Cultivation: Being Immortal

Chapter 149

Wilderness, the base of the Five Elements Sect.

Lin Jiang opened the Spirit Beast Bag, and Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao flew out instantly. They circled in the sky for a few rounds, enjoying the taste of freedom, before flying back to Lin Jiang's side.

"Brother, brother..."

Big Shadiao nudged Lin Jiang with its mouth, indicating that it wanted to go back to the Spirit Beast Bag. They had gotten used to it over the years, and Lin Jiang could only occasionally let them have some time out.

This made Lin Jiang feel a bit sad. The Aurora falcon is one of the rulers of the sky. They should be soaring in the sky, not hiding in the narrow Spirit Beast Bag.

"I have three days off, and during these three days, you are free. Fly wherever you want to go."

Lin Jiang stroked Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao a few times. He took three days off to go hunting monsters in the Wilderness and give Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao some freedom.

Small Shadiao gave Lin Jiang a disdainful look and then flew away flapping its wings. Big Shadiao stayed with Lin Jiang for a while longer before flying away.

After Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao left, Lin Jiang put on his superb quality equipment and headed towards the deep Wilderness to hunt monsters. The environment in the Wilderness is like a tropical rainforest, with towering trees, snakes, insects, rats and ants everywhere, and various colors of miasma.

These poisonous gases are very dangerous. They can even corrode the aura of cultivators, causing many cultivators to die from them every year.

Of course, the most dangerous things in the Wilderness are the monsters and other cultivators. There are a lot of monsters in the Wilderness, constantly being killed, but they keep reappearing. They might be ordinary beasts turning into monsters, or they might have migrated from other places.

There are also many cultivators in the Wilderness. A large number of independent cultivators come here from all over Yun State to take risks. If they're lucky, they can earn more in a year here than in other places in ten years.

Naturally, there are cultivators who target other cultivators as well. After all, killing cultivators is much simpler than killing monsters.

Here, even disciples of sects face the same danger. Independent cultivators are not afraid of whether you are a disciple of a sect or not. They can kill you and in no time, the scent of blood will attract monsters. They can devour your bones completely, leaving no trace behind.

Lin Jiang has never hunted monsters in the Wilderness before, so he is being very cautious. However, being too cautious has resulted in half a day passing by without seeing anything at all.

"Brother, brother!"

Big Shadiao has returned, throwing down a monster snake thicker than Lin Jiang and calling him brother.

"What's up?"

"Eat, eat, eat."

"What's up, do you want to roast it or make snake soup?"

"Soup, soup, soup."

"Snake soup is too troublesome, let's roast it."

Lin Jiang directly refused, snake soup is too troublesome, he wouldn't do it.

Finding a flat ground, Lin Jiang set up a defense formation, and then found some branches to skin and bone the demon snake.

"This second-grade inferior demon snake, snake skin, snake gall, snake fangs, and snake venom are all valuable things, worth at least hundreds of spirit stones."

"That's right, how could I forget about them, I don't know how to hunt, but Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao do."

Lin Jiang finished dismantling the demon snake, slapped his forehead, how could he forget about this, he doesn't know how to hunt demons, but Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao do, hunting is their instinct.

"Big Shadiao, go find your little brother and tell him there's snake meat to eat here, roasted, but you have to bring back prey in exchange, no prey, no food."

"Eat, eat, eat."

Big Shadiao flew away flapping his wings.

Two hours later, both Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao came back at the same time, each bringing back prey. Lin Jiang didn't recognize the prey that Big Shadiao brought, but it was also a second-order prey. The prey that Small Shadiao brought back was a snake. It seemed that the birds preferred to eat snakes, just like humans prefer certain foods.

"Easily got thousands of spirit stones."

"Isn't this job easy?"

"No, now Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao are the workers. Come on, Shadiao, work hard all day, all week, all year. Next year, I will find you a sister-in-law."

Lin Jiang looked at Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao with a gentle gaze. They were such good work birds, trustworthy and obedient, never scheming or arguing with the boss. They only wanted their boss to buy a villa and find a sister-in-law.

"Brother, brother, eat."

"Okay, it's all yours."

"Remember, when you eat meat, I just want a little bit of skin and fur, maybe a few claws. It's alright if I suffer a little loss."

Lin Jiang grinned and quickly threw the snake meat to Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao. The first snake weighed at least a few hundred pounds, and Lin Jiang gave it all to them.

The main problem was that he didn't bring any seasoning, so the taste was too fishy. He couldn't eat it.

This amount of snake meat wasn't enough for them. Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao are at the third level and have huge appetites. Lin Jiang couldn't satisfy them with just monster meat anymore. Either he needed the Inedia Pill or the Demon Core, but the Demon Core was too expensive and Lin Jiang couldn't afford to buy so many. He only gave them one every few years.

But even so, Lin Jiang's expenses on them exceeded his own expenses. Over the past two hundred years, Lin Jiang had no idea how many resources he had invested in them.

Now, it was time for them to repay Lin Jiang.

"I'll keep grilling, non-stop for three days and three nights. You guys keep going to catch prey, so you can eat your fill."

Lin Jiang kept persuading, and Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao thought it made sense. They flapped their wings and went off to hunt again.

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"Boss"

At Xingyuan Building, the storekeeper saw Lin Jiang and smiled in a friendly way.

"I'm not here to inspect your work today, you've been working hard lately, and I know it."

"Thank you, Boss."

"Here are some monster materials, take a look and call an appraiser to identify them. If the price is right, we can sell them."

Lin Jiang took out a storage bag filled with monster materials. In three days, Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao worked hard and caught more than twenty monsters for him.

"Yes, Boss."

The storekeeper quickly summoned an appraiser to identify the materials. He himself carefully accompanied Lin Jiang and talked about the matters of Xingyuan Building. Even if he didn't report his work, when the leader comes, he must show some performance, right?

After two hours, the appraiser gave a price of twenty-five thousand spirit stones. This price is fixed, and if Xingyuan Building doesn't do any further processing or sell the materials, they will almost certainly lose money on labor costs or something similar.

Lin Jiang didn't hesitate and accepted the spirit stones directly. This is not against the rules, it's just a benefit for disciples of the sect. Cao Ying also had the same privilege when she was at the Zhonghang Sect outpost, which is why she was able to buy a house in Yunzhong City in such a short time.

"Junior Brother, where have you been these past few days?"

On the way home, I ran into Zhang Shuhua. He was honestly leading a patrol and it was his leadership style of leading by example that allowed him to quickly win the hearts of the guards. It wasn't just by force that he subdued them.

"I went hunting demons in the wilderness. I'm on duty tonight, so come over to my place for a few drinks."

"Be careful since you've never hunted demons before."

"How can the mere wilderness block my path? Within ten thousand miles, I feel like I'm in an uninhabited land, unstoppable and invincible."

Lin Jiang suddenly felt full of confidence. Beyond the Five Elements Sect, within ten thousand miles, there are only creatures of the fourth rank or lower. With the skills of Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao, they can be invincible. Of course, it's not impossible for a fourth-rank creature to appear.

But this is just bragging, of course they have to be a little impressive.

"Junior, you..."

"Stop talking. Just come to my house tonight."

Lin Jiang waved his hand. The meat of some magical beasts was delicious and expensive. He kept it for himself and didn't give any to Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao.

After finishing his shift at night, Zhang Shuhua brought a jar of wine to Lin Jiang's residence. As soon as he entered, he complained. The prices in this stronghold are at least fifty percent higher than in Medicine City. The price of this spiritual wine has doubled, it's insane.

"This is the Wilderness, so higher prices are normal."

"Is it a little expensive? I feel like doing business too!"

"Why not?"

Lin Jiang said. I really want to do some business. Now that we control the stronghold, I don't even need to break the rules. I can make big money just by doing some business. Who would complain about having too much money?

"No, my father won't allow us to make money by abusing our authority. Otherwise, how are we any different from those people in the sect?"

"What my senior brother said is right, I just mentioned it casually."

Lin Jiang smiled and Zhang Shuhua didn't want to, he didn't insist either, but he definitely wanted to make money himself. Without making money, with his qualifications, how could he afford to buy the elixirs?

(Translated by Gravity Tales 😣)

Lin Jiang quickly changed the subject and didn't mention this matter. He talked about other things. According to Lin Jiang's idea, this matter was not important. Zhang Wanjing was far away and could have control over the Five Elements Sect's base. This opportunity shouldn't be wasted.

It's not only about finding treasures in the Wilderness that could help him reach the Nascent Soul stage, but most importantly, he needed to cultivate a group of trustworthy subordinates. Just the two of them were not enough. It would be best if these subordinates were deeply involved in all aspects of the Five Elements Sect.

This statement made Zhang Shuhua very interested. Now, in his life goals, cultivating to achieve immortality ranked second, while the first was to assist his father and fulfill his father's life ideals.