Chapter 432 - Chapter 432: Chapter 132: Expansion of Liyan Fang Market (1/2)
chapter 432: chapter 132: expansion of liyan fang market
after ten years of ceaseless cultivation, lin jing’s cultivation had risen from the third layer of the golden core stage to the eighth layer of the golden core stage.
he had advanced by a full five minor realms.
moreover, lin jing had been in the eighth layer of the golden core stage for quite some time now.
it was estimated that before long, lin jing would be able to break through once again and enter the ninth layer of the golden core stage.
apart from zhang jian, who possessed special fortuitous encounters, and li tan, who cultivated special demonic techniques, no one could compare to lin jing’s speed of cultivation.
of course…
a great deal of credit went to the system space, which offered an acceleration of time flow.
therefore, the actual amount of cultivation time lin jing had was much more than others.
in addition to that, lin jing frequently consumed elixir medicines, and all these conditions combined allowed his cultivation speed to surge forward rapidly.
beyond cultivation, lin jing’s alchemy skills also significantly improved.
in this period, lin jing, through relentless alchemy, had finally advanced to a fifth-rank alchemist.
he could now concoct fifth-rank elixir medicines.
one must know that the cleansing spirit elixir and revival elixir were both fifth-rank elixir medicines, and only by advancing to a fifth-rank alchemist could he refine them.
however, although lin jing was now a fifth-rank alchemist, he had still not been able to gather all the ingredients for the cleansing spirit elixir and revival elixir.
particularly the main ingredient for the revival elixir, the jade soul algae, lin jing had put out a task in the elixir pavilion years ago to purchase it.
but until now, there had been no news…
previously, lin jing had thought that having the elixir pavilion’s task rewards would make it easier to collect the spirit plants he needed.
but now it seemed…
lin jing’s initial thoughts were utterly wrong.
because those truly scarce high-grade spiritual plants were exceedingly rare, and even if they did appear, they were claimed by major powers.
there was no chance for them to flow into the market.
even if lin jing wanted to purchase them, he could not find any; it was a case of having the money but no market.
and this was the situation lin jing encountered now.
while lin jing carried over ten million spirit stones on him, in the short term, he couldn’t collect any fifth-rank or higher spiritual plants.
it was unthinkable how he would acquire sixth-rank, or even the seventh, eighth-rank spiritual plants in the future…
not to mention those legendary ninth-rank spiritual plants.
it was likely that even the top powers didn’t have a single one…
……
on this day, just after lin jing finished alchemy, he left his courtyard and headed to li yan market.
the reason was that yue qi had informed lin jing that due to the increasing fame of li yan market, the number of cultivators visiting daily had grown significantly.
this led to fang market frequently being overcrowded and extremely congested, causing many people to begin complaining.
especially since the number of stalls in the market was insufficient, they were unable to meet the demands of these cultivators.
those who wanted to set up stalls to sell various treasures often waited for several days without getting an empty stall.
and because lin jing had agreed with yue qi that they would not expand the market’s scale too quickly…
seeing this situation, yue qi couldn’t make up her mind, so she asked lin jing whether li yan market should be expanded now…
lin jing came to li yan market this time to see the current state of the market.
upon arriving at the entrance of the market, lin jing had not yet entered.
at the entrance of the market, a golden core cultivator who was extremely excited quickly approached lin jing.
after the golden core cultivator arrived in front of lin jing, he immediately gave a respectful bow and said:
“island master…”
lin jing nodded and asked,
“linxian, how has the market been recently?”
this golden core cultivator, named huang linxian, was also an indigenous cultivator from li yan island who had been stuck at the peak of foundation establishment for decades, unable to break through.
it was only after lin jing took charge of the island that he, like yue qi, busied himself with the affairs of li yan island day in and day out.
recently, with lin jing’s help, he had managed to break through to the golden core stage.
therefore, huang linxian was very grateful to lin jing.
and immediately after advancing to the golden core stage, he swore by his soul spirit to serve lin jing loyally until death.
yue qi had now assigned him to oversee li yan market.
moreover, the control over the market’s formation was also shared with him.
huang linxian, now working for lin jing, not only earned spirit stones but would also receive elixir medicine rewards for his contributions.
he no longer had to risk his life for cultivation resources every day like before.
today, huang linxian’s treatment made the other native cultivators of li yan island extremely envious.
huang linxian respectfully answered,
“replying to the island master…”
“the development of the market is getting better and better, with more and more people coming from several surrounding islands.”
“apart from some dissatisfaction due to the market being too small recently, nothing else has occurred, and there have been very few disturbances here so far.”
lin jing nodded and said,
“alright, i’m aware. i will take a look myself, you don’t need to accompany me.”
huang linxian again bowed to lin jing and said,
“yes, island master…”
after speaking, he stepped aside.
lin jing then went straight into the market.
upon entering the market, lin jing discovered just how boisterous it truly was.
people swarmed the streets constantly, and the stalls on both sides were crowded as well.
some particularly popular stalls were surrounded three layers deep inside and out.
and the cultivators passing through the streets were jostling shoulder to shoulder.
seeing this scene, lin jing frowned slightly.