I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 2: Marrying a Wife, Morning Cloud

Turning his head to look at the kneeling girl, Lin Qing noticed that although she was not stunningly beautiful, she had a delicate appearance. The price for selling herself to bury her deceased parents was only ten taels of silver.

Thinking about his increasing age and the loneliness he could foresee in the future, Lin Qing made up his mind.

"I am no longer young. Perhaps I should marry a wife and have children, thinking about my own future. The path of immortality is too distant for me. Having both sons and daughters, a harmonious marriage, isn't that a kind of life?"

With this in mind, Lin Qing walked up to the girl and stopped in front of her.

At that moment, the girl raised her head and the mortals around them looked on with envy.

"What is your name?" Lin Qing asked.

"Replying to the immortal, this humble girl is named Morning Cloud. My father passed away a few days ago, and I am unable to give him a proper burial. I... I hope the immortal can help." Morning Cloud raised her head and said, tears shimmering in her eyes.

"Alright," Lin Qing calmly replied.

Using ten taels of silver, Lin Qing bought a high-quality coffin for the girl's father, and then used three taels of silver to hire mortals to carry it for burial at the foot of the mountain. After shedding tears of grief, Morning Cloud followed Lin Qing back to his house in Qingmu Village, filled with gratitude.

The house he rented was narrow and long, with a shop in the front and living quarters in the back, serving dual purposes.

The monthly rent was two taels of gold.

In the Zhao Kingdom, ten taels of silver could be exchanged for one tael of gold, and ten taels of gold could be exchanged for one low-grade spirit stone. Prices might fluctuate at times, but generally remained the same. This was also the reason why he was able to buy cultivation techniques with gold in the first place.

After buying the cultivation techniques with one hundred taels of gold, he had depleted it all in three years. Afterwards, he relied on gathering spirit herbs and ambushing low-level demonic beasts to survive, living a nomadic life. He continued cultivating until he reached the third level of Qi Refining. Later, when his cultivation stagnated, he bought a book on formations and started learning how to make formations to support himself.

Up until now, his formation skills were only at the level of a first-grade low-level formation, but there were few people practicing formations, so he could barely make a living. He could save up three or four spirit stones for cultivation every year. However, recently his formations had stopped selling, which led him to decide to go to the mountains with companions to hunt demonic beasts.

But who could have expected that three cultivators at the third level of Qi Refining would be severely injured while hunting a Fire Wolf at most at the fourth level of Qi Refining? His sword, worth ten spirit stones, was also heavily damaged, and the most he gained was two spirit stones, or even just one and a half.

Shaking his head and putting aside these helplessness, Lin Qing opened the door. Behind him, Morning Cloud curiously looked around the room, while the shop in the front was empty.

"Let's go, this is the front shop, the house is inside," Lin Qing said to Morning Cloud.

"Yes," Morning Cloud softly replied, her voice barely audible, seemingly timid.

Lin Qing led Morning Cloud into the living quarters. It was a wooden house with a maximum area of twenty square meters, divided into two parts by Lin Qing. One part was for sleeping, and the other part was for making formations on ordinary days. The stove was at the back of the house, and the eaves were piled with firewood.

"Morning Cloud, from now on, you and I will live here," Lin Qing said after showing Morning Cloud around.

"Yes, it's all up to the immortal's arrangements," Morning Cloud replied.

After Morning Cloud finished speaking, Lin Qing realized something. He looked at Morning Cloud seriously and said, "Morning Cloud, although you are a mortal, I will never treat you as a servant. You and I will become husband and wife in the future, treating each other with respect, just like ordinary couples in the mortal world."

"Ah!" Morning Cloud looked up at Lin Qing. She had only heard of mortals serving immortals as servants, but had never heard of becoming husband and wife.

Seeing that Morning Cloud didn't quite understand, Lin Qing smiled slightly, touched Morning Cloud's forehead, and didn't rush to explain. Morning Cloud blushed shyly.

After settling Morning Cloud, Lin Qing still had things to do.

He went to a medicine shop in the market and bought a bottle of healing medicine. His injuries this time were quite severe. If he didn't take the medicine, his cultivation would really fall to the second level of Qi Refining, which he couldn't accept.

This bottle of lowest-grade healing medicine cost him two spirit stones, which directly halved the spirit stones he had painstakingly saved. But fortunately, this bottle of medicine had ten pills, so if he couldn't finish them, he could sell them to others.

After taking the medicine at night, Lin Qing rested early and began to meditate, leaving Chao Yun, who had been waiting for him on the bed, confused.

For five consecutive days, Lin Qing would meditate and heal his injuries directly after taking the medicine at night. This made Chao Yun, who was unaware of the situation, anxious for five days. On the sixth day, when Chao Yun couldn't help but ask Lin Qing, Lin Qing lifted the blanket and got into bed.

His injuries were no longer a problem, and the fire poison had also been expelled. Although a few more days of recuperation would be better, with a beauty by his side, he didn't want to endure any longer.

Blowing out the candle,

The room fell into darkness.

Early the next morning, Lin Qing woke up, and Chao Yun was still lying in his arms, her beautiful hair spread across his chest.

[Congratulations, host, for experiencing the aura of heaven and earth. Formation experience +6]

[Formation Master: First-grade lower rank (994/1000)]

Looking at the two lines that appeared in front of him, Lin Qing, who was about to get up, was stunned.

"What is this?"

"Goldfinger?"

Shocked, Lin Qing suddenly realized that he had read all kinds of novels in his previous life. What he didn't expect was that his Goldfinger would appear in front of him at this time and in this way.

Lin Qing was a little excited. Although he was already forty-six years old, it was not too late to have a Goldfinger.

Although he had regretted stepping into the cultivation world, it had also brought him many unforgettable memories and experiences. Otherwise, as someone with a talent known as trash, he wouldn't have struggled in the cultivation world for so many years. He still had a strong desire for cultivation.

And now, with Goldfinger, Lin Qing seemed to see the dawn in an instant.

But to verify Goldfinger again, Lin Qing gently woke up Chao Yun.

[Congratulations, host, for experiencing the aura of heaven and earth. Formation experience +5]

[Formation Master: First-grade lower rank (999/1000)]

After verifying Goldfinger again, Lin Qing completely let go of his worries. His heart was ignited with the same fervor for cultivation as before.

However, why was he still a little short of a breakthrough?

Looking at the experience value of 999, Lin Qing was a little puzzled. He thought that the first time the formation experience increased by six, the second time would be the same. But he didn't expect that the second time it only increased by five. Could it be...

Lin Qing smiled, and it wasn't difficult for him to figure out the answer.

Do I need to do it again? Lin Qing looked at Chao Yun, who looked at him with a fearful gaze. The physique of an immortal...

Seeing this, Lin Qing didn't make any further moves.

After all, there was still plenty of time.

After having breakfast with Chao Yun, Lin Qing opened the door in front and looked at the distant red light passing over the eaves. Lin Qing felt refreshed and full of vitality. The sense of decadence from the past few days had completely disappeared.

(End of this chapter)