I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 165: Chaos in the Zhao Kingdom

What they didn't know was that the Patriarch of the Wuji Sect had only let the matter go because the Lin Family had paid them spirit stones. He didn't think much of the Lin Family's Second Grade Inferior Spirit Vein, considering them unworthy of the Wuji Sect's intervention.

Of course, the most crucial point was that if he were to attack the Lin Family Mountain and couldn't take it down immediately, it would be disastrous if it attracted the attention of the Qingfeng Sect.

Currently, the Wuji Sect didn't want to completely sever ties with the Qingfeng Sect and the Xianxia Sect.

However, the incident in the Chiyang Immortal City was a result of his impulsiveness.

Regardless, the Lin Family Mountain truly benefited from it. In the following year, they absorbed over two hundred scattered cultivators, and even a Foundation Building cultivator came to settle down. Lin Qing was extremely pleased with this.

Seeing the previously unrented shops now hanging up signs and the empty caves now occupied by cultivators, Lin Qing couldn't be happier.

The scale of the Lin Family's gathering was now worthy of being called the Lin Family District.

The prosperity of a district market brought many benefits. First and foremost was the rental income, which brought in a considerable amount of wealth for the Lin Family each year. With more scattered cultivators, the Lin Family's spiritual fields and spiritual fish had a place to go. The pills refined by the family's descendants, the formations created, and the talismans and magical tools could all be sold right at their doorstep. They could also make connections with scattered cultivators and become Dao companions, laying a solid foundation for the prosperity of the family. They could even purchase materials themselves. With the Lin Family's reputation, they no longer needed to go around searching for materials; they would be brought to them.

All the Lin Family had to offer was a spiritual vein and a promise of protection, which was a truly profitable deal.

As for the spiritual vein in the Lin Family District, although it was a Second Grade Inferior Vein, it was a branch of a Second Grade Superior Vein. It could still supply enough spiritual energy for so many cultivators on a daily basis. As for the main vein, Lin Qing had been investing spirit stones in it for years. Perhaps one day, it would be promoted to a Third Grade Vein. With time, everything would only get better.

In the blink of an eye, five years had passed, and Lin Qing was already 160 years old. He had also broken through to the eighth level of Foundation Building, further enhancing his strength.

With his current spiritual root, breaking through to the ninth level of Foundation Building was only a matter of time. Even the Purple Mansion was within Lin Qing's grasp. He was confident that he could break through before he turned 190.

However, these five years were not peaceful. Because of the incident in the Chiyang Immortal City, it seemed that the Zhao Kingdom had officially entered a period of chaos, and the previous peace was gone.

Not only were scattered cultivators affected, but disciples of sects were also being killed outside. Killing for treasures had become a trend. For sect disciples, this situation was unfavorable for cultivation. However, for some scattered cultivators, it was an opportunity that hadn't been seen in hundreds of years. Only when chaos arose could they find loopholes and opportunities. The Zhao Kingdom had been peaceful for too long, and this chaos brought forth many chances.

Not to mention, behind this chaos, there were manipulators pushing things along, intentionally causing all of this.

Apart from the damage to the Chiyang Immortal City five years ago, according to the statistics of attentive cultivators, twelve large and small districts have been attacked by unidentified cultivators in these five years. Eight cultivation families have either been annihilated or merged. The situation is extremely chaotic.

Lin Qing had also heard a piece of news. The spiritual mountain where he went to refine magical tools was also attacked.

The attacker was someone Lin Qing was familiar with, the Blood Sea Old Demon.

After so many years, the Blood Sea Old Demon's strength had already reached the later stage of Foundation Building. The owner of the spiritual mountain, Zhang the Refiner, was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Building and was killed on the spot. The scattered cultivators gathered at the spiritual mountain either fled or scattered. Afterward, the Blood Sea Old Demon set the spiritual mountain on fire, and many spirit stones were excavated. The once beautiful spiritual mountain turned into a barren hill in an instant.

Upon hearing this, Lin Qing felt genuine regret for Zhang the Refiner.

However, there was another rumor in the Zhao Kingdom. It was said that this Zhang the Refiner was not as simple as he seemed. He had connections with the Yan Kingdom's sect and was a spy placed in the Zhao Kingdom by the Yan Kingdom. The Blood Sea Old Demon was eliminating a threat to the Zhao Kingdom.

Lin Qing didn't know what to say about this. However, many scattered cultivators, including Blood Sea Old Demon, applauded. Blood Sea Old Demon seemed to have developed some goodwill towards the scattered cultivators.

There were even some who actively joined.

As for the Lin Family's Lin Family Gathering, there had been no issues in the past five years. Without coming to the Purple Mansion, their cultivation had reached the late Foundation Building stage, like a steadfast anchor.

Over the course of five years, the number of scattered cultivators gathered at the Lin Family Gathering had exceeded five hundred, and that was only the settled ones. Lin Xuchang had calculated that the number of cultivators who had visited the Lin Family Gathering in the past five years was estimated to be over ten thousand. With people coming and going, the market became increasingly prosperous, and the Lin Family benefited greatly.

Lin Qing understood that in this situation, the Lin Family must not slack off. On the contrary, they had to cultivate even more diligently in order to maintain this hard-earned prosperity.

Both the cultivators above and below the Lin Family understood this principle and intensified their cultivation.

One day, Lin Xuqian, who had returned from the mine, found Lin Qing. Starting from five years ago when mining began, Lin Xuqian had stationed himself at the mine for the first three years. Although he didn't stay there in the following two years, he would still visit the mine once a month to collect the mined ores and sell them afterwards.

The price of these ores had increased even more due to the chaotic situation, surpassing the previous price by twenty percent.

Speaking of this chaotic situation, the prices of materials, talismans, formations, and the like had all skyrocketed. However, the prices of techniques and the like had decreased. The reason was not difficult to understand. Nowadays, everyone knew that the situation was unstable, and things that enhanced one's own strength were the most valuable. Techniques, on the other hand, couldn't enhance one's strength in the short term, so it was better to sell them and exchange them for other things. Moreover, techniques could be copied and resold. They were valuable, but if they weren't valuable, then they weren't worth much either, lacking the scarcity of materials. For a while, there were too many people selling them, so the prices had also dropped.

The Lin Family's shops had also acquired many technique books, keeping them as the family's heritage.

However, when Lin Xuqian found Lin Qing, it wasn't about the ores, but rather about the Cold Iron Mine.

"Dad, this time, Xu Si told me something. A spiritual vein was discovered in the mine a few days ago, and it's a high-grade first-tier vein," Lin Xuqian said.

"Oh?" Lin Qing took a breath, but he wasn't overly surprised.

First of all, a high-grade first-tier spiritual vein wasn't particularly precious to the Lin Family. Moreover, veins like this that appeared alongside mines were generally called companion veins, with the spiritual energy mainly used for the spiritual ores. Compared to ordinary spiritual veins, their effect on cultivators was less than half, even though it was a high-grade first-tier vein, it was similar to a mid-grade first-tier vein.

However, Lin Qing had an idea when he thought about the increasingly chaotic situation in Zhao Country.

"In that case, you'll accompany me to go again tomorrow," Lin Qing said.

"Okay."

Lin Xuqian nodded, but he didn't understand why Lin Qing wanted to go. He had told Lin Qing about this matter, but he hadn't expected Lin Qing to personally go.

The next day, Lin Qing took Lin Xuqian with him and went to the mine. On the flying boat, Lin Qing told Lin Xuqian his own thoughts.

"Xuqian, have you ever heard the saying, 'A cunning rabbit has three burrows'?" Lin Qing said.

(End of this chapter)