Immortality and cultivation begin with drawing talismans...

Chapter 40 Foundation Building Ceremony
After the turmoil, the market returned to peace once again.

It's not that the independent cultivators have gotten used to it, but rather that Qingzhushan Market has become a rare and stable rear base.

The cultivation world in the Yue Kingdom is now in increasing chaos, with murder, robbery, and market unrest becoming commonplace.

Within the territory of the Fire Palace alone, there have already been reports of two or three markets being breached and looted.

Therefore, in the minds of the independent cultivators, the turmoil in Qingzhu Mountain Market could not be disrupted as long as the Foundation Establishment cultivators stationed at Lihuo Palace and Xuanyin Pavilion remained as stable as Mount Tai.

One month after the last upheaval.

"Foundation Building Ceremony?"

On this day, Li Erniu arrived with a beaming smile to deliver the invitation. Seeing Lin Chang'an's astonished expression, he nodded and explained:
“Brother Lin, not only you, but also the young master and junior sister have received invitations. I even went with Grandpa Tai’an to deliver an invitation to Fellow Daoist Yun.”

Seeing the joy on Erniu's face, Lin Chang'an understood.

For a major sect like Li Huo Palace, Foundation Establishment is called a minor achievement, but in ordinary cultivation families, Foundation Establishment represents the continuation of the family line for a hundred years.

Its importance is self-evident, so cultivation families often hold a 'Foundation Building Ceremony' to demonstrate the family's strength.

At the same time, the Zhou family also wanted to take this opportunity to reassure the people within the clan.

“I see. Then I will definitely be there in two weeks.”

Lin Chang'an nodded with a smile, and Li Erniu also left with a smile on his face. After all, the better the Zhou family was, the more stable his family would be.

"The Foundation Establishment Ceremony? It seems we need to make some preparations."

Not only did he need to bathe and burn incense every day, he also needed to prepare a new robe to avoid leaving any traces from his battle with Zhou Qing.

As Lin Chang'an watched Erniu leave, the smile on his face gradually turned serious, and he fell into deep thought.

He has a bright future ahead of him, so we can't be careless.

……

Back in the secret room, looking at the bottles and jars on the table, especially a jade bottle that stood out, Lin Chang'an habitually dripped it onto his eyes every day.

"The spiritual liquid that the Zhou family clearly intended to use to cultivate precious spiritual herbs has now been wasted by me."

Spiritual liquid is something only the three major sects possess. It is spiritual water extracted from the springs of spiritual veins and is called spiritual liquid. Just this small bottle would cost at least a hundred spirit stones outside.

It is of great benefit to the growth and recovery of spiritual herbs, and is usually only used for precious spiritual medicines.

It has remarkable effects on both cultivation and healing, but the effects cannot last long, so Lin Chang'an can only use it for cultivation.

After all, if it's not used now, it will lose its spiritual energy after a while.

[Insightful Eye +1 (Beginner 12/100)]

A sense of clarity swept over his body, accompanied by a voice in his mind, prompting Lin Chang'an to close his eyes and rest.

Using spiritual liquid to aid his cultivation made his mind clear and significantly improved his spiritual awareness. However, the unexpected awakening of his spiritual eye also brought a smile to his face.

"Although this ability of the Spirit Eye is somewhat useless, it's better than nothing."

The Spirit Eye, to put it simply, is the essential foundation for those who cultivate divine eye supernatural abilities. It can be acquired by washing the eyes with spiritual liquid over a long period of time. However, the so-called pupil techniques and supernatural abilities are too far removed from him.

The basic spiritual eye has a single ability: simply enhancing the senses and possessing a slight ability to see through fog and stone.

……

half a month later.

The Zhou family's foundation-building celebration was quite a grand affair.

Not only were the major families in the market invited, but even some outstanding independent cultivators were also invited.

Foundation Establishment cultivators from Li Huo Palace and Xuan Yin Pavilion also came.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist."

"Congratulations, Senior Zhou."

Amidst cheers and congratulations, the Zhou family patriarch, with a ruddy complexion and a beaming smile, greeted everyone.

He showed absolutely no signs of approaching the end of his life. Some offered sincere congratulations, while others sneered inwardly, thinking that the Zhou family was nothing more than the afterglow of a setting sun, and their moment of glory wouldn't last long.

Although the Zhou family has produced a new Foundation Establishment cultivator, how can he compare to a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a different spiritual root?

Moreover, the Zhou family is about to lose a veteran Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Brother Lin."

After Lin Chang'an took his seat, he saw the busy Shen Lie and his junior sister Lu Qingqing. Shen Lie even stepped forward with a smile and said:

"This time, the Zhou family's Foundation Establishment celebration banquet is jointly organized by Juxianlou and Xuanyinge restaurants."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chang'an couldn't help but smile. The Zhou family was truly meticulous in their actions, managing to offend no one.

Yun Yao behind Juxianlou represents Lihuo Palace.

"I see. No wonder Brother Shen is so busy."

Lin Chang'an made a rare joke before taking his seat.

"Brother Lin, look, even Fellow Daoist Lian Yun has come."

After Li Erniu arrived, he gestured with a smile to a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the distance.

Upon hearing this, Lin Chang'an nodded slightly in agreement and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Yun has already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, so he is naturally among those invited."

The people at this table were either in the late stage of Qi Refining or were top talents in various cultivation arts. Although the host was hospitable to everyone, Li Erniu did not want to lose face.

He then mentioned Yun Yao, and sure enough...

The monks at the table, who had initially ignored and scorned them, now greeted them with warm and familiar smiles.

"So it was Master Lin Fu."

"Fellow Daoist Li is now in charge of the Zhou family's businesses, so you'll have to give him some preferential treatment."

Everyone at the table was all smiles, their main goal being to make friends and avoid offending anyone.

For this Foundation Establishment celebration, Lin Chang'an even presented two top-grade Golden Light Talismans as a congratulatory gift.

These two talismans alone are worth a hundred spirit stones, and the Zhou family treated him with great courtesy.

At the same time, Lin Chang'an's generous behavior also makes people appreciate his gratitude.

“Brother Lin, look at those two Black Wind Wolf cubs. Both Li Huo Palace and Xuan Yin Pavilion gave one to each of them; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to exchange them for two Foundation Establishment Pills.”

Li Erniu spoke with emotion, without trying to hide his thoughts from others.

"I see."

Lin Chang'an nodded in realization, but when he looked at Erniu, he rarely smiled.

This Erniu—no! It should be the Zhou family—deliberately held the Foundation Establishment Ceremony to tell everyone that he had ingratiated himself with the two major sects.

The high-profile appearances of Li Huo Palace and Xuan Yin Pavilion, in cooperation with the Zhou family, also achieved their own goals.

They announced to the outside world that their two major sects had formed a close alliance, and that they would not hesitate to share strategic resources such as Foundation Establishment Pills with their own people.

It can be said to be a win-win situation.

During the banquet, Lin Chang'an also sighed, saying that since the friction between the three major sects, there had been no peace for the past few years. He hoped that there could be a few more years of peace so that he could cultivate properly.

After all, he didn't want to live a life of constant wandering.

However, just as the Foundation Establishment Hall was filled with joy and harmony until night fell, two cultivators from Li Huo Palace and Xuan Yin Pavilion suddenly entered the hall in a panic and went straight to their Foundation Establishment supervisor.

Those outside were filled with suspicion, their gazes shifting between each other.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators at the table in the main hall seemed to have overheard something, and their expressions all changed.

The fact that it could cause a Foundation Establishment cultivator to change his expression so drastically suggests that something major has happened.

The war has begun!

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