Chapter 439 - Chapter 439: Chapter 137: I Treat Brother Lin as My Brother, But He Treats Me Like Hard Labor (2/2)
and that’s not all, at the edges of the mountain top, there were traces of formations that had been laid out.
it seemed that the mountain summit was protected by some formations.
after lin jing and zhang jian arrived at the summit, they went straight to a corner behind the plaza.
looking down, lin jing noticed that the ground of the plaza was clean and tidy, and there were no signs of being exposed to wind or rain, not even the traces of the nearby formation seemed very old.
lin jing, observing the seemingly brand new plaza, asked zhang jian:
“brother zhang…”
“is this plaza and the formation newly constructed or refurbished for the event?”
zhang jian answered:
“this mountain top was flattened long ago by the sword of a nascent soul true monarch…”
“the plaza and the formation were supposedly built specifically for this trading event, so they are not very old.”
after hearing this, lin jing thoughtfully nodded.
then, lifting his head, he looked out toward the plaza, which was already populated by dozens of cultivators.
furthermore, there were other cultivators flying toward them from the distance.
at this moment, zhang jian exclaimed with some emotion:
“such a gathering of golden core cultivators in the thousand islands domain is probably a first…”
lin jing looked ahead at the crowd and nodded:
“whether it’s the first time or not, i’m not sure, but there are indeed quite a few people…”
afterwards, the two of them waited there, anticipating the beginning of the trading event.
aside from lin jing and his company, other people did the same, some standing alone, others in groups of three or five.
they all waited together for the event to start.
right now, at the very front of the plaza, there were a few cultivators at the golden core peak, who were also chatting idly.
cultivators occasionally approached to say hello.
each of them smiled and responded in kind, appearing quite popular.
seeing lin jing look toward those cultivators, zhang jian started explaining:
“those are some of the individuals who ventured into that relic and obtained treasures. they’re the ones who initiated this trading event.”
once lin jing heard the explanation, he understood immediately.
it’s no wonder that everyone was greeting them.
lin jing was out of the loop concerning the event due to his lack of interest previously, hence he knew none of this about the trading event.
so much so that he didn’t even recognize the initiators of the event.
however, with zhang jian at his side,
there was indeed no need for lin jing to know too much, as zhang jian had been paying quite a bit of attention to this trading event, and it sufficed for lin jing to simply follow him.
as time slowly passed, more and more cultivators arrived at the mountain top.
the summit now had gathered over a hundred people.
it was indeed a rare spectacle.
by now, the trading event was about to begin.
just then, a blue-robed cultivator who had just arrived approached lin jing and zhang jian.
upon seeing zhang jian, the cultivator hurriedly greeted him:
“brother zhang…”
“i knew you would come, and sure enough, i guessed right.”
zhang jian, seeing the man, smiled and replied:
“brother li…”
“your home is right on xian yu island, why have you come so late?”
the blue-robed cultivator said:
“it’s all because of you, brother zhang…”
zhang jian immediately looked puzzled and responded:
“now, brother li, don’t joke with me, how could it be because of me?”
the blue-robed cultivator said:
“brother zhang…”
“didn’t you mention last time that you obtained a partial formation treatise and have been searching for the latter half? today, i saw it.”
after hearing this, zhang jian was momentarily stunned, then he became extremely excited and said:
“are you talking about the lower half of that formation treatise?”
“where is it?”
“quick, tell me…”
it seemed that this formation treatise was quite valuable to zhang jian.
the blue-robed cultivator said:
“it’s with old man liu…”
“however, he’s asking for a million midium grade spirit stones. i didn’t have that much money, so i hurried over to tell you.”
upon hearing this, zhang jian immediately broke into a wide smile:
“a million midium grade spirit stones…”
“not expensive!”
“it’s a fair price…”
“with that formation treatise, i could have hope of breaking through to a fifth-rank array master.”
as he spoke, zhang jian quickly checked his storage bag.
after going through it, his brow furrowed and he said:
“still short of two-hundred thousand…”
at that moment, he looked up at lin jing, his furrowed brow instantly relaxing, and then directly said to lin jing:
“brother lin…”
“lend me two-hundred thousand spirit stones for urgent use…”
“i’ll pay you back when we return.”
lin jing didn’t waste words and simply took out two-hundred thousand midium grade spirit stones from his space ring and handed them to zhang jian.
he then said with a smile:
“you don’t need to pay me back. once you advance to a fifth-rank array master, just set up a few formations for me.”
zhang jian, taking the spirit stones handed over by lin jing, hadn’t even had a chance to feel happy when he heard lin jing’s follow-up.
zhang jian was left speechless…
he had yet to become a fifth-rank array master, and already work had been assigned to him.
looking at the mischievous smile on lin jing’s face, zhang jian shook his head and let out a sigh and said:
“sigh…”
“i treat you as a brother, lin, and yet you treat me like hired labor…”
“brother lin…”
“i really misjudged you…”