Chapter 393 - Chapter 393: Chapter 93 Golden Core 3rd Layer (2/2)

here, lin jing met madam yue qi.

upon seeing lin jing, madam yue qi was first surprised, then she said,

“island master lin, you’ve finally come down from the mountain…”

“your period of seclusion this time was truly not short, a full six months.”

“just like that, you left the entire li yan island to me to manage, playing the role of an absentee shopkeeper.”

“you really trust me…”

“it’s made me now have even less time to cultivate…”

as she uttered these words, there was a touch of grievance in madam yue qi’s tone.

lin jing’s face turned red, and then he said,

“now that the island has just started developing, we don’t have many people to use, so i’m troubling you to put in more effort.”

“once we find suitable candidates, you will be able to relax a bit…”

madam yue qi sighed helplessly, and said,

“sigh…”

“alright!”

“it seems like i’m not going anywhere for a while…”

just as madam yue qi finished speaking, she suddenly asked lin jing,

“right, island master, do you have something to handle on your trip down the mountain this time?”

lin jing nodded and then replied,

“i’ve refined some elixir medicine and plan to sell them in exchange for some spirit stones.”

“after all, the island has many daily needs, and the spirit plants we’ve been growing have not yet matured and can’t be sold.”

“we can’t do without spirit stones.”

actually, the main reason lin jing secluded himself for such a long time was that he spent most of it on alchemy.

before the spirit plants on li yan island matured and started generating profit, lin jing needed a large amount of spirit stones to maintain the operation of the entire li yan island.

this was how lin jing managed li yan island, following the methods he had observed in nanshan immortal city.

madam yue qi was responsible for management while under her, they divided several foundation establishment cultivators, who in turn each had a number of people under them.

these cultivators were recruited from the original inhabitants of li yan island.

these local cultivators were helping manage li yan city and li yan fang market, and naturally, lin jing had to pay them a salary.

although currently, this approach did not seem to yield any results,

such early-stage investments were necessary.

in time, these efforts would show their worth.

afterward, lin jing turned to madam yue qi and asked,

“madam yue qi, you must be close to advancing to the golden core stage, aren’t you?”

madam yue qi looked at lin jing gratefully, then said,

“thanks to the island master’s help, if nothing unexpected happens, i should be able to start preparing for the advancement to the golden core stage within half a year.”

lin jing nodded, then said,

“good…”

“once i’ve sold these elixir medicines, i’ll get you two cultivation true elixirs to help you advance to the golden core stage.”

madam yue qi bowed deeply in gratitude and said,

“thank you, island master lin…”

lin jing shook his hand, saying,

“you’ve been helping manage li yan city this whole time, and it’s been tough on you…”

“once you advance to the golden core stage, by then, you should pick someone trustworthy and hand over the management of li yan city to them.”

as he said this, lin jing suddenly remembered something and continued to ask madam yue qi,

“right…”

“what preparations have you made for your tribulation?”

madam yue qi quickly replied,

“before, i made a deal with senior zhang jian, i imparted to him the shenglin revival wood technique, and he agreed to help me prepare a formation for crossing the tribulation.”

“as for other preparations, there are none.”

after hearing this, lin jing pondered for a moment and then said,

“okay…”

“i understand.”

“you don’t have to worry about that; leave it to me when the time comes.”

lin jing knew the reason madam yue qi had no other preparations was because she was financially embarrassed.

before lin jing’s arrival, she could barely protect herself under dai mao, not to mention that advancing her cultivation had become an unattainable luxury.

where would she get the spirit stones to buy magical treasures or elixir medicine in preparation for advancing to the golden core stage?

even that formation for crossing tribulation was obtained through exchanging her family’s heritage cultivation technique, the shenglin revival wood technique.

now,

madam yue qi was working for lin jing, and naturally, he would not allow her to be treated unfairly.

this time, after selling the elixir medicines,

lin jing planned to prepare a defensive magical treasure for madam yue qi to aid her in crossing the tribulation.

as for the elixir medicines, lin jing could refine them effortlessly, so they didn’t require much preparation.

afterward, lin jing continued to madam yue qi,

“madam yue qi, i entrust li yan island to you for the time being.”

“i’m going to bihai city for a trip, and after i return from bihai city, we will start preparing for your tribulation.”

madam yue qi quickly gave her thanks,

“thank you, island master…”

lin jing replied, “there’s no need…”

“i will still need you to take on additional responsibilities in the future.”

with that said, lin jing handed over part of the formation flags that controlled the island’s formation to madam yue qi.

of course, this was only a part of them, which could simply control the formation to attack or defend against invading enemies.

the truly important parts of the formation, several core formation flags and the token used to control it, lin jing obviously wouldn’t hand over.

madam yue qi then said,

“rest assured, island master.”

“with these formations, no one would dare to cause trouble on li yan island.”