, did you encounter anything special?

For example, fluctuations from fighting, or seeing high-stage cultivators passing by?"

Lin Zhangqing pretended to think for a moment before saying: "Sorry, Senior! This junior's cultivation is low, and I don't want to intervene in any trouble.

So whenever I encounter such things, I always stay far away to avoid bringing trouble upon myself!

As for the fighting fluctuations and high-stage cultivators passing by that Senior mentioned, this junior's cultivation is low, and I was focused on my journey, so I didn't notice anything!"

After listening to Lin Zhangqing's words, there was another silence on the treasure boat. He estimated that they must be discussing something.

Actually, he didn't guess wrong. Now, two opinions had formed inside: one was to capture Lin Zhangqing and interrogate him with torture.

The other was that Lin Zhangqing's cultivation was low, so he certainly had nothing to do with what happened this time.

If he had anything to do with it, he would have found a place to hide long ago, instead of staying here openly.

And now the Zhao family is in a dangerous state, not suitable for making enemies everywhere, and should strive to tide over the current crisis smoothly.

Fortunately, in the end, Zhao Zhenghong, the Zhao family's Purple Mansion Stage Clan Leader, made the final decision not to capture Lin Zhangqing.

Little did he know that this decision actually saved the Zhao family from the crisis of annihilation! After a while, two medium-grade spirit stones flew out of the treasure boat and landed in Lin Zhangqing's hand.

Then, the voice spoke again: "Sorry to bother you, Little Friend. This is the reward for the consultation just now.

If you, Little Friend, discover anything else suspicious, you can go to Jinyang Mountain to inform us. There is a reward of up to 100,000 low-grade spirit stones!"

Lin Zhangqing understood then that they were cultivators from the Zhao family of Jinyang Mountain, but he wasn't that stupid.

If he really went there, it would truly be someone else's territory, and whether he could come out would be another matter! But he still nodded and said: "Thank you, Senior. This junior will remember. If I discover any robber cultivators, I will go there to tell you!"

After Lin Zhangqing finished speaking, the cultivators in the treasure boat didn't say anything else.

They directly increased their altitude and left rapidly! There was more than just Lin Zhangqing in this area; the Zhao family cultivators had their hands full!

At this moment, Lin Zhangqing also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Honestly, the Zhao family didn't have much of a grudge against him.

Taking action against Zhao Zhengbing was also because he was courting death himself, wanting to take Lin Zhangqing back to the Zhao family for house arrest, which was why he killed him. This couldn't be blamed on him!

Plus, because of the Innate Merit True Eye, he didn't want to be a person without any bottom line! He didn't want to kill innocent people casually either, so having this result was the best ending for both him and the Zhao family! Since he had already dealt with the Zhao family's questioning, they shouldn't come back again, so after settling his mood, he began the cultivation of the Thunder True Scripture.

Early the next morning, he retrieved the array disk of the Breath Suppression Array and continued on his way! The rest of the journey was relatively smooth. In twelve or thirteen days, he arrived at the outer perimeter of the Dongling Mountain Range.

On the way, he didn't encounter any major events, just two groups of robber cultivators, totaling seven people.

Not knowing life from death, they delivered themselves to him. Meeting him, of course, they had to leave their lives behind! They also sent him twelve storage bags, but he estimated there were no good things, so he was too lazy to open them one by one.

He threw them all into the inner space first, and when they accumulated a bit more, he would spend time counting and organizing them together!

He took out the map prepared for him by Chen Ziya again to check and knew that it would take another three to five days to reach the spirit stone mine ruin! So, after calibrating the direction, he officially entered the mountains. Once here, the feeling was clearly different. In just one day, he encountered three groups of robber cultivators!

A total of eleven people, leaving him with eighteen storage bags. Truly worthy of being a no-man's-land; there were so many robber cultivators! The next two or three days were about the same situation, until he reached the spirit stone mine ruin.

When he reached the nearby Kaiyuan Market, he already had fifty-eight more storage bags in his hand, which were also thrown into the inner space by him.

However, within twenty miles of entering Kaiyuan Market, he didn't encounter any more robber cultivators. It seemed that this should be a conventionally accepted safe zone!

So Lin Zhangqing prepared to stay in Kaiyuan Market for two days to see if he could find any good things here!

Honestly, at the entrance of Kaiyuan Market, he used ten low-grade spirit stones to handle an access permit. This price was much more expensive than other markets!

However, Lin Zhangqing was wealthy and didn't care at all. Just a few steps into the market, an eleven or twelve-year-old little girl...

Ran over and blocked Lin Zhangqing, saying: "Senior! Are you here at Kaiyuan Market for the first time?

Are you going down into the mines to try your luck? Do you want to buy the latest mine cave distribution map? It's the latest map drawn this month, guaranteeing you won't get lost inside!

And it also marks which places are relatively dangerous, so you should try to avoid them. It is definitely the most suitable for a cultivator like you who just arrived here!"

Lin Zhangqing listened, his heart moved. He indeed needed such a thing to help him quickly understand the mine ruin.

So he looked at the little girl with big eyes who looked quite clever and said: "Little one, how did you judge that I am here for the first time? And your mine cave distribution map, how many spirit stones for one?"

The little girl said proudly: "That's simple. Because I saw you handle the access permit at the market entrance, so I judged that you are here for the first time!

As for the mine cave distribution map in my hand, it costs 500 spirit stones per copy, guaranteed to be accurate. How about it? Spend a little money to do big things. Senior, buy one!"

Lin Zhangqing listened and was almost amused by her. The little girl was indeed quite smart, but others weren't stupid! For this kind of mine cave distribution map, the cost was just that jade slip, priced at one spirit stone each.

Now she actually wanted to sell it to him for 500 spirit stones. This was almost the same as open robbery!

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