Hearing a knock on the door, Chen Ping stopped practicing and went out to the yard.
The visitor was a strange monk.
The strange monk was estimated to be in his twenties or thirties, but he was tall and seemed to be a monk who focused on physical training.
"I'm sorry to bother you, Fellow Daoist Chen. My surname is Lin and my given name is Changshou. I just moved here to live permanently today. I'm here to visit the neighbors. Please take good care of me."
The young monk's words were elegant and polite, but his voice was loud and carefree. He pointed to the house on the west side of Chen Ping's house. That house also collapsed less than half, but it was still inhabitable.
It seemed that something had really happened to the old Taoist neighbor.
Chen Ping withdrew his gaze and said politely:
"Hey, fellow Taoist Lin, you're welcome. We'll see you more often in the future."
He said this, but he didn't mean to invite his neighbors to sit inside the house. His body honestly didn't move at all.
After all, I’m not familiar with it.
"Where did fellow Taoist people move from?" Chen Ping asked again, feeling happy at the same time.
Could it be that Lianyuncheng opened up trade?
Is there a team coming from the outer city?
"Me? I came out of the Lan Mansion in the West District. The Lan Mansion failed to survive the disaster some time ago and collapsed, so I came out." Lin Changshou regretted and said again: "By the way, this monster meat It’s fresh, something my companions and I just hunted and gave it to Taoist Chen to enjoy.”
Chen Ping was disappointed.
It turned out that he was not from outside the city.
The caravan still hasn't arrived.
Chen Ping took the fresh monster meat brought by Lin Changshou and estimated it weighed five kilograms, knowing that it was a meeting gift.
He thought for a while and gave the two grilled fish that Zhang Xianqiu hadn't finished last night to his neighbor as a return gift.
The etiquette is light but the affection is heavy.
"Huh? Fellow Daoist Chen also practices physical training?" Lin Changshou couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he saw Chen Ping's steady and powerful steps and coordinated body movements... He's a fellow disciple.
"That's not true." Chen Ping explained:
"I mainly practice swordsmanship, and it also has a good effect on strengthening the body. It can be regarded as an additional benefit of practicing swordsmanship."
Lin Changshou was a little regretful, but then he said boldly:
"That's not bad. By the way, I'm the one who trains the body. If Fellow Daoist Chen wants to train the body someday, we can discuss it more."
Chen Ping smiled:
"sure."
I thought that body training would be a waste of money, as I couldn’t stop taking the medicine, and I had to soak in the medicinal bath all year round, so the money was like running water.
It looks like this neighborhood makes a lot of money.
After chatting for a few more words, they went home.
When Chen Ping returned home, he practiced the Breeze Nine Swords in his narrow bedroom.
During this period of time, I didn't spend a lot of time practicing this swordsmanship. I basically just practiced and stopped.
Even so, Breeze Nine Swords has already mastered the eighth form and entered the ninth form. His current eighth move was so fast that others could only see the sword's glow but not the sword's body.
The kill can be completed instantly.
...
Chengdongfang City.
The market is still crowded with people, with many people selling goods and many people shopping for treasures.
Chen Ping inquired about commodity prices and found that most resources were no different from previous days, neither rising nor falling further.
After shopping around for a few times, Chen Ping spent 5 low-grade spiritual stones and bought 4 ancient books.
Ancient books on defensive spells that were relatively rare before can now be found on the market as long as you look for them carefully.
Among them are 3 ancient books:
"Golden Tortoise Armor Technique", "Stone Armor Technique", and "Qingyun Body Shield".
They are all defensive spells suitable for monks in the early and middle stages of Qi training.
Chen Ping didn't read the content carefully. He bought it first and then studied it slowly when he went back to choose the most suitable book for practice.
Another ancient book:
"Introduction to Ten Common Talismans During the Qi Refining Period"
This book is used to learn talisman skills. This kind of book is very common on the market, but he has never bought it before.
In a corner of the market, I saw some monks standing there with signs next to them.
Chen Ping took a curious look from a distance and saw only a few simple words written on the sign:
[House Repair]
"Fellow Taoist, can you go out to repair the house?" Chen Ping finally walked over and asked.
"That's right. Do fellow Taoists have any needs?" the leading monk replied.
"How do you collect money?"
"It depends on the extent of the damage to the fellow Taoist's house, and what the fellow Taoist's request for repairs is. We need to discuss it in detail."
Chen Ping nodded:
"Fellow Taoist, can you come with me to take a look now?"
He didn't sell anything today, didn't leak any money, and didn't even change his face. In addition, the monks in the family were very active in patrolling during this period, so they were not afraid of being spotted.
The house is not ready to wait for Qingyun Sect to come to repair it.
The current house he lived in was too uncomfortable and the space was too small. Apart from practicing meditation skills, he could not practice any other spells at home and had to practice them in the yard.
The Qingyun Sect didn’t know that the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse would come.
Moreover, it will be deep winter soon.
Might as well spend some money yourself.
"Okay, let's go and have a look. However, to be honest with you Taoist friends, as long as we are willing, the families in the West District are rushing to find us to repair their houses. The reason why they are willing to come out to do it alone is to make more money. Therefore, the price is not It will be cheap." The monk added.
Chen Ping nodded:
"Let's take a look first and then talk."
"OK."
The monk exchanged a few words with his companions and then followed Chen Ping out of Fangshi. Perhaps because he was concerned about safety issues, the monk specifically asked to take the main road, even if it took a longer detour.
Chen Ping also had this intention, and they hit it off.
When he arrived at the house, the monk squinted his eyes and looked around, then walked around the house a few times and asked:
"Repair it as it was?"
"Just leave it as it is."
"Do we want the courtyard walls to be together?"
"Together."
"Do you provide wood, stones, etc.? Or do you use ours?"
"Use yours."
"..."
After some evaluation, the monk quoted a price, which was not expensive. Chen Ping agreed to the deal without further negotiation.
All he earns is hard-earned money. How can a monk with some status be willing to do this work?
In the end, the deal was settled for 15 low-grade spiritual stones, 50 taels of gold, and 100 taels of silver. They were responsible for repairing it until it was complete.
"Fellow Taoist paid for the repairs out of his own pocket?" Lin Changshou, a new neighbor who had just returned, asked curiously when he saw this scene.
"Yeah, you don't want to practice?" Chen Ping said.
"Don't repair, don't repair, Qingyun Sect will come sooner or later, there is no need to spend this wasted money." Lin Changshou shook his head repeatedly... With this money, it is not enough to use it for medicinal baths.
Chen Ping smiled and said nothing.
Continue to communicate with the workman monk.
After the negotiation was completed, the workman monk did not want to waste any time and brought seven or eight workers that day.
Except for the leading monk himself, there is another Qi Practitioner, and the rest are all mortals.
In the next few days, these workers were responsible for repairing the house, while Chen Ping mainly practiced the Evergreen Kung Fu outside the hospital and occasionally supervised the work.
Five days later, the house was repaired.
Another brand-new house appeared in front of Chen Ping.
Perhaps the workmanship of these workers was pretty good, and Chen Ping had eaten crabs. Yu Qingyi also invited these workers to repair the house, and it seemed that some other neighbors also made appointments with them.
This made the group work harder and harder.
Chen Ping, on the other hand, took advantage of these few days to finally complete the advancement of Evergreen Kung Fu and become an 'expert'.
[Kung Fu: Evergreen Kung Fu (Expert): 1/100. 】
After Chang Qing Gong entered the realm of experts, he felt that his view of things seemed to become more transparent, but his mentality was the opposite, becoming younger.
Realm, life span, etc. also followed a leap forward.
Entering the fourth level of Qi training is just around the corner.
[Realm: Qi training (third level): 61/100. 】
[Lifespan: 23/83. 】
Not only longevity is increased.
...The real age is also one year older.
His predecessor had never known the year of his birth, and he did not expect to find out in this way that he was born in the middle of winter.
Twenty-three years old.
I feel sad when I think that I am only in the qi training period and one year older.
But when he saw his Shouyuan, he became happy.
He finally discovered that for every level of realm he gained, his lifespan would probably increase by 5-7 years.
If this continues, by the time you reach the ninth level of Qi training, you can live to be approximately 120-150 years old.
23 years old is still young enough compared to 120 years old.
There's a lot more you can do.
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