I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 124: Qian San

Lin Xueze asked Lin Qing in a puzzled manner, "Father, shouldn't we keep this a secret? How can we make such a big fuss among mortals? Aren't you afraid that other cultivators will discover our spiritual veins if they investigate further?"

Lin Qing smiled and shook his head, saying, "Secrecy is indeed necessary now, but as long as we guard that cave, the other spiritual veins outside will be exposed sooner or later. Our family now has four Foundation Building cultivators, so we still have some strength. Currently, we have to personally recruit mortals because transportation is inconvenient. But once the road to the outside is opened in the future, we won't need to recruit ourselves. The mortals will go on their own. When the city is built in the future, all cultivators will go there."

"As for what you mean, I understand, you don't want to reveal your identity as a cultivator in front of mortals. But we are not hiding among mortals now, we are recruiting them. If you don't show some means, how can these mortals follow you? Do you think they will be willing to go to an unknown place just because you offer them gold? The temptation of gold is great, but not all mortals are obsessed with wealth, they value their lives more. If they don't believe that we are immortals, why would they follow us?"

"But..."

Lin Xueze's head was spinning at this moment.

Lin Qing looked at Lin Xueze's expression of wanting to say something but unable to, and smiled.

Speaking of his son, since he went out for training, he has been surrounded by cultivators for many years, rarely interacting with mortals. Even the mortals he has come into contact with are related to cultivators. He doesn't understand the thinking of ordinary mortals, which is very different from what he has seen before.

There is a difference between cultivators and mortals, not only in terms of strength but also in terms of thinking.

If you stay with cultivators for a long time, you may think that everyone there is a cultivator, but in fact, there are not that many cultivators.

You think everyone around you is a cultivator just because you are a cultivator yourself. But if you were a mortal, you would be surrounded by mortals in your daily life and probably never see a cultivator in your lifetime.

This principle is not difficult to understand.

Or to put it another way, in the eyes of mortals, no matter if you are a Foundation Building cultivator or a Gold Core expert, before you show any means, no one will be afraid of you. After all, in their eyes, everyone is just a mortal.

Like Lin Xueze, he is now a Foundation Building cultivator. If he meets a Qi Refining cultivator, he would be extremely respectful and dare not overstep. But these mortals have no respect for him at all. After all, although he has strong cultivation, these mortals don't even know if he is strong or not, so his strength is useless.

The ignorant are fearless. Not to mention a Foundation Building cultivator, even if a Gold Core expert comes, it would be useless in front of mortals.

They can't see any difference in you. Two eyes and one mouth, no one is afraid of anyone.

Identity is sometimes important, but it is useless before others know your identity.

For these mortals, at this time, if you don't show something, no matter how eloquent you are, they won't believe you and will only have more doubts. But once you reveal your means as a cultivator, even if you speak nonsense, they will believe you.

Lin Xueze thought that everyone around him was a cultivator and that others could judge his strength with just one glance.

This may be the case when facing cultivators, but when facing mortals, you have to show your strength.

Seeing that Lin Xueze didn't understand, Lin Qing briefly explained these words, and Lin Xueze nodded as if he understood. Then Lin Qing said, "Alright, let's recruit separately tomorrow. Our Lin family now needs a large number of mortals. According to me, we need to recruit at least a few thousand mortals. Before the land is cultivated, we also need to buy food and various items. There is still a lot to do. Xuqing and your aunt need to guard the spiritual veins, so the task of recruiting mortals will be done by the two of us."

Lin Xueze looked at Lin Qing and suddenly smiled, then nodded.

On the second day, Lin Qing and Lin Xueze separated. Lin Qing stayed in this city while Lin Xueze went to recruit in other cities.

Lin Qing's recruitment went very smoothly every day, and after hearing Lin Qing's words, Lin Xueze also had a realization of how to recruit.

Like Lin Qing, he first used his cultivation techniques before resorting to using gold for recruitment.

However, due to having only one arm, Lin Xueze recruited slightly fewer people. Together with Lin Qing, they could recruit nearly one hundred and seventy to eighty people every day.

As for the work of these mortals, it was commanded by Lin Xuchang and Lin Xuyuan in the mountains.

Their primary task was to cut down all the trees on the mountains with spiritual veins. Without the trees, they could build other things in the future, as the forest was too dense. These trees were ordinary trees, just a bit older, and not spiritual plants.

In the cultivation world, spiritual plants are not only plants that grow on spiritual veins, and spiritual rice is not rice that grows on spiritual fields. First of all, the seeds are different, they have to be these specific things. Only with spiritual plant seeds and spiritual rice seeds can spiritual plants and rice grow on spiritual fields.

Just like humans, they can cultivate on spiritual veins only if they have spiritual roots. Without spiritual roots, it is impossible.

And if it's spiritual plant seeds and spiritual rice seeds, sometimes even if they are not on spiritual veins, they can still become spiritual plants and rice, although they may not grow as well.

As for the trees that were cut down, they were now being made into wooden houses to shelter from the wind and cold.

During Lin Qing and Lin Xueze's recruitment, they encountered not only mortals who respected cultivators, but also many mortals who knew quite a bit about cultivators.

On this day, in a city, Lin Xueze displayed his techniques and started recruiting mortals. One raggedly dressed mortal noticed Lin Xueze and his gaze flickered.

This mortal's name was Qian San. His ancestors were cultivators and left behind several books that introduced the situation in the cultivation world.

At this moment, Qian San secretly thought to himself, "The books left by my ancestors say that cultivators generally don't openly come to mortal places. Why is he using gold to recruit us mortals? Judging from his appearance, with only one arm, could he be a demonic cultivator? Is he recruiting us mortals to mine or to use us for his own purposes?"

Thinking of this, Qian San felt a chill down his spine. Just then, Lin Xueze noticed him.

Qian San had been staring at him all this time, and Lin Xueze thought he was willing to go, so he asked, "Are you willing to go? What's your name?"

Hearing Lin Xueze's question, Qian San was instantly startled. Although he was currently alone and living in extreme poverty, to put it bluntly, not knowing where his next meal would come from, the gold in Lin Xueze's hand was truly tempting. But he didn't want to risk his life.

Just as he was about to refuse and say he wouldn't go, Qian San thought of the words in his ancestor's book and swallowed his words.

The book left by his ancestors said that when encountering cultivators, one should avoid them if possible and not have contact with them. If unavoidable, one should be respectful and try to please them. One must never offend them, resist them, or go against their will. If one angers a cultivator, there will be no place to bury one's body. A cultivator is someone who cannot be harmed by hundreds or thousands of mortals.

Thinking of this, Qian San looked at Lin Xueze's smiling expression. Although Lin Xueze was clearly showing kindness, Qian San felt as if it was the smile of the King of Hell. Taking a deep breath, Qian San put on a pleasing smile and nodded, saying, "My name is Qian San, and of course, I'm willing to go."

"Alright."

Lin Xueze nodded and noted down the name Qian San.

(End of this chapter)