I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 244: Merger of Sects!

After returning to the Lin Family Mountain, Lin Qing had several exchanges with Old Ancestor Qin, who only mentioned that he had been cultivating all this time.

And this cultivation lasted for a full three years. According to Lin Qing's most recent communication with Old Ancestor Qin, the poison had damaged his foundation, which would have a significant impact on his future cultivation. All Lin Qing could do was offer a few words of comfort.

During these three years, Lin Qing did have one happy event.

After receiving the plea for help from Old Ancestor Qin and killing the snake demon, Lin Qing not only took off the scales of the snake demon and stored them in the family treasury, but also gave the rest of its flesh and blood to the Purple Gold Toad. With the addition of this flesh and blood, the Purple Gold Toad successfully advanced to the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion a month ago, further strengthening the Lin Family's power.

The Purple Gold Toad in the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion had a body that became even more golden in color and was even more intelligent.

As for the two-headed bear, Lin Qing was helpless. It had already reached the perfect stage of Foundation Building, which was considered good strength. However, it couldn't enter the Purple Mansion, and Lin Qing couldn't help but feel dissatisfied. Moreover, it had become even more gluttonous now and couldn't be let out. Once released, it would pester Lin Qing for honey to eat. Lin Qing had tried to discipline it several times, but it had no effect. Its thick skin and tough flesh made it impervious to pain.

In Lin Qing's mind, if it didn't advance within ten or twenty years, it would be left to guard the Lin Family Mountain. He wouldn't carry it around with him anymore.

Three years had passed, and the Lin Family Mountain had become even more prosperous. Thanks to the cultivators from other countries, the cultivation world of the Zhao Kingdom was now almost twice as prosperous as before due to the beast tide. Various items were in high demand and prices had skyrocketed.

When Lin Qing opened his shop back then, he once inquired curiously about the formations he had sold. Now, not only were they still being sold, but their prices had increased by fifty percent compared to when he sold them. Lin Qing could only sigh and say, "What huge profits!"

The situation on the Lin Family Mountain was not unique. In the Zhao Kingdom, although the area controlled by cultivators was only half of what it used to be, the marketplaces were even more prosperous. The daily flow of spirit stones was much higher than before.

Speaking of the marketplaces in the Zhao Kingdom now, there was one marketplace that had to be mentioned, and it was one that Lin Qing was extremely familiar with: Xuan Yu Marketplace.

Originally, Xuan Yu Marketplace was under the management of the Wuji Sect, but now the Wuji Sect was like an outdated calendar in the hearts of cultivators and was no longer mentioned. Later, it was taken over by the Baibao Tower, but the management was not very good. They even wanted to sell it to the Lin Family when they were about to leave, but the Lin Family did not agree.

After the Baibao Tower completely left the Zhao Kingdom, they didn't care about this marketplace anymore. However, what they didn't expect was that this marketplace came alive after they completely abandoned it.

First, the group of scattered cultivators who were reluctant to leave the spiritual veins in the marketplace stayed in Xuan Yu Marketplace after the Baibao Tower left. Although they lost protection, it was still a kind of freedom. This kind of freedom attracted many scattered cultivators, and even after the beast tide arrived, the number of cultivators in the marketplace did not decrease but increased.

Lin Qing had heard that since no one was managing the marketplace anymore, they dared to sell anything. What's more, it attracted many cultivators to come and make purchases.

Now, several Foundation Building cultivators had even formed a management group called Xuan Yu Marketplace Management. Lin Qing didn't know the specific name, but in any case, the marketplace where he had stayed in the past had not declined due to the beast tide, but instead continued to recover.

This kind of recovery was something that neither the Wuji Sect nor the Baibao Tower had achieved, which couldn't help but make people sigh.

Their relationship with the Lin Family Mountain was also quite good.

Mainly because one of the Foundation Building cultivators with the surname Xia had a good relationship with Lin Qing's descendant, Lin Xutai. They were considered good friends, Fellow Daoists.

On this day, Lin Qing had nothing to do. Lin Xutai saw him and said something he had already thought about.

"Dad, no one is managing Xuan Yu Fang now, and it's developing well. I talked to Fellow Daoist Xia before, and he told me that they are willing to let our Lin family take over. Dad, why don't we take over Xuan Yu Fang? It would be a good thing for us in the future."

Hearing this, Lin Qing thought to himself that Elder Meng from the Baobao Tower had already told him about this. They had wanted to sell it to the Lin family along with other spiritual veins, but Lin Qing didn't agree at the time due to concerns about the beast tide. Now, he thought it would have been a good idea to agree. However, no one can make the right decision every time, and Lin Qing had no regrets. But now, if he wanted to buy Xuan Yu Fang, even though the Baobao Tower had withdrawn from Zhao Country, it still technically belonged to them. Lin Qing thought that the price might not be the same as before.

As for forcibly taking it over, it was not impossible, but considering the current situation, Lin Qing felt it was not urgent. Zhao Country was still focused on fighting the beast tide, and if his Lin family were to expand their influence and take advantage of the situation to annex others, it would probably make other factions unhappy. If the Baobao Tower caused any trouble again, it could lead to a bigger loss.

"Xutai, I know about this, but it's not the right time," Lin Qing said.

Lin Xutai could only nod, but in his heart, he thought that with their current strength, the Lin family could even take over Chi Yang Immortal City, let alone Xuan Yu Fang.

Regarding what Lin Xutai said, Lin Qing also thought about it several times afterwards, but each time he felt that there were still many concerns in Zhao Country at the moment, so he temporarily put it aside.

What surprised Lin Qing was that two years later, something astonishing happened in Zhao Country. Qing Feng Sect was going to merge with Xian Xia Sect.

To be precise, Qing Feng Sect was merging into Xian Xia Sect, and in the future, Zhao Country would only have Xian Xia Sect as a sect. Sect Master Qin would become the deputy sect master of Xian Xia Sect.

Thinking of Sect Master Qin's face, as well as Elder Hu, the high sect master of Xian Xia Sect, Lin Qing couldn't help but feel that something was very strange about this.

Five years ago, Sect Master Qin had asked him for help in investigating the demonic beasts. How could it be that after five years, they were directly merging into Xian Xia Sect and abandoning their own sect?

If it was due to injuries, it shouldn't be to this extent.

Lin Qing was puzzled. After receiving an invitation from Sect Master Qin to participate in the merger ceremony of the two sects, Lin Qing personally went there.

But apart from seeing the disciples of the two sects in high spirits and several Purple Mansion cultivators with smiles on their faces, Lin Qing couldn't find anything wrong. Instead, everywhere showed the benefits of the merger, and it seemed that everyone agreed, from top to bottom.

Lin Qing thought to himself that the low-level disciples might be happy with the merger, after all, in their eyes, the stronger the force they were attached to, the better, regardless of other factors. But how could Sect Master Qin be like this? He was the Sect Master of Qing Feng Sect and also held the lineage of Qing Feng Sect. Was this really his intention?

With the intention of finding out, Lin Qing had a conversation with Sect Master Qin. What Lin Qing didn't expect was that Sect Master Qin seemed to have changed completely in these years, completely different from before.

In response to Lin Qing's questions, Sect Master Qin even said, "Master Lin, you also know about my injuries. Now my foundation is damaged, and it will be difficult for me to make progress in the future. The merger with Xian Xia Sect is also for the sake of the many disciples below. Although this may be a bit disrespectful to the elders of Qing Feng Sect before, there is no other choice."

(End of this chapter)