Mrs. Li Yang, whose face was turning red and white, saw the guest coming and reminded her carefully: "Master..."
"Shut up! You still want to plead for them? You are also responsible!"
Li Henian shouted angrily, and the bamboo whip fell like raindrops. Looking at this posture, he really wanted to beat people to death.
"I'm at fault!" Mrs. Li Yang plopped down on her knees, followed by another row of servants and maids kneeling down.
"Brother Dao!"
After standing and watching for a while, Zhong Yan shouted out when he saw that Li Henian had no intention of giving up.
Li Henian stopped and turned his head. He had sensed someone coming and thought it was a servant.
Seeing that it was Zhong Yan at this moment, his expression softened. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes narrowed and he exclaimed: "Brother Xian has broken through to the fourth level?!"
Immediately, he kicked the concubine who was holding his legs five or six meters away, "You are so embarrassing, why don't you get out of here!"
"My dear brother and sister-in-law, please come inside and make me laugh!"
Li Yang also stood up and walked forward quickly, walked to Jiang Ping and held hands with a smile, "Sister Ping'er is here, it's cold outside, let's go inside and talk."
Zhong Yan nodded towards his wife and followed Li Henian to the study room in the backyard.
"What makes brother so angry?"
"That bastard, he learned how to make money at a young age. He lost more than a thousand taels in a gambling house in half a month, and still owes several hundred taels! Not to mention him..."
Li Henian took a closer look at Zhong Yan for a while, then firmly held his wrist, and then pressed his shoulder, "Congratulations, brother Xian, for breaking through to the mid-term stage. I'm really happy for you! It's really not easy!"
Both of them had the Four Spiritual Root qualifications and reached the third level within a year, but Li Henian only stayed for less than three years before breaking through.
Zhong Yan sighed: "Yes, I have given up for eighteen years. I never thought that God would give me a surprise. It seems that the state of mind is really important."
Li Henian nodded and said with a smile: "So it is right to go down the mountain. Qingyang City is your blessed place."
"..."
After a conversation, they learned that Zhong Yan's making of the talisman went smoothly. The two agreed on a time to go to Fangshi before the New Year.
At noon, the two families sat together for a banquet. Li Henian's third wife and concubine and their children were present, but the beaten second concubine and second son Li Shangwen did not attend the table.
Return home.
Jiang Ping immediately congratulated with a smile on her face: "Congratulations, husband, for breaking through and taking one step closer to foundation building! We must celebrate tonight!"
Zhong Yan gave her a meaningful look, "How would Ping'er want to celebrate?"
Jiang Ping understood the meaning, a blush appeared on her pretty face, "I will obey my husband in everything."
But since that day, Jiang Ping has become a little cautious again, working harder and harder to please her on the bed, not daring to make her husband unhappy in the slightest. The scene in Li's house often pops up in her mind.
It wasn't until another half month passed that she found that her husband was always the same and never got angry. The shadow in her heart gradually dissipated, and she was happy that she had married the right person.
The New Year is approaching, and the entire Qingyang City is in celebration.
Jiang Ping led Xiaohuan to prepare ordinary new year goods.
Zhong Yan and Li Henian went to Fangshi.
Three hundred and twelve materials were used to make 245 pieces, with a success rate of nearly 80%, which is much higher than the 40 to 60% of ordinary Talisman masters.
Earth prison talismans, amulets, rejuvenation talismans... all kinds of talismans have different qualities.
Zhong Yan kept a small part privately, recycled the better quality ones to 'Huoyun Pavilion', and sold the lower quality ones at stalls.
This way, the success rate will not appear to be too high and profits will be maximized.
In the end, one hundred and nine low-grade spiritual stones were harvested, and after excluding the cost, the net profit was forty-nine.
For monks in the early and middle stages of Qi refining, this is a considerable amount of wealth, and few people can take out so much at once.
However, Zhong Yan was not too shocked. After all, he once robbed hundreds of spiritual stones. He just felt a little emotional that it would be safer to make money with a skill.
In order to reduce the number of visits to the market, he did not rush to return Li Henian's spirit stones, but spent another eighty spirit stones to buy materials and several talisman samples such as the 'Vajra Talisman'.
Spiritual rice, medicinal materials, monster meat... After some shopping, before leaving Fangshi, Zhong Yan handed a spiritual stone to Ma Zhida, who was on duty.
Horses galloping and riding side by side.
Li Henian sighed loudly: "I underestimated it before. I didn't expect that a high-level Talisman Master can make so much money. I'm afraid it's not much worse than an Alchemist. In this way, my dear brother is not without hope in building a foundation in the future!"
As we all know, alchemists are the richest. After all, even if you stay at home and don't go out, as long as you want to make progress, elixirs are essential.
Zhong Yan smiled and said: "It is estimated to be much worse. A 'Broken Mirror Returning Pill' requires at least thirty spirit stones. Many first-level alchemists can refine it. Just thinking about it makes people jealous!"
Li Henian shook his head and sighed, "There's nothing I can do about being jealous. We casual cultivators don't have the conditions. Even if we want to become a first-level alchemist, we still need a lot of materials to learn trial and error, and we may not necessarily have the talent..."
As he said this, he turned his head and looked back, and said, "It's better to just rob!"
"Hahaha..." Zhong Yan laughed loudly. More than half of this guy's wealth came from his side business.
The five-day trip was smooth sailing.
Zhong Yan returned home, and his wife and maid were counting items in the front yard.
Jiang Ping stepped forward, pointed at a pile of goods and said with a smile: "Husband, these are sent by the city lord's palace. I just left. There are cloths and satins, various ingredients, and fifty taels of silver. They say they are New Year gifts."
"Well, keep it." Zhong Yan was a little surprised. He didn't mention this benefit when he registered as a guest.
Fifty taels for a family, hundreds of monks resident in the city, plus other goods, this expense is not small, which shows the wealth of the Lord's Mansion of Qingyang City.
"Husband, would you like to prepare something in return?"
"Yes." Zhong Yan nodded, something like 'friendship' cannot wait until it is needed.
"Sir, please tell me that I will go shopping tomorrow."
"No, I have my own arrangements for my husband."
Two days later.
On New Year's Eve, amidst bursts of firecrackers, snowflakes began to rise in the sky, indicating that the auspicious snow heralded a good harvest.
At the dining table in the main hall of the Zhong Mansion, Jiang Ping and Xiao Huan prepared a table of sumptuous dishes.
"Xiaohuan, sit down and eat together." Zhong Yan was in a good mood and took out a jar of spiritual wine from his storage bag. He bought it in Yangquanfang City, two jars with five spiritual stones, and gave the other jar to Li Henian.
"I don't dare!" The little maid was startled and thought she had done something wrong. However, seeing her master's kind smile, she just lowered her head nervously and did not dare to kneel down to clear the atmosphere.
Jiang Ping was also surprised. She looked at her husband's face and said with a smile: "I asked you to sit down, go ahead and get a pair of bowls and chopsticks."
"Yes, thank you, sir, thank you, madam."
Had New Year's Eve dinner.
Zhong Yan and his wife stayed up late on the bed.
"This jade pendant has the effect of calming the mind and concentrating the mind, and can help you understand the mental methods of martial arts."
Zhong Yan took out a pendant and handed it to Jiang Ping, "A New Year's gift for you."
"Thank you husband, Ping'er likes it!"
Jiang Ping, who had only drank a small glass of spirit wine, her face flushed, her eyes as blurry as silk, took the jade pendant and leaned into Zhong Yan's arms, shyly whispering: "Husband, Ping'er wants..."
Hiss~
It's so fascinating!
Zhong Yan pressed her shoulders and helped her up, smiling: "Wait a minute, I have a gift for you, husband!"
"What?" Jiang Ping blinked.
"nice one!"
Zhong Yan took out a booklet.
Naturally, it is a dual cultivation method.
The title of the book is "The Royal Lady's Heart". According to the vendor selling it, it comes from the royal family of the Yan Kingdom and is known as the Royal Court's Secret Book.
Only one spirit stone is needed.
Of course, it's just a general 'gong method' suitable for mortals, it's considered the technique in the room.
The dual cultivation technique used by real monks requires at least one million low-grade spiritual stones, which is equivalent to one hundred thousand mid-grade spiritual stones.
Zhong Yan couldn't afford it for a while.
Even if you buy it, your wife will not be able to use it since she has no spiritual roots and cannot practice cultivation.
Jiang Ping took the book and opened it, her face reddening even more intensely. There were illustrations in the book, so strange.
"Ma'am, let's study together."
"Um."
late at night.
Firecrackers continued outside the courtyard, and chants continued in the room.
"Good man! Ping, Ping'er is going to be broken..."
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