"Where do you purchase your spirit stones from?" Shui Jing suddenly asked a rather sensitive question. He was a little curious about the source of the spirit stones.
The magic weapon materials and elixirs that monks need are basically impossible to buy with ordinary money alone. I have never heard of training courses like Yin Yang and Five Elements that can be taken for just money.
Where did big families like the Zhao family obtain spiritual stones?
"There is not a single monk in a hundred who can build a foundation. For the remaining ones, after their cultivation becomes hopeless, many will choose to return to the mortal world to marry, have children, and build families of their own.
They still have spiritual stones in their hands, but they have no use for them. Why not exchange them for silver and enjoy the glory and wealth...
The ancestor of our Zhao family was a Qi Refining monk. "
"..."
It is precisely because of this origin that Zhao Zilin seems relatively calm about seeking immortality, because she knows that even if she is qualified to practice, the probability of immortality is really too small, so small that it is not worth hoping for.
Even if a hundred Qi refinings are performed, none of them may be able to finally build the foundation.
Without the ability to build a foundation, their lifespan is the same as that of ordinary people, which lasts for decades. Moreover, most of the losers' lives will be wasted in boring practice day after day.
Therefore, many years after reaching their forties, frustrated Qi-refining monks who know that there is no hope of building a foundation will sell off some of the things they don’t need and return to the mortal world to become rich.
Most sects also support this kind of thing. After all, the descendants of monks have a higher proportion of spiritual roots.
It doesn’t matter if this generation can’t build the foundation. If we have more generations, maybe the next generation will be fine.
Most of the spiritual stones that flow into the mortal world pass through this way.
Many aristocratic families, in turn, need to reserve some spiritual stones so that when their own clan members are lucky enough to obtain spiritual roots, they can go further on the road to immortality.
Wealth, love, law, land, wealth is the number one thing after all.
If the clan can provide sufficient spiritual stone support, the clan members will be much more comfortable, at least during the Qi refining period.
After listening to Zhao Zilin's words, Master Shui Jing's face was filled with a "hateful big dog" expression.
Having been a poor peasant for several generations, if he hadn't been gifted with a bright mind and some luck, he would have been able to catch up with the great changes unseen in thousands of years, but he would not have been able to keep pace with such a family whose ancestors were monks.
"I know you are very reluctant, but I have to tell you a fact. Whether it is the aristocratic family in Linzhou City or the royal family far away in the capital, almost all ancestors have produced monks."
"..."
"The ancestor of Emperor Daqian was even a foundation-building monk."
There was not much respect for the royal family in Zhao Zilin's words. After all, Linzhou City was already in a semi-independent state, and orders from the capital could not reach here at all.
"But one good thing about monks is that with power comes status. Regardless of family background or emotional intelligence, if the word "foundation" is placed there, everyone will obey."
"Emotional intelligence? What is emotional intelligence?" Master Shui Jing was a little confused when the other party said a word he had never heard of.
"..."
"It's just... that's how good you are at dealing with others." Zhao Zilin found that she almost spilled the beans.
She is not a time traveler.
But when she was only a few years old, she once devoured an unlucky guy who tried to pass through her soul and seize his body in a confused state, and got most of the memory of this soul.
That time she was in a coma for several days. When she woke up again, she became particularly precocious. After years of hard work, she finally established her position as the heir to the family.
If it weren't for Zhao San's interference, there would be no doubt that Zhao Zilin would inherit the family business.
It's a pity that she was so confused that day when she was being hunted in the ruined temple that she didn't pay close attention to the inscription under the statue. Otherwise, she might have recognized it. This was the country where the unlucky guy originally lived - Holy Terra. Imperial writing.
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"Emotional intelligence?" Bai Mo, who was sitting in Zuiyue Ju at this time, also "heard" Zhao Zilin's words.
The entire Linzhou City was almost completely shrouded in his spiritual thoughts, especially the areas around Golden Light and Shuijing Master, which were key surveillance areas.
As the author of Yin Yang and Five Elements Jue, he knew very well how difficult it would be for ordinary mortals to achieve the Golden Elixir by relying on this stuff, even if it was not a one-in-a-million chance.
As a result, these two guys actually have good fortune at the Golden elixir level, which means they have a good chance of achieving the Golden elixir.
Among the nearly one million people in Linzhou City, there are those who are lucky. Apart from the two of them, the only two girls left are Mo Fengwu and Mo Caihuan.
As for Han Yu, he is outside the wheel and is protected by Taoist plug-ins. It would be abnormal if he cannot practice well.
He recalled the language of this world, and there was no similar word. On the contrary, Terra had the word emotional intelligence, and he couldn't help but have some doubts...
"Are you from Terra?"
The next moment, Bai Mo disappeared from Zuiyue Residence and appeared directly in front of Zhao Zilin in the Zhao Mansion.
Zhao Zilin, who was chatting with Master Shui Jing, felt as if her world had been frozen in an instant.
"Terra? What Terra?" She hadn't realized what was going on, but she felt that the man in white in front of her looked familiar.
"You are the senior from the ruined temple! Zilin's life-saving grace will never be forgotten!" After being stunned for a few breaths, Zhao Zilin recognized the identity of the other party, quickly knelt down on her knees and gave a big salute.
If Bai Mo hadn't driven away the killers of the Seven Kills Sect that day, they might not have been able to leave alive even if they were protected by two novice monks, Jin Guang Shui Jing.
Although the attack that makes people cringe is indistinguishable, and she was also hit by it, it still saved her life.
Of course, Zhao Zilin's great gift also included a hug.
For a great monk whose strength is bottomless and who has no ill feelings towards him, it is not a bad thing to lick him more. What if he really licks him?
"Senior asked about Terra, is that Terra?" Zhao Zilin asked, pointing to the sky.
Ever since she got the memory of that unlucky guy, she knew that there were always some super forces outside the world, spying on the world...
But she was soft-spoken and didn't have any evidence. Even if she knew, there was nothing she could do. She couldn't tell the monks and let them search her soul to confirm the authenticity?
"Yes, are you from Terra?" Bai Mo continued to ask.
"Is this senior also a member of the Terra Empire? He wants to find his companions? Then am I, who ate the souls of Terra people, his enemy? It's also possible that the senior is from the Yuanyang Realm who fights against the Terra Empire. The law enforcement monks think I am a mole...???"
At that moment, she felt that her mind was running rapidly, and all kinds of thoughts came to her mind.
"I..." Zhao Zilin hesitated because she didn't know which side the other party was on. If she revealed that she was on the wrong team, she would probably be gone in an instant.
"At least you know Terra exists."
