In the alley, Lu Zhong was looking back at the end of the scene, his brows already furrowed.
"There is indeed something wrong with this guy!"
If he encountered this kind of thing in the wilderness, he would immediately turn around and eliminate the trouble. Unfortunately, he was now in the city of Yongling, where monks were prohibited from fighting privately, let alone killing people openly.
Although I think the person I killed was a demon cultivator, what should I do if I actually kill someone but I can’t find any evidence to prove that the person is a demon cultivator?
By then, I am afraid that I will be caught by Yongling City and my cultivation will be ruined.
After thinking about it, Lu Zhong felt that it was better to be cautious and suppress the murderous intention in his heart for the time being. He suddenly thought of a good way, and he might get a lot of benefits from it.
"Yes, let's go find Lan Yuming!"
Lan Yuming is the captain of the law enforcement team and has the law enforcement power of Yongling City.
Reminiscing that the demonic cultivator claimed six lives in the city not long ago, the law enforcement team must be interested in capturing a demonic cultivator alive.
Recalling the map of Yingling City, Lu Zhong quickly determined the location of Miaoyinfang.
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Miaoyinfang, a three-story brick attic.
In the living room, Lan Yuming sat on a chair, looking at the five men kneeling in front of him with an angry look on his face.
"Trash, a bunch of trash! What do you five do for a living? The demon cultivators committed seven murders in succession in the south of the city, and now they actually say that no traces can be found. Then if Senior Dong asks me tomorrow, how will I handle it?"
The five law enforcement team members below were silent, not one or two of them dared to say a word.
"Snapped!"
Lan Yuming crushed the teacup in his hand, pointed at the five people and issued an ultimatum: "I'll give you one more day. If you still can't find any clues, then get away as far away as possible. The law enforcement team won't support you."
Such waste!"
"I understand the humble position!"
The expressions of the five people at this moment were as if their parents had died. It was not that they didn't bother to investigate, but the demon cultivator hid it too well. Even if they tried all they could, they could not find a clue in the end.
After the five people left, the maid who had been waiting outside the hall for a long time came in.
Judging from her cautious expression, it was obvious that she was afraid that her master would be angry.
"Old...Master, someone outside handed me a greeting card."
Lan Yuming took the invitation and saw the word "Lü Zhong" in the visitor column. He didn't remember who it was for a while. After a while, he finally remembered that it was a talisman maker he had met in Yinbaozhai.
division.
Normally, he would definitely have an interview, but now he is so upset that he has no thought of making friends.
Lan Yuming immediately waved his hand and said: "Tell him, no... forget it, just bring him in."
After a while, Lu Zhong saw Lan Yuming.
Looking past the fragments of the teacup on the ground, looking at Lan Yuming's still angry expression, and the five law enforcement team members who just lowered their heads and went out, it was not difficult for Lu Zhong to guess what happened here just now.
"Fellow Daoist Lan, I have something to report to you."
"Say." Lan Yuming's eyes were blank at the moment, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Demon cultivator, I found traces of a demon cultivator."
"What!" Lan Yuming stood up in shock, not caring about maintaining his manners, walked quickly to Lu Zhong, and asked urgently: "Where is the demon cultivator? What evidence is there?"
Lu Zhong told the location of the red-haired female cultivator. As for any evidence to prove it, he naturally would not expose the gray fog space foolishly and told the reasons he had thought up on the way.
He only said that he used the qi-gazing technique to see the demonic energy that accidentally leaked from the demon cultivator.
"This..." Lan Yuming took a deep look at Lu Zhong and suddenly calmed down.
There are also many members of the law enforcement team who are good at qi-gazing. However, after being ordered to track down for so long, they have not been able to catch a demon cultivator using qi-gazing. Now Lu Zhong said that he found it using qi-gazing. It is really difficult.
Make him believe it.
Just looking at Lu Zhong's expression, it didn't look like he was faking it.
"Could it be that he used other means to discover that the qi-gazing technique was just an excuse?" Lan Yuming suddenly thought of a possibility.
This is the only explanation.
Like a drowning man finding a straw, Lan Yuming immediately activated a blue jade medal around his waist. This is a special magic weapon only available to the law enforcement team. After activation, he can summon his five subordinates.
After everyone gathered together, Lan Yuming waved his hand and rushed towards Changlefang.
Lu Zhong followed.
The arrest process went smoothly. The red-haired female cultivator was only at the fourth level of Qi refining. In front of the entire law enforcement team led by Lan Yuming, she had no power to fight back, even if she no longer pretended to use magic skills.
, it only supported three or two more moves.
"Click!" The forbidden spirit lock that can imprison a cultivator is locked, and the demonic cultivator has no chance to turn over.
Seeing that the demon cultivator was subdued, Lu Zhong also breathed a sigh of relief.
Lan Yuming's face was so excited at this moment that he almost couldn't help laughing.
The above requirement was just to find clues to the demon cultivator, but now he directly caught a demon cultivator, which can be said to be an overfulfillment of the task. If he follows the clues from this demon cultivator and traces them all the way, he might be able to find more lurking people.
The demon cultivator in Yongling City.
It can be expected that this is definitely a great achievement!
And this is all thanks to Lu Zhong.
"Thank you so much, Fellow Daoist Lu, I will definitely give you a generous reward the next day!"
When Lu Zhong heard this, he didn't take it to heart.
After all, people are subject to change, and no one can keep their true intentions in the face of huge interests. If they can, it will only mean that the interests are not big enough.
After bidding farewell to Lan Yuming, he walked towards the house he just rented.
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This is a small independent courtyard built on the riverside.
The area of this small courtyard is not large, not even half an acre. It is surrounded by a fence made of thornwood. There are one large, two small and three green brick houses. It looks like it was just built not long ago.
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After seeing the prosperity elsewhere in the city, Lu Zhong originally thought that the place he wanted to live would also be a place with serious neon light pollution, but he did not expect that it would be such a simple courtyard.
"It's okay, the training environment should be quieter after all."
Lu Zhong has also thought about their allocation of uses.
The bedroom and quiet room are placed in the largest tile-roofed room, and the remaining two smaller tiled-roofed rooms have other uses, serving as a talisman-making room for making talismans and a kitchen for cooking.
Before cleaning the house, Lu Zhong had one more thing to do, which was to set up the white cloud formation first.
On the way here, he saw a lot of houses with auras of magic shields circulating outside them. The number was more than one and a half times more than that in Yanlingshanfang City, which showed that there were quite a lot of wealthy monks in Yongling City.
After some calculations and formation, and then cleaning, it was dark in the blink of an eye.
Standing in the clean and new courtyard, looking at the white cloud array shield with the spiritual light flowing, Lu Zhong showed a reassuring smile on his face.
I can finally have a good sleep tonight!
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Early the next morning, Lu Zhong came to the small market in the square.
There are all kinds of bedding and furniture here. Not only is the workmanship much better, but the prices are much lower than those in Yanlingshanfang City. It didn't take much effort to buy them all.
Thinking that Pei Yuan Dan could no longer satisfy his cultivation, he walked into a store selling elixirs and prepared to try his luck to see if there were suitable elixirs to buy, otherwise he would have to make a trip to the central area.
"Shopkeeper, are there any elixirs suitable for the middle stage of Qi refining?" Lu Zhong asked.
When the shopkeeper behind the counter saw a customer coming, he immediately put down the heavy account book in his hand and replied enthusiastically: "Yes, Pei Yuan Dan, Yu Ning Dan, Qing Ling Dan, these three are very suitable for Taoist friends' current cultivation level.
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"Can the shopkeeper please introduce Yu Ning Dan and Qing Ling Dan?"
"Come on, let's talk here." The shopkeeper walked out from behind the counter and gestured to the tea seat nearby.
After Lu Zhong sat down, he lit the charcoal stove on the table, added a spoonful of mountain spring water to the copper pot, and then slowly said: "The specific situation of these two elixirs is as follows..."
Qingling Pill is a very popular elixir in the city, its sales volume is second only to Peiyuan Pill, which has the highest sales volume.
In terms of increasing one's cultivation, the Qingling Pill is significantly more effective than the Peiyuan Pill, but it is accompanied by serious side effects, which can cause a large amount of erysipelas to accumulate in the body. It requires a long period of hard work and refining mana to eliminate hidden dangers.
Jade Ning Dan is an unpopular elixir, one of the rare elixirs that is refined using water refining.
Compared with the fire-refining method, the elixir refined by the water-refining method contains fewer impurities and has extremely high potency.
In terms of the effect of increasing cultivation, Yu Ning Dan ranks above Qing Ling Dan and Pei Yuan Dan.
The only drawback is that the price is not that high.
Each Jade Condensation Pill costs up to twenty spirit stones, which is twice as much as the Peiyuan Pill!
As for the reason, it is because the water refining method is too time-consuming and the cost is much higher than the fire refining method.
"This is the specific situation. Is there anything else you would like to ask, fellow Taoist?" the shopkeeper said as he poured the boiling hot water into the teapot, and a pot of tea was simply brewed.
"Gu dong dong..." Hot tea was poured into the cup, and a fragrance began to spread in the shop.
On the other side, Lu Zhong decided to buy Jade Condensation Pill and practice it after some consideration.
This elixir was a bit expensive, but he could still afford it.
If you choose a clear elixir, you also have to worry about the accumulation of erysipelas.
For the Four Spiritual Roots monks, their cultivation speed is slow. If the cultivation speed is further reduced due to the accumulation of erysipelas in the body, it will definitely be a disaster.
“If I buy one bottle at a time, are there any discounts?”
Lu Zhong habitually started to talk about the price.
Spiritual stones are hard to come by, so save a little.
After some haggling, he finally bought a bottle of Jade Liquid Pill for the price of ninety-five spiritual stones.
Passing by a bookstore on the way, Lu Zhong bought more than ten books, including local chronicles of local customs, illustrated books on monsters and elixirs, and even three biographies.
Buying these leisure books is not to relieve boredom, but to supplement knowledge.
Just like a monster illustration, it not only contains information about various monsters, such as their talents and weaknesses, but also lists their most valuable parts to avoid missing precious materials.
The same is true for elixir illustrations.
By the way, Lu Zhong also asked about the price of the talismans on the stall.
The results are not optimistic.
In a big city like Yingling City, it is obvious that there are many Talisman Makers gathering there. As the number of people increases, the competition will naturally become fiercer. The profits from making Talisman are still pretty good, but in Yingling City, where the cost of living is high, the income of most people is not as high.
Just enough to maintain a decent life.
As for cultivation, I'm afraid I still have to work hard to save money so that I can buy a Qingling Pill from time to time.
After some inquiring, Lu Zhong also got some good news.
That is, there are no Qingyang amulets for sale in Yingling City.
No matter what the reason is, it is good news for him.
Scarcity often means high profits.
When no one sells the Qingyang amulet in the city, the Qingyang amulet mastered by Lu Zhong becomes an orphan. Relying on the selling point of its stronger protective power than ordinary jade amulets, he can definitely make a fortune with it.
A windfall.
If you slowly accumulate it, it will be possible to raise the funds needed to open a store.
"No, no, no, maybe I can take the opportunity to sell the talisman-making books?" Lu Zhong suddenly had a bold idea in his mind. Compared with the profits earned from hard work making talismans, he would obviously earn more by selling the talisman-making books.
Given the size of Yongling City, even if one book is sold for two hundred spirit stones, it is estimated that thirty or fifty copies can be sold.
If he can really succeed, then he might be able to earn a lot of spiritual stones.
Thinking of this possibility, Lu Zhong's breathing suddenly became rapid.
Just do it!
If you want to sell a large number of talisman-making books, handwriting alone cannot meet the requirements.
So after asking for directions, he quickly found a printing shop that was on the verge of closing down, and spent twenty spiritual stones to buy a set of simple printing tools, plus a batch of blank paper and ink in stock.
In this way, the conditions for printing talisman books are already met.
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Returning to the small courtyard by the river with the tools and materials, Lu Zhong was not in a hurry to adjust the printing tools. Instead, he took out the Qingyang Amulet Secret Talisman Making Book purchased from the survivors of Qingyang, and prepared to modify the contents of the book.
, then add some of your own understanding to polish it, and compile your own talisman-making book.
This is very important. Selling pirated books is disgraceful in the world of cultivation.
Although this kind of behavior is very common, and many people even do one thing on the surface and another on the other, it does not prevent some people from standing on the moral high ground and using this as an excuse to exploit and exploit book sellers.
Compared with the original version, he directly gave the formula of the Sunstone Talisman.
It's not that Lu Zhong doesn't want to make more money through this, but because the most basic requirement for making a talisman book is to follow the method given in this book and meet the requirements for making talismans, and there is a chance to draw the corresponding talisman.
Once something goes wrong, compensation will be made.
At that time, the more talisman-making books sold, the greater the amount of compensation will be.
After working hard all night, Lu Zhong quickly compiled his own talisman-making book.
Since the Qingyang Amulet Secret Talisman has not been optimized or changed, the name of the Talisman Making Book is still "The Qingyang Amulet Secret Talisman Making Book", but the author has changed it.
Lu Zhong had no intention of becoming famous, so he did not want to leave his name on it.
After all, he is just a small Qi-refining monk. The more famous he is, the more trouble he will have. Maybe one day he is unlucky and may be killed by a foundation-building monk who dislikes him.
"Well, let's just call him layman Qinghe."
Such a talisman making book is considered to have been compiled.