Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 26
Uniting most of the talisman makers in Qingliufang City, the Mutual Aid Association's strike action is very effective.

At first, the three major chambers of commerce still wanted to rely on their inventory to hold on, and at one time they sent harsh words to the talisman makers, threatening to reduce the purchase price of talismans by [-]% within three years as punishment for participating in the strike.

It's just that after their inventory was exhausted, they could no longer sell talismans.

The supply and demand in the talisman market has always been very unbalanced. Low-level talismans are rotten to the point of no profit, but high-end talismans are often priceless, and it is hard to find a talisman with a lot of spiritual stones.

What is currently lacking in the market is not ordinary talismans such as cleaning talismans, but defensive talismans such as golden light talismans.

Lacking the output of local talisman makers, the three major chambers of commerce had to go to other places to buy at a high price in order to make up for the gap in these talismans. Then they also had to sell the talismans at a higher price in order not to lose too much money.

And this is definitely an important factor affecting their shopping for price-sensitive casual repairers.

As a result, a large number of casual repair teams who ventured in the wilderness chose to go to other markets to buy talismans.

Without the presence of these big customers, even the sales of other goods in Fangshi began to decline.

Not only the three talisman shops such as Xingwu Pavilion, but also the shops selling pills and magical instruments were more or less affected.

Seeing that the passenger flow in Fangshi was decreasing day by day, some people finally couldn't sit still.

On the ninetieth day after launching the strike, the Mutual Aid was forced to hold a second rally.

It was still the round table, but now there were only five talisman makers sitting in the chairs.

"Dong Ruilin said he's not coming either." A middle-aged talisman master spread his hands helplessly.

Dong Ruilin is Dong Lao, the most staunch supporter of the Mutual Aid Association back then.

Together with him, a total of seven talisman makers declined to participate in the gathering for various reasons.

To Lu Zhong's surprise, even Li Dong was among the seven who would not come.

Recalling what Elder Dong said on the ship, he couldn't help but feel a little ironic.

For such a result, Lu Zhong had already expected it.

The experience in his previous life has already told him that a simple market strike is impossible to succeed.

With the selfishness of people's hearts, the three major chambers of commerce can easily disintegrate and disintegrate the mutual aid association with a little temptation.

Without the concerted efforts of everyone, relying on the five remaining people alone, the so-called strike became a joke.

"How about I quit too?" the middle-aged talisman master hesitated.

Although the price will be lowered for three full years if he quits now, he feels that it's okay for his family, as long as he works a little harder, he can bear it and endure it.

"You!" Huang Shuyuan pointed at him, her chest rose and fell violently, and she was too angry to speak.

After a long time of contact, Lu Zhong found that she was definitely a sensible person, and she might have expected the situation of the Mutual Aid Association today.

But even so, Huang Shuyuan is still the most active one in the strike.

He has been busy running around all the time, coordinating the conflicts caused by the strike, and his credit is higher than that of Chen Shaoyan.

It was for this reason that she was so angry.

The Mutual Aid Association lost another person, and now only Lu Zhong, Huang Shuyuan, and Chen Shaoyan are left.

And a black-haired young man named Chen Dongyang who had been silent before.

"It seems that this mutual aid association can only be disbanded." Chen Shaoyan said helplessly.

He felt that he had done everything he could do, and the development of the situation today also verified what has been said all along, that is, casual cultivators are not the opponents of the Zongmen family after all, and the only choice is to endure the exploitation obediently.

When Huang Shuyuan heard this, her body shook slightly, her eyes turned red.

Lu Zhong, who was closest, sighed, thinking that she should be an idealist.

At this moment, the black-haired young man Chen Dongyang suddenly laughed.

"I think that the Mutual Aid Society may have to change its way of fighting."

Seeing the three people looking at him with incredulous eyes, Chen Dongyang remained unmoved, raised his voice and continued: "I think it's an excellent way to make the Chamber of Commerce have to rely on me..."

"You...you're crazy!" Chen Shaoyan understood what Chen Dongyang meant, and immediately had a shocked expression on his face.

In his opinion, to realize Chen Dongyang's method, there are only a few methods available.

And what Chen Dongyang wants to implement, there is a high probability that he will use force to force the three major chambers of commerce to submit, and this represents a series of bloody conflicts, and thousands of people will die in the future.

After hearing this, Lu Zhong held his chin and fell into deep thought.

"Are you going to get what you can't get at the negotiating table by way of war?"

I have to say that Chen Dongyang's way of fighting is really extreme.

No, it might not be extreme.

To be precise, it should be the only feasible truth in this cultivation world where the jungle preys on the jungle.

Big merchants can bully and dominate the market not by their own strength, but by the support of the sect family behind them.

Therefore, their rise and fall are often tied to the sect family behind them, and then they prosper and die, and they don't actually have much autonomy.

After thinking about this, Lu Zhong was not prepared to participate.

In fact, he has always been a self-interested man.

Chen Dongyang's approach is doomed to keep strong enemies on the road in the future, and it is also doomed not to be realized.

What's more, he is only on the second level of Qi Refining now, and he is just an ordinary casual cultivator in the cultivation world.

"Sorry, I'll quit too." Lu Zhong said directly.

"It's a pity. I originally thought...you Daoist Lu would agree with me." Chen Dongyang sighed.

Then he looked at Chen Shaoyan and Huang Shuyuan, and asked, "How about you, would you like to come with me?"

Chen Shaoyan shook his head, expressing that he still insisted on his previous thoughts.

"I'll join!" Huang Shuyuan said firmly.

In this regard, Lu Zhong was not surprised at all.

……

A few days later, the strike ended with the dissolution of the Mutual Aid Society.

The three major chambers of commerce did not follow the ruthless words they issued, and implemented a three-year continuous purchase price reduction for all the talisman makers who participated in the strike, and even took the initiative to raise the purchase price, returning it to the price of the Qingliu Market period.

Such an act, in the eyes of people who don't know the truth, is really extremely kind.

Mr. Dong and the other group of talisman makers who were the first to give in to the chamber of commerce rushed to stand up at this time, praising the great kindness of the chamber of commerce to everyone.

Lu Zhong watched all this with mixed feelings in his heart.

Afterwards, his life returned to calm, and he basically spent every day practicing spells and making talismans.

The success rate of drawing the Seven Mysterious Arrow Avoidance Talisman is increasing day by day, which also makes more and more spiritual stones earned, so that it is not unaffordable to buy golden silk spiritual rice as rations.

That night, Lv Zhongchang exhaled a foul breath, his face was full of joy.

"It's not easy, it took two years and finally broke through to the third level of Qi Refining!"

Compared with the second level of Qi Refining, his total spiritual power has been greatly increased, fully doubled.

After practicing the Shuimu Sword Jue to the third level, one can emit a sword light.

He has been looking forward to this for a long time.

Regarding the triggering of the sword light, it is roughly mobilized through special spiritual power, and the spiritual power is sent out through the fingertips.

This point can only be achieved by monks who have practiced the Shuimu Sword Art. For monks who practice other techniques, they can simply mobilize their spiritual power, and they will simply force the spiritual power out of the body, and will not stimulate the sword glow.

Lu Zhongjian pointed towards the courtyard, and a cyan sword glow shot out from his fingertips.

The sword glow shot out, but it disappeared into the bluestone brick!
(End of this chapter)