New and dark light years

Chapter 153 Family members should help each other
In the backyard of the county government office, Zhang Guangqi and Li Lin sat facing each other.

Between the two was a blue stone table.

Zhang Guangqi laughed and said, "Yulin County is really hot. It's already mid-October, but it's still almost like the hottest days of summer. Not to mention the north, many places in the Central Plains have already started to frost."

"It's quite hot in the South."

Li Lin smiled.

He was a spirit hunter who cultivated Yin magic techniques. His body was naturally more cold-natured and he wasn't too afraid of heat, but he was a bit afraid of cold.

Now that he has switched to practicing the Foundation Building Technique, his spiritual energy is becoming increasingly abundant, so he is no longer afraid of the heat or the cold.

Of course, he is now only more resistant to heat and cold than ordinary people, not that he is immune to water and fire.

Moreover, his absorption of spiritual energy has become very slow recently, far slower than at the beginning.

Looking at Li Lin's clean skin, unlike his own, which was covered in sweat, Zhang Guangqi said enviously, "You Spirit Hunters are not afraid of the scorching heat, that's really great."

Li Lin disliked this roundabout way of speaking, so he asked, "Your Excellency, what is the purpose of your summons?"

"My dear brother, you are indeed straightforward," Zhang Guangqi said with a smile. "Actually, I just wanted to discuss something with you. We are family, after all, and we should help each other. What do you think?"

“That makes sense,” Li Lin said quietly.

"That's right, I also have a Zhenjun enshrined in my home."

Li Lin looked at him quietly.

"It's just that my family is not large, and he is now somewhat weak."

Li Lin nodded: "That's normal. Should I ask a few spirit hunters to offer him some blood and energy?"

Li Lin himself was unable to supply it.

Because the Tree Fairy Goddess needs to drink his blood and essence regularly, and her appetite has increased since she moved into the True Lord Temple.

He can only barely supply it now.

This was all thanks to the physical enhancement brought about by spiritual energy; otherwise, I really wouldn't have been able to withstand it.

“I heard that the temple of the Tree Fairy Goddess enshrines your family’s True Lord.”

Li Lin had a vague idea of ​​what the other person meant, and he said, "Yes."

Zhang Guangqi took a deep breath and said, "I was wondering if it would be possible to let my True Lord enjoy the incense offerings in the temple for a few days, and then invite the Tree Fairy back after his spirit has stabilized a bit."

The smile on Li Lin's face disappeared, and his gaze became indifferent as he stared into the other person's eyes.

He then asked, "Your Excellency, do you think this is possible?"

"We are a family..."

“That’s impossible.” Li Lin shook his head: “That place is already the temple of the Tree Fairy Goddess, I can’t make that decision.”

Zhang Guangqi sighed, "I know this will put you in a difficult position, but for the sake of..."

"If you know it's difficult, then don't say anything more, County Magistrate." Li Lin said calmly, "If that True Lord is in poor health, I can ask a Spirit Hunter I know for help, but let's not talk about this matter of incense offerings."

“Alas, we are all sons-in-law of the Huang family, why can’t we stand together?” Zhang Guangqi looked at Li Lin and continued, “This matter… there is really no room for discussion.”

"No." Li Lin stood up. "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

After saying that, Li Lin left the backyard.

Zhang Guangqi sat there, his expression indifferent and calm, as if nothing had just happened.

Li Lin returned home.

Seeing that he had a frown on his face, Huang Qing asked him what was wrong.

Li Lin then recounted the events.

“Zhang Guangqi!” Huang Qing thought for a moment and said, “He is my third uncle’s son-in-law and my seventh sister’s husband.”

What is this person's personality like?

"I'm not quite sure," Huang Qing said. "My father came to Yulin County more than ten years ago and served as the county magistrate for more than ten years. He rarely returned to the capital. I don't know much about the Huang family's ancestral home."

Li Lin nodded to show that he understood.

Huang Qing snorted and said, "But for him to say something like that shows he's greedy. He says it's just for a few days of incense offerings, but what if the True Lord he's supporting doesn't want to come down? What will happen then? What will Sister Tree Fairy do?"

At this point, Huang Qing had completely identified herself with the Li family and was doing things from the perspective of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family.

Li Lin sat down: "I've already refused this offer, let's leave it for now. Have you prepared all the materials I requested?"

"Everything's ready," Huang Qing said with a smile.

Li Lin then went to the east wing room.

This place has been converted into an alchemy room, and usually only Li Lin, Huang Qing, and Hong Luan are allowed to enter.

A large bronze alchemy furnace was placed in the middle of the room, with many materials piled up in the corners around it.

Minerals, herbs, and so on.

Li Lin opened the alchemy furnace and put the materials in one by one, then added firewood to the bottom of the furnace.

Before long, the alchemy furnace turned red.

Wisps of smoke curled slowly from the top of the alchemy furnace. Li Lin controlled the heat while inhaling the aroma in the air.

This is a little trick in alchemy: you can tell the condition of the pills from the smell emanating from the alchemy furnace.

This allows for more effective control over the cooking temperature.

This is a special ability he gained after achieving some success in alchemy.

Alchemy takes a very long time.

The pills were being refined from the afternoon until late at night.

And then it finally got better.

[Alchemy +1]

[Alchemy +1]

A lot of proficiency level prompts appeared.

Li Lin waited a while until the alchemy furnace was no longer so hot before finally turning it on.

The furnace was half full of blue powder.

Li Lin took it out, looked at it for a while, and even rubbed it between his fingers. He then smiled and said, "It's a success."

The next step is to shape these powders into brick shapes.

At this moment, Huang Qing also walked in and asked, "My lord, did it succeed?"

Li Lin nodded.

Huang Qing laughed and said, "Then let's go eat first. You've been starving all day."

Li Lin came out of the alchemy room and went to the main hall.

The food was still on the table, untouched.

Generally speaking, if the head of the household hasn't eaten, no one else can eat either.

Hongluan was dozing off when she heard footsteps. She opened her eyes and saw Li Lin coming out. She got up and said with a smile, "I'll go heat up the dishes again."

"No need, let's just eat like this," Li Lin said with a smile. "Anyway, the weather is cool, so eating some cold food is fine."

"But it's not good for your health..."

Huang Qing sat down: "Hong Luan, just listen to your husband."

Hongluan poured Li Lin a bowl of white porridge and asked, "Husband, what are you practicing this time?"

"Imperial Realm Powder." Li Lin drank the porridge and swallowed it before saying, "Tomorrow, I'll mix it with water to make bricks and stones, which I'll call Spirit Gathering Stones."

"Make it into bricks and stones?" Hongluan was taken aback. "What's the use?"

Li Lin said, "If my guess is correct, these spirit-gathering stones, once stacked up, will form a small spirit chamber."

Hongluan's eyes were filled with adoration, glistening with tears: "For cultivating immortality?"

“It can also be used for dual cultivation.” Li Lin smiled. “After it’s finished, I want to try dual cultivation inside it to see if the effect will be even better.”

Both women blushed, but neither objected.

The next day, when Li Lin went to work, he met County Magistrate Zhang Guangqi.

Although he still nodded to Li Lin, a sense of distance was visibly created between them.

Li Lin didn't take it seriously.

He arrived at the torture chamber, only to find Jiang Jili waiting for him at the door.

Upon seeing Li Lin, Jiang Jili approached and whispered, "I used my family's connections to uncover something very interesting."

"whats the matter?"

"Do you still remember Magistrate Ma of Beiliu?"

Li Lin nodded; he had a deep impression of Magistrate Ma.

In the infighting within the officialdom of Beiliu County, he used others as pawns to kill all the spirit hunters in Beiliu County.

"He died a few days ago."

"What does that have to do with us?" Li Lin didn't want to get involved in such dirty official business.

"The warrior you killed that day was a retainer of Magistrate Ma."

Li Lin exclaimed in surprise, "Magistrate Ma is already dead. Why is that brute causing trouble for us, and even trying to sow discord between us?"

"Is it possible that he was recruited by someone else?"

Li Lin nodded: "That guess is reasonable. In other words, as long as we find out who has subdued Magistrate Ma's men, we can find out who is secretly trying to harm us."

"Correct."

Li Lin thought for a moment and said, "You've come to me, so it seems you need my help. Tell me, how can I help you?"

"Lend me some men. Not too many, just twenty constables will do."

(End of this chapter)