After hiding in the wilderness for several days, the war in Qingliuxu finally subsided.
The originally arrogant Demonic Cultivator was immediately defeated after the Qingyang Gate Foundation Establishment Elder arrived, and had to leave behind a large number of corpses and flee hastily.
When Lu Zhong returned to Qingliu Ruins again, he found that the place was almost in ruins.
Especially in the street area where the fighting was the fiercest, there was almost no complete building visible. There were ruins and broken walls everywhere, and the remaining traces of spells were everywhere. It was no less tragic than being bombarded by heavy artillery.
When I walked to my hut, as expected, it collapsed into ruins.
After rummaging through the pile of wooden boards for a while, everything inside was still there, and there was an extra dry corpse.
Lu Zhong guessed that there must be someone who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune, but was unlucky enough to run into an evil cultivator.
It's just that he didn't make any money, and he didn't even save his own life.
After checking, he unexpectedly found two stacks of talisman paper from this person.
"Ha, now he has become a money-giving boy!" Lu Zhong couldn't help laughing.
Together with these two stacks of talismans, which amounted to almost a sword, this time he got almost seven spiritual stones in terms of property alone.
Among them, that little earth spirit ring is not included.
"I didn't expect that it would be so fast. Less than a year later, I would be assimilated into this world. Even when I saw a corpse, I no longer had any fear in my heart. I even thought about searching myself."
Lu Zhong sighed in his heart and stared blankly at the scorching sun in the sky.
After a while, he laughed again.
"Just be content with the situation, then just be content with the situation!"
Looking back on this incident, Lu Zhong found that he had made many mistakes.
First of all, he didn't check his condition before going out, so he didn't notice that the yin energy entered his body and turned into a ghostly appearance. Secondly, even though he knew that his condition was not right, he still ran to see it as stupidly as before.
It was so lively that the immediate danger was immediately forgotten.
I also went to find Li Dong. I don't know why I went crazy. I actually followed him stupidly after escaping from Qingliu Ruins. I didn't even think about the sinister people's hearts and whether they would plot against me.
To be able to survive till now, I can only say that I am lucky.
But a person's luck cannot always be good. If he is not more careful, he might be like the mummy next to him, and be killed by dangers that come out of nowhere.
"Alas, I am still too young after all!"
Lu Zhong sighed again and decided to be more cautious in doing things in the future.
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The war at Qingliuxu ended, and reconstruction was put on the agenda.
After Qingyangmen suffered heavy losses, it finally decided to upgrade Qingliuxu to Qingliufang City.
In fact, everyone at Qingyang Sect has already had this plan.
The location of Qingliu Ruins is very important. It is the only place that leads to Qingyang Gate from Yandangshanfang City in the north. It itself developed from a farm bit by bit by relying on passing caravans and casual cultivators.
More importantly, once Qingliuxu is upgraded to Chengfang City, protective formations can be deployed here.
The formation can protect Fangshi. Except for the specially reserved entrance, other places will be blocked by the formation. Outsiders cannot sneak in at all, avoiding the possibility of another invasion of demon cultivators.
With the extremely powerful defensive formation, Qingyang Sect only needs to guard the entrance to Fangshi, and it will be extremely difficult for demonic cultivators to invade.
After the direction was set, the construction of Qingliubo City began quickly.
Thanks to the upgrade and establishment of Qingliufang City, Lu Zhong finally got rid of that small shabby house and moved into a brand new small courtyard.
Compared with the small shabby house full of patches before, although the place where he lives now is not much bigger, it at least has a room and a living room, and he can even plan a small talisman-making room.
It was his desire for the talisman-making room that made him willing to spend four more spiritual stones to rent the small yard.
For Lu Zhong, who has mastered the Seven Mysteries Arrow Avoidance Talisman, this is not a big burden. The improvement of living conditions can make people feel better, and the success rate of custom-made talismans will increase as a result.
Moreover, the brick house will not leak easily, which is extremely important in the coming summer.
He clearly remembered that Qingliubo City had a lot of rain in the summer, and there were often torrential downpours.
In this way, it is extremely important to have a waterproof talisman making room.
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The second month after the second demon invasion ended.
It started to rain again in the afternoon that day. The raindrops were as dense as a bead curtain, and a puff of water vapor filled the hall.
Lu Zhong was sitting lazily on an armchair. There was a small charcoal stove on the coffee table that he had just purchased. There was a steaming copper pot on it, and the mountain spring water inside had been boiling for a long time.
When he thought that a distinguished guest was about to come, he no longer stared at the rain curtain in a daze, and took out a small oil paper bag from the gold pouch at his waist.
After opening the oil paper bag, six pieces of Qingbi tea leaves were placed inside.
"Six pieces, each piece costs ten talisman. This green green tea is really expensive!"
It's just that no matter how expensive the Ling tea is, he has to add it honestly, so as not to offend the distinguished guests by not serving them well.
Not long after, there was a sound of footsteps outside.
A monk wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat walked quickly into the hall.
As soon as Lu Zhong saw this person, he immediately greeted him with a smile, and said with cupped hands: "I'm really sorry for bothering Manager Lin. I asked you to take time out of your busy schedule to come here. This is the newly arrived Qingbi Lingcha, please try it.
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People who come in first take off their coir raincoats and hang their bamboo hats on the wooden frame.
Hearing Lu Zhong's words, the fat man in silk clothes patted the water droplets on his body, and a smile appeared on his fat and white face: "No, Master Lu Fu, don't be too humble. Now your Excellency's
The supply of Qixuan Arrow Avoidance Talisman in Qingliufang exceeds the demand, so it is our Xingwu Pavilion that should take the initiative to pay a visit."
The person carrying the sedan chair carried the person, and the two of them exchanged polite greetings for a while before sitting down separately.
Holding up the spiritual tea in front of him, Manager Lin took the initiative to mention the purpose of his trip and said with a smile: "Master Lu Fu has considered the conditions of Xingwu Pavilion. This is already a very generous condition. According to the previous agreement, Your Excellency
We at Xingwu Pavilion will purchase the talismans made by them at a premium of 10%, and we will never break our promise!"
Hearing this, Lu Zhong was certainly dissatisfied, but he said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty treats me so kindly. Naturally, Lu will not be ignorant and follow the previous conditions. From now on, I will rely on Manager Lin."
"Hahaha, this is easy to say!" Seeing that his goal was achieved, Manager Lin's fat face was already smiling.
After sending the person away, Lu Zhongcai sat on the armchair and sighed softly.
The establishment of Qingliubo City was like a new piece of fat, which immediately attracted a group of hungry wolves.
He didn't know about other businesses. In the business of making talismans alone, three big merchants came in at once.
They are the Qingyang Chamber of Commerce, which has a Qingyang Sect background, and the Li Chamber of Commerce, which comes from the nearby Jindan Xiuxian family. There is also the Xingwu Pavilion that just came to visit, and behind it stands the Tianyun Chamber of Commerce, which also has a great history.
The three chambers of commerce fought fiercely for the market, but it was Lu Zhong and other casual talisman makers who suffered.
In order to earn every spiritual stone, the Chamber of Commerce first signed an agreement with all the spiritual cultivators who cultivated talisman grass, and monopolized the output of all talisman grass at a high price, and then used this to threaten to cut off the supply of talisman paper to force the casual talisman makers.
yield.
Lu Zhong was targeted by Xingwu Pavilion and had to agree to the other party's conditions.