Chapter 333: Stability, the Goal! [Subscribe Please]
A month passed in a flash.
In the past month, Wei Hong's life in Qingyun Mountain Market has become very regular!
Basically, every day is a straight line between two points. He goes to the talisman workshop to work in the early morning, and eats three meals a day in the workshop. He does not leave the workshop until the evening and then returns to the mountain forest cabin.
In addition, if he has time, he will also wander around in the market, mainly to increase his knowledge and see more things he has never seen before, such as various magic tools, elixirs, spiritual herbs and minerals, etc., as well as various materials and treasures whose functions he does not know for the time being. These things make Wei Hong feel eye-opening, and his understanding of some common sense and information in the world of cultivation is also steadily increasing. Finally, he is not a white man who knows nothing.
Among them, Wei Hong pays the most attention to various techniques and secrets, because this is related to his future main cultivation techniques and strength issues, which is also the thing he attaches the most importance to.
After all, only by finding the main cultivation method that suits oneself can one go further and more steadily in the world of immortal cultivation. This is necessary for cultivation. If several explosive secrets can be collected, it would be even better.
There is also the inheritance of the four arts of immortal cultivation, which is also something Wei Hong wants to get started with. However, after wandering around the market for so long and looking at so many stalls, he found that except for the elementary alchemy detailed explanation and the elementary talisman detailed explanation, the inheritance of refining equipment and the inheritance of formations have never appeared on the market. Even the inheritance of alchemists and talisman masters is rare, and they are basically the most basic things. As for the inheritance of higher levels, don't even think about it. It is not something that ordinary people can know.
During this period, Wei Hong initially locked on a target, which was a book of elementary talisman detailed explanation sold at a stall of a casual cultivator.
After consulting, it was learned that this book of elementary talisman detailed explanation recorded the talisman making techniques of three elementary talismans, as well as various basic knowledge about talismans. It is considered to be an entry-level thing for talisman makers and also a kind of inheritance with the lowest threshold.
The price is not expensive, the stall owner offers 35 spirit stones, no bargaining.
But for Wei Hong at this stage, these 35 spirit stones are like a sky-high price, which makes him daunting and out of reach.
You know, his monthly salary is only three spirit stones now. Unless he saves for a year without eating or drinking, he can't afford the elementary talisman detailed explanation.
"No hurry, that elementary talisman detailed explanation is obviously a rubbing, as long as you have money, you can definitely buy it, so the most important thing now is to enter the first level of Qi training as soon as possible, and then consider finding other ways to earn spirit stones."
Wei Hong was handling the animal skins with his hands and feet, and various thoughts flashed through his mind. He didn't feel impatient at all, but felt more and more down-to-earth.
After all, this kind of goal-oriented and motivated life is not available to everyone, and he is very satisfied with his current situation.
In the evening, just after dinner, dozens of skinning apprentices suddenly rushed out and rushed to the courtyard where Manager Wang was.
"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!"
"Haha, it's been another month, I haven't tasted the taste of monster meat for a long time!"
"Who doesn't? Tonight, I'm going to have a meal of spiritual rice to enjoy myself, haha!"
"Go, go, go, hurry up, don't stand there!"
Dozens of skinning apprentices were all excited and their steps were much lighter.
Not for anything else, just because today is the day to pay salaries.
Wei Hong, who was mixed in the crowd, was also a little happy. He worked hard for a month and finally got a little reward.
Soon, after arriving at the destination, everyone lined up very consciously.
"Deng Zi'an!"
"Ye Jingling!"
"Ren Tianqi!"
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Manager Wang was lying leisurely on a recliner, and a handyman next to him kept calling out names, asking the people whose names were called to come forward to sign and then receive their salaries.
"Wei Hong!"
"Here!"
After his name was called, Wei Hong hurriedly took two quick steps forward, and like other apprentices, he signed his name on the account book first, and then pressed his handprint.
"Here, three spirit stones!"
The servant next to him threw three spirit stones directly to Wei Hong.
"Thank you!"
Wei Hong took the three spirit stones, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
After receiving his salary, he said hello to Hong Gang and others, and then turned around and left the talisman workshop.
Before leaving, he carefully packed the three spirit stones in an inconspicuous small cloth bag, and then placed it close to his body, and then walked out of the workshop carefully.
"Sure enough, it's not so easy to survive in the world of immortal cultivation. I worked hard for a month and only got three spirit stones. What should I buy?"
Walking on the streets of the market, Wei Hong began to think in his heart.
He found that the monthly salary of a skinner was really not much. First of all, he couldn't even afford to rent a wooden shack of the lowest level, because a simple wooden shack required five spirit stones for rent a month, which was not something he could afford at the moment.
Secondly, the several kinds of elixirs that he had previously considered to help with cultivation were also very expensive. He couldn't afford any of them, unless he really didn't eat or drink and saved for a year to buy them to taste.
"Alas, I can't afford to rent a house, I can't afford to buy elixirs, not to mention the detailed explanation of the secret techniques and elementary talismans. I can't see any hope at all. Life is really hard!"
Wei Hong smiled bitterly and shook his head. After careful calculation, he found that he really couldn't afford anything with just three spiritual stones. It seemed that he had no hope at all in such a life.
"Forget it, don't rush. This is only the first month. If your salary is low, just keep it low. If you can't afford elixirs, you can just buy some spiritual rice and monster meat to eat!"
He no longer bothered about the salary issue. After recognizing the reality, he went straight to the butcher shop and rice store.
"Senior, how do you sell monster meat?"
After arriving at the butcher shop, Wei Hong directly asked about the price.
The man in front of him who was selling meat was the strong monk who pointed him to the General Affairs Hall where he could take jobs when he first came to Fangshi.
"Hey, it's your kid!" The strong monk still remembered Wei Hong. He grinned and asked, "Why, you've been paid and want to buy monster meat to taste?"
"Yes, there is no other way. The salary is too low and I can't afford other things. I can only see if I can buy some monster meat!" Wei Hong nodded.
"Then take a look. This is the first-order low-grade monster meat, which costs 50 broken spirits per kilogram. This is the first-order middle-grade monster meat, which costs 80 broken spirits per kilogram. Which one do you want?"
Although Wei Hong was a skin picker and didn't have many spiritual stones in his hands, he was still a guest, so the strong monk introduced him to him.
According to the exchange ratio in the world of cultivators, one spirit stone is worth 100 broken spirits. This is also to allow low-level casual cultivators to better spend and purchase items, so many things in the market are priced in broken spirits.
After hearing this, Wei Hong's mouth twitched slightly, and he thought for a while before deciding: "Then let's get three kilograms of first-grade low-grade monster meat!"
As he spoke, he handed over two spiritual stones.
"OK!"
The strong monk quickly cut off three kilograms of monster meat, wrapped it up and handed it to Wei Hong, and then gave him 50 broken souls to make up for it.
"Thank you!"
Wei Hong took the monster meat and 50 broken spirits, thanked the strong monk and turned around to leave.
Then he went to a rice store to inquire, and learned that the first-grade low-grade spiritual rice cost 40 broken spirits per kilogram. He gritted his teeth and bought three kilograms of first-grade low-grade spiritual rice, and then prepared to return to the wooden house.
Looking at the spiritual rice and monster meat in his hand, Wei Hong couldn't help but secretly complained: "Damn it, the price is too outrageous, a pound of low-grade white spiritual rice costs 40 pieces. Spirit, monster meat is more expensive. One kilogram of low-grade monster meat costs 50 pieces of spirit. Is this affordable for ordinary people?"
After buying the spirit rice and monster meat, he only had 30 spirit fragments left in his hand. After a month of hard work, such a small thing was worth it, which really made Wei Hong extremely helpless.
"I'm too lazy to think about it anymore. Let's go back and cook rice and stew meat. Although the spiritual rice and monster meat are not much, the spiritual energy contained in them should help me improve my practice to a higher level!"
With this idea in mind, after putting away the spiritual rice and monster meat, Wei Hong cautiously left Fangshi, and then cautiously hurried back to his wooden house in the forest.