"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 can’t use them. They might as well 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 you refine your Qi a hundred times, even one of you may not be able to build a foundation in the end.
If they cannot build the foundation, their life span will be the same as that of ordinary people. They will also live for decades. Moreover, losers will waste most of their lives in boring practice day after day.
Therefore, many years after reaching forty, the frustrated Qi-refining monks who realize that there is no hope of building a foundation will sell some of the things they have no need for 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, companionship, law, land, and wealth are the first things after all.
If the clan can provide enough 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 not have been able to keep pace with 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 of our 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 building" 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 gained 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 Residence at this time, also "heard" Zhao Zilin's words.
The entire Linzhou City was almost completely shrouded in his spiritual thoughts, especially the area around Jin Guang and Shui Jing Master, which was a key surveillance area.
As the author of the Yin-Yang Five Elements Jue, he is well aware of how difficult it is for ordinary mortals to achieve the Golden Elixir by relying on this thing, even if it is 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 enough. 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 a Taoist plug-in. 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 Mansion and Zhao Zilin.
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 will never forget your life-saving grace!" After being stunned for a few breaths, Zhao Zilin recognized the other person's identity, 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 some super forces outside the world that were always peeping at 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.
"Could it be that this senior is also from the Terra Empire? He wants to find his companions? Am I, who ate the souls of Terra people, his enemy? It's also possible that the senior is from the Yuanyang Realm who is fighting 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.