Chapter 121 Spreading the News_1
Chapter 121 Spreading the News_1
The next morning, Lin Tianming bid farewell to his family and set out alone, preparing to head to Luoyun Market.
After leaving the family gates, Lin Tianming turned his head for one last look at the family's great formation, which had been repaired.
During the battle at Green Bamboo Mountain, the family formation had been breached, and the Lin Family spent a considerable price to repair and greatly enhance the formation's power.
Feeling the fluctuations of the formation, Lin Tianming lingered no longer and released the Purple Gold Eagle from the Spirit Beast Bag.
With a piercing screech, the Purple Gold Eagle shot into the sky and soared freely through the heavens.
It flew for a full quarter hour before Lin Tianming forcefully summoned it back, stopping in front of him.
Looking at the Purple Gold Eagle's massive body, Lin Tianming was filled with emotion.
The Purple Gold Eagle had accompanied him for four years, and with the aid of numerous elixirs, it had successfully broken through to the First Order Superior Grade, its strength no less than that of an ordinary Ninth Layer of Qi Refining cultivator.
Lin Tianming took out a Beast Spirit Pill and let the Purple Gold Eagle consume it, then he leapt onto the back of the spirit beast.
After consuming the elixir, the Purple Gold Eagle flapped its gigantic wings, let out several excited screeches, and soared high into the sky, heading toward Luoyun Market in the north.
Sitting atop the spirit beast with the Purple Gold Eagle covering hundreds of meters in an instant, Lin Tianming's lips curled up slightly, feeling an indescribable excitement.
Within just half a day, Lin Tianming arrived at Luoyun Market.
At the entrance of Luoyun Market, more than a dozen Qi Refining Cultivators were queuing to enter the market, while Chen Jingshan was on duty at the side, collecting fees for entering the market.
Lin Tianming walked up directly and presented his Family Token.
Once Chen Jingshan saw the green and red interleaved Token, his breathing became rapid. Others might not understand what this Spirit Tablet meant, but he was very clear that such a Token was only possessed by the most core members of the Lin Family.
Taken aback, Chen Jingshan didn't dare to delay and immediately let him through; Lin Tianming didn't linger either and walked straight in.
After entering the market, Lin Tianming didn't head straight for the Hundred Treasures Building but started to stroll around Luoyun Market.
Over a year had passed since the battle, and the market, with its bustling shops, had now recovered its former peak vitality.
It took him a little over an hour to visit all the major areas of the market, eventually making his way back to the commercial district.
Upon entering the third floor of the Hundred Treasures Building, Lin Tianming and Lin Xingyuan sat in a room, sipping Spiritual Tea.
After explaining his purpose, Lin Tianming took out the storage bag containing the items for the finale and handed it over to Lin Xingyuan for safekeeping, in anticipation of the auction to be held six months later.
Lin Xingyuan received the storage bag and sent his Divine Sense inside to check the prepared finale items, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.
Not only were there numerous items, but they were also exceedingly precious and rare, reflecting the family's level of importance placed on this event.
With these valuable treasures, Lin Xingyuan felt considerably more at ease, and his confidence in the upcoming auction was solidified.
After swallowing a Calming Pill, Lin Xingyuan asked with a smile,
"Tianming, the family places great importance on this auction. Since they have sent you to assist me, do you have any strategies or suggestions? Feel free to speak up so we can discuss them!"
Sipping the Spiritual Tea lightly, Lin Tianming spoke with a smile,
"Uncle Xing Yuan, there's still plenty of time, with half a year until the auction. We might as well reveal some information about the finale items in advance, letting the news spread far and wide. By the time the auction takes place, most of the cultivators in the Luoyun Mountain Range will know about it, ensuring that the attendance will far exceed previous years."
Lin Xingyuan nodded after listening, fully endorsing Lin Tianming's plan.
Lin Tianming then continued,
"Apart from revealing the news ahead of time, I suggest we waive some of the market booth rentals to attract more cultivators. Although this will result in a loss of some spirit stones, it's entirely worthwhile to boost the market gathering's fame. What do you think, Uncle?"
After hearing Lin Tianming's suggestion, Lin Xingyuan fell into deep thought.
Waiving the booth rental for a few days would mean a loss of several thousand spirit stones for the market, a significant amount indeed.
After a while, having thought it through, Lin Xingyuan decided Lin Tianming's suggestion was worth trying.
The loss of spirit stones was substantial, but once the market's popularity increased, they could recuperate the loss through other means. Even if they couldn't regain it in the short term, the lost spirit stones wouldn't be too much. Such a loss was insignificant for the current Lin Family.
Having made up his mind, Lin Xingyuan instructed,
"Tianming, proceed as you've said. I'll immediately have our people distribute the list of finale items and give a heads-up to the other two families. You stay in the market for the next period and help with the alchemy. We've accumulated a lot of spiritual medicine materials in the shop over more than a year which haven't been used for alchemy. Since you're here, I'll have to trouble you to take care of it, and afterwards, you can have a period of secluded cultivation."
"Very well, I'll carry out any order from you, Uncle!"
Lin Tianming hadn't practiced alchemy in a long while, and with his cultivation progress stalled, he now had plenty of time to properly concoct some first order elixirs and lay the groundwork for the future.
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Seeing Lin Xingyuan agree to his plan, Lin Tianming immediately accepted the task.
Afterwards, Lin Xingyuan sent out several messages with a smile.
Sometime later, two Lin Family members arrived. They passed on the details of the finale items and conveyed their arrangements. Lin Tianming then stood up to take his leave, returning to the Family's small courtyard in Luoyun Market.
Upon entering the Family courtyard, Lin Tianming quickly began a brief period of cultivation.
Two days later, a member of the family brought a large amount of first order elixir materials for Lin Tianming to refine.
Upon receiving the materials, Lin Tianming checked them, counting several hundred portions of spiritual medicine materials, most of which were consumable elixirs, along with some Spiritual Medicine Materials for Xisui Pills and Pozhang Pills.
All these elixirs had been mass-produced before. Although there were many, they posed no difficulty for him.
Proceeding with ease, Lin Tianming began concocting the elixirs as time flew by quickly.
Over half a month passed. During Lin Tianming's intensive elixir production, news of the auction spread from one to ten and then to a hundred, soon reaching thousands of miles around the market.
Suddenly, from low-order Qi Refining cultivators to high-order Foundation Establishment Stage Loose Cultivators, the vast majority had heard of the auction and marvelled at the Lin Family's grand gesture. Numerous low-order cultivators could hardly wait to participate in the once-every-three-year grand event of Luoyun Market.
Unaffected by the outside world, Lin Tianming remained busy with his focused alchemy.
After a month of refining, with the aid of the Eye of Five Colors, the several hundred portions of spiritual medicine materials were all turned into elixirs.
Looking at the thousands of jade bottles in front of him where nearly all the Lingshen Pills were of superior quality, and the potency of the Pozhang Pills was stronger than before.
After keeping the elixirs for his own use, a slightly tired Lin Tianming left the secret room and headed to the Hundred Treasures Building.
On the third floor of the Hundred Treasures Building, Lin Tianming handed over the elixirs to Lin Xingyuan, leaving a small portion to be sold in the market's shop, while more of them were taken by family members back to the Lin Family.
After a brief chat, Lin Tianming returned to his secluded chamber to begin a short period of seclusion, waiting for the arrival of the auction.