Immortality and cultivation begin with drawing talismans.

Chapter 39 Trophies

The market was in turmoil, and the Foundation Establishment cultivators of Xuan Yin Pavilion and Li Huo Palace were also enraged and mobilized.

Meanwhile, outside the market, two Foundation Establishment cultivators fled in a disheveled state, their faces filled with anger.

"Damn Zhou Qing, he only said that the Zhou family's guardian spirit beast was in a period of weakness, but he didn't mention that Zhou Tieshan had secretly broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage within the family!"

"Where is that bastard Zhou Qing?!"

The two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the demonic path were filled with rage.

"My lord, Zhou Qing didn't come as agreed this week. I'm afraid he got caught in the chaos!"

The cultivators waiting outside hurriedly spoke, and the two Foundation Establishment cultivators cursed under their breath upon hearing this.

"That traitor got off easy."

"Let's go quickly. The Zhou family has produced a new Foundation Establishment cultivator. The chaos in the market is almost over, and the Xuan Yin Pavilion and Li Huo Palace are coming to attack soon."

A group of demonic cultivators quickly disappeared into the mountains.

Although the market appeared chaotic, it did not completely erupt into chaos under the suppression of the cultivators from Xuan Yin Pavilion and Li Huo Palace.

Most independent cultivators say they are watching from the sidelines, but it's more accurate to say they haven't yet found enough bait.

……

Amidst the chaos and flames within the market, Lin Chang'an nervously cleaned up the traces.

“Zhou Qing’s previous words clearly indicated that he intended to betray his clan, so he must have concealed himself before coming here.”

After thinking about this, Lin Chang'an ignored the situation in the market and went home to reward Zhou Qing and the other party's spirit beast with a fireball spell to completely erase the traces.

"And these spoils of war."

As Lin Chang'an opened Zhou Qing's two storage bags and spirit beast bag, his eyes lit up.

"No wonder he's a cultivator who's trying to escape; he's rolling in money."

Since they were going to run away, they naturally had to take all their belongings with them. Moreover, Zhou Qing was not only an alchemist, but also held an important position in the clan.

"My goodness, Zhou Qing is really ruthless this week. He has gone to great lengths to steal from his own post."

Zhou Qing's storage bag contained over three hundred spirit stones, but that wasn't the most important thing.

What's truly valuable are these spiritual herbs and pills. Not only are there many of these herbs, but most of them still have soil clinging to their ends, clearly indicating they were just pulled out.

"That old man, he probably plundered all of the Zhou family's medicinal herb fields."

Lin Chang'an couldn't help but show his delight. No wonder they say murder and arson bring wealth; this is a windfall!

However, it is also easy to become addicted. After all, getting rich overnight is too fast. Many cultivators were initially just forced to fight back or only wanted to do one job, but they gradually became addicted under the drive of greed.

The items included a mid-grade alchemy furnace, alchemy classics, a herbal classic, two mid-grade magic artifacts (one offensive and one defensive), various bottles and jars of elixirs and spiritual liquids, and a jade book on beast taming and raising.

"No wonder he has the wealth of a late-stage Qi Refining alchemist."

Although this week Qing had an element of taking advantage of the chaos within the clan.

At the same time, after seeing this defensive magic artifact, Lin Chang'an secretly warned himself that he had a magic artifact but did not use it in time. He could not help but remind himself that if he were to buy a defensive magic artifact in the future, he must get one that was close to his body.

Even if you're ambushed and don't have time to react, having a magical artifact on your person is better than keeping it in a storage bag.

"However, it's a bit of a pity that this alchemy furnace and the alchemy lineage are gone..."

Touching the bronze alchemy furnace, Lin Chang'an shook his head. He didn't have much time now, and he couldn't let alchemy delay his cultivation progress.

After all, he still wanted to plan his foundation building before he turned sixty.

"Let's keep this alchemy furnace for now. We don't need it now. When we reach the Foundation Establishment stage and have a lifespan of two hundred years, we'll have plenty of time to hone our skills."

While counting his spoils, Lin Chang'an also made sure to clean up any traces and smells to avoid being discovered.

"Just in case, these things should either be used by ourselves or destroyed; they cannot be allowed to circulate in the market for the time being." Lin Chang'an secretly made plans as he listened to the commotion outside the market gradually subside.

Normally, selling stolen goods is fine, but this time, with such a big incident involving the Zhou family, if anything belonging to Zhou Qing, the traitor, appears in the market, the Zhou family will probably investigate frantically.

No matter how hateful the robber cultivators are, they are not as hateful as the traitors!

Even the Zhou family would spread rumors that Zhou Qing had stolen some treasure from the Zhou family, causing everyone to hunt him down.

"Caution comes first."

Since it was already a windfall and he didn't lack spirit stones, Lin Chang'an didn't plan to sell Zhou Qing's spoils after cleaning up the traces.

He didn't even plan to spend the spirit stones in the other party's storage bag outside; he would use them all for the spirit gathering array and his usual cultivation.

……

The next day, shocking news spread through the market.

The Zhou family has produced a new Foundation Establishment cultivator!
In other words, the Zhou family now has three Foundation Establishment cultivators, plus a clan-guarding spirit beast, making a total of four Foundation Establishment combatants.

"Brother Lin, you have no idea how dangerous it was yesterday."

Li Erniu spoke with great excitement about the current situation of the Zhou family, describing it as a complete reversal of fortune.

"It turns out that the family's trip to Xuan Yin Pavilion to refine Foundation Establishment Pills was just a pretext. In fact, the Foundation Establishment Pills had already been exchanged, and Zhou Tieshan had been cultivating in seclusion within the clan. Only the clan leader and the patriarch knew about this."

Everything I did before was to cover it up.

As Li Erniu spoke excitedly, Lin Chang'an suddenly realized that the Zhou family patriarch and patriarch, father and son, had put on a great show that had fooled everyone.

"I don't know which traitor betrayed the family's intelligence. Fortunately, Brother Zhou Tieshan broke through at the critical moment and together with the ancestor killed the plundering cultivators."

Li Erniu spoke with great enthusiasm, which completely dispelled his previous dissatisfaction.

The Zhou family patriarch's conspiracy wasn't kept from him alone; it was kept from everyone in the Zhou family.

"Erniu, you could say you've turned misfortune into a blessing in disguise."

Lin Chang'an smiled at Erniu, while Li Erniu scratched his head with an excited smile and nodded heavily.

“The clan is now thoroughly investigating the traitor, and I have been in charge of the industry outside during this period and have not been involved in the clan’s arrangements. This is a good opportunity to clear myself of suspicion.”

It has to be said that individual fortune really varies. Look at Erniu, he not only got a great job for free, but he also easily secured a credible position.

"The clan suffered a lot of losses this time, even Brother Zhou Qing is gone."

At this moment, Li Erniu suddenly became somewhat depressed and looked at Lin Chang'an with melancholy.

However, upon hearing this name, Lin Chang'an paused, glanced at Er Niu without making it obvious, and feigned surprise.

"Brother Zhou Qing? The one who's in charge of looking after the medicinal herb fields and often exchanges spirit talismans with me?"

"Yes, this time it was too chaotic, and this group of cultivators deliberately rushed straight to the back mountain. All the medicinal fields along the way were burned and looted. Even Brother Zhou Qing died in battle, leaving no trace of his body. However, the clan will take care of his descendants."

Good guy!
Upon hearing this, Lin Chang'an's eyes widened. He had been worried about being implicated, but now Zhou Qing was being mistakenly believed to have died in battle.

What he didn't expect was that Zhou Qing would be so ruthless, not only betraying his clan but also abandoning his family for the sake of his hope of Foundation Establishment.

"Although Brother Zhou is sometimes greedy, he is truly a role model for us when it comes to the greater good of the family!"

When Li Erniu spoke of Zhou Qing, he showed a solemn expression, as if he admired the man's noble character.

"Yes, such character is truly admirable."

Lin Chang'an nodded solemnly, but what he was really thinking was anyone's guess.

However, he couldn't be careless; what if the Zhou family had deliberately leaked the information?

Therefore, none of the previous spoils can be shown to the public now.

(End of this chapter)