When the genius was bright, Lu Zhong was awakened by the noise outside.
The bluestone road that was originally sparsely populated is now full of footsteps, large and small.
Through the gaps between the wooden boards, one could clearly see that many casual cultivators in simple clothes were passing by carrying baskets on their backs or pushing wheelbarrows loaded with goods, all heading towards the only street in Qingliu Ruins.
There, their goods will be easier to sell.
"It's so early to catch this episode!" Lu Zhong sighed.
No longer sleepy, he rubbed his eyes, got up, put on the wrinkled linen robe, walked to the kitchen in a few steps, and opened the lid of the water tank.
Looking at the unfamiliar face reflected in the water, Lu Zhong couldn't recognize it for a moment. After looking carefully for a while, he found that he looked handsome. Then he scooped up a ladle of water with a smile and cleaned himself up.
While washing himself with the freshly picked green willow branches, he was still recalling the information about the opening of the market.
Qingliu Market is open every Wednesday and August.
At this time, families of casual cultivators and small cultivators within a hundred miles radius, as well as many large and small chambers of commerce, would gather here, bringing various raw materials or various finished elixirs and instruments for trade.
In addition, the market will also hold a small auction.
It is said that every time at this time, there will be auctions of fine magic weapons, the kind that can catch fire on the sword.
But this auction was not something Lu Zhong could go to. After all, he was so poor that he couldn't even afford the admission fee.
Putting the cleaning charm wrapped in oil paper into the pocket of his underwear, Lu Zhong opened the door full of curiosity.
He didn't forget to turn around and lock the door with the copper lock before he walked towards the street in front.
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The market is not all filled with stalls selling spiritual materials.
At the end of the street, there are people selling chickens, ducks, and geese, and there are also stalls selling all kinds of needles, threads, and threads.
Continuing forward, there are various stalls selling snacks and snacks, as well as drama troupes singing operas, and even some wandering orioles will appear in hidden places in the corners of the alleys, revealing their half-covered and charming bodies to attract customers.
As for those stores with strong strength, Zhike will lower his proud head in the past and rarely stand outside the door to solicit customers.
At this time, Qingliu Market is the most lively.
Along the way, Lu Zhong was surprised by the number of monks in Qingliu Ruins.
He saw nearly a thousand people alone, far exceeding his previous expectations.
"Maybe it's because the nearby spiritual energy is quite abundant, so there are a lot of monks living together." In Lu Zhongyuan's memory, monks usually only appear in places with spiritual energy, and they are rarely seen in places with poor spiritual energy.
Trees must have roots to grow, and monks must have spiritual roots to absorb spiritual energy for practice.
People with spiritual roots are very rare among mortals, and can be said to be one in ten thousand.
Behind nearly a thousand monks, there are tens of millions of mortals who are unable to practice.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong couldn't help but feel a little lucky.
Recalling his purpose of selling cleaning charms, without knowing the market price, he decided to first ask about the prices of cleaning charms at other stalls.
"How much does this charm cost?"
"Three talismans are for one piece, and there is a discount for buying by the dozen." The stall owner glanced at Lu Zhong and replied calmly.
Lu Zhong found an excuse, laughed, and then found another stall to ask for the price.
"How much does this cleaning charm cost?"
"Five talisman coins!" The person setting up the stall was a luxurious woman, who was rarely seen wearing a low-level robe. Seeing Lu Zhongguang asking if he wanted to buy it, she seemed to be frightened by the price, so she couldn't help but said sarcastically: "You
What kind of expression is this? If you can’t afford it, go ahead. This is the secret talisman passed down from the Qingyang Sect, and it uses high-quality talisman ink. It’s not comparable to those junk talismans!"
The monk selling talismans next to him suddenly became unhappy. He squinted his eyes and said with a strange look, "Isn't the secret talisman of Qingyang Sect still a cleansing talisman? Why, can it also increase your cultivation level?"
"You!" The noble lady had never been so angry and immediately started to argue with the man with her eyes wide open.
The two exchanged words with each other, and the two got angry because of their argument. In the end, they even stopped doing business and started to quarrel.
The initiator, Lu Zhong, fled early.
Then he asked several stalls about the prices of cleaning charms, and then walked to a willow tree that had just sprouted to make a summary.
Holding his chin, Lu Zhong muttered to himself: "Except for the so-called secret talisman, it seems that the market price of the cleaning talisman is only three talismans."
Talisman money is a currency unit other than spirit stones. The exchange ratio between the two is usually one to one hundred.
The so-called talisman money is actually a first-level blank talisman paper.
Most of the casual cultivators are poor, their transactions with each other are not high, and they do not have the use of spiritual stones as currency units.
And because first-level blank rune paper is easy to preserve, its value is relatively stable.
Therefore, gradually began to use talisman money to conduct transactions.
Three cleaning charms can only be sold for nine charms.
At first glance, after excluding the cost of blank talisman paper, the profit from making cleaning talismans is fully doubled!
But in fact, this does not take into account the spiritual power required to make the talisman.
Making talismans requires spiritual power, and spiritual power must be transformed by absorbing spiritual energy.
As for the spiritual energy, you have to rent a house in the market to have enough spiritual energy to absorb, but the concentration of spiritual energy in the wilderness can only be said to be poor and cannot be used to make talismans.
In the Qi refining period, when a monk has a body full of leaks, he has to work hard just to maintain his cultivation level, and there is no extra spiritual power for making talismans.
Nowadays, Lu Zhong is only at the first level of Qi Refining, and the total amount of spiritual power he can recover is very small. He can only draw the talisman fifteen or six times at full count.
With his current extremely low success rate in making talismans, making a living by making talismans is still not feasible.
"What should I do?"
Lu Zhong planned to continue on the path of a Talisman Maker. After all, this path of making a living was relatively easy to get started, and the future growth ceiling was also very impressive. Plus, he had the help of the gray fog space, so there was no reason to give up.
But the current situation is that in order to pay this month's rent and obtain the money to continue making talismans, he must find other ways to make money.
"Oh, it's useless to think too much. It's better to sell the talisman first."
It was almost three o'clock in the morning, and the flow of people on the street was gradually sparse. If Lu Zhong didn't take advantage of the crowds to sell the talisman, he would have to be looked down upon by the shopkeeper who bought the shop, and the price would be severely reduced before he could sell the talisman.
Sold.
Someone just finished selling things and was closing the stall. Lu Zhong saw that the location was pretty good, so he quickly ran over and occupied it with his feet.
Under the surprised gazes of the stall owners on both sides, he shamelessly took out the sheet that served as a temporary spread from his arms. After the spread was spread evenly, he carefully took out the warm oil paper bag from his arms.
Peel off the oil paper layer by layer, peeling off six layers of oil paper, only to reveal the three cleaning charms inside.
Unexpectedly, Lu Zhong still looked cautious and nervous, as if he was afraid of breaking the talisman.
His move made the little girl selling talisman at the stall next to him chuckle and let out bursts of laughter like silver bells. This was the first time she had seen such a shameless person.
Holding three cleaning charms, he actually dared to come out and set up a stall.
People nearby also laughed, but more of them were teasing.
Lu Zhong didn't care about the laughter of everyone. He had nothing to be embarrassed about in order to survive, so he sat down and waited for customers to come.