Immortality and Cultivation: Starting with Harvesting the Talents of Demonic Beasts

Chapter 15 Large Amount of Essence Blood
"letter?"

Lin Changheng's eyes flickered slightly.

As for close friends, he has had them over the past decade or so. The three of them who sought immortality together in the mortal town used to keep in touch, but as Lin Changheng became increasingly depressed and anxious, their communication frequency decreased.

In addition, there were several immortal seedlings in the Xu family who were obtained from other places. They became friends and often kept in touch.

who can that be?

"Master Lin, the letter is with Elder Mo. He sent me to inform you..."

As he spoke, the waiter quietly pointed upwards.

"understood."

Lin Changheng smiled knowingly and went upstairs.

Mo Shi was sitting in the reception room. He saw him at a glance and quickly beckoned him over, "Chang Heng, Zhao Li has sent a letter."

Zhao Li?

The image of a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl immediately appeared in Lin Changheng's mind.

She stood tall and graceful, with eyebrows as dark as ink and eyes as black as lacquer, and two dimples appeared when she smiled.

She's a real beauty.

Mo Zhaoli is Mo Shi's granddaughter and only relative.

I wonder what they look like now?
"coming."

Lin Changheng's thoughts drifted, and he smiled as if recalling something as he approached, "Master Mo, wasn't the last letter from Zhao Li before the New Year?"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Master Mo's thoughts drifted away. A quiet smile of joy spread across his wrinkled face, though his lips remained firm.
"That little girl really went too far. If she hadn't sincerely apologized to me this time and explained in detail that she hadn't forgotten me as her grandfather, but that there was a reason for the sect's sudden arrangement of cultivation competitions, I wouldn't have let her off the hook!"

“Zhao Li has always been well-behaved and has outstanding talent. He is valued and nurtured by the upper sect. It is perfectly normal that he couldn’t send a letter for a while.”

Lin Changheng knew exactly what the old man was thinking, so he said it this way.

As expected, Master Mo laughed heartily upon hearing this, and released the sealed letters with his magic, which floated down in front of Lin Changheng. He pretended to be jealous, "That little girl always sends me a letter, but she never misses one for you, Changheng. Tsk tsk, it seems that in her heart, your position is no less than mine."

"Not at all! I became an apprentice of Master Mo eleven years ago, and I have known Zhao Li for five or six years. Now that Zhao Li has joined the upper sect, he still remembers his old friend. With such a character, his future is limitless."

Lin Changheng took the letter and smiled.

After exchanging a few more words, Xu Liucai invited Lin Changheng to perform the alchemy incantation. After bowing, he took his leave.

After finishing the alchemy in the furnace, Lin Changheng opened a letter from Mo Zhaoli, whom he hadn't seen for over five years.

The small characters inside are delicate and pretty.

He first congratulated Lin Changheng, saying that he had finally achieved his goal of becoming an advanced alchemist.

Clearly, Master Mo had mentioned this in a letter to her, which is why she knew about it.

Then, she also introduced her recent situation at the Ziji Sect, speaking in a relaxed manner.

However, Lin Changheng could sense that she, with her mid-grade spiritual root, was under immense pressure within the Ziji Sect.

Although her mid-grade spiritual root had a full fifty strands of spiritual essence, which was extremely close to a high-grade spiritual root, separated by only one strand, her cultivation was still much slower.

It requires hard work to catch up.

Fortunately, his efforts were rewarded, and he finally broke through to the fifth level of Qi Refining within the time limit stipulated by the sect.

They also received a considerable amount of cultivation resources as a reward.

If you continue like this, you will have the opportunity to enter the inner sect and become a disciple of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Everything will be different then.

After reading this part, Lin Changheng also felt a chill run down his spine; it was too curly.

Ordinary cultivators with ordinary spiritual roots compete with each other, but those with higher spiritual roots have their own methods of competition! Even someone with Mo Zhaoli's talent has to work so hard, he doesn't even have time to reply to his own grandfather, tsk tsk...

Indeed, if you don't tell others, it's hard for them to see the pain beneath someone's glamorous facade.

Finally, at the end of the letter, Mo Zhaoli revealed a piece of gossip.
Lin Changheng was told to protect himself and be careful, because the "Great Wilderness Opening" led by the Ziji Sect would last for a long time and could be extremely dangerous. One piece of evidence was that the sect was suspected of giving away five Foundation Establishment Pills as a reward to the forces that made contributions to the opening!

This news spread like wildfire within the sect, yet it was not suppressed.

It appears there was intentional leniency.

The probability of it being true is not small!
She also informed her grandfather of this news, which will likely reach the Xu family quietly and elicit a reaction.

Foundation Establishment Pills are incredibly attractive to Qi Refining families!

This is not just a cultivator's foundation building, but also a family's rise to prominence, and an opportunity to rise from the dinner table to the card table!
"Once the news spreads, all the major powers will go crazy! I have to be careful!"

Lin Changheng felt a chill run down his spine.

Then she went back to her room, picked up her pen, and wrote a reply to Mo Zhaoli.

First, express your gratitude for their congratulations, and then congratulate them on their progress.

They also talked about their recent situations and reminisced about the past, expressing their feelings.

Finally, I hope their relationship remains unchanged and their friendship lasts forever.

Lin Changheng's final stroke of genius was intended to maintain the relationship and slow down the fading of their feelings for each other.

As distance grows and social strata diverge, indifference becomes inevitable. Lin Changheng cannot stop it; he can only try his best to delay it.

After all, the world of cultivation is not just about fighting and killing, but also about human relationships and social interactions.

Having a good friend in a sect has many advantages. In terms of information alone, the channels are wider and the level is higher, and you can get information earlier than others.

It's hard to say that Mo Shi's tolerance towards him before his awakening was without the influence of Mo Zhaoli.

……

Four months later.

Dusk hour.

Su Shuangjiang, once again reeking of blood, knocked on Lin Changheng's door.

"Please come in quickly."

Lin Changheng invited him in and served him a cup of fragrant tea and a plate of rare fruits and melons.

This was the second time the female nun had visited in four months.

Upon returning from the outside world, before even washing off the bloodstains, he went to find Lin Changheng.

Sensing the expectation and eagerness in her neighbor's eyes, Su Shuangjiang smiled slightly, "Let's see."

As she spoke, she wiped her fair hand on the table, and a row of small glass bottles filled with her essence blood appeared.

Lin Changheng roughly calculated that there were twenty-two bottles.

"Among them, there are sixteen bottles of mature fire crow essence blood and six bottles of juvenile fire crow essence blood."

Su Shuang parted her crimson lips slightly, "The number is about the same as last time. It's a pity that fire crows are hard to kill. Few rogue cultivators will go out of their way to hunt them. Usually, they will only try to kill one if they happen to encounter it. Moreover, the outside world is somewhat turbulent now. Rogue cultivators go out in groups to hunt big ones for their own safety and basically don't bother with fire crows... so this is all we have."

"It doesn't matter. We'll buy by quantity, no matter how many."

Lin Changheng smiled nonchalantly, his mindset very peaceful.

Last time, he had subtly inquired with Manager Xu about the difficulty in hunting fire crows and the continuous supply of their essence blood. It turned out that some beast-raising families had learned of the market and were raising fire crows to supply their essence blood to several families involved in alchemy, talisman making, and spiritual food. The supply could not meet the demand.

"I wonder if Brother Lin still has any Crimson Flame Pills? Due to the turmoil, the demand for pills has increased, so Brother Lin could raise the price by another 10%."

Su Shuangjiang then brought up another matter.

(End of this chapter)