Time flies and it’s December in a blink of an eye.
In one month, the third-year disciples of Lingdao Academy will go their separate ways.
Most people will choose a line of cultivation based on the Taoist skills they practice, such as alchemy, talisman making, spiritual plants, beast control... and so on.
Earn spiritual stones and good deeds to support your practice.
Some local children have an additional choice: to go back and join their families.
Zhao Lin is also considering where he will go in the future.
There is a slight success in the magic circle, but if you take this as a career, you have to start as an apprentice and receive a meager salary, which cannot support the goal of building a foundation before the age of forty.
Not to mention that he also has a spiritual cultivation map, which requires a large amount of spiritual stones to improve his spell attainments.
Another option is to make a living from tasks.
Although he made a lot of money, the risk was also extremely high, and the Li family of Sanshan County was hiding in the dark, so Zhao Lin did not dare to go out to perform tasks easily.
In the event of being attacked by a foundation-building monk, the consequences would be disastrous.
After all, only Qi Refining Realm monks are allowed to participate, and tasks that can earn a lot of good deeds are very rare, and the lowest level is white level.
Why don't you just stay in Lingdao Temple?
With his own magical attainments, he is more than enough to be a disciple of Qigong. The only drawback is that he accumulates good deeds too slowly and cannot afford time.
After much thought, Zhao Lin decided to wait and see for a while.
Ding……
clang……
The Zhanyue sword rotated in a roundabout way, flying up and down.
Like a "flying", it keeps hitting a small metal ball.
The ball bounces around in the air, making a "ding-dong-dang" sound, always hanging in the air...
This continued for a quarter of an hour before the Zangetsu Sword suddenly stopped and the ball landed steadily on it.
Pulled by an invisible force, the Zangetsu Sword flew back with the ball in hand, and was held in the palm of a big hand.
"Finally, I got a glimpse of the perfect-level spell!"
Zhao Lin put away his moon sword and whispered to himself.
In order to perfect the spell as soon as possible, he spent at least half an hour every day practicing ice knife skills and flaming arrows. Both spells have made significant progress.
Only waterbending can only be practiced underwater, and when it reaches the perfection level, it is difficult for several rivers and lakes in the county to meet the requirements, which makes Zhao Lin very troubled.
At this moment, there was a soft "cluck" sound outside the door.
Zhao Lin felt something in his heart, opened the courtyard door, and saw a message paper crane on the ground.
Opening the paper crane, I saw a few words written on it: Come to Feihong Pavilion.
The signature is the word "zhou".
Feihong Pavilion is where Zhou Hongfang, the head of the hospital, rests and works. Why would he be summoned specifically?
Zhao Lin couldn't help but ponder.
Introduce yourself to the sect mission?
Or is it for the Dharma performance in a few days?
The head of the courtyard summoned him, so he couldn't wait too long. Zhao Lin closed the courtyard door and walked quickly up the mountain.
When I arrived at Lingdao Temple, I met Li Sancai face to face.
"Senior Brother Zhao."
Li Sancai respectfully stepped to the side of the road and saluted.
"Three talented brothers."
Zhao Lin had a smile on his face, walked over and patted him on the shoulder.
After practicing Taoism for three years, Li Sancai changed a lot. He became taller and stronger, and his appearance became more and more handsome. He was no longer the thin beggar he used to be.
It's just that his character is still a bit weak and he is too humble in his dealings with others.
Li Sancai was the slowest in cultivation among the third-year disciples, and he only entered the third level of Qi refining in the middle of his year.
Many disciples privately call him "Li Sanchi".
Logically speaking, even low-grade spiritual roots should not progress so slowly unless they don't practice hard.
But Li Sancai practiced extremely hard, and everyone could only attribute the reason to his lack of talent.
It wasn't until a certain resident monk returned to the county a few days ago that everyone learned the whole story.
It turned out that Li Sancai had been saving up the salary issued by the Lingdao Academy without leaving a single penny, and gave it all to the monk stationed there who had taken him in. He even exchanged his good deeds for elixirs and gave them to him.
The resident monk originally insisted not to accept it, but Li Sancai was determined and could not afford to kneel in front of the residence of the resident monk.
The garrisoned monks had no choice but to accept it.
The disciples were shocked when they heard about this. Li Sancai had a low-grade spiritual root and actually gave his cultivation resources to others. No wonder his cultivation was so slow.
Some disciples were puzzled and asked Li Sancai why he did this. It was the stationed monk's job to discover mortals with spiritual roots, and there was no need to spend such a large amount of money.
Li Sancai replied: "I will feel uneasy if I don't repay the kindness of saving my life."
Some people say he is stupid, some people say he is crazy.
Zhao Lin doesn't think so. Repaying kindness is the foundation of life, and such people are worth making friends with.
It's just that the way of repaying is a little thoughtless. You should improve your own cultivation first, and then repay when you are capable.
Zhao Lin said hello to Li Sancai and soon arrived at Feihong Pavilion.
Walking into the pavilion, I saw Zhou Hongfang sitting under the banyan tree in the courtyard, sipping tea, with an old man sitting next to him.
The old man looked familiar. Zhao Lin recalled it and remembered that this man was the shopkeeper of Hanchi County in Shangyuan Xianfang.
Zhao Lin once rode a spiritual boat with the old man and knew that his surname was Gu.
"Disciple pays homage to the Headmaster and has seen the ancient times."
Zhao Lin stepped forward to salute with a respectful expression, then stood aside and waited for instructions.
"Oh, you two know each other?"
When Zhou Hongfang heard Zhao Lin call the old man's surname, he turned to look at the old man in surprise.
The old man surnamed Gu bowed and said, "Go back to the courtyard. I met this little friend several times last year."
After saying that, he stood up and held his hands towards Zhao Lin: "I'm Gu Guzhao, Xiaoyou Zhao, we meet again."
"Nice to meet you!"
Zhao Lin also responded with his hands raised, wondering in his heart, how could he find a shopkeeper to accompany him when he saw him in the shop?
From the looks of it, today's matter should be related to this ancient shopkeeper.
"What a coincidence. It turns out that the two of you have met before, so I didn't recommend him."
Zhou Hongfang chuckled, pointed to the stone bench opposite and said to Zhao Lin: "Don't be restrained, sit down and drink tea."
"yes."
Zhao Linduan sat down upright, looking like he was listening attentively.
"Come, try the spiritual tea that I have collected?"
Zhou Hongfang picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea for Zhao Lin, and then looked at him with a smile.
“What a great tea!”
Zhao Lin took the tea cup with both hands, pretended to take a sip, and praised loudly without even tasting the taste.
"This is the spring tip picked by Songyu Peak this year. The output is sparse, and only two cans are collected in total."
Zhou Zhangyuan looked proud and took out a white porcelain tea can like a magic trick. "I keep one can for myself. You can take this one back and drink it."
"This... is too valuable! The disciples dare not accept it."
Zhao Lin's face was full of gratitude, but he wanted to pick it up but was too embarrassed to do so.
But I thought: Leaders all over the world seem to treasure two cans of tea, one to drink themselves and one to give to their most capable subordinates. They can never give it away.
"You are the most outstanding disciple of our Spiritual Dao Academy. It's just a jar of spiritual tea. You must accept it."
Zhou Hongfang said deliberately with a straight face.
"Then junior, it's better to be respectful than to obey."
Only then did Zhao Lin reach out and take it.
"Zhao Lin, what are you going to do after you leave the army?"
Zhou Zhangyuan took two sips of tea and asked casually.
"Disciple hasn't thought about it yet."
Zhao Lin answered truthfully, thinking that the Headmaster would personally ask, did he want him to stay in Lingdao Academy?
So what's going on with Gu Guzhao's company?
"This matter really needs to be carefully considered."
Zhou Hongfang nodded and suddenly asked: "Have you ever thought about running a shop?"
Zhao Lin was stunned for a moment, "That's not true."
Zhou Hongfang asked about running a store, not working in a store, so he definitely didn't mean the back office, waiter and other miscellaneous jobs, at least a position like the second shopkeeper.
People who can be shopkeepers are usually monks who have been practicing for many years, are well versed in the ways of the world, and have certain connections.
It is impossible for a disciple who has just graduated to get such an opportunity.
Director Zhou took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhao Lin, "Read it first before speaking."
Zhao Lin curiously took the letter and opened it. It turned out to be a letter written by Lu Yuanxiu.
The main idea of the letter was that the state government had opened a market in Dongfu County, and many shops were about to open, and he had been appointed as the shopkeeper of one of the shops.
Run a shop and become a great shopkeeper!
Zhao Lin was so surprised that he didn't speak for a long time. This was so unexpected.
The market is different from the market. Massive monastic resources are gathered here, and the customers they face include not only monks from the sect, but also many monks from other sects.
As long as you manage it properly, the good deeds and spiritual stones you can earn are very generous.
Moreover, the city must be built on spiritual veins, so there is no need to worry if there are special cultivation aspects.
You don’t have to take risks to perform tasks, and you don’t have to be an apprentice to gain qualifications. It’s a wonderful job!
The problem is that the people who can be the top shopkeepers in Fangshi shops are all senior Qi Refining Realm monks, even Foundation Establishment monks.
How could he be so valued by Lu Yuanxiu when he was just starting out?
Could it be that the hug you gave me two years ago finally worked today?
Soon, another question came to mind.
Lu Yuanxiu asked him to run the store, why didn't he write to him directly instead of asking Director Zhou first?
Zhao Lin glanced at Guzhao, who was bowing his head and said nothing, and suddenly understood.
The most important thing when opening a store is to have a stable supply of goods, a stable and solid supply of goods!
Hanchi County does not have a county guard because of its relationship with Lingdao Yuan. The chief courtyard is actually equivalent to the county guard.
As long as you get Zhou Hongfang's support, there is no need to worry about the supply of goods.
Zhou Hongfang naturally wanted to take this opportunity to sell the county's cultivation items and specialties.
Both parties get what they need, win-win!
"Senior Lu is considerate and considerate, and he is worthy of being an elder of the state capital."
Zhao Lin secretly admired him.
"How about it, are you willing to accept this position?"
Zhou Hong looked at Zhao Lin expectantly.
"Although the challenge is great, the disciples are willing to accept the challenge."
Zhao Lin stood up and cupped his fists.
Lu Yuanxiu gave himself this opportunity, and the headmaster made great efforts to facilitate it. As long as he is not a fool, he will know what to do.
After thinking for a while, Zhao Lin added another sentence: "This disciple is new to this industry, so I hope the Master will support me."
Zhou Hongfang felt very happy when he saw that Zhao Lin had revealed everything, "You are a disciple of my Spiritual Dao Academy. Of course I will fully support you."
"You must also know that our county's robes, spiritual tea, and cold fish are all first-class goods."
"Yunding Peak's elixirs are no worse than those from other states, but they are not famous."
Having said this, Zhou Hongfang glanced at Dezhao and said, "But you have never run a market before, so there are inevitably many things you don't know about. Dezhao has been in the business for many years, how about asking him to be your deputy shopkeeper?"
Zhao Lin didn't even hesitate, "That's great! The disciple is worried that he won't be able to manage the store well without experience."
Shops in Fangshi usually have two shopkeepers, one front and one other. The reason is very simple: monks are different from ordinary people. They often have to meditate and practice, which takes at least one or two hours. When they pass the test, they can't even participate in the business for ten days and a half.
Therefore, for the normal operation of the store, there must be a second shopkeeper. When both of them are present, the second shopkeeper acts as deputy. In the absence of the chief shopkeeper, the second shopkeeper takes over the operation.
Gudzhao, who had been silent at this time, stood up and said solemnly to Zhao Lin: "I am very old, and I only want to do my little bit to help my little friend run the store."
"When the store gets back on track, I will retire with success."
This was said very appropriately, and the position was also very correct, which meant that Zhao Lin did not have to worry about his status being threatened.
Of course, Zhao Lin has the elders of the state as his backers, so he would not want to replace him unless he was suffering from mental illness.
Zhao Lin heard what Gu Guzhao meant and said quickly: "You are too worried about me, the younger generation still has to rely on your guidance."
Zhou Hongfang laughed loudly, twirled his beard and said: "Very good, I hope you two can work together to open up the situation as soon as possible."
Zhao Lin suddenly had a question and asked: "Master, I don't know very well. Elder Lu asked his disciples to run the shop. Can I arrange all the positions?"
Director Zhou nodded slightly, "Elder Lu's meaning is very clear. You are fully responsible for the store."
"That is to say, the state government will only send one accountant, and you will appoint the rest of the store staff."
Zhao Lin said: "This junior will feel relieved."
"Okay, now that we've discussed it clearly, you can go back and make preparations."
As Zhou Hongfang spoke, he waved his hand to indicate that the two of them could retreat.
When Zhao Lin came out of the Spiritual Dao Temple, he felt like he was in a dream. He didn't expect that the matter that had been bothering him for a long time would come to an end, and it would be a good end.
As expected, the saying goes: There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there is another village with dark willows and bright flowers.
On the way home, passing by Li Sancai's residence, Zhao Lin suddenly felt something in his heart.
"When a new store opens, it's best to have a few capable assistants. Although Gude Zhao is a kind-hearted person, he is still a veteran and may not give orders."
"Besides, if I don't arrange manpower, Gude Zhao will definitely bring the original team. In this way, even if he doesn't mean it, I, the big shopkeeper, will be sidelined."
"Li Sancai is a loyal person and knows how to be grateful. He is a good candidate."
Thinking of this, Zhao Lin walked over and knocked on the door.
"Senior Brother Zhao."
Li Sancai opened the door and welcomed Zhao Lin into the lobby. He turned around and wanted to pour water.
"Stop being busy."
Zhao Lin quickly stopped him, asked him to come and sit next to him, and asked, "What are Junior Brother Li's plans after he leaves the army?"
"Nothing planned."
Li Sancai smiled implicitly and said, "I heard that Fu Lu Hall is recruiting apprentices. I want to work there for a few years and wait until I have some skills."
Zhao Lin nodded. The Taoist skill Li Sancai practiced was making talismans. It was not surprising to have such an idea.
"I know that a store in Fangshi has opened and is short of a manager. I wonder if Junior Brother Li is interested?"
Zhao Lin didn't mention that he was the shopkeeper, and others were still rushing about where to go. If he revealed this too early, he would easily make others jealous.
"What's a manager, man?"
Li Sancai was stunned for a moment and asked. (End of chapter)
