Chapter 84 Making a living
No matter how eloquent the little girl from the Jiang family was, Lin Bai still gave up the double cave and chose the cheapest one.
"Here, sign and pledge."
The little girl from the Jiang family had a dejected face, like an eggplant beaten by frost. She took out a wooden token with dull eyes, threw it to Lin Bai, and said: "You need to use this when entering and leaving the cave. If you lose it, you need to replace it. It's necessary." Flower Lingshi’s.”
"Thank you, little friend Jiang." Lin Bai checked it briefly and received the storage ring.
"Follow me." Jiang Xiaobai walked weakly in front.
The Jiang family's Dongfu property is not small. It occupies a large piece of land in the south of Xinyi Square and is divided into several areas.
Some places are comfortable, convenient and full of spiritual energy; some places are just a humble place to live, which can only satisfy one person's cultivation and cannot do anything else.
However, since most of the Jiang family's business is casual cultivation during the Qi training period, and the grade of the spiritual land is not high, the price is not too high.
Moreover, the environment is good, with flowers, plants and trees, no mess, and there are servants cleaning it all the time.
After three turns and two turns, Lin Bai entered the cave he rented. The place here is extremely small, only three feet long and wide, so it can be described as a small dwelling.
There were low stools and tables, all ordinary things. There are also two futons and a low bed.
"There is a rope here." The little girl from the Jiang family also walked into the cave and pointed to a rope on the east wall. "If you are attacked or threatened by someone outside the cave, just pull the rope and someone will come. If you practice, you will If you can't get out, you can still pull the rope, but for rescue, the spirit stone will be collected according to the situation. But if you pull the rope for no reason, you will be fined!"
After she finished speaking, she looked around, shook her head, and continued: "It's such a small place. When Sister Pei comes back, you two won't be able to do anything. You are so cruel."
This little girl from the Jiang family seemed to know a lot, and she spoke without any scruples, and she only wanted to let Lin Bai rent a better cave.
Lin Baiqiong jingle, so he pretended not to understand.
This cave is the cheapest in the Jiang family's property, with low-grade spiritual stones priced at sixty per month.
Several miles south of Xinyi Square are the Jiang family's properties, and there are hundreds of caves like this.
Although the individual income is not high, it is interest-earning year-round, and the revenue is very stable. For a practicing family, stability is the best.
Although Lin Bai had never seen the Zhu family's property, he felt that the Jiang family was much stronger than the Zhu family.
They are both members of the Jindan family, but the Jiang family has never done anything bad, let alone win over casual cultivators, they are just businessmen.
Lin Bai was very curious, so he naturally asked this little girl from the Jiang family.
Seeing that Jiang Xiaobai couldn't agree with Lin Bai's decision to rent a double cave, she looked lazy and lacked any enthusiasm, but she still made a rough statement.
It turns out that this golden elixir of the Jiang family has never been passed down from generation to generation. Moreover, when Xinyi Fang was established, the Jiang family also contributed, so they had a share in Xinyi Fang and their influence was not small.
Her family's Dongfu property used to be her family's property. After it was assigned to Xinyi Fang, it was still managed by her family.
And the Zhu family is just a new Jindan. The family power has been established for less than two hundred years and is not yet established.
That's it. If we can find a few more golden elixirs, in two or three hundred years, we may not be able to become a force in Qiaoshan.
But a few years ago, the Zhu family's golden elixir took the clan's foundation-building heroes on a long trip, and then all the foundation-building heroes disappeared.
The Zhu Family Golden Pill was also seriously injured and died within a few years.
Now the Zhu family's highest combat power is gone, and the handsome figure who is expected to form a pill is gone. It is equivalent to a generational break between the top and middle levels, and the strength is greatly reduced.
If the Zhu family had not been related to the Qiaoshan sect, the leader of Qiaoshan, they would have been annexed and divided up long ago.
Lin Bai was very thick-skinned and saw that Jiang Xiaobai had lost interest, but he pretended not to notice and continued to inquire about other Jindan family affairs.
Although Jiang Xiaobai was young, she was not stupid. She immediately saw Lin Bai's intention to have sex for free.
She quickly stepped out of the cave, and saw that Lin Bai was shamelessly following behind. She immediately greeted a monk who was opening the cave.
"Fellow Daoist Yang!" Jiang Xiaobai walked over quickly with a smile on his face, "I heard that your cave is leaking, I'll come and check it out!"
The qi practitioner surnamed Yang was confused. He looked at his cave and thought, "Why don't I know about the water leak?"
Lin Bai didn't have the shame to ask anymore, so he closed the door of the cave and concentrated on practicing.
The spiritual energy here is not very strong, but it is inexhaustible. It’s not like in the past at Tianlang Mountain or Gravel Island, where it would be exhausted after just a few months.
Lin Bai heard the little girl say that the underground spiritual veins here extend from the mountain of her Jiang family clan. Although the level has dropped a lot since arriving here, it is still enough for Qi training monks to practice.
Ever since he came to Qiaoshan from Gravel Island, Lin Bai had not had much time to practice meditation. However, because of the presence of the stone plate, the realm did not fall much.
Now at the fourth level of Qi training, although she is not as good as that little girl from the Jiang family, she has also touched the edge of the fifth level of Qi training.
As long as you calm down, it won't take long for you to break through.
However, when living in a city, in addition to practicing cultivation, you must also have a living. If you can only get out but not enter, it will not last long.
Therefore, in addition to daily meditation, Lin Bai took two hours to go out and wander around to see if there were any opportunities.
Ten days later, Lin Bai discovered that there was quite a lot of work in Xinyi Square to earn spiritual stones.
For example, go out to run a single gang and earn some hard money.
If you don't like the lack of profit, you can go south into the mountains to pick spiritual grasses and plants, or capture monsters. There are quite a few people in Xinyi Square who go into the mountains in teams, and everything they get is harvested by dedicated people, and the profits are extremely high.
You can also go north, where the sects are fighting to the death, fighting endlessly all day long, and all kinds of elixirs, talismans, and magic tools are sold at high prices. As long as you buy a batch of goods from Xinyi Square, you will get double the profit there.
Anyway, traveling from south to north is pretty good. The only drawback is that I don’t live long. Of course, there is also a peaceful and stable business, that is, refining elixirs, making talismans, and refining weapons. But most casual cultivators don't know these things, or in other words, they only know the simplest things and can't make a fortune.
Because of this, the poorer they get, the more they will take risks; the richer they get, the less willing they are to leave their comfort zone.
Lin Bai was carrying a stone plate and was a quick learner. He devoted himself to learning about making talismans and refining alchemy, but he had no way to get started.
The shops in Xinyi Square do not accept outsiders, and the capable casual cultivators cherish their skills for fear that their disciples will starve to death.
In the afternoon that day, Lin Bai went out as usual.
"Fellow Taoist Yun, there is a Taoist meeting tonight, do you want to come?" As soon as he left the house, he saw Taoist Yang next door saying with a smile.
"Of course I want to appreciate the style of all Taoist brothers!" Lin Bai bowed.
The so-called Taoist meetings and the like may sound very high-end, but they are actually just a few Qi training gatherings.
Most of the Qi practitioners who live here have a hard time, and few of them have a serious business.
But even so, the casual cultivators are not all desperadoes who kill people and sell goods.
After all, as a monk, his free and easy heart of seeking immortality and truth has not yet been fully polished.
In the past ten days, Lin Bai also interacted with the casual cultivators who were practicing here.
People come in all kinds, and so do monks. Some are indifferent, some are enthusiastic, some are polite, some are sneaky, and some have many ways.
The common denominator is poverty.
A few days ago, Lin Bai was invited to a party, which took place in a pavilion in the garden next to the cave.
It was specially built by the Jiang family as a gathering place.
There are as few as three or five monks and as many as a dozen. Mix some spiritual stones to buy a jar of wine, drink slowly, and chat at the party.
Although it is not as beautiful as a wine cup and flowing water, it is interesting in its own way.
Everyone will talk about interesting things in the city or the scenery of other places. They even did some matchmaking to keep each other warm, but it was very loose and the friendship was not deep.
Of course, the most important thing is to ask people with the highest level of cultivation to share their experience in cultivation.
Most casual cultivators have no inheritance, and the purpose of this friendship is to inspire each other. Therefore, regardless of the level of cultivation, as long as there is something to say, you can say a few sentences.
However, no one talks about the work of eating, such as refining elixirs and making talismans.
After saying a few polite words to Fellow Daoist Yang, Lin Bai walked out of the Jiang family's property.
But as soon as he walked out of the door, he saw the little girl from the Jiang family holding a young female cultivator on the street with a smile on her face. I don’t know what she said, but the female cultivator’s face was very red.
Jiang Xiaobai was good at what he did, and he was a member of the Jindan family. Lin Bai didn't want to mess with her, so he just nodded slightly at her and wanted to leave.
"Friend Daoist Yun, please don't leave!" Who would have expected that Jiang Xiaobai actually asked to stay.
"What's going on, fellow Taoist Jiang?" Lin Bai put on a false smile.
"Of course there will be trouble with you!" The little girl from the Jiang family pulled the female cultivator and came to Lin Bai. She whispered: "Fellow Taoist Yun, this fellow Taoist also came to rent the cave, but the spirit stone didn't take advantage of him, and he didn't have anything on him. Mortgage. See if you can lend a hand."
I'm not done yet!
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, I can't even open the pot." Lin Bai laughed in anger.
"You are used to crying when you are poor." Jiang Xiaobai didn't believe it at all, and then said with a smile: "Then I won't embarrass you. What are you doing now? I see you go out every day, and I don't bring back a companion, so I came here Asking you, I want to introduce you to one.”
"I'm going to find a way to earn spiritual stones." Lin Bai said honestly, and then said casually: "Jiang Daoist friend, if you have any ideas, please help me pay attention."
"Making a living?" The little girl from the Jiang family became interested and asked: "Aren't there ways to earn spiritual stones whether traveling south or north?"
"Little friend Jiang, how many lives do you think I have?" Lin Bai spread out his hands, "I just want to learn some skills such as alchemy and talisman painting, so as not to starve to death in the future."
"That's it." The little girl from the Jiang family nodded thoughtfully, patted her chest confidently, and made a promise, "Just wait, I'll go and ask."
Seeing her solemnity, Lin Bai said to himself that he didn't expect this girl to be loyal even though she didn't do things right.
"Thank you so much, little friend Jiang!" Lin Bai bowed.
"It's easy to talk about." Jiang Xiaobai nodded nonchalantly. After Lin Bai walked away, she looked at the female cultivator again and said, "You see? As long as you live in my Jiang family's property, I will really help you if you have any help! ”
Lin Bai took a walk outside and found nothing.
But he didn't go home directly. Instead, he lingered at a roadside stall for a long time, hoping to pick up the missing items.
During the Taoist meeting two days ago, Lin Bai heard from a casual cultivator that there was a casual cultivator in the Nantian Region who picked up a ring in the market and got a ring. It turned out that there was a remnant soul of the transformed god inside. The remnant soul taught the casual cultivator all the way, and finally the casual cultivator easily attained the Tao Nascent Soul.
Lin Bai visited several stalls, but in the end he had little experience and ultimately gained nothing.
"External objects can only be supplementary, and your own cultivation realm is the most important."
Lin Bai made up his mind, prepared some water and dry food, went back and participated in the Taoist meeting casually, then retreated and stopped going out for wandering.
(End of chapter)