Chapter 86 Chen Laodao

After Song Qingming came to Qinghefang, another half year passed quickly. During this time, Song Qingming patiently learned the way of store management and was already very familiar with the business in the Song family's store.

During the years of training in Guiyunfang, Song Qingming read a lot of various classics in the world of immortal cultivation in the Guiyunfang Merit Pavilion, including many books introducing various spiritual objects, which also helped him a lot in learning to run a store here.

Nowadays, Song Qingming has basically handed over all the affairs of the store to Wang Cheng and several mortal clerks of the Song family. Only when they encounter those difficult customers or spiritual objects they cannot identify, will they ask Song Qingming to make a decision.

Wang Cheng is a casual cultivator hired by the fourth uncle in Qinghefang. He is about the same age as Song Qingming, but the difference in their cultivation is a bit far. Song Qingming is already a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining, and his cultivation is only the fourth level of Qi Refining.

As Song Changqiu said, Wang Cheng is a more honest person. Like the fourth aunt, he is also a cultivator from Qinghefang. Song Changqiu hired him mainly because he was impressed by Wang Cheng's clean background and many of his clansmen living in Qinghefang.

If you rashly hire those casual cultivators from other places to manage the store, you will inevitably be afraid of some desperate people who are tempted by money. After all, people's hearts are separated by their stomachs. Whether it is a cultivator or an ordinary mortal, it is difficult to judge whether a person is good or bad in a short period of time.

Song Qingming now spends most of her time in the back hall of the store. In addition to practicing, she also has a lot of free time to make talismans to earn spiritual stones.

The store that Song Qingming is responsible for usually purchases various low-level spiritual objects and talisman-making materials. It is not difficult to collect these low-level materials in the market. After arriving here, Song Qingming used his skills as a talisman maker and has drawn a lot of talismans on his body in more than half a year.

He put all these talismans directly in the Song family shop for sale. Qinghefang was full of low-level independent cultivators. The middle and low-grade talismans made by Song Qingming were very popular here. In his spare time, he also used the materials received from the shop to make several sets of formations and placed them in the shop, attracting many independent cultivators.

One day, Song Qingming was meditating with his eyes closed in the back hall, and a mortal clerk of the Song family in the shop hurried to his door.

The clerk raised his hand and was about to knock on the door, but the door suddenly opened from the inside. Song Qingming ignored the clerk's surprised look and asked softly: "Why did you come to see me?"

"It was a guest who brought a special spiritual object. Master Wang didn't recognize it, so I asked you to come over and take a look."

Song Qingming didn't say anything, just nodded lightly and walked in front.

His cultivation has now broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining. When he meditates and cultivates, his spiritual consciousness is projected ten feet away, and he can easily sense the movements in most places in the store. When the clerk came to find him just now, he was already sensed by his spiritual consciousness ten feet away from his door, so he appeared at the door in advance.

Song Qingming just walked to the front hall of the store and saw several cultivators in the store checking and buying spiritual objects. Following the guidance of the clerk, Song Qingming saw at once that there was an old man with a long beard and yellow clothes standing next to Wang Cheng not far away. The old man's cultivation was not low and he had reached the late stage of Qi Refining.

Wang Cheng held a green spiritual medicine in his right hand and was talking to the old man in yellow about the spiritual medicine in his hand.

Song Qingming, who was about to walk over, suddenly stopped and looked at the old man in yellow clothes carefully. He turned around and retreated to the back hall.

The waiter Song who had been following him was confused when he saw Song Qingming suddenly return. He didn't know what happened, but he didn't dare to ask. He could only follow Song Qingming back to the back hall.

"Go and talk to Wang Cheng, and ask him to take the guest to the side room in the back hall first and entertain him well. I'll be there in a while."

After returning to the back hall, Song Qingming whispered to the waiter behind him and asked him to go and inform Wang Cheng. Then he showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth and took out a set of battle flags from the storage bag.

After a while, Wang Cheng brought the old man in yellow to the back hall. After asking the old man to sit down in the side room, he asked the waiter next to him to serve tea.

"Old senior, our boss will be here soon. You can talk to him directly about the following matters. I will go out first. You can talk slowly." After saying that, Wang Cheng smiled and retreated.

The old man in yellow had just picked up the tea and sipped it carefully. Soon, he saw a young man in green pushing the door and entering. He quickly put down the teacup in his hand and stood up.

"This old senior, I am Song Qingming, the manager of this shop." Song Qingming walked into the room and first introduced himself, then bowed to the old man in yellow.

The old man in yellow suddenly changed his face when he saw Song Qingming, and then pretended to be calm and asked: "Fellow Taoist, thank you for your courtesy. My surname is Chen. I think you look familiar. I wonder if you have met me before?"

"It's not easy for old senior Chen to remember me. Ten years ago, in Qinghe County, you encountered the robbers of Yingchao Ridge outside. Senior, do you still remember?" Song Qingming knocked on the table lightly and spoke slowly.

The old man in yellow sitting next to Song Qingming was the old Taoist priest that Song Qingming met on the way back to Lingyuan Mountain from Funiu Mountain ten years ago.

At that time, Taoist Chen was chased by robbers and happened to meet Song Qingming who had just come down the mountain. Later, he dragged Song Qingming in and almost killed him in Yunwu Mountain.

Song Qingming did not have such a bad memory as Taoist Chen. For the past ten years, Song Qingming had never forgotten this old Taoist priest who was almost sent to his death by him.

Just now, when Song Qingming walked into the front hall of the store, he recognized Taoist Chen at once, so he specially asked Wang Cheng to take him to the side room in the back hall.

When Taoist Chen heard Song Qingming talking about the incident ten years ago, he immediately recognized Song Qingming. He looked at Song Qingming with some surprise and said:

"You are the young friend Song from that day. I thought you were in trouble. I never thought I could see you again. Not only did you escape from danger, but your cultivation level also improved so quickly. You are really a person favored by God."

"Daoyou Chen was imprisoned that day. Later, he was able to escape because I used him to divert some of his energy. If I hadn't used a life-saving top-grade talisman given by an elder, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the chance to see you again today." After Song Qingming finished speaking, he smiled and filled a cup of tea for Taoist Chen.

"Back then, I was in a difficult situation and had to ask for help from you in order to survive. I was lucky to escape. Every time I think of what happened that day, I feel guilty. Today, I can see you again, Song, and I have fulfilled my wish."

Chen Laodao touched his beard and smiled awkwardly. Then he took out a top-grade talisman from his body, put it on the table reluctantly, and continued to speak to Song Qingming:

"Since I wasted a top-grade talisman for you back then, and today God has let you and me meet again. I guess he wants me to make up for this talisman for you. I hope you don't mind."