Chapter 552: Stranded on the Streets

Lin Zhangqing waited until their emotions had calmed down before continuing: "Also, in the future, I will not be staying here often."

"Therefore, you will primarily be managed by Xu Meiniang and Zhao Liyu."

"When I am not here, they will distribute tasks to everyone. If you have any issues you cannot resolve yourselves, you may also seek their help."

After speaking, he introduced Xu Meiniang and Zhao Liyu to the newly arrived Spirit Planters and had them both step up to say a few words.

Lin Zhangqing's intention was, in reality, to dump the management of these people onto them; he himself did not have that much time or energy to manage them.

After they had finished speaking, Lin Zhangqing casually arranged for eight Spirit Planters to be temporarily led by Liu Jiangchao, primarily to assist them in completing the spirit tea planting tasks.

After emphasizing to everyone that they were not allowed to harm any spirit insects or spirit beasts within the space,

he had Xu Meiniang and Zhao Liyu take them away to arrange their living quarters.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, he dismissed the three members of the Liu family, and only then did Lin Zhangqing return to the courtyard with the Li twin sisters.

Seeing that both of them were a little nervous, Lin Zhangqing couldn't help but laugh, and then he spoke: "No need to be nervous. You completed this task exceptionally well!"

"It can be said that it far exceeded my expectations and counts as over-fulfilling the task! I am very satisfied, so I have decided to give you some rewards. Bringing you here was to ask: is there anything you want?"

Hearing Lin Zhangqing say this, the two sisters were especially happy. Now that they had gained their master's approval, their situation in the future would be much better! The two sisters discussed it for a while but couldn't decide what they wanted, and in the end, the question returned to Lin Zhangqing.

He thought for a moment before speaking: "How about this: I will give each of you three hundred-year Vermilion Fruits."

"Furthermore, the spirit pills you need for your daily cultivation will also be provided to you in full until you reach the Qi Refining Great Perfection."

"And later, when you reach Foundation Establishment, I will provide you with Foundation Establishment Pills or Foundation Establishment Fruits until you successfully establish your foundation. How do you feel about this reward?"

When Li Qiuyue and Li Qiushui heard this, they were truly very happy inside. With Lin Zhangqing's promise, they could finally feel at ease!

Therefore, they spoke in unison: "Thank you, Master, for the reward! Your subordinates are very satisfied!"

Lin Zhangqing nodded and continued: "Very well! From now on, you must cultivate diligently."

"Raise your cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as possible. You will need to go out to execute tasks in the future, so hurry and raise your cultivation!"

After speaking, he gave each of them three Vermilion Fruits and some spirit pills for increasing cultivation during the Qi Refining stage, then let them go back to rest. With that, only Lin Zhangqing remained in the courtyard. He made himself a pot of Green Jade Spirit Tea and, while drinking, waited for Xu Meiniang or Zhao Liyu to return.

He needed to hand over the spirit seeds and the miscellaneous items he had purchased today to them.

In fact, when he was patrolling the space just now, he had already discovered that there were still many important spirit medicines and spirit plants that were not protected.

Therefore, he decided to find a third-grade formation with a large coverage area as soon as possible to isolate and protect the entire central region.

After all, this new batch of cultivators had not signed task contracts with him; to put it bluntly, they were somewhat uncontrollable, so precautions had to be taken.

After about an hour, Xu Meiniang returned first. After Lin Zhangqing handed everything over to her, he exited the inner space.

Returning to the formation within the camp, he carefully recalled the day's events. After finding no oversights, he began his cultivation of the Thunder True Scripture. Early the next morning, he recovered the two array disks and recalled the second-grade Purple Crystal Scorpion Queen before setting off!

There was not much time left, and he prepared to fly directly to the Puppet Sect, which would take about a month or two.

Of course, he would pass by two or three markets along the way, but if it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't enter them!

Because every time he went in, it would waste two or three days, so he simply wouldn't enter the markets and would fly straight to the Puppet Sect! Just like that, Lin Zhangqing braved the elements, flying for nearly two months. The journey was smooth and without danger, and on this day, he finally arrived at Wanpan Mountain, where the Puppet Sect was located.

Of course, Wanpan Mountain was the location of the Puppet Sect's mountain gate, and Lin Zhangqing could not enter it now; he could only go to the Wanpan Market at the foot of the mountain first.

Even before entering the market, Lin Zhangqing knew there must be many people inside.

After all, there was a long queue at the entrance of the market, and by visual estimation, there were at least two hundred cultivators; this was no joke.

They were all people handling entry permits, preparing to enter the market. Lin Zhangqing was already worried! Many people must have come from the surrounding regions, and he didn't know if he would still be able to find a place to stay when he entered the market.

He had to know that his arrival could be said to be just right, because tomorrow was the Nascent Soul Grand Ceremony.

However, with his cultivation, he was not qualified to enter the interior of the Puppet Sect to observe the ceremony.

At most, tomorrow afternoon, he would follow the crowd to the Puppet Sect's sect plaza to listen to the newly promoted Nascent Soul Old Ancestor preach.

But before that, he had to find a place to stay, otherwise, he might have to sleep on the streets!

After finally queuing for over an hour, it was finally Lin Zhangqing's turn, and he paid two low-grade spirit stones to successfully handle his entry permit.

But as soon as he entered the market, he felt a bit of regret. It couldn't be called a sea of people, but the situation was about the same! Now he was certain that it would be absolutely impossible to find an inn to stay in within this market; they must all be full of cultivators.

With so many cultivators, even if there were ten times as many inns in the market, it wouldn't be enough. So he stopped hoping.

However, he still wandered around the market. He prepared to first find where the stall plaza was, and then take the opportunity to inquire about how others were solving their accommodation problems.

After wandering for a long time, he didn't find the stall plaza, but he did see a tea house first.

Lin Zhangqing had a flash of inspiration, went over to order a pot of spirit tea, and then found a place to sit down.

At this time, the tea house was quite full, and it could be said to be quite lively, so he drank tea while pricking up his ears to listen.

However, after listening for over an hour, he had heard plenty of messy news, but for him, there was only one useful piece of information.

That was that one could go to the residential area of the market to look for those households willing to short-term rent out their spare rooms.

Many people had already tried this method to solve their accommodation problems!

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