Chapter 10 The Shipwreck
Midday.
The two brothers Chen Yong walked through the mountain protection array, returned to the miscellaneous courtyard, handed back the entry and exit token to a black-faced man next to him, and walked to their small courtyard.
Miscellaneous servants do not have to do things every day, after all, miscellaneous servants are also practitioners.
For practitioners, the priority of practice is above all else.
The purpose of doing miscellaneous labor for Qingxuanzong is to better practice, not for the purpose of becoming a cultivator to do miscellaneous labor for Qingxuanzong.
Qing Xuanzong knew this very well, if he really let the miscellaneous servants go to work every day, the miscellaneous servants who had little future would not be able to retain people.
Qingxuanzong's response was that according to the different levels of heavy work, two or three miscellaneous servants would be arranged for each position in demand to rotate.
The two brothers don't have to go to work every day, and most of the time they work at staggered times, but this time they just happened to be lined up.
Under Chen Yong's coordination, Chen Cong's small courtyard was arranged next to Chen Yong's residence, and after a simple transformation by the two brothers, the bamboo fence between the two courtyards was torn down, and the two courtyard doors were combined into one.
Both brothers saw Meng Zhou waiting at the gate of the courtyard.
Chen Yong stepped forward in surprise and asked, "Brother Zhou, how long have you been waiting?" ”
Meng Zhou smiled: "I just came, too." ”
Chen Cong had already opened the courtyard door, and Chen Yong pulled Meng Zhou and walked inside.
Soon, in the living room.
Chen Yong put a freshly brewed spiritual tea in front of Meng Zhou, and said: "Brother, if there is anything in the future, just inform my brother directly, if you are really in a hurry, don't wait outside, you can treat this as your own home." ”
Meng Zhou didn't taste the tea, and directly explained his intentions.
The two brothers made eye contact, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes.
Meng Zhou took out a bunch of spirit stones and said to the two brothers: "There are six medium-grade spirit stones and one hundred low-grade spirit stones here, which is all my net worth." Time is running out, and I've made up my mind that this time I'm going to get out of the way! ”
Chen Yong's expression became solemn, and he said to Chen Cong next to him: "Second brother, you go for a run, go and come back quickly!" ”
Chen Cong also took these spirit stones into his arms with a serious face, and said to Meng Zhou: "Wait a minute, I'll be back soon." ”
As he spoke, he strode out.
Chen Yong picked up the teacup in front of him and said to Meng Zhou: "I will replace the wine with tea, and wish my brother all his wishes come true in advance and get what he wants!" ”
Meng Zhou picked up the teacup and responded with a smile: "I also wish you all the best and get what you want." ”
About an hour later, Chen Cong was already carrying a rice bag in his left hand and a paper bag in his left hand, and walked in quickly.
He put the two things down and introduced:
"This time I didn't go to the loose rice shop, I went directly to the Lingcai Building, this whole bag of spiritual rice is fifty catties, just a medium-grade spirit stone.
In addition, I also bought five taels of spirit tea, which was also worth just one medium-grade spirit stone.
The other party didn't agree at first, but it wasn't until I identified myself and hinted that I would buy a lot of money there for a long time in the future. ”
Meng Zhou nodded, and found information about the Spirit Material Building from Zhou Qiang's memory.
According to his understanding, there is the Qinghefang bulk spiritual material trading and wholesale center, the same spiritual materials are cheaper than elsewhere, but they are not sold in bulk, the spiritual rice is sold in bags regardless of catties, and the spiritual tea is sold in whole catties, and in other places, the spiritual tea is sold on two or even money, and its customer target is not an ordinary individual casual cultivation.
Chen Cong didn't want to save trouble and went to the nearest shop to buy, this is really taking his own affairs to heart.
Meng Zhou didn't say anything, but he was very satisfied in his heart.
According to the experience of his previous life, when a person spends other people's money to do other people's things, he can best see a person's character and the importance he attaches to this matter.
It is already rare to be able to spend as much as you can without falsely reporting it, and if you can take the initiative to save money for the other party, or even increase your workload slightly, it is even more rare.
Although Meng Zhou knew that this brother was becoming more and more concerned about his own affairs, and because the big cake he painted was becoming more and more greedy, this still made him feel better and better about this brother.
After putting down the Lingmi Ling Tea, Chen Cong reached into his arms and took out a delicate wooden box and a jade bottle with great importance.
He opened the wooden box, allowing Meng Zhou to see a stack of rune paper and a bottle of rune ink inside, and then quickly closed the wooden box again.
"This is a spirit sealing box, whether it is rune paper rune ink or a rune that has been made, putting it in it can maintain the quality better.
For talisman makers, stable quality rune paper and rune ink can significantly improve the success rate of talisman making. So I used fifty lower-grade spirit stones to buy a low-grade spirit sealing box with the smallest space, which should be enough for you for the time being.
There were a hundred pieces of rune paper and the corresponding amount of rune ink, and it cost two hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones.
The spirit sealing box and rune paper rune ink combined used a total of three medium-grade spirit stones. ”
Then, he handed the jade bottle to Meng Zhou.
Meng Zhou hurriedly took it, and as soon as he uncorked the bottle, a vague aroma came to his nose, and the bottle contained two full and round pills the size of his fingers.
Just after a glance, Meng Zhou quickly plugged the cork back to prevent the effect of the medicine from volatilizing.
Chen Cong also introduced on the side, "Bigu Dan has a medium-grade spirit stone, which is also the lowest price I can get, and I bought two of the remaining two medium-grade spirit stones."
Like the rune paper and rune ink, they were all bought at Jumbo Xuan.
Originally, the shopkeeper asked for a half-grade spirit stone, and he didn't let go of the price I talked about for a long time.
It wasn't until I vaguely stated that these runes were prepared for a talisman maker, and promised that all the runes that I successfully made in the future would be sold to him, that he relented and was willing to sell me two for a medium-grade spirit stone. ”
Meng Zhou held back the joy in his heart, nodded and praised: "Very good, very good." ”
Chen Cong shook his head, but said with some worry:
"This kind of cheapness can only be taken advantage of this time. Next time, if I can't get a finished talisman that meets the identity of a talisman maker and him, let alone buy Bigu Dan at the current price, I will even lose the opportunity to enter the Treasure Pavilion to buy rune paper and rune ink again. ”
In addition to the skill level of the talisman maker, another extremely important factor affecting the success rate of talisman making is the quality of the talisman material.
In this regard, the importance of material quality stability is especially higher than its advantages and disadvantages.
If a talisman maker has already adapted to a certain quality talisman material, suddenly changing him to a better quality material will hinder his performance.
And if the quality stability of a batch of materials is poor, some are high and some are low, it will be even worse.
There are not many places where Qinghefang can buy rune paper and rune ink, but only Jumbo Xuan can control the quality of rune materials at a stable level for a long time.
Although there is no reason to force customers out of the door to do business, if Jumbo Xuan really wants to embarrass a certain talisman maker, it can really cause substantial harm to the other party.
Chen Cong: This can be regarded as maximizing the immediate interests and leaving the hidden dangers for the future.
In this regard, Meng Zhou didn't care at all, from a certain point of view, this was what he hinted at people to do.
Otherwise, who will he show this resolute posture of breaking the kettle and sinking the boat?