Chapter 248: Revisiting the Old Place and Climbing the 30,000 Steps Again
"I am old and my life span is coming to an end. I have no intention of traveling around."
"Why not end my life in the beautiful Changchun Mountain..."
The old man who built the foundation looked calm, as if he had already thought about the future.
Lin Chen nodded, "Daoyou is upright and noble, I admire you very much."
After buying some pills in the pill shop, Lin Chen left and went to another shop in the market.
This shop is located in a remote area and few cultivators come to patronize it.
There is a locust tree planted at the door of the shop. The shade of the tree covers the shop, and no light can be seen, which makes it more gloomy.
The light inside the shop is also dim.
Lin Chen did not stay on the first floor for long and went straight to the second floor.
Soon he saw a woman practicing in a dark corner on the second floor.
The woman suddenly opened her eyes and was stunned when she saw Lin Chen.
"Master? You are finally here!"
Yes, this woman is Yu Gui, who was originally placed in Changchun Mountain Market by Lin Chen to transfer trading resources.
Now that all his transactions in Yanlai have been cancelled, it is time for Yu Gui to go somewhere else.
After not seeing each other for several years, Yu Gui's cultivation has made further progress.
Yu Gui is a natural ghost cultivator with excellent qualifications, and he has never lacked cultivation resources.
In the previous battle, he devoured many residual souls, and now Yu Gui is comparable to a Jindan Jiuzhuan cultivator.
The speed of cultivation is not slow.
Lin Chen nodded and said to Yu Gui:
"Well, it's time to go back..."
After hearing this, Yu Gui's face suddenly showed joy.
In the past few years, she has been terrified. The power of the Nether Kingdom is getting stronger and stronger, and Yanlai is about to collapse.
Under this circumstance, Yu Gui just wants to quickly escape from this place of trouble.
If it weren't for Lin Chen's failure to return, Yu Gui would have slipped away long ago.
Lin Chen planned a retreat for Yu Gui and asked her to go to the Asking City with him.
After all, he is a ghost cultivator comparable to the Nine-Turn Golden Pill. If he can go further and achieve the Yuanming realm in the future, it will be a great help.
After taking the Jade Ghost away, Lin Chen did not rush to climb Changchun Mountain.
Instead, he went to Lin's Xiaoxuan first.
The layout of Lin's Xiaoxuan was not much different from when Lin Chen left a few years ago.
The elixirs and ornaments in the store were still there, just covered with a layer of dust.
It seemed that no one had come to take care of it for a long time.
"Huang Xin..."
Lin Chen was silent for a while. Could it be that Huang Xin had encountered an accident after not seeing him for several years?
When he left Changchun Gate, time was urgent. Moreover, Huang Xin's cultivation was still low after more than 200,000 miles, so Lin Chen could not take him with him.
"Alas, I hope nothing unexpected happened?"
Lin Chen still had some feelings for Huang Xin. The two could be regarded as friends.
After searching around in Lin's Xiaoxuan, Lin Chen suddenly found a letter in the corner.
With a slight movement in his heart, Lin Chen picked up the letter.
There was only one line of words written on the cover of the letter.
Senior Brother Lin Chen wrote it personally.
Lin Chen opened the envelope and read the contents.
Huang Xin's handwriting was square and meticulous, just like his others.
"It has been more than three years since Senior Brother went to Wendao City. I miss you very much."
"Junior Brother is very sorry that I can't continue to complete the task assigned by Senior Brother. The Nether Kingdom is powerful, and countless demon cultivators are constantly invading. The number of cultivators in the market is decreasing."
"The ancestor dismissed a group of disciples some time ago, and Junior Brother was among them."
"Although I want to stay in the market and continue to grow spiritual medicine for Senior Brother, but..."
"Some time ago, Junior Brother successfully broke through to the sixth level of foundation building, and is only one step away from the late stage of foundation building."
"Although my cultivation is still shallow, I still want to follow my brother's footsteps."
"I heard that Senior Brother Lin is now in the city of Taoism, and I want to go find him."
"So, I dismissed the cultivators in the medicine garden and the mine, paid them wages, and buried the remaining spiritual medicines and ores in the backyard of my brother's shop..."
"In the storage bag, there are more than 70,000 spiritual medicines and 800,000 kilograms of ores..."
"I hope that I will meet my brother again one day in the future."
After seeing the contents of the letter, Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
Huang Xin did not encounter an accident, but left Changchun Mountain Market.
But at the same time, Lin Chen was a little worried.
Judging from the contents of the letter, Huang Xin had been away from the market for more than two years.
He was just a foundation-building cultivator, and it was too difficult to go to Taoism City. The road was extremely bumpy, and I was afraid that it would be dangerous...
"Alas, Junior Brother Huang..."
Lin Chen sighed and came to the place where Huang Xin said to hide the storage bag.
As expected, several storage bags were found, which had been buried for some years.
Lin Chen counted the spiritual medicines and minerals in the storage bags, and they were exactly the same as Huang Xin said.
"These resources are probably all that Huang Xin has obtained in the past few years... This silly junior brother didn't even leave some for himself."
Lin Chen sighed, and was a little moved in his heart.
Although Huang Xin has good qualifications, his character is unmatched among all the cultivators Lin Chen has seen.
He is diligent, responsible, trustworthy, and has a heart of seeking the truth.
It can be said that except for his poor qualifications, Huang Xin almost has all the characteristics of a great cultivator.
But the world of immortal cultivation is sometimes so cruel.
Although qualifications do not represent everything, it is definitely difficult to move forward without qualifications.
"In a blink of an eye, I have known Junior Brother Huang for more than 25 years. If Junior Brother Huang is still alive, perhaps he has reached the late stage of foundation building?"
Lin Chen thought silently.
He put away the storage bag and took away all the items in Lin's pavilion.
He did not stay for too long.
Old places are not worth revisiting, only old people are worth remembering.
After leaving Lin's Xiaoxuan, Lin Chen walked to the deepest part of the market.
Arrived at the foot of Changchun Mountain.
More than 20 years ago, this square was now much more dilapidated.
Perhaps he felt that this might be the last time to climb the gate of Changchun Mountain.
Lin Chen did not choose to fly to the top of Changchun Mountain, but chose to walk again, a road that he had not walked for 20 years.
30,000 steps to immortality.
Since Lin Chen entered the late stage of Qi Refining and was able to fly with a flying tool, he has never walked on it again.
The narrow and steep steps meandered up and disappeared into the clouds.
Lin Chen walked forward step by step, without any fatigue, but with more emotion in his heart.
The weeds beside the steps were already very deep, almost covering half of the steps.
It seemed that no one had cleaned them for many years, and moss was faintly growing on the steps, making it easy to slip.
Lin Chen did not perform any magic, but just walked up the mountain.
Even so, he was not walking slowly.
30,000 steps, more than 8,000 meters of mountain road, Lin Chen had to finish it in less than half an hour.
When he turned around and looked at the steps behind him.
Lin Chen seemed to see something.
He saw his figure climbing the mountain more than 20 years ago.
At that time, he was just a small martial artist and had never practiced.
It took him a lot of effort to climb these 30,000 steps to immortality.
But in the blink of an eye, more than 20 years have passed... things have changed a lot.
"Alas..."
Lin Chen sighed and stepped into the top of Changchun Mountain.
At the same time, a slightly tired voice came to Lin Chen's ears.
"You shouldn't come back..."