The Longevity Family: Starting From The Branches And Leaves

Chapter 44: The Situation Becomes Chaotic (Seeking Continued Reading and Bookmarking)

For the next five days, Chen Ling did not leave the house.

During the day, he refined tools and cultivated, while at night, he helped Li Yourong detoxify and worked hard to create merit for her.

The days passed extremely monotonously and boringly.

During this time, the toxins in Li Yourong's body became extremely stubborn after only ten spiritual acupoints remained.

No matter how hard they worked every day, they could only remove the toxins from one acupoint.

However, Li Yourong's cultivation had greatly recovered, and the spread of toxins had been completely suppressed.

Apart from dual cultivating and detoxifying with Chen Ling, she was basically invisible the rest of the time.

Chen Ling speculated that she was probably planning revenge.

After all, dealing with two Qi Refining stage cultivators would definitely require a lot of planning in order to ensure success.

When the time was right, Li Yourong would naturally inform him.

Although he had now reached the sixth level of Qi Refining and had also cultivated the Qinglian Thunder Flame, his combat power had greatly improved compared to before.

But Chen Ling still had a clear understanding of himself.

As a tool refiner who had crossed over six years, if he hadn't been cautious, he would have long been six feet under.

Even though he had recently gained external assistance and his strength had improved, he still had doubts in his heart.

Although the power of the Lingyan Finger, which had fused with the Qinglian Thunder Flame, seemed good, he was never confident.

Moreover, as a wandering cultivator who had lived in the primitive wilderness for many years, how could Li Yourong not have any life-saving tricks up her sleeve?

But fortunately, as a qualified tool refiner, there was no need for him to compare his cultivation with others.

The twenty-odd Flame Thunder Beads in his hand were his trump card.

In addition, there was also a newly refined top-grade robe, the Flowing Cloud Robe.

This robe fused two level-nine prohibitions, the Diamond Defense Prohibition and the Flowing Cloud Prohibition.

One was for defense, and the other was for escaping.

Moreover, during the refining process, he added the Flashing Cloud Crystal, greatly increasing its speed.

He estimated that with the speed of this robe, he should be able to barely escape from the hands of a Foundation Building cultivator.

As for the ninth level of Qi Refining, there shouldn't be any major problems.

"Ah, everything is for the sake of marrying a wife!"

In the cultivation room, Chen Ling, who was sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion, sighed softly.

If it were any other matter, he would never take such risks, but if this matter succeeded, Li Yourong would also have a chance.

...

In the evening, as the sun set, the afterglow of the setting sun dyed the sky a bright red.

Clang clang clang!

"All cultivators of Yangchun Street, gather outside!"

Chen Ling, who was playing hide-and-seek with Xiaoping'an in the courtyard, suddenly heard a deep voice coming from outside.

"Husband, what's happening?" He Yunxiu, who was sitting in the hall mending clothes for Xiaoping'an, walked out in surprise when she heard the voice.

"I'll go out and take a look!" Chen Ling frowned and went out.

He Yunxiu also came over and carried Xiaoping'an away.

There were already quite a few cultivators standing on the street.

Chen Ling's gaze swept over them and he could see that even the neighbors from several houses around were there.

Female cultivators from the Tianxiang Tower, the neighboring alchemist, and...

Three cultivators dressed in Qingyang Sect disciples' attire stood on the street, with a tall and burly young man in the middle exuding a powerful aura.

Behind him, someone was banging a copper gong, gathering the cultivators of Yangchun Street.

"Friend Chen, do you know what's happening?" Chu Gui, the neighboring alchemist, saw Chen Ling and greeted him with a smile.

Chen Ling shook his head. It seemed that the news of the fall of the Wang Family Patriarch had not yet spread in the market.

But even if it did spread, most people probably wouldn't care.

Most of the people living in the market were wandering cultivators who had come to explore.

The personnel changes in the higher levels of the Qingyang Sect had little to do with them.

A Gold Core ancestor, a person from a completely different world from them, his downfall, at most, would just be a topic of conversation after a meal.

"What else could it be? Most likely it's recruiting people to go to the mine or raising the rent!"

"As soon as I heard the gong, I knew it couldn't be anything good!"

"Could it be that a robber has infiltrated the market?"

The surrounding cultivators whispered to each other.

The tall young man's sharp gaze swept over the crowd. He cleared his throat and loudly said, "Fellow cultivators, the head of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall has issued an order. Starting today, the rent in Jinshan Market will be raised. Each household on Yangchun Street will have their rent increased by thirty low-grade spirit stones per month."

"In addition, if you are willing to move to Wang Family Market, you can have two months of rent waived!"

"Wang Family is starting to snatch people!" Chen Ling sighed inwardly.

It seems that other family forces will soon enter the market!

But this move seems to be a good one. An extra thirty low-grade spirit stones per month is also a burden for ordinary scattered cultivators.

At the same time, there are also policies for rent reduction in Wang Family Market.

This is undoubtedly very attractive to scattered cultivators.

After all, those who come to explore the Yunmeng Swamp are all hoping to take a chance and create their own world.

Of course, there are also some who come for the development of their family, looking for opportunities to do business with cultivators.

But cultivators like Chen Ling are extremely rare.

Cultivators compete with the heavens and cultivate against the odds.

Who would spend their days at home cultivating and having children like Chen Ling?

Sure enough, the neighbors were instantly in an uproar.

"Why did the rent increase so much all at once? Thirty low-grade spirit stones, almost half of what we scattered cultivators can afford!"

"That's right, there haven't been many fierce beasts on the outskirts of the swamp recently. If we go deeper, it's a matter of life and death. We can't even eat enough, let alone pay higher rent."

"Ah, let's just move to Wang Family Market!"

"Life is getting harder and harder!"

...

In the crowd, there was a wave of lamentation.

But many people decisively chose to go to Wang Family Market.

"If you can't pay the spirit stones tomorrow, you have to move out of the market!"

The tall disciple announced loudly again.

This is to force people to move to Wang Family Market!

Then they began to register house by house.

"Can you give us a few more days?" When it was Chen Ling's turn, he sighed and said with a worried expression.

Now, thirty low-grade spirit stones are nothing to him, but his spirit stones didn't come out of thin air.

Besides, it's better to cry poor and cover up, just in case someone has their eyes on him!

"Don't waste my time! If you can't pay, you'll have to move out of the market tomorrow!"

The tall young man snorted coldly, without any room for negotiation.

Chen Ling could only reluctantly hand over thirty low-grade spirit stones, feeling extremely unwilling, and then returned home.

Soon, the bustling crowd on the street gradually dispersed.

...

"Husband, what happened?" He Yunxiu asked while holding their child, Ping'an.

He Yunxiu is kind and generous, but she tends to worry and be sensitive. Whenever something happens, she can't help but be anxious.

Chen Ling smiled and said, "It's just about the rent, you don't need to worry about it."

"Just stay at home and spend more time with Yuer in the future."

Chen Ling couldn't control what would happen in the market next, but their home had a sword formation, which was reliable for safety.

He also had enough items in his storage bag, so he just needed to stock up on more food and daily necessities.

"Let's eat first!"

Watching Qin Yelian bring the food to the table, Chen Ling smiled and said.

Brothers, please continue reading! Xianxia is really exciting!

(End of this chapter)