I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 69: Opening Shop Again

Lin Qing, who finally had a quiet night, first checked his cultivation level. The first level of Foundation Building was definitely not fake. Then, he took out the Qingmu Divine Technique and decided to cultivate this technique after Foundation Building. Although it could only be cultivated up to the ninth level of Foundation Building, it was currently the best choice.

Furthermore, after breaking through Foundation Building, his lifespan would exceed two hundred years, and he would have plenty of time in the future. Previously, he was able to buy the Purple Mansion stage technique, Huangtu Baogong, from Fellow Daoist Wang. It shouldn't be too difficult to obtain the Qingmu Divine Technique.

Thinking back to the waves of cultivators who came during the day, Lin Qing thought to himself, "Foundation Building breaks through the heavens and the earth, witnessing all the guests in the city in a day."

After a few days, news of Lin Qing's breakthrough in Foundation Building spread throughout Chiyang Immortal City.

Upon learning that Lin Qing had recently arrived in Chiyang Immortal City and had successfully broken through Foundation Building with the help of a Foundation Building Pill, everyone was extremely envious. They gave Lin Qing a nickname: "Sixteen Thousand Cultivator!"

This was because during the auction, he had paid the highest price for the Foundation Building Pill. The other four highest bids were only fourteen thousand spirit stones, while his sixteen thousand spirit stones set a record in Chiyang Immortal City for the past hundred years.

Upon learning this, Lin Qing just smiled and thought that even if it was sixteen thousand, he would still buy it.

After breaking through Foundation Building, other things became much easier. Lin Qing first politely declined the various forces that tried to recruit him, and then rented five shops in the outer city to continue selling formations and pills, while also purchasing materials.

The shops were managed by Lin Xuchang, and he also hired two mortals as subordinates.

Lin Xuchang now had a cultivation level of the sixth level of Qi Refining and the strength of a mid-grade Formation Master. Compared to Lin Qing's initial strength, he was much stronger. The pills they sold were refined by Che Yun and Lin Xuqing. Che Yun was now on the verge of becoming a mid-grade Pill Master, while Lin Xuqing also had talent in alchemy and was striving to become a mid-grade Pill Master.

As for Lin Xuze and Lin Xuyuan, shortly after Lin Qing's breakthrough, they were about to go out for training. Before bidding farewell, Lin Qing gave each of them a thousand spirit stones.

On this day, Lin Qing came to the shop, first checked the business of the shop, and then handed the completed formations to Lin Xuchang.

Speaking of the business of this shop, although there were many shops in Chiyang Immortal City, there were also countless cultivators. Compared to Xuan Yu Pavilion, Lin Qing's shop now had more than a fifty percent increase in business. Of course, this was inseparable from his breakthrough in Foundation Building. Otherwise, if one wanted to open a shop, the cost would be immeasurable. Perhaps they would even have to pay tribute to Foundation Building like some shops every year.

When Lin Qing arrived, Lin Xuchang was naturally overjoyed, while the two mortals he hired seemed fearful.

There were not many mortals in Chiyang Immortal City, but unlike Xuan Yu Pavilion, mortals couldn't open shops here. At most, they could work in the shops of the immortal city or become servants of immortals. After all, in Chiyang Immortal City, immortals were fighting for places to live. What did mortals have to do with them?

After briefly instructing Lin Xuchang on the formations, someone came to buy formations. Lin Xuchang immediately went forward to entertain them.

"Fellow Daoist, what are you looking for? Our formations are complete, and the prices are favorable."

Upon hearing Lin Xuchang's hospitality, Lin Qing nodded. Lin Xuchang had learned quickly in all aspects. Although he had been making formations at home before, he was also a capable person when left to his own devices.

After looking around, Lin Qing was ready to leave when suddenly another cultivator barged into the shop.

Lin Qing took a look and had some impression of this person.

"Senior Lin, I didn't expect this to be your shop. I didn't expect you to be a Formation Master," the person said. This person was none other than Zhao, the cultivator next door to Lin Qing.

Lin Qing smiled, he didn't think that Zhao Xiu was unintentionally intruding.

But Zhao Xiu didn't chat much with Lin Qing. After buying a formation in the shop, he left. Lin Qing watched him and thought that he probably came on purpose to become familiar.

Lin Qing didn't mind this.

At night, Lin Qing slept in Li Qingyu's room. After a busy day, he resumed his cultivation. After breaking through the Foundation Building stage, he seemed to have endless energy. He only slept for two or three hours a day and was full of vitality. Lin Qing used the extra time for cultivation.

Although he had broken through the Foundation Building stage, his aptitude was poor and he was already quite old. If he wanted to advance further in the future, he had to work harder than other cultivators.

He took the Foundation Building cultivation pill, which he bought from the Bai Bao Tower a few days ago, and started practicing his techniques.

Speaking of which, Lin Qing had prepared 30,000 spirit stones for the Foundation Building pill. He only used 16,000 for the pill, leaving him with 14,000. After giving some to the Lin brothers and using some for the shop, Lin Qing still had 11,000 spirit stones. These spirit stones seemed like a lot, but Lin Qing was spending a lot of them now.

A bottle of cultivation pill could last for half a year, and it cost hundreds of spirit stones. In a year, including the cost of cultivation, it would cost nearly 400 spirit stones. Lin Qing had also switched to using first-grade spirit rice, which cost one spirit stone per catty. It added up over the year, along with the rent for the house and the cultivation of his wives and concubines. Lin Qing's expenditure on spirit stones was enormous.

With his current five shops, he could barely achieve a balance between income and expenses. He couldn't save any money, which meant that Lin Qing was eating into his savings.

On the other hand, Li Qingyu, who was watching Lin Qing cultivate, didn't think about these things. She was already in the later stage of Qi Refining, and she was extremely satisfied with her own cultivation. Looking at Lin Qing, who was cultivating at the moment, Li Qingyu had a surreal feeling.

Her husband had become a Foundation Building cultivator?

She remembered that when she learned that the Xuan Yu Pavilion would send Foundation Building cultivators, she was overjoyed and wanted to see what a Foundation Building cultivator looked like.

Although she didn't see it later, now, a Foundation Building cultivator was sitting in front of her. Foundation Building cultivators were incredibly powerful, a realm that many Qi Refining cultivators couldn't reach in their entire lives. Li Qingyu couldn't help but smile when she thought about it.

Lin Qing looked at her strangely.

After a few days, Lin Qing went to the shop again and had Lin Xuchang hang up a sign for purchasing formation books.

Just like the Xuan Yu Pavilion, although the Red Sun Immortal City was large, its forces didn't sell second-grade or higher cultivation technique books unless one joined them. Unlike the Xuan Yu Pavilion, there were many independent cultivators in the Red Sun Immortal City who didn't care about these rules. As long as they were paid enough spirit stones, they would sell anything.

Lin Qing had heard that someone had once sold a set of third-grade pill formulas, so he had Lin Xuchang hang up the sign for purchasing formation books. Maybe he could encounter an independent cultivator who wanted to sell. After all, his formation reserves were still limited. He had the strength of formations, but not specific formations.

Not long after the sign was hung up, someone came to sell, but they were all first-grade formations. Although Lin Qing didn't need them, he still had Lin Xuchang accept them as reserves.

What Lin Qing didn't expect was that the formation shop couldn't buy books above the second grade, but the information about these books was sent to him.

"Senior Lin, my family does have a formation master inheritance left by our ancestors," Zhao Xiu, who lived next door to Lin Qing, said to him in Lin Qing's room one day.

Lin Qing looked at Zhao Xiu, wondering how such a coincidence could happen.

(End of this chapter)