Long Road to Stardom

Seeing this, Wen Xinghuai introduced Lin Xing, "Dad, Fellow Daoist Lin is a casual cultivator I just met outside the valley not long ago."

"If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Lin, I would probably still be trapped in the 'Missing Sand Formation' outside Zhongnan Valley. Dad, you are one of the hosts of this Zhongnan Valley event, so you have to take good care of him."

The grey-robed old man looked Lin Xing up and down, looked at him sharply and said, "Little friend Lin, your fire attribute skills are well cultivated. You have even reached the tenth level of Qi Refining. This talent is much better than my son's."

"I look like I'm about 20 years old now, and I'm only at the tenth level of Qi Refining. How can you tell that I have a good talent?"

Lin Xing complained in his heart before replying, "Thank you, Master Miao. I was just lucky."

Master Qingping nodded in response, and said nothing more to Lin Xing. He turned to Wen Xinghuai and said, "Go meet your mother with me. She is very angry that you sneaked out."

"No way! Isn't mother in seclusion? Why would she come here?" Wen Xinghuai said with a sad face when he heard it.

"Dad, can I not go? Just pretend you haven't seen me."

"No!" said Master Qingping firmly, "Your mother has been waiting for you for a long time, come with me quickly."

"Let's see if you dare to sneak out next time. Fortunately, you didn't meet any evil cultivator this time, otherwise you would still be alive?" After Master Qingping said this, he did not forget to glance at Lin Xing.

Lin Xing knew at a glance that he was pointing at him.

“It’s so hard to be a good person!”

"Fortunately, she has learned some information about this world from this boy. It is better for them to separate now to avoid being bullied."

After figuring this out, Lin Xing clasped his fists and said to Master Qingping and Wen Xinghuai, "I have an appointment with a good friend to meet here. The agreed time is almost here, so I will leave first."

"I will have a chance to drink and chat with you, fellow Daoist Wen, in the future. I'll take my leave now."

Lin Xing said this and turned to leave.

"Friend Lin, don't be in such a hurry to leave. I haven't introduced you to my mother yet."

"Hey......"

Wen Xinghuai wanted to go forward to persuade him to stay, but was interrupted by Master Qingping, who said, "Friend Lin left early because of something. What are you doing? Your mother has been waiting for you for a long time."

After Master Qingping finished speaking, he dragged Wen Xinghuai away without caring whether he was happy or not, which made Lin Xing laugh a lot.

After they went away, Lin Xing also walked to the open space where the stall was set up.

The open space was quite spacious, and the stalls set up by the monks seemed to have a tacit understanding. Although they looked sparse, they were arranged neatly.

The sky gradually darkened, and soon someone brought over a few huge lamps, illuminating the entire open space as if it were daytime.

After all, Lin Xing is a man who has seen the world, so he is not impressed by this.

There were many monks around him who had never seen it before, and their faces were filled with amazement and amazement.

Although it was late, there were many more monks in the open space than before. There were many more people setting up stalls and visiting the stalls.

The Zhongnan Valley, which had been somewhat deserted, suddenly became lively.

Lin Xing was not in a hurry to set up a stall or visit the stalls, but observed the surroundings for a while.

He discovered that among the cultivators coming and going, there wasn’t even a foundation-building cultivator.

No wonder Wen Xinghuai's father, who was in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, could serve as one of the hosts here. She suddenly lost her previous interest, wondering what good things a Qi Refining cultivator could come up with.

She seemed to have forgotten that she was now also a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage. With her current realm, she was only above average among these people.

But since he was here anyway, Lin Xing decided to take a look around, just in case he found a bargain.

After a tour, she had a certain understanding of the poverty in this world.

The most worthless thing she had on her was the spiritual weapon that was given to the new disciples when she first joined the Xuanyue Sect. Even this was more expensive than anything on this stall.

Lin Xing remembered that he was now also a Qi-refining cultivator, and he had to keep the spiritual weapon for his own use.

As a result, she didn't have anything suitable for trading here.

“I never thought that one day she would be too rich to buy anything.”

"It seems that this is the only way!"

Lin Xing took out the five low-grade spirit stones she got from the Prince's Mansion, spent two spirit stones to buy twenty sheets of blank talisman paper, and spent another two spirit stones to buy a bottle of spirit ink for making talismans. She already had several talisman pens on her, and they were of high quality, so naturally she didn't need to buy more.

With only one spirit stone left, she rented a house on the mountain for three days. There was a magic circle in the room to prevent others from detecting her.

She would rather make some spirit stones by refining pills, but she didn't have any low-level spirit herbs on her.

"Even a good cook cannot cook without rice!"

Lin Xing sighed, set up a soundproof barrier, and placed a few prohibitions on it before taking out the things he bought and placing them on the table one by one.

Then he took out a lowest-level talisman pen from his storage bag, dipped it in some spiritual ink and began to paint.

Because the blank talisman paper was of too poor quality, Lin Xing had to control the injection of his spiritual power. After failing five times, he finally succeeded with one.

"Others would be eager to inject more spiritual power to draw a more advanced talisman, but she has to be careful when injecting spiritual power in case the talisman paper can't bear it."

After this experience, she never failed again.

"It's really too difficult for her. Making fifth- and sixth-level talismans before was not as painful as making a first-level talisman now."

Lin Xing complained as he packed his things.

After packing up his things, Lin Xing left the room and headed for the stall area.

Like everyone else, she found an empty space, tore out a piece of cloth, and placed the talismans she had just made on it one by one.

Not long after it was put up, someone came up to ask questions.

"Fellow Daoist, how much do you sell this low-grade 'Wood Release Talisman' for? Can it be compared to the 'Vajra Talisman'?"

"Of course, it's not easy to break even with fire attack."

Lin Xing raised his eyes to look at the young monk in front of him and said with great confidence.

"Really? Is this true? You are not just bragging!"

The young monk's face was full of disbelief.

"Believe it or not, if you don't want to buy, just go away and don't block others from buying." Lin Xing's tone turned cold and he drove the person away directly.

The young monk's face darkened instantly, but he did not leave. After thinking for a moment, he asked again, "Daoyou, how much is this talisman?"

"A low-grade spirit stone." Lin Xing said without raising his eyes.

"You are such a black-hearted person. Others can buy three tickets with one low-grade spirit stone, but you only want one spirit stone for one. Why don't you just rob them?" The young cultivator was already a little annoyed, and now he exploded even more directly.

"I'm not forcing you to buy or sell. If you don't want to buy, get out and don't disturb me from doing business."

After Lin Xing finished speaking, he snatched the talisman from the young monk’s hand.

"How can you do business like this?" The young monk said this angrily and left.

Lin Xing felt no emotion at all, and didn't even glance at him.