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Chapter 17: Debt-Based Cultivation

"Oh?"

Song Jie was just about to ask Li Caiwei about the secret book of body movement, but the other party spoke first.

He immediately asked, "Does the mysterious merchant on the black market have any body movement secrets to sell?"

Li Caiwei nodded slightly.

"That's right. The price they offered is one hundred and fifty spirit stones."

"Does Fellow Daoist Li know the price of the Body Movement Secret Manual?"

Song Jie didn't quite understand the prices of the various secret books, so he had to ask Li Caiwei for advice.

Li Caiwei frowned and thought for a moment before she spoke:

“The Qi Refining Stage’s body movement secret manuals are generally sold for more than a hundred spirit stones on the black market.

“Some more reliable channels will sell for a higher price.

"Although the price of one hundred and fifty spirit stones is not cheap, it is also normal."

Song Jie nodded to show his understanding.

Through regular channels on the market, you can only buy secret manuals of martial arts.

Moreover, it is a common martial arts secret book.

As for the spell secrets and body movement secrets, for some reason, they are not circulated on the market.

At least in Song Jie's memory, no force sells magic secrets and body movement secrets on the market.

There seems to be an invisible tacit understanding between all the forces.

Therefore, if a casual cultivator wants to obtain the secret manuals of spells and body movements.

Or it could be a fortuitous encounter, like what happened to the original owner of Song Jie's body.

Otherwise, you can only try your luck on the black market.

However, there is no guarantee of the reliability of cheats purchased on the black market.

Maybe you spent one or two hundred spirit stones to buy a secret book, but after going back to practice, you found out that the secret book was fake.

When you go back to cause trouble for the unscrupulous businessman, you will find that he has already run away.

Therefore, there is a certain element of gambling when purchasing cheats on the black market.

It depends on how much conscience the person selling the secret book still has.

If they could purchase the secret manual through a more reliable channel, most monks would be willing to do so even if the price was a bit higher.

The channel that Li Caiwei knows is obviously a more reliable channel.

After all, she and her husband had bought a magic secret book from the black market merchant and practiced it successfully.

Otherwise, this channel would not have been introduced to Song Jie.

"I need some time to collect the spirit stones."

I just paid one month's rent a few days ago, and just gave Li Caiwei a spirit stone as stall fee.

In addition, another spirit stone was spent on daily life during this period.

Song Jie currently has a deposit of 112 spirit stones.

It’s not far from one hundred and fifty spirit stones.

Thanks to Huangfu Shen for giving me a hundred spirit stones, otherwise I would have to give up buying the body movement secret book temporarily.

Song Jie sighed inwardly.

Just when I felt that I was a little wealthy, it turned out that all the spirit stones I had were not enough to buy a secret book of my own magic.

This is too difficult...

"I wonder how many spirit stones Fellow Daoist Song still lacks?"

Li Caiwei pondered for a moment and continued, "If the difference is not too great, I can lend you some."

Song Jie thought for a moment and said, "I still need thirty-eight spirit stones."

If he sold all the pills he had, he could still earn twenty spirit stones.

So in fact, he was only short of eighteen spirit stones.

But he certainly couldn't spend all the spirit stones, he had to keep some for emergencies.

Moreover, spirit stones are needed to purchase raw materials for alchemy and for daily life.

Since Li Caiwei was willing to lend him spirit stones, he would naturally lend her more.

"Thirty-eight spirit stones are not a lot. I can lend them to you."

Li Caiwei readily took out thirty-eight spirit stones and handed them to Song Jie.

She was not worried at all that Song Jie would not be able to pay back the thirty-eight spirit stones.

After all, they shared a stall, so she knew exactly how Song Jie's business was going. Just relying on the Budao Pills and Yuanyang Pills, Song Jie could earn a lot of Lingshi in a month.

Song Jie didn't bother to be polite with Li Caiwei and took the thirty-eight spirit stones with peace of mind.

From then on, he officially joined the debt group and became a debt-ridden uncle.

After putting away the spirit stone, Song Jie's eyes turned and he thought in his mind.

Li Caiwei was helping him to find out the secret manual of body movement and also lending him spirit stones.

Later, I would need the other party to take me to the black market, and it would be unreasonable for me not to say anything.

So, he turned around, picked up a bottle of Budao Pills and a bottle of Yuanyang Pills from the stall, and looked at Li Caiwei.

"Friend Li, I think the matter of the body movement secret manual has taken up a lot of your time.

"This pill is not worth many spirit stones. It is a small token of my appreciation. I hope you can accept it."

Looking at the pill in Song Jie's hand, Li Caiwei nodded slightly, without rejecting the other party's kindness, and took the pill with a blushing face.

"Thank you, Brother Song~"

"I should be the one thanking you, hahaha..."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Then they agreed to meet outside the Xinyuefang Market at 10 p.m. tomorrow night and go to the black market together.

After the matter of the body movement secrets was finalized, the two chatted about recent interesting stories while waiting for customers to come.

Not long after, a familiar figure walked straight to Song Jie's stall.

"Fellow Daoist Song, I haven't seen you for a while. I'm here to buy the Bigu Pills again."

Song Jie looked up and saw that the person coming was his first customer and first repeat customer, Miao Tong.

Compared to the first time we met, Miao Tong now exudes a sense of confidence.

He holds his head high and looks full of energy. It can be seen that he is living a very comfortable life.

"Hahaha, Brother Miao's spirits are getting better and better."

Miao Tong also laughed and threw three spirit stones to Song Jie.

"It's still the same as before. Give me seven bottles of fasting pills."

Song Jie took the spirit stone, blinked, and smiled knowingly.

He took five bottles of fasting pills, one bottle of Budao pills, and one bottle of Yuanyang pills from the stall and handed them to Miao Tong.

"I have collected the seven bottles of fasting pills from Fellow Daoist Miao."

Miao Tong put away the pills and said with a smile, "I have something important to do. I will talk to you next time. I will leave first."

"Go ahead, fellow Taoist. Business is more important."

Song Jie winked at the other person, understanding what he meant.

Miao Tong laughed loudly and walked towards Tianxiang Tower impatiently.

After seeing Miao Tong off, Song Jie smiled and shook his head.

At the same time, he was happy that he had earned three more spirit stones.

At the same time, he sighed that the land of gentleness was truly a hero's grave.

Miao Tong is his most loyal customer and he comes to patronize Song Jie almost every time he sets up his stall.

From a businessman's perspective, Song Jie naturally hopes to have as many customers as possible like Miao Tong.

However, this secular atmosphere inevitably makes Song Jie feel emotional.

Before he traveled through time, his ideal of cultivating immortals was to have no distractions and devote himself to the Tao.

But the fact is not so. Even those who practice Taoism are still human beings after all.

As long as one is a human being, he or she will inevitably be controlled by the desires in his or her heart.

At least among the lower-level monks, this phenomenon is extremely common.

After expressing his feelings, Song Jie quickly dispelled the distracting thoughts in his mind.

Don’t worry about what others do, as long as you can stick to your own heart.

While waiting for the next customer to arrive, I practice as much as I can.

Song Jie wasted no time and quietly started practicing Changchun Gong.

However, in this environment, it is obviously impossible to fully enter the state of cultivation.

Song Jie would devote half of his attention to pay attention to the situation around him.

The result is that the effect of cultivation will be compromised, but it is better than nothing.

(End of this chapter)