Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 56: Trusting the Hound
[Real name: Fang Jingxuan]

Age: 24

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 3 (223/600)]

[Talisman: Silent Note: 82/100]

[Physical Training Technique: Qingmu Health Training, Current Level, Qingmu Skin: 59/100]

Looking at the information above, Fang Jingxuan first paid attention to the talisman making column.

My own experience in making talismans, on the silent note, was over forty a month ago, and over sixty yesterday.

Unexpectedly, just a process similar to enlightenment directly brought my experience in making silent notes to eighty-two.

As expected, spiritual practice requires sudden enlightenment. I really hope that I can have a sudden enlightenment from time to time in the future.

Fang Jingxuan was thinking about beautiful things a little too extravagantly. He knew in his heart that the state of enlightenment was hard to come by. It was precisely because of its rarity that enlightenment was so precious.

No matter what, Fang Jingxuan also experienced an epiphany, and his talisman-making realm was improved. Now Fang Jingxuan knew very clearly that he could be called a master just in this silent note.

However, there is a Grandmaster above the Master, and the total number of points is one hundred. The higher the level, the more difficult it is to achieve perfection, and eighty-two points is already a very good result.

Now, Fang Jingxuan can easily distinguish the structure of the silent note and the function of each talisman configuration.

This is much better than the initial situation where I got a headache just by seeing the shape of the talisman.

"The previous Silence Note was just a regular style, and I don't know if there are any similar Silence Notes on the market that I've uniquely comprehended. To distinguish the two, I'll call this new Silence Note the Heaven and Earth Quiet Meditation Talisman."

Fang Jingxuan named the newly realized silent note the Heaven and Earth Quiet Meditation Talisman.

Although it was called that, Fang Jingxuan knew that the Heaven and Earth Quiet Meditation Talisman that he had just comprehended was still far from the final effect he had envisioned.

Fang Jingxuan suppressed his joy and turned his attention to his cultivation.

For more than a month, Fang Jingxuan practiced martial arts and meditated very diligently. Combined with the effect of the Moonlight Jade Dew, his cultivation progress increased by more than sixty points.

In just half a year, one third of the progress required to reach the third level of Qi Refining had been completed.

This speed made Fang Jingxuan very satisfied. Compared with the five years of practice he had originally planned, what else was there to be dissatisfied with?

Oh, it would be even better if the fellow practitioner of [Wuxiang Chantui] could be replaced as well.

Glancing at the progress of his body refining, which was still lukewarm, Fang Jingxuan discovered that he had no talent in the field of body refining.

As the progress of body refining increases, the amount of spiritual wood essence required each time is increasing. Now Fang Jingxuan begins to feel distressed when looking at the consumed spiritual stones.

Now he still had to pay his mortgage, Wang Xinyu's debt, and the food and drink for himself and Tu Yuan, as well as the increasing consumption of his body training.
The spirit stone consumption of operating the protective formation must also be taken into account. Among them, the protective formation accounts for the largest amount, while the spirit gathering formation consumes less. Although the fire formation in the warm room where Tuyuan lives is small, it is also an expense.

Adding up all these things, the monthly expenses alone would be one hundred and fifty-six low-grade spirit stones.

Alas, when he thought of money, Fang Jingxuan's good mood quietly faded, and a feeling of melancholy surged in his heart.

Opening the box containing talisman papers, Fang Jingxuan counted and found that the total number of silent notes he had accumulated in recent days was more than 160.

Compared with the previous batch, this batch of silent notes is of higher quality. The lowest coverage range is more than ten feet away, and the last dozen or so refined have reached a distance of nearly two feet.

The materials are still the same and the cost has not increased, but as Fang Jingxuan's talisman-making level improves, the effects of the talismans he makes become better and better.

This means that talismans are easier to sell and have higher profit margins.

Fang Jingxuan calculated that if he could sell this batch of talismans, he could earn at least 130 to 140 low-grade spirit stones. This would basically cover his expenses for the month.

But there is still a gap. After thinking about it, Fang Jingxuan decided to take out some of the Yuehua Jade Dew and sell it.

Fang Jingxuan took out a jade bottle from his storage bag and opened it to confirm.

Inside is the dew condensed on the Wanshou Winter Cypress every morning. Fang Jingxuan collected it and prepared to sell it for money.

However, [Wanshou Hanbai] is not a high-level precious medicine. Although the dew it condenses contains spiritual energy, its quality is not top-notch.

Therefore, in order to sell it at a good price, Fang Jingxuan added ten drops of Moon Jade Dew into it. He wanted to see what price this kind of cypress dew with Moon Jade Dew could be sold at in the market.

Looking at his spirit stone reserves again, Fang Jingxuan felt a pang of pain in his heart. He decided to sell whatever he had.

Two days later, Fang Jingxuan took Tu Yuan out. Before leaving, he said hello to Wang Xinyu next door and asked her to help keep an eye on the house.

At this time, Wang Xinyu was preparing medicinal materials, and he readily agreed to Fang Jingxuan's request.

So Fang Jingxuan sat cross-legged on Tuo Yuan and walked slowly towards the shantytown market outside the city.

There were fewer people on the snow-covered streets, and the people in the market looked at Tuo Yuan with a little more greed in their eyes.

This made Fang Jingxuan a little unhappy. He signaled Tuoyuan to speed up and move away from the crowd.

Arriving at Wu Laosan's residence, Fang Jingxuan went forward and knocked on the door. After a few breaths, someone answered.

"who?"

This voice seemed to be filled with suppressed anger. Fang Jingxuan could hear the anger in it, but Fang Jingxuan remained unmoved. He spoke quietly:

"Third brother, it's me, Fang Jingxuan."

Hearing that it was Fang Jingxuan, the cultivator inside paused for a few breaths before saying:
"So it's Brother Fang. Please forgive me, I thought it was a debt collector."

Wu Laosan walked forward to open the door and welcomed Fang Jingxuan in. Only then did Fang Jingxuan see Wu Laosan's condition.

He seemed to be injured, and he walked with a limp and was not very agile.

The mortal servants who had served before were nowhere to be seen, and no one came forward to add tea or water.

"Third brother, what's wrong with you?"

Fang Jingxuan was somewhat concerned about Wu Laosan's health. If he became disabled, wouldn't he have to find a new buyer for his more than one hundred silent notes?

"Hey, don't mention it. Last month, I wanted to hunt a monster, but I capsized in a ditch and got injured by that beast. But it's nothing serious. I'll be fine after a month or so of recuperation."

"What kind of monster is so powerful? Third brother, you are also a veteran, how could you be so careless?"

Wu Lao San said angrily:
"I've been hunting several demonic beasts pretty smoothly lately, and I've gotten a little cocky. Winter's coming, and I figured bear paws are tasty and can fetch a good price, so I decided to hunt a demonic bear. Unfortunately, that bear became a spirit, able to conceal its abilities. I barely managed to save my life."

What? Fang Jingxuan had never heard of a bear that could hide its own cultivation.

"This battle cost me eight good dogs, and two of my trusted men were seriously injured and died. These trusted men were borrowed from my brother's monster hunting team, so I had to pay him back. What do you think happened?"

Zhongtuo is the heaviest and most powerful dog in the pack, and is also the key to killing monsters with one blow. Each one is at the monster level and is not easy to train. The price of each one is estimated to be more than four or five hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Wu Laosan lost two of his fish at once, which was a huge loss. No wonder he was so angry.

(End of this chapter)