Chapter 23 Picking up leaks from street stalls
The next day, when Lin Changqing finished practicing, his family members had gathered in the family square. Today, they were led by the patriarch Lin Qinglong and his grandfather Lin Fandao.
Another Foundation Establishment Stage Elder, Sixth Elder Lin Fanxuan is responsible for taking charge of Zushan.
There are quite a lot of people going there today. When Lin Changqing arrived, there were already more than 40 people. He hurried to join his mother and aunt, while his father stayed to take care of his sister.
It’s almost time to see people. Grandpa discussed it with the clan leader, and finally the clan leader sacrificed the second-level high-grade spiritual weapon Feng Xingzhou. Take everyone together to Pingyang Fufang City.
This Fengxingzhou is an important strategic weapon of the family. Every time the Qingyun Sect recruits troops, the vehicle is this Fengxingzhou. It can accommodate sixty monks, and it can barely accommodate seventy or eighty people.
The second-order high-grade spirit boat is very fast. It arrived at the gate of Fangshi in more than an hour. Because no one is allowed to fly in Fangshi, it landed at the gate of Fangshi. When the time comes to go back, we will also gather at the entrance of Fangshi.
A long queue has formed at the gate of Fangshi. They are all monks who want to participate in this event. Of course, there are also many people who come here to set up stalls and sell things because of the popularity of this event.
The thirteen foundation-building families of Pingyang Mansion will definitely come, and the team has already seen monks from several families.
Follow my mother and aunt and wait in line honestly. After waiting for a while, Lin Changqing and the others finally arrived. Because it was Lin Changqing's first time coming to Fangshi, he handed over two spiritual stones and got a jade identity card.
You don’t have to do it when you come back in the future. Mother and others already have jade cards.
Enter Fangshi smoothly. It was very lively, with people coming and going, but there was no crowding.
After all, monks are different from mortals. Monks who are unfamiliar with each other consciously keep a safe distance.
The auction will not start until more than two hours, and my mother and aunt are going to visit the street stalls. Lin Changqing could only follow because he was young.
There are all kinds of people in the street stall square, and they are all dressed in different styles. Most of them are wearing bamboo hats or even spiritual robes, making it difficult to see their faces clearly.
In the world of cultivating immortals, casually using your spiritual consciousness to look at other monks is a very impolite behavior and can also be regarded as a provocation. So few people do it.
My mother and aunt strolled slowly, taking a look at every stall.
Especially for stalls with elixirs, most casual cultivators will choose to set up stalls here if they find good elixirs at inappropriate prices in shops, or are afraid of being underpriced.
It is relatively rare to see magic weapons and talismans. There are still relatively few casual practitioners who can refine weapons and draw talismans. After all, even if there is an inheritance, there must be resources to support it.
Occasionally, there are people selling elixirs on street stalls, but they are all low-grade first-grade pills. Occasionally, there are sporadic first-grade mid-grade pills. The only advantage of these pills may be that they are cheaper.
Anyway, Lin Changqing doesn't like it and wants to buy it from the family general affairs hall. The quality is guaranteed and you can rest assured.
After visiting dozens of street stalls, my aunt finally spotted a first-order spiritual plant called purple bamboo at a street stall. The main material of Lin Changqing's purple bamboo sword is purple bamboo.
This is a one-foot-tall seedling. The stall asked for 20 spiritual stones, and the aunt counter-offered 10 spiritual stones. The two of them went back and forth for a while. The last 15 spirit stones were sold.
My aunt's mood became even higher after she had gained something, and she pulled Lin Changqing and her son along to sweep the place with great interest.
After shopping for a while, Lin Changqing was in front of a stall. He could not believe it. He actually saw a halo on the stall, and the thing that emitted light was not a magic medicine or a spiritual plant.
This is a bit confusing, but anyway, let’s buy it first! I pulled my aunt over and signaled to wait a moment.
There were a lot of messy things on this stall, a few elixirs, and a few medium and low-grade magic weapons, but Lin Changqing didn't take a fancy to them.
His target was a piece of insect eggs placed next to it that emitted a purple halo. By visual inspection, there were probably more than a hundred of them.
Actually, Lin Changqing didn't recognize these eggs, but the problem was that there was a purple halo on these eggs.
Lin Changqing knew that no matter what, he had to win.
Boss, what are these insect eggs? How to sell?
The stall owner is a middle-aged monk with a sinister face. Hearing someone ask about the rank, he looked up at the three people and said: "These are the eggs of the first-order high-grade spiritual insect Purple Cloud Scorpion. There are about 120 here. "About 360 spirit stones."
After hearing this, Lin Changqing looked at his mother, who knew that she wanted to come forward.
I directly bid 150 spirit stones, but of course the boss would not agree.
After fighting with swords, guns and sticks, the two sides finally settled the deal for 260 spirit stones.
Rejecting the kindness of his mother and aunt to help him with the spiritual stones, Lin Changqing paid for the spiritual stones himself. Then use a jade box to pack the spirit insect eggs and put them back into the storage bag.
Both mother and aunt wondered why Lin Changqing bought these eggs, but it was not the right time to ask now.
After shopping for so long, the three of them only visited a third of the way. Lin Changqing suggested that they go shopping separately. My mother's aunt thought about it and agreed. He also told Lin Changqing that if he couldn't find them later, he should meet at the entrance of Wanbao Pavilion.
Finally free to move around, Lin Changqing used a relatively fast speed to sweep all the way, mainly to see if there would be any halos.
And I paid special attention to other insect eggs to see if other insect eggs would also have auras.
I walked around and took a look, but the halo didn't appear again, and I quickly ran out of street stalls. On the edge of the street stall square, there are some street stalls that cover a relatively large area. Such large stalls require more rent.
Now this stall is full of people, the atmosphere is lively, and you can hear people praising you from time to time, but this is a loss. Oops, this one has gone up so much, I’ve made a lot of money.
Lin Changqing was baffled by what he heard. He walked over and saw that many people were studying the stones around them, and people nearby were slowly polishing the stones with magic tools.
Isn’t this the gambling stone on earth? Unexpectedly, stone gambling is also popular in the world of immortality!
Lin Changqing was also very curious, so he went over to take a look. Unexpectedly, he discovered something else after taking a look.
On a piece of rough stone, I actually saw a golden halo. This was the first time Lin Changqing saw a golden halo.
Hurry over and learn the rules.
It turns out that these rough stones were dug out from the spiritual mine. Because the shell of the original stone is hard and fine, it is difficult to detect the inside of the natural original stone. There is a saying that describes it very vividly, that is, it is difficult for gods to break an inch of jade!
So natural rough stones are highly gambleable, so the stone gambling industry was born.
The calculation of spiritual stones here is based on the size of the original stone. Generally, the size of a fist will cost about ten spiritual stones, and the size of a head will cost dozens or hundreds of spiritual stones.
A rough stone as big as a millstone will cost one. Two thousand spiritual stones. There are even larger ones that cost tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.
After Lin Changqing understood the rules, he went in to select rough stones.
I dare not go directly to the rough stone that emits a golden halo. I pretended to study the rough stone nearby, and only after looking at it for a dozen times did I dare to pick up the rough stone. This one is probably a little bigger than your head. It's heavy, probably weighing more than ten kilograms.
Afraid of missing anything, I scanned the whole place again, and after confirming that there were no other rough stones with a halo, I took two smaller recharges. Don't wait until the good stuff comes out too suddenly.
I went to the stall owner to check out. I received a total of 320 spiritual stones from Lin Changqing for the three rough stones. The stall owner also asked if I would like to help mine the rough stones on the spot, free of charge.
And the professional stone-solving master has rich experience. It can ensure the integrity of the spiritual things inside to the greatest extent.
Lin Changqing understands that this is the stall owner's routine. Isn't he just digging rough stones on the spot to attract other monks?
After thinking about it for a while, I decided to open two small rough stones first! The stall owner immediately summoned a middle-aged monk. Said: "This is Master Hu. He has more than 30 years of experience in cracking stones. I promise to solve it for you completely."
Lin Changqing glanced at Master Hu, nodded, and took out the two small rough stones. Give it to Master Hu and thank him.
After all, people are helping out for free and must be treated politely.
Master Hu didn't speak, just nodded, took out the special magic weapon for stone dissolution, and began to polish one place layer by layer. After polishing for a while, a little red gradually emerged.
The people around him started to sigh. Master Hu continued to slowly rub around this red spot, and soon it was all untied.
“A low-grade fire spirit stone is probably equivalent to thirty or forty spirit stones!” Master Hu said.
Lin Changqing nodded and said nothing. People around him sighed about his bad luck.
There is another piece that Master Hu also started to solve. In the same way, choose a place and grind it out layer by layer, and slowly a little cyan crystal will leak out.
The experienced monks around him had already begun to boo, it was a middle-grade wood spirit stone, and more people gathered around.
Soon all the rough stones were unlocked.
"Mid-grade wood spirit stone, this is probably equivalent to about thirty-five middle-grade spirit stones. That is about 3,500 spirit stones." Master Hu said.
After hearing this, the people around me started to boil.
Lin Changqing was overjoyed and quickly thanked Master Hu and presented 10 spiritual stones to express his gratitude.
The rough stone stall owners also immediately seized the opportunity and vigorously boasted about their rough stones and often sold good products. Fooled a bunch of monks and rushed in to select rough stones.
Lin Changqing put away the unopened rough stone and the two opened ones. Lin Changqing, who had already made some guesses, did not dare to continue driving now.
I told the stall owner that I should slowly open the remaining one by myself, and offered to buy a magic weapon for opening rough stones from the stall owner.
In fact, this thing is just a file, but the material is made of first-order spiritual materials. The stall owner saw that Lin Changqing was helping to attract business, so he sold Lin Changqing a handful at the cost of 15 spiritual stones.
The stall owner also expressed his original intention to pay 3800 spirit stones to receive the medium-grade wood spirit stone raw ore from the spirit block in Lin Changqing's hand. However, he was rejected by Lin Changqing. And said that there are elders in the family who need it. I'm not considering changing it yet.
Lin Changqing thanked and left. The stall owner was still shouting from behind, asking Lin Changqing to go to his shop in Fangshi when he had time to see if there were other good rough stones.
Lin Changqing said he would definitely go if he had the chance.
I saw that it was almost time and the street stalls were almost finished shopping.
Lin Changqing looked around and found his mother and aunt, so he walked towards Wanbao Pavilion. Get ready to meet up with your family.
(End of this chapter)