Chapter 333 Settlement
The exchange meeting ended quickly. Most of the cultivators present were not in the Purple Mansion, and they did not have the spiritual objects that Zhang Zhixuan particularly needed.
Zhang Zhixuan just looked around casually, explained some difficulties in cultivation to them in the last session, and then followed Bai Mengyuan back to Yuzhang City.
Since they had decided to settle in Yuzhang City for a while, the two had to find a cave in the city.
Yuzhang City not only has market streets, but also a large number of houses and caves, and even simple inns dedicated to serving the Immortal Cultivation.
However, this kind of inn mainly serves low-level cultivators. Zhang Zhixuan and his two have achieved success in cultivation, so they naturally would not choose to live in such an inn.
Zhang Zhixuan is a distinguished guest of Danyang Tower. Although Bai Mengyuan does not need to come forward in person to find a cave, Danyang Tower still dispatched white-clothed disciples in the Qi training period to follow him and serve at any time.
After looking at five or six caves for rent, Zhang Zhixuan was not very satisfied. These caves were either too small or lacked spiritual energy.
"If you two seniors are not afraid of the high price, I know a good place to go. Although Yuzhang City has good spiritual energy, there is another place on this spiritual mountain with more spiritual energy than Yuzhang City. There is a spiritual cave thirty miles away from Yuzhang City, and thirteen caves have been opened near the spiritual cave. Most of the seniors in the purple mansion period in the city have settled there." The white-clothed disciple followed Zhang Zhixuan and the others for an afternoon, and he knew their ways, so he suggested.
"Okay, take us to see it." Since he was going to settle in Yuzhang City for seven years, Zhang Zhixuan naturally had to find a cave with sufficient spiritual energy. He himself was fine, seven years was enough for Qingchan to break through a realm, and now Qingchan's cultivation speed was getting faster and faster, so it wouldn't take seven years at all.
Several people were cultivators, and they arrived near the spiritual cave in a short while. This spiritual cave was a huge lake, and the spiritual energy of water attributes nearby was very sufficient, which was even better than on the Black Mountain.
When Zhang Zhixuan saw this situation, his face was somewhat satisfied. Qingchan was a cultivator with water spiritual roots, and practicing in this environment was faster than on the Black Mountain.
There are six purple mansions in Yuzhang City, three of which live in the city. They have spiritual objects in the caves in the city to help gather spiritual energy. The remaining three family purple mansions spend most of their time practicing in the caves near the spiritual cave.
The three best of the thirteen caves near the spiritual cave have already had owners, and the remaining ten caves are similar. Not only are they exquisitely built, but there is also an acre of high-grade spiritual field in the caves, which is used to grow some second-grade spiritual rice.
However, the rent of this kind of cave is expensive, and it costs 600 spiritual stones a year. If it weren’t for the purple mansion cultivators who live there all year round, low-level cultivators simply can’t afford this price.
Although the caves have been built for a thousand years, they have been empty most of the time, and only a few times will they be rented out.
The mayor of Yuzhang City also wanted to lower the rent and recover part of the cost, but unfortunately he was opposed by the three family purple mansions. They like quietness and don’t want low-level cultivators to disturb their quiet cultivation.
In the end, the matter was left unresolved, and these caves have been empty ever since.
After paying the seven-year rent in one lump sum, Zhang Zhixuan and Qingchan moved into the cave on the same day and settled down in Yuzhang City.
Although the cave was full of spiritual energy, the spiritual cave was restricted by the formation. Only six days in a ten-day period could be used for cultivation, and the remaining four days still required refining spiritual stones to improve cultivation. Zhang Zhixuan calculated that every year, the two of them would consume 400 spiritual stones in total.
Although the two had high cultivation, it was not a solution to sit and eat up all the resources for a long time. Although they brought 30,000 spiritual stones when they left home, they had already spent 22,000 spiritual stones in Wuning County.
After arriving in Yuzhang City, they spent another 4,200 spiritual stones to rent the cave, and they had to leave spiritual stones to buy Han Yuzhi. The two dignified purple mansion cultivators could not even gather the spiritual stones for meditation and cultivation.
As for the 100,000 spiritual stones on Qingchan, they were the resources of Wei Bohan and Kang Duhe, and Zhang Zhixuan would not use them until the last step. Since Zhang Zhixuan accepted the green peach, he would definitely try his best to find Xuanying Jade Marrow for Wei Bohan and complete this task.
So when things settled down, the two came to Yuzhang City and prepared to rent a shop to earn spiritual stones to be self-sufficient.
Compared with Heishan, Yuzhang City is a big city. There are 30,000 permanent cultivators in the city, and there are many casual visitors every day. As long as you have a skill, the shops in the market are doing very well. The two waited for several months, but there was no shop for rent.
The two walked on the old street. Qingchan looked at the crowd in front of him and smiled happily: "Today is a big gathering once every three months. Why don't we set up a street stall like before!"
When they were young and wandering in Heishan, Qingchan couldn't speak at that time, and Zhang Zhixuan's alchemy skills were not very good. The two also participated in many low-level gatherings of Heishan casual cultivators, and they also set up street stalls a few times to increase their income.
"You are already a dignified Purple Mansion period ancestor. You will be laughed at by others if you do this." Zhang Zhixuan held Qingchan's hand and laughed softly.
"My brain is on other people's heads. If they want to laugh at me, they can laugh at me. As long as you don't despise me, it's fine." Qingchan came to the gathering place with great interest and paid ten spirit stones to occupy a small venue.
"My uncle Zhang, you write well. Come and help me write a sign." Seeing that Qingchan was in high spirits, Zhang Zhixuan also put down his airs and wrote a line of words on a piece of white paper.
It reads: "Buy various elixir recipes and spiritual medicines at high prices, make talismans and spiritual objects, and sell various low-level elixirs and spiritual talismans."
The two of them had already reached a high level of cultivation. Since the storage bag space was not large, although they carried several third-level storage bags, unfortunately, there were not many low-level spiritual objects in them.
Qingchan had only six third-level spiritual talismans in her hand, all of which were things she had refined many years ago. Zhang Zhixuan had only a few third-level spiritual pills in his hand. The lower-level things had already been exchanged for family merits, and there was almost nothing left.
Compared with spiritual talismans, spiritual pills are things that are taken in the mouth. If it is not a century-old reputable store, ordinary people would not dare to buy them.
Although Zhang Zhixuan's alchemy skills were already good, the spiritual pills he refined had no market except in Taicheng County and Heishan.
Although these spiritual pills were placed on the ground, no one was interested in them.
On the contrary, the six third-level spiritual talismans that Qingchan took out were extraordinary things at first glance. Even some Qi training cultivators, with the idea of increasing experience, also took a look at them.
As word spread, many cultivators soon gathered outside the stall, discussing the six third-level talismans with serious expressions.
