12dz Chapter 21 Leaving the Su Family
Chapter 21 Leaving the Su Family
When Lin Xia left the Su family, no one saw her off except Liu Shuang.
The Su family elders' council had previously called Lin Xia and Su Qingyue over to give Lin Xia an explanation about what happened in the forbidden area.
However, besides Lin Xia, there was only Su Qingyue in the forbidden area at that time. Both sides insisted on their own opinions, and there were no witnesses, so it was naturally difficult to distinguish the facts. Only the parties involved knew the truth.
Furthermore, with the protection of the three elders, the words of Lin Xia, a woman from another family, naturally had no weight and seemed insignificant.
After picking it up with great effort, he finally put it down gently. Su Qingyue was only deducted three months' worth of cultivation resources.
Even though she had known the outcome for a long time, Lin Xia couldn't help but feel disappointed when she saw the result.
The fifth elder proposed to replenish Lin Xia's cultivation resources and asked Su Qingyue to compensate Lin Xia with low-grade spirit stones. Before Su Qingyue could speak, Lin Xia refused.
Restraining the indignation in his heart, Lin Xia gave face to the elders. After several exchanges, he finally proposed to leave the Su family in front of all the elders of the Su family.
The elders of the Su family didn't say much, and no one tried to stop them. Only the fifth elder, Su Yi, sighed and looked at Lin Xia with a distant gaze. "We will send a letter to inform Ling Han about this matter. You can take care of yourself!"
This was both a warning and a consolation. Beyond his status as a direct disciple of the Xuantian Sect, Su Linghan's existence was crucial to the Su family. They couldn't just let him go, and certainly couldn't let it be destroyed because of Lin Xia.
In Su Yi's eyes, Lin Xia is just a small ant that cannot shake the big tree of the Su family, but Su Linghan is the most promising descendant of the Su family and is of great importance.
As for Lin Xia, who was only at the third level of Qi Refining, he would certainly not be able to get any advantage when facing the lineage of the Third Elder. Even if he invited Su Linghan, he could only get more compensation. It would be wise for him to not get entangled in it any more.
Lin Xia naturally understood this, and she didn't want to cause trouble for Su Linghan.
Let's just put this matter behind us, follow the wishes of the elders, and just consider it as a way to repay the Su family's kindness in taking us in.
Lin Xia didn't have much stuff to begin with, so she packed it up quickly.
After leaving the Su family, Lin Xia did not stay in Fufeng City for long. After all, this was still the Su family's sphere of influence. If Su Qingyue still wanted to pursue the matter, he would definitely not be able to cope with it due to his low spiritual power. It would be better to leave quickly.
So, after leaving the Su family, Lin Xia rushed to the teleportation array in Fufeng City and left Fufeng City on the teleportation array.
Because of Su Linghan's relationship, Lin Xia chose to go to the northern border. After several twists and turns, he finally arrived at a capital city called Tai'an City, which connects the northern border with Central Continent.
Walking on the streets of Tai'an City, Lin Xia felt unprecedented ease and comfort. From then on, the long road to immortality was all up to Lin Xia to decide.
Tai'an City is located between towering mountains and surrounded by rocks, appearing isolated from the world.
The streets are spacious and clean, with quaint buildings on both sides with unique styles, including ancient palace-style buildings and low-rise bungalows and courtyards.
The streets were bustling with people, from monks brimming with spiritual energy and possessing a refined demeanor to positive and energetic mortals. It was a truly bustling scene.
The street was filled with the faint aroma of food, which made Lin Xia's stomach growl. The long-lost aroma of food made Lin Xia almost unable to walk.
So Lin Xia picked a roadside stall and ate a handful of meat skewers mixed with the aroma of charcoal fire, plus a bowl of sour and spicy and refreshing臊子面.
The stall owners were a mortal couple, but the ingredients they used were spirit beast meat that contained spiritual energy. The food was fragrant and nutritious, overflowing with spiritual energy, and it was truly unforgettable. The noodles were also quite chewy, and Lin Xia even drank up the noodle soup without leaving a drop.
After a hearty meal, Lin Xia continued to stroll on the streets of Tai'an City.
As night falls, Tai'an City is shrouded in soft moonlight and brightly lit, like a fairyland.
After appreciating the customs and practices of the cultivation world and understanding the basic situation of Tai'an City, Lin Xia decided to settle down in Tai'an City first and prepared to rent a small courtyard.
It was already late. On the way here, Lin Xia saw many small courtyards on the street with signs hanging at the doors saying "For Rent", so she turned back and rented one.
The house was relatively small, with only one room and a yard. Fortunately, it was relatively safe, with its own independent formation, so outsiders couldn't easily break in. Of course, the price was also quite attractive. Anyway, Lin Xia paid a lot of spirit stones.
After paying the spirit stones, Lin Xia received a jade token with the location and number of the house marked on it. As long as the cultivator injected spiritual power into it, it would be considered as a mark. It meant that the house to which the jade token belonged was rented to the cultivator who marked the jade token. Only this cultivator could use it, and no one else had the right to enter. In fact, this was equivalent to the key to the world of cultivation.
After crossing the courtyard and entering the house, Lin Xia checked and found nothing unusual. After a simple tidying up, he began his daily meditation practice.
Ever since waking up from the cliff at the Su family's forbidden area, Lin Xia's cultivation speed has significantly improved, and the speed of absorbing and transforming spiritual energy has also greatly increased. This has made the already diligent Lin Xia even more focused on cultivation.
However, compared with cultivators with superior qualifications and single spiritual roots, Lin Xia's cultivation speed is not fast. After all, Lin Xia's spiritual roots are very mixed, and his demand for spiritual energy is higher than that of other cultivators.
When he started practicing, Lin Xia also paid some attention to his lower abdomen. As usual, the bead appeared when Lin Xia's spiritual power was circulating, and it absorbed and exhaled the spiritual energy that Lin Xia absorbed into his body.
Lin Xia once wanted to use spiritual power to force the bead out of his body, but when the spiritual power just touched the bead, he felt pain in his lower abdomen, as if Lin Xia was peeling off an organ that originally belonged to him, accompanied by a palpitation. Helplessly, Lin Xia temporarily gave up the idea.
Lin Xia lived in the small courtyard for nearly a month, and during this month, except for occasionally going out to have a bite to eat and fill his stomach, Lin Xia stayed in the small courtyard to meditate and practice.
During this period, Lin Xia also thought about his future path, whether to join the sect as an outer disciple or a menial disciple, or to become a casual cultivator.
Joining a sect is good, and having a backer is helpful, but you will also be constrained like in the Su family, and you may not be able to avoid intrigue and deception; being a solo cultivator is certainly free, but the risks are greater, and it is more difficult to obtain resources for cultivation.
Although Lin Xia is not short of spirit stones for the time being, the spirit stones will run out one day, and she can't ask Su Linghan for help in the future.
Moreover, the most important thing is that Lin Xia lacks any martial arts skills. After being in the Su family for so long, she has only learned simple fireball techniques, water control techniques, etc. She has not even mastered the basic swordsmanship. If she tells others about it, I am afraid no one would believe it.
After careful consideration, Lin Xia felt that the most important thing at the moment was to improve his cultivation level, followed by finding a job to earn spirit stones and some other cultivation resources.
He had to find a job as soon as possible. After all, Lin Xia was now out of money and not earning any spirit stones. Only by finding a job could he truly settle down in Tai'an City.
In the next few days, Lin Xia began her job search.