Immortal Road.

Chapter 198 Unexpected Disaster
Wangyue City, west of the city.

Lin Shan in the secret room had broken through to the late stage of foundation building five years ago. The Purple Dust Pill, which was strengthened by the Purple Heart Pill, was indeed a top-level elixir. The product of the strengthened panel must be a top-notch one, allowing him to break through the bottleneck smoothly again.

Even the top alchemy masters in the world of cultivation would not dare to imagine this kind of miraculous elixir that can increase the probability of breaking through the bottleneck of the foundation-building period to 90%. Only something as unreasonable as an enhanced panel can produce it.

It can be said that it is the only one of its kind in the world!

After this breakthrough, his cultivation level did not improve as much as the last time. Last time, it directly reached one-third of the progress of the middle stage of foundation building. This time, after compression and condensation, it was only pushed to about one-fifth of the late stage of foundation building.

After five years of crazy "drug-taking" cultivation, he has advanced to two-fifths of the progress, and this is when his spiritual root qualification has reached "Grade B".

With the help of elixirs, talents and spiritual treasures, his cultivation speed far exceeds that of others.

"With an adequate supply of foundation-building elixirs and the assistance of the innate spiritual treasure Xuxing Plate, I will be able to reach the late stage of foundation-building in less than twenty years."

Lin Shan counted on his fingers and realized that he was already 50 years old, and it seemed that he would miss the opportunity to regain youth when he was 64.

“What a shame.”

If one can cultivate to perfection in the late stage of foundation building before the age of 64, and then break through to the golden elixir stage in a short period of time, then in theory it is equivalent to turning from a young man back into a teenager.

You have to know that he had seen so many demonic and righteous Jindan-stage masters in the Song Dynasty and the East China Sea, and none of them looked like teenagers! Even Lei Yuzi of the Zixiao Sect, who was known as the "Nascent Soul Seed", was just a young female cultivator when she broke through to the Jindan stage.

It can be seen that the gold content of the "young" golden elixir is so great that even if it can only last for a short period of one or two years, it is still a remarkable achievement.

Because every cultivator will face the "three bottlenecks" between the foundation-building stage and the golden elixir stage. If they fail to break through once, they will have to start over again for a long time. No matter how high your aptitude is, who can say for sure about luck?
Therefore, when most of the sect's geniuses face bottlenecks, the elders in the sect will tell them to go down the mountain to gain some experience first, and not to rush for a breakthrough. Instead, they should go out and walk around for ten or eight years to broaden their minds and horizons, adjust their mentality, and find the opportunity for a breakthrough in the "dark".

That is what is called “the time has come”.

Only then would they set out to return to the sect and try to break through. Although this method has a very high success rate, it is also an experience passed down in the world of cultivation since ancient times.

But Lin Shan is different. He is just hanging on the wall. He doesn't need to talk about "tempering the mind in the world" or "looking for opportunities". He has a strengthening panel to check every time. He can directly strengthen the best "treasure pill" to help himself break through the realm. Others can't learn it at all.

But even so, he still couldn't become a young golden elixir. I really don't know how those legendary geniuses of the immortal way who rose like rockets practiced.

However, right now, it is only a matter of time before he reaches perfection in the foundation-building stage.

When your cultivation reaches its ceiling, you will need to start preparing in advance for various auxiliary spiritual objects and medicines to break through the Jindan stage.

The breakthrough in the Golden Elixir Stage is different from that in the Foundation Establishment Stage. It requires the fusion of spirit and energy, the refining of the body with jade liquid, the forging of a spotless body, and the condensation of a leak-free Golden Elixir.

These are the four steps that have been simplified in the world of cultivation over countless years.

The first step of blending spirit and energy is easy to say, and the foundation-building stage has basically reached perfection;
The third step of tempering the pure body is easy. Even if there is no special method of body tempering, the effect will be better with the star power of the spiritual treasure Xuxing Plate to temper the body. This step is not difficult for him.

Problems one and three have been solved, but two and four will require assistance from other spiritual objects.

Jade liquid refines the body, which means that saliva is produced in the mouth, runs through all the meridians and reaches all the orifices.

The unleaked golden elixir is the inner elixir avenue where the three flowers condense into the mysterious gate. It is strong and indestructible, perfect, bright and pure without loss.

If there is no corresponding elixir or spiritual object to assist, if the produced jade liquid is not enough to penetrate all the meridians, or if there is an error in condensing the golden elixir later, it will lead to a great loss of cultivation, or even to possession of the mind.

Not to mention that the "Dao Mark" of failing to break through will make it even more difficult next time!
Lin Shan calculated the 74 points of Ancient Charm in his hand, and he didn't know if it was enough to strengthen the auxiliary upgrade. It would be safer to save it first. As long as he could enter the Golden Core Stage, he would become a high-level cultivator in the world of cultivation, and it would be easier to obtain Ancient Charm.

By then, with the strength of the Golden Core Stage, he would be qualified to establish his own sect. He wouldn't dare to spread his faith everywhere, as he might be caught by patrolling immortals from the upper realm. But he could ask his subordinates to look for him everywhere in the mortal world!
Various small items in the mortal world, cultural, incense, and faith, although the number is small, they are just tiny, but if you accumulate them, they can form a tower and accumulate water, which is also a channel. The key is that you don’t need to do it yourself!
Relying on the 400-year lifespan of the Jindan stage, you can train waves of disciples to secretly plunder for yourself, and act as a dark hand behind the scenes. Isn't that great?

Of course, you can also travel around and look for and harvest various cults. It can be said that there are many choices.

The prerequisite is that he can successfully break through the Jindan stage. Otherwise, with his current strength in the foundation-building stage, if he sends people to search everywhere, one or two counties may be a small target, but if he acts on a large scale, it is very likely to attract the attention of the cultivation families in various states and counties. They might follow the clues and come to him to find out the truth, and then it will be troublesome.

If I were a Jindan-stage immortal, those cultivation families would most likely turn a blind eye.

In the world of cultivation, strength is respected, and only those with big fists can do whatever they want.

I am only in the foundation-building stage now, so I should not be too ostentatious.

……

When I opened the door to the secret room, I saw a thick layer of fallen leaves in the yard.

He had no plans to go out and explore the world, but just wanted to ask the Black Skull Demon Lord to help him keep an eye out in advance for the various rare treasures needed to break through the Golden Core Stage, while he would return to the secret room to continue his practice.

He had not been in seclusion all these years. He summoned a mermaid girl every month and asked her to deliver various seafood and spirits. Although he did not know much about the outside world, he thought it had nothing to do with him for the time being.

After a while, the Black Skull Demon Lord came back in a hurry.

However, unlike in the past when he would bring in dividends of tens of thousands of spirit stones every year, this time the Black Skull Demon Lord came back empty-handed.

"What's going on? Was there some natural or man-made disaster this year? Are seafood not selling well?"

Lin Shan sipped the spiritual tea leisurely. When he was in a good mood, he didn't care much about the money. He just went to understand the situation in the outside world as usual, and by the way, check whether the Black Skull Demon Lord was lazy at work.

Unexpectedly, the other party nodded solemnly.

"Yes, there are both natural disasters and man-made disasters. I think we can continue to run away."

"puff!!!."

Lin Shan spat out a mouthful of tea and was almost choked by the surging spiritual energy.

I just got out of customs, and you’re running away again?

I finally have a chance to take a break and practice peacefully for a few years. I stay in the cave and don't go out. I don't provoke anyone. Why should I run away?
The Black Skull Demon Lord said that he didn't know either. He always felt that it was too unlucky to be with Lin Shan. He was worried every day and was unexpectedly unlucky wherever he went.

"This year, the monster beasts in the Swallowing Star Mountains surrounding Lu State rioted, causing a sharp drop in the import of seafood spirits. This can be considered a natural disaster."

Lin Shan frowned after hearing this: "Lu's seafood imports have dropped sharply, so wouldn't that be beneficial to our Chamber of Commerce?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord nodded and said, "It is precisely because the vacant market share is too large that our Chamber of Commerce has become so fat that it has been targeted. This is a man-made disaster."

Lin Shan choked again, then smiled coldly: "Oh? Who is targeting us, to the point of asking us to run away?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord answered seriously, "The Dai family is a family of cultivators, and a mining giant in Lu. It is said that 80% of the low-level spiritual materials such as refined iron, refined copper, and cloud copper that circulate in the cultivation world every year are mined by their family. There are five Jindan-stage cultivators in the family, and there is a Jindan Zhenren resident in Wangyue City. We are being targeted by him, so."

Lin Shan: "When will you run away?"

...The Black Skull Demon Lord was interrupted by him, paused for a moment, and spoke again: "Why don't you listen to how they chose our Chamber of Commerce? What are the causes and consequences? How do you plan to deal with us?"

Lin Shan: "Not interested, I just want to change places to continue my retreat and practice."

The Black Skull Demon Lord shook his head: "Since the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren has been targeting me, it is obviously impossible for me to practice in seclusion in peace."

Lin Shan said indifferently: "Then just sell the Lin's Chamber of Commerce to him, and don't make any more trouble for now."

Now that he has obtained the Moon-Watching Order, he has also participated in high-end trade fairs to prove his worth, and two consecutive transactions have been recorded there. It seems that the Lin Chamber of Commerce here has also completed its original mission.

It is good to have this cash cow all the time, but if it brings unnecessary trouble to oneself, then it should be cut off when necessary and abandoned when necessary. Lin Shan has nothing to worry about.

The Black Skull Demon Lord's tone was very solemn at this time. He told him that it was too late, because the country of Lu had been hit by natural disasters in recent years and the import of seafood and spiritual species was almost mostly blocked. Now the "Lin's Chamber of Commerce" in the entire Wangyue City was the only one in power and was making a lot of money, making everyone very jealous.

Generally, such newly established and rising star chambers of commerce are easily targeted by big capital in the cultivation world, and their usual approach is to forcibly acquire them and take them into their pockets.

There were many forces eyeing the Lin's Chamber of Commerce. The Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family probably paid a considerable price before reaching an agreement with other forces and giving the Dai family the opportunity to annex the Lin's Chamber of Commerce.

So now it’s not a question of whether they can sell, but whether they can survive.

"Is it that serious?" Lin Shan was really incredulous.

Can't I sell it?

How great is the hatred to the point of being a life-threatening threat?

The Black Skull Demon Lord pointed out the key point: "The Lin's Chamber of Commerce is not the focus. What the Dai family's Golden Core Master wants is our channel for purchasing goods from the East China Sea!"

"channel?"

Lin Shan was stunned. What formal channels did he have? He just relied on summoning magic to ask the merman girl to help catch seafood spirits and transport them to sell on consignment. How could such a channel be provided?
Should he give the summoning technique to someone else, send the summoning flag away, and release the mermaid girl from the contract so that someone else can place the contract?

This is too much of an insult to honest people!

"Impossible. Even though the Summoning Flag is only a high-level magical tool, it contains a treasure like the Teleportation Stone. I can't possibly hand it over."

Lin Shan refused decisively and refused to agree no matter what.

Besides, he has bound himself to a summoning contract with Master Huang, a Yuanying stage leader. If he really encounters an unavoidable crisis in the future, he might have to strengthen the summoning flag on the battlefield and pull Master Huang to the rescue.

Do you think this kind of thing can be given away?

The Black Skull Demon Lord seemed to have anticipated this. After killing Princess Guo in the Song Dynasty, the Holy Maiden of the Ca Nu Sect took away Lin Shan's trophy, the "Talisman Jade Pendant". At that time, he told him that he could dismantle the summoning flag and let him set up a teleportation array to chase her, but Lin Shan refused.

It is understandable that there is such a reaction now.

"Then there is nothing we can do. You know, the Lin's Chamber of Commerce is just a shell. The real valuable commodity is the import channel for a large number of seafood spirits. This is the foundation of our chamber of commerce, and outsiders are completely unaware of it.

And this channel is the chicken that can really lay eggs. If the Dai family Jindan Zhenren can't get this channel, it will be of no use to him to just acquire the Lin's Chamber of Commerce."

"So what is he going to do?"

Lin Shan frowned, feeling that the situation seemed serious. He didn't expect that he would encounter such a big thing without leaving the house. Life is really unpredictable.

They originally founded the Chamber of Commerce just to gain the qualification to enter high-end trade fairs, but they never thought that they would get into such trouble.

"This Jindan Zhenren from the Dai family has sent a message to me, saying that within a month, the Lin's Chamber of Commerce and the seafood channel can be sold to him. He is willing to pay 150,000 spirit stones for it."

"Haha~"

Lin Shan sneered. When he first founded the Lin's Chamber of Commerce, he invested no less than 150,000 spirit stones. Now the scale is getting bigger and bigger, at least quadrupled. He wants to acquire it with just that little money? Why doesn't he just rob it?
What's more, he had no intention of selling the so-called "channel"!
“What if I don’t sell it?”

"If you don't sell it."

The Black Skull Demon Lord paused, then read out the other party's words exactly as they were.

"You have heard that an ant cannot shake a tree, and a mantis cannot stop a chariot."

"One action can ruin your life, one misstep can lead to eternal regret!"

"Don't say I didn't warn you~"

……

"I'm going to fuck a horse!"

Lin Shan stood up angrily and kicked over the stone table in the yard. The other party was simply going too far. Not only did he show off his literary talent, but he also threatened him openly and secretly. Did he really think that he was scared since he was a child?

"If you really want to push me into a dead end, the worst that can happen is that both of us will perish!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord was still shaking his head and reciting the other party's message: "As the saying goes, the fish will die, but the net may not break."

"."

Lin Shan was choked. He didn't expect that the other party had predicted it in advance, so he had to change his words immediately.

"I, Lin, am not made of clay. At worst, we will perish together!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord was still faithfully delivering the other party's message, reading incessantly: "Stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade, but if jade is not polished, it will be difficult to make it into a useful tool."

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Lin Shan's tone paused again. He didn't expect that this had been predicted, and he felt furious.

"Alright! Your Dai family is a mining giant in the cultivation world. I can't afford to offend you, but I can afford to avoid you. Don't let me escape, or you'll have to bear the consequences!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord was still reciting the message, as if he didn't want to miss a word: "You must know that the net of heaven is vast and wide, and nothing can escape it. The way of heaven is clear, and the law cannot be escaped."

"???"

Lin Shan stood there in a daze. He didn't expect that the other party could predict all his reactions. Is this Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family so evil?
I was just staying at home and secluding myself, not going out of the house, but how did I end up provoking such a powerful enemy out of nowhere?

This is really an unexpected disaster!

(End of this chapter)