Shangyuque

Chapter 34: The Foundation Establishment Monk works as a security guard, and the red light photo is still a debt of gratitude

At night, guarding the street outside the monks' residence.

"Do you think anyone will buy our talismans?"

Yu'an, wearing a wooden mask, looked at his eldest brother.

They came to the ghost market, so naturally they couldn't afford to spend anything. After all, they only had more than ten spirit stones on them.

"If no one buys, then just lower the price. Our Thousand Mile Talisman paintings are indeed average. The purpose of coming here tonight is to recover the loss from making the talismans.

The loss is normal, and those who study Zuo Dao magic cannot avoid this step.

If you sell the Qianli Talisman sooner, you can get some cheap spiritual materials and directly refine a low-grade magic weapon to sell!"

Yulou came to the ghost market just to sell the talismans he drew. It would be fine if he could break even, but it would be better if he could make some money.

Even if he lost money on spirit stones, the making of the Thousand Mile Talisman itself could help the Jade Ruyi in Yu Lou's mind accumulate golden light, so the loss would be less in the end.

Both of them passed Hongmei's test of refining the Dao, and now, they have mastered the refining of low-grade magic tools - although it was not that difficult in the first place.

It is difficult to practice Taoism. The first difficulty lies in getting started, the second in restrictions, and the most difficult part is the various details and secrets.

The refining of lower-grade magical tools is not that difficult to get started, does not require many restrictions, and does not involve any details or secrets.

"If you ask me, why not ask my father to borrow two hundred spirit stones first, so that we can start purchasing and refining equipment directly."

Yu'an really doesn't treat Yulou as an outsider and doesn't hesitate to cheat his father.

"Hahaha, no need. Master has already agreed to let us use Huafengju to sell the magic weapons we refined ourselves. That's enough. You have to have faith in me."

Yulou didn't think that Wang, who had her bone marrow scraped by the red light, would have much room to spare, so he politely declined Yu'an's suggestion.

"I have more confidence in myself." Yu'an raised his chin.

The man guarding the gate outside the monk's residence was Gao Jian's younger brother. He saw clues from Yulou's height and appearance.

"You are Wang Yulou?"

Yulou was speechless. They were all acquaintances. Let alone wearing a mask, it would be useless even if he wore a nightgown.

The ghost market in Qingxifang has nothing to do with the so-called underground trading market. It is purely a fairy-tale version of the duty-free market for the monks to revitalize their small treasury.

"Shh, here's the invitation, take a look."

The monk guarding the gate pushed the invitation letter handed to him by Yulou and said.

"Yulou, you are being too polite, come in, come in quickly."

The world of cultivating immortals is like this. No matter how vicious a person is, he is just a dog and cannot eat alone.

He and his men were not complete beasts. At least when facing Wang Yulou, they pretended to be human.

"Tell Senior Gao that I will be going to the market with my master tomorrow, so I will not be attending his banquet tonight to take in a concubine."

Yulou gave some instructions and took his brother to the ghost market held once a month in Qingxifang.
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The ghost market in Qingxifang usually doesn't hold any high-profile auctions. The last time there was one, it was purely a temporary event because a few major families and Jiang Baobian wanted to reap the benefits in advance.

Under normal circumstances, the ghost market is just a temporary night market, but the location is quite special - in the backyard of the monk's mansion.

This kind of thing is very strange no matter how you look at it. The chief person in charge of the red light dispatching agency innovated the model himself and opened the underground trading market of Qingxifang in the residence of the monks who guard it.

But, everyone likes coming here more.

Guard the safety of the monastic residence!

As long as what you sell is not so outrageous, the seniors in the Foundation Establishment Stage will not care at all.

When the Foundation Establishment Senior was considered a threat, everyone was scared to death.

But if he can't threaten you, setting up a stall in the backyard of the garrison monk's mansion would be like asking a foundation-building senior to act as your security guard, wouldn't it?

The foundation-building monk works as a security guard, and he still has to repay the favor of the red light.

In one word – worth it!
As soon as Yu'an walked into the backyard, he was frightened by the hustle and bustle of the ghost market.

Some stalls are filled with books and jade slips, which are used to sell classics, but these street books are often not guaranteed to be authentic, and there is no after-sales guarantee.

Only the poorest independent cultivators would choose to buy so-called spells, techniques, and secrets from the stalls here, while those with a little wealth would only go to the shops opened by large families or sects.

Some stalls are just huge carriages with cages of living creatures on them. These are for selling monster cubs and mounts. Monsters are divided into food monsters and culturable monsters. The former are used for eating, while the latter are used for raising as fighting aids or family guardian monsters.

Casual cultivators cannot afford the former, but are often willing to grit their teeth and buy a trainable one to keep at home.

There are many types of mounts, and there are even mount cubs that can grow to the Qi Refining stage.

The most special ones are spirit pets. They are the most expensive and are directly domesticated monsters that can be used right after purchase.

This type of spiritual pet is usually cultivated by a family of immortal cultivators or related sects, and is very valuable.

Soon, Yulou found the monk whose stall was filled with various talismans.

"Daoyou, do you accept the Thousand Mile Talisman?"

The monk raised his head and glanced at Yulou, then looked at Yu'an behind him and said.

"Take it out and have a look. If the quality is good, I'll take it."

Yulou took out a stack of talismans from his arms and handed them over. The stall owner used his spiritual sense to check and quickly found out something was wrong.

“The Thousand Mile Talisman can bring the user the endurance of a thousand-mile horse, thus achieving the effect of long-distance running, so it is often drawn with the blood of a demon-level blue horse.

But I see that the blood used in your talisman does not seem to be the blood of a blue horse. Let alone a thousand miles, at most it can only allow the user to run a hundred miles!"

Yulou explained.

"Fellow Daoist, you may not know that I used the blood of a spirit donkey, and it was the blood of a spirit donkey produced by a spirit creature. It is not the same as the Thousand Mile Talisman drawn with demon blood, and the side effects are much smaller."

I would also like to thank Shopkeeper Tang for his help.

To refine equipment, one needs to learn restrictions, and to refine restrictions, one needs to accumulate experience in talisman making. If the Soul-Guiding Talisman is regarded as a basic activation switch, then the Thousand-Mile Talisman is one of the basic entry-level talismans.

With the blood of the Zhiweifang spirit donkey, Yulou was able to save a lot of spirit stones for buying materials.

If old Thangka were to supply them with a block of spiritual blood, they brothers would not have even a single spiritual stone left.

In addition, although Wang's Spirit Donkey Thousand Mile Talisman has a shorter duration, it also has other unique advantages.

The demon blood talisman will affect the circulation of the user's spiritual energy, but the blood of the spirit donkey will not have this problem.

After listening to Yulou's explanation, the monk who was setting up the stall looked at Yulou and asked tentatively.

"Spiritual donkey? You are Yulou, right?"

"what?"

Not to mention Yulou was shocked, even Yu'an was frightened.

The thug at the door knew us and we understood.

But isn’t it a bit outrageous that any random cultivator in the Ghost Market knows us?

"Haha, it's me, Wu Jinyan."

Wu Jinyan was Hongmei’s close friend and a witness when the two became Hongmei’s apprentices, so Yulou naturally knew her.

"Senior Wu, why are you selling talismans?"

The Wu family is a mining family, so if they want to sell anything, they should sell spiritual ore and spiritual gold.

"Hey, it's just to supplement the family income. But did you tell your master when you came to the ghost market?"

"That's what I said, of course." Yulou replied.

Wu Jinyan smiled knowingly and said.

"How about this? I'll take these dozens of Thousand Miles Talismans for twenty Spiritual Stones. I won't let you suffer any loss. How do you think?"

Twenty spirit stones for a stack of Thousand Mile Talismans of varying qualities. This price is indeed fair.

Yulou nodded, and thinking that Wu Jinyan was also an acquaintance, she decided not to bother two people and asked.

"Senior Wu, we still want to purchase a spiritual object for refining equipment, but even if we include these twenty spiritual stones, our budget is only thirty-five spiritual stones. Do you have any suitable ones?"

(End of this chapter)