Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Impermanence of the World Knows Everyone
Lin Zhao looked east and west as he followed the pedestrians into Weishan City. I was not in a hurry to find the "Xianyuan Inn" introduced by the Fire Dragon Daoist, but wandered around the city, walked the streets and alleys, and spent more than two hours visiting Weishan City.
Compared with Dangbo City, Weishan Castle is very different from each other in terms of the clothing of pedestrians, the architectural style of the city, the types of shops, etc. The pedestrians on the streets here seem to be more affluent, not as miserable as the pedestrians on the streets of Dangbo.
Whether it is the city wall, or the buildings in the city, they are all built with huge stones, basically without bricks and mud and grass to build houses, and there are few buildings with more than one floor, basically bungalows, Lin Zhao guessed that it should be to prevent the attack of demon birds.
In addition, there are shops that sell monks' supplies, such as shops that sell talismans, refining shops, elixir pavilions, and the purchase of elixirs and monster materials. It's just that these shops have a special street, and ordinary mortals can hardly see it inside. Lin Zhao just walked hastily, and didn't dare to go in to ask, for fear of causing trouble.
The "Xianyuan Inn" introduced by the Fire Dragon Daoist is indeed easy to find, close to the center of the city, close to the deacon's mansion. The Deacon's Mansion is a management body set up by the Qingwei Sect in Weishan City, and the people in it are all monks, and generally no one dares to disturb them if there is no major matter.
Xianyuan Inn covers a large area, the guest rooms have a separate courtyard, and there are also townhouse rooms, Lin takes care of most of the people living in it is not simple, at least they are martial arts powerhouses, and a few should be monks.
The currency used here is all gold, but fortunately, before Lin Zhao left home, his father had already made arrangements, and there were 1,000 taels of gold bars in his backpack. According to the price of Weishan City, as long as you don't spend indiscriminately, living for ten years will not be a problem.
Lin Zhao rented a small courtyard where he lived for a long time, which was convenient for practicing martial arts.
Asked Xiao Er to call for hot water, took a beautiful bath, and changed into a clean linen clothes, Lin Zhao suddenly felt comfortable. I asked the inn for a table of wine, and sent it directly into the room, so I ate and drank quietly, silently thinking about my future behavior.
In the northern Yunling Mountains, which are about 200,000 miles away from the Hengjiang Mountains, there is a tall and majestic peak, which resembles the dragon's head, so it is named "Longshou Peak". The mountains behind it are endless, like the body of a giant dragon, and they are tens of thousands of miles long.
Longshou Peak rises from the mountainside, surrounded by clouds and mist, and the peak is perennially purple and lightning rushing, and the thunder is endless.
On the mountainside of Longshou Peak, there is an immortal stone mansion, and the door of the cave is closed at this time.
There is a stone platform at the entrance of Shifu Cave, which is clean and tidy, and it should be cleaned often. The edge of the stone platform is knotted with ancient pine, the spirit birds are crisp all around, below the stone platform, there are stone steps that stretch downward, bend and twist, I don't know how much.
The pearl in the stone mansion hangs high and is inlaid at the top. On the cloud bed in the inner room of cultivation, there was an old Taoist priest with white hair and a ruddy complexion like a child, dressed in a cyan Taoist robe with wide cuffs, and the white hair on his head was tied into a bun with a hairpin.
At this time, the old Taoist priest was sitting cross-legged on the futon, his eyes slightly closed, and his hands were sealed in front of his lower abdomen, as if he was practicing in retreat.
Suddenly, the old Taoist priest opened his eyes, and his inner light was clear, and his slightly frowning brows seemed to have something on his mind. The old Taoist priest raised his left hand and calculated for a while, gradually his brows relaxed, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Immediately, the sound of laughter came out, as if he had thought of something happy.
Getting up and getting off the cloud bed, the old Taoist priest said to himself: "Why is my Dao suddenly restless, it turns out that the old Dao's opportunity to accept apprentices has arrived! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! After waiting for 28 years, fate is actually at this time. After speaking, he walked out of the stone cave, looked up at the peak where there was a faint sound of thunder, and his body rose vertically, drove a magic sword, and flashed towards the south, until the figure disappeared, and the sonic boom in the air came.
Lin Zhao pondered while drinking. At this time, it was only close to May, and there were still four months before the ceremony of accepting disciples from the Qingwei Sect on September 9. Either you can wait for yourself and practice martial arts diligently, just waiting for the apprenticeship ceremony to begin, or you can do some odd jobs at the monk's shop first, no matter what kind of shop, as long as you can get close to the monk and learn more, it is always good.
After thinking about it, I still feel that the second one is better, and we must always take the initiative in doing things, no matter what the apprenticeship ceremony is, collect as much information as possible first, and then make plans.
The idea must be that Lin Zhao felt a lot more relaxed, and after eating the wine and food in a few clicks, he called Xiao'er to clean up the room.
While taking steps to eliminate food, while thinking carefully, Lin Zhao put his hands behind his back and circled in the small courtyard.
Half an hour later, Lin Zhao moved his muscles and bones, ready to practice boxing. If you don't practice for a day, you can stay on the shuttle for more than a month, which is really a waste of time!
On the morning of the second day, Lin Zhao practiced boxing and finished the morning class, and the sun had just appeared. It's April, the beginning of summer, everything is vibrant, the temperature is pleasant, and the most wonderful is it.
Lin Zhao finished breakfast and went out. Along the way, I looked like I was leisurely, but in fact, I eavesdropped on the conversations of pedestrians, collected and summarized all kinds of information, and walked leisurely towards the monk's market.
When he arrived at the Monk Market, Lin Zhao asked the family to be gentle and polite to see if they needed shop men.
But after walking more than a dozen shops, including the Alchemy Pavilion, the Refining Appliance Shop, the Fu Pavilion Pavilion, the grocery store, and so on, they all refused. Lin Zhao is a mortal, it looks like a long jade tree is in the wind, handsome and dusty, saying that he is a noble son of a big family, or a young monk and a talent, some people believe it, but if he says that he came to apply for a job, it is still okay.
Looking at its appearance, you know that it is not a person who has lived in the bottom for a long time, not to mention that you don't know the roots, where you dare to use it.
Lin Zhao was not discouraged, his mood was calm, and he continued to inquire about the past one by one. There are hundreds of shops in the whole monk's market, and I don't believe that there is no place for my own.
Near the end of the street, there is a small shop Fu Gong Pavilion, at this time in the shopkeeper position, a middle-aged man is sitting. The middle-aged man's face was a little pale and his expression was a little restless.
This person's surname is Qin, and his name is inherited. The ancestor also practiced in the Qingwei Sect, practiced for more than 200 years, but still could not break through to the jade liquid stage, and finally sat down. But he left a foundation for the younger generations, and after two generations in a row, he finally arrived here with Qin Chengzhi, and only then did he come out with a junior with cultivation qualifications.
Although Qin Chengzhi has a cultivation root, he is too poor to worship the Qingwei Sect, but fortunately, his ancestors have some scattered cultivation exercises left, so he cultivated on his own and became a loose cultivator who wandered around the Qingwei Sect.
Qin Chengzhi's cultivation qualifications are not good, he has practiced for thirty or forty years, and now he is still wandering in the fifth turn of the Qi refining period, and he can't even reach the ninth turn of the Great Perfection of the Qi refining period.
Fortunately, he had some qualifications for the way of the talisman, so through some residual relationships in the Qingwei Patriarch, he bought this shop and sold some talismans he had refined, so as to maintain his cultivation resources.
Some time ago, an apprentice in the shop resigned from his position due to family matters. Qin Cheng alone could not juggle the production of talismans and store management. I wanted to find another buddy, and I tried a few, but they were all stupid and stupid, and I was angry with myself.
Lin Zhao saw that he was approaching the end of the street, and there was still no store to accept him, so he was also a little depressed.
Looking up at the shop called "Qin's Fu Pavilion", Lin Zhao collected his mood, smiled, stepped over the threshold again, and conducted another interview.
Qin Chengzhi looked at the handsome and elegant son in front of him, and when he heard that he was looking for a shop guy, he almost thought that he had heard it wrong. I asked again.
Lin Zhao smiled, his tone was calm, his words were clear, and he repeated his purpose. Qin Chengzhi made sure that he didn't have the back of his ears this time, and he was also interested in it. Let Lin Zhao sit next to him and talk.
Hearing that Lin Zhao had come from tens of thousands of miles away and wanted to join the Qingwei Sect, Qin Chengzhi's face became gloomy.
After a few breaths, Lin Zhao looked at the somewhat elegant middle-aged uncle in front of him, and became silent and alone in a daze. I'm also a little confused, and I don't understand what the situation is.
"Okay, I just don't have a buddy here, try it for three days first, and if it's suitable, you can stay. If not, go back where you came from!" Qin Chengzhi's face was blank, and he said in an emotionless tone.
Lin Zhao was overjoyed, and he almost couldn't find a job, it was really waterfall sweat. I didn't expect to come to this world, and there will be such a day, to return to my old business again, and come to sweep the streets to find a job, how impermanent is my fate?
Since this day, Lin Zhao has been working in the "Qin's Fu Pavilion", taking care of the daily life of the store, opening the door to welcome customers, and peddling talismans.
Qin Chengzhi found that this young man was very smart and had a great talent for management.
First of all, with his own consent, the decoration of the store was changed. Another batch of furniture was ordered from outside. The wood-colored shelves are painted with bright lacquer, and small wooden boards stand diagonally on the shelves, each of which is gently clamped to the wooden board with a wooden clip, leaning against the wooden frame, and the corresponding upper frame is labeled, and the name of the symbol is written in a neat and elegant font.
I got an introduction to the talisman from myself, as soon as a customer came in, I introduced the use of the talisman like a few treasures, and what I didn't expect was to think of some application scenarios of the talisman for the customer, although there was not much novelty, but the customer listened happily.
After four or five days, the sales volume of Fu Gong was actually thirty percent higher than in the past.
When Qin Chengzhi saw this, he didn't say much, neither praised nor praised him, nor did he say anything about getting paid more. Every day, I just hide in the backyard of the store, meditate on the talisman, and the boss and the guy get along, which seems to be very harmonious. Lin Zhao complained silently, sure enough, it is the same in every world, the blackest is the big boss.
In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, Lin Zhao peddled talismans during the day, returned to the Xianyuan Inn at night to cultivate internal qi to Yin, and then practiced boxing in the courtyard. The daily routine of life is slowly collected through the daily customer monks.
In the evening of that day, Qin Chengzhi called Lin Zhao, who was about to close the store and leave, and asked him if he was willing to learn the way of the talisman. Lin Zhao was overjoyed and hurriedly nodded yes. Qin Chengzhi's face was expressionless, and a copy of "Basic Talisman" appeared in his hand and handed it to Lin Zhao, who respectfully took it with both hands and thanked him repeatedly.
Qin Chengzhi spoke again: "I can give you books, but I won't teach you anything, I have been learning to ponder talismans for more than ten years." But firstly, the talent is limited, and secondly, there is no guidance from a famous teacher. If they are bold enough to point you at you, they may harm you instead of helping you! Do you understand?"
Lin Zhao sincerely thanked and repeatedly said that he understood!
Looking at Lin Zhao's distant back, a smile appeared on Qin Chengzhi's face. I thought silently in my heart, this son is smart, I am afraid that it is not a thing in the pool, and when he befriends him, he should make a good fate!
Exactly: the world is impermanent, people are unpredictable, who knows if you will return to your old business?