"In the city, thieves occasionally appear, especially when the elixirs and rice are mature, so you need to be especially careful. There have been big thieves who used strange incense to stun people and looted all their belongings.
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"Some casual cultivators were robbed and could not pay their land and house rents, so they had no choice but to secretly escape from the city and travel thousands of miles to practice in another city. If they stayed, they would be dragged over by the Five Alliances to do hard labor.
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Zhong Wanming said.
"There have been big thieves in the city, but the law enforcement team doesn't care?"
Chen Xuan asked.
"These thieves have stolen a lot of property. They must have escaped from the city long ago. How can the law enforcement team take care of it?" Zhong Wanming shook his head and said: "Some casual cultivators do not engage in production, and their cultivation resources rely on stealing and looting. Successful robbery will directly
Leave Fangshi and continue practicing in another Fangshi. If you don’t have resources, grab them again.
The kid only lost five kilograms of bloody rice. Even if he went to the law enforcement team to report the crime, the law enforcement team would only register the case and would not spend any effort to investigate unless they carried out an investigation, but the cost of doing so would be more than five kilograms of bloody rice.
No, it’s not worth it.”
"Then how do we prevent theft on weekdays? We can't put things on our bodies every time we go out!" Thinking of the fog shrouding Zhong Wanming's courtyard, Chen Xuan couldn't help but ask: "Do we need to set up a formation?"
"You can buy a set of array flags to prevent others from breaking in." Zhong Wanming said: "You can also raise exotic animals and look after your home and courtyard. You can also buy storage charms to carry everything with you. However, the storage charms can be opened and closed.
The number of times is limited, and few people will do this. Most people buy formation flags to cover the courtyard. When the spiritual rice elixir is about to mature, it can also be used to protect the spiritual field and prevent people from stealing."
"A set of array flags, even if it's just a maze array, isn't cheap!"
Chen Xuandao.
There are many types of formations, including killing formations, illusion formations, confusion formations...there are many types.
Among them, the maze formation basically only has the function of confusing and disrupting the line of sight. However, if a monk who does not know how to break the formation falls into it, it is usually difficult to find the exit and can only use brute force to break it.
The huge noise caused by forcibly breaking the formation will definitely attract attention.
Moreover, if you don't enter the formation, you won't know whether it is a confusion formation or a killing formation.
If it was a killing formation, wouldn't it be cool?
Therefore, no matter whether they are thieves or not, as long as they see a formation in the courtyard, they will not easily set foot in it.
"Array flags are not cheap. If you are short on money, but want to buy array flags to set up arrays to protect the hospital, you can go to the office of the Five Leagues to borrow a sum of jade spirit money to buy the array flags, and repay the loan slowly in installments.
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Zhong Wanming explained.
"Is this... a formation loan?"
Chen Xuan was speechless for a while.
These five alliances are trying to squeeze out the casual cultivators.
If he takes out a loan, in addition to paying back the land rent and house rent, he will also have to pay back the formation loan. There may be other loans in the future. All the money he earns will be used to repay the loan and how to improve his cultivation.
You can only farm for the rest of your life, and the loan cannot be cut off until it is repaid.
Once it is cut off, there will be no money to repay the loan, all assets will be seized, and you will have to run away.
"Thank you, Brother Zhong, for clarifying my doubts."
Chen Xuan left Zhong Wanming for dinner.
"Chen Xiaoyou, your craftsmanship is so good!" After eating, Zhong Wanming sincerely praised: "Although I have never eaten spiritual delicacies in Fangshi Restaurant, I have eaten ordinary wine and dishes once. Chen Xiaoyou's craftsmanship is comparable to that of the restaurant chef.
It’s not much different when it comes to looking up.”
"Haha, if Brother Zhong likes it, you can come and sit here from time to time."
Chen Xuandao.
Zhong Wanming has been farming in Fangshi for more than ten years. From growing blood tooth rice to growing elixirs now, he has rich experience. If he has a good relationship, it will be much easier to buy elixirs from the other party.
The two chatted briefly for a while, then Zhong Wanming said goodbye and left.
"Do you want a loan to buy the formation flag?"
After Zhong Wanming left, Chen Xuan thought about it.
The casual cultivators living in Lingtian District were all several hundred meters apart, and some were even more than a thousand meters apart. Chen Xuan passed by some courtyards. These casual cultivators all purchased formation flags and arranged formations to protect the courtyards.
"The person who stole it is not the same as the person who sells the formation flag, right?"
Chen Xuan was guessing in his mind.
In order to make money, any ordinary family can sell poisonous secret medicines.
It is not impossible for the five alliances to arrange for some people to steal the formation flag in order to sell it.
Even if the thief has nothing to do with the Five Families Alliance, the law enforcement team may be deliberately indulging and turning a blind eye.
"It's better to prepare some more poison for self-defense first!"
Chen Xuan decided to strengthen the drug ‘Qingfengsu’.
Drugs are not useless for inner-qi realm martial artists.
Zhong Wanming mentioned that there were thieves who used strange incense to stun people and rob property. However, his Qingfeng Crisp was made with common poison, so the effect was not strong.
If poisonous gas and poisonous water are extracted from elixir-level poisons, it will naturally have an effect on inner-qi realm martial artists.
In the past month, he has read dozens of books on elixirs.
Among them, there is also some knowledge related to toxicology.
After clearing away the dishes, Chen Xuan came to the free trade area with a different look.
"How to sell Ziru flowers?"
After walking around, Chen Xuan came to a place and squatted down and asked.
Purple Ruhua is a highly toxic poisonous weed. The gas it emits is colorless and odorless. Inner Qi Realm martial artists will fall into coma if they continue to inhale it for more than ten breaths. It can be used to strengthen the 'Qingfeng Crisp'.
"Five pounds of bloody tooth rice."
The stall owner glanced at Chen Xuan and said in a deep voice.
"It's expensive, three pounds of bloody tooth rice."
Chen Xuan frowned slightly.
An ordinary elixir is about five or six kilograms of blood tooth rice.
Ziruhua is poisonous, so basically no one will buy it, and the price is at most three kilograms of blood tooth rice.
"OK!"
The stall owner nodded.
The reason he asked for five kilograms of bloody tooth rice before was to see if he could deceive a newcomer who didn't know how to do it.
Since the other party understands the market, there is no need to waste time and just close the deal.
Chen Xuan left with the Purple Ruhua, and then, using different faces, purchased two spiritual poisons, dozens of mundane poisons, and various tools for refining poisons.
After returning home, Chen Xuan began to make new poisons and strengthen the intoxicating drug Qingfengsu.
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evening.
There is a courtyard six miles away from Chen Xuan's courtyard.
Two big men were sitting together, drinking wine.
One was wearing a yellow robe, in his thirties, with a vicissitudes of life.
The other one was wearing a gray robe, with a tall build and a sinewy face.
"How was the harvest today?"
The man in yellow robe asked.
"It's not very ideal." Another man in gray robe shook his head and said: "I walked around and found that the courtyards in the farming area are basically protected by formations. Only a few houses don't have them, but there is no oil, water or blood in them.
Adding up all the yams, the total is only fifteen kilograms, which is less than one jade spirit coin."