I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 66: Neighbors

The Mist Concealing Formation is a second-grade inferior formation. Although cultivators can use their spiritual power to see through the obstacles of the formation, they must enter the formation to do so. In other words, as long as a cultivator intrudes, Lin Qing will be aware of it. It is practically useful as it combines the functions of concealment and vigilance.

Back then, Lin Qing also obtained a set of Gathering Spirit Formation from Fellow Daoist Wang. However, Lin Qing dare not set it up now. The Gathering Spirit Formation can gather spiritual energy and absorb the surrounding spiritual energy. If it is set up, the nearby cultivators will definitely be unwilling.

Lin Qing doesn't even know who lives next door now, so why would he do such a thing?

After settling down, Lin Qing sent Lin Xueze and Lin Xuyuan to inquire about the news of the Foundation Building Pill, while he prepared two gifts and personally visited the neighboring cultivator.

As the saying goes, a close neighbor is better than a distant relative. Although Lin Qing is not seeking help from the neighbor, it is still necessary to understand the situation.

Arriving at the house on the right side of the residence, Lin Qing spoke, "I wonder if Fellow Daoist is at home. I moved here today and will trouble you in the future. I hope for your understanding."

After a moment, a flushed-faced woman walked out of the house on the right side. She was a mortal. Seeing Lin Qing, she said, "Immortal, my master is busy at the moment and cannot receive guests. Please understand."

Lin Qing nodded and asked, "May I know how to address your master?"

"Replying to the immortal, my master's surname is Zhou."

"So it's Fellow Daoist Zhou. In that case, I brought a small gift. Please give it to Fellow Daoist Zhou." Lin Qing said.

The woman accepted the small gift from Lin Qing, smiled, and returned to the house.

As soon as she returned to the house, the Zhou cultivator, mentioned by the woman, picked up the woman and indulged in pleasure. Inside the house, there were at least ten women like her. For some cultivators, their cultivation prospects were hopeless, so they could only find pleasure in such absurd things every day.

This Zhou cultivator and Lin Qing were both at the ninth level of Qi Refining, but he had long given up hope of Foundation Building. He had been living in Chiyang Immortal City for seven or eight years, and every day was like this.

After a while, the Zhou cultivator sighed, "I'm getting old after all."

Suddenly, he saw the small gift that the woman had just received. When he opened it, he found several first-grade middle-quality talismans inside. He shook his head and threw them to a woman at the third level of Qi Refining, saying, "Take them, it seems they are not powerful people. You don't have to bother with them in the future."

"Thank you, master."

The woman at the third level of Qi Refining accepted the talismans and happily crawled towards the Zhou cultivator, but unexpectedly received a slap, "Get out of here, I need to rest."

"Yes, master."

The woman dared not say more.

After visiting the house on the right side, Lin Qing went to the house on the left side. This time, he did see the cultivator inside, who was at the eighth level of Qi Refining. He claimed to be surnamed Zhao and was a cultivator from the Zhao family in the Biling River of the Zhao Kingdom. Although Lin Qing didn't know where the Biling River was, he still had a conversation with this cultivator for a while before leaving a small gift.

Watching Lin Qing leave, the Zhao cultivator couldn't wait to open the gift box left by Lin Qing. After finding several middle-grade talismans inside, he nodded with satisfaction, "This person seems quite friendly. Since my cultivation is lower than his, he won't look down on me. We can have some interactions in the future."

Lin Qing was unaware that this person was indeed a cultivator from the Zhao family of the Bi Lin River in the Zhao State. However, their Zhao family had long since fallen, with only ten cultivators remaining in the clan. They shared a first-grade spiritual vein in the Bi Shui River with two other families, but they were not as well off as Lin Qing's family. He had come here to harness the spiritual energy of the Chi Yang Immortal City, hoping to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

After visiting the neighbors, although there were other cultivators living nearby, Lin Qing did not go to visit them. It was best to stop at this point.

Back in the house, Lin Xuze and Lin Xuyuan had not yet returned, and Lin Qing had been waiting for them.

It was indeed a benefit of having children. Many things didn't need to be worried about. If he were alone, he would be busy all day. Many single cultivators bought a lot of maidservants, but how could those maidservants be trusted with their own sons?

Lin Qing waited for an hour before Lin Xuze returned with Lin Xuyuan. After returning, Lin Xuze happily said, "Father, we found out that the shops outside don't sell Foundation Building Pills, but there is an alchemist in the inner city who can refine them as long as we provide the materials."

Lin Qing thought to himself, "But I don't have any materials."

"Father, that alchemist lives not far from here. I've already found out where he lives," Lin Xuze said happily.

Lin Qing nodded, thinking that he would find out tomorrow no matter what.

The next day, Lin Qing went out to visit the alchemist. The most important thing for him in the Chi Yang Immortal City was Foundation Building. Although it was possible for cultivators to succeed without Foundation Building Pills, the success rate was lower. Lin Qing knew his own situation. If he didn't have Foundation Building Pills, the chances of success would be terrifyingly low.

Upon arriving at the alchemist's residence, Lin Qing learned that the alchemist's surname was Li and he was at the mid-stage of Foundation Building. People called him Alchemist Li. He was a second-grade alchemist with strong alchemy skills and ranked among the top three alchemists in the Chi Yan Immortal City. He usually accepted alchemy commissions and could refine Foundation Building Pills if the materials were provided.

After being received by the alchemist's disciple, Lin Qing was informed that Alchemist Li was not receiving visitors recently, and if he wanted alchemy, he had to provide the materials. They didn't care about how to gather the materials.

A set of Foundation Building Pill materials would cost at least five thousand spirit stones. Lin Qing could afford it, but he didn't have the materials.

Materials like Foundation Building Pills were not usually sold by ordinary cultivators once they obtained them. Even if Lin Qing had spirit stones, he had nowhere to get them. People like Alchemist Li didn't lack spirit stones; they lacked materials to practice their skills. Accepting commissions not only earned them spirit stones but also facilitated the improvement of their alchemy skills.

After a few conversations, Lin Qing realized that there was no room for negotiation and had to leave.

The other second-grade alchemists in the Chi Yang Immortal City had the same rules as Alchemist Li. They only accepted material commissions, and the wait for alchemy was usually short, ranging from half a year to three years.

Lin Qing returned home that day with no other choice. As a lone cultivator, the difficulties he faced in Foundation Building were much greater than those of sect cultivators.

However, Lin Qing did not give up. Since the Wuji Sect had released Foundation Building Pills in the Xuan Yu Market, he thought there might be a similar opportunity in the Chi Yang Immortal City. No one here would stop him from participating in the auction.

So Lin Qing let Lin Xuze and Lin Xuyuan continue to inquire, while he himself went to inquire in the outer city.

However, he didn't find any information about Foundation Building Pills. Instead, he heard something unusual. It was said that a black-clothed thief had appeared in the Purple and Blue Market jointly operated by the Qing Feng Sect and the Xian Xia Sect. Taking advantage of the night, the thief had robbed more than ten shop owners in a row.

Any shop owner who dared to resist was killed on the spot. According to the surviving shop owners, the thief had at least the initial stage of Foundation Building cultivation.

Because of this, the Qing Feng Sect and the Xian Xia Sect had intensified their patrols in the Purple and Blue Market.

With the Blood Sea Old Demon and now the black-clothed Foundation Building thief, Lin Qing sighed. It was really chaotic, but he thought to himself that this matter was probably not that simple.

(End of this chapter)