Not all monks live in Qinghefang City, there are also many mortals living there.
Most of these mortals work as laborers, carrying goods for the monks or responsible for daily meals, in exchange for payment and to support their families.
In the city, monks are prohibited from using force against mortals, and there are special rules and regulations. Generally speaking, as long as mortals do not commit any crimes, their safety in the city can be guaranteed.
Qingshanju hired a few mortals to serve as shop assistants and do whatever they could.
"Yecheng, how's the store's business lately?"
After the unloading was completed, Lu Changfeng asked.
Xu Yecheng sighed bitterly and said with some embarrassment: "Elder, to be honest, the business in the store has been sluggish in recent years, with little improvement. It is all supported by the sale of the sect's own elixirs and spiritual rice. If it continues like this for a long time,
That’s not the way to go…”
After all, Qingshan Residence was managed by him and Qian Yingcai, so the poor business had something to do with them.
Hearing this answer, as expected, Lu Changfeng said nothing more, followed Xu Yecheng into the inner hall and sat down, and began to talk about the sale of this batch of spiritual rice and some items that needed to be purchased this time.
In the next month, they will stay in Qinghefang City and wait until all the spiritual rice is sold and the items on the list are purchased before setting off to return to Qingshan Sect.
At the same time, during the period of staying in Fangshi, Lu Changfeng will pay attention to the business situation of Qingshanju, so that he can have a good idea of the business and discuss how to expand the store and what changes to make after returning.
These all require time to observe.
As Lu Changfeng stayed busy in Fangshi, Lu Ping, who was far away in Qinglian Mountain, was not idle either.
When Lu Changfeng returns, it will be the day to plant spiritual rice. During this period, you have to accumulate good reputation points and redeem [Resource Optimization] to optimize the spiritual field.
After completing the external affairs of clearing out the tree hole fox, Lu Ping exchanged [Steadfast Dao Heart], [Moon Bud Grass Seeds], [Moon Bud Grass Recipe] and [Diligence and Study] for his previous operations, which cost him
A lot of reputation. He currently has only 31 reputation points left.
A [Resource Optimization] requires 50 reputation points to redeem. 31 reputation points are obviously not enough. You need to obtain reputation as soon as possible.
For this reason, Lu Ping thought for a while and decided to spend five reputation points to use [Outdoor Affairs] once.
After five reputation points are deducted, the exploration map appears.
After looking at the map for a while, Lu Ping chose a hilly area southwest of Qingshan Sect, more than 300 miles away from the sect.
Once you have chosen a location, the exploration begins.
Circles of ripples rippled out, and exploration began, and the results soon came to fruition.
[Outdoor affairs: In the lower reaches of Lingxi River, there is a group of green-tailed fish that are in the spawning period. They are migrating towards the spawning ground. You can try to catch them]
[Quantity: one hundred and ninety to five hundred and thirty-nine]
[Combat strength: weak]
[Status: Migrating, expected to reach Xiaoyun Lake, the spawning place, in thirty-six days]
[Completion reward: 165 reputation, Evil God Thunder Talisman × 1]
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Green tail fish, this is a rare first-order fish, famous for its silvery white and tender meat and delicious taste. It is a great tonic for monks.
They rarely go together and only wait until the annual spawning period before they gather together and migrate to a spawning place.
This kind of spirit fish can only lay a few eggs. A female green-tailed spirit fish can only lay a few eggs.
The spawning places are also random every year and there is no fixed location, which makes them very difficult to catch.
If this group of green-tailed spirit fish can be successfully captured, in the short term, even if they do not breed them, they can earn a considerable amount of income by selling them all, adding nearly six hundred spirit stones to the sect.
There is no shortage of market for green tail fish, so don’t worry about not being able to sell it. Such high-quality ingredients are very popular in restaurants.
In the long run, this group of spiritual fish is in the spawning period. If they are uniformly cultured and seedlings are cultivated, the fish group will inevitably expand in size in the future.
If the breeding is good, it can become a new industry for the sect, which is a major aquatic product feature.
Regardless of whether it is short-term or long-term, if we get this group of spiritual fish, the sect's situation will improve a lot.
Catch or not, that's no big deal.
A group of green-tailed spirit fish don't have any cultivation skills. No matter how fast they are in the water, can they defeat a group of Qi-training monks?
Moreover, now I know the spawning ground very well. I can prepare early and wait for the rabbit at Xiaoyun Lake.
Lu Ping was not stupid and had no reason not to eat the fat meat delivered to his door.
"Compared to the previous tree hole foxes, this group of green-tailed spirit fish is much more valuable and has a lot more prestige. There is Yanyang Lake on Qinglian Mountain. You can try to breed it and open up a new industry for the sect.
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"As for the evil-proofing divine thunder talisman as a reward, it is a first-level high-grade talisman. The power it unleashes during battle is equivalent to a full blow from a ninth-level Qi practitioner. It also has an innate advantage in restraining demons and ghosts."
After checking the introduction information of the Evil God Thunder Talisman, Lu Ping made a note of this matter.
We have to send people to Xiaoyun Lake to catch fish as soon as possible.
Before cultivating the ability of foundation-building monks, it is particularly important to make money for the sect.
Continuing to look at the map, Lu Ping thought about whether to spend another five points of reputation to explore the affairs outside the door. After all, this function is very practical and the rewards after completion will be generous.
If you adopt a two-pronged approach and perform two external affairs at the same time, it will be faster to obtain reputation points and open source for the sect.
With this in mind, he looked around on the map and looked at Guangde County first.
Guangde County is adjacent to the Qingshan Sect. As the territory of the Qingshan Sect, it is also the only mortal town protected by the Qingshan Sect. Over the years, the Qingshan Sect has already known it well.
Its range is fully illuminated on the map, and you can check the city's appearance and geographical environment at will.
Starting from Qingshan Sect and extending thousands of miles from east to west, north and south, they are all in full brightness.
This is the limit selection range that the system map can display. Beyond this range, the edge areas will appear gray and unlit, making it impossible to find out.
At the same time, Lu Ping had no choice in exploring those areas.
The only way he can choose to investigate matters outside the door is within the fully lit map area.
In the past, when the Qingshan Sect was at its peak, with him, the ancestor of Jindan, in charge, the Qingshan Sect's sphere of influence was more than ten thousand miles away.
The entire Lushan County is within the sphere of influence of the Qingshan Sect. Even the realm of immortal cultivation in Chu State has the jurisdiction of the Qingshan Sect.
But now, the Qingshan Sect's sphere of influence has shrunk tremendously, and the only territory it can control is the tens of thousands of miles surrounding the Qingshan Sect.
Looking at the limited scope of the map, Lu Ping couldn't help but sigh. In the thirty years since he was absent, the Qingshan Sect has declined greatly.
But no matter how small the sphere of influence is reduced, at least there is still an area for exploration.
Within a radius of ten thousand miles, we can always detect it a hundred and eighty times.
If you want to gain a larger scope of exploration, just develop your sect and expand your territory in the future.
After hesitating which area to choose and explore again, Lu Ping soon discovered that on the map, an eye-catching little red dot appeared at some point to the west of Qingshan Sect.
The little red dot flashes like a breathing light at night, which is very eye-catching on the map.
Next to the little red dot, the geographical name is marked.
"Zangming Mountain." This chapter has been completed!