Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 23 Ghost City
People are knives, I am fish.

Lu Zhong recalled the conditions given by Xingwu Pavilion, and felt depressed for a while.

What kind of premium method is the so-called [-]% premium?

Xingwuge has all the power of interpretation. Although the conditions given on the surface are very generous, in reality there are pits buried everywhere.

"Duk...duk!"

At this time, there was another knock on the door outside.

Lu Zhong looked up and found that it was a strange middle-aged male cultivator.

This person does not look shabby, but his middle-aged body is slightly fatter and looks a little greasy.

When he saw Lu Zhong, he shook off the water droplets on the umbrella, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Young fellow Daoist Lu, can you let me in for a while?"

"What's the matter? Then come in." Lu Zhong said.

"My surname is Chen and my name is Shaoyan. I am also a talisman maker just like fellow daoist."

As soon as the visitor sat down, he reported his background, and then sighed heavily, "Oh, now all the talisman papers produced by Qingliufang have been controlled by the three major chambers of commerce. If you want to get the talisman papers, you have to agree Their conditions, I don’t know how much profit we will lose as a talisman maker! Today I came to visit Lu Daoyou to invite you to join our talisman maker mutual aid association, so that everyone can report to the group to keep warm in the future."

"I don't know what the regulations are for the Mutual Aid Association?" Lu Zhong hesitated for a while, but did not directly agree.

"Regarding this point, fellow daoists, please rest assured. We are a mutual aid association without any relationship. The purpose of establishing it is to bring everyone together to fight for more benefits for the talisman maker. There are no conditions for joining or withdrawing!" Chen Shaoyan He patted his chest and promised.

As if afraid that Lu Zhong would be worried, he explained it again in detail.

Feeling that there is no doubt, Lu Zhong nodded and said: "Okay, then join!"

Hearing that Lu Zhong was willing to join, Chen Shaoyan finally showed a smile on his face.

"Okay, that's it!"

"By the way, fellow daoists remember to gather at Dihuazhou in half a month, and the Mutual Aid Association will hold its first meeting there." Before walking out of the door, Chen Shaoyan stopped suddenly and reminded.

Lu Zhong sent Chen Shaoyan away, closed the courtyard door, and turned back to the living room.

After thinking about it, he suddenly regretted joining the Mutual Aid Club.

But thinking about the conditions given by Xingwu Pavilion, the regret in my heart disappeared without a trace, and the idea of ​​joining became firm.

……

at dusk.

Lu Zhong went to Xingwu Pavilion and sold a small part of the made talismans.

Then he bought a knife of talisman paper, a small jar of fresh pig blood talisman ink, and eight catties of green grass spirit rice for the three spirit stones he had just obtained.

"Oh, the price is expensive again!"

Lu Zhong clearly remembered that the same small jar of talisman ink used to cost fifty talismans.

The same is true for Qinghe Lingmi. A spirit stone can only be bought for eight catties now, but it has always been ten catties before.

This is the consequence of being monopolized by the big chamber of commerce.

In order to earn every spirit stone, these chambers of commerce even persuaded the law enforcement team to ban stalls in the name of affecting the city's appearance, leaving only a nominal stall in a corner of Qingliufang City.

The reason why it is in name is because the place where the stall was set up is still in ruins.

"I heard that in Yanling Mountain Fang City, there is no such kind of chamber of commerce that bullies the market, and the transactions are relatively fair. It would be great if I could go to Yanling Mountain to settle down." Lu Zhong once again had the idea of ​​going to Yanling Mountain Fang City.

Just going to Yanlingshan Fang City, you have to approach the Qianli Mountain Road, and the way is full of dangers.

Whether it's a wandering monster or an evil cultivator who makes a living by robbing the Dao, he can't afford to provoke them all.

"I heard before that some caravans are willing to take money to take people to Yanling Mountain. This matter needs to be inquired carefully to find a reliable one, which can be regarded as a way out for myself." Lu Zhong wrote down this idea, and then started Light a fire and cook.

Night falls.

After recovering his spiritual power through meditation, Lu Zhong continued to practice the breathing technique.

Not long ago, with the help of the gray mist space, he finally mastered all the spells, and the mobilization of spiritual power is also proficient enough. Presumably, with more practice, he will be able to learn this spell soon.

……

An hour later.

"……scold!"

As Lu Zhong uttered the last incantation, the breath of the whole person became negligible.

Under the observation of the qi-watching technique, he found that there was almost no spiritual energy on his body, and he looked like a mortal.

This is the effect of the breath restraint technique, which can restrain the breath of the caster.

"Phew, it's finally done!"

Lu Zhong was very excited. He spent a lot of time practicing this spell.

Afterwards, after experiments, the effect of the breath-holding technique was also found out.

Once its effect is blessed, the spiritual power required to maintain it is even smaller than that of the qi-watching technique using spell-casting skills before it is actively removed or broken. It is a spell that can be used for a long time.

For some monks who want to hide their identities, the breath holding technique is extremely useful.

"Well, maybe I can use this to hide my identity and go to the ghost market." A thought suddenly appeared in Lu Zhong's mind.

The so-called ghost market is actually a secret trade fair held regularly.

It existed for a long time when Qingliufang was still a market.

The venue is usually not fixed. This has a lot to do with the goods sold in the ghost market. Basically, they are stolen goods of unknown origin or blood-stained, which cannot be sold through normal channels.

Lu Zhong's idea is very simple, that is to hide his identity and participate in the ghost market, and then sell the Qingyang Yuxuan Gong he obtained before, at least thirty or forty spirit stones can be sold.

In this way, his money will be much more generous.

The finished talismans don't have to be sold at a loss, they can be hoarded and wait for the market.

Even, you can buy an offensive spell.

……

Another half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

After Lu Zhong got started with the Breath Containment Technique, he played back memories in the gray fog space and constantly corrected errors. He has almost mastered this spell. Not only the success rate of casting the spell is more than [-]%, but he can also control the strength of the spell effect as he likes.

Whether it's disguising the breath as a layer of Qi refining, or converging it like a mortal, he can easily do it.

At this point, the practice of holding back breath can finally come to an end.

Taking out a set of gray burqa, Lu Zhong tried it on and found that it was very loose and could well conceal his figure.

Thinking that tonight is the time for the ghost market to open, he can just wear this burqa, and I believe that with the magical effect of the breath holding technique, it will definitely be able to hide his identity very well.

When night fell, Lu Zhong left Fangshi with his identity token.

First, he walked north for a while, and after making sure that no one was following him, he walked west.

During the process, he kept holding the Fireball Talisman nervously, for fear of encountering evil cultivators who would rob the way halfway.

But soon, Lu Zhong realized that he was doing nothing, because at this moment, many monks who also came from Fangshi were walking on the road in small groups, and the evil cultivators probably didn't have the guts to rob the road at this time.

Judging from the direction these people were walking, it was clear that they were also heading for the ghost market.

(End of this chapter)