Chapter 57

The next day, Lin Zhangqing got up early, completed his cultivation tasks, and then ran hurriedly to Aoyun Peak to put the Purple Crystal Scorpion swarm into the spirit insect bag and Chuyi into the spirit beast bag before rushing home.

His family was already waiting for him. His mother was especially reluctant to let him go. Before leaving, she gave Lin Zhangqing and the other two five Earth Escape Talismans and five Wood Escape Talismans each. Aunt urged him to be clever, not to rush too far ahead, and to be sure to return safely.

His younger sister mainly told Lin Zhangqing not to forget to bring her a gift. She often went to play with the Purple Crystal Scorpions and knew how powerful they were, so she was quite confident that her brother would return safely.

When the whole family arrived at the family square, many people had already gathered around, many of whom were there to see their family members off.

The three of them hurriedly went to report to the Clan Leader. After waiting for a while, all 83 people finally arrived.

The Clan Leader looked at these 82 cultivators. These were the most elite clansmen of the family, and these people would also support the Lin family's continued inheritance in the future. They must bring back as many of them as possible! There was no need for nonsense. He released the Wind-Running Boat, waved his hand, and everyone boarded the flying boat one after another, while Lin Zhangqing followed closely behind his father and second uncle.

Squeezing more than 80 people onto a flying boat for 60 people was indeed a bit uncomfortable, but there was no other way, so they had to try their best to overcome it.

Fortunately, the time wouldn't be very long, and it would take about three days to arrive.

Qingyun City was located at the foot of the Qingyun Sect, and it was arranged nearby from the beginning to facilitate the living of the relatives and descendants of the cultivators in the sect.

Later, after multiplying to a certain scale, the Qingyun Sect came forward to build this giant city, occupying an area of more than ten miles, with city walls 80 zhang high, and four city gates in the east, west, south, and north.

In addition to being inhabited by ordinary people, a very large area near the east gate was specifically designated for the construction of the market.

And many shops were built for rent, attracting a large number of merchants and cultivators to come here to do business and settle down.

So the scale of this Qingyun Market was much larger than Pingyang Market.

The Lin family members were going to report to the Foreign Affairs Institute of the Qingyun Sect in this Qingyun Market.

After three days of high-speed flight, they finally saw this magnificent giant city. The flying boat landed outside the east gate of Qingyun City, because flying was prohibited in the city, so everyone had to walk in.

At the entrance of the Foreign Affairs Institute, the Clan Leader went in to communicate, and soon came out with two Foundation Establishment cultivators wearing the standard uniforms of the Qingyun Sect to inspect and count the number of people.

After completion, they arranged accommodation for the Lin family members. Because the Lin family arrived relatively early, they had to wait for another two or three days for the other families to arrive.

This time, 103 Foundation Establishment families and 3 Purple Mansion families in the Seven Prefectures all had to respond to the Qingyun Sect's conscription, so the number of people this time was huge and the scale was unprecedented.

Moreover, this time the Qingyun Sect would also recruit scattered cultivators to participate in resisting the beast tide. Including family cultivators, everyone could obtain contribution points by killing demonic beasts, which could be used to exchange for items on the exchange list provided by the Qingyun Sect.

For example, a Foundation Establishment Pill only required 10,000 contribution points, and a Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill that could help break through to the Purple Mansion stage required 100,000 contribution points.

There were also other exchangeable dharma artifacts, spiritual artifacts, various pills and talismans, various spirit objects and materials, cultivation techniques, and even various cultivation hundred arts inheritances and secret methods that could be exchanged, as long as your contribution points were sufficient.

This greatly stimulated the cultivators of various families and scattered cultivators, and basically everyone could find their favorite items and the contribution points needed for exchange on the exchange list.

Including Lin Zhangqing, who wanted to exchange for a few Foundation Establishment Pills, or exchange for some high-grade thunder-attribute spirit objects, which would also be good.

The Qingyun Sect also displayed the calculation method for contribution points.

Killing a first-tier early-stage demonic beast was 5 contribution points, mid-stage was 15, and late-stage was 50.

Killing a Foundation Establishment early-stage demonic beast was 200 contribution points, mid-stage was 800, and late-stage was 2000.

Killing a Purple Mansion early-stage demonic beast was 5000 contribution points, mid-stage was 10,000, and late-stage was 20,000, and so on.

Of course, this point calculation included handing over the demonic beast corpse, which meant that if you handed over the demonic beast corpse, you would be calculated for contribution points.

This made many scattered cultivators and powerful cultivators who were good at fighting eager to try, wishing they could set off immediately to hunt demonic beasts and earn contribution points. The Qingyun Sect's strategy was very successful, transferring at least 50% of the beast tide crisis to the family cultivators and scattered cultivators of the Seven Prefectures. Of course, crisis, crisis, there were dangers and opportunities, it just depended on whether you had the ability to grasp them.

However, this had little to do with Lin Zhangqing. Anyway, his first task was to bring his father and second uncle home safely.

The second task was to reduce the casualties of the clansmen as much as possible. The rest were secondary, including the Foundation Establishment Pill, which was not worth Lin Zhangqing risking his life for.

Because the family's three Foundation Establishment cultivators wanted to take this opportunity to visit the Great-Grandmother to see if she had come out of seclusion.

So they instructed all clansmen that it was fine to go out for a stroll, but they must be low-key and never cause trouble here.

Hearing the Clan Leader say this, everyone cheered, and they all promised. Lin Zhangqing also pulled his father and second uncle to follow the crowd and walk out.

There were so many cultivators coming this time, there must be quite a few setting up stalls. Lin Zhangqing wanted to stroll around the stall square here.

There were many people, and the three of them followed the crowd for a while before arriving at a huge stall square.

Seeing such a grand scene, Lin Zhangqing couldn't help but get excited and hurriedly rushed over to prepare to pick up leaks, leaving his father and second uncle behind.

The brothers looked at each other and smiled bitterly, having no choice but to follow silently behind Lin Zhangqing.

Knowing that his father and second uncle were behind him, Lin Zhangqing didn't care so much and just concentrated on sweeping the stalls. Before long, he had a harvest.

At a stall, he harvested a few first-tier high-grade Earth Emperor Essences. This thing had the effect of replenishing Qi and blood and strengthening muscles and bones, and could also be refined into Earth Emperor Bone-Strengthening Pills together with Bone-Strengthening Grass.

And this thing was still alive and could continue to be planted, and more Earth Emperor Essences would grow in the future. This thing was most suitable for planting in the space.

With a harvest, the motivation was even greater.

Full of confidence, he continued to stroll. After walking for a while, he finally discovered a good thing.

For 30 spirit stones, he collected three stalks of Demon-Alluring Grass. This thing might be chicken ribs to others, but it was a treasure to Lin Zhangqing.

This Demon-Alluring Grass, as long as it was of a certain age, had a fatal attraction to demonic beasts, especially for demonic beasts in the breeding period, and its effect was truly too great.

Demon-Alluring Grass had a huge promoting effect on the breeding of demonic beasts, and Demon-Alluring Grass could be continuously cultivated.

It was divided into ten-year, hundred-year, thousand-year, five-thousand-year, and ten-thousand-year, corresponding to demonic beasts from the first to the fifth tier.

For example, a third-tier demonic beast consuming a thousand-year Demon-Alluring Grass could increase the probability of nurturing offspring by 50%. This thing might not matter to low-tier demonic beasts, but it had a great attraction to high-tier demonic beasts.

Because the higher the tier, the harder it was to nurture offspring, so it was even discovered that some high-tier demonic beasts planted Demon-Alluring Grass in their own caves.

This thing also had a huge effect on Chuyi and the Purple Crystal Scorpions. He would find an opportunity to plant it in the space first, and after it multiplied in the future, he would use it for Chuyi and the Purple Crystal Scorpions.

Continue! Continue! This was the liveliest stall square Lin Zhangqing had ever encountered, and he truly liked such occasions.

Sweeping and strolling all the way, there were also some special materials suitable for his mother to make talismans, which Lin Zhangqing also bought and prepared to give to his mother.

He also had to pay special attention to the gifts for Aunt and his younger sister.

(End of chapter)