Long Road to Stardom

"My last name is Su Yu." Lin Xing casually borrowed the name of his old friend.

After listening to this, Shopkeeper Lin had no information about this person in his mind. Seeing that she was only in the initial stage of foundation building, it must be her first time out of the Xuan Yue Sect. However, he did not show it on his face. He bowed and said, "I am sorry for keeping you waiting for a long time, Fellow Daoist Su."

Lin Xing waved his hand and said, "I won't waste any more time talking nonsense. I just want to buy some handy magic tools. I wonder if the store still has any in stock."

When Shopkeeper Lin heard this, he knew that a big customer had arrived and hurriedly said, "Fellow Daoist Su, you have come at the right time. A batch of magical instruments for the foundation-building stage have just arrived in the store. Would you mind coming with me to take a look?"

When Lin Xing heard this, he immediately became alert.

"Manager Lin, please come in."

Lin Xing followed Manager Lin to a counter on the side, only to see Manager Lin holding a sign and swiping it. This was obviously the place where the magic tools were placed. When they arrived in front of a counter, there were a seal, a fan, a shield, and a broken fragment.

Lin Xing watched for a while, and then he heard the voice of the shopkeeper Lin next to him, "I wonder which magic weapon Fellow Daoist Su is interested in?"

"I can tell what the first few pieces are, but I would like to ask Manager Lin to give me some advice on this fragment."

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Lin said without hesitation, "These broken pieces are the fragments of the Golden Core Stage magic weapon."

"Shopkeeper Lin, this magic weapon can only be used by those in the Jindan stage. I'm afraid I won't be able to exert its effect since I'm only in the foundation-building stage!" Lin Xing asked with some doubt.

Shopkeeper Lin chuckled, "Fellow Daoist Su, you may not know that if it was a complete magic weapon, it would definitely not work in the Foundation Establishment Stage. However, this is just a broken fragment of a magic weapon. It is a good choice for you to use it at this stage. It is much more powerful than ordinary magic weapons."

She calculated silently in her mind, "This broken magic weapon is quite tempting to her, and she doesn't want to give up the other items either, but she doesn't know how much they'll cost, and she doesn't know if the spiritual stones she has on her are enough."

Shopkeeper Lin had been looking at Lin Xing with a smile. When he saw her come to her senses, he knew that she had made up her mind, so he asked, "Fellow Daoist Su, which magic weapon do you like?"

Lin Xing's eyes turned and he said, "I think these magic weapons are good and I want to buy them. Shopkeeper Lin, why don't you introduce these three magic weapons to me so that I can make a judgment."

Shopkeeper Lin was a little surprised that the young man in front of him was so wealthy. Could he really be from the Xuan Yue Sect and came out to gain experience? However, how could a disciple be interested in other magical instruments except magic weapons? Which disciple did not have a magical instrument bestowed by the master?

Shopkeeper Lin thought for a while, but couldn't figure out why. However, as a shopkeeper, he was only responsible for selling things. As long as there were enough spirit stones, he didn't care whether there was a problem or not. He introduced it calmly, "This seal is called 'Mountain and River'. It is a medium-grade magic weapon. It is the most powerful among all of them, but it requires the most mana. With your ability, it shouldn't be a problem."

"This fan, called the 'Fire Feather Fan', can spray out a stream of spiritual fire to hurt the enemy. It is a low-grade magical weapon, but fellow Daoist should have a fire spiritual root, so it can exert the power of a mid-grade magical weapon.

"There is also this shield called 'Iron Scale Shield'. Its quality is between the other two. It is a low-grade top-level magical weapon that can withstand attacks below the Golden Core level. It is just right for Fellow Daoist Su to use at this stage."

After introducing these, Manager Lin glanced at Lin Xing and then asked, "Does Brother Su have any questions about these magic weapons?"

After listening to the introduction of these magic weapons, Lin Xing felt that there must be some reservations. It sounded like such good magic weapons could have been preserved until now, and they must have been bought by someone long ago. However, he only had some spiritual weapons on him, so he could only buy a few to make do. The price would probably have to be lowered.

His eyes flickered, and then he said, "Manager Lin, after listening to the introduction of these magic weapons, I feel that they are all very good. But how much are these magic weapons worth?"

When Shopkeeper Lin heard this, he stroked the few whiskers on his chin and said, "Fellow Daoist Su has a good eye. It is not something that an ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage person can afford to buy so many magical instruments at once. I will make the decision on my own and give Fellow Daoist Su a 20% discount. I will just give him 3,000 Spiritual Stones."

Lin Xing was stunned for a moment. She was ready to bargain with Shopkeeper Lin, but she didn't expect the price to be quite fair. She looked at Shopkeeper Lin and said, "Shopkeeper Lin is really honest. I will buy them all."

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Lin knew that his bet was right. He removed the restriction from the counter and took out all the magic weapons and handed them over with one hand, and took the spirit stone handed over by Lin Xing with the other hand.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Lin Xing put the magic weapon back into the storage bag and asked Shopkeeper Lin, "Shopkeeper Lin, I wonder if your store sells any high-level formations."

Shopkeeper Lin was very happy after just closing a big deal, and replied with a smile, "Brother Su is indeed very wealthy, and the store does have a high-level formation, but the seller wants to exchange it for something else instead of spirit stones. I just don't know if Brother Su has this thing."

When Lin Xing heard about the high-level formation, he immediately became interested and asked, "What does that person want?"

"Foundation Building Pill!"

Most people would be intimidated when hearing this. Shopkeeper Lin saw that Daoist Su didn't show any change on his face. It seemed that he had underestimated the man in front of him. He asked uncertainly, "Does Daoist Su have a 'Foundation Building Pill'?"

Lin Xing knew that her expression betrayed her, so she said directly without hiding anything, "I do have a 'Foundation Building Pill' on me, but you still need to let me see the formation first to see if I am satisfied."

"Fellow Daoist Su, please come this way."

Lin Xing followed Shopkeeper Lin to a counter not far away, pointed at a formation plate inside and introduced, "This high-level formation is called 'Kun Yuan Five Elements Formation'. It combines the killing formation, the trapping formation, and the illusion formation into one. Without five or six foundation-building cultivators working together to break the formation, there is no way to deal with this formation. Even a cultivator in the Golden Core stage can be trapped for half an hour."

After listening to the introduction of this formation, Lin Xing's eyes lit up and he said, "This formation is so powerful, it is sure that it only needs one 'Foundation Building Pill', there won't be any flaws!"

Shopkeeper Lin looked at Lin Xing's puzzled eyes and explained, "From having spiritual roots to refining Qi is just a threshold to cultivating immortals. Only when you step into the foundation-building stage can you be considered to have taken the first step on the road to cultivating immortals."

"Although Qingfeng Continent is not short of resources, there are so many cultivators in the entire continent. I don't know how many cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage save up spirit stones every day just for a foundation-building pill. Even if a high-level cultivator doesn't need a 'foundation-building pill', you are sure he doesn't have a younger generation who needs to build a foundation. So this 'foundation-building pill' is the 'hard currency' of the entire Qingfeng Continent."