Chapter 160 Zhu Wen's Experience (5,000 words, two chapters in one, please subscribe)

In mid-October, an inn named "Changjiu" opened in Yunshuifang City.

This inn was originally a shop selling spiritual objects, but because there were fewer people in Yunshuifang City, the owner gradually couldn't earn much spiritual stones from opening this shop, so he was too lazy to spend time and energy on running the shop. Instead, he transformed the shop into a room and rented it out to the rootless and floating cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation.

Although the owner of Changjiu Inn is a bit shady, and each quiet room that can be rented is only two or three meters in size, the good thing about this inn is that the price is not high. It only takes twelve spiritual stones to rent a quiet room for up to a year, and each quiet room also comes with a first-level low-grade isolation array that can isolate others from the detection of spiritual consciousness.

Such a price and the accompanying isolation array are extremely attractive to the poor cultivators.

This also means that Changjiu Inn has never had any vacancies 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.

A year ago, Zhu Wen, who escaped from killing Ling Pengyun in Huxiao Liu's territory with two fellows, lived in Changjiu Inn.

At this time, in a quiet room.

Zhu Wen was using the secret method of "Talisman Making" to refine a five-foot long and wide monster skin with hair removed, and refined this huge monster skin into blank talisman paper.

Basically, all arts can be flexible. Although most of the talisman paper on the market is made of talisman grass, monster skin can also be made into blank talisman paper required for drawing talismans.

Because Zhu Wen had used more than 20 monster skins to refine blank talisman paper before, now he is also handy.

After a while, he relied on the secret method to condense the five-foot long and wide monster skin and refined 20 palm-sized blank talisman papers.

Although everything went smoothly in making blank talisman paper from monster skins, Zhu Wen couldn't be happy.

"If I rely on these last twenty blank talisman papers, I still can't raise the success rate of drawing fireball talismans to 30%, and I'm done for."

Zhu Wen's success rate in drawing fireball talismans is only 20% now. With a success rate of 20%, drawing fireball talismans is still in a small loss state. Only with a success rate of 30% can the capital be guaranteed and there is still some profit.

After failing to kill Ling Pengyun last year, he made up his mind not to make a living by killing, so he invested all his spiritual stones in drawing spiritual talismans.

It's just a pity that although he has a talent for spiritual talismans, it's not much.

Hundreds of spiritual stones are like a drop in the bucket, which only allows him to raise the success rate of drawing fireball talismans to 10%.

The spiritual stones are exhausted, but there is not much achievement in the spiritual talisman. Zhu Wen is in a desperate situation and needs to rely on hunting monsters to survive like ordinary casual cultivators. However, he didn't expect that the battle to kill monsters launched by Bailingmen soon gave him a chance to turn the tables.

Last May, Zhu Wen, a casual cultivator, was summoned by Bailingmen to fight against demons, just like most casual cultivators in Bailingmen. Together, they attacked the Demon Python Mountain in Jiaomang Lake, where the demon python with perfect foundation building was in charge.

On that day, he also saw the scene of Lingzhen Zhenren killing the ice dragon with formation in the Demon Python Mountain.

It was also because of Lingzhen Zhenren's killing of the ice dragon in Jiaomang Lake, and together with Lingfu Zhenren's power to defeat the two golden elixir monsters, the water dragon and the black wind demon wolf, that Zhu Wen, a small casual cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training, was not trampled by the monsters in the fight against demons.

Instead, he killed more than 20 monsters in the early stage of Qi training with the help of the fight against demons.

Zhu Wen did not hand over the killed monsters to Bailingmen to exchange for contribution points, but used the many storage bags he got when he was killing them for a living. He used the blood and flesh to eat, and the monster skins to refine blank talisman paper to draw talismans, so as to improve the success rate of drawing fireball talismans.

It is more cost-effective to use the skin of monsters to refine blank talisman paper by yourself than to buy blank talisman paper directly.

Of course, the secret art of refining blank talisman paper is also difficult to comprehend. Zhu Wen also spent a lot of time and effort in the ten years of acting as an evil cultivator before he succeeded in comprehending it.

Thinking back, Zhu Wen sighed helplessly. After calming down, he closed his eyes and practiced the skills to absorb the thin spiritual energy in the market and fill it into his dantian.

The next day, early in the morning.

Zhu Wen opened his eyes and summoned three spiritual objects necessary for refining spiritual talismans from the storage bag: a talisman pen, a small butterfly talisman ink, and ten blank talisman papers.

The talisman pen and talisman ink were placed together at the right corner of the table, and the blank talisman paper was placed at the left corner of the table. He took out a piece and placed it in the middle on the small table.

He reached out and held the talisman pen tightly in his right hand, mobilized the spiritual power, and injected it into the talisman pen.

On the talisman pen, the spiritual pattern flashed suddenly.

Seeing this, Zhu Wen did not delay. He used the talisman pen to lightly dip the talisman ink and wrote on the blank talisman paper, carefully drawing lines one by one.

In just half an incense stick of time, the blank talisman paper had drawn lines of spiritual patterns and a small fireball pattern.

After the last stroke fell, he lifted it up.

The lines of spiritual patterns on the blank talisman merged into one, and at the same time a fiery red spiritual light flashed.

"It's done."

Seeing this, Zhu Wen's face was happy, and he put the drawn talisman on the left corner of the table. He took out another blank talisman paper and started drawing.

He drew ten pieces in a row until the Dantian spiritual power was exhausted, and Zhu Wen stopped.

He looked at the three fireball talismans that had just been successfully drawn on the left corner of the small table, and a touch of joy rose on his pale face due to excessive spiritual power 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 sigh of joy, Zhu Wen put the four fireball talismans into the storage bag.

He closed his eyes again and practiced the skills to absorb the free spiritual energy in the market and fill it into the dry dantian.

He did not open his eyes until the spiritual power in the dantian was restored.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he took out the last ten blank talisman papers on his body and drew spiritual talismans.

These ten blank talisman papers still successfully drew three fireball talismans.

Zhu Wen summoned the three fireball talismans he had drawn before, and placed a total of six fireball talismans in front of him. His face was full of joy, and at the same time he carefully thought about the whereabouts of these six spiritual talismans.

It was impossible to stay. If nothing unexpected happened, he would not leave this Yunshui Market for the rest of his life, but would spend his old age in this Yunshui Market. There was no use for spiritual talismans.

Or sell it, earn spiritual stones, buy talisman paper to draw talismans, and in the long run, earn back all the spiritual stones previously invested in this talisman, and use it to invest in drawing other talismans.

But who to sell this talisman to is a headache for Zhu Wen.

"The Taoist Zhang who lives in this Changjiu Inn with me and makes a living by hunting monsters is only in the middle stage of Qi training. I am afraid that he can't even eat the six fireball talismans in my hand."

"In the future, I will draw other fireball talismans, not to mention."

"If I go to the market to set up a stall and sell one or two to other casual cultivators, it's okay, but if the quantity is large, it may take more than one or two days to sell it. If I don't lower the price, I am afraid that I can't sell it. Instead of doing this, it's better to cooperate with those shops in the market, so that I can get spiritual stones faster and be more stable."

After thinking about it, Zhu Wen took out a small book from the storage bag and read it carefully.

This book records the situation of each shop in Yunshui Market and the forces behind it.

After looking at the various shops in Yunshui, Zhu Wen finally chose several shops in Yunshui Market that were barely doing well, neither good nor bad, and were all opened by foundation-building families with strong capital.

The reason for choosing these shops was also very simple. After all, the fireball talisman he refined was only a first-level low-grade spiritual talisman.

Nine out of ten shops with good business would not look down on the fireball talismans he drew, and even if they would accept them, the price they would give would probably not be high.

Zhu Wen wrote down the locations of the shops he had taken a fancy to, then put away the six fireball talismans he had just drawn, closed his eyes, and practiced his skills to absorb the free spiritual energy in the market to fill the dry dantian.

After his dantian was filled with spiritual power, he left Changjiu Inn and went to the shops he had taken a fancy to, and discussed cooperation with the managers of those shops.

As a casual cultivator like Zhu Wen who could draw spiritual talismans, the managers of each shop were naturally very welcome.

Talismans and elixirs are generally consumable spiritual objects. Even the first-level low-grade fireball talismans are more popular among casual cultivators in the less crowded Yunshui Market.

However, although they are welcome, these shops are only willing to purchase the fireball talismans drawn by Zhu Wen at a low price of 15 spiritual stones for 10 fireball talismans. This price can be said to be the unified price for the shops to purchase fireball talismans.

On the market, although the price of a fireball talisman is generally 2 spiritual stones, 10 fireball talismans should be 20 spiritual stones.

However, it takes time and energy for the shops to purchase these talismans and sell them, so the shops naturally have to make some money.

However, Zhu Wen was not particularly satisfied with this price, so he temporarily shirked cooperation with these shops with an excuse.

In order to find a shop that buys the fireball talisman at a higher price, Zhu Wen did not think too much. He shamelessly walked along the avenue and continuously entered the shops in the market to promote the fireball talismans he drew.

Although many store managers were interested in the cooperation proposed by Zhu Wen, the price offered by those stores was still only 15 spirit stones for 10 fireball talismans.

Finally, Zhu Wen walked to the door of Lingxiao Grocery Store.

After explaining his purpose to Lingxiao Grocery Store's manager Ling Xiaohua, Ling Xiaohua was quite interested.

"Although this person can only refine fireball talismans, the power of fireball talismans is not bad, and many casual cultivators will buy them."

"In the future, my store will organize preferential activities such as buying jade series spiritual rice, or giving away fireball talismans for magic tools, or buying a large number of fireball talismans and giving away spiritual rice, etc., which may make the grocery store's business better and rise to the first echelon of stores in Yunshuifang City."

"Even if these spirit talismans cannot be sold, it is also a good choice to transport them back to the clan and give them to the clan."

Thinking of this, Ling Xiaohua was even more tempted.

If the grocery store's business is good, more spiritual objects will be sold, and he will get more dividends.

"Fellow Daoist Zhu, I wonder how much you plan to ask for?" Ling Xiaohua asked.

Just now, Zhu Wen came to the store and introduced himself.

Zhu Wen heard the question and tried to speak. "I wonder if Fellow Daoist Ling can accept the purchase price of 18 spirit stones for 10 fireball talismans?"

"This price is too high. Not to mention selling it, even if you go to any spirit talisman store to buy 10 fireball talismans at the same time, I'm afraid you can buy 10 fireball talismans at the price of 19 spirit stones. This back and forth consumes a lot of time. I sell 10 fireball talismans but only earn one spirit stone. This is too little." Ling Xiaohua hesitated for a while and nodded in response.

"If Fellow Daoist Zhu is really willing to cooperate with the store, we can take a step back. In the future, I will buy from you at 17 spirit stones for 10 fireball talismans. Do you think it's okay?"

Zhu Wen heard this, his heart was beating wildly, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.

He had just asked for a high price, and had already guessed that Ling Xiaohua would lower the price, but he did not expect that Ling Xiaohua would not lower the price to the limit, but instead gave him some profit.

Zhu Wen's bottom line was 16 spiritual stones for 10 fireball talismans, and he would agree as long as this price was there.

"Fellow Daoist Zhu, my generous conditions are not without requirements. After all, the fireball talisman is only a first-level low-grade spiritual talisman, and you just said that you can only draw this kind of spiritual talisman. There are only so many cultivators in Yunshui Market. Even if the fireball talisman is a consumable, other shops in the market will also sell this talisman, and the market for this talisman is basically saturated."

"In the future, I will only purchase 500 fireball talismans from you. At this number, if you find it difficult to refine a higher-level spiritual talisman, our cooperation will also end. I wonder if you can agree to this condition?"

"No problem." Zhu Wen naturally had no reason not to agree, and nodded in response.

After chatting with Ling Xiaohua for a while, he took out the six fireball talismans he had made before and sold them to Ling Xiaohua at a preferential price of nine spirit stones.

After getting the spirit stones, Zhu Wen naturally planned to invest in the art of making talismans.

"Fellow Daoist Ling, I wonder if your store can sell the fur of fire 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 one fireball talisman. This time, he bought the skin of fire monsters. I'm afraid it's probably used to make blank fire talisman paper with richer fire spirit energy."

Thinking of this, Ling Xiaohua's face showed a trace of memories. After a moment, his expression moved and he asked.

"My shop is named after groceries, so naturally we have fire monster skins for sale. Fellow Daoist Zhu has mastered the art of making talismans with monster skins."

There are many kinds of spiritual objects in Lingxiao Grocery Store. Although it mainly sells jade series spiritual rice, the large number of green spiritual swords and round iron shields refined by Ling Pengyun, it also sells some low-level spiritual fruits, spiritual herbs, monster materials, spiritual plant seeds and other miscellaneous spiritual objects.

Lingxiaohua even purchases some spiritual objects needed by the family.

"That's right." Zhu Wen did not hide it and nodded.

"That's great, Fellow Daoist Zhu, how about we talk about the business of drawing blank talisman paper?" Lingxiaohua looked happy and asked.

Whether it is to make talisman paper from monster skin or talisman grass, one needs to master the "talisman making technique", but not every talisman making technique can be comprehended. Among the three talisman making masters of each grade in the Ling family, only the first-grade upper-grade spiritual talisman master, the third elder Ling Yunfeng, and the first-grade middle-grade spiritual talisman master Ling Yunming have mastered this talisman making technique.

As for the only first-grade lower-grade talisman maker, he is a junior of the Peng generation and has not yet comprehended the talisman making technique. In addition, the huge Ling family needs to invest a sum of blank talisman paper in young clansmen every year to explore whether they have the talent for drawing talismans.

This means that Ling Yunfeng and Ling Yunming need to set aside a lot of time every year to draw talismans and draw a batch of low-grade blank talisman paper, which greatly affects the speed of drawing talismans.

Moreover, when Ling Xiaohua was young, he also had some talent for talisman making, but not much. The family also trained him to make talismans for this reason, but unfortunately he did not seize the opportunity.

In his early years, because he was born in the mortal world and had poor cultivation aptitude, he started working early. Not long after, he met Yang Qiuyun and gave birth to Ling Pengyun.

With the birth of Ling Pengyun, he also began to save spirit stones and left them to his only son Ling Pengyun for cultivation. He had never touched the art of making talismans.

Now, Ling Pengyun is proficient in all arts and can easily earn spirit stones.

In addition, Ling Xiaohua also wanted to buy some blank talisman paper from Zhu Wen, a rare casual talisman maker, at a low price, and try to make talismans again.

If he could become a talisman maker, he could stand up in front of his father-in-law "Yang Minghua".

"How does Fellow Daoist Ling want to talk about the business of drawing blank talisman paper?" Zhu Wen was quite interested when he heard it. He liked to earn spirit stones very much.

Ling Xiaohua smiled cunningly and said. "I will give you the monster skin, and you can refine it into blank talisman paper. I gave a lot of discount when we traded the fireball talisman just now. This time, you should give me a discount. For every 100 blank talisman papers you refine for me, you can earn 5 spirit stones for labor fee. Do you think it's okay?"

Under normal circumstances, a talisman maker uses a talisman maker to refine 100 blank talisman papers from monster skins, and the difference with the market price is about 10 spirit stones.

Zhu Wen hesitated for a moment, and considering that Ling Xiaohua did give a lot of discounts in the transaction of the fireball talisman just now, he nodded and replied.

"Okay."

Then, Zhu Wen bought three pieces of fire monster skins about a foot long and wide with nine spirit stones.

The number of blank talisman papers refined from monster skins of this size will be less, and relatively speaking, the price of monster skins is also more expensive.

As for Ling Xiaohua, he gave Zhu Wen five pieces of earth monster skins to entrust Zhu Wen to draw blank talisman papers.

After Zhu Wen received the monster skins, he left his residence and used a valuable first-grade middle-grade flying sword as collateral to reassure Ling Xiaohua that he would not take the five-meter monster skin and run away with the money.

After trading the monster skins, the two exchanged a few polite words, and Zhu Wen left the shop.

However, on the way back to Changjiu Inn from the shop, Zhu Wen thought about the family behind Lingxiao Grocery Store and felt a little uneasy.

"According to the information of the shops in the market, Lingxiao Grocery Store was opened by Lingxiao Ling Family in Huaishui County."

"At the beginning, the young late-stage Qi training cultivator that I, my eldest brother, and my second brother killed was most likely from the five major foundation-building families in Huaishui County."

"The probability of one out of five should not be that coincidental."

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