Hearing Chen Lin's question, Bai Lingshan, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly spoke.
"Reporting to Master Lin, although the Li family does not have an alchemist, Li Ziqing's sister is the concubine of the only alchemist in Kaoshan Sect. It is estimated that the recipe is what the alchemist wants."
"Because our Bai family has been members of Qingyun Sect for three generations, the people of Kaoshan Sect dare not go too far, fearing that it will cause disputes between the two sects. So they let the Li family use disgusting means to make us hand over the pill formula ourselves."
Chen Lin nodded.
When establishing a sect, no matter how small it is, there must be an alchemist, otherwise how will the disciples practice
"So you are offering the recipe to the Qingyun Sect's alchemist? That's a good idea. Spending money to avoid disaster is a wise move."
No matter how good a treasure is, once it is coveted by others and you are unable to protect it, the best thing to do is to give it away.
Otherwise, what you will lose is not just the treasure, but both the treasure and your life.
At this time, Bai Yunyue, who was driving the carriage, suddenly spoke up, a little embarrassedly: "To be honest with you, Fellow Daoist Lin, the alchemist of our Qingyun Sect was my grandfather, but he has passed away. Now all the elixirs of the sect need to be purchased from Zhao's Trading Company."
"In fact, the so-called Yang Shen Pill recipe is just an ancient recipe. It has no value. It was obtained by chance by my grandfather during his lifetime. Just because my grandfather had refined this pill before, everyone believed that my grandfather had successfully improved this ancient recipe."
"But in fact, my grandfather did not succeed in improving it. The success in refining it was purely accidental. Moreover, since my grandfather died very suddenly, he did not leave any inheritance in terms of elixirs. However, no one believed me no matter how I explained it."
Chen Lin nodded again after hearing this.
"You're right. Once people suspect something, the more you explain it, the less people will believe it."
Having said that, he said no more.
As for whether the other party's words are worth believing, you have to wait and see. If what the other party said is true, then you can get the ancient recipe and see if you can improve it yourself or find someone else to improve it.
He relies on cheats rather than real skills to make elixirs, and he can almost succeed.
Bai Yunyue and his sister stopped talking, and the carriage began to speed up.
About half an hour later, a city much more magnificent than Kaiyuan City appeared before their eyes.
Although he was humiliated in front of Li Ziqing, Bai Yunyue seemed to have a very high status in the city. As soon as their carriage arrived at the city gate, the general defending the city immediately trotted over to greet them in a flattering manner.
Bai Yunyue just nodded and drove into the city without paying any attention.
The status of the immortal cultivator is clear at a glance.
This city is where cultivators and mortals live together, instead of being filled entirely with cultivators like Kaiyuan City.
Therefore, the number of immortal cultivators in the city is far from comparable to that of Kaiyuan City, and the difference is huge.
Even if the nearby Kaoshan Sect and Qingyun Sect are included, the number of cultivators is not as many as that in Kaiyuan City, and the highest level of cultivation is the foundation-building cultivator.
This situation surprised Chen Lin. He had previously guessed that the level of the immortal cultivation world here was very low, but he didn't expect it to be so low.
According to Bai Yunyue, the largest immortal cultivation sect in Yan Country, the Lieyang Sect, seems to have only one Jindan-stage cultivator.
One golden elixir can suppress an entire country, so it's no wonder that one can found a sect in the foundation-building stage.
The Bai family in Baiyunyue is very imposing and occupies a large area in the center of the city.
There were many servants and guards in the house, and the maids were all very beautiful.
No matter what, they are a family of immortal cultivators, and their status is far higher than that of high-ranking officials among mortals.
According to Bai Yunyue, the immortal cultivation families living in Guyuan City are actually relatively weak or have completely lost their path to cultivation.
The more powerful families all live in places with spiritual veins outside the city. The worldly atmosphere in the city is too heavy, and there are no spiritual veins, which is not conducive to cultivation at all.
He seldom went home and practiced in the mountain gate of Qingyun Sect. This time, because his father's injuries worsened, he had to come back to Duanmeng Mountain to look for the red-veined ginseng.
Chen Lin doesn't have too high requirements for his cultivation.
Kaiyuan City is the place of spiritual veins. Hasn’t he also been stuck in the Qi training stage for twenty years
With his qualifications, it would be impossible for him to feel any benefit unless he practiced in a place with high-quality spiritual veins. Only by relying on elixirs would there be any effect.
After leading Chen Lin into the living room, Bai Yunyue apologized and left.
After a while, he took out a bag containing fifty low-grade spirit stones.
Chen Lin took it and put it into the package, then took out the red-veined ginseng and handed it to the other party.
Because the storage bag was too conspicuous, he always kept it inside his robe, and placed frequently used items in his backpack to avoid being coveted by others.
He is only in the middle stage of Qi training, not in the foundation building stage, so he must keep a low profile.
"Brother Lin, if you don't have anything important to do, why don't you stay at my house for a few more days? Zhao's Trading Company will hold its annual trade fair in a few days. There will be many cultivators participating, and even cultivators from other cities will come."
The transaction was completed and Bai Yunyue extended a cordial invitation.
Chen Lin, who already had plans, naturally agreed readily, but he did not agree to stay at the Bai family. Instead, he decided to stay in the inn.
The Bai family was obviously in trouble, and he didn't want to get involved in it.
Bai Yunyue showed disappointment on his face, but he still personally sent Chen Lin to a high-end inn and booked a room for him.
Originally, he wanted to send two maids to serve, but Chen Lin refused.
After Bai Yunyue left, Chen Lin began to think about his experiences along the way and felt that there was no big problem.
Li Ziqing's goal was the Bai family's pill formula. Even though he had helped Bai Ziyue in Huangtu Town, the other party should not have come to trouble him, a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training.
However, to be on the safe side, he left the inn, changed his clothes, transformed into a burly man and wandered around the city.
But he found that the city was basically full of mortals, and there were no monks to be seen.
In addition, there are no stores selling items related to immortal cultivators.
This made him very confused. After some inquiries, he found out that the market for cultivators was three miles south of the city.
There was actually a market exclusively for cultivators, which aroused Chen Lin's interest and he went there immediately.
By using his magic power, he reached the destination within a blink of an eye.
But he did not see the existence of the market town, only a bare hill.
In front of the hill, there is a lonely gate tower. There seems to be a layer of light white mist at the door opening, which is very strange.
He walked forward puzzledly and found four big characters on the gate tower - Guyuanfang City!
Is this the market town
Chen Lin found it a little funny. How could one trade goods in such a market? It was impossible to set up a stall at all.
But he immediately realized that there must be a formation to prevent mortals and beasts from accidentally entering, or it might be set up for safety reasons.
This is the disadvantage of not learning the spells of probing. Otherwise, you can see some clues just by casting spells.
After thinking about it, he took out the Ming and Qing spiritual water and planned to try whether this thing could see through the effect of the formation.
But before he could apply it, he saw a ray of light suddenly coming closer and closer and landed not far from him.
"Haha, this fellow Taoist looks unfamiliar. Could it be that he came from another city?"
A young man in a white robe appeared in front of Chen Lin and spoke loudly with a heroic air.