Chapter 160 Zhu Wen’s Experience (5000 words, two chapters in one, please subscribe)
In mid-October, there were inns named "Jiujiu" in Yunshuifang City.
This inn was originally a shop that sold spiritual items. However, due to the small flow of people in Yunshuifang City, the owner gradually opened this shop and could not earn many spiritual stones, so he was too lazy to spend time running the shop. On top of that, the shop was transformed into rooms, which were rented cleanly to casual cultivators with no roots in the world of immortality.
Although the owner of the Changjiu Inn is relatively shady, and each quiet room that can be rented is only two or three feet in size, fortunately, the asking price of this inn is not high, and it can be rented with only twelve spiritual stones. You can hire a quiet room for up to a year, and each quiet room also comes with a first-level low-level spiritual formation that can isolate others from the exploration of their spiritual consciousness.
This price and the attached small formation of isolation are extremely attractive to casual cultivators with limited financial resources.
This also means that the Jiujiu Inn has never had a vacancy since it opened.
After all, Changjiu Inn is located in Yunshuifang City. Living in this inn, there is no need to worry about life safety and you can sleep peacefully and peacefully.
A year ago, Zhu Wen, who had a lucky escape when he teamed up with two comrades to intercept and kill Ling Pengyun at the border of Huxiao Liu family, lived in this long-term inn.
At this time, in a quiet room.
Zhu Wen is using the secret magic of "talisman making" on a five-foot-long demon beast skin with the hair removed, and refining this huge demon beast skin into blank pieces. Talisman paper.
Basically, all skills can be adapted. Although most of the talisman papers on the market are made from talisman grass, monster skins can also be made into blank talisman papers necessary for drawing spiritual talismans.
Because Zhu Wen has used more than twenty monster animal skins to refine blank talisman papers before, and now he is quite handy.
After a while, he relied on the secret method to condense the five-foot-long and wide demon beast skin into twenty blank talisman papers the size of a palm.
Although everything went well with the blank talisman made from monster animal skin, Zhu Wen was not happy.
"If I rely on these last twenty blank talisman papers, it is still difficult for me to increase the success rate of drawing the fireball talisman to 30%, but it will be over."
Zhu Wen's current success rate in drawing the fireball talisman is only 20%. With a 20% success rate in drawing the fireball talisman, he is still at a small loss. Only with a 30% success rate in drawing the fireball talisman can he maintain his capital and make a little profit.
Last year he failed to intercept Ling Pengyun. After he made up his mind not to make a living by intercepting Ling Pengyun, he invested all his spiritual stones in drawing spiritual talismans.
It's a pity that although he has talent for spiritual talismans, he doesn't have much.
Hundreds of spiritual stones were wasted, which only allowed him to increase the success rate of drawing the fireball talisman to 10%.
The spirit stones were exhausted, but the spirit talismans did not achieve much. Zhu Wenwen was in a desperate situation and had to survive by hunting monsters like ordinary cultivators. Unexpectedly, not long after, Bailingmen launched a demon-killing The first battle gave him a chance to make a comeback.
In May last year, Zhu Wen, who was a casual cultivator, like most casual cultivators in the Bailingmen realm, was summoned by the Bailingmen to fight against demons. Together they attacked the Demonic Python Mountain in the realm of Jiaopython Lake, where the Foundation-Building Perfection Demonic Python was stationed.
On that day, he also saw the scene of the spiritual formation killing the ice dragon with the formation method in the Demonic Python Mountain.
It was also relying on the real spirit formation to kill the ice dragon in the python lake, and together with the two golden elixir monsters of the real spirit talisman, the water dragon and the black wind demon wolf, that Zhu Wen could not be named. The little casual cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training was not only not trampled by the monster in the battle to destroy the monster.
Instead, with the help of the demon-killing battle, he killed about twenty demonic beasts in the early stage of Qi training.
Zhu Wen did not turn over these monsters he killed to Bailingmen to exchange for contribution points. Instead, he used interception and killing to make a living. He packed the many storage bags he obtained and used their flesh and blood for food. , the monster skin is used to refine blank talisman paper and used to draw spiritual talismans, in order to increase the success rate of drawing fireball talismans.
It is more cost-effective to use monster skins to refine blank talisman paper yourself than to buy blank talisman paper directly.
Of course, the secret technique of refining blank talisman paper is also difficult to understand. Zhu Wen also spent a lot of effort and time during his more than ten years as an evil cultivator before he successfully understood it.
As his thoughts came back, Zhu Wen sighed helplessly. After calming down, he closed his eyes and used his skills to absorb the thin spiritual energy in Fangshi and fill it into his Dantian.
The next day, early morning.
Zhu Wen opened his eyes and summoned the three spiritual objects necessary for refining the talisman from the storage bag, a talisman pen, a small butterfly talisman ink, and ten blank talisman papers.
The talisman pen and talisman ink are placed together on the right corner of the table, and the blank talisman paper is placed on the left corner of the table. Take out one and place it in the center on the small table.
He reached out and held the talisman pen tightly in his right hand, mobilized his spiritual power and injected it into the talisman pen.
On the talisman pen, a spiritual pattern suddenly flashed.
Seeing this, Zhu Wen did not delay. He used a talisman pen to lightly dip the talisman ink on the blank talisman paper and traced a stripe path in detail.
In just half a stick of incense, a series of spiritual patterns and a small fireball pattern were painted on the blank talisman paper.
When the last stroke falls, lift it up.
The spiritual patterns on the blank spiritual talisman merged into one, and a fiery red spiritual light flashed at the same time.
"It's done."
Seeing this, Zhu Wen looked happy and even more clean. He placed the drawn talisman on the left corner of the table, and then took out another blank sheet. The talisman paper begins to be drawn.
Zhu Wen drew ten pictures in this way until the spiritual power of his Dantian was exhausted, and Zhu Wen stopped.
He looked at the three successfully drawn fireball talismans placed in the left corner of the small table, and a touch of joy appeared on his pale face caused by excessive spiritual energy consumption.
“Finally, the success rate of drawing the fireball talisman has been increased to 40%. I can also rely on this talisman to earn spiritual stones in the future.”
With a happy sigh, Zhu Wen added the four fireball talismans. Into storage bag.
Close your eyes again, run the exercises to absorb the free spiritual energy in Fangshi, and fill the dry Dantian.
It was not until his Dantian spiritual power recovered that he opened his eyes.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he took out the last ten blank talisman papers on his body and drew the talismans.
Three fireball talismans were still successfully drawn on these ten blank talisman papers.
Zhu Wen called out the three fireball talismans he had drawn previously. A total of six fireball talismans were placed in front of him. His face was full of joy. At the same time, he thought carefully about the whereabouts of these six talismans. .
It is impossible to stay. If nothing happens, he will not leave Yunshuifang City for the rest of his life. Instead, he will spend his remaining years in Yunshuifang City. It is useless to ask for a magic talisman.
It is also like selling, earning spiritual stones, and then buying talisman paper to draw spiritual talismans. If things go on like this, all the spiritual stones previously invested in this talisman will be earned back, and then used to invest in oneself to draw other spiritual talismans.
But who to sell this talisman to is giving Zhu Wen a headache.
“My acquaintance Zhang Daoyou, who lives in this Jiujiu Inn and hunts monsters for a living, is only in the middle stage of Qi training. I’m afraid I can’t even eat the six fireball talismans in my hand. "
"Not to mention the other fireball symbols I will draw in the future."
"If I go to the market to set up a stall, I will sell them to others. It's okay to buy one or two pieces for casual cultivators, but if the quantity is large, I'm afraid it won't take more than a day or two to sell. If I don't lower the price, I'm afraid I won't be able to sell it. Instead of doing this, it's better to cooperate with those shops in Fangfang City, that is, You can get the spirit stone faster and be more secure."
After thinking about it carefully, Zhu Wen took out a small classic from his storage bag and read it carefully.
This book records the conditions of various shops in Yunshuifang City and the forces behind them.
After looking at the conditions of various stores in Yunshui, Zhu Wen finally fell in love with several businesses in Yunshuifang City that were barely doing business, neither good nor bad, and were all owned by the Zhuji family. Open a well-funded store.
The reason for choosing these shops is also very simple. After all, the fireball talisman he refined is only a first-order low-grade spiritual talisman.
Nine times out of ten shops with good business will look down on the fireball talisman he drew. Even if they can accept it, the price they offer will probably not be high.
Zhu Wen wrote down the locations of the shops he was interested in, then put away the six fireball talismans he had just drawn, closed his eyes, and used his skills to absorb free spiritual energy from Fangshi to fill his dry Dantian.
After his Dantian was filled with spiritual power, he left the Changjiang Inn and went to the shops he had chosen, and discussed cooperation with the store managers.
For casual cultivators like Zhu Wen who can draw spiritual talismans, the managers of all stores naturally welcome them. Spirit talismans, like elixirs, are consumable spiritual objects. Even the low-grade fireball talisman of the first level is relatively popular among casual cultivators in the less crowded Yunshuifang City.
However, welcome is welcome. These shops are only willing to purchase the fireball charms drawn by Zhu Wen at a low price of fifteen spiritual stones and ten fireball charms. This price can be said to be the price of a shop. The unified price for external purchases of Fireball Talisman.
Although one fireball talisman is generally sold for two spiritual stones on the market, ten fireball talismans should be twenty spiritual stones.
However, it takes time and effort for the store to acquire these talismans and sell them, so the store naturally has to make a little profit.
However, Zhu Wen was not particularly satisfied with the price, so he used excuses to temporarily avoid cooperating with these stores.
In order to find a store where he could buy the Fireball Talisman at a higher price, Zhu Wen didn't worry too much. He shamelessly walked along the avenue and entered various shops in Fang City to sell the Fireball Talisman he drew.
Although many store managers were interested in the cooperation proposed by Zhu Wen, the price offered by those stores was still only the purchase price of ten fireball charms and fifteen spiritual stones.
Finally, Zhu Wen walked to the door of Lingxiao Grocery Store.
After explaining his intention to Ling Xiaohua, the manager of Lingxiao Grocery Store, Ling Xiaohua was quite interested.
“Although this person only knows how to refine fireball talismans, the power of fireball talismans is not bad, and many casual cultivators will buy it.”
“In the future, I will set up a shop in this shop. Discounts such as jade series spiritual rice, magical weapons and fireball charms, or purchasing a large number of fireball charms and spiritual rice. The activity may help the grocery store’s business improve and be promoted to a first-tier store in Yunshuifang City.”
“Even if we can’t sell these talismans, it would be good to transport them back to the clan. "
Thinking about it this way, Ling Xiaohua was even more excited.
When the grocery store's business is good and more spiritual items are sold, he will receive more dividends.
“Fellow Daoist Zhu, how much do you plan to charge?” Ling Xiaohua asked.
Zhu Wen just came to the store and introduced himself.
Zhu Wen heard the inquiry and tried to speak. "I wonder if fellow Taoist Ling can accept the purchase price of ten fireball talismans and eighteen spiritual stones?"
"This price is too high. Not to mention selling it, even if fellow Taoist Ling goes to any shop that sells spiritual talismans and buys ten spiritual stones at the same time?" Zhang fireball talisman, I'm afraid I can buy ten fireball talismans for the price of nineteen spiritual stones. It takes a lot of time to go back and forth. I only earn one spiritual stone from selling ten fireball charms, which is a bit too little. "Ling Xiaohua hesitated for a while, then nodded in response.
"If Zhu Daoyou is really willing to cooperate with the store, everyone should take a step back. In the future, I will buy ten fireball talismans and seventeen spiritual stones from you. Do you think you can do it?"
When Zhu Wen heard this, his heart suddenly jumped wildly. , and couldn't help but raise a smile on his face.
He had just asked for a high price, and he had already guessed that Ling Xiaohua would lower the price, but he did not expect that Ling Xiaohua did not lower the price, but gave him some profits.
The bottom line in Zhu Wen's heart is sixteen spiritual stones and ten fireball talismans. As long as this price is met, he agrees.
"Fellow Daoist Zhu, my favorable conditions are not without requirements. After all, the Fireball Talisman is only a first-order low-grade spiritual talisman, and you just said that you can only draw this kind of spiritual talisman. Yunshuifang There are so many monks in the market. Even if the fireball talisman is a consumable, other shops in the city will sell this talisman. The market for this talisman is basically saturated.”
"In the future, I will only purchase 500 fireball talismans from you. When this amount is reached, if fellow Taoists are unable to refine higher-level talismans, our cooperation will also be terminated. I wonder if you can agree to these conditions?"
"No problem." Zhu Wen naturally had no reason not to agree and nodded quickly in response.
After chatting with Ling Xiaohua for a while, he took out the six fireball talismans he had refined earlier and sold them to Ling Xiaohua at a discounted price of nine spiritual stones.
After obtaining the spirit stone, Zhu Wen naturally planned to invest in the method of making talismans.
“Fellow Daoist Ling, I wonder if your store can sell the skins of fire-type monsters in the early stage of Qi training?”
Hearing this, Ling Xiaohua raised his eyebrows slightly and guessed secretly. "This person is a talisman maker, and he only masters the fireball talisman. The fire-type monster skin he purchased this time is probably used to make blank fire-type talisman paper with a strong fire aura."
Thinking of this, Ling Xiaohua's expression showed a trace of memories. After a moment, his expression changed and he asked.
“My small shop, in the name of groceries, naturally sells the skins of fire-type monster animals. Zhu Daoyou has mastered the talisman-making technique of drawing monster skins into talismans.”
Ling Within Xiao Grocery Store There are many types of spiritual beings. Although they mainly sell jade series spiritual rice, a large number of green spiritual swords and round iron shields refined by Ling Pengyun, they also sell some low-level spiritual fruits, spiritual grass, monster materials, spiritual plant seeds, etc. And other miscellaneous spiritual things.
Even, Ling Xiaohua will purchase some spiritual objects that the family needs from outside.
"Exactly." Zhu Wen did not hide it and nodded.
"That's great, Fellow Daoist Zhu. How about we discuss the business of drawing blank talisman paper?" Ling Xiaohua looked happy and asked.
Whether it is made from demonized animal skins or talisman-making grass into talisman paper, it is necessary to master the "talisman-making technique", but not every talisman-making technique can be understood. Ling's current Among the three Talisman Masters of each level, only the first-level high-level spiritual Talisman Master, the third elder Ling Yunfeng, and the first-level mid-level spiritual Talisman Master Ling Yunming have mastered this Talisman Making Technique.
As for the only first-level low-level talisman maker, he is a junior of the Peng generation and has not yet understood the art of talisman making. In addition, the huge Ling family needs to make new talismans on young clan members every year. Invest in blank talisman paper to see if they have a talent for drawing talismans.
This means that Ling Yunfeng and Ling Yunming have to devote a lot of time to drawing spiritual talismans every year and draw a batch of low-level blank talisman papers, which greatly affects their ability to draw spiritual talismans. speed.
Furthermore, Ling Xiaohua had some talent for making talismans when he was young, but not much. His family also trained him to make talismans, but unfortunately he did not seize the opportunity.
In his early years, because he was born in a mortal world and had poor cultivation aptitude, he started working early. Not long after, he met Yang Qiuyun and gave birth to Ling Pengyun.
After Ling Pengyun was born, he also began to save spiritual stones for his only son, Ling Pengyun, to practice. He had never touched the talisman.
Nowadays, Ling Pengyun is a master of all kinds of arts, and it is very easy to earn spiritual stones.
In addition, Ling Xiaohua also wanted to buy some blank rune paper from Zhu Wen at a low price and try to make a rune.
If he can become a Talisman Maker, he can stand tall in front of his father-in-law "Yang Minghua".
"How do fellow Daoist Ling want to talk about the business of drawing blank talisman paper?" Zhu Wen was very interested when he heard it. He liked the idea of earning spiritual stones very much.
Ling Xiaohua smiled slyly and said. "I will give you the monster skin, and you can refine it into blank talisman paper. We just traded the fireball talisman, and I made a lot of concessions. This time, you will also let me refine a hundred pieces for me." "Blank talisman paper, you can earn five pieces of spiritual stone crafting fee, do you think it is okay?"
Under normal circumstances, the talisman maker uses the talisman maker to refine a hundred blank talisman papers. The price difference from the market price is about ten spiritual stones.
Zhu Wen hesitated for a moment. Considering that Ling Xiaohua had indeed made a lot of profit in the fireball talisman transaction, he nodded in reply.
"Okay."
Afterwards, Zhu Wen used nine spiritual stones to buy three fire-type monster animal skins about a foot long and wide.
The quantity of blank talisman paper produced from demon beast skins of this size will be smaller. Correspondingly, demon beast skins are also more expensive.
As for Ling Xiaohua, he gave Zhu Wen five earth monster skins to entrust Zhu Wen to draw blank talisman papers.
After Zhu Wen took over the monster skins, he left the location where he lived and used a valuable first-level mid-grade flying sword as collateral to reassure Ling Xiaohua and show that he would not He took the five-foot monster skin and the money and fled.
After trading the monster skins, the two exchanged polite words, and Zhu Wen left the shop.
On the way back to the Changjiu Inn, Zhu Wen felt a little uneasy when he thought about the family behind Lingxiao Grocery Store.
“According to the shop information in Nabenfang City, Lingxiao Grocery Store was opened by the Lingxiao Ling family of Huaishui County.”
“At the beginning, I, my eldest brother, my second brother and the others The young qi-training monk who was intercepted and killed is most likely from the five foundation-building families in Huaishui County. "
"The probability of being one of the five should not be that coincidental."< br>
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(End of this chapter)