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Chapter 17 Shen Lie and Junior Sister Arrive [Please Read On]

Three months later.

Lin Chang'an sat cross-legged, let out a long breath, looked at his data panel, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

[Realm Level: Qi Refining Level 4 (11/100)]

"Sure enough, with the supply of spirit stones, my cultivation speed has increased significantly."

In just three months, his progress went from 2 to 11. If he continues at this pace, he will be able to break through in less than three years.

"Spirit stones, in the end, we still have to earn spirit stones."

Looking down at the spirit stone in his palm, which had been drained of its spiritual energy and turned somewhat white, Lin Chang'an smiled. With a burst of strength, he crushed the spirit stone into dust.

A complete low-grade spirit stone is incredibly hard, but it is now a useless stone.

He got up and straightened his robes, while also cleaning the dust off the spirit stones in the room to avoid being noticed.

After all, cultivating with spirit stones every day is a luxury that even ordinary cultivators in large clans don't have.

"If I go all out and can maintain three spirit stones a day for cultivation, then my cultivation speed can double again."

However, Lin Chang'an immediately shook his head. In that case, he would have to earn hundreds of spirit stones every month, not because he didn't have the ability.

However, there are some risks involved. The reason he has been able to cultivate so extravagantly recently is thanks to the increasingly chaotic market, which has provided him with such a good opportunity.

"Brother Lin."

Stepping outside, Lin Chang'an saw Li Erniu, who had finished tidying up, and went up to greet him.

"I never expected that Young Marquis Shen Lie would actually organize a chamber of commerce with his junior sister."

Li Erniu was filled with emotion along the way. It hadn't been long, and his old friend was already coming to Qingzhushan Market.

Lin Chang'an nodded with a smile, feeling a little envious.

First it was Erniu, and now it's Shen Lie.

Even though everyone else had low-grade spiritual roots and failed the assessment, Erniu ended up marrying into another family, and even Shen Lie is about to get married to his junior sister.

Among the three who were initially eliminated, he had good looks, and everyone was about the same in terms of spiritual roots. But it was always the same, which made Lin Chang'an wonder if looks were completely useless in the cultivation world.

Now Lin Chang'an can only console himself that he is fortunate to have awakened his talent, and his future is not bad.

"Shen Lie and his junior sister's chamber of commerce, although not large, was organized under the leadership of the little princess."

A while ago, Shen Lie sent a letter informing them about their organization of a chamber of commerce and their plans to come to Qingzhushan Market.

Now that Lin Chang'an is also under the Zhou family's wing, the letter can naturally be delivered to the Zhou family, unlike before when he had to have the letter delivered through Erniu.

"Yes, the young princess is truly a genius."

Even Li Erniu sighed with envy, and Lin Chang'an nodded in agreement, this little princess has quite the courage.

Clearly, the chamber of commerce organized by Shen Lie and his junior sister is backed by Princess Yun Yao, and its purpose is to gather the resources needed for Foundation Establishment.

Once Princess Yun Yao succeeds, she will become a Foundation Establishment expert, and their status will rise accordingly. All their efforts over the years will be recouped many times over.

A win-win situation.

With a sigh, the two arrived at the gate of the market to prepare to greet him.

……

However, as time passed, around noon, they finally saw the familiar caravan in the distance.

"It's the young marquis and his entourage."

Li Erniu had been waiting for a long time, and a smile immediately appeared on his face when he saw the figure.

Lin Chang'an frowned, noticing that the long caravan seemed somewhat disorganized, as if it had experienced some twists and turns.

"Brother Lin, Brother Li."

Upon seeing the people waiting in the distance, Shen Lie smiled, dismounted, and gave them a big hug.

This time, the young marquis remembered Erniu's surname, rather than his brother Erniu.

"Young Master Hou... Brother Shen, why do you look so disheveled?" Li Erniu instinctively wanted to address him as Young Master Hou, but he immediately realized his mistake and changed his form of address. However, seeing the group's disheveled appearance, he couldn't help but show curiosity.

"Don't even mention it, this journey has been incredibly unlucky."

It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it, because as soon as he did, Shen Lie started twirling his sleeves in annoyance.

"We hired a team of outer disciples from the Li Huo Palace as guards. Everything was fine until three days later, when we encountered one monster after another, including the Golden Leopard."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chang'an's heart skipped a beat, and he stared at Shen Lie in astonishment.

"Golden Leopard, isn't that a demonic beast that lives deep in the Cloud Mist Mountains? How come we've encountered it on the outskirts?"

Just then, the carriage doors opened, and Lu Qingqing stepped down. Looking at them with familiar laughter, she spoke:

"Along the way, we also discovered many traces of demonic beasts in the depths of the Cloud Mist Mountains. It seems that with the market about to open, too many cultivators have come and disturbed the territory of the demonic beasts."

"Little junior sister."

"Junior Sister Lu."

Lin Chang'an and Li Erniu also smiled and clasped their hands in greeting.

They were clearly classmates, but this junior sister seemed to have the same relationship with them as they did.

"That's true. This kind of situation didn't happen before the market was developed."

Li Erniu nodded in agreement. Demonic beasts usually have fixed territories, but the sudden increase in the number of cultivators appearing will also affect them.

"Alright, let's hurry up and enter the market. Erniu and I have already prepared a welcome feast for you."

Lin Chang'an suppressed his unease and, with a smile on his face, extended his hand to invite Shen Lie and his group into the market.

Although Shen Lie looked somewhat disheveled, he couldn't hide his joy as he looked at the bustling market.

They brought a lot of goods this time, because they had their eyes on the Qingzhushan Market. The more independent cultivators from outside the area, the more spirit stones they could earn.

As for the monster disturbance, isn't this a perfect opportunity for the merchant guild to earn spirit stones?

……

Juxianlou.

Lin Chang'an, Li Erniu, Shen Lie, and Lu Qingqing sat in the private room.

As for the guards of the merchants, they naturally settled their spiritual stones after entering the market. At the same time, Young Marquis Shen Lie also warmly prepared a table for these cultivators at Juxian Tower.

This group, consisting of a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator and five mid-stage Qi Refining disciples from the Li Huo Palace, also greeted Shen Lie and Lin Chang'an with smiles.

After all, nobody dislikes a generous employer.

Moreover, they also knew who the real employer was.

"Come on, let's have a drink. I never thought we'd get together again so soon after our last meeting."

As the spirit wine and spirit meat were served, Shen Lie wore a wide smile. His ability to make friends with anyone would be considered natural, no wonder he caught Yun Yao's eye and became the head of the Chamber of Commerce.

At the dinner table, Shen Lie, with a broad smile, once again brought up the meaning of his previous letter.

After all, Lin Chang'an and Li Erniu were local bigwigs and knew the local market better than they did.

Lin Chang'an put down his wine glass and nodded slightly, saying:
“Erniu and I have found a lot of people for you these past few days. They all have clean backgrounds, and their parents are all cultivators in the market, or their children are in the market.”

Since a chamber of commerce is to be established, it is natural to recruit some people. Recruiting cultivators from the local market has the advantage of allowing them to quickly integrate and understand the business.

Lin Chang'an naturally understood that these ordinary cultivators with families and children were relatively more docile.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Lin and Senior Brother Li."

At the dinner table, Lu Qingqing, the junior sister, was also gentle and poised, raising her glass to offer a toast.

This scene made Lin Chang'an and Li Erniu secretly think that this junior sister's way of treating people was like a gentle breeze, and she was really the same kind of person as Shen Lie.

After a banquet, the four of them became even more familiar with each other.

Today is Tuesday, please continue reading.

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