The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 178 The Auction Trip
"Oh, right, Junior Sister! A disciple sent a letter while you were in seclusion! I accepted it for you!" Zheng Shaosi casually took out two envelopes from his storage bag.

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" Upon hearing this, Chen Jinshu knew who had sent the letters. One was probably from his mother and second uncle, and the other was from Chen Qiaozhen, concerning the Chen family.

Upon receiving the letter, Chen Jinshu gained a general understanding of the current situation of the Chen family; they should have been saved.

Otherwise, it shouldn't just be a message, but also a request for help.

Chen Qiaozhen had just established her foundation, and despite her many methods, she was still unable to withstand the combined forces of the Lin family and several other families.

"Why don't you read the letter first? It might be something important," Zheng Shaosi said.

"It's not too late to look at it later! Senior brothers and sisters, why don't you try my freshly picked Qingning tea to soothe your throats?"

Chen Jinshu carefully put the letter away and immediately conjured up a long table and eight chairs in the courtyard.

Then another tea set appeared.

After taking out the Qingning tea, he skillfully began to brew it.

Although she had little experience with tea ceremony, she had still received systematic training, as she was familiar with the entire tea-making process.

"Junior sister's tea-brewing skills are quite good! It seems that I'll have to come here for tea more often in the future!" Bu Yuanxiang teased with a light laugh.

"Senior sister is too kind. My tea-making skills are not even half as good as yours. If only my hands were as nimble as yours," Chen Jinshu said modestly.

Half an hour later, her senior brothers and sisters told her some things about what to do after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage and then left.

She also released the Yinshan Sparrow from the spirit beast ring.

To prevent any accidents from happening to the Yinshan Sparrow during the Foundation Establishment process, she had put it into her spirit beast ring beforehand, where the living environment should be quite good.

After the Yinshan Sparrow consumed the blood of the demon bird with phoenix bloodline, its originally blue-green feathers became even more lustrous.

Several of his innate abilities have likely improved, and his cultivation level has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

However, she didn't know much about the foundation building of spirit beasts, so she still needed to ask the remnant soul of the Azure Phoenix.

"Is it alright to stay inside the spirit beast ring?"

“Master! I’ve been cultivating inside, trying my best to keep up with you. But it seems my cultivation has stalled.”

"It's nothing, I'll ask the remnant soul of the Azure Phoenix."

As she spoke, she immediately channeled a stream of spiritual energy into the Azure Phoenix Pendant.

As a burst of azure light bloomed, the remnant soul of the Azure Phoenix flew out from the jade pendant.

At this moment, the remnant soul of the Azure Phoenix seemed to be in much better condition than before.

"The Yinshan Sparrow's cultivation has reached a bottleneck. How can it break through this bottleneck to benefit itself more?"

“Naturally, they are spiritual objects of our Azure Phoenix clan, or the Phoenix clan. However, such spiritual objects are rare, and reaching the second rank allows one to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, further advancing their bloodline!” said the Azure Phoenix remnant soul.

"Is your remnant soul any more solid now?"

"That's about it! I'm going to try merging my remnant soul into the Azure Phoenix Pendant to become its spirit!"

Chen Jinshu had anticipated this. If the remnant soul of the Azure Phoenix did not do this, it would not be able to survive for long. This was the best decision to make.

She then returned to her room and took out the two letters.

"Let's look at Mother and Second Uncle's first!"

The cover of my mother's letter read "To be opened by my dear mother."

After examining it for a moment, she felt both heavy-hearted and relieved.

Although Chen Qiaozhen thwarted the Lin family's plan to exterminate the Chen family by joining forces with the Wang family and other clans, this event had a significant impact on the female cultivators from the Chen family who were sent to various clans for marriage alliances.

Many female cultivators were ostracized and humiliated as a result, and several female cultivators who were married off to others committed suicide because they could not bear the humiliation.

The older sister, Chen Jinfang, is also in a bad situation. She said she is often beaten by her husband's family, and even the promised monthly salary has been withheld.

"These families are truly man-eating demons!" she cursed inwardly. Of course, this was the choice the female cultivators made themselves, and they had to bear the consequences themselves.

However, there was another piece of good news in the envelope: her second uncle was planning to hold a wedding in March to marry the female cultivator he had long admired.

The fact that the female cultivator was able to stand by her second uncle's side after the Chen family's incident shows that she still has a decent character and is not someone who would betray principles for personal gain.

In the letter, her mother also thanked her for trading the Foundation Establishment Pill to Chen Qiaozhen, thus preventing the Chen family from being wiped out.

"I didn't expect Chen Qiaozhen to not take the credit!" This surprised her.

She then read Chen Qiaozhen's letter, in which she once again expressed her gratitude to her.

It was also mentioned that the clan leader, knowing her sins were grave, had voluntarily resigned from her position, and her father, the Grand Elder, had taken over as the new clan leader, while also giving her the position of the Twelfth Elder.

He also promised to prepare a generous thank-you gift for her.

"Elder Twelfth! I don't want to be any elder!" Chen Jinshu said with some disdain.

Finally, Chen Qiaozhen wrote in the letter that she would be holding a foundation-building banquet in Ningyushan, and the time was set for April or May. She invited her to attend.

She was naturally aware of Chen Qiaozhen's purpose: to use her status as an inner disciple of the Xuanming Sect to intimidate other families and those restless rogue cultivators.

I also want her to get involved in this matter.

"The Lin family has a prodigy who has been accepted as a disciple by the Xuanming Sect's Golden Core cultivator?"

"The Lin family is something else; they've quietly accomplished something big!"

"Lin Hanyang, why does that name sound so familiar?"

Chen Jinshu looked at the three words on the letter, and seemed to vaguely remember them, but not much.

After a moment, she finally vaguely remembered something.

Lin Hanyang had participated in the sect's outer sect competition and made it into the top twenty. His strength was not weak and even surpassed that of many disciples. At that time, he had already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

It seems they have already established their foundation.

"I wonder if they know who I am?" she wondered.

She keeps a relatively low profile outside. Apart from showing off her skills in the outer sect competition, she rarely leaves Medicine King Peak.

"Be as cautious as possible if you encounter this again in the future!"

……

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, Chen Jinshu received a message from his senior brother at Shuiyue Pavilion in Pingwu Market, saying that the sect had sent the Foundation Establishment Pill to the Xieyue Tower auction house in the market.

"Li Chenliang will definitely not let this opportunity to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill slip by. We absolutely cannot let him take it."

Chen Jinshu secretly resolved that if she didn't have enough spirit stones, she would intercept them on their way back to the Insect Valley.

We absolutely cannot let them leave with the Foundation Establishment Pill, otherwise it will surely become a major disaster in the future.

A month ago, she asked her master to help her find the Green Jade Zither that was being upgraded in the weapon-refining room. It has been delivered and feels exactly the same as before.

However, she practiced continuously for a month and mastered the fifth move of the Nineteen Forms of Falling Sound, Crane's Cry in the Empty Mountain.

"I didn't expect there to be so many good items at this auction!" Among the numerous auction lists sent by her senior brother, she saw the auxiliary spiritual item for the Yinshan Sparrow to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

This is a rare stone stained with the essence of the Phoenix Clan, known as the Phoenix Blood Stone.

The grade is uncertain, but it exceeds the second grade.

"This auction is a must!"

She quickly put away the message, then took the Yinshan Sparrow and flew swiftly towards Pingwu Market.