As soon as the genius was bright, Lu Zhong was awakened by the noise outside.
The bluestone road that was originally sparsely populated is now full of footsteps of varying severity.
Through the gaps between the wooden boards, one could clearly see that many casual cultivators in simple clothes were passing by carrying baskets on their backs or pushing wheelbarrows loaded with goods, all heading towards the only street in Qingliu Ruins.
There, their goods will be easier to sell.
"It's so early to catch this episode!" Lu Zhong sighed.
No longer sleepy, he rubbed his eyes, got up, put on the wrinkled linen robe, walked to the kitchen in a few steps, and opened the lid of the water tank.
Looking at the unfamiliar face reflected in the water, Lu Zhong couldn't recognize it for a moment. After looking carefully for a while, he found something handsome. Then he scooped up a ladle of water with a smile and cleaned himself up.
While washing himself with the freshly picked green willow branches, he was still recalling the information about the opening of the market.
Qingliu Market is open every Wednesday and August.
At this time, families of casual cultivators and small cultivators within a hundred miles, as well as many large and small chambers of commerce, would gather here, bringing various raw materials or various finished medicinal pills and instruments for trade.
In addition, the market will also hold a small auction.
It is said that every time at this time, there will be an auction of fine magic weapons, the kind that can catch fire on the sword.
But this auction was not something Lu Zhong could go to. After all, he was so poor that he couldn't even afford the admission fee.
Putting the cleaning charm wrapped in oil paper into the pocket of his underwear, Lu Zhong opened the door full of curiosity.
He didn't forget to turn around and lock the door with the copper lock before he walked towards the street in front.
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The market is not all filled with stalls selling spiritual materials.
At the end of the street, there are people selling chickens, ducks, and geese, and there are also stalls selling all kinds of needles, threads, and threads.
Continuing forward, there are various stalls selling snacks and snacks, and there are also drama troupes singing operas. Even some wandering orioles will appear in the hidden places in the corners of the alleys, revealing their half-covered and charming bodies to attract customers.
As for those stores with strong strength, Zhike will lower his proud head in the past and rarely stand outside the door to solicit customers.
At this time, Qingliu Market is the most lively.
Along the way, Lu Zhong was surprised by the number of monks in Qingliu Ruins.
He saw nearly a thousand people alone, far exceeding his previous expectations.
"Maybe it's because the nearby spiritual energy is quite abundant, so there are a lot of monks living together." In Lu Zhongyuan's memory, the monks lived in close proximity to the spiritual energy, and they were rarely seen in places with poor spiritual energy.
Trees must have roots to grow, and monks must have spiritual roots to absorb spiritual energy for practice.
People with spiritual roots are very rare among mortals, and can be said to be one in ten thousand.
Behind nearly a thousand monks, there are tens of millions of mortals who are unable to practice.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong couldn't help but feel a little lucky.
Recalling his purpose of selling cleaning charms, without knowing the market price, he decided to first ask other stalls about the prices of cleaning charms.
"How much does this charm cost?"
"Three talismans are paid for one piece, and there is a discount for buying by the dozen." The stall owner glanced at Lu Zhong and replied calmly.
Lu Zhong found an excuse, laughed, and then found another stall to ask for the price.
"How much does this cleaning charm cost?"
"Five talisman coins!" The person setting up the stall was a luxurious woman, who was rarely seen wearing a low-level robe. Seeing Lu Zhongguang asking if he wanted to buy it, and looking like he was frightened by the price, he couldn't help but said sarcastically: "You What kind of expression is this? If you can’t afford it, just go ahead. This is the secret talisman passed down from the Qingyang Sect, and it uses high-quality talisman ink. It’s not comparable to those junk talismans!"
The monk selling talismans next to him suddenly became unhappy. He squinted his eyes and said with a strange look, "Isn't the secret talisman of Qingyang Sect still a cleansing talisman? Why, can it also increase your cultivation level?"
"You!" The luxurious lady had never been so angry and immediately started to argue with the man with her eyes wide open.
The argument between the two got angry, and in the end they even stopped doing business and started to quarrel.
Lv Zhong, the first person to create the figurines, left early.
Then he asked several stalls about the prices of cleaning charms, and then walked to a willow tree that had just sprouted to make a summary.
Holding his chin, Lu Zhong muttered to himself: "Except for the so-called secret talisman, it seems that the market price of the cleaning talisman is only three talismans."
Talisman money is a currency unit other than spirit stones. The exchange ratio between the two is usually one to one hundred.
The so-called talisman money is actually a first-level blank talisman paper.
Most of the casual cultivators were poor, their transactions with each other were not high, and they did not have the use of spiritual stones as currency units.
Bartering is too troublesome, and has even given rise to middlemen who earn the price difference.
At this time, first-level talisman paper, which was easy to preserve and relatively stable in value, began to be welcomed by casual cultivators.
Gradually, talisman money became a kind of currency.
Three cleaning charms can only be sold for nine charms.
At first glance, after excluding the cost of blank talisman paper, the profit from making cleaning talismans is twice as much!
But in fact, this does not take into account the spiritual power required to make the talisman.
Making talismans requires spiritual power, and spiritual power must be transformed by absorbing spiritual energy.
As for spiritual energy, you have to rent a house in the market to have enough spiritual energy to absorb, but the concentration of spiritual energy in the wilderness can only be said to be poor and cannot be used to make talismans.
In the Qi refining stage, when a monk has a body full of leaks, he has to do his best just to maintain his cultivation level, and there is no extra spiritual power for making talismans.
Nowadays, Lu Zhong is only at the first level of Qi Refining, and the total amount of spiritual power he can recover is very small. He can only draw talismans fifteen or six times at full count.
With his current extremely low success rate in making talismans, making a living by making talismans is still not feasible.
"What should I do?"
Lu Zhong planned to continue on the path of a Talisman Maker. After all, this path of making a living was relatively easy to get started, and the future growth ceiling was also very impressive. Plus, he had the help of the gray fog space, so there was no reason to give up.
But the current situation is that in order to pay this month's rent and obtain the money to continue making talismans, he must find other ways to make money.
"Oh, it's useless to think too much. It's better to sell the talisman first."
Seeing that it was already three o'clock in the morning, the flow of people on the street was gradually sparse. If Lu Zhong didn't take advantage of the crowd to sell the talisman, he would have to be looked down upon by the shopkeeper who bought the store and had to be severely reduced in price before he could sell the talisman. Sold.
Someone just finished selling things and was closing the stall. Lu Zhong saw that the location was pretty good, so he quickly ran over and occupied it with his feet.
Under the surprised gazes of the stall owners on both sides, he shamelessly took out the sheet that served as a temporary spread from his arms. After the spread was spread evenly, he carefully took out the warm oil paper bag from his arms.
After peeling off the oil paper layer by layer, six layers of oil paper were peeled off, only to reveal the three cleaning charms inside.
Unexpectedly, Lu Zhong still looked cautious and nervous, as if he was afraid of breaking the talisman.
His move made the little girl selling talisman at the stall next to him chuckle and let out bursts of laughter like silver bells. This was the first time she had seen such a shameless person.
Holding three cleaning charms, he actually dared to come out and set up a stall.
People nearby also laughed, but it was more of a joke.
Lu Zhong didn't care about the laughter of everyone. He had nothing to be embarrassed about in order to survive. He sat down and waited for customers to come.
