I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 37: Retreat

"Husband," Chao Yun smiled and continued, "there's no specific time for this matter. We need to start looking now. If there's a suitable candidate, we need to seize the opportunity. Qing Yu and I are usually in the house, so you should pay more attention in the shop."

Hearing this, Li Qing Yu interjected, "Husband, you can't be interested in those women. They're not clean."

Lin Qing laughed, "Of course, that's natural. Alright, let's eat first. I will be careful."

After finishing their meal, Lin Qing lay on the bed and pondered over this matter. Now that Li Fellow Daoist was gone, he had to find someone himself, which made him feel a bit embarrassed. After all, although he wasn't old, he wasn't young either. Moreover, finding a suitable candidate wasn't easy. At the very least, they had to have a clean background.

If he had to marry a woman in her forties or fifties, he definitely couldn't do it. It wasn't that he disliked older women, but it was difficult to trust them.

The next day, when Lin Qing opened the shop, female cultivators still came to buy the cleaning formations as usual. In the past, Lin Qing didn't pay much attention, but now he was more cautious. He labeled all the female cultivators who bought the cleaning formations as "not suitable for marriage."

"Shopkeeper, can this formation be used anywhere?" When there were few people, a female cultivator asked.

"Well, theoretically, it can be used anywhere, but it's generally suitable for houses," Lin Qing replied. He thought to himself, if not in houses, where else would you use it?

After hearing this, the female cultivator nodded, but then seemed uncertain as she asked, "Can it be used in alchemy rooms?"

"Alchemy rooms?" Lin Qing looked at the female cultivator. She was only at the third level of Qi Refining and didn't seem very old. She wore a green robe and had a dignified appearance.

He had a thought in his mind. Perhaps he had misunderstood. He quickly explained, "Fellow Daoist, of course it can be used in alchemy rooms. After setting up this cleaning formation, it can cleanse all the dust within its range when activated with spiritual power. Fellow Daoist, rest assured."

"Alright."

The female cultivator took out three spirit stones and purchased a set of cleaning formations.

Watching her leave, Lin Qing was a bit curious. He wondered why she had asked that earlier. Could it be that a female cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining was also practicing alchemy? Lin Qing shook his head. Alchemy was not that simple. It was wishful thinking for someone at the third level of Qi Refining to attempt alchemy.

Lin Qing didn't think much of it, but after about half a month, the female cultivator returned to the formation shop.

Seeing Lin Qing, she seemed a bit embarrassed but still asked, "May I ask, can formations be returned?"

"Returned?" Lin Qing shook his head. That wouldn't be possible. If formations could be returned, people could just buy them whenever they needed them and return them when they didn't. Then what would be the point of running a formation shop?

"Fellow Daoist, of course not. Once a formation is sold, it cannot be returned. However, if you don't need it, you can resell it, just like with pill recipes and talismans." Despite this, Lin Qing still explained.

Hearing this, the female cultivator looked around the shop. Now she was the only one here, so she had nowhere to resell it.

As for the previous craze for the cleaning formations, it had died down after a short while because other formation shops had started selling them too. Although Lin Qing knew they were all copying him, he couldn't do anything about it. Although the cleaning formation had been improved, it was still a low-grade first-tier formation, and its production wasn't difficult. Basically, any formation master at the middle-grade first-tier level could learn it after a few attempts.

"Shopkeeper, how about I sell you two spirit stones? I urgently need spirit stones recently." The female cultivator spoke up again when she saw that she was the only customer.

After glancing at her, Lin Qing naturally didn't mind one or two spirit stones. Seeing the worry on her face, Lin Qing didn't insist any further.

"Alright then, just give them to me."

This female cultivator happily took out the cleaning array and Lin Qing gave her two spirit stones.

"Thank you, shopkeeper."

As the female cultivator was about to leave with the spirit stones, Lin Qing suddenly thought of something and called her back.

"Hey, are you trying to refine pills?"

"I..." The female cultivator didn't understand why Lin Qing suddenly asked her this, but she thought about the array she just withdrew and nodded, saying, "Yes, I am trying to refine pills."

"Refining pills is already difficult. It would be better for you to advance to the mid-stage of Qi Refining before attempting it." Lin Qing kindly reminded her.

The female cultivator was first stunned, then nodded. "Thank you, Fellow Daoist."

After saying that, she walked out.

Lin Qing watched her figure and couldn't help but feel that she didn't really take his words to heart.

"Husband, have you found anyone you like today?" It had been a month since Li Qingyu last asked him to remarry, and seeing that Lin Qing had no response, she couldn't help but ask, and Chao Yun was also very curious.

Lin Qing shook his head. "This kind of thing is not like buying materials. You can't just buy it if you like it. It has to be suitable."

"But you're always in the shop and haven't mentioned finding anyone suitable. Why don't you go out and take a look? Or see if there are any specialized places in the market." Li Qingyu suggested again.

Lin Qing nodded. It was worth a try.

The next day, Lin Qing specifically looked around in the market and found that there were indeed specialized businesses that introduced various wives and concubines to cultivators. When they heard Lin Qing mention his cultivation level of the seventh layer of Qi Refining, several matchmakers were so excited that they almost threw themselves at him. However, they also had self-awareness and knew that Lin Qing would not be interested in them.

"Elder, are you looking for a female cultivator with a clean background?" A matchmaker at the first layer of Qi Refining spoke up.

Lin Qing nodded. That was the only condition he wanted. He didn't have any other special requirements. As for himself, he only mentioned his cultivation level of the seventh layer of Qi Refining and didn't mention his identity as an array master.

"Elder, rest assured, with your conditions, I will find ten for you today, and you can come and choose directly tomorrow." The matchmaker patted her chest and said confidently.

"That's good, I will definitely come tomorrow." Lin Qing was also somewhat happy. It seemed that professional matters still had to be handled professionally. It was impossible to rely on sitting in the array shop forever.

On the second day, Lin Qing arrived on time.

This shop that specialized in introducing female cultivators was not small. The matchmaker led him to the second floor. Lin Qing sat down on a wooden chair and the matchmaker from yesterday said, "Elder, please wait a moment, they will be here soon."

Lin Qing smiled and nodded, touching the chair. He had a feeling of choosing a consort and felt a little excited. He didn't know who would come this time and who he would choose.

The matchmaker ran downstairs after speaking and soon returned with more than ten women.

"Elder, everyone is here."

Lin Qing raised his head with a smile, but then he froze.

These women, why do they all seem familiar? No, no, it's impossible for him to have met them before. Lin Qing shook his head, thinking that he must be mistaken, but when he looked again, it was indeed them.

These women seemed to have bought arrays from his array shop. Although some of them had made some changes, they still looked familiar overall.

Perhaps they didn't remember him, but he remembered all of them. Unlike when they bought arrays, they were now all dressed modestly, some even showing a shy expression, as if they were embarrassed to look at him.

(End of this chapter)