I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 6: Expanding Rental Business

Feeling the spiritual energy of the fourth level of Qi Refining within his body, Lin Qing was confident that he could steadily cultivate to the sixth level of Qi Refining. As for the greater bottleneck of the seventh level of Qi Refining, he didn't think about it for now.

During this year and three months of cultivation, besides breaking through his cultivation level, his experience in array formations had also improved significantly.

Although he hadn't made any array formations during this period, with the help of the Goldfinger, Lin Qing's current array formation experience had become:

[Array Formation Master: Intermediate First Grade (8046/10000)]

This was still due to cultivation, as he only gained ten points of experience each night. Otherwise, it would have been more.

After being stagnant in array formation for so long, he was itching to make one. But the array formation he was going to make next was not the Mysterious Wood Formation. He wanted to try making the more difficult Falling Stone Formation.

Making the Falling Stone Formation required more materials, so Lin Qing needed to first accumulate some spirit stones.

After three months, when he opened his shop again, Lin Qing immediately set up three sets of Mysterious Wood Formations. He now had the confidence to do so. At the fourth level of Qi Refining and as an Intermediate First Grade Array Formation Master, not many in Qingmuji would dare to mess with him.

The three sets of formations were all sold within a day. But just as Lin Qing had bought the materials and hadn't yet tried making them, some good news arrived.

Chao Yun was pregnant.

Double happiness came, making Lin Qing overjoyed.

In fact, over the past year, Lin Qing had thought about this issue more than once. After all, he had been living with Chao Yun for so long without her getting pregnant, which made him wonder if there was something wrong with him or Chao Yun. But now everything was resolved.

After celebrating with Chao Yun, Lin Qing became somewhat worried.

The house he was currently living in already had a separate space for an array formation, and the remaining space was extremely tight for daily living with Chao Yun. If they had a child, wouldn't they have nowhere to live?

It wouldn't be a problem when the child was small, but when they grew up a bit, there wouldn't even be space to run around.

Seeing that Chao Yun was already thinking about how to make clothes for the child, Lin Qing felt that this matter was more urgent than making array formations.

In Qingmuji, besides his type of house, there was another type of house with three rooms, which was twice as big as the one he currently lived in. Thinking of this kind of house, Lin Qing made a decision in his heart.

Early the next morning, Lin Qing left the house.

But things didn't go well. All five of these houses in Qingmuji had already been rented out, and no one had returned them yet.

According to the cultivator, there was still a large six-room house available in the village, but no one had rented it yet. However, Lin Qing didn't dare to rent it. Renting such a house would be like putting himself in a fire. Without the cultivation level of the later stage of Qi Refining, who would dare to live in such a house?

Helpless, Lin Qing had to think of another solution. He returned to his shop and looked at the shop on the left and the shop on the right, and then he stopped.

After a moment, he entered the shop on the right, belonging to Fellow Daoist Li.

Fellow Daoist Li was calculating materials in the shop. When he saw Lin Qing come in, he thought he wanted to buy materials and was about to greet him. But suddenly, he paused and looked Lin Qing up and down, then put down what he was holding and showed an even bigger smile than before, congratulating him, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Lin, on your breakthrough!"

"There's nothing to be happy about breaking through at this age," Lin Qing said without much joy.

"Hey, you can't say that. The rich seek gold, and the poor seek rice. For us low-level cultivators, breaking through is something worth celebrating," Fellow Daoist Li said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist's words are absolutely correct," Lin Qing nodded. In truth, his words were modest, and he was naturally happy to have made a breakthrough.

"In fact, the reason I came today is to seek advice from Fellow Daoist Li," Lin Qing continued.

"Oh, what is it? I will definitely share all that I know," Fellow Daoist Li replied earnestly.

After Lin Qing broke through to become a first-tier Formation Master, he made a considerable profit from the materials he purchased at Fellow Daoist Li's shop. Moreover, today, Lin Qing also broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, making his cultivation level comparable to Fellow Daoist Li's. Naturally, this was worth taking seriously.

As for the matter Lin Qing wanted to consult about, it wasn't anything major.

"May I ask Fellow Daoist Li, why haven't I seen anyone in the shop on the left side of mine?" Lin Qing asked.

The reason Lin Qing asked this was actually quite simple. He thought that if he couldn't rent a larger house, he could rent the adjacent shop and combine the two, solving his problem. Fellow Daoist Li had been running his shop here for twenty years, so he naturally didn't need to consider his own shop. As for the adjacent shop, it was previously rented by a cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining. After they moved out a year ago, it was rented to someone else. However, Lin Qing hadn't seen anyone there for a year due to his constant cultivation, so he asked Fellow Daoist Li about the situation.

Upon hearing Lin Qing's question, Fellow Daoist Li immediately looked mysterious and whispered, "There's a dead person living in that shop."

"A dead person?"

Upon hearing Fellow Daoist Li's words, Lin Qing was shocked. How could that be possible?

Seeing Lin Qing's surprise, Fellow Daoist Li chuckled and explained, "I say she's a dead person because I've only seen her once, when she first moved in a year ago. At that time, she was old and thin, skin and bones, and she was only at the second level of Qi Refining. It seemed like she wouldn't live much longer. Since she hasn't left her place for such a long time, I think she's probably already dead."

Shaking his head, Lin Qing found it hard to believe. If she had died, he would definitely have smelled something in the house.

"Fellow Daoist Li, could you please find out for me and see if it's possible to sublet the shop? I'm willing to offer more spirit stones," Lin Qing said.

As for why he didn't go himself, it was because it was better to have an outsider handle this kind of matter. Even if it didn't work out, they could still discuss it. If he went there himself, it would be like not giving the other person any face.

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, I'll take care of this matter," Fellow Daoist Li immediately agreed. This was really not a big deal, and besides, Lin Qing was his important customer.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist," Lin Qing expressed his gratitude and bought some materials before leaving.

Watching Lin Qing's departing figure, Fellow Daoist Li continued to calculate happily. Suddenly, he became a little puzzled and wondered, "Why does Fellow Daoist Lin want to rent that shop? Is he expanding his business? It's unnecessary."

Fellow Daoist Li couldn't have known that Lin Qing only wanted to rent the shop because his wife was pregnant. After all, his own wife and concubines, as well as his children, all lived outside.

Lin Qing had considered this, but in his opinion, the gathering place for mortals outside Qingmu Town was not only of poor quality but also unsafe. He couldn't bear to let his wife and child live outside, especially with Goldfinger around.

Back in the house, Lin Qing gently embraced his wife, who had already started cutting fabric for clothes.

The next day, Fellow Daoist Li sent news that the person renting the adjacent shop was still alive and willing to sublet, but the price of spirit stones was high. She originally rented it for two years, a total of forty-eight taels of gold, which was about five spirit stones. And now, even though she had lived there for a year, she still wanted five spirit stones. This price was too high.

Upon hearing this, Lin Qing didn't hesitate. Five spirit stones were five spirit stones. As long as she was willing to sublet, he would rent the house.

Soon, Lin Qing signed an agreement with the cultivator renting the adjacent shop. This was the first time he saw this person, a female cultivator who looked withered, just as Fellow Daoist Li had described, almost like a dead person.

After receiving the five spirit stones from Lin Qing, the cultivator glanced at him and then left Qingmu Town.

"Where do you think she's going?" Fellow Daoist Li, who was witnessing this, asked curiously.

Lin Qing shook his head as he watched the cultivator's figure. He didn't even know why she had come, so how could he know where she was going?

(End of this chapter)