Chapter 287 Recruitment

On such a lively day in Xiaohu City, Xuanhua Lingxiang Shop naturally opened its store early and hung a sign offering rewards outside the door. Not only was the price greatly reduced, but the original limited quantity of incense was also doubled. But even so, before noon arrived, all the limited-purchase incense products were sold out.

However, there was still an endless stream of customers coming here. Hu Tu and Mu Yang were busy for a long time. It was not until early noon that the number of customers in the store gradually became rare, and they had some opportunities to take stock and rest.

Hu Tu sent a customer out of the store. He turned around and saw that there were not many other customers in the store. He did not need to greet him for the time being, so he simply leaned against the door of the store and took a rest.

He looked at the lively scene on the street and the guests coming and going, and couldn't help but feel a little more envious in his eyes.

"What, you want to go out for a walk too?" Suddenly, Yuan Ming's voice reached Hu Tu's ears, startling him.

"It's a busy time in the store, how dare I ignore it." Hu Tu waved his hand quickly.

"Haha, you have been busy and worked hard on weekdays. Now that there is a big event in the city, it is time for you to have a holiday. In this way, in the past two days, every afternoon, You and Mu Yang take turns on duty, leaving only one person in the store. I will also give you this month’s monthly payment in advance, so just go and buy whatever you want.” Yuan Ming said.

Hu Tu Yixi quickly raised his hands and thanked him, but then he put on a worried look and whispered:

"Boss, I heard from customers who came to the store recently that Changchun Temple seems to have sent Elder Jiedan to hunt down Pu Zhengqing."

In the past few years, he had been receiving monks in his shop, and he was no longer as unfamiliar with the world of immortality as he had been before. He also heard about the enmity between Yuan Ming and Changchun Temple.

Now that the Changchun Guanjie Dan monk came to Xiaohu City, he couldn't help but feel worried about Yuan Ming.

"You don't have to worry about this. No one in the city knows that I am the boss behind Xuanhua Lingxiang Shop, and Changchun Watch will not be able to find out about you." Yuan Ming said.

"Boss, you have misunderstood. I am worried about your safety." Hu Tu quickly expressed his loyalty.

It can be said that he is able to reach the path of immortality today because of Yuan Ming's help. Only if Yuan Ming is good can he be good.

"I know it well. If you can manage the store well, it will be a big help." Yuan Ming nodded.

He gave Hu Tu a few more words, then turned and left the store.

The Tianxiang Auction is a grand event held every three years. Whenever it is held, it attracts a large number of monks from all over the world to participate.

But not everyone can buy what they like at the auction, so at this time of year, there are always some customers who come with a large amount of spiritual stones and leave with a large amount of magic pills.

After going back and forth, other shops in the city saw the business opportunities and started to advertise discounts at this time. Those attendees who could not find what they wanted could not help but buy one or two items when they saw this situation.

Nowadays, even some monks who do not have invitations to the Tianxiang Auction will come to the city during the auction just to catch up with this rare discount ceremony.

Yuan Ming shuttled among the crowds and soon stepped onto the trestle across the lake in the city and arrived at the White Jade Square in the center of the lake.

The tall crystal building in the center of the square was as bright as before. Yuan Ming looked up for a moment and then walked over.

In front of the high-rise building, two monks wearing bodyguard uniforms were guarding the door, one on the left and the other on the right. Judging from the fluctuations of spiritual energy on their bodies, it turned out that they were both in the early stages of foundation building.

Yuan Ming walked up to them, took out the invitation from his arms, and handed it over.

The guards did not check, but simply moved out of the way.

"Fellow Taoist, please come in. Before the auction officially begins, except for the main auction venue, you can browse at will in the building. If you need help or have any questions, you can consult other guards patrolling the building."

Hearing the reminder from the foundation guard, Yuan Ming put away the invitation, nodded, passed through the gate, and walked into the tall building.

His field of vision instantly broadened, and he saw an extremely huge hall. A giant pillar stood in the center of the hall and was connected to the roof.

Dozens of suspended walkways extend from the pillars of the building, connecting it to different floors. Standing at the door and looking up, it is like a huge ancient tree without leaves, supporting the entire building with its own branches.

Then, Yuan Ming glanced around and saw that in addition to the giant pillars on the first floor, there were some neatly arranged wooden stalls. Some of them already had owners and were selling things, while some were still empty.

He stopped a passing guard and after some questioning, he learned that the first floor was a place specially opened for monks in need to set up their own stalls. However, there was no need for the monks to sell from behind the stalls. Tianxiang Auction arranged for someone to do it for them. During the sale, if there is any loss, etc., the monk will be compensated for the full price.

Yuan Ming walked around among the stalls and found that the goods sold here were of mixed quality, and most of the stalls were mainly for purchase. He quickly lost interest and walked towards the giant pillar.

It wasn't until he got closer that he discovered that there were many small doors at the bottom of the building pillars, and they were all equipped with the kind of spiritual ladders he had seen in teahouses. However, the spiritual bodies here were among the formations painted on the walls. The spiritual stones have been installed in advance, and numbers used to mark the floors are written on them.

Yuan Ming walked into the spiritual ladder and pressed the spiritual stone with the number two written on it. Soon, the spiritual ladder slowly rose up among the giant pillars, bringing him to the suspended plank road connecting the second floor.

It was only then that Yuan Ming discovered that except for the first floor, the other floors of the high-rise building seemed to be in a circular structure. You could either use spiritual ladders to get to each other, or you could choose to take the suspended plank road.

Unlike the first floor, the second floor is lined with large exhibition stands with different decoration styles, which seem to have strong regional and sect colors.

On Yuan Ming's left hand side is an exhibition stand with flowers and green leaves as the theme. Green vines are crawling all over every corner of the stand, and on the wall, pink flowers as big as human heads are blooming. The stamens are covered with a round glass shield, and various kinds of elixirs emitting faint light are hung in the shield, which looks quite novel.

Yuan Ming walked over curiously, but found that this exhibition stand belonged to Shengye Sect. Many disciples of Shengye Sect came and went in the exhibition stand, and Luo Xing'er was among them.

At this time, she was not wearing the clothes of a disciple of Shengye Sect, but a set of carefully tailored tender green long skirt, the skirt was fluffy like a lotus leaf in the pond, a light gauze ribbon was tied around her slender waist, and a piece of green jade hung from the end of the ribbon, hidden between the skirt, half covered and half exposed, like a lotus pond boat.

Luo Xinger heard someone coming and immediately looked up. Seeing that it was Yuan Ming, a happy expression suddenly appeared on her face. She ran over and approached Yuan Ming:

"Cousin...it turned out to be Senior Ha Gong. Are you also here to participate in the Tianxiang auction?"

Yuan Ming nodded and looked around the booth: "I just happened to have an invitation in my hand, so I came to see what your booth sells?"

"These are all elixirs developed by the uncles in the sect from the ancient formulas. If Senior Ha Gong is interested, let me introduce them to you." Luo Xinger said so.

Yuan Ming was about to refuse but suddenly heard someone behind him ask.

"Are you Ha Gong?"

He turned around and saw a kind old man standing behind him, with white hair and beard, smiling cheerfully, and even his eyes narrowed into lines.

Behind the old man, there were several foundation-building cultivators, all wearing the same clothes. Yuan Ming even remembered some of them. They were the Changchun Monastery cultivators he met in the loose cultivator meeting when he met Lu Shen.

Luo Xing'er also recognized the identities of these people, and her whole body froze. The hand holding Yuan Ming's arm also began to squeeze nervously.

Yuan Ming smiled, patted Luo Xing'er's back of the hand, pulled his arm out, gave her a reassuring look, and then bowed and asked.

"I am Ha Gong, may I ask who you are, senior?"

The old man's cultivation had reached the Jindan stage. When he heard Yuan Ming's question, he responded with a smile.

"I am Zuo Qinghui, honored to be the elder of Changchun Temple. I came here to eliminate the evil soul cultivator Pu Zhengqing. Several disciples of our sect here have mentioned your name to me. I wanted to contact you through Shengye Sect, but I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Senior Zuo is too polite. I wonder why you are looking for me?" Yuan Ming asked.

"It's not a big deal. I just want to ask about the details of your fight with Pu Zhengqing. But now I see that you are much younger than I thought, and you can defeat the strong with the weak in the early stage of foundation building. With such talent, it's a pity to be a casual cultivator. I wonder if you are willing to join my Changchun Temple and eliminate Pu Zhengqing together?" Zuo Qinghui said.

"Senior, I am honored by your kindness, but I am used to being casual and don't want to join the sect for the time being. Please forgive me." Yuan Ming said.

As soon as Zuo Qinghui said this, someone behind him immediately showed anger before he said anything.

"Ha Gong, you have to think it through. There are so many people who want to enter our Changchun Temple, but they can't get in even if they beg. You rejected it today, don't regret it in the future."

Yuan Ming was not moved at all, and didn't even look at the man. His eyes still stayed on Zuo Qinghui.

However, unlike the disciples behind him, Zuo Qinghui was not angry at all, and still had a smile.

"You may feel that as a casual cultivator, you will be excluded by others if you enter the sect. You don't have to worry about this. I invited you to join the sect not only to recruit talents, but more because I saw your talent and wanted to find a closed disciple for myself. As long as you agree, from now on, you will be my disciple of Zuo Qinghui, and no one in the sect will dare to trouble you."

Hearing Zuo Qinghui's words, the disciples behind him were surprised, and the other disciples of Shengye Sect who were watching nearby were also amazed and envious.

However, Yuan Ming's attitude remained firm: "I already have a master, and I don't want to change my school for the time being. Please forgive me, senior."

At this time, even Zuo Qinghui's smile faded a little, and the Changchun Temple disciples behind him were even more angry.