Chapter 54: Making a Move

  Coming out of Baobao Hall, Lin Feng was full of gains and very satisfied. If his wallet hadn't shrunk a lot, he would have been even happier.

  Lin Feng thought for a moment and then went to the market to find Liu Kai, asking him to help purchase the spiritual herbs needed to refine the Qi Gathering Pill and the Small Yuan Pill. The requirement was that they had to be live plants. Although he had bought quite a few spiritual seeds today, it would still take some time for them to truly grow into usable spiritual herbs. He would need a large quantity of refined Qi Gathering Pills in the future to make money, and he also needed to start learning how to refine second-grade pills. Now, he needed to prepare ahead of time, as the demand for spiritual herbs was not small. Although there were already prepared materials available on the market, their prices were clearly higher than those of fresh spiritual herbs. Now that Lin Feng had the Panlong Ring, he could plant the spiritual herbs and refine them when needed, which would be more effective and cheaper.

  Another purpose was to chat with Liu Kai about the reputation and background of Baibao Hall, and the information he got made Lin Feng quite satisfied. As for how Liu Kai's business was going, he didn't want to ask too much, so as not to put pressure on him, but from his beaming joyful expression, it was clear that the business was doing well.

  When it comes to Baibao Hall, we have to talk about the origin of Yaoguang City. In fact, Yaoguang City was jointly established by dozens of immortal sects in this area of several thousand miles. It can be said that it is the largest city of immortals in the immortal world, and its purpose is to make the materials of the immortal world circulate. However, these dozens of immortal sects are both evil and demonic. In order to better manage Yaoguang City, and also to prevent Yaoguang City from falling into the hands of individual sects, everyone finally decided to establish an elder council to jointly manage it according to their strength, and occupy the resources of Yaoguang City accordingly.

  So in the distant light city, the three evil Taoist schools coexist. The disciples of the three schools are also equally protected in the distant light city. However, ordinary disciples, especially Taoist and magic cultivators, have little contact with each other in the distant light city. As a result, the distant light city slowly divides into two distinct halves, the south city is mostly Taoist, the north city is mostly demonic, and the evil school is more scattered throughout the city.

  Bai Bao Tang is the largest comprehensive spiritual goods store located in the southern part of the city, or in other words, it's the largest comprehensive spiritual goods store in Dao Xiuzhen. Its reputation in Dao Xiuzhen can be imagined. It's said that Mo Xiuzhen also has a large store called Zhen Bao Ge in the northern part of the city, but generally, people from Dao Xiuzhen wouldn't go there to buy or sell things.

  What finally made Lin Feng feel completely at ease was that the backing of this Baibao Hall turned out to be the Qingyang Gate. Not to mention that it's the number one sect in the cultivation world, and it's impossible for them to take action against a small loose cultivator like himself, just because of Zhao Chun's relationship, Lin Feng felt confident. Don't look at Zhao Chun being only a Qi Refining stage cultivator now, but since his master is a Golden Dan stage expert, no one would underestimate him, not even Foundation Building stage cultivators. Thinking about how his beautiful Shu surname senior sister was also a Qi Refining stage cultivator, yet she was so overbearing and snatched things from a group of Foundation Building stage cultivators, Lin Feng felt that Zhao Chun's master was not ordinary.

  With a clear mind, Lin Feng no longer had any worries. Since the Hundred Treasures Hall was not in danger and the conditions were so favorable, he would naturally go there often from now on. However, it wasn't urgent for now. The spiritual seeds had been bought back, and he needed to continue opening up more spiritual fields while also planting them. All of these required a large amount of divine sense, and for a short period of time, he wouldn't have the time to refine pills.

  Qian Deli was sweating profusely as he finished his work in a small courtyard somewhere in the city, washing up while chatting with someone.

  "Is that all? So this kid really has some background!"

  "Yes, big brother, I think that kid probably has no less than a thousand spirit stones on him." The one responding to him was precisely Zhao You. Just now, he had just reported Lin Feng's movements over the past few days to Qian Dele. After analyzing it, Qian Dele was convinced that Lin Feng was extraordinary. But Zhao You obviously didn't catch the meaning behind Qian Dele's words and was single-mindedly thinking about the spirit stones in Lin Feng's pocket.

  Qian Dele didn't want to bother with this idiot who had just spent a few hundred spirit stones, but after thinking about it, he was afraid that he would get himself into trouble. So he glared at Zhao You and said: "Do you think someone who can spend hundreds of spirit stones on a whim is so simple?" Zhao You obviously missed the scene where Lin Feng traded with Zhu Yan, otherwise Qian Dele wouldn't have said this. It's unknown whether he would still be calm if he knew that Lin Feng had spent 7,000 spirit stones all at once today.

  "Does Big Brother mean that he has far more spirit stones on him?" Zhao You was still seemingly in a daze, his mind preoccupied with thoughts of just how fat this plump sheep Lin Feng really was.

  Qian Dele slapped the towel into the basin and said in a bad tone, "I'm saying that no matter how many spiritual stones he has on him, it shows that he has a background. We can't easily move him, do you understand?"

  "Of course, little brother knows that big brother has already said it, we'll just wait a bit longer before making our move. What little brother is worried about is, what if they make their move too late and he's already used up all the spiritual stones?"

  Qian Dele was crying and laughing, this kid's heart is very clear, it's just that he values money too much. Now the eight characters are not even a stroke yet, and he has already taken Lin Feng's things as his own.

  "I reckon he has at least a few thousand spirit stones, otherwise he wouldn't be spending money so lavishly. So if you want wealth, just suffer for now and keep an eye on him for me. I don't believe he won't leave the city." Qian Dele said, his eyes becoming increasingly sinister, clearly recalling Lin Feng's arrogant appearance at Drunken Fragrance.

  Lin Feng was unaware that Qian Dele and the others were secretly plotting against his wealth and life. He was busy, having just planted the spiritual seed, and his divine sense had been depleted by about 70-80%. He was exhausted to the point of death. After practicing for a while, Lin Feng finally recovered some energy. Instead of continuing to cultivate the spiritual field, he took out the jade slip he had just bought. He wanted to see what kind of ultimate move this sword technique, which even Bao Yu acknowledged, was.

  The spiritual barrier set up by Baibao Hall in the Jade Slip has been removed. When Lin Feng probed his divine sense into the Jade Slip, he still encountered a barrier, but this barrier was obviously not solid. Lin Feng only slightly concentrated and easily penetrated that faint barrier.

  Boom! A divine consciousness burst into Lin Feng's mind the moment his divine consciousness pierced through that barrier, like a bolt of lightning suddenly darting into his sea of consciousness. Lin Feng subconsciously withdrew his divine consciousness, but that divine consciousness had already slipped into his sea of consciousness, and at this time, the Jade Slip had turned to dust.

  Lin Feng was greatly shocked. In his understanding, the jade slip usually contained words or paintings carved with divine consciousness, but he had never known that it could seal divine consciousness. This might also be the reason why the person who obtained the Jade Sword did not easily open this jade slip.

  At this time, his first reaction was that he had been invaded by the evil demon, but soon discovered that the divine consciousness seemed to have no intention of attacking himself, and instead slowly disappeared in his own sea of consciousness, just like ice and snow melting in the ocean. Then an image appeared in Lin Feng's mind, a figure holding an ordinary sword, pointing straight, slanting, raising, and slashing at various angles, but no matter how Lin Feng looked at it, he felt that this was just a set of starting poses for a sword technique.

  A thousand spirit stones! And it's just for a starting pose? If the image hadn't continued, Lin Feng would have probably gone mad immediately. Fortunately, at this time, the figure in the image had finished almost all the starting poses, and then he saw the sword in his hand leave his body, surrounding his own body with even more complex - starting poses?

  Although Lin Feng couldn't yet wield a sword independently, he had often watched his senior brothers show off and his senior uncles teach their disciples. From these fragmented sword-wielding postures, he was almost certain that the posture in this image was also just an initial gesture, merely an initial gesture for wielding a sword.

  Forcing down the anger and disappointment in his heart, Lin Feng hoped that after finishing the gestures, there would be something new. After all, this was a sword technique he had spent 1,000 spirit stones on! Could it be that in the end, he only got to see a short shadow play? And at that, just a simple shadow play with a few unrelated actions? No way, if so, he would definitely ask for a refund from Baibao Hall. Moreover, he had already secretly decided that if this was the case, he would not consider selling his mid-grade elixir to Baibao Hall again.

  Lin Feng's complex heart held onto a thread of hope, waiting in the prolonged puppet show, although it was only for a brief moment, but to him it felt like an eternity, then the figure and sword finally retracted their stance, and then... nothing?

  Lin Feng was stunned, and after a long time, his first thought when he came back to himself was that he had been deceived, and he had become the biggest fool in the world. He suddenly stood up, and Lin Feng wanted to rush out to reason with Baibao Hall, but as soon as he stood up, he found that there was no jade slip in his hand, and the jade slip had long since turned into powder. Without the jade slip, what could he use to reason with Baibao Hall?

  He sat down dejectedly, and Lin Feng only came to his senses then. Not to mention that Yu Jian was gone, even if he were here, he had no way of arguing with Bai Bao Tang. Because they had explained beforehand, there was only one move in the sword technique, and the starting gesture was indeed considered a move within the sword technique. In this case, Bai Bao Tang was not wrong, and Lin Feng had no way to argue with them.

  Lin Feng sneered at himself, thinking that he was indeed too naive. A simple gesture had cost him a thousand spirit stones. At this moment, Lin Feng was convinced that he had been deceived. What Dog Ninth Heaven Sword, the name sounded impressive enough, but it turned out to be just a piece of trash.

  Thinking of this, Lin Feng naturally thought of the words originally engraved on it: Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword, one sword, one heavy heaven. First move, Human Sword Unite as One, mainly defensive.

  "Unity of man and sword, defense is the master, unity of man and sword, unity of man and sword..." Lin Feng thought about the few words originally engraved on the jade slip. Almost at the same time he thought of it, it suddenly appeared in his mind like the image just now. Just as he hadn't figured out the reason, he suddenly found that these four words "unity of man and sword" seemed to have some connection with the shadowy image just now.

  As he thought of the image, the scene in Lin Feng's mind suddenly reappeared, as clear as a memory from deep within. Lin Feng didn't know why this was happening, but he had no time to think about it now, because the four words "unity of man and sword" were merging with the image in his mind.

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