Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 25
A few more days passed.

At night, it rained suddenly, and the bean-sized raindrops hit the tiles frantically.

Unlike when he woke up a year ago, today's Lu Zhong can rent a brand new small courtyard by himself with his talisman making skills, and he can practice in a dry and comfortable environment with peace of mind.

Suddenly the door of the room was opened wide, and then six small fireballs flew out and exploded in the open space of the courtyard.

"It's done! The Qingyang Fire Rain Technique has been practiced!"

Lu Zhong's face was full of excitement.

After working hard for so long, he finally practiced this spell.

Qingyang Fire Rain Technique, the first secret technique mastered!

Recalling the feeling just now, Lu Zhong made a formula in his hand and muttered words in his mouth.

After a while, five small fireballs condensed again.

His clear sun fire rain technique was successfully cast again.

Although the number of small fireballs is a bit small, far less than the dozens of fireballs that Yu Qing cast here that day, Lu Zhong is already satisfied with it.

After all, the strength of the two is very different, and the understanding and proficiency of spells are also different. It is normal to have a gap.

Lu Zhong estimated the cost of casting the spell, and found that he could cast the Qingyang Fire Rain Technique three times at most, and his spiritual power would be unsustainable.

At first glance, it seems that the number of times the spell is cast is a bit low.

But how many monks at the early stage of Qi refining can withstand three times of Qingyang fire and rain?

It must be known that the Qingyang Fire Rain Art is a secret art, and it is also a fire spell known for its power. Its power is only higher than that of the Fire Ball Art. It is not easy to resist the fire rain attack.

Aside from those sect disciples and monks from big families, there are very few casual cultivators who can own defensive magical weapons in the early stage of Qi refining. In fact, many casual cultivators simply cannot afford defensive magical weapons because they are poor.

Therefore, most of them can only attack but not defend, and at most they carry some talismans such as arrow-avoiding talismans.

The current Lu Zhong already has a high chance of winning against casual cultivators of the same level.

From a rookie who knows nothing, to have improved so much in the past year is definitely a huge achievement.

……

Walking out of the gate of Xingwu Pavilion, Lu Zhong secretly sighed.

As expected, after completely controlling the channel of the talisman paper, Xingwuge and the other two chambers of commerce immediately lowered the purchase price of the finished talisman.

Today, the purchase price of a piece of Seven Profound Arrow Avoidance Talisman is only eight talismans.

Counting the rising prices of raw materials, his income from making a Seven Profound Arrow Avoidance Talisman was reduced to five talismans.

Compared with before, the profit was reduced by nearly [-]%.

"It seems that I still need to go to the mutual aid meeting in the afternoon." Lu Zhong thought in his heart.

After noon, he arrived at Qingliufang Wharf.

Compared with the previous ones, the pier has undergone many changes. The simple trestle bridge was overturned and rebuilt, and the piers were all replaced with large logs as thick as water basins.

On the berths on both sides, a dozen or so ships of various sizes are sparsely parked.

At this moment, there are mortal coolies loading and unloading goods, all of which are heavy goods such as ore and wood.

The boat to Dihuazhou stopped among these large cargo ships, and there were already two monks on board.They are an old man in sixty armor, and a female nun wearing a green dress and a jasper hairpin.

Lu Zhong, who often set up stalls, recognized that these two people were both casual practitioners who made a living by making talismans just like him.

"Lv Zhong met two fellow Taoists."

"It's Daoist Lu, you don't have to be so polite, we are all acquaintances." The sixty-year-old man who was often called Dong Lao raised his head, and when he saw Lu Zhong, he smiled and cupped his hands.

The female cultivator next to her was ordinary in appearance, but she acted like a lady from a great family, and she was full of etiquette.

The two sides exchanged names, and Lu Zhong learned that the nun's name was Huang Shuyuan.

After some greetings, the three sat in the cabin and chatted.

Speaking of the upcoming rally, Huang Shuyuan expressed her opinion, expressing her pessimism.

"We are all casual cultivators, and we are all scattered. I don't think this mutual aid association will be of much use."

In the end, she was very pessimistic that the Mutual Aid Society would eventually become someone's money-making tool.

The one with the opposite attitude is Mr. Dong, who is very optimistic about the future of the Mutual Aid Association.

"What do you, girl, know? With the Mutual Aid Association, we can unite as casual cultivator talisman makers. When the time comes, we will have the confidence to face those big chambers of commerce, and it will be easier to fight for the benefits we deserve."

The two argued endlessly about this, while Lu Zhong watched quietly from the sidelines.

It's just that none of them can convince anyone, so the debate can only be put to rest.

After a while, seeing that it was almost time for the party, Mr. Dong saw that the trestle bridge was still empty, so he shouted to the boatman: "Boater, there should be no one else coming, let's set sail!"

The boat went upstream and arrived at Dihuazhou in less than a quarter of an hour.

A green grass field has been arranged as a meeting place, with a large round table made of solid wood.

Around the round table, there are twelve chairs.

Lu Zhong took a look and found that there were already people sitting on the nine chairs, all of them were casual cultivators who made a living in the market.

After finding a place at random, Chen Shaoyan leaned over and smiled at Lu Zhong: "Including the three of you, only Daoyou Li is not here, and the rally will start when he arrives."

"Is it Li Dong Li Daoyou?" Lu Zhong asked curiously.

Li Dong used to be a well-known talisman maker in Yanling Mountain. It is reasonable for him not to come when the Mutual Aid Association was established.

"It's Li Daoyou!" Chen Shaoyan said.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

Li Dong led a little boy, greeted the others, and walked into the venue.

"Okay, since everyone is here, let's start the assembly immediately." Chen Shaoyan said.

As the initiator of the Talisman Makers Mutual Aid Association, he is obliged to host this gathering.

"Let's talk about the mutual aid method first?" the female talisman maker Huang Shuyuan said.

"Well, that's what I want to say." Chen Shaoyan didn't show any displeasure because of the interruption, but agreed with Huang Shuyuan's statement.

Such a move naturally makes people feel good.

Some monks who were not optimistic about the Mutual Aid Association began to listen seriously.

Chen Shaoyan glanced over everyone, and continued in a serious tone: "I think everyone has already felt that after the three major chambers of commerce monopolize the market, the seriousness of the damage to the interests of us and other talisman makers, and it is foreseeable in the future that they They will surely persecute us step by step until the last drop of oil and water is drained from our bodies!"

His words resonated with everyone.

Recently, some people have discovered that if they want to earn the same amount of money as before, the time spent on making talismans will increase greatly every day, and in order to restore spiritual power to draw talismans, some qi recovery pills have become a necessary expense .

The talismans drawn with so much hard work were easily earned by those big chambers of commerce.

No matter who it is, it must be full of resentment.

Seeing many people looking at him expectantly, Chen Shaoyan slammed the table and said loudly, "So in order to regain the benefits we deserve, should we continue to remain silent?"

"Of course not!" A casual cultivator responded immediately.

Others, including Lu Zhong, also believe that the status quo needs to be changed.

Otherwise, if this continues, everyone present will become a money-making tool for the Chamber of Commerce.

Seeing that people's hearts are available, Chen Shaoyan finally stopped covering up and immediately expressed his thoughts.

"I decided to call on everyone to strike the market with me!"

(End of this chapter)