Cultivation Begins with Daily Intelligence Reports

10: There is information about the three elders.Lin Jingyu felt his heart bleed as he listened. So expensive!

After thinking for a moment, he said, ”Six stalks of Ningxiang grass, one tael of Jade Marrow Powder.”

These two were merely auxiliary Materials, enough to last a long time.

After paying four Spirit Stones, his wallet shrank to thirty-two Spirit Stones again.

Lin Jingyu carefully packed away the purchased Materials and put them into the basket on his back.

The Spirit Stones were kept close to his body inside his robe.

He left the Hundred Herbs Hall and walked outside.

Many other things he needed didn’t necessarily have to be bought in the marketplace.

For tools like pestles and mortars, he could just go home and grind one out by hand.

The same went for sweet potatoes, the main ingredient for the sweet potato pill; many people in the Lin family grew them, so there was no need to spend Spirit Stones to buy them.

Also, in the shantytown outside the marketplace where many Loose Cultivators gathered, one could buy such mundane fruits and vegetables.

Just as Lin Jingyu had bought most of the other raw Materials he needed and intended to leave.

He encountered an unexpected person.

It was the Third Elder, Lin Chengyuan!

At this moment, he had just entered from the marketplace entrance, followed by some familiar-looking Cultivators.

They were likely all people from the Lin family.

Perhaps feeling Lin Jingyu’s gaze, the Third Elder looked over with a hint of confusion, scrutinized him for a few moments, and then withdrew his gaze.

Lin Jingyu almost exclaimed out loud, but he immediately realized that he had applied several layers of disguise.

Let alone the Third Elder, even if his younger sister Lin Jingxia were standing in front of him, it would be impossible for her to recognize him.

Lin Jingyu composed himself and brushed past the Third Elder and his group.

At this moment, ripples like water suddenly appeared before his eyes without warning, and that familiar transparent light screen emerged once again!

[Intelligence refreshed.]

[...Lin Chengyuan dismissed the Lin family members following him and met with the people from Black Wind Stockade at the Drunken Spring Pavilion.

He learned that Lin Jingyu had killed a Qi Refining Second Layer Yao Beast of the same rank one-on-one and had escaped unscathed.

Feeling anxious, he wanted the Black Wind Stockade people to act in advance to avoid any unexpected complications.

He was worried that if the brat Lin Jingyu discovered the secret in his basement, and it was leaked out, it would be disastrous.

The two from Black Wind Stockade agreed; acting early was fine, but they proposed a condition.

They wanted Lin Chengyuan, disregarding Black Wind Stockade’s already notorious reputation, to first disguise himself as a Bandit Cultivator with them and rob a ”Fat Sheep” they had been eyeing.

Lin Chengyuan thought about it and agreed; after all, this wasn’t the first or second time they had done such things. They agreed to meet at a small hill five miles east of the marketplace at 5:45 PM, and then they left one after another...]

This old thing was actually a Bandit Cultivator in secret!

No wonder he could have connections with an evil group like Black Wind Stockade!

If only that so-called ”Fat Sheep” could go berserk and kill them all.

Unfortunately, that was basically impossible.

Since they referred to the target as a ”Fat Sheep,” they must have already figured out their background thoroughly, so the chance of a comeback was very small.

Since they specifically called for the Third Elder.

That could only mean the ”Fat Sheep” was a bit tricky.

It would be difficult for the few from Black Wind Stockade to take them down.

That was why they had to share the spoils.

They must not be allowed to succeed!

Lin Jingyu secretly hardened his resolve.

The enemy of an enemy is a friend.

Although he didn’t know who this ”Fat Sheep” was, they were now his beloved friend and relative, his brother.

If something happened, he had to help out!

The thirty-plus Spirit Stones left in his hand were also his source of confidence.

For a low-level Cultivator, this was a large sum of money and could accomplish many things.

He could even buy two First Grade Medium Grade talisman papers that could block attacks from the fourth or fifth layer of Qi Refining.

However, a few talisman papers wouldn’t be very useful at a time like this.

With his Qi Refining Second Layer cultivation, he would be dead once he used them up.

He needed to find another way.

Taking a deep breath, he told himself there was no need to rush; there were still more than three hours until 5:45 PM, so there was plenty of time.

Lin Jingyu turned back and returned to the marketplace, looking at the items from the vendors on both sides while constantly thinking in his mind.

”Hey, Fellow Daoist, is this Red Charcoal Powder?”

When he saw half a bag of red powder at a small stall, he couldn’t help but step forward and ask.

It looked exactly the same as what he saw at the Hundred Herbs Hall earlier, but the price was only fifty fragments of Spirit Stones per jin, a twenty-fold difference.

”Hehe, Fellow Daoist, Red Charcoal Powder is so expensive. My red charcoal powder can also increase flame temperature; just sprinkle a big handful, and it’ll work.”

The stall owner was a dark-skinned old man, short in stature, with a face full of deep wrinkles, and he explained it to him.

Lin Jingyu then understood that Red Charcoal Powder was made by burning the branches of the First Grade High Grade spirit wood, Red Cedar, which was very expensive.

Poor Alchemists couldn’t afford it, so they found a substitute—First Grade Low Grade spirit wood, Red Cedar—to replace it. Although the effect was only one-fifth, the price was twenty times cheaper.

The main selling point was that you got a lot for your money.

Lin Jingyu’s pupils constricted at this moment, and an outrageous idea rose in his mind, one that he could no longer suppress.

He licked his lips and asked:

”Fellow Daoist, do we have mirabilite here?”

”What is mirabilite?”

The old stall owner asked.

Mirabilite was, after all, a term from Blue Star; it was normal for people here not to know it.

Lin Jingyu thought for a moment and explained:

”It’s a substance that, when put into water, can make the water rapidly cool down and freeze. I wonder if you’ve heard of it?”

”Oh, oh, you’re talking about Sinking Water Stone. This thing is very common; one jin of First Grade Low Grade Sinking Water Stone only sells for one Spirit Stone. How much does Fellow Daoist need? I’ll get someone to fetch it.”

...

More than an hour later, a visibly excited Lin Jingyu walked out of the shantytown.

This time, his eyes had been truly opened.

The old stall owner was named Gong Changshou; although he was only at the Qi Refining Third Layer, he had lived in the shantytown for fifty or sixty years and knew everyone around.

Although the shantytown was a gathering place for poor Loose Cultivators, there were countless capable people among them!

As long as he had Spirit Stones, all of Lin Jingyu’s strange ideas could be satisfied.

He spent about twenty Spirit Stones in this go, returning fully loaded.

The old man Gong Changshou was also grinning from ear to ear; since he was the one who helped find the people or items, he took a significant cut.

He kept pulling Lin Jingyu towards the Pink Lantern Alley, wanting to treat him to a good time and get him some comfort.

He finally managed to get away.

Lin Jingyu searched for the direction, walked about five miles to the east, and after carefully looking around, he indeed found a small hill.

This should be the meeting place for Black Wind Stockade and the Third Elder and his group.

He hid in the dense forest on both sides, found a relatively flat and dry spot, and dumped the contents of his basket out.

”A smile and return three charcoals, add some white sugar for a Big Ivan; hehe, if ordinary raw Materials have such great power, these are all spirit Materials.

So what if you’re at the fifth layer of the Qi Refinement Stage!

When the time comes, watch me make you fly.

Jie-jie-jie-jie!”

Lin Jingyu’s face wore a somewhat sinister smile.

Since he couldn’t beat them by relying on cultivation, he couldn’t be blamed for using evil Cultivator methods.