Chapter 110 The first trial of the puppet, an oolong foundation-building celebration! (Wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival)

“What’s the matter, let’s go in and talk about it!”

Lin Chen showed a relaxed smile and pointed at the shop.

After entering the shop, he poured Huang Xin a cup of tea.

After his nervous expression gradually eased, he asked:

"Tell me what's going on first?"

Huang Xin was originally very nervous, but after being infected by Lin Chen, he couldn't help but relax a lot.

"Senior Brother Lin, the thing is like this... Didn't Senior Brother ask me to find sect disciples for the medicine garden before?"

"Recently, many outer sect disciples have contacted me, but ..."

When Lin's Xiaoxuan first opened more than a year ago, Lin Chen thought about opening some medicine gardens to provide Blue Star with elixirs.

Later, dozens of outer disciples were recruited one after another, and a mine and a medicine garden were chartered.

On weekdays, Huang Xin takes care of it with dozens of disciples.

But later, as the Daxia Spirit Gathering Formation became larger and larger, thousands of monks were trained.

There was no need to rely on the medicine garden for the supply of elixirs, so Lin Chen didn't pay attention to this matter anymore.

Only the spiritual stones are distributed regularly, and Huang Xin hands over the medicinal materials to him.

But in the past six months, there has been unrest in Yanlai.

The Changchun Sect and the Wild Wolf Sect have almost declared war head-on. The inner sect disciples are strong and naturally enjoy the benefits.

But those outer disciples were in misery...

Originally, most of them gathered in the shops at the foot of the mountain to work as handymen, or mined, and occasionally went to the mountains to pick some medicinal materials to make a living.

But the current situation is uneasy and many disciples are "unemployed".

First, they did not dare to go too far from Changchun Mountain for fear of being attacked and killed by Jie Xiu and the Wild Wolf Sect.

Secondly, less than half of the casual cultivators in Changchun Shanfang City have left, and the store business is getting worse and worse.

Even some outer disciples are unable to provide training.

Therefore, in the past month or two, hundreds of outer disciples have approached Huang Xin, hoping to make a living in the medicine garden.

The outer sect disciples all heard that Lin Chen's medicine garden had good welfare benefits and that Lin Chen, a foundation-building expert, took care of it, so they all thought hard about it.

Some even stuffed Huang Xin with some spiritual stone pills, hoping to use the back door.

Huang Xin had never seen such a formation before. After considering it for ten and a half days in the medicine garden, he still couldn't make up his mind, so he hurriedly came to find Lin Chen.

After hearing what happened to Huang Xin, Lin Chen smiled and said calmly:

“So that’s what happened!”

“This is a good thing, my medicine We don’t have too many people in the garden... How about you take me to see those people first?”

Huang Xin's eyes lit up after hearing this, and his worried mood gradually relaxed.

"Senior brother, I will take you there right now..."

Lin Chen spent an afternoon following Huang Xin to meet the more than a hundred outer disciples.

Most of them are at the second or third level of Qi refining. If they encounter a calamity, they can only give food to them.

But these disciples all have some skills, whether they are ripening elixirs or mining in the mountains.

Lin Chen assigned these disciples one by one to medicine gardens and mines according to their special skills.

As a result, the number of his disciples exceeded 230.

The salary expenses of the two hundred and thirty disciples are no less than a hundred spirit stones every day.

But at the same time, it can also bring huge benefits to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen estimated that the amount of cold iron stone that could be mined every month would be close to 10,000 kilograms.

At the same time, it can provide Lin Chen with nearly a thousand low-level medicinal materials every month.

……

In the evening, after taking care of today’s chores, Lin Chen returned to the shop.

Think about today.

“From Huang Xin’s perspective, these more than one hundred disciples are a burden to me.”

"But the real situation is not like this..."

Lin Chen thought silently in his heart.

This is not difficult to imagine, in this wartime context.

Human life is worthless, and the labor of low-level monks is even less valuable.

But the monthly expenses of three to four thousand spirit stones are real.

Not to mention Lin Chen, even the Changchun Sect couldn't possibly support so many useless low-level disciples.

After the skyrocketing prices in the past few months, the price of cold iron stone gradually fell back, even lower than before.

After all, the sect and the cultivating forces purchased a large amount of cold iron stones before.

As a result, many casual cultivators and small forces hired people to mine cold iron stone.

A large amount of cold iron stone poured into the market...

But the number of weapon refiners is limited. Even if the weapon refiners keep refining day and night, such a large batch of ore will definitely not be used up.

After all, the weapon refiners in the world of immortality are not like Blue Star, who use all instruments to refine magic weapons, and the output is astonishing.

Similarly, the same is true for low-level medicinal materials.

From an economic perspective, the overproduction of these cold iron stones and medicinal materials makes the labor of low-level monks even less valuable.

The business of casual cultivators who originally opened stores in Changchunmen was sluggish, and many even went to Yanlai to seek refuge abroad.

From Huang Xin's perspective, Lin Chen was his benefactor.

It was impossible for him to let so many useless monks work under Lin Chen and earn Lin Chen's money.

After all, in his opinion, Lin Xiaoxuan is far from being able to support so many low-level monks.

But from Lin Chen's perspective, it was not the case.

The more low-level labor and raw materials he wants, the better!

As long as he has the materials, Lin Chen doesn't have to worry about turning them into magical weapons and elixirs.

And the monthly expenses of several thousand spiritual stones are not worth mentioning to him.

"Right now, there are really some embryonic forms of a small force..."

Lin Chen thought silently.

“However, those outer disciples are still hired workers, just like a pile of loose sand... On weekdays, it’s okay to make various medicinal materials and dig mines.”

"But if something happens... I'm afraid the only one I can trust is Huang Xin."

He shook his head slightly.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still flesh.

Besides, the monthly output of tens of thousands of kilograms of cold iron stone is a big deal for Blue Star!

"It seems that if there is a chance in the future, I will have to contract two more mines... With my current status as a foundation-building monk, I can protect these industries."

Lin Chen thought so.

......

Three days later, Guangyuan Town was fifty miles away.

Lin Chen took out two martial arts puppets from a certain ravine.

Then he took out two sets of Taoist robes and bamboo hats for them to wear.

"Long Ba, Feng Jiu... you take the high-grade magic weapon in this nano bag and go to Guangyuan Town to trade..."

Lin Chen gave instructions to the two martial arts puppets.

Daxia's artificial intelligence is extremely mature, and these two puppets will complete orders to the maximum extent.

“Yes, Master!”

After receiving the order, the two puppets ran towards Guangyuan Town at an alarming speed.

About a quarter of an hour later, Long Ba entered the Guangyuan Town Auction House.

Fengjiu, on the other hand, sells high-grade magical instruments in a shop in Fang City.

As for Lin Chen, he was fifty miles away, observing the perspective of two martial arts puppets on the virtual screen in his eyes.

At the back of the auction, President Zheng looked at Long Ba for a long time, and finally stepped forward and said:

“This fellow Taoist, what do you mean by this?”

Long Ba said in a calm voice:

"You are President Zheng, right? I am here to get the spirit stones on behalf of Master Wu Leizi. I will be responsible for all future transactions."
 Long Ba took out the token and verified his identity.

Although Chairman Zheng was a little confused, he still nodded and said:

"Master Wu Leizi is really cautious! But in these troubled times, it is better to be cautious."

After that, President Zheng handed over the nano bag.

After taking it, Long Ba turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute... The high-grade magic weapons in the recent auction have been sold out. I wonder where Master Wuleizi is?"

President Zheng is a little worried. He is afraid that Lin Chen will not agree with him. Traded.

“The goods have been prepared for a long time...”

Long Ba took out dozens of high-grade magic weapons and hundreds of five thunder seeds.

"These goods should be enough for President Zheng to trade for two months...I will come again in two months."

"Very good, very good!" President Zheng had a look in his eyes. He was overjoyed and asked again: "What is your name?"

"Long Ba."

After that, Long Ba turned around and left without any hesitation.

Behind him, President Zheng put away the high-grade magic weapon, with some doubts on his face.

“This fellow Daoist Long Ba’s form is really like the wind...but his cultivation is not obvious. Is it because he has no cultivation, or is his cultivation too advanced for even me to see through?”

President Zheng was confused. In order to ensure a good transaction, he did not use his spiritual consciousness to test.

At the same time, fifty miles away.

Lin Chen saw all this through the virtual screen.

"There are no problems with basic transactions and communication, but the dialogue is still a bit stiff."

"As for the magic weapon that blocks the detection of divine consciousness, it is hard to find... For now, even if the puppet's identity is discovered, it is not a big deal. .”

Lin Chen was still a little dissatisfied with Long Ba’s first independent mission.

He decided to go back and make suggestions for the institute to improve it.

The screen then switches to Feng Jiu’s perspective.

Compared with Long Ba, Feng Jiu's task is much more complicated, and he needs to sell high-grade magic weapons to the shop owner.

I saw Feng Jiu walking into a magic weapon shop. After looking up and down, a look of contempt appeared on her face.

“Are these junk magic weapons the only ones in your store?”

Feng Jiu said disdainfully.

Fortunately, there were not many customers in the store at this time, so the shopkeeper of the magic weapon shop quickly came forward and asked:

"Fellow Taoist, are you here...to find trouble?" Feng Jiu looked him up and down, and after confirming the identity of the shopkeeper, she took out a high-grade magic weapon.

"No, I'm here to show you... what a good magic weapon is!"

The shopkeeper was very angry after hearing this. But she still looked at the magic weapon in her hand.

"Well, this magical weapon, fellow Taoist, is indeed good...but my shop only does a small business, so there is no need to say that, right?"

The shopkeeper's eyes were already a bit evil. He suspected that Feng Jiu was sent by other shops to cause trouble.

Unexpectedly, Feng Jiu said directly:

"This magic weapon, four hundred spirit stones... will be sold to you!"

Such an unexpected reversal made The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment. After carefully looking at the magic weapon, he nodded and said:

"Do you mean what you said, fellow Taoist? Don't regret it!"

"Seriously!"

So, the shopkeeper took four hundred spirit stones and bought Feng Jiu's magic weapon without thinking too much.

After Feng Jiu walked out of the shop, Lin Chen's eyes darkened.

“Is this martial arts puppet so arrogant?”

“If this continues, something will happen sooner or later! It’s a good thing that the shopkeeper was so angry that he didn’t think much about it...otherwise he would cause trouble again. Trouble.”

Thinking of this, Lin Chen stopped letting the two martial arts puppets trade and quickly took them back.

Half an hour later, somewhere in a ravine.

Lin Chen took back all the materials obtained from the transaction, and then put the two martial arts puppets into the purple jade gourd.

“Before possessing the treasure that shields the divine consciousness, this puppet still cannot complete the transaction independently.”

“Otherwise, once a fight begins, the identity of the puppet will be easily revealed...”

Lin Chen thought silently.

In the world of immortality, although puppets are rare, they are not rare.

For example, the Puppet Hall in the Four Gates of Demonic Way is the best at puppetry.

It is famous for two techniques. One is the machine puppet, which is made of various treasures and rare ores.

The second is the human puppet technique, which uses the body of a monk as a puppet. After erasing the soul, it can be controlled by one's own consciousness.

"There aren't any big problems at the Guangyuan Auction...but it would be better for me to complete the transaction with the casual cultivator myself."

Lin Chen thought this way.

After the transaction, Lin Chen returned to Changchun Shanfang City.

This trip was just to experiment with the role of martial arts puppets, but at present, it seems that it is not mature enough.

The next morning, after Lin Chen got up, a customer was welcomed into the store.

"Hey, Junior Brother Li, why are you here?"

Lin Chen looked at Li Zhenqian sneaking around the door and said in amusement.

Li Zhenqian was looking outside the shop. When he saw Lin Chen, he was happy at first, and then said seriously:

"Senior Brother Lin, I have successfully established the foundation!"

"By the way...I am also a perfect foundation builder!"

Li Zhenqian tried his best to appear calm and calm as he spoke.

But the smug little look in his eyes and the deliberately aggravated tone made him even more funny.

Lin Chen chuckled in his heart.

"You kid...could I not know that you are a perfect Foundation Establishment Pill? I sold the Foundation Establishment Pill to you!"

Although Lin Chen's heart was open, he did not Speak up.

Instead, he rarely cooperated with Li Zhenqian's performance, showing a look of surprise.

“Junior Brother Li, is actually a perfect foundation builder?!”

“Congratulations!”

After hearing Lin Chen’s praise, Li Zhenqian finally showed his satisfaction smile.

He just built the foundation yesterday, and today he has traveled thousands of miles all the way back to Changchun Gate.

For what?

The reason is to show off in front of Lin Chen!

Now that his goal was achieved, he felt happy in his heart.

Then he took out an invitation, handed it to Lin Chen, and said:

"Tomorrow will be my foundation building celebration! Today I specially invite Brother Lin. I want to be in Changchunfang City There will be a banquet, and many sect geniuses will come to attend! ”

"Uh, does foundation building also require Daqing?"

Lin Chen couldn't help but ask.

In the past six months, the Changchun sect has had more than a dozen disciples build foundations.

Most disciples build foundations and only invite a few friends to have fusion in private.

But when it comes to Li Zhenqian’s mouth, how can he become Daqing?

I'm afraid it's nothing better than forming a pill, right?

Li Zhenqian's face turned red when he heard this, and he felt that he was a bit high-profile.

But his words have been released, how to take them back?

Sui said forcefully:

"You just come! Those who can participate in my foundation building celebration tomorrow are all the elites of the sect..."

With that said, Li Zhenqian thrust the invitation into Lin Chen's hand.

Seeing Li Zhenqian's fleeing back, Lin Chen couldn't help but hold his forehead and smile bitterly.

"This kid..."

The next afternoon, Lin Chen went to attend Li Zhenqian's foundation building party on time.

“Junior Brother Lin!”

As soon as he arrived at the restaurant, Lin Chen heard someone calling his name.

Looking closer, Lin Chen greeted: "Senior Brother Li, I heard that you also successfully built the foundation some time ago... Junior Brother is busy with important matters and did not go to see me. Please don't blame me, Senior Brother!"
 After hearing this, Li Fengping shook his head repeatedly and said with a smile: 
"Hahaha, it's just a foundation building...it's not important, what's the point of meeting me?"

After saying this, Li Fengping felt something was wrong again, and twitched Li Zhenqian beside him, and added Road:

"Of course, perfect foundation building like Junior Brother Lin and Junior Brother Li... are a little different."

After hearing this, Li Zhenqian's face looked much better.

Lin Chen looked around and said with some confusion:

"Junior brother Li, didn't you say that the foundation was built for the Daqing? How come there are only about ten monks here...I heard , you have reserved all the private rooms in the restaurant today."

After hearing this, Li Zhenqian's face turned dark again.

The only foundation-building monks attending the gathering this time were Li Fengping and Lin Chen.

Others, there are seven or eight fellow sects who have perfected their Qi refining...

But come to think of it, there is a war at this time, and most of the foundation-building disciples have gone out to make contributions to the sect.

How could so many people come to attend a mere foundation-building celebration?

Li Zhenqian obviously felt shameless, but he still said stubbornly:

"Haha, maybe...it's still early, and no one is here yet!"

So, we waited for another hour.

But he didn't see many people coming. Li Zhenqian couldn't hold himself any longer. He just felt that he had lost his face and wanted to cry without tears.

Seeing this, Lin Chen took out a high-grade magical weapon and said:

“This flying sword was obtained from the auction in Guangyuan Town... I will give it to Junior Brother Li!”

Li Zhenqian was flattered and took the high-grade flying sword with a look of disbelief on his face.

"My dear, this magic weapon needs at least four hundred spirit stones, right? Junior Brother Lin is so awesome!" Li Fengping on the side exclaimed.

Lin Chen smiled and said nothing.

Li Zhenqian felt quite respectable for a while, and couldn't help but think:

"Well, actually, this Lin Chen isn't that bad after all!"

As a result, this oolong foundation-building celebration was carried out smoothly.

The content is nothing more than a group of inner disciples bragging and talking about the recent situation in Yanlai territory.

In fact, this can be regarded as a kind of intelligence sharing, but unfortunately, most of the information has been known to Lin Chen for a long time.

So Lin Chen kept working, occasionally raising his head to compliment each other with a few fellow Taoists.

It wasn’t until halfway through the party that a figure suddenly walked into the box.

It's Jiang Liqian!

Li Fengping was stunned when he saw this, and whispered: "Cousin, you also invited Junior Sister Jiang?"

Li Zhenqian nodded subconsciously.

He did send an invitation to Jiang Liqian, but he didn't expect that she would actually come.

After seeing Jiang Liqian sit down directly, Li Zhenqian suddenly became arrogant and felt quite proud.

Jiang Liqian, this is the true number one genius girl of Changchun Sect!

Not even Lin Chen can compare...

Thinking of this, Li Zhenqian glanced at Lin Chen proudly, stood up and toasted to Jiang Liqian.

"Senior Sister Jiang... why didn't you tell me earlier that you were coming?"

"Waiter, come and serve a table!"

Jiang Li smiled lightly, poured herself a glass of wine, took a sip and said:

"Congratulations to Junior Brother Li for establishing the foundation... But today I am here to find Senior Brother Lin Chen!"
 After saying that, Jiang Liqian gave Lin Chen a look.

Lin Chen felt the blazing gazes from around him and said helplessly:

"Ahem, excuse me..."

Behind him, Li Zhenqian suddenly felt very humiliated.

......

Lin Chen followed Jiang Liqian to an unmanned box and said with some confusion:

"Junior Sister Jiang, what is it that can no longer be transmitted to Yuli?" "Say?"

Jiang Liqian shook her head and said:

"It's a big deal! And I also stopped by to see if you have slacked off in your practice during this period..."

After hearing this, Lin Chen became even more confused.

Jiang Liqian said solemnly:

“According to reliable information, that ancient ruins will be opened in advance. Most likely within a year and a half!”

"So, you must prepare as soon as possible..."

(I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, a happy family, and reunion~)

(End of this chapter)