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After being escorted out of the shop by Lin Qing and his wife, Zhang Lingyu did not rush back.

He planned to wander around the inner city, first selling off any unused magical artifacts he had, and then seeing what good things he could find.

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"Fellow Daoist, here are four thousand two hundred spirit stones. Please accept them."

Inside the Baibaolou store, the elegantly dressed shopkeeper, with a beaming smile, saw Zhang Lingyu out of the store.

The other party was a regular customer, always selling a lot of magical artifacts each time they came, and they had become quite familiar with each other over time.

Although he had suspected that the other party was a frequent murderer and robber, the shop never asked about the origin of the magical artifacts, as long as there was business to be done.

"Take care, Fellow Daoist Zhang!"

After seeing off his customer, the shopkeeper was about to turn away to attend to other matters when he noticed two richly dressed cultivators enter the shop. With just a quick glance, he immediately stepped forward and fawned over them:

"What would you two esteemed cultivators from Jade Light Pavilion like to purchase?"

"Just take a look first."

The man at the head of the group was burly and spoke with an air of authority. The woman beside him, however, looked curiously at the young man who had just left outside the door. Suddenly, as if remembering something, she quickly went out and called out:

"Is it the nineteenth brother?"

"The nineteenth brother?"

This sound not only startled the man, but also left Zhang Lingyu, who was not far away, stunned for a while, filled with doubt.

"I'm the nineteenth child in my family, so are you calling me that?"

"But my family didn't say anyone was coming to Tianliu City?"

The young man turned his head hastily and saw a man and a woman dressed in Jade Light Pavilion attire walking towards him. The female cultivator had a big smile on her face and kept waving and calling out:

"Nineteenth Brother, don't you recognize us?"

"We are your eldest brother and third sister!"

"Eldest brother and third sister?"

It took Zhang Lingyu a while to react as the original owner's memories slowly began to appear in her mind.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar man and woman in front of him, he knew that they were Zhang Lingxiao and Zhang Lingyue, who were cultivating in the Jade Light Pavilion.

"Lingyu greets her eldest brother and third sister."

To ease the awkward atmosphere, he immediately stepped forward and bowed.

"Lingyu, you've changed so much! If I hadn't met you a few times before leaving the family, I wouldn't have recognized you today!"

Looking at the increasingly handsome young man, Zhang Lingyue covered her mouth and laughed:

"I never expected to see you here. When I returned to my family a year ago, the elders kept praising you."

"Yes, you've made something of yourself."

Looking at the other party's cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Refining, Zhang Lingxiao couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder with satisfaction and said:

"Come on, we've finally managed to meet today, let's go have a drink."

"Alright!" Zhang Lingyu replied with a smile, and the three of them immediately headed towards the best restaurant in the inner city.

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"I haven't had a drink in ages, I'm dying to drink!"

Inside the room, Zhang Lingxiao gulped down the wine in the jar in a few gulps, then, feeling unsatisfied, picked up another jar to drink from, only to be interrupted by the woman beside him.

"Drink less!"

Zhang Lingyue frowned slightly, unable to persuade him, and could only look helplessly at Zhang Lingyu with a wry smile:

"The sect usually doesn't allow ordinary disciples to drink alcohol, for fear of interfering with their cultivation. My elder brother has been really pent up."

"It's alright."

Seeing his elder brother's appearance, which wasn't too different from what he remembered, Zhang Lingyu turned and asked:

"Big brother, third sister, how are things at Jade Light Pavilion? Tell me about it."

Jade Light Pavilion is a Nascent Soul sect, a place that many cultivators would kill to join.

"It's good in some ways, and bad in others."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lingyue's face showed a hint of bitterness. She and Zhang Lingxiao had been in the sect for many years, but their lives had not been very pleasant.

They were the pride of the Zhang family. When they first came up the mountain, they were the family's key talents. When they heard that the clan was going to send them to a Nascent Soul sect to cultivate, they were so excited that they couldn't sleep for several nights.

Unfortunately, once they entered the school, they discovered that the so-called "chosen ones" they had been talking about were everywhere in the school, and most of them were more talented than them.

"Although our Zhang family has been passed down for hundreds of years, our foundation is not very deep. After we join the family, we can't get much support. We can only rely on the family's occasional assistance and taking on tasks on our own for daily cultivation."

"Fortunately, your elder brother and I both apprenticed under Foundation Establishment cultivators. He learned a lot about weapon crafting, and I take care of the spiritual plants on the peak, so we can still make a living in our cultivation."

Zhang Lingyu listened silently to the woman's story. Although she said that the Nascent Soul Sect was not a good place, it was an undeniable fact.

When a family is weak, its disciples are constantly bullied and feel inferior. Even when some Golden Core families send their disciples in, the situation is not much better.

"There's no other way; this is the struggle for the ultimate principles."

Zhang Lingxiao put down the wine jar and said in a deep voice:

"Your third sister and I haven't had many ambitions in our lives. Being able to reach the Foundation Establishment stage is already quite good. As for the Golden Core stage or anything like that, we don't even dare to dream about it."

Now, both siblings are at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and the path to Foundation Establishment is just around the corner.

"So, brothers, what brings you to Tianliu City this time?"

Faced with her cousin's question, Zhang Lingyue did not hide anything and said:

"We are all cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and we must consider the Foundation Establishment stage. So we took on a mission together to earn some spirit stones so that we can exchange them with the sect in the future."

Every year, many Nascent Soul sects have Golden Core cultivators refining Foundation Establishment Pills. After deducting the majority for sect disciples, only a small portion will flow into the market.

And it is precisely these small fractions that make the major Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment families fight tooth and nail to obtain even one.

Zhang Lingyu was very curious about the Foundation Establishment Pill exchange method at Jade Light Pavilion, and couldn't help but ask a question.

Zhang Lingyue replied:

"Just like families, sects also have contribution points. For the first time, a cultivator needs 20,000 contribution points, which is equivalent to 20,000 spirit stones. If you don't have enough contribution points, you can borrow them from fellow disciples or teachers."

"But contribution points are precious, and fellow disciples rarely lend them to others, as they are eager to reach the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as possible."

"I see."

Zhang Lingyu nodded and smiled, "Fortunately, there are no restrictions on the exchange of Foundation Establishment Pills, and the price is much cheaper than outside."

"Yes."

Zhang Lingxiao could not deny that this was one of the great benefits of cultivating in a Nascent Soul sect.

As long as you cultivate steadily and accumulate enough contribution points, you will eventually be able to exchange them for Foundation Establishment Pills; it's just a matter of time.

"Your elder brother and I are still nearly nine thousand contribution points short. When we returned to the clan last year, the clan gave each of us two thousand spirit stones."

Zhang Lingyue couldn't help but feel guilty as she spoke:

"We have been cultivating within the sect without making any contribution to the clan. On the contrary, the clan has done a lot for us."

"Third sister, don't feel too guilty. Things will probably get much better after you reach the Foundation Establishment stage."

In Zhang Lingyu's view, the two of them are currently Qi Refining cultivators. Once they reach the Foundation Establishment stage, the sect will gradually pay more attention to them, and only then will they become the backbone of the sect.

That will be the time when the family needs them the most.

"Let's not talk about that. By the way, Nineteenth Brother, this is something the family asked us to give you when we met you."

Zhang Lingyue reached out and handed over a storage bag, saying:

"We've all heard from the clan leader that you're another genius in our family. We were able to get that Foundation Establishment Pill last time thanks to you."

"It's just my duty."

Zhang Lingyu reached out and took it, only to find that there were actually three thousand spirit stones in the storage bag, a full thousand more than what she had lent out before. She couldn't help but smile wryly:

"I'm away from home, and I'm sorry to have troubled my family."

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