The merger of Hongshan Fairy City into Baiyin Fairy City is a good thing for Baiyin Fairy City.
Although one Nascent Soul and two Golden Cores were lost, Hongshan Immortal City was still a big city with many Foundation Establishment cultivators and a few Golden Core cultivators, which greatly improved the strength of Baiyin Immortal City.
But for Chen Lin, this may not be a good thing.
As far as he knew, Patriarch Hongshan still had descendants, and they were now a family. If the other party came to him to ask for Patriarch Hongshan's relics, it would be difficult for him to handle the matter, and he couldn't really push it to Fairy Baiyin.
Of course, it is even more impossible to return the things.
The Silver Fairy was very busy, or she simply didn't take the people from Hongshan Fairy City seriously. In any case, she didn't show up, so Chen Lin could only be responsible for the reception matters.
Housing is in short supply in the Immortal City, so Chen Lin allocated some less important areas to them and asked them to build their own homes. If there were not enough spaces, they would have to build buildings. Although cultivators did not like living in buildings, there was nothing they could do.
In addition, he exempted the monks from Hongshan Immortal City from the residence points requirement for three months. After this period, they would have to implement the point-based stay system like the monks from this city.
Of course, there are still certain preferential treatments for those Jindan cultivators. Not only are they allocated exclusive caves, but they are also given certain privileges, allowing them to use some of the cultivation resources of the Immortal City.
"Junior Gu Qingfeng, greets Elder Chen!"
An old man in a black robe with a wrinkled face bowed to Chen Lin with a very humble attitude.
Chen Lin nodded and said, "You are a descendant of the Nascent Soul, so there is no need to be polite. Senior Hongshan's experience is very sad. I hope you can cheer up and not be depressed because of this."
What is coming will always come. The one in front of him is the one with the highest cultivation among the descendants of Hongshan Patriarch, but he is only at the great perfection stage of foundation building, and he is about 170 or 180 years old.
The talents of the descendants of Hongshan Patriarch are not very good. With the support of a powerful Nascent Soul master, they certainly have no shortage of resources, but none of them can break through to the Golden Core stage.
"Thank you for your concern, Elder Chen."
The old man bowed and thanked him, then hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that Elder Chen helped retrieve the bodies of our ancestors, so I came here to thank you and would like to retrieve the bodies of our ancestors and bury them. I hope Elder Chen will approve it!"
"Yes, that's as it should be. The bodies of Hongshan Patriarch and others are stored in the Hall of Requiem. I'll give the order later and you can go get them directly. But you have to choose a good place for burial so that they won't be discovered by the evil demons of the corpse refining department."
Chen Lin gave a reminder, then looked at the other party, waiting for the next words.
But to his surprise, the other party did not continue to talk about the storage bag, but simply said goodbye and left.
"Thank you, Elder Chen. I will not bother you any more. If you have anything to ask in the future, please let me know."
After saying this, the old man bowed, stepped back, and turned to walk towards the door.
Chen Lin couldn't help but nod secretly. This was also a smart person who knew when to advance and when to retreat.
The other party's request for the corpse was fake. In fact, he was just using this method to indirectly ask for the relics. Seeing that he had no intention of returning them, he stopped hesitating and gave up decisively.
Only smart people can usually live longer, but it's a pity that the other party is already old and has encountered such an accident, so there is little hope for him to form a pill.
Looking at the other person's lonely back, Chen Lin considered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Since you are the descendant of Hongshan Patriarch, I can refine a three-pattern seven-star pill for you. Come and get it at noon tomorrow!"
He estimated that this was what the other party wanted most now, and there were a lot of materials for refining the Three-Pattern Seven-Star Pill stored in the storage bag of the Hongshan Ancestor, which was probably for this descendant to use in refining the Seven-Star Pill.
Now that the other party has joined the Silver Immortal City, he can't be too harsh on him, so he gives him some benefits.
This also shows a certain attitude, not regarding the cultivators from Hongshan Immortal City as outsiders.
"Thank you, Elder Chen!"
The old man's body trembled, and he suppressed the surprise on his face. He turned around to thank Chen Lin, then left.
This time his body suddenly felt much lighter, and all the resentment in his body disappeared.
Chen Lin sensed the other party's emotions and shook his head.
No matter what body, filial piety, blood ties or family affection, they are not as important as the benefits that can be seen.
Then, he took out some foundation-building pills and asked his men to deliver them to the descendants of the cultivators who died with the Hongshan Ancestor. The cause and effect of the storage bag was thus resolved.
With the addition of the monks from Hongshan Fairy City, Chen Lin no longer had to lead a team out to hunt monsters. Instead, he stayed in the City Lord's Mansion to handle various affairs, and practiced in the Silver Fairy's practice room whenever he had free time.
At the same time, he ordered all monks to keep a close eye on the frog and report any information immediately.
But the frog seemed to have disappeared and never appeared again.
Half a year passed like this, and Chen Lin felt a little relieved. He thought that the frog must have run away to another place because it was afraid of the willow jar.
Without the existence of frogs, the speed of clearing out insect monsters in the Immortal City began to speed up, and the area around the Silver Immortal City became safer. Many mortals and Qi-cultivating monks who could not survive in the city began to reclaim farmland and grow crops outside the city.
As a time traveler, Chen Lin did not have the rigid class mentality and was lenient enough towards mortals. Not only did he allow them to live in the city, but he also did not collect their points. Otherwise, these people would have died long ago.
In this world, it is really not easy for mortals to survive.
As all the major immortal cities began to vigorously clear out monsters, and as the cultivators gradually understood the habits and weaknesses of these alien monsters, hunting them was not as difficult as it was at the beginning, so the number of monsters began to decrease sharply.
Especially after the Elders Council figured out a way to deal with the 'Nest', the balance of victory and defeat between the two sides suddenly tilted towards the monks, killing the monsters and forcing them to retreat step by step.
Everything is moving in the right direction.
At this rate, all the monsters will be wiped out within a few years.
Chen Lin could clearly feel the change in the mentality of the monks in the city. They now regarded those insect monsters as a resource and scrambled to carry out hunting missions in exchange for cultivation resources.
Without the rampage of the insect monsters, the wilderness has become full of life again, all kinds of vegetation have slowly recovered, and the picture of green mountains and clear waters has unfolded again.
But for some reason, he always felt that this situation was an illusion, and the monsters from the other world could not be repelled so easily.
I wanted to find the Silver Fairy to ask, but she was in seclusion again and didn’t want to see anyone.
My master has basically been in seclusion all the time since I became his disciple. He rarely shows up in public, and he is like a man of hard practice.
But this made things difficult for him as a disciple, as he had to deal with everything, which resulted in his practice time being constantly squeezed.
He once suggested to the Silver Fairy that she accept another disciple, but because of He Huahai's death, she no longer had the intention to do so.
Mu Linglong also never came back, and in recent years, the other party's soul lamp has become extremely weak, which makes the Silver Fairy and him very worried. But under such circumstances, there is no way to go out and look for her, and they can only hope on her own.
Another year passed.
The monsters around the fairy city have been cleared out, all nests have been destroyed, and production has officially begun to resume.
In order to alleviate the previous consumption, Chen Lin began to organize people to vigorously cultivate spiritual fields, raise spiritual beasts, cultivate spiritual herbs and medicines, etc., and at the same time also increased the intensity of mining of spiritual stone mines.
In the past, there were sufficient resources for cultivation in this world. Spiritual herbs and medicines were not everywhere, but they were not in short supply either. Therefore, no one was willing to use spirit stones with mixed spiritual power to assist in cultivation. But now the situation has changed. Spiritual herbs and medicines have become scarce, and spirit stones have become popular again, resulting in a surge in demand for spirit stones.
Chen Lin also stockpiled some spirit stones, but they were all top-grade. The low-grade ones were of no use to him, and the higher-grade spirit crystals were very rare. He had always wanted to stockpile them, but he didn't get much.
However, other gaps were gradually filled, especially the Bailidan materials he needed most, which could basically supply him with the materials for his cultivation.
The reason is that the teleportation arrays of the major immortal cities have begun to recover, and there is no need to check storage bags when traveling back and forth. Tian Haifu sent back a large amount of supplies that he had collected over the years, and his spies in other immortal cities also sent back a lot of treasures through different channels.
Although he was still very worried, as time passed and no new "nest" appeared, Chen Lin relaxed and began to hand over the affairs of the Immortal City to Qin Yueting. The other party had not much time left to live, but was very keen on power, so he was suitable for this important task.
He himself began to return to his normal life of cultivation.
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In the dark red space, a chubby figure was walking slowly, with a frog standing on his head.
It is the combination of Fat Tiger and Demon Frog!
At this time, the frog had its chest puffed out, its hind legs standing upright, and its front paws behind its back, looking very proud.
There was a golden crown on his head that he got from somewhere, which looked out of place.
Suddenly, a group of huge cockroach-like insects appeared in front of them, exuding a terrifying aura.
But the frog was not afraid at all. Instead, it showed joy. It pointed forward with its front paws and said in human language, "Fat General, go and catch those bugs for me!"
When Fat Tiger heard this, his eyes lit up, then turned into black smoke and disappeared.
The frog floated in the air and put its hands behind its back.
Fat Tiger's strength seemed to have increased again. After a while, he knocked down all the insect monsters, and then dragged them in a string in front of the frog.
The frog was very dissatisfied with this move and said angrily: "Rude! You have followed me for such a long time, but you are still so rude. You haven't learned any of my elegance. You really disappoint me!"
Then it seemed to remember something, and said with gritted teeth: "And your original owner, how dare he use that broken willow jar to capture me? When my army is assembled and returns to fight, I will definitely capture him alive and use him to replace you as my mount. A rude fellow like you can only charge into battle!"