Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 50 A flash of inspiration

Soon, other members of the sect came from the rooms in the backyard.

When they saw Qi Xiaobai and Carissa, everyone had different expressions.

Song Xian first introduced the names: "Fellow Daoist Qi is a rare talent. He is an excellent alchemist and has extensive knowledge. If he and his wife join our sect, they will be a great help to us."

"Fellow Daoist Qi, Fellow Daoist Ka, you have all seen the current situation of our sect. Let's not engage in mundane formalities. From now on, you will officially join our sect and become our disciples. From now on, you will address each other as brothers."

"Yes, Master." Qi Xiaobai responded, and Carissa also responded.

"Junior Brother Qi is a professional alchemist and will be responsible for the sect's alchemy affairs from now on. As for Junior Sister Ka, please assist Junior Brother Qi in alchemy!"

After Song Xian finished speaking, Qi Xiaobai looked a little strange. He coughed and said, "Master, Karisa is her name. Her full name is Karisa Adora. The names of the people of Muhe Grassland are different from ours. Adora is her surname and Karisa is her given name."

"Um... then... let's all call her Junior Sister Carissa from now on!" Song Xian felt a little embarrassed. Seeing Jiang Zichen constantly looking at Carissa, to ease the awkwardness, he said, "Junior Brother Zichen, why do you keep looking at Junior Sister Carissa?"

Jiang Zichen wasn't embarrassed at all, and chuckled, "I've never seen anyone look like Senior Sister Carissa. Senior Sister Carissa, do everyone in your place look like this?"

Carissa smiled and said, "The women of the grasslands basically all look like me."

"Really? They're all so beautiful?"

Everyone laughed at this statement. Zhang Ningyuan jokingly said, "Junior Brother Zichen, do you also want to marry a grassland woman? That depends on whether you have Junior Brother Qi's ability. Do you know how to make pills? It's not too late to learn now."

"If they were all as beautiful as Senior Sister Carissa, I wouldn't mind considering them," Jiang Zichen said, sniffing again. "Senior Sister Carissa, you smell so good! Do all the women on the grassland smell this good?"

Carissa didn't care: "This is the spice for applying on the body."

"Spice, what kind of spice is this? It smells so good, I've never smelled it before."

Zhang Ningyuan smiled and said, "Junior Brother Zichen, why are you asking so carefully? Are you planning to buy a copy as a gift for your future wife?"

"Brother Ning Yuan, do you smell it? It smells really good."

"I don't have a dog's nose as sensitive as yours."

"This kind of spice isn't available for sale anywhere else." Qi Xiaobai's expression was filled with pride. "This is a spice I specially developed. It's made from a special medicinal herb from Carissa's hometown, and is refined with various spiritual flowers and herbs. If Junior Brother Zichen wants one, I'll give it to you."

"That's great, thank you, Brother Qi."

"Alright, alright." Song Xian waved his hand to interrupt their chatter. "It's late, everyone should go to bed! Senior Brother Lu Yuan, please bear with me for a moment and squeeze into my room. I'll leave that room for Junior Brother Qi and his wife."

"No need, I'll just sleep on the floor in the lobby."

"Let's squeeze in for a while! This won't be a one- or two-day thing. Before the sect residence is built, you'll be sharing a room with Senior Brothers Ning Yuan and Zhong Yang. Senior Brother Zhang Yi, from now on, I'll have to inconvenience you by sharing a room with Junior Brothers Zi Chen and Shen Fan. Leave your room empty for Junior Brother Qi and his wife."

Zhang Yi nodded. Before, Zhang Yi and Lu Yuan shared a room at the innermost part of the courtyard. Now that Qi Xiaobai and his wife had come, they had to be given a separate room.

"Let's go! Junior Brother Qi, Junior Sister Carissa, you must be tired after coming all the way here. I'll take you to your room to rest."

Everyone left. Song Xian led the two of them to the backyard and told Lu Yuan to get a new set of mattresses and quilts immediately and take his original set to his room.

"Junior Brother Qi, Junior Sister Carissa, our sect's conditions are very poor right now, so we have to ask you to stay here temporarily."

"It doesn't matter. We are not spoiled young men and women who have lived in many places. This is nothing."

Song Xian said, "Your salary is the same as everyone else's, thirty spirit stones per month. Our sect's disciples in the early stages of Qi Refining receive fifteen spirit stones per month, those in the middle stages receive thirty spirit stones, and those in the late stages receive forty-five spirit stones. I also receive my salary according to this rule, but because I'm the headmaster, my fellow disciples insisted on doubling my salary, so my salary is also thirty spirit stones."

"All of our sect's wealth is with Senior Brother Lu Yuan, who is in charge of finances. He will hand it over to you when the time comes. Every three months, we will hold a financial meeting to compare all expenditures and income. There are other rules, too many to list right now, so we'll discuss them in detail later!"

Qi Xiaobai was a little surprised when he heard this. Although Song Xian had told him that he would have a monthly salary of thirty spirit stones, he did not expect that everyone would have the same salary, even the head master was no exception. This made him look at him with admiration.

It was surprising to him that such a small and poor sect could pay such a high salary to every disciple. What was even more commendable was that they treated everyone equally without making any distinction.

"The previous one thousand spirit stones will be deducted from our salaries until all is deducted. Master, you asked me to be in charge of alchemy matters, but I don't know where the alchemy room is here."

"There's no alchemy room on this mountain. Fortunately, the market in Bianxia Town has opened. I plan to rent an alchemy room there for you to use long-term."

"Oh! Oh, and there's one more thing. This mountain only has one low-grade, first-order spiritual vein. There are three low-level training rooms. I occupy one, Senior Brother Lin Zixiang occupies one, and the others take turns using one. This is because Senior Brother Zixiang and I both have dual-attribute spiritual roots. According to the previous sect rules, those with dual-attribute spiritual roots must occupy a separate training room." "I wonder what the spiritual roots of Junior Brother Qi and Junior Sister Carissa are like?"

Qi Xiaobai said: "We both have three spiritual roots."

"Then I'll have to inconvenience you by taking turns using that training room. Besides that, I'll have Senior Brother Lu Yuan give you twenty spirit stones every month, and the remaining forty spirit stones will be deducted from Senior Brother Wen Yuan, as the one thousand spirit stones are the money he earned from selling his magic tools."

As soon as Song Xian finished speaking, Lu Yuan came in with a bunch of new red mattresses, quilts, pillows and other bedding, put them aside, and then tidied up his own bedding.

Carissa then spread the new mattress, quilt and other items on the bed. When she passed by Song Xian, a light and refreshing fragrance came into her nose, like the flowers of orchid and osmanthus, and the fragrance of fragrant grass.

The fragrance rushed into Song Xian's mind, and he felt relaxed and happy.

When Jiang Zichen mentioned it before, he didn't take it seriously and just thought it was a joke. This was because when he was in the lobby, he was far away from Carissa and didn't smell the fragrance at all, and Jiang Zichen was sitting next to her.

Now that Carissa walked past him, he could smell the fragrance emanating from her body, and he understood why Jiang Zichen was so surprised. It was indeed a fragrant and refreshing scent.

Even after leaving the room, the unusual fragrance on Carissa's body still lingered in his nose. When Song Xian returned to the room, Lu Yuan had already spread bedding on the floor.

"Brother Lu, why don't you sleep on the bed? It's okay for us to squeeze in."

"Master, you're welcome. I'll just sleep like this."

"Tomorrow, have the mortals who remain at the foot of the mountain make a wooden bed and send it to you. You can't sleep on the ground forever. The weather is good now, but in a few months, it will get colder and colder, and you won't be able to bear it. I heard that it's freezing here when the weather gets colder."

"I know."

"Brother Lu, from now on, you will pay Junior Brother Qi and his wife a salary of twenty spirit stones per month. Give the remaining forty spirit stones to Senior Brother Wenyuan. He previously borrowed nine hundred spirit stones to help Junior Brother Qi buy medicine."

"it is good."

Song Xian undressed and went to bed.

"Master." Lu Yuan suddenly shouted.

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"There are only a little over 2,400 spirit stones left in the sect's account, and with the addition of two more people, we won't be able to pay salaries in another six months."

"I know, don't worry, I will find a way, go to sleep!" Song Xian blew out the candle, and the room was instantly plunged into darkness.

He lay straight on the bed, staring at the roof and stone wall, lost in thought.

Although Lu Yuan was told not to worry, he actually had no confidence at all. The sect had no industry and was weak, so it had no qualifications to cooperate with those big sects.

For the current plan, we can only take one step at a time.

Going to Muhe Grassland to do business was a helpless move. The sect did not have enough capital, and after a round trip, even if everything went well, they would not make much.

I don't know how the shops in the market in Bianxia Town are doing, but I guess they are not doing well. They have no industrial resources and nothing to sell. The shops are located in a remote area and have no reputation. How can they possibly compete with the shops of powerful sects? They have just opened, and it is good enough to break even. It is basically impossible to make a lot of money from the shops.

How could he find a way to make money? Song Xian racked his brains, but for a moment, he couldn't come up with a solution. If he couldn't find a stable source of income, the disciples of Hunyuan Sect, no matter how loyal they were or how close their relationships were, would inevitably end up disbanding.

After a while, snoring sounds were heard, and it turned out that Lu Yuan had fallen asleep.

The rhythmic and loud snoring made him even more upset. Thinking of Lu Yuan's words, he didn't have much time left.

Although Qi Xiaobai was a highly regarded alchemist, the sect couldn't devote many resources to training him. Craftsmen like alchemists, talisman makers, and array masters all required long-term training before achieving results. It was impossible to expect them to succeed in a short period of time.

And now with the addition of two more members, the sect's already difficult finances have become even worse.

Thinking of this, Song Xian felt even more depressed. He took a deep breath and remembered the fragrance he had just smelled from Carissa, which made him feel so peaceful.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to his mind, like a flash of lightning, and an idea emerged.

(End of this chapter)