Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 4
From day to noon, the sun became more and more fierce.

Qingliu Market is a place where there is no snow in winter, and it is extremely hot in summer, so in early spring, the sun can make people's skin burn.

By this time, none of Lu Zhong's cleaning charms had been sold.

"Strange, how come no one buys it?"

Regarding this, Lu Zhong was very depressed, and couldn't help recalling the memory of the cleaning talisman.

According to the memory of the original body, the cleaning talisman can be said to be a must-have item for home and travel, and it is very useful.

As a kind of basic talisman, the cleaning talisman has the effect of removing the dirt on the target, including visible dust and invisible germs, and it also has a certain effect on removing some corpse qi, so it can be regarded as a very A practical talisman.

It is usually learned by talisman makers as an entry talisman, so there are not many talisman makers who can make cleaning talismans. Even if they are not monks who specialize in talisman making, there are still many people who can draw this simple talisman.

Being in the sphere of influence of the Taoist sect, as far as Lu Zhong knows, most of the monks in Qingliu Ruins like cleanliness. In addition to daily bathing, everyone usually takes a cleansing talisman on their bodies to cleanse their bodies regularly, or they have mastered the cleansing technique. Spells, it can also have a cleaning effect.

In addition to maintaining personal hygiene, sanitizers are also used for cleaning the residence.

As long as you take a picture of the cleaning charm on the old furniture, all kinds of dirt attached to it will be shaken away by the spiritual light, and the tables, chairs, beds and stools will become as bright as new again. It is definitely a sharp tool for Chinese New Year cleaning.

In addition to the above daily uses, the Cleanser is also useful in the wilderness.

Those monks who wandered in the wilderness would also buy in large quantities. After all, there were very few safe places in the wilderness, and every trace of spiritual power had to be carefully calculated, and it was impossible to waste it on keeping the body clean.

Especially when passing through some muddy swamps and dirty underground caves, the cleaning talisman is even more effective.

At the same time, cleaning symbols also have many uses in fighting skills.

For example, fighting with a zombie, the corpse poison on its body is the most troublesome thing, and all kinds of germs and molds accumulated in the dark underground for many years are like poison to the surface creatures.

But if you can throw a dozen cleaning charms on the zombies when you start the battle, then these troubles will disappear.

There are even special books summarizing the usage of cleaners.

But it was obviously such a useful thing, yet Lu Zhong hadn't sold it after waiting for a long time.

For this, he had no choice but to blame himself as a novice talisman maker.

A talisman maker like him who looks like a novice usually has some minor flaws in the talismans he draws, so very few monks would buy them at the original price, and would not take the initiative to discount to attract cheap customers. It is estimated that they will do it for ten days and a half months Not a single business.

"Gollum..."

Lu Zhong's stomach rang again.

He hadn't eaten breakfast in the morning, and by this time he was very hungry.

At this time, a white tender arm stretched out from the side, holding a piece of hard dough cake, but it was handed over by the little girl selling talisman grass, she said with a smile on her face.

"Here, take the pad to pad your stomach."

Lu Zhong was a little embarrassed for a while, but he was really hungry, so he had the cheek to thank him for taking it.

The noodles are made of wheat flour, baked just right, exuding a strong aroma of wheat.

With his head down, he gnawed there.

Seeing this, the stall owner next to him laughed again.

A woman who knew the little girl immediately booed: "Erya, don't you have a crush on her?"

"Yes, yes, he is a man with spiritual roots. If he is recruited back to be a wealthy son-in-law, he will definitely give birth to a fat boy in the coming year!"

"Bah, bah, don't talk nonsense!" The little girl is also thin-skinned, she can't stand such ridicule, blushing and hastily defended: "I... I just think he is a talisman maker, and I want to find my own talisman grass... ...just looking for a market."

"Hahaha!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Everyone was just looking for fun, they were all neighbors, and they knew how to be careful when speaking, so they stopped talking and just laughed.

Lu Zhong didn't expect that eating a piece of cake would lead to so many things.

Fearing that everyone would turn the topic on himself, he dared to sit on the bluestone curb by the side of the street, and kept silent there, continuing to gnaw on that piece of dead bread that was so hard that it cracked his teeth.

However, what the little girl said just now also reminded Lu Zhong that he might not need to buy finished talisman paper in the future, and it is also possible to buy talisman grass to make talisman paper himself, which can save another money.

As the flow of people on the street became thinner, more and more monks closed their stalls and went home.

Forced by life, women still have their own things to do. Some women who can't afford the help of mortal servants have to cook by themselves, feed the children who are waiting to be fed, and take care of the elderly parents who cannot walk.

And the pillars of those families are all very busy.

Some of them have to take care of the talisman grass that is not protected by the magic circle, so as not to be bitten by insects flying outside, or they go to cast spells in the spiritual field.

Life here is not easy, and there is daily necessities everywhere.

On Lu Zhong's side, seeing that the cleaning talisman could not be sold for a long time, he had no choice but to close the stall and leave.

He said hello to the little girl who was still insisting, he didn't walk towards the dilapidated hut at the end of the street, but planned to take advantage of the rare day when the market was open, to visit the slightly bustling Qingliu Market .

Those who are still setting up stalls on the street at this moment are basically monks who are relatively well-off.

They have one thing in common, that is, their cultivation bases are at least in the middle stage of Qi refining, they have mastered a craft that is enough to make a living, and they are not too young.

These monks were either cross-legged to absorb the aura of the refining market, as if they were planning to earn money back from the stalls, or they gathered together in twos and threes, chatting enthusiastically about the interesting things that happened around them recently.

Sitting aside and listening for a while, Lu Zhong found that the discussions were all trivial matters.

Either the elder of some family married another concubine, or Hong Xing, the Taoist couple of a deacon of a certain sect, came out of the relationship, or a good alchemist came from somewhere, letting out rumors that he was accepting alchemy orders.

Seeing a well-dressed monk talking about these things, Lu Zhong couldn't help but feel absurd.

But he had to admit that this was the status quo of the monks at the bottom.

They don't have endless pills to refine, and they don't have troubles to deal with, and they don't have to rush to explore various secret realms. All they have is a peaceful life day after day, year after year. .

In the boring life, there is a trace of boredom.

After listening for a while, Lu Zhong didn't waste any more time and continued walking towards the street.

On the road, there are also some gray-haired old people who are stooping and picking up things on the ground.

Or one or two talisman grasses that were discarded due to quality and appearance problems, or crooked melons and rotten vegetables that were forced to be thrown away because they couldn't be sold, or other bits and pieces with a little value.

These things that others don't want are treasures in their eyes.

After some tinkering, it might be able to sell for some money.

Lu Zhong walked through these old people who were picking garbage, and walked to the center of the street. The people who set up stalls here disappeared, replaced by well-decorated shops full of various commodities.

Qingliu Market is not big, so there are not many shops on the street, but the variety is quite complete. There is the Shufa Pavilion that sells skills and spells, and there is also the Huichun Hall that sells various types of pills.

But most of them are shops that buy all kinds of raw materials, as well as finished and semi-finished products.

The largest one is opened by Qingyangmen, and the appraisal fee is extremely expensive, but the reputation is more guaranteed. There are also shops opened by other small families or chambers of commerce. Yangmen is still ruthless, and sometimes there are deception incidents.

The cultivators at Qingliu Ruins have no choice. There is only one place nearby that can sell things. Although the price of Yanling Mountain Fang Market in the north is fair, it is not so easy to walk on the nearly thousand-mile mountain road. All of them would be swallowed up by robbery and evil cultivators, so they had no choice but to endure this kind of exploitation and sell things to profiteers big and small in Qingliuxu.

In the large and small shops that are open for business at the moment, monks come in and out from time to time, but they are all rich enough to wear cassocks.

Lu Zhong looked enviously in his heart, and didn't dare to come up with a new idea to go in and see.

Hurrying past, he came to the street unknowingly, which is connected to a small riverside wharf. There are several old and new fishing boats moored on the wooden trestle, and there are people mending fishing nets on the shore.

When the wind blows, there is a strong fishy smell.

Lu Zhong watched for a while, and found that their fishing methods could only be described as primitive.

Fishing nets are made of coarse cloth and hemp, and are made into fishing nets after some tying and rolling. Although the fishing efficiency has been greatly improved in this way, compared with the various fishing gear he remembers, it is still not enough.

He couldn't help thinking, why don't he become a fisherman too?
But this idea was quickly extinguished by Lu Zhong. In a world where the weak are preyed upon by the strong and the hierarchy is strict, only strength and cultivation are the foundation of self-protection. Even if a fisherman can make a little money for a while, he will be jealous later. And take everything away.

But the way of being a talisman maker is different. The ability to make talismans cannot be taken away by others.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhong firmly decided to take the road of making talismans.

What made him feel strange was that at the moment there was a luxurious old man dressed as a manager on the pier, who was waiting anxiously with a group of servants. Seeing this man kept pacing in place, he was already burning with anxiety.

At this time, a flat boat came quickly in the distance.

"I'm coming!"

Some of the servants shouted joyfully.

The old man looked up and was immediately overjoyed.

Not long after, the fishing boat docked, and a thin man jumped out of it.

Before he could speak, he was supported by the nervous old man and asked, "Where's the fish? Could it be... didn't catch any fish this time!"

The thin man smiled, pointed to the live fish cabin on the boat, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "As expected by Li Guanshi, this time Yanliu has been lying in ambush for three full days, and finally caught another mandarin mandarin fish!"

As he spoke, he carefully opened the live fish cabin on the deck, separated by a layer of fishing net made of hemp rope, there was a pink fish with peach patterns on its body jumping around alive and kicking in the cabin below.

This is the peach blossom mandarin fish, a kind of fish that is not a spirit fish, but the meat is very delicious.

When the old man known as Guanshi Li saw it, his tense face finally blossomed with joy.

"Okay, okay! It seems that I saw the right person, remember to go to Jiangwei Pavilion to receive the reward later!"

"Thank you, Manager Li!" The lean man became excited when he heard this.

Jiangwei Pavilion is a first-class restaurant and restaurant in Qingliuxu, and every time it is sold, it is very generous, just like this peach blossom mandarin fish that weighs only three pounds. Although it is not a spiritual fish, the reward given by the other party is a little Not low.

A total of three spirit stones are worth a year's income of an ordinary casual cultivator.

"I made a lot of money, and now I can go to Yichun Courtyard again!" Yan Liu couldn't help but feel agitated when he thought of the little lady who was charming to death, and he didn't even notice when Li Guanshi left. arrive.

At this time, a voice woke him up from his dream.

"This fellow Taoist, may I ask you something?" A young man in a linen robe said with a slightly cautious expression.

Yan Liu took a look at the young man. He was in a good mood and did not refuse like in the past. Instead, he moved his index finger and ring finger, expressing his meaning very straightforwardly. Since you want to ask, then give the money first.

Lu Zhong understood immediately, smiled and handed out a cleaning talisman with both hands.

On the way, seeing that the other party's expression was wrong, he quickly took out another one from his bosom, and there were two cleansing charms in total.

At this moment, he is bleeding from distress!

After receiving the two cleansing charms, Yanliu smashed her mouth, not satisfied with it.

But, who told him to be in a good mood today?
Yan Liu patted one of the cleansing charms on his body to dispel the strong fishy smell on his body, and while tidying up his wrinkled clothes, he said lazily, "Tell me, what do you want to ask?"

Lu Zhong was smiling all over his face, trying his best to make a good impression on the other party.

"I don't know if you would like to tell me, where was the peach mandarin fish caught just now?"

When he said this, his heart also tugged.

Because he was too nervous, even the smile froze on his face.

If he could really find out where the mandarin mandarin fish came from, Lu Zhong believed that he would have a way to catch the fish.

Hearing this, Yan Liu slapped a cleansing talisman on her body again, and a faint aura covered her body, and all the remaining dirt and fishy smell were scattered by the aura.

He then smiled again, and looked Lu Zhong up and down.

"Dihuazhou, go if you can!"

(End of this chapter)