I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 171: Zhao Xiu

The person she was looking at was an old man on the side of the market road. At this moment, the old man's gaze was vacant, and everyone could see the shock in his eyes. There were also several people behind him who looked equally surprised.

Lin Zhifeng looked over and smiled in her heart. Then she whispered, "These people are probably wandering cultivators who came from who knows where. They must have been shocked by our Lin family's market."

"Hehe." As they spoke, the two couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle. The old man's expression was too exaggerated. If they didn't know any better, they would have thought they had seen a real immortal.

"Child, is this the market established by Senior Lin's family?"

Suddenly, the old man asked Lin Zhifeng and the person walking past him. Upon hearing this, the two immediately restrained their expressions. Lin Zhifeng spoke, "Old man, if you've come to Lin's market, then you should know that this is our Lin family's market."

Upon hearing this, the old man nodded, but the shock in his eyes remained. Then he thought of something and asked, "Are you from the Lin family? Are you Lin's people?"

Lin Zhifeng and Lin Zhijing glanced at each other when they heard this, and then Lin Zhifeng nodded, "We are indeed from the Lin family."

"In that case, I wonder how Lin Qing, Senior Lin, is doing?" the old man asked again.

"If you're talking about our Lin ancestor, of course he's doing well. Why do you ask?" Lin Zhijing said from the side.

At this moment, the old man looked at the Lin family market again, then sighed and said, "I didn't expect that so many years have passed, and Senior Lin has actually developed the family into this. It's truly amazing and unimaginable."

"Oh, so you know our Lin ancestor?" Lin Zhifeng said when she heard the old man's words.

The old man looked at Lin Zhifeng and Lin Zhijing, then took something out of his pocket. "Not only do I know him, but Senior Lin even gave me something back then. Take a look."

Lin Zhifeng and Lin Zhijing looked at the old man as he took out a wooden box. When it was opened, there were several first-grade intermediate talismans inside, which surprised both of them.

At this moment, the old man muttered to himself, "When Senior Lin first arrived at Chiyang Immortal City, his cultivation was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining. As neighbors, he not only visited me, but also brought such a generous gift. After all these years, it has been kept in my storage bag. Senior Lin is truly kind-hearted, and the Lin family must have developed like this."

"Neighbors?" Lin Zhifeng and Lin Zhijing glanced at each other again, looking somewhat puzzled. They had never been to Chiyang Immortal City.

Coincidentally, Lin Xuchang arrived at this moment. Lin Zhifeng and Lin Zhijing called out to him and told him what the man had said. Upon hearing this, Lin Xuchang looked at the man and recognized him with surprise, "Are you the Zhao Xiu from the Biling River back then?"

At this moment, Zhao Tianming, Zhao Xiu, looked up at Lin Xuchang, and tears streamed down his face. "It's me, it's me, it's really me!"

Lin Xuchang looked at Zhao Xiu, then at the people behind him, not knowing what to say.

At this moment, Zhao Xiu handed the wooden box to Lin Xuchang. "Can you give this to Senior Lin? I want to see him."

"See my father?" Lin Xuchang thought for a moment and asked, "I don't know what it's about, but you can tell me."

Zhao Xiu shook his head and held up the wooden box, insisting, "Please give it to Senior Lin."

Lin Xuchang looked at Zhao Xiu, whose hair was already white and who had aged significantly, and nodded softly, "Alright, then wait a moment. I'm afraid I can only deliver it tomorrow. Today, you might as well rest in the market."

"Tomorrow is tomorrow. Tell Senior Lin that I have important matters to discuss with him personally," Zhao Xiu added.

Lin Xuchang nodded, then left with the wooden box and Lin Zhifeng. Zhao Xiu, accompanied by five or six other family cultivators, continued walking on the streets of the Lin family market, looking at the shops on both sides, his gaze flickering with unknown thoughts.

After finding a place to stay, Zhao Xiu didn't sleep for a long time that night. Finally feeling tired, he closed his eyes, but his thoughts returned to the scene of his first encounter with the Lin family market today.

Leaving the Biling River, which no longer belonged to the Zhao family, Zhao Xiu and the few remaining members of his family traveled through mountains and rivers, avoiding disasters. It took them three whole months to reach the mountains outside the Lin family mountain range.

They came here because Zhao Xiu had heard in recent years that there was a powerful Lin family in the Zhao Kingdom, with many scattered cultivators.

The two words "Lin family" immediately reminded him of the Lin Qing family who used to be their neighbors.

The Zhao family no longer existed, and the few remaining members barely escaped. Now they needed to find a stable place to settle down, and the Lin family market, as part of the Lin family, was exactly what they needed, not to mention the old relationship they had.

After arriving outside the Lin family mountain range, he could already see a wide road that could accommodate three carriages leading into the mountains. There were quite a few scattered cultivators and mortals on the road.

After asking around, he learned that this road led to the back of the Lin family market. He let out a sigh of relief, finally having arrived.

Upon stepping onto this road, he realized its extraordinariness. It extended from outside the mountains all the way into the mountains, with a wide and gentle path. Both sides were densely planted with trees, so dense that even a palm couldn't be inserted. These trees extended from outside the mountains to a point where they couldn't be seen. He felt a chill in his heart, knowing that these trees were planted with a purpose, to defend against demonic beasts and wild animals.

Confirming his suspicion by touching the fruits on the trees, he found that they were all hard and sturdy. Even ordinary Qi Refining demonic beasts would have to exert some effort to deal with these trees.

Looking at the trees that extended along the road, he realized the effort put into them. Zhao Xiu took a deep breath, realizing that it wouldn't be easy. It would take at least thirty years.

In fact, it was precisely because of this that after the family ceremony, the Lin Qing family arranged for mortals to expand the road from inside the mountains to outside, planting a large number of trees at the same time to defend against demonic beasts. It had been more than thirty years now, and the trees had all grown. Even mortals could travel unimpeded and safely from outside the mountains to inside.

It was precisely because of this early planning of the road that the Lin family market thrived today. External factors were indispensable, but the Lin family had also stopped construction themselves.

After getting on the carriage, they arrived at the foot of the Lin family mountain and looked at the beautiful mountain forest and the numerous buildings of the Lin family mountain. Zhao Xiu felt as if he had entered a paradise.

Then, upon entering the Lin family market, he was even more shocked and didn't know what to say. This was not just a market, it was almost like a large city. There were no more than five places in the Zhao Kingdom that could match its scale.

Thinking that this was built by the Lin senior family back then, Zhao Xiu couldn't help but think of his own family that no longer existed, feeling bitter in his heart.

After the bitterness, he couldn't help but be amazed.

Looking at the Lin family market, Zhao Xiu couldn't control his expression of astonishment for a while. This caught the attention of Lin Zhifeng and the others. It was truly an exaggerated expression, something that other cultivators didn't have.

(End of this chapter)