A small casual cultivator!

Chapter 165: Gathering Information

Then he looked at the storage bag and said, "Let's find an inn to look at the talisman first."

The talisman he bought was drawn by a talisman master named Huang in Haoyun City, and the material used was quite special, extremely precious and rare.

He spent nearly five thousand low-level spirit stones, and he felt extremely distressed.

Next, he found an inn nearby and stayed there.

After closing the door, he sat cross-legged on the soft mat.

With a thought, an exquisite box the size of a palm appeared in his hand.

After opening the box, a jade-like talisman appeared inside. Just by feeling the vibrations emanating from it, one could tell it was something special.

"rise!"

Lu Luan hooked his finger, and the talisman began to float up, with the golden patterns on its surface glowing slightly.

Then he slowly closed his eyes, as if meditating, and his mind began to connect with the talisman.

After two breaths, as if they were sensing each other, the talisman floated in front of him by itself, and finally released a dazzling light.

When the light became denser than ever, the talisman went straight into his chest like a star.

Finally, the talisman paper merged with his flesh and blood, and the golden lines were all outlined on the skin of his chest.

Of course, Lu Luan only felt a little cold at the beginning and didn't feel any other discomfort.

"Ok?"

Then he slowly opened his eyes, tore open his own clothes, and after seeing the faintly visible lines, he chuckled and said, "It seems that the expensiveness is indeed justified."

The material of this talisman paper is not ordinary. Of course, Lu Luan is interested in more than just this.

Next, his mind moved, and the true energy in his meridians began to be injected into it. A halo appeared, and finally Lu Luan's aura changed again.

The majestic feeling of qi and blood began to disappear, and the heaviness of the realm also gradually subsided.

This is another feature of this talisman, which is that it requires true Qi to activate in order to achieve the purpose of hiding one's cultivation. However, the advantage is that it is very effective and can be used for a long time, unlike other talismans with hidden auras, which only last for a dozen days or even months and are not convenient.

Now this talisman is like a magic weapon.

"Yes, it seems that the money was well spent. Now, I can hide even in front of people with foundation building cultivation. Master Huang is indeed a first-class talisman master."

The talismans in his storage bag now are still not up to standard.

In fact, only those who have reached the foundation building stage can be considered true immortal cultivators, and can fast and eat qi to survive. Unlike the Qi refining stage, they still need to eat pills to fill their stomachs every day.

After feeling the effect of the talisman, Lu Luan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he took out the token and murmured, "Lin Hai? Let's go see if there is a Lin family in Haoyun City first."

After saying that, he put the token away again, got up and went out.

……

Then he wandered on the street, looking left and right, as if looking for something.

After dozens of breaths, Lu Luan stopped in front of a quiet shop in a sparsely populated place.

With a slight smile on his lips, he walked in.

After entering, what you see is a rather dim little room. There is no layout around it, it is very empty, and there is a big table in the center.

"What about people?"

Lu Luan frowned and found that there was no one watching the store among them.

"Cough...cough..."

Just as he was wondering, two light coughs were heard from the door beside him.

Lu Luan was startled and quickly turned his head to look.

It turned out to be an old man wearing a small black hat and holding a pipe in his mouth. At this moment, he was holding his feet and picking the black gaps between his toenails with his fingers.

It's obvious that he looks like this because he doesn't wear shoes normally.

"Master!"

Lu Luan was shocked. This covert method was so profound that he didn't even notice him walking in from the side. He knew in his heart that this person was definitely a strong man.

The old man picked his nose with his hand, took off his pipe, looked at him, and asked with a smile: "My friend, what news do you want to know? As long as it is in Haoyun City, I know it all."

This shop specializes in selling information. As long as it is not a secret that is too obscure, some superficial information can be found out by spending some spirit stones.

Lu Luan bowed respectfully and said, "Senior, I have just arrived in Haoyun City and plan to settle down and live here for a long time. I want to see how the various forces in this city are distributed, as well as some news about them, to prevent accidentally offending them and causing trouble for myself."

"So this is it."

The old man nodded, then opened five fingers to him and said, "Fifty spirit stones, I will give you the most accurate information."

"Thank you, senior."

Lu Luan quickly took out fifty low-level spirit stones and placed them in front of him.

The old man nodded, flicked his fingers, and a jade pendant appeared in mid-air. He said, "There is something you want in here. Look carefully. There is a lot of information in it. Don't overwhelm yourself."

After Lu Luan put away the jade pendant, he bowed and said, "Thank you for telling me, senior. I will take my leave now."

"Ah."

The old man nodded.

Then Lu Luan turned and left.

Seeing him far away, the old man immediately took the spirit stones in his hands and laughed, "Good, good, a rich man has come. Hey, there are not many young people like this who don't bargain. They give as much as you ask. It's rare, rare."

After walking away, Lu Luan looked back, still with some shock in his eyes, and said to himself: "Even I didn't realize that the old man's cultivation should be at least at the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining."

He practiced the Innate Five Qi Technique, and his six senses were stronger than those of ordinary people of the same level.

This is the strongest person he has seen since coming to Haoyun City.

After shaking his head, he calmed down and looked at the jade pendant in his hand: "It seems that people often buy this kind of thing and make it into a jade pendant."

Next, he spent another spirit stone and found an inn to sit down.

He placed the jade pendant between his eyebrows and began to receive the messages from it.

Half an hour later.

Lu Luan opened his eyes wearily and sighed, "There's really a lot of content."

The information contained in this jade pendant is very comprehensive, and includes information on thousands of large and small forces in Haoyun City. Of course, he only looks for what he wants. If he wants to sort out all of them, it will take a day or two.

But soon, an intriguing smile appeared on his lips, and he chuckled, "Haha, I didn't expect there really is a Lin family."

From the jade pendant, it can be learned that among the more than 60 families of all sizes in Haoyun City, there is indeed a Lin family. It is just as he wished, a very barely third-rate force in the city.

Then he stood up and looked out the window at the slow-moving streets. He frowned and thought, "The Lin family is only a third-rate force now. There are no foundation-building masters in the family. The strongest one is only at the tenth level of Qi Refining. Do you want to give it a try?"

He learned from the jade pendant that the Lin family used to be a second-rate force. They had produced people who had reached the foundation-building stage, but now they have fallen into decline.

Currently, the entire Lin family has a population of only about a hundred people, and the current head of the family has reached the middle tenth level of cultivation.

“Although there are certain risks, even if I am discovered, I still have a few trump cards in my storage bag. If I want to leave, they can’t stop me. Although it is very safe to wait until I break through to the foundation-building stage, the third-rate forces in the city may be destroyed at any time. Even if I get enough resources in Haoyun Cave Heaven, it may take seven or eight years to break through to the foundation-building stage. With such a long time, there are many variables…”

Lu Luan hugged his arms, tapped his fingers continuously, and began to measure repeatedly in his mind.

The yellow-level mystical art of beheading the gods is too tempting. If you grab it, it will be your chance. If you encounter danger in the future, this thing can save your life.

"Go. There is still more than a year before the cave opens. I have nothing to do during this time. Although it may not be available, and even if it is available, it is not easy to obtain. But there will be a chance only after entering. Opportunities are earned by one's own efforts, not waiting for them."

After thinking for a while, Lu Luan's eyes became determined and he decided to go. After all, the strongest was only at the tenth level of Qi Refining, so it would not be dangerous if he was careful.

Although it may be a bit tortuous and troublesome, if you ask for it or rob it openly, others will definitely fight you to the death. After all, there are still strong ones among them, and his current cultivation is not enough.

After making up his mind, he rested here for a night and prepared.

Although I'm not sure if the owner of this waist badge is from the Lin family, I'll know once I go in and compare their waist badges. I can also confirm it by asking if there is an ancestor named Lin Hai. If it's not the case, then I'll leave immediately.

This jade pendant only contains information from the last few years. The corpse that Lu Luan found might have been dead for seventy or eighty years. Although he was an important figure, he was not mentioned in the jade pendant.

……

the next day.

"Is this the Lin Mansion?"

According to the location recorded in the jade pendant, Lu Luan arrived at a mansion outside Haoyun City.

Seeing a small restaurant nearby, he walked in, ordered a few side dishes and a jar of wine, then looked at the door in the distance, frowned and began to think:

"How can I get in? Generally, the guards of a family are selected from the family members..."

He started to have trouble again.

"By the way, I know some magic formations, I wonder if they will accept it?"

He suddenly remembered that he could set up formations. His eyes lit up and he began to organize the information in his mind.

After a while, he frowned and said, "The Lin family's assets have now shrunk to only the elixir business. There is nothing about formations. If I go there, they probably won't accept it. After all, it's of no use to them. It seems that we can only think of other foolproof methods."

Then he kept thinking of a solution.

"Ok?"

A quarter of an hour later, a young boy and girl walked out of the Lin Mansion, followed by a middle-aged man who looked like a guard.

And came straight here.

The girl in red came to the shopkeeper and said to the old woman with a smile, "Grandma Yun, give us two servings of Yunhua Cakes as before. I don't want sugar for my portion, and the other one..."

The girl looked about 16 years old, wearing a red dress, with lively eyes, and looked very lively. And from her tone, she seemed to be very familiar with the old woman in the store.

The old woman smiled lovingly and said, "Yueyue, don't you like sweet food the most? Why are you so upset today..."

The girl touched her face and said sadly, "My brother said that if you eat too much sweet food, you will look ugly."

"Sister, you are already beautiful..."

"Shut up!"

The young man behind him was only halfway through his words when he was stopped by the young woman's glare. She then said to the old woman, "Grandma Yun, make his portion a little more bitter so that he won't talk too much."

"Sister, I was wrong."

The young man immediately begged for mercy, but the girl ignored him.

Lu Luan looked at the two people from the side, with a bit of surprise in his eyes: "These two should be the young master and young lady of the Lin family. It's rare for them to be so close, and they don't have that kind of domineering personality at all."

In fact, although most of the young masters and daughters in the family are spoiled, some of them are very sensible. There are not many who are truly lawless and arrogant.

After they ordered, the girl turned around and looked at the man behind her, smiling and asked, "Uncle Chen, order what you want to eat yourself. It's my treat."

The guard replied, "Miss, you and the young master can eat. I am not hungry now."

"Ok?"

After hearing the address, Lu Luan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought to himself, "The surname is Chen, and he speaks in a master-servant manner. It seems that he is not a member of the Lin family."

Then he smiled and had an idea.

Next, he gently hooked his fingers, and a breath appeared at the fingertips, and then directly entered the middle-aged man's body.

It happened so quietly that no one noticed, including the middle-aged man himself.

"Granny Yun, we're leaving."

The girl said hello and left with a smile.

"This is the first time I use it on a cultivator. I wonder how powerful it is?"

Looking at the backs of the three people, Lu Luan said silently.

Then he paid for the food and drinks and followed from a distance.

After a while.

In front.

The young man looked at his sister and said with tears in his eyes, "Sister, how long do you plan to go shopping today?"

After swallowing what she was chewing, the girl said, "Daddy is so generous this time and gave me three spirit stones as pocket money. I have to buy some more clothes."

"How many items? Do you have enough spirit stones?" the young man said speechlessly.

The girl looked at him slyly and said, "Don't you have me? Lend me two dollars. I'll pay you back next month when daddy gives me some pocket money."

The young man immediately protected the storage bag, with regret in his eyes. He really shouldn't have said too much, and said anxiously: "You haven't returned the piece you borrowed from me last time."

"Brother, I am your only sister. Can you bear to see me in rags?" The girl's expression changed and she immediately said with tears in her eyes.

"This……"

The young man's face froze, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I only have two spirit stones now. I need the other one, so I can only lend you one."

"Great, give it to me!"

The girl put one hand on her waist and stretched the other hand in front of the boy.

The young man said weakly, "We agreed to pay it back next month. Don't regret it."

"Do I, your sister, look like someone who would borrow money and not pay it back?" the girl said.

Then the young man wordlessly took out a spirit stone and handed it over.

"Ok?"

The girl seemed to notice that the guard behind her looked a little strange, so she stepped forward and asked, "Uncle Chen, what's wrong with you?"