Although he understood Master He's desire to quickly expand the foundation of the Immortal City, Chen Lin still felt a little uncomfortable.
The other party didn't even discuss it with him in advance and just brought the person here directly, which meant that he didn't take him seriously at all.
He was unhappy in his heart, but he would not show it. He said with a smile on his face: "So it's Master Lu. It's great to have you join us. Only then can the Pill Hall be worthy of the level of our Silver Immortal City!"
“Haha, no problem. Although I am not very talented, I can still refine several kinds of golden elixir-level elixirs. I will definitely not let down the reputation of the Immortal City.”
Lu Yuan laughed loudly, his tone was heroic and he seemed very straightforward, but in fact he wanted to suppress Chen Lin.
Chen Lin sneered secretly in his heart. In fact, he was not very attached to the position of deacon elder of the Alchemy Hall. What he wanted was the path to immortality, not power and wealth. However, the other party's appearance was really disgusting. He wanted to see how Master He would handle the relationship between them.
After leaving the Medicine Hall, Chen Lin returned to his own shop.
Originally, he thought that Master He would tell him whether Lu Yuan's placement would be mainly based on him or the other party. There must be an explanation, but there was no news for several days.
And Lu Yuan never appeared again.
A few days later, Chen Lin went to the Alchemy Hall to handle matters, only to find that the other party was refining pills in the underground fire room.
This made him feel puzzled. Foundation-building cultivators all have true fire and can refine pills in ordinary alchemy rooms. Only alchemists in the Qi training stage would rely on the earth fire room. This situation shows that the pills refined by the other party are extraordinary and the true fire cannot meet the requirements.
A few more days passed.
One day, Chen Lin was practicing in his own practice room when he suddenly received a message from Master He, and he immediately went to the City Lord's Mansion.
The other party is the deputy city lord and has been living in the city lord's mansion. Mu Linglong also lives in the city lord's mansion, but he has not seen her during this period of time. He guessed that she should be preparing to form a pill.
If the other party succeeds in forming a pill, he should be able to get some benefits, but the other party's character is a bit unreliable, so it is not possible to use the other party as an aid. He still has to find a way to increase his weight in the heart of the Silver Fairy.
Just as he was thinking, Master He came out from behind and said directly when he saw Chen Lin: "There is a task that you need to complete."
Chen Lin was stunned. What kind of task required an alchemist like him to complete? Could it be refining the Seven Star Pill
But he soon found out that he was wrong. Master He continued, "The infrastructure of the Immortal City has taken shape, and the rest is internal accumulation. However, Master's intention is that the Silver Immortal City should be on par with other super immortal cities, so it cannot only have a main city, but also four auxiliary cities. I am too busy now, and Junior Sister Linglong has gone into seclusion, so only you and other registered disciples can be responsible for supervising the construction."
This is, being exiled
Chen Lin was suspicious. There were twelve registered disciples in total. With his status as an alchemy master, this kind of construction supervision work should not have fallen on him. Isn't this a waste of talent
The other party probably did this because he had already made up his mind to hand over the Alchemy Hall to Lu Yuan. In order to avoid conflicts, he was sent away for a while.
It would take several years to supervise the construction of a city, even if it was just an auxiliary city. By the time he stepped down and came back, everything would have been settled, and it would be too late to do anything.
Although he knew it clearly in his mind, he had no other choice. Unless the Silver Fairy came forward, what Master He said was the imperial decree. He had to either give up his current identity and leave, or accept it.
"I will follow Brother's instructions!"
Chen Lin responded respectfully.
The cultivation environment here is very good, and he doesn't want to leave for the time being, so he can only endure and look for an opportunity to come back.
Master He was very satisfied with Chen Lin's attitude. He nodded and took out a talisman and said, "This is a brand new talisman. It is of a very high level. When fully activated, it can reach the full force of a Jindan cultivator. If you encounter any danger, you can use it to defend yourself. If there is an emergency, you can also send a message to me directly."
"Thank you for your concern, brother!"
Chen Lin took it respectfully, thinking that the other party had not been too cruel, as he gave him a sweet reward after a slap in the face.
After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, he walked back while thinking.
According to Master He, the four auxiliary cities to be built this time are named Silver Dragon City, Silver Tiger City, Silver Bird City and Silver Warrior City, representing the four sacred beasts: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird and Black Tortoise.
He was in charge of Silver Tiger City, which was located in the former base camp of the Yinji monks, in the Yinfeng Valley.
This place is relatively good. There was already a city there, so it just needed to be expanded. It seemed that Master He really just wanted to get him away for a while and had no intention of making things difficult for him.
He didn't have to worry about the construction workers, as they were taken care of by some professional teams who were previously responsible for the main city's infrastructure and had already gone there. He only had to supervise them.
After returning to the shop, Chen Lin made arrangements for some matters and left the city early the next morning.
"Haha, Junior Brother Chen was also exiled. This is really unexpected!"
As soon as he arrived outside the city gate, he met Luo Qingsong by chance. When the other party learned that he had also been sent out to supervise the construction of the auxiliary city, he burst into laughter.
Chen Lin was speechless and said, "Why is Senior Brother Luo so happy after being exiled? All those books you worked so hard to accumulate have now become someone else's credit!"
Luo Qingsong said nonchalantly: "There is nothing good in those books. I was worried that I couldn't meet the standard of my master. Now someone has taken over, which is great. It's better to stay in this city than to go to Fucheng and be a local tyrant. I have made up my mind. If the environment in Fucheng is not bad, I will not come back!"
At this point, he looked at Chen Lin meaningfully and said, "I didn't expect you to be exiled, Junior Brother. I heard that you have refined the Three-Pattern Seven-Star Pill and have reached the level of a master of alchemy. Senior Brother actually sent you to supervise the construction of the city. This is really a waste of talent. Did Junior Brother offend Senior Brother in some way?"
Chen Lin smiled and told the other party about Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan had not made a public appearance since he came to Silver Immortal City. Luo Qingsong didn't know this person, and only realized what was going on when he heard this.
But he still shook his head and said, "Even so, you shouldn't be exiled. After all, the more alchemists there are, the better. I guess besides what you said about not wanting to cause a conflict between you and that Lu Yuan, it's probably also because you and Senior Sister Mu are too close."
Without waiting for Chen Lin to reply, he clasped his fists and said with a loud laugh, "Brother, I will be in charge of Silver Dragon City. From now on, you and I must help each other. I'm leaving now!"
After saying that, he flew into the air!
Looking at the other party's disappearing figure, Chen Lin was stunned for a while, then shook his head and also controlled the spirit boat to fly towards the Yinfeng Valley.
Valley of the Wind.
Although this valley is named Yinfeng, it is not actually a place of natural yin energy. It just appears to be yin-filled and eerie because the people gathered here are all Yin-based monks.
Now, those Yinji monks died or fled. After more than two years of restoration, the mountains and rivers have become beautiful and green.
There is also a small, top-grade spiritual vein here, with extremely rich spiritual energy.
"Meet Elder Chen!"
After Chen Lin arrived, five foundation-building cultivators came to greet him immediately. Among them was a middle-aged man in the late foundation-building stage named Feng Kuocheng, who was the main person in charge of building the city.
"Hello, Taoist Feng. Thank you for your hard work, fellow Taoists."
After saying hello, he continued, "Although I have been assigned to supervise the construction, the specific matters are still handled by Brother Feng. You can continue to do what you did before. Unless there are important matters, you don't need to report everything."
After hearing what Chen Lin said, Feng Kuocheng and others breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that someone who knew nothing would come but insisted on making decisions.
After getting the information of all the important personnel, Chen Lin became a hands-off boss. He built a cave in the place with the most spiritual energy and began to practice in seclusion. He would come out to inspect the situation only once a month or so.
A year passed in a flash.
Two things happened in the past year that attracted his attention. One was that Master He broke through to the middle stage of the Golden Core, and the other was that Lu Yuan became the deacon elder of the Alchemy Pavilion.
For this reason, Master He specially comforted the person who sent the message and gave him a defensive spiritual weapon, asking him to pay attention to safety and arrange other positions for him after he returned.
Chen Lin just smiled and ignored it.
After being pointed out by Luo Qingsong, he understood that he had been classified as a member of Mu Linglong's faction in the mind of this senior brother, and that the other party and Mu Linglong seemed to have always been at odds with each other. The other party wanted to control the power of the Silver Immortal City, so naturally he would not be allowed to be in charge of a position like the Pill Hall.
In addition, he also heard that Master He was able to break through to the middle stage of the Golden Core because Lu Yuan refined a domineering elixir for him.
As one gains, the other loses, so being exiled is only normal.
But this made him speechless. It would be fine if he was really Mu Linglong's man, but he was not at all. Moreover, there had been no news from Mu Linglong, and he had not received any of the benefits promised to him. It was really unfair.
However, he only had a brief understanding of these two things and did not continue to pay attention to them.
In the world of immortal cultivation, strength is respected. Any intrigue is meaningless in the face of absolute strength. He doesn't want to waste his time on such things.
There is no time limit for cultivation.
Another year has passed in the blink of an eye.
The construction of Silver Tiger City has begun to take shape. The size of the city is similar to the previous Silver Fairy City, and it has all the necessary facilities. It can be used as the base camp of a medium-sized force.
One day, Chen Lin was studying magic in the cave when suddenly the warning formation trembled. He walked out and saw Feng Kuocheng.
"Why, what happened?"
The other party is a pragmatic person and will never take the initiative to look for him unless there is something going on.
"Elder Chen, something has happened at the spirit stone mine."
Feng Kuocheng explained the situation with a strange look on his face.
Chen Lin was stunned after hearing this.
Behind the mountains on one side of the Yinfeng Valley, there is a medium-sized spirit stone vein. It had been almost mined by the Yin-based monks before, but there were still some scattered spirit stones. He sent some people to mine them, but he didn't expect that they would encounter problems.
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