Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 3 Life is not easy
The genius was bright, and Lu Zhong was awakened by the noise outside.

The bluestone road, which was originally sparsely populated, is now full of footsteps of varying severity.

Through the gaps in the wooden planks, it can be clearly seen that many casual cultivators in simple clothes, carrying baskets on their backs, or pushing wheelbarrows full of goods, are all heading towards the only street in Qingliu Market.

There, their goods will be easier to sell.

"It's too early for this episode!" Lu Zhong sighed.

No longer sleepy, he rubbed his eyes, got up, put on the crumpled sackcloth robe, walked to the kitchen in three or two steps, and lifted the lid on the water tank.

Looking at the unfamiliar face reflected in the water, Lu Zhong didn't recognize him for a while, but after looking carefully for a while, he noticed that he was a little handsome.

While washing with the green willow branch he just folded, he was still recalling the information about the market opening.

Qingliu Market is open every Wednesday and August.

At this time, scattered cultivators and minor cultivators from a radius of [-] miles, as well as many large and small chambers of commerce, would gather here and bring all kinds of raw materials, or all kinds of finished medicinal elixirs to trade.

In addition, the market will hold a small auction.

It is said that every time at this time, there will be auctions of good magic weapons, that is, the kind that can catch fire on the sword.

But this auction is not something that Lu Zhong can go to. After all, he can't even pay the entrance fee.

Putting the cleaning talisman wrapped in oil paper in the pocket of his underwear, Lu Zhong pushed open the door full of curiosity.

He didn't forget to turn around and lock the door with a copper lock before he walked towards the street in front.

……

In the market, it is not all stalls that buy and sell spiritual materials.

There are chickens, ducks and geese at the end of the street, and stalls with all kinds of needles and lines are not uncommon.

Going further, there are various stalls selling snacks and snacks, and there are also drama troupes who openly sing operas, and even some warblers will appear in the hidden places of the alleys, showing their half-covered and charming bodies to attract customers.

As for those powerful stores, Zhike will also lower his arrogant head in the past, and rarely stand outside the door to attract customers.

At this time, it is the busiest time of Qingliu Ruins.

Along the way, Lu Zhong was surprised by the number of monks in Qingliu Ruins.

There were nearly a thousand people he saw alone, far exceeding his previous expectations.

"Maybe it's because the nearby spiritual energy is still abundant, so there are a lot of monks living together." In Lu Zhongyuan's memory, monks lived after spiritual energy, and they were hardly seen in places with poor spiritual energy.

Trees can grow only if they have roots, and monks must have spiritual roots to absorb spiritual energy.

Those with spiritual roots are very rare among mortals, and they can be regarded as one in ten thousand.

Behind the nearly [-] monks, there are tens of thousands of mortals who cannot cultivate.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhong couldn't help feeling a little fortunate.

Recalling his purpose of selling cleaning charms, he decided to ask the prices of cleaning charms from other stalls first, without knowing the market.

"How much is this charm?"

"One piece of three-talent money, there is a discount when buying dozens." The stall owner glanced at Lu Zhong and replied lightly.

Lu Zhong found a reason, and after laughing, he found another stall to ask the price.

"How much is this cleaning charm?"

"Five talismans!" The stall was a luxurious lady who was rarely seen wearing a low-level robe. Seeing Lu Zhongguang asking if she wanted to buy it, she seemed frightened by the price, so she couldn't help but said bitterly: "You What kind of expression is this? If you can't afford it, just go away, this is a secret talisman passed down from Qingyangmen, and I also use good talisman ink, which is not comparable to those rubbish talismans!"

The monk who sold the talisman next to him was suddenly unhappy. He squinted his eyes and said strangely: "Isn't the cleaning secret talisman of Qingyangmen still a cleaning talisman? Why, can it still increase the cultivation base?"

"You!" Madam Hua had never experienced such anger, and immediately glared at the man and reasoned.

You said what I said, and the two got angry with the theory, and in the end they didn't even do business, and they quarreled.

The initiator, Lu Zhong, left early.

Then he asked the price of cleaning amulets for several stalls, and then went to a willow tree that had just sprouted to make a summary.

Holding his chin, Lu Zhong said to himself, "Except for the so-called secret talisman, it seems that the price of the clean talisman is only three talismans."

Talisman money is a currency unit other than spirit stones, and the exchange ratio of the two is usually one to one hundred.

The so-called talisman money is actually a first-order blank talisman paper.

Most of the loose cultivators are poor, the transaction volume between each other is not high, and they do not use spiritual stones as currency units.

Bartering is too cumbersome, and even spawns middlemen who earn the difference.

At this time, the first-order talisman paper, which is easy to save and relatively stable in value, began to be welcomed by the loose cultivators.

Slowly, talisman money became a kind of currency.

Three cleaning talismans can only be sold for nine talismans.

At first glance, after the cost of making the cleaning charm minus the blank paper, the profit is fully doubled!
But in fact, this did not take into account the spiritual power required to make the talisman.

Making talismans requires spiritual power, and spiritual power must be transformed by absorbing spiritual energy.

As for the aura, it is necessary to rent a house in the market to have enough aura to absorb, and the concentration of the aura in the wilderness can only be said to be barren and unable to satisfy the talisman.

In the qi-refining period, when the monks were incapacitated, they would do their best to maintain their cultivation, and there was no extra spiritual power for making talismans.

Today's Lu Zhong is only at the first level of qi refining, and the total amount of spiritual power recovered is very small, and he can draw talismans fifteen or six times when he is fully counted.

With his current extremely low success rate of making talismans, it is still impossible to make a living by making talismans.

"What should I do?"

Lu Zhong intends to continue the path of a talisman master. After all, this road to earn a living is relatively easy to start, and the future growth limit is also very considerable. In addition, he has the help of the gray fog space, so there is no reason to give up.

But the current situation is that in order to pay this month's rent and get the money to continue making talismans, he must find other ways to make money.

"Oh, it's useless to think too much, let's sell the talisman."

Seeing that it was almost three poles in the sun, the flow of people on the street was gradually sparse. If Lu Zhong did not sell the talisman when there were many people, he would have to be looked down upon by the shopkeepers who bought the talisman. sold.

Someone just finished selling things and closed the stall. Seeing that the location was not bad, Lu Zhong quickly ran over to occupy the place with his feet.

Under the surprised gazes of the stall owners on both sides, he cheekily took out the sheet that temporarily served as a spread from his arms. After the spread was flat, he carefully took out the warm oiled paper bag in his arms.

After peeling off the oiled paper layer by layer, six layers of oiled paper were peeled off, only to reveal the three cleaning talismans inside.

On the other hand, Lu Zhong still looked cautious and nervous, as if he was afraid of breaking the talisman.

With this move, he saw the little girl who was selling talisman grass at the stall next to him burst into laughter and gave out bursts of laughter like silver bells. It was the first time she had seen such a cheeky person.

With three cleaning talismans in hand, he dared to come out and set up a stall.

The people nearby also laughed, but more of it was ridicule.

Lu Zhong didn't care about the laughter of the crowd, he had nothing to be embarrassed about in order to survive, he sat down and waited for customers to come.

(End of this chapter)