Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 32 Chalcedony Island

Yi Dong tried to break free from the black rope, but found that there was no way.

This black rope is made up of hundreds of ropes, and each rope has hundreds or thousands of micro-formations on it. The formations of hundreds of thin ropes are combined into an extremely powerful suppression formation.

The suppressed Yi Dong had no temper at all.

After entering the yard, the woman in colorful clothes and Zhai Shanshan took Yi Dong and Qing Niu to a courtyard that was also full of magical flowers and herbs, and then directly hung the man and the cow on a tree fork in the courtyard.

After the two women sat down at a stone table, they looked at Yi Dong and the cow.

The black rope loosened Yi Dong's mouth.

Seeing this, Yi Dong knew that it was useless to argue, so he stopped talking nonsense.

"I can compensate."

The spiritual flowers and herbs were at most first or second level spiritual plants. That piece of spiritual plants was worth at most 30 to 50,000 spiritual stones, or at most a little over 100,000 spiritual stones.

Yi Dongduo couldn’t take out his spirit stones, after all, he hadn’t had any income for a long time.

But there are still around 100,000 spirit stones.

"I'm afraid you can't afford the compensation."

Zhai Shanshan said.

Yi Dong did not respond, but looked at the woman in colorful clothes.
"You are Dean Nie Xianglan of Lijiang Taoist Temple, right?

Although I, Yi Dong, am not from a big family, I can still come up with tens of thousands of spirit stones."

Nie Xianglan did not speak, and Zhai Shanshan continued:
"Your cow ate 300 third-level Liuyue Flowers, Seven Heart Flowers and other spiritual flowers, 100 spiritual herbs such as Xingling Grass and Xuanbing Grass, and also destroyed the third-level Guangling Tree in front of the gate. Tell me, how many spiritual stones do you need to pay?"

Yi Dong suddenly got a little confused. Did he really think that the knowledge he had plucked out from several Taoist temples' libraries was just for display?

“Absurd!
Most of them are first-level spiritual flowers and herbs, including incense grass, swallow grass, deer spiritual flower, and raw black flower.

There are only three purple monkey flowers as second-level spiritual flowers.

The spiritual tree in front of the door is just a variant of the first-level white osmanthus spiritual tree.

Dean, you can't wrongly accuse me. The value of these spiritual plants is at most 50,000 spiritual stones. I can buy them for you."

When Nie Xianglan saw Yi Dong opening his mouth to name the varieties of all the magical flowers and herbs in front of the door, she immediately shifted her gaze away slightly.

Zhai Shanshan also didn't expect that Yi Dong actually knew all those magical flowers and herbs.

However, they had already discussed it, so they naturally couldn't let Yi Dong get his wish.

So Zhai Shanshan said:
"Then you have to compensate for the original spiritual plant."

"What do you mean?"

Yi Dong subconsciously looked at Qingniu who was pretending to be confused again.

Zhai Shanshan said as a matter of course:
“Those spiritual flowers and herbs will be able to turn into third-level spiritual plants in a year or so, so they will naturally be counted as third-level spiritual plants.”

Yi Dong was stunned by the shamelessness of this woman. His mind raced as he knew that these two women, especially Nie Xianglan, would not tease him like this. They must have something for him to do to make things difficult for him.

So he said directly:

"Don't beat around the bush, just tell me what you need me to do.
As long as it’s not excessive, everything can be negotiated.”

Seeing Yi Dong say this, Nie Xianglan slowly spoke:

"As you know, the academy has been very busy these years, and there are many tasks that cannot even be completed by teaching. I heard that you have good abilities, so you can stay and help us complete some tasks."

Yi Dong breathed a sigh of relief. Although he felt a little aggrieved, facing a person who was building a foundation for the Great Dao, he probably couldn't turn the tables and could only endure it.

"Let's set the time at 100 years."

"No way. Either you make me pay compensation, or you kill me."

"Ninety years, no less."

"Two years at most."

Nie Xianglan tried to bargain, but Yi Dong completely ignored her and looked like he was letting her do whatever she wanted.

In the end, Nie Xianglan let Yi Dong and his cow go.

"Don't worry, we will not treat you unfairly in our Taoist academy. You will be rewarded with performance and spirit stones for completing tasks. Since you are not from Lijiang Taoist academy, the performance will be useless to you, but all the spirit stones can be given to you.

As far as I know, you basically work for nothing in the Red Earth Temple, and you can also look at the secretarial library."

After listening to it, Yi Dong felt that the conditions were pretty good.

As far as he knew, for those difficult tasks, the spirit stones were generally divided into two categories: one was the reward, which was a small part, and the other was the production preparation costs, which included the operator's remuneration, equipment adjustment costs, and so on.

If I allocate the production preparation expenses myself, with my own strength, it would be easy to cut it in half, and I can earn more by being a little more ruthless.

However, the number of spirit stones is too large, so he still needs an assistant to help him carry the spirit stones out of Lijiang Taoist Temple.

Otherwise, if millions of spirit stones were accumulated and piled up in the Taoist temple, Yi Dong felt that the laws of the fairyland might not be strict enough.

After discussing with Nie Xianglan, Yi Dong got permission to let several of his clansmen come as his assistants.

"By the way, you can't force the students in our Taoist Academy to help you."

Nie Xianglan said finally.

Yi Dong frowned slightly. In his impression, the students of the Taoist academy were free labor. Without them, he, Yi Dong, would not be able to operate the magical instruments worth thousands or tens of thousands, right?
"Don't worry, there are many people in our Taoist Academy besides students."

After Zhai Shanshan bowed to Nie Xianglan, she signaled Yi Dong and Qingniu to follow.

"With the dean's ability, the Taoist academy's mission shouldn't be difficult, right?" On the way, Yi Dong was a little puzzled.

It's not that he is belittling himself. The deans of intermediate Taoist academies are basically those who have built their foundation in the Great Dao. Deans who have been promoted from lower-level foundations such as instructors are usually honorary deans.

To be able to become a foundation-builder of the Great Dao, he must have lived for at least three or four hundred years. The knowledge he has learned during such a long time is still beyond the reach of Yi Dong.

Zhai Shanshan glanced at Yi Dong and said:

“The current cultivation method of our Lijiang Taoist Temple is different from that of other Taoist temples, and our dean generally does not do these things.

Because someone will help.

Okay, don’t ask anymore, you’ll know in a moment.”

Yi Dong couldn't figure out the reason for a moment.

After Zhai Shanshan arrived at an island that served as a "workshop", he saw many male cultivators.

As Zhai Shanshan appeared, a young man with sparse hair came up to them with a smile, accompanied by three cultivators who were dressed casually.

"Friend Zhai, now that you are here, don't worry. We will definitely work hard to solve the problem and try not to trouble the dean."

"Fellow Daoist Nan Bowen, this is Fellow Daoist Yi Dong, who will be responsible for the task of Chalcedony in your place."

As the words fell, the thin-haired young man Nan Bowen's face changed, and he said in a hurry:

"Fellow Daoist Zhai, the slow progress is not our fault. We have not learned a lot of knowledge in the Taoist Academy. It's not our fault.

Besides, I was once an outstanding graduate of Binghe Dao Academy. Our Binghe Dao Academy is the number one Dao Academy in Qingzhou. Which Dao Academy did this person come from to be able to replace me? "

"That's right. Brother Nan has worked diligently for the Taoist Academy over the years. How can this person replace Brother Nan? We don't accept it."

"Yes, we don't accept it."

After the three young men following Nan Bowen spoke, many voices of response were heard in the workshop.

When Zhai Shanshan wanted to say something, Yi Dong spoke first.

"Shut up, my time is not comparable to that of you rubbish.

I'll only say this once, those who can do the job can stay, and those who can't can get out immediately.

As for my identity, I am just a dropout from Qingzhu Daoyuan."

After saying that, Yi Dongli ignored Nan Bowen and said directly to Zhai Shanshan:
"Bring the food and accounts of this factory here. I will look at the accounts first. If anyone dares to embezzle even one spiritual stone, they will be sent directly to the government for mining."

As soon as Yi Dong said this, the faces of Nan Bowen and the other three changed. Some people around them looked unhappy, while others were secretly happy.

Yi Dong didn't bother to pay attention to the reactions of the people present.

When ordinary people come here, they may attract a group of people and share some of the profits to drive others to do things.

But is Yi Dong an ordinary person?
He will not win over anyone, and will keep the benefits for himself.

Seeing that Yi Dong looked unapproachable, Zhai Shanshan didn't say much. She told a few people to bring what Yi Dong needed, and then waited with Yi Dong.

Nan Bowen and three others also followed to get the information.

At this time, a fat man with a smile on his face walked up to Yi Dong and said, "Hello, Fellow Daoist Yi. Now that you are here, we will have a good life. You don't know that this man with the surname Nan is not a human being. He..."

The fat guy talked a lot.

"Wait, you're not students of Lijiang Taoist Academy?"

"Yes, we are all graduates of the Taoist Academy. We came to Lijiang Taoist Academy to find a Taoist partner of our dreams. As you know, in Qingzhou, only Lishui and Lijiang Taoist Academy only recruit female students. Many people come here to find a Taoist partner.

However, if we want to stay in Lijiang Taoist Temple, we can only help on these islands. Otherwise, with our status, why would we need to do such a thing?

Oh, right, the one with the surname Nan."

Yi Dong waved his hand.
“Don’t worry about that person, I will just expel him.

Not only him, but everyone who spoke up just now will be expelled."

Yi Dong would not care about the identities of these foreign students.

After he knew the identities of these people, he suddenly felt that personnel expenses could be greatly reduced.

Anyway, these bootlickers are not working here for the "salary", so if they can avoid paying them, then just don't pay them.

It only took Yi Dong half a day to solve the handover problem by cutting the Gordian knot.

Yi Dong didn't care how many spirit stones Nan Bowen took to settle the account. If he didn't see the spirit stones on the account, he would go find someone from Lijiang Taoist Temple.

In just three days, the situation on Chalcedony Island changed dramatically.

The mechanical instruments roared and thick smoke billowed from morning to night, day and night.

Yi Dong directly dismantled the silencers, smoke removers and other instruments that wasted spirit stones and had no effect on production efficiency.

The environment of the Chalcedony Island is deteriorating at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Another ten days passed.

On the island, those immortal cultivators who had originally been gloating over Nan Bowen's departure were now completely unhappy.

Because Nan Bowen at least treated them as human beings, but the new person in charge, Yi Dong, did not treat them as human beings at all. Not only did he completely cancel their holidays and drastically shorten their rest time, he also forced them to eat, drink, defecate and urinate on the island. He was even more cruel than the slave owners.

For a moment, resentment was boiling on Chalcedony Island.

Under this circumstance, Yi Dong was summoned by Nie Xianglan again.

(End of this chapter)