King of Black Mist

It wasn't until sunset that the young monk came back with a tired look on his face.

Shenxian'er took a look and saw that the things in her hand were a little short, but not much. If she did this every day, she would still be able to sell it for more than ten days.

It's not that the quantity is sufficient, it's that the sales volume is poor.

She discovered it yesterday when she was selling ghosts. Very few people bought spiritual soil, and it was only worth a few spiritual crystals when sold. It was not as good as hanging ghosts. People kept asking the price intermittently.

Shenxian'er did not look down on each other, but was in love with each other.

When she was a maid, she didn't have a monthly salary, so whatever she saved was a reward from her mistress during the New Year and festivals, of which New Year's money accounted for the bulk.

"What are you doing?" The young monk spotted her from a distance and stood warily at a distance.

Shenxian'er stood up from the weeds and patted her butt: "Do you want some weeds?"

"give me?"

"What a beautiful idea! Give me food in exchange!"

"If you don't change, go away!"

"Don't you want weeds?" Shenxian'er was a little anxious.

There are two cakes left. She will eat one today, one tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow she will eat a small handful of spiritual rice ripened by the gods. The day after tomorrow, she will starve, and the day after tomorrow she may die.

"I can collect weeds for free every day, why should I trade with you?" said the young monk.

"This -" Shenxian'er anxiously held the branch at her waist.

"What are you doing?!" The little monk swiped out the pole for carrying goods and held the jade token in his left hand.

As long as the jade token is crushed, the Qingyue Sect's law enforcement team will rush over, and at the same time they will lose the jade token and the courtyard - this is equivalent to the reward for hiring the law enforcement team.

[Think about what you have and what the other person needs. 】Li Changzhou said slowly.

Shenxian'er was a maid and had been trained to be smart enough. She immediately said: "You give me food, and tomorrow I will make rain for your spiritual field!"

As soon as these words came out of her mouth, she felt that she was so amazing, Buyu, things that only gods can do, such conversations would only appear in story books.

The little monk looked hesitant.

"Didn't you just sell out yesterday?" She asked confused.

"It's all spent."

"Six, six spiritual stones, all spent?!"

"Yes." Shenxian'er nodded.

She felt aggrieved by this matter. If she wasn't a god, she could still have a few spiritual crystals left, so why bother begging for help here.

The young monk finally agreed: "You wait outside, but I have agreed that in order to prevent you from not fulfilling your agreement tomorrow, I will also take away this bundle of weeds."

"What if I fulfill it?"

"Then I'll give you more food."

"good!"

The fairy stepped aside and allowed the young monk to go in with the weeds. After a while, the young monk came out with a large bag of steamed buns.

"Is this enough?" she asked hesitantly.

When Shenxian'er opened it, the steamed buns were as white as snow, whiter than those Liu Yuanwai ate.

"That's enough, that's enough, thank you, thank you!" she said quickly.

She didn't expect so much, nor did she expect it to be so good. It was just to help spread the rain once. Hey, is this little monk taking pity on her?

"Remember the promise!"

"Remember, don't worry!"

Shenxian'er returned to her yard happily with a big bag of steamed buns, and ate one immediately.

"There's actually meat! It's not steamed buns, it's steamed buns!" Her eyes widened in disbelief, "Lord God, isn't there poison in it?"

【Eat yours】

There was a lot of fuss and noise throughout the meal.

"But she is so poor that she sells mud and weeds. How can she afford meat?" Shen Xian'er said.

[One spiritual crystal can be exchanged for 10,000 taels of silver. She got a total of 20,000 taels yesterday and today. What's wrong with eating some meat buns? 】

Shenxian'er suddenly stopped talking.

She was stunned.

She heard from the young mistress that Liu Yuan had thousands of acres of fertile land, three farms, and four concubines. With such a status, his annual income was only four to five hundred taels.

"Ten thousand taels"

Practicing qigong and cloud and rain techniques, none of these had as big an impact on her as Li Changzhou's words. For the first time, she was so clearly aware of the gap between monks and mortals.

She really couldn't associate the young monks who weeded, carried water, and set up stalls with ten thousand taels of silver.

Shenxian'er took a bite of the bun.

After a long time, there was a heartbreaking scream from the yard.

"A few broken books! A few broken books! Just a few broken books cost me five spiritual crystals, fifty thousand taels, all my money!!"

The fairy's heart was broken.

It even affected her qi practice at night.

Finally, Li Changzhou had to say: [Read the book as soon as possible and sell it to a bookstore. Maybe you can get some money back. 】

In the world of immortality, knowledge is equal to power and spiritual stone. In order to prevent piracy and private dissemination, various means are used to restrict it.

For example, in the Yiwen Pavilion where Shenxian'er bought the book, there was a recognition spell on it. She could only read it, and no one else could see the words on it.

At the same time, bookstores also recycle books because of the high cost of producing them.

Of course, if you buy the Five Spirit Crystals, the recycling price may only be three Spirit Crystals, or even one or two.

Shenxian'er read all night until he fell asleep with his head tilted late at night. He didn't think about the hanging ghost all day long, so the fear would be replaced and diluted by time.

Early the next morning, Shenxian'er woke up early. After practicing, he rushed out with a hoe and steamed buns.

As a result, I met the young monk again at the door.

"Morning."

".morning."

Both of them vowed to get up earlier tomorrow.

They went up Lingtian Mountain one after another.

After only one night, the weeds were already as high as an adult's knees.

If this were put before the value game started, one could make a fortune just by relying on a piece of spiritual land.

"Weed first, then rain after weeding," the young monk said.

"good!"

After weeding, the fairy first gave rain to the young monk's spiritual field. After his own magic power was restored, he used the cloud and rain spell on his own spiritual field.

She practiced seriously last night - she took a shower by the way, and she could control the landing point of the cloud and rain technique without standing in the middle of the spiritual field.

During this period, the young monk asked for two large bundles of weeds from other monks who did not need weeds.

After finishing their work, the two of them went down the mountain together.

The little monk walked in front carrying weeds on his shoulder pole, and the fairy carried a small bundle on his back on a straw rope.

Looking from behind, she felt that the young monk did not look like someone who earned ten thousand taels of silver a day.

She couldn't help but ask: "One spiritual crystal can be exchanged for ten thousand taels of silver, why don't you hire someone to help?"

"Save money." The young monk said matter-of-factly.

"Save money? Ten thousand taels of silver can allow many people to help you weed and water you for a lifetime!"

"I want to become an official alchemist. A copy of "Preliminary Alchemy" costs twenty spiritual stones. A low-grade alchemy furnace costs five spiritual stones. The most basic hemostatic pill requires ten spiritual crystals for each material. Even if I have If you are talented, you need at least 100 copies to succeed the first time.”

Shenxian'er was a little frightened by the expense of alchemy.

But she was even more puzzled.

"Because of this, if you hire people to do these things, you can use your time to do other things, such as setting up a stall, practicing, or reading," she said.

"Setting up a stall is just about waiting and waiting. It all depends on luck. I've been lucky in the past two days. I usually don't sell once every half a month. It's not worth spending time. I only set up a stall when I have nothing to do.

"Cultivation requires a lot of energy, and you must be relaxed and moderate. Forcibly cultivating will only lead to obsession.

"Reading books? No money.

"Spiritual rice and vegetables are my stable income. The main source of income. How can I rest assured if I leave it to mortals? Isn't it better to spend one tael of silver and ask someone to take care of my million taels of gold? I would rather be tired myself."

The fairy stopped talking.

The two of them walked down the mountain, and the young monk brought two baskets of steamed buns to her this time.

Before returning to the courtyard, the young monk hesitated and said, "I think you don't understand anything?"

"Yes, yes, I don't understand anything. Can you teach me, sister?" Shen Xian'er went up and wanted to hold the other person's arm.

This was her survival skill at Liu Yuan's wife's house, to behave well in front of the young ladies and maids.

The young monk stepped back repeatedly: "Stop, stop!"

There is a distance of three meters between the two people.

"You really don't understand anything." The little monk curled his lips, "I saw you walking around with six spiritual stones yesterday."

"Is it because you showed off your wealth?" Shenxian'er still knows a little bit.

"Six spiritual stones are fine, but if you walk around with ten spiritual stones, someone will rob you of your money when you leave the market."

"ah?"

Seeing the silly look on the fairy's face, the young monk suddenly felt proud to be a teacher.

She said: "Besides, the Cloud and Rain Technique you learned has no means of self-protection. It is best not to expose the six spiritual stones... But you are beautiful, so you are still in danger even if you have no money."

Shenxian'er sighed: "I ran out just because I looked good, and Liu Yuanwai asked me to warm my feet."

"Shameless." The young monk muttered, "Goodbye!"

"Hey, wait, what's your name?"

"Jiang Xiaoyue."

"Hello, Sister Xiaoyue." Shenxian'er said with a smile.

Jiang Xiaoyue had to admit that this ghost seller was really good-looking, just like a female ghost.

"Maybe I'm not even older than you. By the way, what's your name?"

"."

"Um?"

".Fairy child."

"Shen Xian'er?"

"God, God of Gods, God of Gods."

The two looked at each other.

"Hahahahahahaha!" Jiang Xiaoyue laughed and leaned on the courtyard door supported by the jade plaque.

The fairy's face turned red.

【Ha ha ha ha! 】Li Changzhou never misses the opportunity to make fun of her.

"Who named you? Are you careless? Hahahahaha!"

【.】Li Changzhou’s laughter disappeared.

She originally thought that the immortal would be "revenged", but she clasped her hands together and said, "The god gave it to me. He said he would definitely make me an immortal."

"Becoming an immortal?" Jiang Xiaoyue wanted to say something else, "Oh, no, I'm going to have a stomachache from laughing, hahaha."

The relationship between the two took a further step.

On Lingtian Mountain, the voices of ‘Shenxian’er~’ and ‘Shenxian’er~’ could be heard every day, so the whole mountain knew about the new girl named ‘Shenxian’er’.

The news spread throughout the city.

This woman also claimed to be a ‘girl who serves the gods’, and for a while she became the butt of jokes after dinner.

Every family will talk about this incident when naming their children, laughing and taking warnings from it.

There was also a group of teenagers who said they wanted to give this person some color and dare to call herself a fairy. But when they met the fairy, they thought: This girl is indeed as beautiful as a fairy.

If Shenxian'er hadn't lived in the Qingyue Sect's courtyard, clutching jade tokens when seeing people, and Jiang Xiaoyue carrying a pole to protect her, she might have been robbed.

But the gods often hear the gods feel sorry for this.

They say, 'It is a painful loss of an opportunity to kill people and seize treasures', and 'cultivating immortality means killing people and seizing treasures. If you don't kill people and seize treasures, you can't become an immortal.'

Sometimes the gods wonder, is the god really a god? Why do you think about killing people and grabbing treasures all day long?

Shenxian'er was very happy during this period. She no longer had to wait on others. She and Jiang Xiaoyue went up and down the mountain every day, and sometimes they lay on the field ridge and chatted together.

Three months later, the two of them went up the mountain carrying bedding and dry food.

"The rice and vegetables will be harvested in two days. We will sleep on the mountain at night." Jiang Xiaoyue said.

"I understand, I understand. Farmers also have people sleeping in the fields to guard the fruits!"

"Yes, that's the truth." Jiang Xiaoyue nodded, then smiled, "Thanks to you Xian'er this time, I should be able to collect 10% or 20% more than in previous years."

"Hey, I'm awesome, right?" Shenxian'er said innocently.

"Tch, it's just the Cloud and Rain technique you learned, it has nothing to do with you."

"Hmph, you learned the "Fire Bathing Technique", I want to see how well you can make alchemy by then!"

The two of them talked, laughed, and made noises when they came to the spiritual field.

If you look carefully, all the spiritual fields where spiritual rice and spiritual vegetables are planted are guarded.

This is not only related to their next cultivation resources, but also related to the breathing tax given to Qingyue Sect.

The Qingyue Sect doesn't care what you plant or what your harvest is. For a standard spiritual field, you must pay five hundred catties of spiritual rice, five hundred catties of spiritual vegetables, or one thousand catties of spiritual rice, or one thousand catties of vegetables.

The two stayed together for two nights.

Late at night on the second night, everyone on Lingtian Mountain was waiting nervously, including Shen Xian'er and Jiang Xiaoyue.

The ground was filled with mist, moving like a snake around their ankles.

When the moon reaches its zenith and the hazy moonlight shines down, spiritual rice and spiritual vegetables grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"I'm coming!"

But in an instant, spiritual rice and spiritual vegetables matured in the moonlight.

Shenxian'er stared blankly at the scene in front of him. The swaths of spiritual rice and spiritual vegetables were so precious that they looked like the most exquisite treasure house.

"Isn't it amazing?" Jiang Xiaoyue said with a smile.

After watching for a while, the two took advantage of the moonlight to start harvesting.

It's hard work.

Spiritual vegetables are as tough as cowhide and can be pulled endlessly;

Spiritual rice straw is difficult to damage. Even if you buy a sickle with the 'Golden Light Technique', harvesting it is extremely difficult.

"What do you mean?" Shen Xian'er gasped from exhaustion, "What do you want to learn about the "Fire Bathing Technique"? I learn the Cloud and Rain Technique and am responsible for irrigation; you learn the Golden Glow Technique and are responsible for harvesting. If we combine our two beauties, why won't Lingtian Mountain be invincible?"

Shen Xian'er's speech already sounded a bit like Li Changzhou's.

"If you can't become a spiritual planter, you will have no hope of farming for a lifetime. If you practice various arts, your ability to make money through alchemy will rank first!"

The two of them were busy from the time when the moon was at the zenith until the sun was at the zenith, then they transported the rice and vegetables back home.

"Come to my place to eat at noon." Jiang Xiaoyue said.

Soon, fragrant spiritual rice, simple boiled spiritual vegetables, and a pot of twice-cooked pork, green bamboo shoots, browned meat, garnished with a little chili and garlic slices.

The twice-cooked pork was put into the mouth together with the rice, and then they took a bite of the refreshing boiled vegetables. The two of them were very happy with the meal.

Once the spiritual rice and spiritual vegetables are in your stomach, you will have a warm breath.

Spiritual rice and spiritual vegetables not only have less impurities and are easy to absorb, purifying the internal organs, but also have their own spiritual energy, eliminating the need for ingestion in practice.

After the two of them finished eating, they immediately meditated and practiced, not daring to waste anything.

Shenxian'er has been stuck on the third level of Qi training for more than a month.

The simple accumulation of spiritual energy on the first, second, and third levels was a matter of course for her. But when she broke through the fourth level, her mana liquefied, and she still had no clue.

At the third level, if you don't break through, no matter how much spiritual energy you swallow, it will dissipate.

At this time, as soon as the spiritual rice and spiritual vegetables are eaten, the spiritual energy is flowing. According to the usual calculation, it is equivalent to four strands of spiritual energy.

Usually, a maximum of three strands can be refined at a time, and the mental energy is not enough to continue breathing.

Because she skipped the step of absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth, she had extra energy to refine these four strands of spiritual energy in one go.

I thought it would dissipate again, but at this moment, there was a strong throbbing in my heart, and I was about to break through!

She quickly changed her handprints, and the spiritual energy flowing in her body suddenly paused. Then she followed her handprints and walked on the fourth-level exercise route.

After completing a cycle, she folded her hands and pressed down to her Dantian. The mist-like mana turned into a drop of liquid and dripped into the sea of ​​air.

boom!

The spiritual pressure exploded, and the fairy's hair danced wildly.

Fortunately, Jiang Xiaoyue refined four strands of spiritual energy and completed the work in advance. Otherwise, if she was disturbed by this spiritual pressure, she might become distracted and go crazy.

The spiritual pressure was like a strong wind, clinging her clothes to her body. Jiang Xiaoyue looked at Shenxian'er in surprise.

For more than three months, she has known about Shenxian'er for a long time. Three months and four levels of Qi training. What kind of genius is this?

If you were in the sect, eating spiritual rice, spiritual vegetables, and taking Qi-nourishing pills every day, you would probably have reached the sixth or even seventh level of Qi training, right?

So, when Shenxian'er opened her eyes, before she could feel happy, she heard Jiang Xiaoyue say:

"Xian'er, you must join the sect!"

"Sect?" Shenxian'er looked at her puzzled.

"With your talent, it would be a pity to farm here. Joining the sect will allow you to go further."

"But, Lord God asked me not to join the sect, saying"

"Don't listen to him!" Jiang Xiaoyue said excitedly, "Think about it, so far, apart from helping you deceive ghosts (hanged ghosts) and people (store clerks in Fangshi), what else has he helped you with? ?”

The fairy was silent.

"Xian'er," Jiang Xiaoyue picked up Shen Xian'er's hand, "You only live once, don't joke about your future, you can't hesitate at all in cultivating immortality. I know that branch saved you, but you don't have to listen to him everything. Yes, your life is your own."

Shenxian'er withdrew her hand and shook her head: "Xiaoyue, thank you, but my life was saved by the gods. If not for the gods, I would have been killed by the hanging ghost."

"You——, hey!"

It was a very happy day, but because of this incident, the two of them had a bit of an unpleasant quarrel.

Shenxian'er returned to her yard and sat under the eaves, holding a book "The Three Most Commonly Used Spells During the Qi Refining Period", her eyes falling on it without thinking.

She had finished reading the first batch of books she bought. After selling them to the bookstore, she used the money from the sale to buy this one.

"Flying Arrow Technique", "Hemostasis Technique", and "Shield Technique" are all low-end, unmanufacturable, and cheap spells.

Despite this, she liked it very much, but she didn't have much energy at this time.

[What Xiaoyue said makes sense, why don’t you listen to her? 】Li Changzhou asked.

Shenxian'er came back to his senses, flipped through the book in his hand, pursed his lips, and whispered: "As a human being, you must repay kindness."

[So it’s not because you believe me, but because I saved you that you rejected Xiaoyue’s proposal? 】

"No, God must be very powerful, I know that."

[Just because I ripened a few spiritual rice plants? 】

".This is just part of it. Anyway, I just believe in you."

[It seems that I can't betray your trust. Come on, give me your magic power. 】

Shenxian'er closed the book, took out the branch from his waist, and said excitedly: "Lord God, what are you going to do?"

[As your portable grandpa, of course I am here to trick you. 】

"Grandpa?" Shenxian'er tilted his head, "Cheating?"

【Don't worry about this. You have been living hard for three months, and you can start cultivating a skill to make money. Tell me, what do you want to learn about the various arts of cultivation? 】

"Lord God, do you know how?" Shen Xian'er was surprised.

[Slightly understood] Li Changzhou said cautiously.

"Then I want to learn alchemy. Xiaoyue said alchemy is the most profitable. Forget it, I'll just learn talismans."

[Are you afraid that if you learn alchemy well, Xiaoyue will be hit? ] Li Changzhou asked with a smile.

".No~" is Shenxian'er's effective tone for lying.

Then there are a lot of explanations: "Among the hundreds of cultivation arts, the most profitable ones are alchemy, weapon refining, talismans, and formations - alchemy costs a lot of money, weapon refining is physical work, formations require buying many books, and learning talismans The lowest cost.”

[It’s up to you, it’s all the same to me. 】

"Okay! Let's learn the talismans! How do you want to teach me, Lord God?" Shen Xian'er asked impatiently.

[This time you have broken through the fourth level of Qi training, I will reward you with a first-level talisman master and a spell - when practicing talismans and spells, hold the branches and input mana, which will greatly increase your understanding. 】

First-level Talisman Master is a big concept.

A person who can only draw the lowest level dust-cleansing talisman is considered a first-level talisman master; one who can draw a first-level ninth-level thunder talisman is also a first-level talisman master.

So Shenxian'er was puzzled: "First-level Talisman Master?"

[To put it simply, as long as it is a first-level talisman, I will improve your understanding, but of course it will cost you mana. And magic, which one do you want to learn? 】

"Any door is fine?"

【Qi refining period】

"Then I'll learn the talismans first, and when I have the money, can I buy the spells, Lord God?"

【What is our purpose? you forgot? If you don’t spend money, it’s other people’s money. no. 】

"Then let's do archery."

[Okay, shield technique. 】

".Kami-sama?"

【What's wrong? 】

".nothing."

[Hahaha, silly boy, you have learned talismans, but you are still afraid that you have no attack spells? The shield spell protects you and allows you to use the talisman with ease. 】

"Oh!" Shenxian'er smiled, with picturesque eyebrows, "Lord Shenming, can I tell Xiaoyue about this?"

【no】

"Then I will keep it a secret!" Shen Xian'er promised.

Li Changzhou continued: [After you learn the magic and use the talismans to earn a table full of spiritual stones, then tell her, I want her to know that for any sect, following me is your only way out! 】

"." Shenxian'er opened the book, "I'm starting to practice the shield technique, Lord God."

I pretended not to hear what I just said.

She held the branch with her left hand and injected her magic power. When she read "The Art of Flying Arrows", there was no special reaction; when she read "The Art of Stopping Bleeding", there was no special reaction.

Taking a breath, he opened the "Shield Technique". The Shield Technique can use spiritual energy to form a spiritual energy shield to resist

The brain was shocked.

Nosebleeds flowed.

The dense knowledge struck down like thunder from the sky and poured in like sea water.

After a long time, Shenxian'er came back to her senses. She wiped the nosebleed, and her head was numb for a while.

She raised her hand, without even pinching the spell, when a paper-thin blue transparent shield two meters high and one meter wide appeared, almost like a city wall, but surprisingly light and agile.

As long as the fairy moves his mind, the blue transparent shield will move to the designated position.

The book says that "Shield Technique" can only summon a shield the size of a washbasin, and the caster needs to have quick eyesight and quick hands to resist the spell.

What's in front of you?

Is this still a shield technique?

City wall magic? !

[Your body is too weak, and fortunately your magic power is also weak. I can only let you share one millionth of my understanding, otherwise your head would have exploded just now. 】

Shenxian'er wiped away the nosebleed that came down again.

She suddenly understood why Taoism could not be fed out, because it would lead to death.