"Jiang Daoyou, don't come unharmed. ”

In the cave house of the mountain wall in the valley, Li Zhen once again saw Jiang Binghua, the head of the five friends of Fushan, who he had met in Qishui Pass.

At this moment, Jiang Binghua was already the acting valley master here, but when he saw Li Zhen and his wife, he still didn't dare to slack off, and said warmly: "I didn't expect the two of you to come." ”

Li Zhen handed over a gift list: "Congratulations to the five of you for settling here, a little bit of courtesy, not a tribute." ”

Jiang Binghua took it and looked at it with a puzzled look on his face, and suddenly looked happy.

These turned out to be materials used by some ordinary people, although they were useless for ordinary casual cultivation, but for him, they were of great use.

"Send charcoal in the snow, Li Daoyou really has a heart!" Jiang Binghua was not hypocritical, and accepted the gift immediately.

While speaking, the other five friends all arrived, and Li Zhen took the opportunity to ask about the valley.

Although there is no relationship between superiors and subordinates between the two parties, and they do not need to be responsible for Li Zhen, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this couple is an extremely favored son of the ancestors, and these questions still need to be answered.

So Jiang Binghua took the opportunity to pour bitter water and talked about the difficulties of taking over Linggu.

As for the ruins, they have almost withered, and only a few hundred monks are still supporting themselves by inertia.

They found some relatives and friends on their own, and they barely managed to maintain basic operations.

"Li Daoyou, as you know, the bazaar itself is not active enough to provide enough trading opportunities, so it is held at a fixed time in order to gather enough people to match transactions......

When the cultivators don't choose to come, the ruins will also exist in name only, and if this continues, the situation is really not good.

We are struggling with how to find a way to attract casual cultivators, and even plan to open some spiritual caves to supply permanent ......."

Li Zhen asked, "Wasn't the first few fairs okay?"

Jiang Binghua smiled bitterly: "That is the prosperity brought by the government and the mountains to raise food, and now that these supports are withdrawn, the original form will be immediately revealed."

Even the Hundred Treasure Pavilion co-founded by your family and the Persona Division originally had a fair trading volume, but after being exposed, they began to be taboo by casual cultivation, after all, many things in their hands were not visible, and if it was not necessary, they would still try to avoid trading in this kind of place. ”

Hearing this, Li Zhen sighed slightly.

The Ninth Princess secretly said, "Husband, do you have a way?"

Li Zhen said: "To be honest, I don't really have no ideas at all, some commercial methods, as well as institutional improvements, can be proposed, but the situation in the World Valley, far more than commercial factors, it is not necessarily useful to do so much." ”

The ninth princess was slightly stunned, and immediately understood that Li Zhen was hiding clumsy.

Sure enough, Li Zhan explained: "The root cause of the contradiction lies in the monks, and the biggest problem in Xuan Xinfeng at the moment is that the ancestor has an accident, and the enemy takes advantage of the fire to rob him.

However, I estimate that in a few years, the ancestor is still alive, and the rumors will be self-defeating.

After more than ten or twenty years, many memories will fade away, and even if a batch of people are replaced, they will return to normal.

In a few decades or even a hundred years, then all problems will really be solved, but at that time, it will not be Fushan Wuyou who is in charge of this valley. ”

This is the correct way to solve the problem in the immortal cultivation world, and at present, ninety-nine percent of those who resist Xuan Xinfeng and are dissatisfied with the government will not survive to that time, and the pursuit of natural freedom will also be replaced by the practice of being accustomed to.

When the new era arrives, the Taoist system will also become a matter of course and can be implemented smoothly.

Why did Uncle Han and Uncle Lin leave? Isn't it because they are unwilling to spend their precious time and energy in this?

Some people may think that the World Outer Valley will become an industry under the name of Xuan Xin Feng, and Jiang Binghua and others are also puppets on the peak, but the truth is that Xuan Xin Feng is not willing to take charge of this place personally, but to hand it over to a person like Fushan Wuyou, who is from a loose cultivation background, to maintain the tradition of the people of the rivers and lakes to manage the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

At the expiration of the three-year period, it is officially inaugurated, and as long as it can be supplied and produced, it is qualified to maintain its proper functions.

The same is true of the Xuanxin Kingdom, where mortal princes are in charge of mortal affairs.

This can be regarded as a way to transfer cause and effect, so many disputes and trivial matters are borne by Jiang Binghua and others.

In that case, what's the point of mixing up such things by yourself? It's better to study the incense recipe and cultivate well.

The theme of this world of cultivating immortals is cultivation, cultivation can lead to immortality, and it is not possible to manage it properly, and it is not a money avenue for cultivation.

"Forget it, since they are the valley lord and the valley elder, let them have a headache with these things......"

The two of them came out of Fushan Wuyou, visited the valley, and prepared to go back.

Li Zhen said to the ninth princess: "Let's come back in the evening, if there is nothing to gain, we have to wait for next time." ”

The Ninth Princess smiled, "Many monks are night owls, and they like to go out at night, and it may indeed be more lively at night. ”

This place is not far from the royal city, and they don't bother to toss back and forth.

At night, a red light pierced the sky, and after a while, it came to the front of the valley.

As the light and shadow flickered, the two fell, and Li Zhen took the purple gold shuttle back into his bag, hugged the nine princesses and walked towards the mountain wall in front of him, and re-passed through the phantom array to this small valley.

At night, the valley was really much more lively, and the monks gathered in the square in the valley, patiently buying the spiritual materials they needed, as well as some things that the low-level realm could not get rid of for the time being.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion ahead, as if there was a quarrel.

Li Zhen and the Ninth Princess glanced at each other, feeling a little curious.

"Let's go and see. ”

When I came to the front, I found that the place where the accident happened was actually the Baibao Pavilion opened by my family.

A middle-aged man in a Tsing Yi cloth suit held up a piece of rattan-shaped mountain goods, his face was full of indignation, and he shouted to the people around him: "Everyone come and see, come and see, the black shop pit people!"

Someone asked, "Fellow Daoist, what's going on?"

The middle-aged cultivator said: "I just came here to sell mountain goods, obviously it is a fine spiritual material purple gold medicine vine, there are three hundred years, they actually said that it is an ordinary medicinal material, and they want to buy it with silver taels!

"How so, it's too dark, isn't it?"

"Spiritual materials can be regarded as ordinary medicinal materials, this shop is really not credible!"

The crowd of onlookers pointed and pointed.

Many people gathered around, and when they saw this scene, they couldn't help but smile a little meaningfully.

There are also people holding hands, looking like they are watching a good show.

The shopkeeper of the Hundred Treasure Pavilion stood at the door, watching the monk talk about his own family, and couldn't help but say indignantly: "Nonsense, this is not what you just took out!"

He bowed his hands and said to the people around him: "Immortal masters, friends Mingjian, this person is clearly here to stir up trouble, deliberately using ordinary medicinal materials to lead us to bid, and after negotiating, he suddenly said that he would not sell it, and then he was here to tell the truth." ”

"Besides, buying and selling is not benevolent, you don't sell, we don't force us to stay or even steal, how can you go out and smear people's innocence out of thin air?"

The middle-aged cultivator said: "What's the matter, I can't do it, and I still want to beat a rake? Uncle, I am my own cleverness, so I didn't plant it in your hands, this has to be replaced by a new reckless little friend, and you must not be eaten and wiped clean? Phew, black shop!"

Xiao Yicheng, the monk hired by Li Zhen, stood in the hall, looking at the shopkeeper arguing with people with a gloomy face, and did not come forward, suddenly, he felt something in his heart and looked at Li Zhen in the crowd.

"The proprietor?"

Li Zhan Chuanyin asked, "Xiao Daoyou, what's the matter?"

Xiao Yicheng was a little surprised that Li Zhen knew how to transmit divine sense, but he quickly reacted and replied: "This person may have been instructed by someone to deliberately stir up trouble, and the truth is just as the big treasurer in our cabinet said." ”

Li Zhen said: "Is there a way to expose him?"

Xiao Yicheng sighed helplessly: "This matter is all based on heart, and no outsiders have seen the matter of Fang Cai, how can it be exposed?"

The Ninth Princess said: "Those onlookers are either loose cultivators or other business travelers, and they don't look stupid, can they still be fooled?"

Li Zhen said: "Public opinion has nothing to do with the truth, if you look at those people who look like they are watching a good show, you know that they don't care about the truth at all, they only care about the excitement, and there are even many of that person's accomplices, who are helping to build momentum." ”

Xiao Yicheng said: "What the proprietor said is extremely true, this technique is not uncommon in the mortal world, that is, this Hundred Treasure Pavilion is opened in the valley, it is not good to pour dung on the door or set fire at night, otherwise the mastermind behind the scenes will definitely do that." ”

Li Zhen said: "Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Daoyou, be careful yourself, and tell the guys in the pavilion to pay attention to safety." ”

Xiao Yicheng said: "It doesn't matter, this person shouldn't be coming for us, but for the valley." ”

Li Zhen said: "In the valley?"

Xiao Yicheng said: "Yes, it is unlikely that they will attack mortal guys, but it is possible to give some money to buy them and say bad things about us, but the guys in our pavilion all have their own families and relatives, and the register is closed, no matter how greedy they are, they have to weigh the consequences of betrayal, and I will tell them that there is a reward for reporting, and they will just do nothing after receiving money." ”

Li Zhen said: "Xiao Daoyou has an idea, and you can arrange it." ”

While speaking, a middle-aged man dressed in green clothes with an elegant temperament came over surrounded by several mortal stewards, who was Fang Lisong, one of the five friends of Fushan.

"Elder Fang is here!" said one of the mortal stewards, "What's going on here, who has a dispute?"

The shopkeeper of the Hundred Treasure Pavilion lit up in his eyes, and hurriedly greeted him and said, "Elder Fang, you came just in time, this person is stirring up trouble in our store and staining people's innocence out of thin air!"

As he spoke, he told the ins and outs of the matter.

After hearing this, Fang Lisong also knew that things were not simple, and frowned slightly: "This fellow Daoist, is there any evidence for what you said?"

The middle-aged Sanxiu was angry on the spot: "Then do they have evidence?"

Fang Lisong said: "So, it's all air-to-air?"

As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged Sanxiu couldn't help but sneer: "I know that you are all in a gang!"

He immediately said to the onlookers: "Everyone, you have all seen how these people behave!"

Fang Lisong suddenly felt a little sitting.

To be honest, he knew the details of the Hundred Treasure Pavilion, and of course he had to favor it.

But this kind of thing is not easy to show openly.

Hurriedly said to the middle-aged cultivator: "Stop, you can negotiate and settle this kind of thing yourself, I came to remind you not to make trouble here, don't block the traffic, don't hinder other Taoist friends." ”

"Half of the road is facing the sky, who is in the way of others?"

"It's ......"

Someone helped the way.

Fang Lisong said helplessly: "In short, let's do it ourselves." ”

He could only cast a helpless look at the shopkeeper and Xiao Yicheng inside, and temporarily hid in the back, leaving the relationship behind first.

The middle-aged man sneered and didn't care about him.

What Spirit Valley Elder, it sounds bullish, it's not powerless?

He was not afraid of the other party at all, and told his story several times to make sure that many monks and mortals had heard it, and then he pretended to be impatient and said more, and walked away.

"It's scattered, there's nothing to see. ”

"Really, after talking about it for so long, you don't fight......"

"When the real world is declining, people's hearts are not ancient, I think back then, the predecessors of the monks all did a disagreement, and my generation has fallen to this!"

The onlookers were disappointed, but when they saw that the matter was over, they could only leave one after another.

Li Zhen smiled and shook his head, it is impossible to fight, and the middle-aged cultivator is also afraid of Baibao Pavilion.

Baibao Pavilion is also not easy to move, if you really want to forcibly hold down this person, search your body in public, and find out the medicinal materials you showed before, it is easy to expose this person's lies, but then another stigma can be confirmed.

If you want to prove your innocence in the cabinet, you will force the guests to be searched and shown to the public, who will dare to go?

This is not even easy to do in the valley, and the maintenance of order in the valley depends on affection and credibility, and there is no way to control it as forcefully as the mortal government.

The loose cultivators are free by nature, and they act without taboos, and if they are in a hurry, they will turn their faces, even if they can't deal with the monks in the Hundred Treasure Pavilion and the Outer Valley, they can also deal with mortal guys and other residents.

Unless the circle is restored, the rules are put in place, and there is enough prestige and prestige to guarantee it, this situation can be changed.

"Husband, ......" the ninth princess looked at Li Zhen.

Li Zhen said: "It doesn't matter, after a hundred years, this store will also be a century-old store, and when the time comes, if you encounter the same thing again, one sentence is enough to convince people." ”

This matter will definitely have a certain impact on the business in the short term, but casual cultivators are forgetful and at the same time smart, and the business that should be done still has to be done.

Li Zhen began to understand the mentality of the Great Monk a little, many things were not that they could not solve, but they were too lazy to solve them, and there was no need to solve them.

Having said that, he was quite interested in the origin of that person and the entanglement of interests behind it, and said to the ninth princess: "There is nothing else to do left and right, it is better to follow this person and investigate secretly." ”

The Ninth Princess said, "Husband is planning to use the Dream Dao Divine Power?"

Li Zhen said: "My smell of incense and dreams come and go to ordinary people, and it has not been really used on monks, you don't count here, you and I hold each other's dream spirits, and it is not good to test the actual effect." ”