The First Academy in the Cultivation World

Seeing Ling Yan'er's eyes widen in disbelief, Dongfang Zichu said, "In the eyes of most cultivators, ordinary people's lives are not lives."

He looked at Ling Yan'er and continued, "Let's not talk about the distant past. Look at the academy. Besides you, who else has paid attention to the mortal who followed you back from the academy?"

Ling Yan'er thought about it and realized that no matter whether it was Zhao Tian or Xin Zhuyue, or the girls brought back later, Hua Qingfeng, who had always been gentle and easy to her, had paid any attention to them.

Not to mention Ling Ziye and Su Hongxiu.

Ling Yan'er wanted to talk about Lan Lian, but then she remembered that Lan Lian was not a real mortal either.

For mortals, ignoring is the best they can do.

Ling Yan'er sighed, "Won't their parents be reluctant to let them go?"

"When everyone around you does this, and everyone does this, and anyone who doesn't do this is an outlier, what will you choose?" Dongfang Zichu asked instead of answering.

Environment shapes people. When everyone does this, evil will no longer be evil, but will be taken for granted.

Ling Yan'er opened her mouth but said nothing.

Dongfang Zichu also continued, "There are also parents who are reluctant to abandon their children. They will try to find ways to make their children develop spiritual roots."

"What method?" Ling Yan'er felt a sinking feeling in her heart for some reason when she heard Dongfang Zichu's words.

"One is to consume natural treasures, but there are too few of them." Dongfang Zichu said in a low voice, "The other is much easier. You can dig out other people's spiritual roots and give them to your own children."

When Ling Yan'er heard Dongfang Zichu say this, she inexplicably thought of Hua Qingfeng.

It is equally difficult for people without power and influence in the world of cultivation. Ling Yan'er silently hugged Dongfang Zichu tightly and said, "You must put the Yin-Yang Mirror away so that I can take it out at any time."

She remembered that she had no cultivation base, so she hesitated and asked again, "Will I be kicked out?"

"No," Dongfang Zichu said, "Mortals are not allowed to stay in the city for a long time, but they are not prohibited from entering the city."

After all, there were other mortals being brought into the city. Ling Yan'er remembered that no one had shown a strange look yesterday, whether entering the city or talking with the steward, so she put this aside.

She looked around and stepped into a stall that was crowded with people. After entering, she found that there was not just one person setting up a stall, but dozens of people setting up stalls densely packed together.

Ling Yan'er exclaimed, "I thought stalls like this were run by one person."

Dongfang Zichu said, "It's OK for a sect or a group to pool their money and open a stall. After all, this place is so big."

Ling Yan'er nodded and completed the second half of Dongfang Zichu's unfinished sentence in her mind, not to mention that the stall fee here is so expensive.

Thinking of the ten high-grade spirit stones she spent, Ling Yan'er still feels heartbroken. How many years of tuition fees would those people she recruited have to pay to scrape together the ten high-grade spirit stones!

Although Ling Yan'er was indignant in her heart, she still squatted honestly in front of a stall selling stones.

These stones have different shapes, some look like metal, and some look like gems.

Ling Yan'er picked up a crystal clear ruby-like stone and said, "How beautiful!"

Just as Dongfang Zichu was about to speak, he heard the stall owner enthusiastically introduce: "This fire crystal is the purest one I have here. If you want it, I still have 37. Whether it is used to assist cultivators with fire spiritual roots in their cultivation or to refine fire-attributed magical instruments, it is a very good material."

Ling Yan'er was too embarrassed to say that she had only looked at it. Dongfang Zichu said, "The only pity is that the grade is not high. It can only be used in the early stages of foundation building at best."

Ling Yan'er understood the hint and thought that a low-grade item didn't mean it wasn't too expensive, so she asked the price: "How many spirit stones are there per piece?"

"One thousand low-grade spirit stones for each." The stall owner said enthusiastically, "If you buy ten, you can get one for free."

Ling Yan'er said excitedly, "Then give me ten!"

As he spoke, he took out his phone and prepared to take out the spirit stones from his phone backpack. Dongfang Zichu saw Ling Yan'er preparing to take out the money and asked, "What are you buying them for?"

Ling Yan'er said, "Such a beautiful gemstone would definitely look great made into jewelry!"

Such a big stone would be very beautiful if made into a necklace.

Dongfang Zichu asked, "Can you do it?"

Ling Yan'er shook her head, but still insisted: "There must be someone in the academy who can refine weapons! Don't you know how to do it?"

Dongfang Zichu did know how to do it, but he didn't want to admit it because Ling Yan'er obviously wanted him to make ordinary jewelry.

Ling Yan'er saw that Dongfang Zichu didn't say anything, and immediately understood that Dongfang Zichu could do it.

What was there to hesitate about? Just as Ling Yan'er was about to take out the spirit stones, the stall owner enthusiastically took out two more: an oval sapphire-shaped one and a diamond-shaped emerald green gemstone. He said, "The blue one is crystal, and the green one is wood crystal. Do you like them, young lady?"

Ling Yan'er nodded: "I like it. Give me ten of each!"

The stall owner looked at the brown earth crystal and the golden gold crystal with regret. Although the gold can be used as jewelry, the gold crystal obviously cannot be used as a gemstone.

After seeing Ling Yan'er buy something, the stall owner took out several stones of different colors and said more enthusiastically, "Girl, if you want to make jewelry, you can't just use gemstones. Look at this one, it's very ductile, this one is hard enough, and this one has a cooling effect after being refined, which is perfect for summer use. This one..."

Ling Yan'er was so confused by the dozens of different refining materials he recommended. She waved her hand and said, "Buy them all!"

Ling Yan'er spent 300,000 low-grade spirit stones before leaving this stall. The stall owner next door looked at Ling Yan'er as if she was a rich fool and enthusiastically sold her goods, but Ling Yan'er politely declined the animal bones.

Passing by stalls selling spiritual herbs and magical instruments, Ling Yan'er stopped at a spiritual fruit stall.

With the previous experience, the girl at the stall racked her brains to recommend the flavors of her own spiritual fruit to Ling Yan'er. Ling Yan'er asked, "Can I try one?"

The girl paused for a moment, then said, "Sure, try one and see if you like it!"

You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your child, so she just prayed that the fruit would catch Ling Yan'er's eye.

Hearing the girl's words, people from the stalls on both sides turned their eyes to her. You know, the girl was famous for being stingy and never giving up an inch. Her annual income depended on the few spiritual fruit trees in the yard.

Not to mention tasting it, even if I wanted to touch her, she would look like she was afraid of being hurt.

I didn't expect that she would be willing to let people try one for free?

Her neighbor was at the stall to her left. He came over and said, "An An, would Uncle Yun like to try one too?"

The girl named An An turned around and glared at Uncle Yun fiercely. Four big words were clearly written in her eyes: wishful thinking!