Immortal Road.

Chapter 159 Odd changes to even and remains unchanged

"You are."

Old Zhang looked at the two Foundation Establishment Stage guests in front of him. One of the young men in white looked familiar, and he couldn't help but hesitate for a moment.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm Lin Shan, your successor at Yichuan Auction House!"

As soon as Lin Shan entered the room, he saw an old man and a young boy lying on the bed. It seemed that they had just finished some "intense exercise" and were enjoying a leisurely lunch time.

"Would you like to take another closer look?"

Maybe Mr. Zhang was too absorbed in the enjoyment just now, which caused his thinking to be a little slow for a moment. He looked at the young man now for a long time before he connected him with the young man Yi Chuan back then.

The old man quickly stood up and welcomed Lin Shan and the hooded grey-robed man to the side. The three of them found a place to sit down, and the girl served them tea and snacks.

"I haven't seen you for a few years. You have already established your foundation. It seems that Master Zuo thinks highly of you!"

In Zhang Lao's opinion, the fact that Lin Shan was able to advance to the foundation-building stage in just a few years should be due to the great effort put into his training by Zuo Zhenren. After all, it was Zuo Zhenren who helped him back then and left him a foundation-building pill so that he could make further progress.

Lin Shan smiled and did not refute, but just chatted with the old man about his recent situation.

The old man and the young man hadn't seen each other for several years, but they always had endless topics to talk about. He didn't mention his experience in the Black Lotus Sect, and Old Zhang didn't ask too much about his experience.

As they chatted, they talked about the local Yinchuan market.

"Business in Yinchuan is not doing well. All the major stores are laying off employees, and the auction house is also in a downturn. My monthly salary has been cut to 50 spirit stones!"

"What? Back then, the chief appraiser at Yichuan Auction House earned 100 spirit stones a month!"

The same status and the same profession, the monthly salary was cut in half, Lin Shan couldn't help but sigh at the sadness of the current casual cultivators. Even a foundation-building cultivator like Zhang Lao who had a skill in a certain field had a tight life.

Even if you join a cultivation family as a guest official, not only will you lose your freedom, but your salary may not necessarily be more than working as a worker. It can only be said that life is difficult.

Old Zhang was open-minded: "Yinchuan is not like Yichuan. All the independent cultivators have already hidden themselves in the deep mountains and old forests, and the market is drastically declining. If it weren't for coming here to accompany my granddaughter, I wouldn't have left Yichuan."

"Oh? Is this your granddaughter?"

Lin Shan glanced behind Old Zhang and saw a young girl in a goose shirt standing sideways. She had a cherry mouth and a melon-seed face, and her cultivation level was about the seventh or eighth level. Was she the one giving her grandfather a massage just now?
Thai Eighteen Touches, Ancient SPA, Essential Oil Back Massage, where else can you find such advanced technicians except in the "high-end clubs" of the previous life?

Is she a time traveler?
"My granddaughter is a very kind-hearted person. She has had spiritual power twice that of an average person since she was young, and she also has the spiritual roots of fire and wood. I specially asked her to learn alchemy from Master Yinchuan. Now, the success rate of making pills for the Qi training stage is basically 40%."

"Forty percent! He is truly gifted!"

Lin Shan couldn't help but admire her. When he heard that this woman's soul power was "twice as much" as that of an ordinary person, he became more and more suspicious that she was a time traveler. Isn't this a perfect template for an alchemist?

"My granddaughter was able to walk six months after she was born, could speak at the age of one, could read the Four Books and Five Classics at the age of three, and could understand the techniques of cultivating immortality at the age of five."

Whenever Mr. Zhang talked about his granddaughter in front of outsiders, his face was full of pride. He even gave up the high salary in Yichuanfang City and came back specially for her, which shows how much he dotes on her.

"Amazing!"

When the girl heard Lin Shan's praise, she glanced at him secretly and discovered that this senior in the Foundation Establishment Stage had a very high level of cultivation and was actually a handsome young man!
I don't know when my ears turned red, and I shyly tapped my grandfather on the back, as if to tell him not to praise me anymore, as she felt a little embarrassed as a girl.

Mr. Zhang laughed and touched her hair lovingly.

But who would have thought that Lin Shan next to her suddenly said something inexplicably to the girl in the goose shirt.

"Odd changes to even and stays the same!"

"???"

The girl looked at him stupidly, at a loss, not knowing where to put her two little hands.

After a long while without a response, Lin Shan was somewhat puzzled. Didn't this girl receive nine years of compulsory education? That shouldn't be the case! Maybe she was a foreigner?
"Where are you from?"

"???"

"???" "???"

The girl in the goose shirt, Old Zhang, and even the Black Skull Demon Lord who was drinking tea and leaking tea nearby all looked at him, bewildered and at a loss, not knowing what Lin Shan was talking about.

Can't understand foreign language? That shouldn't be the case? Oh, yes! She knows Thai style 18 touches! And it's very authentic! Is it possible that...
"Sawadee ka, why is Zeng's mother so busy today? It's because of me that she is replacing the donkey!"

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The three of them continued to look at him quietly, without saying a word, not knowing what he was doing.

Most afraid of the air suddenly quiet.

……

After further communication, Lin Shan finally understood that all the massage techniques of the girl were taught by Master Zhang. Master Zhang learned the massage techniques from Lin Shan at Yichuan Auction House.
It was a big blunder, and the excitement was in vain. After the two of them reminisced about the past, Lin Shan said goodbye and did not want to disturb them anymore. After all, the grandfather and grandson were enjoying their family happiness, and there was no need for him to interfere too much.

Before leaving, Lin Shan thought about how Mr. Zhang's monthly salary had been reduced to 50 spirit stones. He wanted to lend a helping hand, but was afraid of hurting the old man's self-esteem, so he found a roundabout way to save the country by giving some unused alchemy books to his granddaughter.

Along the way, he killed many foundation-building monks, obtained many storage bags, and even as much wealth as Master Gui. It was okay to give away many things that he didn't need.

Old Zhang personally escorted Lin Shan out of the Yinchuan Auction House. The old and young said goodbye to each other reluctantly, and Lin Shan promised to come back to visit the old man next time when he is free.

……

After visiting his old friend, Lin Shan put his worries to rest and decided to leave Yinchuan with the Black Skull Demon Lord to go after the Black Lotus Cult's large transport flying boat.

However, on the way out of Yinchuan market, there was always a vague gaze following him from behind. Due to the restrictions of the formation in the market, Lin Shan's spiritual sense could not detect too far, so he had to pretend not to know.

When the two of them had completely walked out of Yinchuan, another person quietly followed behind them.

"Good boy, you are only in the Qi training stage, but you dare to follow two foundation building stage cultivators. You are quite brave!"

The man was instantly startled and turned around to see that Lin Shan and the hooded gray-robed man were blocking the entrance to Yinchuan's outer formation, and his true face was exposed to the two of them.

"Red-faced monk!"

Lin Shan was surprised to see that it was this guy who followed him in the market. How could this guy run to Huainan?
After so many years, I almost forgot about this guy.

At the Yichuan auction that year, he and Mr. Zhang acted as a double act and tricked the Red-faced Monk, causing him to fail to buy the Happy Buddha statue.

On his way back to the capital from Yichuan, he was attacked by Princess Guo by a stream in the Yanyun Mountains. He was about to kill Princess Guo, but he was chased by the red-faced monk and fought with him, causing him to miss the opportunity.

To be honest, if that monk had not obstructed her at the beginning, Princess Guo might not have survived until now.

Lin Shan was very happy to see his old acquaintance again. Several years had passed and his old friend had remained at the same place, while he himself had become a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage. How different things had become!

"There is a road to heaven but you don't take it, there is no door to hell but you still break in!"

After hearing this, the Black Skull Demon Lord, who was originally a creature from Hell, couldn't help but step forward to correct his semantic error.

"Hell has gates. There are eighteen levels of hell, and each level has hundreds or even thousands of portals that connect to the next level!"

"It does not matter."

Lin Shan glanced at this guy unhappily. It was really annoying to see a nitpicker trying to sabotage someone.

At this time, the red-faced monk was so frightened that his calves were trembling. He had only felt that there was a statue of Happy Buddha appearing in Yinchuan market, so he hurriedly tracked it all the way.

But with his spiritual perception within a range of ten meters during the Qi training period, how could he possibly detect the cultivation level of a cultivator during the foundation building period?
After leaving Yinchuan, he realized that he had made a big mess. What he didn't expect was that the person he was tracking was actually his old acquaintance Lin Shan. He had robbed him of a statue of the Happy Buddha in the Yanyun Mountains, and now he has transformed into a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage!
The question is how come this guy has a Happy Buddha statue on him? Is your family a wholesaler of Buddha statues?

Or maybe... fishing expedition?

(End of this chapter)