Chapter 73 072, Golden Elixir Secret Realm! The fairy is seductive!
Chapter 73 072, The secret realm of golden elixir! The fairy is seductive! [Please subscribe and vote monthly!]
Author: Li Guding
Chapter 73 072, The secret realm of golden elixir! The fairy is seductive! [Please subscribe and vote monthly!]
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Ni Kun held the tea cup in his hand, turned it gently, and muttered:
"Since the four major families did not prevent the spread of the news, I am afraid that they deliberately allowed the secret realm to spread. Privately, they might even have added fuel to the flames and actively spread the news... If the casual cultivators went to explore, the four major families would probably
I’ll just be happy to see it work out.”
Although Mei Jingshu has little experience in exploring secret realms, she has been able to practice to the ninth level of Qi Refining, so she is certainly not an idiot. After hearing this, she almost understood, frowned, and whispered:
"What Fellow Daoist Ni means... is that the four major families will use the casual cultivators to pave the way for them to go through danger?"
Ni Kun smiled and did not continue the topic. He just smiled and said:
"During this period, fellow Taoist Mei, you can practice more talismans. As for the price, you can also mention it appropriately. I believe that even if the price is increased by 10% to 20% or even 20% to 30%, the sales will be quite good."
Mei Jingshu's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly:
"Yes, this is indeed a good opportunity!"
Staring at Ni Kun with watery eyes, he said softly:
"Thank you, fellow Taoist, for reminding me. If I can make money this time, I will prepare a banquet at the 'Drunken Immortal Tower' and treat fellow Taoist Ni to a drink."
She has no interest in exploring the secret place at all.
But she was still very interested in using this opportunity to make a small fortune.
Wang Qiankun glanced at Mei Jingshu with some envy - although his skill in growing spiritual tea allowed him to not worry about financial resources and could also connect him with foundation construction, he could not use it like Mei Jingshu.
It's time to make a fortune.
If you want to make a fortune, you can only explore the secret place.
But the secret realm of Jindan...
Wang Qiankun shook his head and said to Mei Jingshu jokingly:
"How can Fellow Daoist Mei favor one over the other? He only said to invite Fellow Daoist Ni... But the news about the secret realm was revealed by someone like me, the King! Otherwise, because of your stay-at-home temperament, I'm afraid it would have spread all over the place.
You also know nothing and miss this opportunity to make a fortune."
Mei Jingshu then took her eyes away from Ni Kun and smiled brightly at Wang Qiankun:
"Fellow Daoist Wang was joking. Of course, there is also a seat for Daoist Wang at the banquet in Zuixianlou."
Wang Qiankun nodded with satisfaction and asked Ni Kun jokingly:
"As for the secret realm of the golden elixir, would Fellow Daoist Ni be interested in exploring it?"
Ni Kun smiled and shook his head:
"With my little cultivation, I'd better not join in the fun. What about you, fellow Daoist Wang?"
Wang Qiankun also shook his head:
"Although I have no hope of building a foundation in this life, as long as I am honest about my duties and live for another fifty or sixty years, it will still be no problem. I still want to spend the last thirty or forty years of my life in the secular world to have wives and concubines for my family.
My Wang family is blooming."
After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed together.
Mei Jingshu also understood why the two of them were laughing.
It is very likely that the four major families are adding fuel to the flames and deliberately spreading the news about the Golden Core Secret Realm.
But even so, even if they knew that the four major families planned to use the casual cultivators to explore the road, there would still be many casual cultivators in the Immortal Workshop willing to take risks to take a chance.
Because casual cultivation is really difficult.
Loose cultivators who have no roots and bottom, lack of resources, and want to break a piece of spiritual stone into two flowers, often have to take risks if they want to achieve success on the road.
Even if they know there are pitfalls, many casual cultivators are willing to risk their lives for an elusive opportunity.
Of course, such casual cultivators do not include the three people here.
The three people here are very stable.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this stability that the three of them can really chat together - in this Jiulian Immortal Square, there are many monks who have lived next to each other for many years, but can barely even "nod acquaintance".
Like Ni Kun, Wang Qiankun, and Mei Jingshu, there are not many neighbors who get together often.
But having said that, as a casual cultivator, if you want to be stable, in addition to your character, you must also have capital.
Otherwise, no matter how stable your mind is, if you can't even pay the rent, why should you stay at home and devote yourself to spiritual practice all day long?
Go to the wild to open a cave?
Do not make jokes.
If the concentration of spiritual energy in the secular world where mortals live together is one, and the spiritual energy in the wilderness far away from the secular world is three, then the spiritual energy in the fairy house is five. The spiritual energy in the fairy house and the cave can be increased from low to high.
It went from seven or eight to more than ten.
As for Fumiao Mountain, the number one fairy mountain treasure land in the South China Sea, and Shan Lingxiu Peak, the spiritual energy concentration all starts at 20.
Therefore, if you practice in the secular world or in the wilderness, you will not have the chance to build a foundation until you grow old and die.
And in the deep mountains and wilderness, wherever there is a spiritual vein, or even a slightly abundant spiritual energy, which one is not occupied by people?
Even if it is not occupied by monks, it is still occupied by powerful monsters. Even if it is not occupied by monks or monsters yet, monks and monsters will be attracted to it sooner or later.
The reality is so cruel. If you don’t have the background, resources, or skills to make a living, and no matter how stable your mind is and don’t like taking risks, reality will force you to keep running around and take risks.
Among the three people here, Wang Qiankun has the skills to grow spiritual tea, which is enough to ensure that he can live in an ordinary small courtyard with three hundred spiritual stones a year and live peacefully.
Needless to say, Mei Jingshu's skills in making talismans will never worry about food.
But Ni Kun...
The two neighbors still don't know what craftsmanship he relied on to live such a steady life of spiritual practice.
Because Ni Kun never goes out and does business in the market.
Wang and Mei could only guess based on how much he spent on food and clothing, as well as the drinks and food he used to entertain them at the party, that Ni Kun had a lot of money and was definitely a rich man.
Perhaps Ni Kun's talent lies in his wealth?
As for where the money comes from...
Inheriting ancestral property, gaining from a chance encounter, gaining from robbing homes and homes as a robber and killer in his early years... are all possible.
Of course, Wang Qiankun and Mei Jingshu both knew how to measure things. Although they were curious, they never got to the bottom of things.
Today's small gathering lasted for an hour. Wang Qiankun left first because he had to go to a cave that was undergoing major foundation construction in the afternoon to deliver new tea.
Mei Jingshu stayed for another half an hour, chatting with Ni Kun for a while, and then reluctantly left, going to the shop to buy more materials to prepare a large magic talisman.
After seeing off his two neighbors, Ni Kun sat alone and sipped tea for a while, then summoned Qi Lingyun and prepared to start today's guqin lesson.
Qi Lingyun sat in front of the case, lowered his head and eyebrows, tuned the strings with his bare hands, and said softly:
"That female nun named Mei seems to be interested in you."
Ni Kun raised his hand to touch his chin and smiled:
"It's normal. Back in Fumiao Mountain, weren't Zhao Xiulin and you both interested in me? You even broke up with Zhao Xiulin because of me."
Qi Lingyun snorted:
"Stop putting gold on your face! When Zhao Xiulin and I fell out, I never met you, so how could I have any interest in you? I just wanted to take away her beloved cauldron, humiliate and suppress her."
Ni Kun smiled and said, "Even so, you have to admit that my charm is unstoppable."
Qi Lingyun was about to let out a disdainful laugh.
But when he recalled his incarnation as the "Blood Demon", his handsome and almost monstrous appearance, his gentle temperament, and his monstrous cruelty and madness, Qi Lingyun couldn't help but suffocate slightly, and his heart was inexplicably throbbing, and his lower abdomen was throbbing. It's also hot and dry.
After finally suppressing this strange emotion, Qi Lingyun put on a straight face, put on the aloof queen look again, and said coldly:
"Do you still want to learn the piano? If you want to learn the piano, just be quiet and watch me demonstrate my fingering!"
Ni Kun was simply baffled: You were obviously the one who started the conversation, right?
This enchantress really hasn't had her hair dyed for three days. If you give her a little color, she'll dare to open a dyeing workshop for you!
I'll have to train her harder later so that she can figure out who is the real master!
Of course, even though he thought so in his heart, Ni Kun still respected the teachers who taught him.
Even though Qi Lingyun, the violinist, was just his slave girl, Ni Kun still gave her enough face when she gave lessons.
Therefore, Ni Kun did not retaliate and calmed down decisively, listening to Qi Lingyun's explanation of the essentials and watching her demonstrate the fingering techniques.
Half the afternoon was spent quickly in piano art class.
Ni Kun had almost no exposure to musical instruments in his previous life, and he didn't think he had any musical talent.
But it wasn't until he started learning piano from Qi Lingyun that Ni Kun suddenly realized that he seemed to be very talented in musical instruments?
Otherwise, why can I learn Guqin so quickly?
But in my previous life, why couldn't I even learn guitar?
Ni Kun was puzzled by this for a while, but soon found an explanation:
Maybe it's because of practicing immortal magic, having minute control over one's own body, having quick thinking and amazing memory.
Or maybe it's because he has mastered the magical power of "Tao Miao Tian Yin", thus opening up his musical talent.
In short, this is undoubtedly a good thing for him. After only more than a month of study, under the careful guidance of Qi Lingyun, a "strict teacher", he can already play the guqin like a pro.
According to his own estimation, after practicing for a few more months, he should be able to try to use the Yao Qin to cast spells derived from Daomiao Tianyin.
After the guqin class, Ni Kun put Qi Lingyun away again, cooked Guoling rice, fried two side dishes, and poured and drank Xinglan Lingjiu. The little life was really comfortable.
At night, Zhao Xiulin once again used her magical talisman to become invisible and catch her breath, sneaking here to pay him a visit, and finally brought him the ripe Bizhen Spirit Fruit.
"Your Majesty, this season, a total of one hundred and thirty-three Bizhen Spirit Fruits have been produced...the output is too rare, and this servant is ineffective in doing things. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
Zhao Yaonv knelt in front of Ni Kun, her face full of shame.
Ni Kun didn’t take it seriously:
"We have only planted a total of half an acre of Bizhen Lingguo in the owner's house. You have done a great job with this amount of output."
Well, the reason why he is so reasonable is because now the "Qi Nourishing Pill" can be used, and he no longer relies entirely on the Jade Pill like before.
That being the case, why should we harshly punish a good and loyal dog?
"My lord..."
Seeing that her lord was so considerate of her, Zhao Yaonv was so moved that her eyes were red and tears filled her eyes. She wished she could crush herself into pieces and merge with her lord.
"Okay, how old are you, and you still cry all the time."
Ni Kun laughed and shook his head, raising his palm towards her.
Zhao Yaonv obediently walked forward on her knees, put her head in his hands, and let him gently rub her hair like a puppy, her little face full of happiness.
Ni Kun gently rubbed her soft hair and said:
"Tell me, how is the situation in the boss's mansion recently?"
Demon Girl Zhao sniffed gently, raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and reported in a soft voice.
For more than a month, she followed Ni Kun's instructions and concentrated on practicing every day. Apart from firmly holding the spiritual plant garden of the master's mansion in her hands, she ignored the other secular affairs of the immortal workshop and had no intention of taking power.
Several major local forces that had long since divided up the power of Xianfang, seeing her cooperation, became submissive to her on the surface, and would pretend to ask her for advice on some matters.
Of course, this is just asking for instructions.
For all important matters, the four major families of Han, Zeng, Chen, and Cao have often made decisions and just informed her. Only those trivial matters would ask her for her opinions and suggestions.
Zhao Xiulin was too lazy to make excuses with them. When something happened, she only said: "Our main focus is on cultivation and not on trivial matters. You can take care of such trivial matters yourself. Don't bother me with it."
After a few times, the four major families became more and more satisfied with her, and even the servants of the boss's mansion became more respectful to her. They no longer felt like everyone was secretly watching her like they did when they first entered the boss's mansion.
"It's going well!"
After listening to her report, Ni Kun nodded with satisfaction and asked her again:
"Can the four major families inform you about the secret realm of Dulongling Golden Pill?"
Zhao Xiulin looked confused:
"Golden elixir secret realm? What is that?"
Ni Kun gave a brief talk and then asked:
"You don't know?"
Zhao Xiulin frowned with an angry look on her face:
"This slave has never heard of this matter! The four major families have never reported it, and the servants of the master's house have not told this matter to this slave!"
Ni Kun smiled:
"It seems that the four major families are afraid that you will contact the ancestors of the Zhao family and even Fumiao Mountain and invite Jin Dan to cut off the Hu... You are so petty!"
Zhao Xiulin also sneered disdainfully:
"A group of maggots, who use a piece of carrion as a treasure, think that real big shots will be like them... They really don't know what to say!"
What good things can be found in a mere secret realm left behind by a casual cultivator of golden elixirs?
Not to mention the golden elixir true disciples in the Fumiao Mountain sect, even her Qinzu didn't bother to take a second look.
In the final analysis, resources have never been the constraints on the paths of top-level monks, as well as monks from royal families like the Zhao family.
Rather, it is about innate talent, as well as the "great opportunity and great fortune" that can be encountered but cannot be sought, and all depend on personal luck.
As for the secret realm left behind by the mere cultivator of the golden elixir, it is obviously impossible for there to be any great opportunity or good fortune.
"It's up to them to fight for the secret realm of the golden elixir. We can just cultivate with peace of mind."
Ni Kun said calmly:
"From tomorrow onwards, I will start refining the Jade Pill. You should also seize the time to practice, and strive to complete the Qi refining as soon as possible and attack the foundation."
"I will obey the Lord's instructions..."
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In the alchemy room, Ni Kun prepared various alchemy materials, made seals, input spiritual power, and lit the fire. When the heat was suitable, he began to put in the medicinal materials one by one.
First put in the prepared Bizhen Lingguo.
This spiritual fruit is shaped like a finger, about an inch long, and is green in color. It needs to be soaked in a special potion for twelve hours before being processed, and then drained and dried in the shade. After processing, the spiritual fruit becomes slightly shriveled, but has a fragrant fragrance.
Smelling it makes people salivate and stimulate their appetite.
Even if this spiritual fruit is eaten raw, it can increase one's cultivation level.
If eaten raw, the spiritual effect of one Bi Zhen Guo is only 20% of that of Jade Pill, which is quite a waste.
Today was Ni Kun's first attempt to refine the jade elixir, so he only invested the minimum amount of two jade berries.
He carefully controlled the heat, and after the pecans melted in the furnace and turned into a green, bubbly solution, he added various auxiliary medicines at the appropriate time.
It is difficult to determine things like alchemy using standard procedures.
The size of the heat and the timing of adding ingredients all need to be controlled by yourself.
Many times, if the materials are added a little early or a little late, the entire furnace material will be wasted, and all previous efforts will be wasted. As the saying goes, a slightest mistake can lead to a thousand miles of mistakes.
Fortunately, Ni Kun has practiced "alchemy" for half a year and has already upgraded his alchemy level to "proficient".
The "Qingdi Jing" is particularly sensitive to plant-based elixirs, and can control the changes in the properties of the medicine in a subtle way, and it can also control the temperature of the fire quite accurately.
Therefore, even when refining the Jade Pill for the first time, Ni Kun was calm, methodical and under control of the entire process.
Two hours later, the furnace of elixir was coming to an end, and the liquid in the furnace had been refined into a semi-solidified ointment.
Ni Kun used the spiritual power of the Qing Emperor Sutra to clearly distinguish the properties of the medicine, seize the opportunity to make the pill, and put a coin into the pill furnace to increase the rate of making the pill and upgrade the level of the elixir, "Ling Xing Orchid Nectar", and then suddenly pinched
Make a series of seals and start the final step of collecting the elixir.
This step is also very critical.
Once there is a slight mistake in the method of collecting elixirs, it will have a huge impact on the elixir formation rate and elixir level.
The best result is that the scrap rate will greatly increase, and the level of finished elixirs will be greatly reduced. The worst result is that a furnace of elixirs will become scraps.
Fortunately, Ni Kun is very familiar with this step and has not made a single mistake in the past two months.
As his spiritual power was consumed rapidly, Ni Kun completed the Alchemy Seal Seal Technique in one go. The Alchemy Furnace vibrated slightly and spewed out a ray of rays of light, with three cyan light spots wrapped inside it.
As soon as Ni Kun kneaded the secret, the glow was suddenly wrapped in three cyan light spots, which flew into the jade bowl in front of him and turned into three round, crystal clear cyan pills.
From the appearance, it looks like an emerald elixir.
But before Ni Kun could test the pills, one of the green pills was suddenly covered with a layer of gray, and soon black spots appeared, exuding a musty smell, like rotten fruit.
Then there was another blue pill, with gray and white spots appearing on the surface. Although it was not completely black and decayed, its spirituality was greatly reduced.
Ni Kun shook his head helplessly, raised his finger, picked out the completely blackened and rotten pill, threw it into the fire and burned it into blue smoke, then picked up the slightly deteriorated blue pill and injected it into Qingdi's spiritual sense.
After analyzing for a while, he gently shook his head:
"The spirituality is less than 50% of the Jade Pill, but the erysipelas is twice as high...even the top quality Qi-nourishing Pill I made myself is far inferior..."
Although this pill is half useless, if it is sold, it can still sell seven or eight spiritual stones.
Take Ni Kun himself as an example. After he reached the eighth level of Qi refining, if he meditated and practiced by himself, he could only improve his progress by 0.05% in six hours, but a jade pill could improve his progress by 0.35%, and it only took one person.
If you give it some time, you can completely refine the medicinal power.
If he meditates entirely on his own and meditates for six hours a day, it will take seven full days for his cultivation progress to be as good as taking an Emerald Pill.
Therefore, every jade pill can save Ni Kun a full forty-one hours.
And even this half-used jade pill could save Ni Kun twenty hours.
The time saved can be used to refining magic weapons, comprehend magic and magical powers, and practice various arts. Or you can meditate by yourself to double your cultivation level in the same time.
This is the meaning of spiritual elixir to monks.
Every monk, even if no one can take one elixir a day like Ni Kun, can use spiritual elixirs to quickly improve their cultivation and save a lot of time.
If you don't follow others' elixirs, then unless you are a great genius, even if your cultivation level can barely keep up, your magic weapons and spells will definitely lag behind monks of the same realm, and you will have almost no chance of winning in a magic fight.
Are there such great geniuses among ordinary cultivators with no roots?
Even if there is, it is definitely a phoenix with feathers and horns, which is extremely rare.
Because of this, no matter how useless the elixir is, if it can increase one's cultivation level, it will definitely be sold at a high price.
Putting away the half-waste jade pill, which was worth seven or eight spiritual stones, Ni Kun picked up the last intact blue pill, entered the Qing Emperor's spiritual power for a while, and finally nodded slightly with satisfaction:
"Yes, this jade pill is finally done!"
The spirituality of this last intact jade pill is only 20% lower than the genuine jade pill, and the erysipelas is about the same. It can be regarded as a good medium-quality pill.
Although he only got one good elixir, this was Ni Kun's first attempt at refining the jade elixir.
If it were any other mature alchemist who was refining a spiritual elixir that had never been refined before for the first time, he would almost 100% produce a whole furnace of useless elixirs. He would have to pour in a lot of resources in order to slowly turn the elixir into a complete one.
Quality improves.
Ni Kun was able to prescribe a good elixir for the first time and was already considered a master of alchemy.
Moreover, with his ability to refine the elixir "one certificate lasts forever", if he refines it a few more times and improves his proficiency in refining the jade elixir, the elixir-forming rate and elixir-forming grade will surely continue to improve.
Ni Kun sat cross-legged in front of the alchemy furnace, while recovering his spiritual power, he silently recalled the previous alchemy process, summed up the gains and losses of his experience, and when his spiritual power was fully restored, he cleaned the furnace and started refining alchemy again.
This time, only two Bizhen Spirit Fruits were released.
More than two hours later, the second jade pill came out.
This time, only three jade pills were refined.
Moreover, among the three adult elixirs, two are "semi-waste elixirs" and there is only one good elixir, which is still only 80% as effective as the genuine jade elixir.
Despite this, compared to the first furnace, the elixir formation rate in this second furnace has also been visibly improved. After all, there are no completely blackened and decayed spent elixirs, right?
Ni Kun was quite satisfied with this, so he went out to have a meal, rested for an hour, and then started refining the third furnace.
In this way, Ni Kun tried one after another, constantly summed up the gains and losses of experience, and his proficiency in refining the jade pill also continued to improve.
Three days later.
Ni Kun started refining elixirs again, and this time only three elixirs were obtained, but the three jade elixirs were all good elixirs that were 80% as effective as genuine ones.
A few days later, when the one hundred and thirty-three Jade Spirit Fruits were used up for less than half, the three Jade Pills produced by Ni Kun in each furnace were 90% as effective as the genuine ones. Occasionally, one of them would be as good as the genuine ones.
An unparalleled premium elixir.
In a few days, Ni Kun's elixir-making rate has also been greatly improved, and he can use two Bizhen fruits to refine four Jade elixirs.
Another half month passed, and the Bizhen Spirit Fruit was finally consumed.
Ni Kun, who had been refining elixirs for the past few months without leaving home, now had more than two hundred jade elixirs in his hand.
Among them, there are more than twenty "semi-waste pills" that are only as effective as the best Qi-nourishing pills but twice as poisonous as the erysipelas. Ni Kun has no intention of using these pills for himself and plans to give them to Zhao Yaonv to sell on the market.
There are more than 30 good elixirs that are equivalent to 80% of the original version, more than 100 good elixirs that are equivalent to 90% of the original version, and more than 20 high-quality elixirs that are no different from the original version. Ni Kun naturally wants to get these jade elixirs from
used.
With this batch of spiritual elixirs, he will be able to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining in less than three months, and there are still a lot of jade elixirs left, enough for him to practice at the ninth level of Qi Refining for a while.
Of course, if you want to cultivate the ninth level of Qi Refining to 100% perfection, the self-refined Jade Pill is far from enough.
But Ni Kun is not in a hurry.
If the Jadeite Pill is gone, just use the Qi-Nourishing Pill to hold it up until next year's Bizhen Fruit matures.
With his current technology in refining jade elixirs, and his ability to make elixirs with "one permanent certificate" and never miss again after succeeding once, he is absolutely sure that when the next season's green berries are in place, every time he makes an elixir, at least
Can produce half of the best elixirs.
The other half are definitely 90% as effective as the original elixir.
You might even occasionally get one or two top-quality elixirs that are stronger than the original ones.
After refining elixirs day and night for nearly a month, Ni Kun was also a little tired.
After finishing the alchemy, I washed away the smell of fireworks and all kinds of strange medicinal materials, then went to the waterside pavilion in the front courtyard, drank wine, enjoyed lotus, and chatted to rest.
After drinking half a pot of spiritual wine alone, he felt a little bored again. Ni Kun took out the messenger flying talisman and sent a message to Wang Qiankun and Mei Jingshu, asking them if they were free. If so, they could come to his place to drink and chat.
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Less than a quarter of an hour after the flying talisman was issued, Mei Jingshu's message came from outside the courtyard gate:
"Fellow Daoist Ni, I'm here!"
Ni Kun quickly went to the gate, unlocked the restrictions, opened the courtyard door, and saw Mei Jingshu in a cherry-colored palace dress, standing at the door with a smile, her eyebrows and facial features were still as delicate and picturesque, and her figure was still as plump.
Graceful and inspiring.
Ni Kun and Mei Jingshu looked at each other and greeted with smiles:
"I haven't seen you for many days. Is Fellow Taoist Mei still okay?"
Mei Jingshu stared at Ni Kun with her beautiful eyes, pursed her lips and smiled, and replied:
"I'm doing very well. What are you busy with, Taoist Fellow Ni, these days?"
"It's just a retreat for cultivation... Fellow Taoist, please come in quickly."
Mei Jingshu moved her long legs, swaying her waist, and stepped into the threshold.
While walking, a faint and refreshing fragrance of flowers emanated from her body, lingering faintly on Ni Kun's nose, which made him feel relaxed and happy for a while. He couldn't help but get closer to her, almost shoulder to shoulder, leading her to the direction.
Walk to the waterside pavilion.
As for Ni Kun's approach, Mei Jingshu did not show any displeasure or retreat. Instead, her cheeks turned red and a hint of shyness flashed in her eyes...
If Ni Kun was a veteran and saw her reaction, he could directly hold her little hand.
It's a pity that the two-generation boy is so damn shameful. Apart from getting closer to Mei Jingshu, Ni Kun did not have any other intimate behavior, which made Mei Jingshu secretly angry...
The unconscious boy of two generations led Mei Jingshu into the waterside pavilion, invited her to sit down, and personally poured her a glass of Xinglan spirit wine. He first toasted her with a full glass, and then drank slowly with her.
Chat casually.
"Ni also sent a flying talisman to fellow Daoist Wang and invited him to come for a gathering. But he didn't know what he was busy with. He neither responded to the message nor came to the door..."
"Fellow Daoist Wang, he has been having a heated relationship with a female cultivator recently, so I'm afraid he won't have time to come to the party."
"So that's it! Oh, this act of fellow Taoist Wang is too focused on sex and not on friends."
"Who says it isn't?"
"Let's not talk about that guy who values sex over friends. How is the business of Daoist Mei's magic talisman these days?"
"Thanks to the reminder from fellow Taoist Ni, I stocked up on a batch of talisman-making materials before the news spread completely, and worked hard day and night to make a large number of talismans. As expected, the market became very popular, and the price of all talismans increased by 30%.
, also sold out quickly..."
"Haha, congratulations to Fellow Daoist Mei for getting rich. But it's a shame that Brother Wang told us the news about the Golden Elixir Secret Realm in advance, otherwise we might not have time to prepare."
"Well, Brother Wang's news is naturally important. After the news spread, the prices of various materials in the market also increased. If I hadn't stocked up the goods in advance, I really wouldn't have made so much money."
"Oh? How much does Fellow Taoist Mei earn?"
Ni Kun just asked casually, not expecting Mei Jingshu to answer.
After all, making money has always attracted people's jealousy, and with the caution of casual cultivators, they will not expose their wealth easily.
However, to his surprise, Mei Jingshu looked at him with a smile and replied without any concealment:
"In the past twenty days or so, even if the price of materials in the market has increased, relying on a batch of cheap materials from the early stage, I have made a net profit of nearly five hundred spirit stones... Normally, this would take me half a year of hard work to make ends meet.
What about the income earned..."
Five hundred for half a year is one thousand for one year. This is because Mei Jingshu has extremely exquisite skills in making talismans. After excluding rent, food, elixirs and other expenses, she can earn more than a hundred yuan after working hard for a whole year.
The balance of spiritual stones is already very good.
The hardship and poverty of casual cultivators can also be seen from this.
When Ni Kun saw her being so frank, he couldn't help being slightly startled, and then joked:
"Do you, fellow Taoist Mei, trust Ni so much? Are you not afraid that Ni will take advantage of his wealth?"
Mei Jingshu held the wine glass with both hands, took a sip of the spirit wine, and said sweetly:
"Fellow Taoist Ni usually uses this kind of spiritual wine when entertaining guests... With your Taoist friend's wealth, I should not take this small amount of money seriously."
Ni Kun laughed, raised his glass to Mei Jingshu, and changed the topic:
"Since the news of the Dulongling Golden Elixir Secret Realm has spread, there must be many casual cultivators going to explore it during this period, right? I wonder what the outcome of the exploration will be?"
Mei Jingshu sighed:
"After the news of the Golden Elixir Secret Realm spread widely, there were indeed many casual cultivators, either in groups or alone, who went to explore, but the results were disastrous. Almost nine out of ten casual cultivators in the Qi Refining Realm never returned.
. Even the foundation construction overhaul, there are two people involved in it.
"When I was working at a stall in the market, several Taoist friends I had become friends with asked me to buy a large number of magic talismans, and then they went to explore the secret realm together. However, five of them went together, but only one came back. That person came back
He also lost an arm and his cultivation level was greatly damaged. On the day he came back, he disposed of all his assets overnight and returned to the secular world..."
Ni Kun lamented:
"The secret realm of the golden elixir is so terrifying!"
"It's really scary."
Mei Jingshu nodded in sympathy, with a look of joy on her face:
"Fortunately, I have never been greedy. Otherwise, if I had been hot-headed and followed the crowd to explore the secret place, Fellow Daoist Ni would probably not be able to see me today."
Ni Kun smiled:
"Fellow Taoist Mei has a skill, so he doesn't have to risk his life like ordinary casual cultivators. This is also the strength of fellow Taoist monks. By the way, since there are so many casual cultivators who went to explore, and some came back alive, then are there any who have been in the secret realm?
Among them, who got the opportunity and benefit?"
Mei Jingshu smiled and said:
"Of course there are. A Qi Refining Realm casual cultivator named Li Feng obtained a pair of male and female flying swords of the low-grade spiritual weapon level in the secret realm. After coming out, he sold them directly to the Han family and earned more than 20,000 spirit stones.
"After that, Li Feng hired the Han family to build a foundation for protection at a high price of three thousand spirit stones. He decisively returned to Xianfang and went to the shops opened by the Han family to buy spiritual pills, spiritual rice, and spiritual wine with a total price of tens of thousands.
, as well as magical weapons, magical talismans, and spells, and rented a cave for a long time, and I can't go out in seclusion."
Ni Kun held up his palms and smiled and praised:
"This fellow Daoist Li is also decisive. With more than 20,000 spirit stones, the foundation building overhaul would be tempting. If not arranged in this way, I am afraid that even the Han family who was dealing with him would do something evil to him if he turns around. Now he
After spending almost all the spiritual stones back to the Han family, the Han family will not be able to attack him again if they want to gain some reputation."
"exactly."
Mei Jingshu smiled and said:
"In addition to that fellow Daoist Li, there is also a foundation-building major cultivator who is said to have obtained a strange flower that is hundreds of years old. I don't know what kind of strange flower it is. I only heard that the four major families of Han, Zeng, Chen, and Cao started to fight for the strange flower.
There was a fierce bidding process.
"In the end, the Cao family, who was from a distant branch of the royal family of the Chihuang Kingdom, took advantage of being the richest and even asked for a high price of 30,000 spirit stones. But even so, the Cao family failed to win the rare flower and the building.
Ji Daxiu was interested in the pair of male and female flying swords obtained by the Han family. After some discussions with the Han family, the Han family exchanged the male and female flying swords for an additional two thousand spirit stones in exchange for the strange flower...
"In addition to Fellow Daoist Li and the major foundation-building cultivator, there are also several fellow Daoists in the Qi Refining Realm who have also benefited from the secret realm, but they are not as profitable as Fellow Daoist Li.
"And the deeds of Taoist fellow Taoist Li and several other fellow Taoists have inspired more casual cultivators, leading them to explore the secret realm one after another..."
Speaking of this, her smile gradually faded, she shook her head and sighed:
"Hundreds of casual cultivators are fighting for their lives in the secret realm. The four major families can just sit back and enjoy the success. It is said that the taboo dangers in the secret realm have been basically discovered by the casual cultivators. The four major families are ready to gather the elites to win the last prize.
The fruit of...
"Actually, if you think about it carefully, so many casual cultivators rushed into the secret realm to explore, and most of them were mercilessly swallowed by the secret realm. Only a few of them survived and gained something. The final fruits will definitely be collected by the four major families.
.
"But what the casual cultivators talk about will always be the deeds of a few lucky ones such as fellow Taoist Li. As for the other casual cultivators who were swallowed up by the secret realm... people will only quickly forget them, as if they never existed.
More than average.
"Next time, if a similar secret realm appears, the casual cultivators will inspire themselves with the deeds of Daoyou Li and others, and continue to explore with all their might, and then a few lucky ones who are talked about will appear... and the cycle continues.
Back and forth, never ending.”
Ni Kun also sighed softly:
"This is how the world of cultivating immortals is. If a casual cultivator without any skills wants to soar into the sky, they have no choice but to risk their lives."
Mei Jingshu patted her chest, looking worried:
"Luckily we don't have to."
Ni Kun nodded and smiled:
"Yeah, luckily we don't have to."
"I won't talk about the disturbing things!"
Mei Jingshu's beautiful eyes were shining gently as she stared at Ni Kun:
"I once said that if I make a small fortune, I will set up a banquet in Zuixian Tower and have a drink with fellow Taoist fellow Taoist Taoist Master Ni. It seems that Taoist fellow Taoist Ni has nothing to do today? Why don't we just have the banquet today?"
Ni Kun smiled slightly:
"It's not easy for fellow Taoist Mei to make this kind of money, so why spend that unjust money? Spiritual wine is available here at Ni's place, and it's definitely better than the spiritual wine in Zuixian Tower. There's no shortage of spiritual fish and spiritual meat here either.
If fellow Taoist Mei is good at cooking, why don't you let me provide the ingredients and fellow Taoist Mei cook, and you and I will conspire to get drunk?"
Mei Jingshu raised her head to look at the sky, and saw that it was almost dusk. She couldn't help but cover her lips and smile, her eyes sparkling like water, and her pretty face turned slightly red:
"That's okay..."
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