Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 152 Harvest
Wei Xingdao: "Are we just going to let this go?"

The loss of a promising member of the family, with nothing to show for it, left Wei Xing feeling deeply aggrieved.

Jin Mang said, "I will hand over that array diagram to Sect Leader Bai Muyun."

Wei Xingdao said, "Since it's fake, what's the use of giving it to him?"

Jin Mang said, "Wei Kuang has never studied formations. Although he has been helping Zhou Qing to inscribe talismans recently, such a short time does not allow him to accumulate any knowledge in formations."

"So I guess Zhou Qing showed them the thorns wrapped around the talisman and asked them to copy it."

“Although Wei Kuang gave us a fake one, the runes on that fake talisman were not something he could have fabricated out of thin air. They must have been the original runes of the thorn-wrapped talisman, with only his structure modified.”

"Give it to Bai Muyun; he might be able to deduce the real talisman based on these runes."

Hearing him say that, Wei Xing felt a glimmer of hope again.

If the talisman can truly be deciphered, given the losses suffered by the Wei family and their contributions, they will surely reap considerable benefits.

In this way, Wei Kuang's death wasn't in vain.

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Leaving the training hall, Zhou Qing was filled with anger.

For Wei Kuang's death, but even more so for the corrupt nature hidden beneath the sect's peaceful facade.

Even if the Qingyun Sect isn't completely rotten, it's already 70-80% rotten.

Over the years, under the banner of the sect, a complex web of vested interests has formed. When they act, they care more about the interests of their own small groups and disregard the overall interests of the sect. As a result, many geniuses have been killed.

Zhou Qing suddenly understood Mu Zhuosha's idea of ​​starting anew.

Unless we start from scratch and rebuild everything from scratch, there is no way to revitalize the sect.

Zhou Qing felt he needed to do something, both for Wei Kuang and to vent his own resentment.

But in the end, he managed to calm his blind anger.

There's nothing he can do right now.

In the world of cultivation, strength is fundamental; without strength, one cannot truly sit at the card table.

What he needs to do most right now is to improve his strength as soon as possible.

There is only one way to increase your strength: earn more spirit stones and exchange them all for high-grade ones. This will allow you to increase your cultivation speed once again.

Zhou Qing began to resume his former reclusive lifestyle.

He devoted all his energy to spiritual practice and invented talismans himself.

However, the invention of talismans was one thing, but their production was another problem.

Wei Kuang's death served as a reminder that someone had already set their sights on the person who produced the talismans for him.

Now, only Wei Xu, Wang Xiaohu, and Yuan Hongying remain to produce talismans for him.

None of these three people come from affiliated families, so there's no need to worry that they'll encounter a situation similar to Wei Kuang's.

But three people were not enough; he needed more.

The three of them also need to cultivate, and it's impossible for them to spend too much time inscribing talismans, lest it affect their cultivation.

Zhou Qing is most grateful that he made an agreement with his fellow disciples that day, which granted him the right to use the Truth-Seeking Formation.

This allowed him to have a closer grasp on his fellow students, which could largely prevent the Wei Kuang incident from happening again.

His magnetic field sensing allows him to perceive the emotions of his junior fellow students, and once he detects any unusual behavior, he can demand that they reveal the truth. This measure was originally not designed for this purpose, but rather to deal with a more terrifying threat he envisioned, but unexpectedly, it yielded surprising benefits.

However, this benefit is bittersweet.

Sometimes, when Zhou Qing looked up from his book in the middle of the night, he would be startled to find that he had unknowingly gone so far down a path he would never have taken before.

Use mental manipulation techniques to control others and ensure their absolute honesty towards you.

Intentionally or unintentionally, they portray themselves as supreme leaders.

In any work of art, this is something that villains usually do, but I have unknowingly done it myself.

Zhou Qing shook his head helplessly.

He didn't want to get caught up in the distinction between good and evil, or between righteous and villainous characters; it was meaningless to him.

This is a measure he has to take at the moment. He cannot let a group of people whose loyalty cannot be guaranteed work for him, otherwise he will soon be exploited and drained dry.

The only compensatory measure he can take now is to distribute more benefits to everyone, so that everyone can walk more smoothly and for a longer period on the path of spiritual practice.

Zhou Qing quickly selected six more disciples from among the others to join Wei Xu and the other two in inscribing formations for him.

Feedback came from the Longevity Market that the Thorn Rings were selling very quickly there; the two hundred talismans he left behind were sold out in less than half a month.

Wang Xuanji estimated that at least four hundred sheets of goods should be in stock each month.

Four hundred talismans require roughly three days' work from nine people.

These nine people arranged their cultivation time, and during the intervals between their practice sessions, they would go to Cheng Feipeng's house to do chores.

Since the feedback from the Longevity Market was positive, Zhou Qing decided to gradually roll out these talismans in other shops controlled by his own people.

It mainly refers to the shops near those seven Golden Core sects.

If each shop needs 400 talismans per month, then a total of nearly 3,000 talismans would be required, which is roughly the workload of these people for 20 days.

However, Zhou Qing could not possibly use them as workers in a capitalist society.

They are cultivators, so it's impossible for them to spend so much time on it every month.

Zhou Qing had no choice but to continue expanding his manpower. After careful selection, he managed to gather a total of fifteen people to inscribe talismans, enough to supply the shops of seven Golden Core sects.

With three thousand talismans, one can earn thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones per month, and he can receive thirty percent of that, which is nine thousand stones.

Nine thousand low-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for ninety high-grade spirit stones. Zhou Qing gave three to each of his junior brothers and sisters, ten to Cheng Feipeng, and kept thirty-five for himself.

Everyone was overjoyed to receive their first month's "salary".

They examined the spirit stone in their hands, which emitted a faint glow, and their hearts were already filled with anticipation.

Three high-grade spirit stones—this was a cultivation resource they couldn't obtain even in a whole year before, but now they could have this kind of harvest every month.

With these resources, their cultivation speed will be increased like never before.

At this moment, their belief in Zhou Qing was stronger than ever before.

The eldest brother is someone who can turn the impossible into the possible. In the thousands of years of Qingyun Sect's lineage, no senior brother has ever brought such benefits to his junior brothers and sisters.

They firmly believed that, under the leadership of their senior brother, they would create an even more glorious future for the Qingyun Sect.

After obtaining the high-grade spirit stone, Zhou Qing couldn't wait to test its effects.

On the porch of his own courtyard, Zhou Qing sat cross-legged, placed the spirit stone in his palm, and used the maximum power of the magnetic field to absorb the spiritual energy into his body.

(End of this chapter)