Borrowing Spirit Stones

After creating the Lock Ring, the Lingxian Sect did not include it in its list of goods for sale because it required the use of Cold-Concentrating Jade.

However, one was sent to both Yuan Bi, the head of the Yuan Household, and Yuan Ruogu, the patriarch.

After all, these two are people the system has already verified as friends with.

In addition, their sect has close business ties with the Yuan Household, so sending two Lock Ring would make it easier to contact them if needed.

It saves the trouble of having to wait until the person in charge of transactions in the Finance Hall arrives before you can send a message, or having to spend extra Spirit Stone to use the Heaven and Earth Shift Disc to send it over. The Spirit Stone consumed back and forth are not a small amount.

Along with the Lock Ring, what was given to Yuan Bi and Yuan Ruogu was the news that their Lingxian Sect actually originated from the Mortal Realm.

After three years of getting along and doing business, the Yuan Household has become the most loyal partner of the Lingxian Sect in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

Whenever Lingxian Sect needs to find any rare materials, the Yuan Household will do their best to help them find them. Except for those that are really hard to come by, they can find them for the Lingxian Sect.

Therefore, after a meeting, the members of the Lingxian Sect decided to tell Yuan Bi about the origins of their sect.

After all, they were treated with sincerity, and they can't keep hiding things like this for so long.

Because the Immortal Cultivation Realm and the Mortal Realm are far apart, even though the Lock Ring uses a very small array, it still consumes a lot of Spiritual Power.

Fortunately, Lin Xiao was already at the Nascent Soul Realm, so this amount of exertion was very easy for him.

The call was connected quickly.

"Sect Master Lin?" Yuan Bi's voice came from the Lock Ring.

This was the first time he had contacted Lin Xiao since receiving the Lock Ring as a gift.

I had only spoken to Qin Jianghe during the trial period, but they were both in the Immortal Cultivation Realm at that time.

Theoretically speaking, this is the first time Yuan Bi has seriously communicated with someone in the Mortal Realm world using Lock Ring within the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

He only sent a three-word message, and I could feel that some of the Spiritual Qi in my body had been depleted.

Of course, this amount of energy expenditure is not much for him as a Golden Core cultivator.

It's equivalent to the amount of a regular Fireball Technique.

He was somewhat surprised.

"Patriarch Yuan Household, I apologize for disturbing you, but my sect is facing a difficulty and we would like to seek Yuan Household help." Lin Xiao replied immediately.

"Sect Master Lin, please speak frankly about any difficulties you may be facing. If there is anything our Yuan Household can do to help, we will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Lin Xiao saved their Yuan Household's ancestor, which to some extent meant that he preserved the Yuan Household's Lineage in Yuanling City.

If it weren't for the ancestor's recovery, the Yuan Household might not even exist today.

After all, although the Yuan Household has enjoyed a high reputation in Yuanling City for many years, there are also those who covet their Lineage. If those people confirm that their Yuan Household's ancestor is really beyond saving, they probably won't let their Lineage off the hook.

In Yuan Bi's eyes, providing Jade Wave Hot Spring therapy to Fellow Daoist Liu Chun's sister was not considered a proper way to repay her, because it was just a small favor to him.

Moreover, years of business dealings had made Yuan Bi feel that Lingxian Sect was very reliable. They never tried to cheat or take advantage of loopholes in any transaction, and were very honest.

Not to mention that this sect is located in the Mortal Realm.

Having operated in Yuanling City for many years, Yuan Bi had some understanding of the situation in the Mortal Realm, knowing that resources were scarce and cultivators faced great difficulties.

However, this Lingxian Sect not only produced talents like Sect Master Lin, but also continuously provided their Lineage with a steady stream of various goods, demonstrating that its strength was by no means ordinary.

Therefore, he was very happy that Lin Xiao was willing to ask him.

The favor of saving the ancestor is too great; it's best to repay it if possible. This back-and-forth will strengthen the connection between the two parties and increase cooperation in future business dealings.

Seeing that he agreed without even asking what it was about, Lin Xiao smiled silently and stated his needs:

"Patriarch Yuan Household, our sect recently needs many Spirit Stone for development, but we are currently short of them. Therefore, we would like to borrow 100,000 Spirit Stone Spirit Stone the Yuan Household, to be repaid in five years. I wonder if the Yuan Household can lend us the money?"

"I thought it was no difficult task. Although my Yuan Household is not particularly wealthy, we can still come up with 100,000 Spirit Stone. In fact, my family had prepared 100,000 Spirit Stone to use for purchasing Icefield Spirit in order to cure our ancestor's inner demons. Who knew that Sect Master Lin would go to such lengths to save him, and my Yuan Household didn't spend a single Spirit Stone."

"Since Sect Master Lin needs it now, there's nothing we can't lend. And don't talk about repaying it within five years. Just repay it when your sect has more money. Don't let your sect be too tight on Spirit Stone."

"I wonder if Sect Master Lin will send someone to collect them, or will your sect's representative take the Spirit Stone back during the trading time?"

Yuan Bi did not tell Lin Xiao that he didn't need to repay the 100,000 Spirit Stone his family had prepared for their ancestor to purchase the Icefield Spirit, even though that was what he truly believed.

But he knew Lin Xiao wouldn't agree.

Moreover, if Lingxian Sect really doesn't need to repay the debt, then the Yuan Household will have essentially used those 100,000 Spirit Stone to completely repay the favor and settle the matter.

If people want to maintain a long-lasting and ever-deepening relationship, they need to maintain a constant flow of give and take.

The two parties became business partners because of this personal connection, which always added an extra layer of trust.

Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the man had agreed; this breakthrough had finally solved the first step.

"Thank you very much, Yuan Household. Our sect's elder Qin Jianghe, will be delivering goods in a few days. Please trouble Yuan Household to give him the Spirit Stone then."

"Sect Master Lin, you're too kind. I'm quite familiar with Elder Qin; I'll prepare the Spirit Stone in the next couple of days and personally hand them over to Elder Qin."

After finishing their business, Lin Xiao asked a few more questions about the recent situation of the Yuan Household patriarch and the situation in Yuanling City before ending the call.

With the Spirit Stone matter settled, Lin Xiao looked at the papers he had written and drawn on in front of him, put them away, and took out the Complete Book of Array Formations to start reading.

Although he can now create spatial arrays, he doesn't have much knowledge of defensive arrays.

Moreover, this formation cannot only have a defensive function; he also needs to figure out how to refine it. After buying the Spirit Dike Turtle Shell from the System Store, he will start using it to inscribe formations and refine weapons.

It must have defensive, settlement, monitoring, and control functions...

On the other side, Qin Jianghe and Liu Yunan were also diligently writing down the construction plan for the Trade Center.