Chapter 70: Chapter 69: Returning to the Cultivation Realm, Preparing for Foundation Establishment!

Lin Chen nodded and explained:

“Just a month ago, a new Cold Iron Ore vein was discovered near the Changchun Sect, with a large reserve.”

“Many loose cultivators have gone mining, causing the quantity of Cold Iron Stone to surge, and the price to drop by several percent.”

“At that time, I took advantage of the market fluctuation to acquire a batch…”

Upon hearing this, Wang Lishan’s eyes lit up, and he said:

“Great! Eight tons of Cold Iron Stone are enough to last for a while… Can you continue acquiring it for a period in the future?”

Lin Chen thought for a moment and said:

“With the price of Cold Iron Stone plummeting, if I recruit a group of loose cultivators to mine, the cost would be very low, and providing several tons a week wouldn’t be difficult.”

Cold Iron Stone is a Second Tier exotic metal; several tons of it are enough to forge hundreds of Second Tier exotic treasures.

“Hiss… If that’s truly the case, then the gap in exotic metals will be completely filled!”

Wang Lishan never expected this major problem to be so easily resolved.

Exotic metals are extremely precious on Blue Star, with dozens of mining sites in the Martial Realm, and their combined weekly output is only about ten tons.

This time, the lost site produced roughly three tons per week.

In this way, as long as Lin Chen can steadily provide Cold Iron Stone,

not only will the gap be filled, but the output may even slightly increase.

“Lin Chen, then I’ll leave this matter to you!”

Wang Lishan’s eyes carried trust since Lin Chen had never disappointed him.

Early the next morning,

with the reset of the countdown for crossing,

Lin Chen’s vision changed for a moment.

“Three, two, one!”

…

Changchun Sect, Pill Peak, disciples’ residences.

The first thing Lin Chen did upon returning to the Cultivation Realm was to store the Celestial Demon Battle Armor in the Purple Jade Gourd.

Then, he packed the entire eight tons of Cold Iron Stone into the nanobag, and then the nanobag into the Purple Jade Gourd…

That’s right, this was Lin Chen’s new discovery!

The Purple Jade Gourd is an alternate space storage tool.

But the nanobag only shrinks the items stored within it.

Therefore, the two can be layered!

The internal space of the Purple Jade Gourd is about 150 cubic meters.

While the volume of a nanometer storage bag is 0.4 cubic decimeters…

Hmm, strictly speaking, as long as Lin Chen wishes, he can fit 375,000 nanometer storage bags into the Purple Jade Gourd…

Provided he has that many.

Alright, considering the practical situation.

Weapons and equipment like the Celestial Demon Battle Armor, which need to be retrieved during crises, should definitely not be stored in the storage bag.

After all, retrieving them from the nanobag takes time.

But even so, as long as there are enough nanobags, Lin Chen’s storage space would be almost limitless.

Lin Chen pre-positioned various weapons brought from Blue Star in predetermined locations for easy access during critical moments.

After finishing all this, Lin Chen lay on the bed, contemplating this outing.

This time, Lin Chen actually took on two sect missions.

He was to head eight hundred miles northwest of the Changchun Sect to collect some relatively rare herbs.

Along the way, he was also to eliminate a group of Tribulation Cultivators at the early Qi Refining stage who had been killing the outer sect disciples of the Changchun Sect.

In fact, Lin Chen originally only accepted the first mission, but it so happened that Senior Brother Cen Wushan had taken on the task to eliminate the Tribulation Cultivators and invited Lin Chen multiple times.

Since the sect contribution was essentially handed to him for free, Lin Chen certainly did not refuse.

With Cen Wushan, who is at the Foundation Establishment Stage, leading, there was naturally no risk.

“However, the sect missions are secondary… The most important part of this task is to acquire the herbs for the Foundation Establishment Pill.”

Lin Chen squinted his eyes.

According to what he knows, there is also a cultivator marketplace eight hundred miles beyond the Changchun Sect, and this marketplace will soon hold an auction.

And Lin Chen’s goal is the herbs for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill at this auction…

“The Foundation Establishment Pill is too expensive, with even one in the auction going for no less than fifteen hundred spirit stones…”

“But the price of the herbs is much cheaper.”

“Although I already have one Foundation Establishment Pill, it’s not enough! I must prepare a few more.”

Lin Chen thought silently.

Previously, he had taught for three months, accumulating considerable sect contributions, and exchanged them for a lower-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, but was still a bit short for the second one.

Once this sect mission is completed, the contribution points will be just enough for another exchange.

“Perhaps the Master might support me with one more, but I can’t always rely on others…”

“If luck is on my side this time, and I can buy the herbs for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, I might be able to gather enough for the pill.”

He did not hope for a perfect foundation establishment, but at least the quality of his foundation establishing couldn’t be too poor, to not affect future cultivation.

Cultivation is like stacking bricks to build a house; if the foundation beneath is shaky, how can one build the house tall?

His baseline was to prepare at least five Foundation Establishment Pills to achieve an upper-grade foundation establishment.

Before long, the day brightened, and Cen Wushan’s voice was heard from outside the room.

“Junior Brother, are you awake?”

“Coming, Senior Brother!”

“Creak—”

Lin Chen opened the door, blinked upon seeing Cen Wushan’s attire.

In a trail suit, a long blade hanging from his waist, his hair neatly tied behind his head, he looked quite like a chivalrous hero in the mortal world, ready to right a wrong.

“Haha, Junior Brother Lin, how’s my look?” Cen Wushan boasted arrogantly.

“Very handsome…”

After a few compliments, Lin Chen asked about the main business.

“Senior Brother, are we leaving now?”

Cen Wushan nodded repeatedly, whispering:

“While the Master is still sleeping, let’s sneak out…”

Before the words were finished, a voice came from behind.

“Hmph, I have been awake for a while!”

Han Jihai, dressed in a blue robe, did not glance at Cen Wushan but looked at Lin Chen with a bit of worry in his eyes.

“Chen’Er, originally I did not agree to let you go… But I’ve carefully checked with our informants, and indeed, that group of Tribulation Cultivators only has early-stage Qi Refining cultivation.”

“With your cultivation at the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining, there shouldn’t be any issues.”

Pausing, he continued:

“Of course, if you encounter danger, just ditch this dunce, and ride the Purple Jade Gourd I gave you to escape early…”

Han Jihai rambled on for a while, then took out three talismans from his pocket.

“Chen’Er, these are Second Tier Clear Wind Talismans. After using them, your tunneling speed can temporarily reach the early Foundation Establishment Stage.”

“These are Second Tier Divine Power Talismans, which can temporarily increase your strength by thirty thousand jin…”

Han Jihai first handed two top-grade talismans to Lin Chen, then gave him the last one.

“The last one, a Third Tier Golden Light Talisman, should not be used unless in an emergency… This was exchanged years ago with pills from the Peak Master of Talisman Peak.”

“Activating this talisman equals withstanding a strike from a Core Formation Cultivator.”

Lin Chen felt moved and accepted the talismans.

Elder’s gift cannot be refused.

Cen Wushan, on the side, was already full of resentment and couldn’t help but say:

“Master, you are biased! When I went out for half a year of travel, you never gave me so many life-saving items!”

“And this time, we are just going eight hundred miles away for a mission. If all goes well… we’ll be back tomorrow…”

After hearing this, Han Jihai glared at him.

“You’re a tough nut, I’m not worried about you… If you encounter danger, you stay back as the fall guy, and let your junior brother escape first, understand?”

“If this time, Chen’Er comes back injured, I’ll not forgive you!”

(Update Adjustment Notification: To ensure smooth reading, two Chapters will be released together at 12 noon every day, with additional Chapters added around 12 midnight~)

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