Hongfu and Li Hejun did not disappoint Lu Zhong and successfully printed the five-volume talisman-making book without any low-level errors such as missing pages or wrong pages.
"Very good!" Lu Zhong never hesitates to express his praise.
At the same time, the rewards you deserve will not be missed.
When the two of them saw the sumptuous dinner on the table, they both had incredible expressions on their faces.
One pound of spiritual stone and one kilogram of green sprout spiritual rice. The resulting spiritual rice is first-class in terms of color, flavor, and flavor, not to mention the plate of clay-shell pork stewed with spiritual cabbage.
The aroma is rich and tangy, and the meat is crispy but not rotten.
Let alone eating it, you can finish a bucket of rice just by smelling it.
Li Hejun seemed to have received a good education, so he could still maintain a little bit of the restraint of his daughter's family, but Hongfu couldn't control himself at all, and his saliva was already flowing loudly, almost forming a small puddle on the ground.
Lu Zhong swept his sleeves and divided the food that belonged to the two of them.
"This is the reward for completing the task. Let's each take a bowl and go."
"Thank...thank you, master!" Hong Fu shouted happily.
Li Hejun next to him hesitated for a while and then thanked him in the same way.
They say suffering makes people mature prematurely, and she is no exception.
When I said thank you, a flattering look appeared on my face involuntarily.
Lu Zhong only saw this in his eyes, without any fluctuation in his heart.
He is just a tool, so how can he feel compassion?
After the two of them finished eating, Lu Zhong threw out another sweet date and said with a smile: "If you behave well in the future, I can give you a chance to practice!"
What he said was mainly to Hong Fu.
As for Li Hejun, she is not a person with spiritual roots. Even if she is given the breathing method, she cannot complete the step of introducing Qi into her body, let alone officially embark on the path to immortality.
Hearing this, Li Hejun had the biggest reaction.
She naturally understands the meaning of the word "cultivation", because it represents the power of revenge for her father!
Hong Fu next to him looked confused and subconsciously looked at the rice bowl in his hand, then a bright smile appeared on his face.
"Practice... means you can eat delicious food!"
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Late at night.
Lu Zhong sat cross-legged in the quiet room, looking thoughtful.
Once the talisman-making books are put on sale, you must try your best to sell the maximum amount in a short period of time.
Otherwise, when the forces in the city find out his details and start selling pirated talisman-making books, his sales will be severely affected by the sophisticated channels and huge strength of these forces.
It is even possible that sales will be cut off.
After all, Lu Zhong is a loner, and his cultivation level is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining. He can keep the profits from the Talisman Making Book, but he has no ability to fight against piracy.
"Go to the central area tomorrow. That's the best place to sell talisman books."
After thinking about it, he took out a jade condensation pill and drank it.
While refining the elixir, Lu Zhong couldn't help but look worried.
The sixth level of Qi refining period to the seventh level of Qi refining period is not only the change from the middle to the late stage of Qi refining, but also means the beginning of foundation building. Therefore, the cultivation level that needs to be improved at this level is also the spirit that needs to be refined.
The amount of power far exceeds that of other previous small realms, and can be said to have increased exponentially.
Due to the sharp increase in the difficulty of cultivation, this period is called the "bottleneck period".
For those monks with abundant cultivation resources, the bottleneck period can be overcome by spending time, but for most casual cultivators and some family monks, it has become an insurmountable chasm.
When the difficulty of cultivation was low before, they could also rely on absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to practice hard, plus the accumulated spiritual stones, and buy a pill from time to time to increase the speed of cultivation.
But once you enter the bottleneck period, the situation will be completely different.
They may be able to maintain their Taoist heart at first, but if they delay it for a long time, their Taoist heart will be worn away due to many factors, and on the contrary, there will be a strange phenomenon of retreating instead of advancing in strength.
On the one hand, it is the limitation of lifespan. The maximum lifespan of a monk in the Qi refining period is two years. Before the age of sixty, the body is at its peak. After that, the physical fitness will begin to decline. This is reflected in the slowdown in the improvement of cultivation, and accompanied by
the decline of strength;
On the other hand, there is interference from external forces, and the state of being unable to break through will inevitably frustrate people's will. Unless they are monks with a rock-firm heart toward the Tao, how many people can resist temptations such as sensuality, dogs, and horses.
This is also the reason why casual cultivation is more common in the early and middle stages of Qi refining, but less common in the later stages of Qi refining.
Lu Zhong was naturally worried about this.
After all, he is also a human being, and he cannot remain indifferent to external temptations.
The best way to break the situation is to rely on stacking resources to quickly overcome the bottleneck.
And this requires a lot of spiritual stones!
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As soon as the sky turned white, Lu Zhong had already gone out.
It is necessary to go out so early. The central area is the commercial center of Yingling City and even the entire Yingling area. When you think of the monks who want to set up stalls in the stall area, you don't have to know how many people there are.
I went there late, so I was afraid I would have to find a corner to set up a stall.
This was inconsistent with his plan to sell spell-making books quickly and in large quantities.
We took the beast cart to the stall area, where there were already many monks queuing up at the management office.
Seeing this, Lu Zhong stepped up his steps.
A spiritual stone was handed over in exchange for a voucher for setting up a stall.
With many years of experience in setting up stalls, he was very lucky to get a good position.
This place is located not far from the entrance of the stall area. Although it is not the closest to the entrance, as long as a sign is put up, it will definitely attract the monks who come in.
With a few strokes of "swish", a sign was written.
Next, you just need to wait for the guests to come to your door.
Soon, the first customer came to the door, a charm maker who had just come in to set up the stall.
After hearing the introduction of the Qingyang Protective Talisman, this person seemed very excited. However, when he heard that the price of each talisman-making book was as high as 200 spirit stones, he immediately shook his head.
Obviously, she thought it was expensive.
Lu Zhong didn't talk nonsense to this person. The other person was not his target customer.
One after another, the talisman makers in the stall area came up to ask about the price of the talisman-making books.
There were quite a few inquiries, more than 30 of them.
These are all the talisman makers who set up stalls here today. From this, we can also get a glimpse of the prosperity of Yongling City. Relatively speaking, Yanlingshanfang City is far behind, even if it coincides with a grand ceremony like the Lantern Festival.
, and there are at most twelve or three Talisman Makers at the stall.
But there was no point in buying it if there were so many people, and not a single copy was sold in a long time.
Regarding this, Lu Zhong remained calm.
Soon the sky was filled with red clouds, and monks in cassocks began to walk into the place. Many of them came to hang out, usually with the purpose of picking up leaks, while some wanted to spend money on the low prices of the goods in the stall area.
Fewer spiritual stones can buy what you like.
At this moment, Lu Zhong successfully sold his first talisman-making book.
As if it was a good sign, the second volume...and the third volume were also sold out quickly.
The fourth volume was successfully sold not long after, and the seller was the young man in purple from yesterday.
After getting the talisman-making book, the young man in purple had a resentful expression on his face.
"Fellow Taoist, you are too ungrateful. You promised to invite me early tomorrow, but I waited from midnight to dawn in Nancheng City and still didn't see fellow Taoist coming out. If a friend hadn't told me, I'm afraid today
It’s a waste of time.”
Hearing this, Lu Zhong couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
I just said it politely, but I didn't expect that this person actually took it seriously.
There was no trace of guilt in his heart. He looked calm and was about to speak, but his eyes suddenly moved behind the young man in purple, where three disciples wearing Heling Sect uniforms were walking quickly.
The leader is a graceful young man who wears a sapphire crown and looks as plump as jade. Compared with the other monks around him, his aura is solid and steady, without any frivolity.
His eyes fell on the Qingyang Talisman in the stall, and then he looked at the only talisman-making book next to it. Finally, he looked at Lu Zhong, and then he handed over his hand and said:
"I am Liu Qingxun, a deacon disciple of the outer sect of Heling Sect. I wonder what I should call this fellow Taoist?"
"Lv Zhong." Lu Zhong was secretly shocked and said calmly.
It can be said that he did not expect the appearance of the three people.
strangeness.
They are just selling talisman-making books. Although it is a rare secret talisman, it should not attract sect disciples. After all, with the sect’s ability, it is not difficult to obtain the secret talisman of Qingyang Protection.
.
"It turns out it's Fellow Daoist Lu!" Liu Qingxun heard what he said and saw many people gathered around to watch the excitement, so he suggested, "I don't know, Fellow Daoist Lu, can we move over to talk now?"
"No problem." Lu Zhong nodded.
Heling Sect's reputation is not bad, and its disciples are not likely to have the audacity to defraud people to make money in public, so there is no danger in following the other party.
After closing the stall, he and the other party soon came to a private room in a teahouse.
As soon as he sat down, Liu Qingxun explained his intention.
But he wanted to buy out the copyright of the talisman-making book directly with five thousand spirit stones.
"This..." Lu Zhong looked calm, but thoughts were swirling in his heart.
Five thousand spiritual stones, honestly speaking, is not a small amount.
His initial estimate of sales of thirty or fifty copies was actually the most optimistic estimate. In fact, due to rampant piracy and the inability to maintain copyright, he would be satisfied if he could only sell twenty copies.
But now, the other party directly made a price that he couldn't refuse.
There is no way pie will fall from the sky, Lu Zhong always believes in this.
He secretly used the Detect Malicious Technique.
No reaction at all!
"Pfft!"
Behind Liu Qingxun, a female cultivator with a bun face couldn't help laughing. The male cultivator with a horse face next to her also had an expression that couldn't help laughing.
Seeing the expressions on the two of them, Lu Zhong thought that he had been careless.
Since the two of them were disciples of the sect, even if they didn't see the seal, it would not be difficult to find out through the change of breath that he was casting a spell, but he ignored this blind spot.
Whatever.
Every time you take a step, you gain wisdom. Remember this lesson.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, you are worrying too much," Liu Qingxun said in a gentle tone.
"Since Fellow Taoist is worried, let's tell the truth. In exchange for buying out the Secret Talisman of Qingyang, Fellow Taoist Lu must go to our Talisman Hall and teach others how to make the Talisman."
It turns out that this condition was attached.
Lu Zhong thought about it and felt that there was no problem, so he nodded and agreed.
When money and goods are met, a deal is concluded.
According to the agreed terms, he needs to go to the Talisman Hall of the outer gate of Heling Sect tomorrow to complete the teaching of the secret talisman of Qingyang.
The Heling Sect was obviously anxious about this move, and Lu Zhong couldn't help but connect it to a possible war.
But that's not what he is most concerned about right now.
"Deacon Liu, I have one more thing I would like to ask you."
"Oh? But it doesn't matter..." Liu Qingxun was surprisingly approachable. On the contrary, the two people following him looked a little unhappy, but he stopped them.
What Lu Zhong wanted to ask was, of course, how to join the Heling Sect.
Although there is a lot of news circulating about this matter, most of it is in the clouds. It is unknown how many hearsays are mixed into it, and it is not as accurate as the personal answers from the disciples of Heling Sect.
"So it's this..." Liu Qingxun looked at the female cultivator behind him and said with a smile: "Junior sister Linghan, I remember you should have a relevant booklet, so give one to this Fellow Daoist Lu."
Seeing this, the female cultivator known as Ling Han took out a small booklet.
Liu Qingxun took it and handed it to Lu Zhong, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Fellow Taoist, please read the contents carefully. As long as the casual cultivator meets the conditions, you can also be qualified to join our Heling Sect. Since Lu Taoist friend has this ambition,
, I am here to wish you early success!"
"Thank you!" Lu Zhong also smiled.
After the three of them left, he wasted no time in bringing tea and started reading the booklet in the private room.
Just as Liu Qingxun said just now, this booklet lists many conditions for joining the Heling Sect.
For example, if a casual cultivator has the qualification of two spiritual roots, or if a family monk has the qualification of three spiritual roots, he can directly join the Heling Sect and become an outer disciple of the Heling Sect.
“I didn’t expect that there would be differences in qualification requirements for different backgrounds.”
Seeing this, Lu Zhong could understand Helingzong's intention.
The reason why family monks with three spiritual roots can join is probably because they have the support of the family behind them. Whether it is starting out or subsequent practice, they can get a certain amount of support from the family.
At the same time, these families often come from the reproduction of sect monks, and there is always a sense of incense and love.
Therefore, even if a family monk has three spiritual roots, he still has a chance to join the Heling Sect.
But casual cultivators are different. If they only have the qualifications of three spiritual roots, there is no problem in joining the Qingyang Sect, which is the highest but only foundation building sect. However, it is a bit unsatisfactory to join the Heling Sect.
Just having the qualifications of Three Spiritual Roots is not worthy of being trained in the sect.
Unless it is revealed that he has foundation building qualifications.
If you can meet the requirements of cultivating to the late stage of Qi refining before the age of sixty, you will be eligible to join the Heling Sect regardless of your spiritual root qualifications.
There is no doubt that this is the path Lu Zhong will take in the future.
If he wants to solve the hidden dangers of the Four Spiritual Skills, make up for his deficient cultivation foundation, and go further on the more difficult path to immortality in the future, joining the sect is the best way besides becoming a master.
After reading these conditions carefully, he turned to the specific details.
The entry requirements are well known.
The most valuable information in this booklet lies in the specific operational details of getting started.
The reason why qualifications are called qualifications is because they still have to pass screening.
With the hard condition of reaching the late stage of Qi refining before the age of sixty, Heling Sect has specially set up entry rankings for this purpose. The final entry level can be determined by combining the combat power ranking of the competition with the bonus points of various bonus items.
Ranking.
The top one hundred are the monks who can join the Heling Sect every year.
What Lu Zhong has to do is to try to satisfy as many bonus points as possible while improving his own combat power.
Only in this way can the purpose of joining Heling Sect be achieved.