Afterwards, Lin Chen never heard from Shopkeeper Wu, nor did he see him return to the marketplace to seek old friends.
Little did he expect that after seven or eight years, when he heard news of him again, it would be in such a manner...
Thinking of this, Lin Chen felt a deep emotion and sighed lightly:
"For us cultivators, cultivation is like sailing a small boat in the vast ocean. We must act with extre caution, looking three tis before taking each step..."
"Otherwise, if we encounter any accidents, it would lead to everlasting regret!"
"Shopkeeper Wu, he... sigh..."
Lin Chen shook his head. Although he wasn’t very familiar with Shopkeeper Wu, they had so interactions.
Seeing an elder from the past perish and fade away always stirs so feelings.
Huang Xin, upon hearing this, also nodded in deep agreent, secretly rembering Lin Chen’s words in his heart.
Then, he took out a storage bag and said:
"Senior Brother Lin, this is the harvest of the Spiritual dicine matured over the past year in the dicine Garden... All of it is here."
Lin Chen, after hearing this, did not take the storage bag but said:
"Huang Xin, you are now a Foundation Establishnt Cultivator and should have so status in this Changchun Mountain Marketplace."
"There’s no need to be confined in that small dicine Garden anymore..."
Huang Xin quickly shook his head after hearing this and said:
"It’s an honor for to watch over the dicine Garden for Senior Brother Lin."
"However, I plan to apply for an Outer Sect Steward position in the sect, so I can et more disciples and assist Senior Brother more."
Lin Chen, upon hearing this, pondered for a mont, then took out ten thousand Spirit Stones and offered them.
"Take these Spirit Stones first."
"Although you are just a dicine Garden Steward, your status as a Foundation Establishnt Cultivator deserves a remuneration that matches your cultivation level..."
Huang Xin did not refuse this.
He needed Spirit Stones for cultivation.
But upon seeing the number of Spirit Stones in the Spirit Stone Bag, Huang Xin beca anxious.
"Senior Brother Lin, I can’t use so many Spirit Stones..."
Lin Chen shook his head and said:
"Just take them! As for the extra Spirit Stones, didn’t you recruit another batch of dicine Boys before?"
"When you’re free, you can also help expand so businesses, like mining, for example."
Upon hearing this, Huang Xin finally accepted the Spirit Stones, nodding:
"Alright, Senior Brother Lin, I will work hard!"
After Huang Xin left, Lin Chen opened the storage bag and took a look.
He was sowhat surprised.
In just one short year, the storage bag had gathered over ten thousand Spiritual dicines.
Although most were only three to five years old, their efficacy was well-preserved.
In addition, there was a heap of ores piled like a small mountain.
"This Huang Xin, he truly is capable..."
"In the past year, he must have recruited quite a few people, yet he didn’t ask for Spirit Stones... It seems his operations have beco self-sufficient and even have a surplus."
Lin Chen was a bit amazed.
At the ti, he chose Huang Xin as a dicine Boy simply because he found him honest and trustworthy and was reluctant to look for others.
Unexpectedly, Lin Chen discovered a talent by accident.
...
After Huang Xin left, Lin Chen returned to his room to continue his cultivation.
He took out two Jade Scrolls, morized the techniques within them entirely, and began cultivating the Heart thod.
"Wind Shadow Divine Movent... Cloud Soaring Technique..."
"These are quite impressive escape techniques."
Lin Chen murmured.
These two escape techniques were derived from the Celestial Derivation Pearl.
They are Nascent Soul-level escape techniques, inferred from the various cultivation techniques of the Changchun Sect and the Golden Yuan Sect.
Wind Shadow Divine Movent is suitable for use on the ground.
When performing this technique, one can run as if aided by the wind, advancing over a hundred zhang with each step, faster than a Martial Venerable running.
Moreover, the greater the wind, the faster the Wind Shadow Divine Movent becos.
The Cloud Soaring Technique, on the other hand, assists the Artifact Control Technique.
When performing the Cloud Soaring Technique, it can gather a Spiritual Cloud around the Magical Treasure.
With this, the speed of the Artifact Manipulation Skill becos faster, advancing at full speed and covering ten thousand miles at night is not out of the question.
Of course, the consumption of True Essence is also greater.
Even with Lin Chen’s abundant True Essence, performing the Cloud Soaring Technique without rest all night is not possible.
"These two techniques complent well with my insufficient escape speed."
"With more practice, they perfectly complent the Earth Escape Technique, providing additional ans for pursuits or life preservation in the future."
Lin Chen thought for a mont, then left the Changchun Mountain Marketplace and flew several hundred miles away.
He found an uninhabited mountain and began to practice these two techniques.
Unlike other techniques, escape techniques require a broader environnt for practice.
In this desolate mountain, Lin Chen tirelessly practiced his escape speed, progressing rapidly.
...
In the blink of an eye, two months passed.
On this day, Lin Chen arrived at a natural cave in the desolate mountain.
This area amidst the desolate mountain had heavy fog and abundant trees, making it hard even for a cultivator’s Divine Sense to detect.
"Not bad, this place is quite suitable!"
Lin Chen nodded slightly; apart from practicing escape techniques over the past two months, he couldn’t help recalling the plan from a few years ago.
—The Underground Fortress!
To develop a sufficiently large safe haven deep underground.
With the increasingly tense situation between the Orthodox and Demonic Party, hundreds of cultivators die on the front lines every day...
Moreover, as Li Tianhan had ntioned before, the True Monarch Demon Sect was flourishing for one hundred and twelve years, prompting Lin Chen to be on guard.
"But how deep should it be dug underground to be considered safe?"
Lin Chen pondered, touching his chin.
"A Nine Revolutions Golden Core Cultivator’s Divine Sense only spans twenty miles..."
"A Nascent Soul initial stage has fifty miles... Nascent Soul Peak, three hundred miles!"
"In the Demon Sect, there could very well be Nascent Soul Old Monsters, whether late or early-stage I don’t know..."
"To be safe, it should be dug at least three hundred miles."
Lin Chen murmured.
But then he thought, what if a True Monarch of Divinity Transformation gets involved?
"A True Monarch of Divinity Transformation, they have a Divine Sense spanning a thousand miles!"
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