Chapter 160: Enlightenment and Foundation Building
The two men left the gambling stone shop. Since it was still early, Chen Ziya suggested that they go find somewhere that sells animal offal, and then go back after they finish eating.

Lin Changqing readily agreed. In fact, it only took about three hours to visit the street stalls and the gambling stone shop. It was indeed too early to return to the passenger ship now.

Since they were not in a hurry, they did not ask for directions. They just wandered around to kill time.

However, Lin Changqing never let his guard down. After all, they had just come out of the gambling stone shop, and who knew if they would be targeted by someone with ulterior motives, so his spiritual sense was always paying attention to the surrounding environment and people.

Now, more than a hundred meters away, he found a person who shouldn't be here, the middle-aged female cultivator from the Qi family, Qi Zhanfei's mother. Lin Changqing didn't know whether this was a chance encounter or she was following Lin Changqing and his partner on purpose.

So they decided to give it a try. They happened to see the canteen, so they walked in, paid two spirit stones, each got a large bowl of animal offal, and began to eat.

In fact, Lin Changqing's spiritual consciousness has been paying attention to Qi Zhanfei's mother. Now it can be confirmed that she is coming for Lin Changqing and the other person.

She didn't know that Lin Changqing's spiritual sense was so powerful, otherwise he would not have come so close. And although she had a high level of cultivation, she obviously had no experience in tracking people.

The purpose was so obvious that Lin Changqing could easily tell that she was following them.

If the Qi family knew that Qi Zhanfei's death was related to him, then the person who should come should be Qi Daoxiong, or even Chen Shan Zhenren. After all, he and Chen Ziya represented their great-grandmother Yunxia Zhenren to a certain extent.

And now only Qi Zhanfei's mother came by herself, which was obviously my intention. In all likelihood, it was because I rejected Qi Zhanfei, which led to his death when he went out alone, and she took her anger out on the two of us.

While eating, he said, "Junior sister, listen to me, be careful not to get too surprised. We are being targeted. It's Qi Zhanfei's mother, who is about 150 meters to our left."

Lin Changqing knew that Chen Ziya had soaked in the purple spiritual liquid, so her spiritual sense must be more than 150 meters.

Chen Ziya was stunned for a moment when she heard this. Then, while she lowered her head to eat, she extended her spiritual sense in the direction Lin Changqing mentioned and soon found the middle-aged female cultivator.

"Senior Brother, what should we do now?" After confirming the situation, Chen Ziya asked a little nervously.

Lin Changqing lowered his head while eating and said, "This woman followed the two of us. She must be angry with us because of her son's death.

We are definitely no match for her on our own, so we can only go to Qiyun Town Defense House and ask your uncle-master to make the decision."

Chen Ziya felt more at ease after hearing what Lin Changqing said. She lowered her head and continued to ask, "The distance from the market to Qiyun City is still more than ten miles. Will it be too dangerous for us to go out like this?"

Lin Changqing thought for a moment and said, "Who said we have to go to Qiyun City by ourselves? Finish eating and follow me. You will know what's going on in a moment."

Chen Ziya blinked her eyes. Seeing her senior brother so confident, she felt much more at ease.

Then they continued to eat, and soon they finished two large bowls of animal offal, left the canteen and walked towards Wanbao Pavilion.

As soon as I stepped into Wanbao Pavilion, a clerk in his twenties who looked smart and capable came to greet me.

"Hello, guests. Welcome to Wanbao Pavilion. I am your shopping guide this time. You can just call me Xiao Du."

Lin Changqing nodded and said, "I want to buy something."

"Okay, both guests, please go upstairs. This way, please!"

The waiter Xiao Du led Lin Changqing and his companion to a small private room and sat them down. Immediately, a maid brought them two cups of spiritual tea and Lin Changqing nodded to her to express his gratitude.

Xiao Du then asked, "What does the guest want?"

"I want a first-class flying boat that is faster and can carry two or three people."

Xiao Du nodded quickly and said, "Yes, please wait a moment, sir. I will get it for you to see." After saying that, he walked out.

Not long after, he came in carrying a tray with three magical instruments on it.

Lin Changqing took a closer look and found that they were the same boats he had seen before in the Wanbao Pavilion in Qingyun City: the Light Wind Boat, the Swift Wind Boat and the Cloud-piercing Boat.

Just as Xiao Du was about to start introducing the ship, Lin Changqing waved his hand and said, "Don't bother. I want the Swift Wind Boat. How many spirit stones are needed?" Xiao Du was stunned for a moment and answered subconsciously, "The Swift Wind Boat costs 600 spirit stones."

Lin Changqing nodded, took out the VIP card of Wanbao Pavilion and six hundred spirit stones and gave them to Xiao Du.

After Xiao Du took it, he used a secret method to record the purchase.

He returned the VIP card to Lin Changqing, and then subconsciously asked, "Is there anything else the guest needs?"

Lin Changqing was waiting for him to say this, and nodded, "Yes! There is something I would like to ask you for help with."

Xiao Du said quickly: "Please speak, sir."

Lin Changqing hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "Wait a moment, after the two of us leave.

I would like to ask you to help deliver a letter to the garrison in a quarter of an hour and give it personally to our great-uncle master, Master Chenshan. We are now being targeted by robber cultivators and it is dangerous to leave the market.

And please, be sure to bring back Master Shenshan’s reply.

We will come back in an hour and a half, and then we will give you 400 spirit stones as a reward."

When Xiao Du heard this, he looked troubled. Just as he was hesitating, Lin Changqing said, "Don't be afraid. We will go out and lead away the stalkers. No one will pay attention to a young man like you.

A round trip will earn you 400 spirit stones in less than an hour, and this time our uncle will definitely catch this group of robbers in one fell swoop, leaving no trouble behind, and maybe he will give you some extra rewards at that time!"

After listening to Lin Changqing's words, Xiao Du thought about it for a while before agreeing.

Lin Changqing said to Chen Ziya again: "Junior sister, please write down the situation we encountered and tell it to the great master, and then give your identity jade token to Xiao Du as a token of trust."

Chen Ziya nodded, took out a jade slip and put it on her forehead, then carved the situation they had encountered into the jade slip.

He then performed a series of incantations on the jade slip. After completing them, he handed his Qingyun Sect inner disciple's jade token and the jade slip to Xiao Du.

Xiao Du took the jade identity card and saw that it was indeed the identity card of an inner disciple of Qingyun Sect. Only then did he believe that the two people had not lied to him.

In addition, since Lin Changqing still held the VIP card of Wanbao Pavilion and he promised a reward of 400 spirit stones, Xiao Du decided to help them go to the garrison.

Telling Xiao Du not to see them off, the two of them left Wanbao Pavilion. Not long after they left, their spiritual sense discovered that Qi Zhanfei's mother had followed them.

The two looked at each other, and said nothing tacitly, and just started wandering around the market aimlessly.

Afraid that Chen Ziya's performance was not natural enough, Lin Changqing still held Chen Ziya's hand. Her face immediately turned red, but she did not resist. Instead, she was very obedient and submissive and was held by Lin Changqing.

Seeing Chen Ziya’s blushing face and her hand being held tightly by him, Lin Changqing’s heart skipped a beat.

This scene was seen by the middle-aged female monk who was following them, and she was shocked when she thought of her son who had turned into ashes.

And the two murderers who indirectly killed her son actually still had the mood to be affectionate with each other here. She was so angry that she gnashed her teeth and wished to cut them into pieces and chop them into a hundred pieces.

Lin Changqing held Chen Ziya's hand and wandered around the streets and alleys. Of course, they didn't dare to go to remote places.

They were afraid that the middle-aged female monk would lose control of herself and take risks, and attack them directly in the market place.

In this tense and exciting situation, the two of them never let go of each other's hands. Now Lin Changqing has a little understanding in his heart.

Before they knew it, an hour and a half had passed. After walking around for a long time, the two returned to Wanbao Pavilion. At this time, Xiao Du had already returned.

When he saw the two of them, he quickly came up to greet them and took them to a small private room upstairs.

(End of this chapter)