Chapter 61 Celebration
Time flies.
Wu Tao spent two days at his master Chen Shan's house. In the past two days, apart from practicing Sanyang Gong every day, he did not even practice Dragon Spear Technique. The rest of the time was almost spent on comprehending Xuanyuan Refining Technique.
The medicinal bath for tempering the body had been consumed long ago.
He received eight medium-grade spirit stones per month in the Refining Hall, which was not enough to buy medicinal materials.
So, he planned to set up a stall today and sell the magic tools he had refined in the Refining Hall for more than half a year to buy medicinal materials for tempering the body and Qi Condensation Pills.
There was still enough Qi Condensation Pills for two days.
Chen Shan's house was very big, with three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a toilet. As a refiner, Chen Shan would naturally rent a house with a refinery room. Although this house was not in the most prosperous area of the inner city, the rent would not be too low.
Wu Tao thought that although Chen Shan treated him like his own son, he would feel bad if he really lived and ate for free in Chen Shan's house.
Therefore, when he sold the robe and earned the spirit stones, he told his master that he would share the rent and food expenses (he ate more than Chen Shan and his daughter). His weapon refining certificate had the seal of the weapon refining hall, which could reduce half of the rent.
Chen Shan should have this point.
Through the contact over the past two days, he and Chen Yao became more familiar with each other. To his surprise, Chen Yao did not rely on her father Chen Shan to support her at home, but had a job in the inner city.
It was said that she processed talisman paper in a talisman workshop, that is, processed animal skins into talisman paper, and she also had a salary of one medium-grade spirit stone a month.
Wu Tao was very surprised when he heard about the salary. When he was in the West Outer City, he also heard about the work of the talisman workshop. He had to deal with those bloody animal skins, shave the hair, remove the scraps of meat on them, and cut and refine them. This was a dirty and tiring job, and the salary was pitifully low. Those casual cultivators laughed at five low-grade spirit stones.
I didn't expect that a quiet girl like Chen Yao could endure it.
Chen Yao told him that these preliminary treatments were not actually done by her, but by other unskilled casual cultivators, and the money was pitifully little, only more than 20 low-grade spirit stones a month.
What she did was to control the quality in the end. Only the talisman paper that could draw talismans could pass, and the unqualified ones had to be selected and scrapped.
And those who could do this business must know the "Qingling Jue". Chen Yao practiced the Qingling Jue to the second level.
Mao Zheng.
Wu Tao and Chen Shan, father and daughter, had breakfast at home. Wu Tao was going to set up a stall in the market, while Chen Yao was going to work in the talisman workshop.
Chen Shan stayed at home. In the past two days, he began to record the secret manual of refining "Flame Gun" to avoid forgetting it.
"Ayao, I'll take you to the workshop." Wu Tao said to Chen Yao after packing up the magic tools to be sold today.
"Thank you, senior brother." Chen Yao nodded.
Then, the two of them went out together.
On the way, the two chatted casually, and Wu Tao suddenly asked: "Where do those casual cultivators who earn more than 20 low-grade spirit stones a month live?"
He thought, the rent in the inner city is so expensive, how can they afford it with such a small amount of spirit stones?
Chen Yao explained:
"Some live in shanty towns. Brother, don't look at the prosperity of the inner city, but there are also several shanty towns in the inner city. There is actually no difference between the outer city and the shanty towns. Some people have no houses to live in, so they live in the outer city. But if they live in the outer city, they may have to travel for two hours every day."
"I actually benefited from my father's help. Otherwise, with my salary of a medium-grade spirit stone, how could I afford such a good house."
After listening, Wu Tao was silent for a moment, and then he suddenly said: "So that's the case..."
"Brother, I'm here!"
Chen Yao stopped.
Wu Tao paused, and also stopped, looking at the door of the talisman workshop. At the door, a cultivator in uniform was holding a magic mirror for exorcism. Everyone entering the workshop had to look at it, and also check the work certificate issued by the workshop. Non-workshop staff were not allowed to enter.
"Chen Yao, who is this?"
Just then, a female cultivator who was five or six years older than Chen Yao came over and looked at Wu Tao with a gossipy look on her face.
Chen Yao said: "This is my senior brother Li Mo, the disciple my father accepted, and sent me to the workshop."
Wu Tao also informed Chen Yao about the alias Li Mo, and called Wu Tao "Senior Brother Li Mo" outside.
When the female cultivator heard it, her eyes lit up immediately, and she stepped forward while saying: "Hello, Brother Li, I am Chen Yao's good friend Li Xue, and I also work in this talisman workshop..."
"Hello!" Wu Tao always felt that Li Xue had some bad intentions, as if she wanted to eat people.
Chen Yao quickly grabbed Li Xue and pulled her away, saying in a very fast tone: "Go in quickly, it's almost time to go to work. Senior brother, I'll come to the market to find you after work."
"No need, the market closes early, I'll come to pick you up, otherwise my master will scold me when I go back."
Wu Tao shouted at her.
He watched Chen Yao and Li Xue walk into the workshop. They were young and beautiful, wearing robes, and Chen Yao was wearing spiritual boots. There were also casual cultivators wearing ordinary clothes around them, with tired faces. When they saw Chen Yao and Li Xue, they couldn't help but let them go in first, and didn't dare to look at them for a second.
Wu Tao turned around and left, and went directly to the market.
With the weapon refining certificate, which had the seal of the Wuquan Mountain Refining Hall, Wu Tao rented a stall smoothly and put all the weapons on the stall.
Ten pairs of spiritual boots, twenty spiritual robes.
As for the other soul-absorbing robes and small soul-light shield robes, he left them at home and did not sell them all.
(Mainly because he could not afford so many.)
As the war subsided, prices fell back to their previous levels.
Therefore, his prices were normal, with a pair of Spiritual Travel Boots costing five mid-grade spiritual stones, and a pair of Soul Absorbing Robes costing one hundred and two low-grade spiritual stones.
Perhaps because the battle between Wuquan Mountain and the Ghost Dao Sect came too suddenly, the casual cultivators had war sequelae, and the seeds of being prepared for danger were planted in their hearts. This kind of life-saving magic weapon sold particularly well.
As soon as Wu Tao set up his stall, a casual cultivator came to inquire.
In one morning, he sold six pairs of Spiritual Travel Boots and ten Soul Absorbing Robes.
He earned forty-two mid-grade spiritual stones and twenty low-grade spiritual stones.
Wu Tao had never earned so much, and he was extremely happy. He planned to buy ten kilograms of monster meat after closing the stall to celebrate today.
Today's business was unprecedentedly good. With one hour left before the market closed, Wu Tao sold all the magic weapons he brought.
He earned a total of seventy mid-grade spiritual stones and forty low-grade spiritual stones.
All of these are his, and he doesn't have to pay taxes.
"It's right to go to the Refining Hall to answer the call, otherwise, I would have to pay nearly seven middle-grade spirit stones in tax this time. One year of tax exemption is really great!" Wu Tao felt overjoyed.
After closing the stall, he put the spirit stones close to his body, and then planned to go around the market to buy a gift for Chen Yao.
A meeting gift from his senior brother.
As for the pair of spirit boots, he thanked Chen Shan for borrowing the refining room, so it doesn't count.
After a round of shopping, he found that he didn't pick a gift that matched Chen Yao's temperament.
I have to sigh that it's really hard to choose a gift for a girl.
Finally, Wu Tao saw a magic weapon refining secret book at a stall. It was a jade pendant magic weapon, level 1 and level 4. He stood in front of the stall and thought about it, and thought to himself: "The magic weapon refined by myself is more sincere."
So he bought the secret book.
After that, Wu Tao went to the herbal medicine shop and the pill shop to buy Qi Condensation Pills and Body Tempering Herbs. For the amount of medicinal materials for two months, the middle-grade spirit stones were reduced by twelve; for the amount of Qi Condensation Pills for two months, the middle-grade spirit stones were reduced by three.
Another batch of restriction practice spirit boards was purchased.
He is now practicing the first-level six-level combination restriction, and the required restriction practice spirit boards must be of better quality, otherwise they cannot bear the first-level six-level restriction and are extremely easy to collapse.
High-quality restriction practice spirit boards are naturally more expensive, one low-grade spirit stone per piece. This cost another middle-grade spirit stone.
He also bought twenty middle-grade spirit stones of spirit materials for refining spirit travel boots in this store.
There are too many of these things, and there is a home delivery service, so Wu Tao wrote down an address and asked the store to deliver it to his home.
After doing all this, he came to the monster meat shop and bought ten kilograms of first-level intermediate monster meat.
First-level intermediate monster meat is not as cheap as first-level primary monster meat. Ten kilograms cost one middle-grade spirit stone.
I heard from the butcher that it is very nutritious.
Wu Tao likes to take more and more.
With thirty-three middle-grade spirit stones on him, Wu Tao was going to buy a square storage bag, but thinking that he still had to talk to his master about rent and food, he decided to buy it after selling the magic weapon next time.
Carrying ten kilograms of monster meat, Wu Tao went to the Talisman Workshop to pick up Chen Yao and take him home.
When he arrived at the door of the workshop, Chen Yao was already standing there waiting for him. Seeing that he was holding a large bag of monster meat in his hand, he was surprised and said, "Brother, why did you buy so much meat?"
Wu Tao smiled and said, "Today is a good day, happy, celebrate."
"What are you happy about? Tell me?"
"Anyway, I'm happy, I can't say it, I can't say it."
Wu Tao looked mysterious.
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Today is indeed a good day, hahahaha... ready to eat Japanese food...