Chapter 153: Cooperation
Time passed, the chaos of the past was gradually forgotten, and Xiaoqianshan returned to its former prosperity, and countless casual cultivators or mortals came here to seek the opportunity to soar.
However, under this prosperity, there are more forgotten bottom ants, like layers of dry bones, arching up this prosperous mountain......
Half a year after Jiang Ming returned to Xiaoqianshan, Lao Guzi suddenly came to resign.
"Brother Jiang, I really can't go down this path of cultivating immortals, thank you for taking care of me all these years......
Jiang Ming patted him on the shoulder, but he didn't dissuade him, and gave Lao Guzi a pot of spirit wine as a send-off gift.
"Brother Jiang, what did you say this immortal cultivator cultivated to the end......" Old Guzi was covered with white hair and was a little dazed.
Jiang Ming was silent, and he couldn't give Lao Guzi an answer.
The two chatted for a long time, until the sun was waning, Jiang Ming looked at the lonely old Guzi who came down the mountain, and also sighed lightly...... The road of cultivating immortals is based on one breath, and Lao Guzi has lost his breath, and there is no longer any motivation to move forward.
He shook his head, calmly returned to the courtyard, and continued to cultivate.
This kind of thing happens every day, the path of cultivating immortals is a road to heaven with unlimited prospects, but this road is also extremely difficult, even Jiang Ming needs to be cautious and cautious everywhere, and there is no leisure to sympathize with others......
Lao Guzi, who has a good relationship, appeared and left in his long life, only a few decades...... It's just a small episode.
"However, after this little Qianshan experienced a chaos, the aftermath brought by it was also of some benefit to me, at least many casual cultivators have learned to take precautions and reserve various elixir talismans in advance!"
"This makes my elixir sell well, and now the three or four elixirs that I mainly refine can already bring a pure profit of more than three hundred spirit stones every month, which is enough for me to drink demon beast broth two or three times a month, and the martial arts blood qi is steadily transforming, and it is becoming more and more condensed and powerful......
It's just that Jiang Ming doesn't know which day the transformation will be completely completed, after all, there are too few people on this road, Jiang Ming has collected all kinds of classics and miscellaneous books, except for the roughly described path, there is no record that can be referred to.
If it weren't for the Xiao Lei Yin Jue and the Incomplete Breathing Method, which could bring him tangible progress every day, Jiang Ming would have been a little skeptical about whether this path really existed.
"Maybe there are only such exercises in the so-called Three Great Caves and Six Great Blessed Lands......
Jiang Ming said in his heart, after all, this small thousand mountains are a place of scattered cultivation, and ordinary exercises may still be found, but it involves some rare information, but it is difficult to find.
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A few days after Lao Guzi left, when Jiang Ming passed by his small courtyard, he saw that someone had lived in it again.
"Dare to ask if it's Master Jiang?"
Jiang Ming was just about to leave, and a figure who had just walked out at the gate of the courtyard quickly stepped forward and greeted Jiang Ming with a smile.
This is a thin monk who looks like he is fifty or sixty years old, practicing qi at the sixth level of cultivation, wearing a simple green robe, his hair mixed with black and gray is neatly combed, his face is clear, and his eyes are clear.
The so-called reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, Jiang Ming was embarrassed to leave directly, waved his hand and said, "Fellow Daoist is polite, just call me Lao Jiang!"
Today's Jiang Ming is also an old guy in his seventies in Xiaoqianshan......
"How dare you...... Master Jiang's name, no one knows it in Xiaoqianshan, and the cultivation technique and alchemy are both excellent!"
The emaciated monk admired it from the bottom of his heart, and arched his hand: "In Xia Yue Changmu, I will ask Master Jiang to take care of it more in the future......
The two talked for a while, Jiang Ming was also slightly surprised, this guy used to be a Taoist priest who lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, he had been a Taoist priest in the mortal world for decades, and he only occasionally cultivated the immortal method in his forties, although the cultivation speed was not fast, but it seemed that there was no bottleneck, and he had cultivated all the way to the fifth level of qi cultivation in just over ten years, which can be called a late bloomer.
"This is a light talisman I made, and it can be regarded as a meeting gift with Taoist friends!" Yue Changmu handed over two more cyan talismans and said with a smile.
"Daoist friends have good talents, dare to ask where the teacher is?"
Jiang Ming's eyes were surprised
Looking at Yue Changmu, talisman making seems to be just a simple ghost drawing, but it is much more difficult than alchemy.
Alchemy is just a matter of throwing money, although there are some technical requirements, but basically practice makes perfect...... As long as the family foundation is thick enough, sooner or later an alchemist can be smashed.
However, talisman making is different, the talisman requires a very high talent, and the essence of the runes containing the mysteries of spells must be thoroughly understood, so that they can be depicted on the rune paper without any mistakes, which is equivalent to using the rune pen to cast spells on the rune paper.
For example, the light body talisman contains the light body technique, which is sealed in the rune paper with runes, and the power of the light body technique can burst out after activation, the advantage is that it can be instantaneous during the battle, and it is much faster than the heart to cast a spell, and if it is
And if you can't comprehend these spells and runes, you will never be able to draw a talisman......
And the resources required to make a talisman are not even less than alchemy, the most important rune paper that carries spiritual power, as well as the spiritual ink that contains the true power of the talisman, all require a mixture of various rare materials, elixirs and demon beast flesh and blood, etc., and the materials required for each talisman are also different, it can be said to be ever-changing, but the requirements are extremely strict.
"It's just an occasional inheritance, and I found some fur on my own!" Yue Changmu smiled stiffly: "I can only refine two primary life-saving talismans, the Light Body Talisman and the Spirit Shield Talisman......
"Yue Daoyou is really humble!"
Jiang Ming said sincerely, the two blew each other for a while, and Jiang Ming gave back a bottle of Hui Qi Pill before leaving.
"It's true that the joys and sorrows of people are not connected......
Jiang Ming returned to the courtyard, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, people have cultivated to the fifth level of qi cultivation in more than ten years, and they have also groped to become a talisman maker by themselves, and they have been living happily for two hundred years, and it seems that they are not high......
"But fortunately, I have lived long enough, this is my greatest capital, others have practiced it in ten years, and I can always surpass everyone in a hundred years and a thousand years......
Jiang Ming comforted himself with this mentality for a long time, and only then did he calm down and continue to pout his ass and make a fire alchemy.
This martial arts foundation is really a bottomless pit, and he almost threw all the spirit stones he earned from alchemy into it......
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A few days after seeing Yue Changmu for the first time, the other party suddenly came to the door again.
Jiang Ming welcomed him into the hospital, and the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Yue Changmu said calmly:
"Master Jiang, don't hide it...... I chose Xiaoqingfeng's cave mansion because I came here for you."
Jiang Ming smiled, but he was not surprised, and motioned for him to continue.
In the past few decades, he has shown to the outside world that he has become more and more proficient in the profound level of smoke and rain techniques, and there is a tendency to transform towards the Dacheng level, and his reputation in the farming line is also becoming more and more resounding......
However, Jiang Ming is also a little curious, a talisman maker also farms? Could it be that you have planted some elixir in the cave and want to ask yourself to apply rain......
However, Yue Changmu's next words were completely out of Jiang Ming's speculation.
"I want to work with Master Jiang to make talismans!" Yue Changmu said slowly: "There is a talisman in the inheritance of the talisman I have mastered called the Rain Charm, which contains the Smoke and Rain Technique, which is quite popular in the small thousand mountains of this spiritual field, but the Smoke and Rain Technique that I have mastered can only be regarded as a beginner, and it is still far from Xiaocheng, the profit of such a Rain Charm is too low, and there is no market......
"Therefore, I would like to invite Master Jiang to work with me to make a rain talisman containing a profound level smoke and rain technique, you only need to cast a profound level smoke and rain technique when I make the talisman, and compress it within a foot range...... I'll use the corresponding runes and seal them in rune paper."
"There are many immortal cultivators who do not live in Xiaoqian Mountain, they have their own caves and elixir gardens outside the mountain, and even have their own families, and some of the elixirs planted need to be watered by the Profound Smoke and Rain Technique, but inviting a Profound Smoke and Rain Cultivator to go to the outside of the mountain to perform rain is extremely expensive...... If our rain talisman is successful, the sales will be excellent, and I can give Master Jiang half of the profit for each talisman."
Jiang Ming is dew
A look of astonishment: "Can you still do this?"
"The essence of the talisman is to seal all kinds of spells into it, and cast them instantly when needed, but when making talismans, the caster is replaced from a talisman maker to someone else, why not?"
Yue Changmu said with a smile: "The success rate must be very low at the beginning, but with a little run-in, there is no problem...... I've heard that those big sects make talismans with this kind of division of labor and cooperation, but on Xiaoqian Mountain, you scattered cultivators regard your talisman inheritance as a treasure, and don't want to be spied on by outsiders, so this kind of cooperation is rare."
Jiang Mingle was happy and asked, "Then you're not afraid of being stolen by me to learn talismans?"
"I picked up this inheritance, so why be afraid? And the talisman making is so complicated that you can learn it by just looking at it?" Yue Changmu smiled calmly: "What's more, Master Jiang is already a master of alchemy, will he still be distracted to learn my way of talismans, the lifespan of our Qi cultivation period is less than two hundred years, how can we have time to spend it indiscriminately......
"Who is with you, you don't have time to kill, but that doesn't mean I don't......
Jiang Ming secretly said in his heart, he also somewhat understood why this Yue Changmu had found him, he was the lowest cultivator among the several profound level smoke and rain cultivators in the Spirit Plantation Hall, and he was also distracted by practicing alchemy, in Yue Changmu's eyes, his threat was probably the lowest.
However, Jiang Ming didn't have any disgust, who didn't have a few eyes in the world of cultivating immortals, and those who didn't have eyes had a burp early.
"But a rain charm can't sell many spirit stones, right?" Jiang Ming immediately frowned and said, he gave Lao Guzi a rain, and he only earned some broken spirit stones, not even half a spirit stone.
"Rare things are expensive!" Yue Changmu shook his head and explained, "Think about it, what is the price of the light body technique, the aura consumed once can be recovered quickly, but a light body talisman that can be instantaneous is enough to sell for the price of a spirit stone......
"The same is true of the Smoke and Rain Technique, the talisman made of the Profound Smoke and Rain Technique is not yet available in Xiaoqianshan, if we can make it, for those foundation building overhauls, the Profound Smoke and Rain Technique that can be carried with them is much lower than inviting a Rain Master of the Spirit Plantation Hall, they are not short of spirit stones, and they don't ......blink their eyes when they buy them."
"According to my speculation, the price of this kind of talisman can at least be sold for two spirit stones, due to the mild attributes of the smoke and rain technique, the requirements for rune paper and spirit ink are low, and one spirit stone can make two talismans on the material cost, which means that the profit is three times, even if the failure rate is counted, the profit should be more than twice as much!"
Jiang Ming glared, the profit of this talisman is too high...... Sure enough, technology is popular everywhere!
If he could make ten talismans a day, the profit would be more than ten spirit stones, and Jiang Ming would be able to get at least five spirit stones...... In a month, it was one hundred and fifty spirit stones, which was already half of the alchemy of his main business.
What's more, Jiang Ming also knows a little bit about talisman making, even if he is a junior talisman maker, the daily output is above thirty, even if the two need to run in slowly, at least there must be twenty, even if the failure rate is counted, this income is a bit terrible......
To be honest, Jiang Ming was a little moved, after all, now that he was impacting the bottleneck of martial arts, it was the time when he lacked spirit stones, and there was no risk in this kind of work, but it was worth a try.
"But I don't have much time in a day, so I can only divide about two hours...... If you can, I'll promise you a try!" However, Jiang Ming pondered for a moment before he spoke.
The profit was impressive, but he couldn't afford to spend all his time on it......
"In two hours, you can only make a maximum of ten talismans!" Yue Changmu estimated.
Jiang Ming smiled and said, "What kind of cultivation do you and I have, this kind of thing has been made too much, this spirit stone is afraid that it will be lifeless to earn a life......
Yue Changmu's body stiffened, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he was carried away by interests before, and only then did he come back a little sober.
"Thank you Master Jiang for reminding me!" He bowed his hand earnestly.
Jiang Ming waved his hand and reminded: "I'll say okay first, you and I will cooperate, but don't mention my name to the outside world, even if someone really finds out, I will work for you, and the spirit stone you earn is only one percent......
Although this profit is in the eyes of those great monks
, it should be nothing, but Jiang Ming still habitually keeps a low profile, and he can fool as many people as he wants, and there are really people who can't fool and want to find trouble...... Then fertilize the spiritual field.
Yue Changmu nodded helplessly, who let him ask for help, I had heard that the group of people in the Lingzhi Hall were cautious, and when I saw it today, it was really like this......
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The next day, Jiang Ming went to Yue Changmu's cave mansion as agreed and began to cooperate in making talismans.
But soon, a surging spiritual rain swept through Yue Changmu's house, drenching the two of them in soup......
The two of them looked at each other and said in unison, "Let's go to the yard and try!"
After trying again and again, Jiang Ming estimated that he had performed the smoke and rain technique dozens of times, and the two of them finally succeeded once.
Yue Changmu looked at the aqua blue talisman in his hand, which also showed a happy color.
"Although more than half of the power of the spiritual rain has been wasted, it is already a preliminary success, and it only needs to be tempered a little more......
After three full days, the two of them finally made the first complete rain charm, which contained a complete and profound smoke and rain technique.
Then it is the production of the familiar road, with the production of a rain charm, the market is also as Yue Changmu expected, not worried about selling at all.
Jiang Ming finally found another way to make money, and the number of times he drank demon beast broth every month was one or two more......
Talisman making, alchemy, cultivation...... Time is also in the busyness of every day, and it flies by quickly.
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A year later, Jiang Ming's blood qi became more and more condensed, red and crystal like glass, containing incomparably vigorous power, if it was not suppressed by the forbidden spirit seal, his entire body was filled with a surging fragrance, like a humanoid elixir, containing incomparably pure medicinal power......
Three years later, the blood and qi were completely refined to the extreme, as if returning to the basics, and began to seep into the flesh and blood, reshaping the flesh body, and the flesh and blood were like forming a reincarnation, nourishing each other......
In the blink of an eye, it was eight years before Jiang Ming returned to Xiaoqianshan.
On this day, Jiang Ming stood in the courtyard, his eyes as calm as water:
"Yes, it's today......