Chapter 1171 Pig-headed Man

"You look down on your apprentice too much. With your apprentice's intelligence, it won't take long for him to make money." Lu Xiaoshuang shouted unhappily.

Although there is no charge for setting up a stall in the valley, you still have to pay if you stay in a tent. The price is determined by the level of the tent. If you live in a tent with the effect of gathering spiritual energy, you will get one low-grade spiritual stone per day. If you live in a tent that can block the detection of spiritual consciousness below the three flowers, you will get ten taels of gold per day. Ordinary tents? Sorry, Tianbao Pavilion does not do this kind of small business, but those who come to participate in the exchange meeting can set up tents in the accommodation area by themselves.

The job of setting up tents naturally fell on Wu Fa, Lu Xiaoshuang and Mu Sheng. Each Taoist priest had a tent alone, and Mu Sheng and the other two shared a tent. It took an hour for the three of them to set up all five tents and then tidied up in their tents.

The location of this self-service accommodation area is naturally not as good as the area built by Tianbao Pavilion. It is far away from the market in the valley. Fortunately, there is no need to pay any fees. Therefore, tents are set up one after another around it. Looking around, a large area of ​​colorful and dense tents is in sharp contrast with the tent area of ​​Tianbao Pavilion. One is like a temporary palace for the emperor to go hunting, and the other is like a slum built in a city.

Mu Sheng looked at the scene in front of him, and his thoughts were a little confused for a while. In his previous mind, he had some secular and beautiful views of practitioners. These people who easily lived for more than a hundred years could be called immortals in the eyes of mortals. Then shouldn’t immortals be free and unrestrained, without hierarchy, and everyone is equal? ​​Why is this place like the secular world, with rules and classes everywhere? It is even more secular than the secular world. Mu Sheng was stunned when he thought of this.

"What? You are touched! Do you think the world of cultivation is no different from the secular world? It is too different from the image of immortals in your mind." The Ghost Eye Taoist saw Mu Sheng standing there stupidly and staring into the distance and asked.

Mu Sheng nodded and said nothing.

"In fact, it is the same everywhere. Only when you are strong can you win the respect of others and live a better life." The Ghost Eye Taoist said lightly.

"Since the secular world is no different from the world of cultivation, and both are based on strength, then what is the purpose of your cultivation, Master? Wouldn't it be better to become a general or a prime minister in the secular world with your current skills? It's better than being a casual cultivator in the world of cultivation, right? Is it just to live longer? But what's the meaning of living like this?" Mu Sheng murmured.

"Everyone's path is different, and the road they take is also different. I practice Taoism just to make myself stronger. This strength is my own, not the strength given by others. What's the matter with being a general or a prime minister? It's just an empty name. How can it compare to the unimaginable magical powers of immortals?" When the Ghost Eye Taoist said this, he saw Mu Sheng listening with a confused look, and sighed: "Forget it, you don't want to learn Taoism anyway, and there is no use in knowing these. Why not go with Lu Xiaoshuang and the others to have some fun. By the way, see if there is anything worth buying on the stalls, and think about what we can sell tomorrow? Bring money if you have any Just buy it back. If you need spirit stones to buy something, you can use this sound transmission note to contact me. "

Mu Sheng nodded and took the sound transmission note handed over by the Ghost Eye Taoist priest and put it in his arms. He took the money bag from the Ghost Eye Taoist priest and carefully put it in his pocket. He left the Ghost Eye Taoist priest and came to the tent where the three of them lived together. The three of them didn't have much stuff. Each of them had a simple bag. Mu Sheng made a set of bedding with the skin of the jackal he killed. One was used as a mattress under his body and the other was used as a quilt. Both the warmth retention and lightness were much better than cotton bedding, and it was especially suitable for carrying. Lu Xiaoshuang used a whole bear skin. The bear skin was so big that half of it was placed on the ground and the other half was wrapped around the body. Wu Fa used a whole tiger skin, which was not much smaller than Lu Xiaoshuang's bear skin.

Lu Xiaoshuang and Wu Fa arrived at the tent a moment earlier than Mu Sheng, and were planning to go out for a walk. Today was not the day for the formal exchange meeting to start, but they just let everyone settle down a day in advance. However, even so, some people in the valley began to set up stalls impatiently to practice. The four Taoist priests wanted to communicate with people of the same path, and were unwilling to participate in this half-baked market. Lu Xiaoshuang and the other two were excited to go and have a look.

The market was concentrated in a large square in the valley. There were several simple sheds set up temporarily in the square. It was the temporary purchase and sale site of Tianbao Pavilion, but it was not open at this time. There were a few people in the square who had started to set up stalls to try to sell, but at first glance, most of them were boys like Mu Sheng. Mu Sheng thought about it and understood that the Taoist priests were probably going to communicate. It was not the children like them who were interested in setting up stalls to join in the fun, but it seemed that there would be no good goods today.

Mu Sheng followed Lu Xiaoshuang and Wu Fa and strolled around the stalls at an unhurried pace. It was just as he thought. There was nothing good on the stalls. They were just common gold and silver utensils, pearls and toys. The medicinal materials were also common ginseng, polygonatum, kudzu root and other common tonics for mortals, but useless for cultivators. There were also some talismans for sale to drive away evil spirits and protect the house for a long time. However, these talismans could only be used against ordinary ghosts and evil spirits that could not practice cultivation. Mortals could use them, but cultivators simply disdained to use them. Although these things were expensive, they were not expensive enough to be traded with spirit stones.

Mu Sheng had worked in a pawnshop and excavated the tomb of the lord of Wushan City with Taoist Ghost Eye. He had seen a lot of good things. Naturally, he had no interest in the items on the street stalls, but he still liked to touch and fiddle with the things out of habit. Lu Xiaoshuang was a lively person. Like Mu Sheng, he liked to look around and ask the boss some questions from time to time. Wu Fa stood aside and watched the fun with an attitude of not caring about anything.

As he walked, Mu Sheng asked, "Brother Xiaoshuang, will the market be like this tomorrow?"

"It's about the same. Let's sell these things. After all, cultivation resources are in short supply. Who is willing to sell the good things in their hands? But tomorrow there will be some things that you don't usually see." Lu Xiaoshuang replied.

"What are you going to sell tomorrow?" Mu Sheng asked.

"It's almost the same as them." Lu Xiaoshuang pouted.

"Then what's the point of selling it? You don't lack money." Mu Sheng asked puzzled.

"You don't understand this, right? We can use the money we get from the sale to exchange for good things at Tianbao Pavilion. Low-grade spiritual stones, talismans, magic tools, and elixirs are all fine." Lu Xiaoshuang explained with a smile.

"Didn't you say that Tianbao Pavilion can be exchanged directly? Why do you still have to set up a stall?" Mu Sheng asked again.

"Stupid, wouldn't the price be lower if you exchange? You can sell more at your own stall." Lu Xiaoshuang replied.

Mu Sheng thought about it. Isn't Tianbao Pavilion the same as the Xinglong Pawnshop where he used to work? Buy at a low price and sell at a high price. How could he forget such a simple business trick? Mu Sheng couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this.

Lu Xiaoshuang shook his head and said, "I don't know how Master Ghost Eye taught you. You don't know anything about the common sense of the cultivation world. You are a complete novice!"

Mu Sheng blushed when he heard this and whispered, "It has nothing to do with the Taoist priest. I didn't study hard. Why don't you teach me, senior brother?"

"Only those who have passed the small and large circulations and extended their lifespans can be called cultivators. You know this, right?" Lu Xiaoshuang asked.

Mu Sheng nodded.

"Cultivators need to live in places with abundant spiritual energy and spiritual veins. When they come to the mortal world, they can only rely on spiritual stones to replenish the missing spiritual energy. Therefore, spiritual stones were created as the basic currency in the cultivation world. Medicinal materials, as a kind of natural spiritual material that can break through bottlenecks and replenish spiritual energy, are also deeply loved by cultivators. However, most of them will refine the medicinal materials into single doses of pills or powders, or jade wine and jade liquid to fully exert the efficacy of the medicinal materials. Cultivators also divide medicines into ten grades and above. Grades one to five are ordinary grades, grades six to seven are human grades, grades eight to nine are earth grades, and grades ten are immortal grades. Those with special effects exceeding grade ten are divine grades." Lu Xiaoshuang said slowly.

"It is said that the weapons used by cultivators are divided into magic tools, Taoist tools, spiritual tools, immortal tools, and divine tools. Just like magic tools, there are also high and low grades, which are correspondingly divided into upper, middle and lower grades. Talismans belong to the special weapon category, so their classification is the same as weapons. It's just that it is said that only Taoist tools appear on the Shenzhou Continent, and the magic weapons above are just rumors."