plumnovel Chapter 51 Settling in Yangquan, Signing the Contract
Chapter 51 Settling in Yangquan, Signing the Contract
The clouds drift lazily, and a gentle breeze blows.
The sun was high in the sky.
When Qin Shanmian saw Lin Li, a spirit fox in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he quickly composed himself.
This spirit fox in the early stage of Foundation Establishment has pure spiritual energy around it and no fierce aura. It is clear that it is on the right path, and its vigilance is also much weaker.
"My name is Liu Ya, and I come from Yunzhou."
"I've heard that the Baiquan Lake settlement welcomes cultivators who migrate here, so I'd like to find a place to cultivate within the Baiquan Lake area."
Lin Lifei flew to the top of the ancient ship and bowed to Qin Shanmian, who had come over.
"I see. Fellow Daoist Liu, you can go to Sanyang Spring with your juniors to stay first. After Fellow Daoist Gu and I discuss it, we will make other arrangements."
Qin Shanmian looked at the several huge floating ships behind Lin Li and swept his divine sense over them. He found that most of them were demon cultivators, and none of them showed any fierce aura.
There were even a few human youths in the Qi Refining stage among them, which shows that this Foundation Establishment fox demon is not prejudiced against human cultivators.
"good!"
"Then I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Qin."
Lin Li bowed and thanked him.
This means I finally have a place to stay, and I don't have to keep wandering anymore.
During the past few days on the road, Lin Li has encountered numerous attacks from Qi-refining demons, including several insect demons at the peak of Qi refining. Several spirit monkeys and spirit foxes on the ship have also been killed or injured.
After traveling for several days, Lin Li was already feeling a bit tired.
Now that we've arrived at Baiquan Lake, we've reached our destination.
Then Qin Shanmian, Gu Jing, and the two Foundation Establishment cultivators led Lin Li and his fleet towards an oasis in the desert. The oasis was extremely large.
It has nearly a hundred miles of dense forest, in which many high-rise wooden buildings have been built.
This is a first-grade superior spiritual vein, originally a place for raising spirit fish in Hundred Springs Lake. Qin Shanmian only arranged for a few members of the Qin clan to be here.
If they could exchange this sacred land for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to join their Hundred Springs Lake, it would be a very worthwhile deal.
In the center of this place, in a clear lake, one can even see many schools of spirit fish swimming among them.
Several ancient ships landed on a clearing in the dense forest.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, are you satisfied?"
"If there is anything else you need, please let us know, and Fellow Daoist Gu and I may be able to help."
Qin Shanmian clasped his hands in greeting to Lin Li, who flew up in front of him.
"I am already very satisfied with this spiritual land and that hundred-acre spiritual lake."
"I, Liu, would like to express my gratitude to the two fellow Daoists for their help."
Lin Li clasped his hands in thanks.
"You're welcome."
"I'm satisfied."
"Fellow Daoist Liu, please rest for a while. After some time, Fellow Daoist Gu and I will come to bother you again."
Qin Shanmian knew that they must be exhausted from their long journey to this place. After speaking, he took Gu Jinghe and the dozen or so Qin family members who were originally stationed here with him.
...
Baiquanhu Market.
Yuxianlou.
"Fellow Daoist Qin, I observe that Fellow Daoist Liu is not a spiritual cultivator from Shazhou. He must have come from Yunzhou in the north seeking refuge."
"If we were to bring Fellow Daoist Liu to our Baiquan Lake Market, with three Foundation Establishment cultivators in our market, it would greatly enhance the prestige of this place."
Gu Jinghe, dressed in a blue robe, stroked his goatee and spoke.
Having another Foundation Establishment cultivator in this Hundred Springs Lake Market is certainly a good thing, as it can also alleviate some of the pressure on him.
In recent years, the number of treacherous cultivators and ferocious demons around the market has been increasing.
Even within the ruins of Penglai Mountain, demon cultivators would occasionally emerge and harm people.
Against this backdrop, the arrival of a fellow cultivator who has reached the Foundation Establishment stage is naturally a good thing.
"But this means that our foundation-building offerings will likely be reduced."
"There are only a few Qi-refining families in our settlement. Although the production of spirit fish is stable, it is still limited."
"It's already barely enough to support the cultivation of the two of us at the Foundation Establishment stage."
"Fellow Daoist Gu, let me state my position first. As the Supreme Elder of the Qin Clan, I am originally from the Qi Refining Family of Baiquan Lake. I can reduce my monthly offerings by half."
"How about you lower it by 10%, Fellow Daoist Gu?"
Qin Shanmian hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"no problem."
"With Fellow Daoist Liu joining us, he can help me deal with some Tribulation Cultivators and Demon Puppets, which is naturally a good thing."
"I'll have more time to cultivate now."
"Let's draft a spiritual pact now."
"As long as Fellow Daoist Liu and we sign this thirty-year spiritual contract, our market will have one more Foundation Establishment cultivator to oversee it."
"Business in the market will surely flourish even more."
Gu Jinghe didn't mind at all.
Reducing the offerings by 10% is still within his acceptable range.
With an additional Foundation Establishment stage helper, he won't have to face the demonic puppets that emerge from the Penglai Mountain ruins alone anymore.
The demon puppet that emerged from Mount Penglai last time unleashed a full-force attack that possessed the combat power of an early Foundation Establishment cultivator, requiring Gu Jinghe to struggle for quite some time before finally subduing it.
If two more demonic puppets like that were to emerge from the ruins next time, it would be far too troublesome for Gu Jinghe.
If the fluctuations of spiritual energy in the Penglai Mountain ruins become more frequent, he even considers leaving Baiquan Lake Market.
You can still make offerings for the foundation building in other places, and it's not as troublesome as it was in Hundred Springs Lake.
"Thank you for your understanding, Fellow Daoist!"
Qin Shanmian clasped his hands in thanks, his tone full of gratitude.
...
More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
Sanyangquan Oasis.
In the dense forest, multi-story buildings rose from the ground, and the figures of the monkeys and foxes began to bustle about, just as they had on Green Ape Mountain.
At the edge of the forest, many spirit trees were cut down and cultivated into spirit fields.
In the Spirit Spring Lake, nearly a dozen spirit turtles of varying sizes gathered in one corner of the lake, lazily huddled together.
Every now and then, curious spirit fish would swim by and take a look.
At this moment, Lin Li, who was meditating by the Spirit Lake, seemed to sense something. He raised his hand and took out a stone table, two jugs of spirit wine, and a lot of spirit fruits from his storage bag.
In the blink of an eye, two streaks of light, one red and one green, flew from outside the oasis of Sanyangquan and landed directly in front of Lin Li.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Liu."
"I didn't expect that in just over a month, you would have managed the Three Yang Spring so well."
"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Liu is finding it comfortable living in this Shazhou?"
Qin Shanmian asked with a smile on his face.
"It's all thanks to the two fellow Daoists."
"I'm used to it now."
"With this spiritual spring, pure spiritual energy gushes out every day, which is not much different from that in the mountains of Yunzhou."
Lin Li responded without any attempt to conceal his origins, thus revealing where he came from.