Zhang Shan and Li Si, two colleagues, were stingy, but when Li Mu really encountered difficulties, they did not stand idly by.
Li Mu has about two pieces of silver in his hand. If he saves some money, he should have no problem spending a month.
Of course, this month, if there is no other way to make money, he can only live with gruel and pickles.
Without the Seven Souls, his body would have been weaker than ordinary people. If things go on like this, his physical condition will definitely get worse.
The top priority is to make some money first and improve the quality of life. You don’t need to eat and drink every day, but you also need to ensure the nutrients your body needs.
However, making money has not been easy since ancient times.
Although Li Mu was sick in bed for those years, he could only read books to pass the time when he was bored, and he had a rich reserve of knowledge. Like other time-travelers in online novels, it was not difficult to tinker with something to make money, but the "Law of the Great Zhou Dynasty" stipulates that
No official in the Zhou Dynasty, regardless of rank, was allowed to engage in business. This rule alone made many of his ideas come to nothing.
This is not to discriminate against businessmen. Firstly, officials hold power. If they interfere in business affairs, it is difficult to ensure that they do not abuse their power for personal gain, undermine market fairness, and lead to social unrest. Secondly, it is also to allow officials to focus more on their official duties.
superior.
Officials at the upper levels naturally find ways to exploit loopholes in the law. Li Mu is just a small official. The result of violating the law is dismissal and investigation. Losing his job for money is not worthwhile.
After all, Li Mu's ideal is not to become a rich man with a huge fortune. In this world full of mysterious temptations, even if he doesn't become an immortal, he will not be able to survive his death.
What's more, his only chance of survival currently lies with Li Qing. He must stay with her to have a chance of survival.
He couldn't do business, and with his status, cheating and kidnapping wouldn't work. After thinking hard to no avail, Li Mu decided to go out for a walk first.
Firstly, he was looking for inspiration to make money, and secondly, he wanted to try his luck and see if he could meet that old Taoist again. Unfortunately, he traveled all over the county and couldn't see any trace of that old Taoist.
He didn't find anyone, and he didn't think of a way to make money. Standing on the street, Li Mu let out a long sigh, and suddenly heard a sound of scolding in his ears.
"Last month I talked about this month, this month I talked about next month, are you kidding me?"
“I’ve been able to write three lines of words in a month, can I still eat this bowl of rice?”
"If you don't submit the manuscript tomorrow, believe it or not, I will twist your head off!"
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In front of a bookstore, a young scholar listened to the shopkeeper's scolding, looked embarrassed, and argued: "Writing a book depends on inspiration..."
The shopkeeper spat and cursed: "What a bullshit inspiration. I'll give you three more days. If you can't deliver the manuscript in three days, just wait to lose money!"
"It's an insult to elegance, it's an insult to elegance..." The young scholar sighed and walked away shaking his head.
This bookstore seemed to be doing good business. Li Mu stood at the door with a thoughtful expression.
Although he cannot do business, the income other than salary obtained through his physical and mental strength is reasonable and legal.
Writing books is a good way to make money. It does not violate the law and is more respectable. The problem is that although Li Mu has read a lot of books, he is not like other senior time travellers. He does not have the ability to remember photographs.
There is no library in the head. Without deliberate recitation, it is impossible to completely retell what has been read before just relying on the memory of reading it once.
He could only process some of the story lines that he barely remembered, and before that, he still needed to do some market research.
Li Mu strolled into the bookstore. This bookstore was not small. The store was filled with rows of bookshelves, and various books were placed on the bookshelves in different categories.
Seeing someone entering the store, a bookstore clerk came up to him and asked with a smile: "Sir, what book do you want to buy?"
Li Mu asked straight to the point: "What books do you sell best here?"
"Of course they are these story novels." The clerk led Li Mu to the largest bookshelf in the row and said, "These are the latest and most popular books. Please take a look first..."
Compared with other classical and historical books, novels are closer to life, and they are not so boring to read. When Li Mu came over, there were many people lingering in front of the bookshelf here.
Li Mu spent a quarter of an hour browsing through the books on this row of bookshelves, and he was almost convinced.
The best-selling books in this bookstore are almost all fantasy novels involving gods, monsters, and monsters. The descriptions in the books are mostly fantastic and bizarre stories, occasionally mixed with some erotic or love elements, as an attractive gimmick.
This is not surprising. The world he lives in now is inherently mysterious and weird. In another world, monsters and ghosts are just novels and fantasies. But here, they are documentary stories that are close to life. People have a stronger sense of involvement and are naturally more interested.
popular.
After leaving the bookstore, Li Mu already had preliminary ideas in mind.
He bought some rice, noodles and vegetables at the vegetable market. When he was walking home, he saw Li Qing standing there in the distance.
Li Mu walked up quickly and asked expectantly: "Boss, have you found a way?"
Li Qing nodded and said, "Come in and talk."
The two walked into the courtyard, and Li Qing looked back at him and said: "The seven souls are the foundation of the body. If the seven souls are lost, the body will gradually decay, and the three souls will also be burdened by the body. When the body dies and the soul disappears,
At that time, there will be no way to recover, and it will be difficult for gods to save you. You have just lost your seven souls. If you want to survive, you have two ways to choose. Which one to choose depends on you."
Li Mu hurriedly asked: "Which two?"
"The first is to practice Taoism. All living beings in the world can practice Taoism. Demons have their own ways to practice, and ghosts have their own ways to practice. There are also many ways to practice among human beings. What I practice is the Taoist method, which is the first level of Taoist cultivation.
, which is called “refining the soul”.”
Li Qing looked at Li Mu and said slowly: "Seven souls control the physical body. By refining the seven souls, you can control the physical body. It will be immune to all diseases and evil..."
Li Qing's explanation was so mysterious that Li Mu could hardly understand it anymore, but combined with what he knew about the Seven Souls, he almost understood the first few sentences.
Human beings have seven souls with different functions.
The Corpse Dog is a soul that focuses on alertness and perception. After refining the Corpse Dog, it can easily sense danger and wake up immediately when encountering a crisis, even if it is sleeping.
The non-poison soul governs sleep. After refining the non-poison soul, you can fall asleep at any time and eliminate cold and heat poisons in your sleep.
Swallowing a thief's soul is in charge of the immune system. By refining and swallowing a thief, all diseases will be invulnerable and all evils will be hard to enter.
The odorous lung is a soul, which governs the internal breath. Refining the stinky lung can regulate breathing and heartbeat, reduce body functions, and achieve the effect of long-term fasting.
Bird Yin is responsible for reproduction, refining Bird Yin, and its abilities in certain aspects will be greatly improved. It can handle thousands of ladies every day, and control ten women at night...
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After Li Qing briefly introduced him to the practice, he looked at him again and said: "Ordinary people need to refine seven souls to practice Taoism. If you have lost all seven souls, you need to condense seven souls first. How difficult it is to condense seven souls.
It is much more powerful than refining, but the advantage is that your seven souls are condensed by yourself. Once condensed, you can control them freely without refining..."
After finishing speaking, Li Qing reminded him: "This road is very difficult and it is very likely to fail. Once you fail, you will have no chance again."
Although everything is taken care of every day..., although it sounds quite tempting to be immune to all diseases and evil, but one cannot ignore the risks. Li Mu decided to make a comparison before making a decision, and asked: "What about the second way?
?”
Li Qingdao: "Before your three souls are dragged down by the body, abandon the body, turn to ghost cultivation, and exist in the world as a soul from now on..."
"That means being a ghost?"
"At least you can live in another way and condense the seven souls. It's too difficult. If you fail, you will be completely out of your mind. You won't even have the chance to become a ghost..."
Li Mu thought for a long time, sighed softly, and said, "I choose the first option."
After finally reliving his life, if he still had the chance to be a human being, he would certainly not choose to be a ghost.
Li Qing looked at him and said again: "It is extremely difficult to condense the Seven Souls again. This matter is related to your life. I will give you three days to think about it."
Li Mu said firmly: "Don't think about it, I just like to challenge difficulties..."
"Since you have chosen to practice Taoism, I respect your decision." Li Qing nodded and said, "The seven souls are born from the seven emotions. Each soul has a different way of condensing. Which soul do you want to condense first?"
Li Mu scratched his head and said, "I've been sleeping very poorly these past few days. I've been infected with wind and cold, but I'm not getting better..."
Li Qing asked: "So do you want to condense the non-poison first or swallow the thief?"
