On the morning of the next day, the newcomer Zhang Qiang had been waiting for hadn't arrived yet, but a business order came first.
"Sorry for the trouble, three young masters. Here is the deposit." The patriarch of the small family said respectfully and took out a storage bag.
Chen Shen glanced at two thousand high-grade spiritual stones.
"Bring it up!" The clan leader shouted towards the door, and several servants brought in the body of a strong Nascent Soul cultivator.
"Brother Chen, you better do it." Zhang Qiang ordered.
Chen Shen nodded slightly, and after the guests left, he began to bury the corpse that was delivered.
Unlike in the past in Cangwu, you can just put it in the coffin and bury it casually.
Customers who come to their coffin shop spend thousands or even tens of thousands of high-grade spiritual stones.
The body must be arranged from head to toe, sewn up, buried, coffin selected, formations set up, and Feng Shui treasures chosen, all to satisfy the guests.
What Chen Shen has to do is to take the steps before setting up the formation. Later, Mr. Mo needs to take action himself.
…
The business of the coffin shop is not very good, with five or six orders coming in a month.
So most of the time, I am idle.
This time Zhang Qiang and Wang Lan did not go out to take a break, they were always waiting for the newcomers.
Finally, in the afternoon.
Mr. Mo led three Qi-watching apprentices to the coffin shop.
They all looked young, but when Chen Shen checked the Jindan cultivation of these people, he knew that they were good at looking good, and they might be dozens or hundreds of years older.
However, their dress and behavior made Chen Shen feel that these three people were extraordinary.
"Zhang Qiang, Wang Lan, these three people will work with you from now on. Please tell them more about the rules here." Mr. Mo gave an order and left.
Disappointment flashed in the corner of Wang Lan's eyes. It was not just a man, but also a woman. The key was that she was prettier than her.
"Let me introduce yourselves first." Zhang Qiang said with a puffed-up chest as if he were a senior brother.
The three of them had been looking at the furnishings in the coffin shop. When they heard Zhang Qiang talking, they all glanced at him and ignored him.
However, the latter's face sank slightly. It was obvious that the other party's reaction made him, the senior brother who prided himself on being a coffin shop, lose face.
But it's not easy to get angry. After all, it's just a coffin shop for collecting corpses, and there aren't many rules.
If discipline was strict, he and Wang Lan would not watch the luck masters set up their formations during work hours.
The scene was a little awkward and quiet for a while.
Of course, the embarrassment was only Zhang Qiang's. The three of them obviously knew each other and were whispering to each other.
Chen Shen was seriously sewing up the new corpse.
The corpse was somewhat smelly. Fortunately, in order to bury the corpse, there was always rouge and gouache in the store.
He sprinkled some fragrant powder to make the surroundings fragrant.
"Don't you feel sick?"
The voice sounded, and Chen Shen suddenly looked up. It was the new woman.
"No." He shook his head slightly.
In Cangwu back then, no matter how smelly or bloody the corpse was, they would be carried away.
That's it?
"Even if I die, I won't do this." The other two men frowned and covered their noses, as if they were afraid of what they smelled.
"It's okay." Chen Shen's hands that touched the corpse were not washed, so he pressed his nose, then smelled it slightly, and wiped it with his clothes.
"Eh~" The woman who was talking to Chen Shen instantly showed disgust and stayed away from him.
"All we need to do is learn the qi-watching techniques and formations well. The most important thing is to be promoted to qi-watching masters as soon as possible," the three said.
The luck masters in Ziyuan will not do these things. They are all caused by the peripheral coffin shops competing with each other for business. They are too busy, and then they provide one-stop services such as sewing corpses and burials.
Over there, Zhang Qiang felt a little unhappy because he failed to show off to the three newcomers like he did to Chen Shen.
He really wants to find an opportunity to tell these three people who is the senior brother in this coffin shop!
Finally, there was a good opportunity on the second day.
On weekdays, it usually takes many days for one order to come in, but this day, three orders came in.
Mr. Mo personally welcomed the guests, took the deposit, and before going out with the guests, he said: "Old rule, the body will be buried today, and I will come back to set up the formation in the evening."
"Okay, Master Mo." Zhang Qiang secretly rejoiced.
After Mr. Mo left, he looked at the newcomer.
"You three newcomers, come here and I will teach you how to sew up corpses. This is something that all newcomers must do, and Master Mo will have to pay attention to it in the future."
Zhang Qiang said solemnly with a straight face.
Obviously, he was immersed in the embarrassing world yesterday and did not hear what the three people said.
Chen Shen walked away silently, picked up a body, and began to bury it, ignoring them.
"Didn't you hear what Senior Brother Zhang said?" Wang Lan also said something to help.
There were mainly three corpses, and she didn't want to sew them up, so she usually let Chen Shen do it.
"What? Let us bury the body like him?" The three of them pointed at Chen Shen and said in surprise.
"Master Mo also said, let me tell you the rules. The rules here are that you need to learn all the work. You newcomers, of course, have to bury the corpse." Zhang Qiang continued.
The three newcomers frowned, and there was an evil aura. One of them instantly came to Zhang Qiang's side and grabbed the other's neck.
The latter looked frightened and incredulous.
Snapped!
Zhang Qiang was slapped and fell to the ground. The man spat and sneered:
"Do you really think we are like you, spending our lives burying people's corpses and earning some scraps of money?"
"You..." Zhang Qiang's face turned red, and there was a five-finger mark on his face.
"How dare a man from a coffin shop sit on top of us?"
The man didn't look at Zhang Qiang, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog, and stared coldly at Wang Lan, whose face was trembling.
"On the contrary, it's you, the young guy who is working hard, and you are showing off and trying to bully the newcomers?"
Song Yucheng said indifferently.
"..." Chen Shen, who was silent on the side, was speechless. This could all be cueed.
Noisy, noisy, noisy, don't make fun of me, an honest person.
"How dare you treat us like newcomers and not look at how much you weigh?" Xu Wenjing, the woman among the three, also chuckled, showing a trace of disdain.
"This is the rule of the coffin shop. You are newcomers, so of course you have to learn how to bury and sew the corpse. I just followed Master Mo's instructions!"
Zhang Qiang's face looked a little ugly, he got up and said in a deep voice.
"Don't scare us with this trick. If this is the case, just invite Master Mo here. If he orders us as you said, what's the harm?"
Song Yucheng shook his head and sneered at Zhang Qiang's words.
"What's there to say to the little boy who has spent his life collecting corpses and mending them? We are just going through the motions. Come on, let's go drink tea."
The third of the three spoke up.
"After we come back from afternoon tea, if I don't see you two burying these two corpses, I'll beat you to death." Song Yucheng stepped forward and threatened.
He was not helping Chen Shen, but rather punishing those who found trouble with him.
Zhang Qiang and Zhang Qiang's bodies trembled, and they dared not speak out in anger.
I promised to show off my power to the newcomer, but instead I was given the power by the newcomer.
"Wait, I will tell Master Mo about this." After the three big-name newcomers left, Zhang Qiang clenched his fists with resentment in his eyes.
"This matter must not be settled like this. We are all golden elixirs and apprentices of qi masters. How can we bully others like this? We are just relying on the large number of people. The three of us should unite. Brother Chen Shen said no."
He spoke again.
Hearing this, Chen Shen was slightly startled.
Unity? When he does all the dirty work on weekdays, why don't you talk about unity and friendship? Now that you are being bullied, you want to recruit him to join the gang to fight against the three newcomers?
Moreover, does this person have no brains? Didn't he listen to what those people said? The other party was just going through the motions!
"Maybe it has something to do with the fortune master apprentice." Chen Shen had an idea.
The three newcomers had some backgrounds, but they were willing to come to the coffin shop as apprentices, just because they were eyeing the apprenticeship of the luck master.
A luck master who can enter Ziyuan, even if he is just an apprentice, will probably have a huge amount of profit.
In the coffin shop, Zhang Qiang said a lot of harsh words, but after he was full of anger, he seriously buried the body.
Harsh words from newcomers are still very effective.
…
As the sun set, the three newcomers did not come back. Instead, Mr. Mo came back.
When Zhang Qiang saw the shopkeeper, he felt as if he were seeing his own mother and began to cry in grievance.
"Master Mo, you have to give us three decisions."
After adding fuel to the fire, even Chen Shen was brought in.
However, although Mr. Mo listened, his expression did not change.
After listening to Zhang Qiang's painful complaint, he said calmly:
"I just asked you to tell me some rules, but I didn't ask you to give them power?"
With all his experience, how could Mr. Mo not see that the old guy from home was adding fuel to the fire? He added:
"What are the rules when it comes to paving my coffin?"
Mr. Mo stared at Zhang Qiang. The latter was stunned and didn't know how to answer. The coffin shop didn't seem to have any rules...
"Aren't the rules like the two of you cheating and playing around, doing whatever you have to do, and leaving someone to look after the store when you have nothing to do while you go out to play?"
"Yes, aren't we here for business today? I wasn't going to teach the three newcomers how to do things, but they just took action."
Zhang Qiang said with a miserable look on his face, crying.
"..." Mr. Mo shook his head slightly and said:
"You and Wang Lan followed me almost at the same time, almost ten years ago.
Have you seen me take on any more apprentices over the years? I accepted Chen Shen just over half a month ago, but the gap between us is probably ten years.
This time I charged three more at once. Is it because the store is busy? Or do you think you are not lazy enough? If you invite a few more people to come over and eat and drink for free, can you still receive a salary? "
"This..." Zhang Qiang didn't know how to answer.
"Although you have never met a big shot, you still need to be discerning and think about why I have to add three people in for no reason. It's not like they are really here to make a living and not work."
As Mr. Mo spoke, he saw the puzzled look on Zhang Qiang's face, shook his head slightly, and said:
"In a few years, Ziyuan will have a group of golden elixir stage luck masters who will be incarnated. They need to recruit apprentices, and apprentices will only be found from our major coffin shops. The three new people are here for these places. Come to me This is just a formality.
Don't show off like your senior brother, learn more from Chen Shen, do more, and go out less to spend time and money.
These people have some backgrounds that you cannot offend, and they have all learned the art of looking at the Qi. In this aspect, you are not as good as them. "
After speaking, Mr. Mo pondered for a moment and took out a book: "Qi-gaining is not a treasure. Many forces have it, but it cannot be passed on to others.
This is a complete Qi-watching technique. Each of the three of you should take an excerpt and go back and study it carefully. Don’t let those three people underestimate you. "
Zhang Qiang and the three of them each have their own surprises.
The first two people followed it for ten years and only learned two articles. Now they can learn everything. They are very happy.
As for Chen Shen, he is naturally the happiest one.
This was the beginning of his becoming a fortune teller.
Seeing the three of them leaving happily with the copy, Mr. Mo said softly: "This is an opportunity that has never been seen in a century. I hope that some of the three of you can enter the Purple Garden and become an apprentice of the Qi Luck Master..."
…
Time flies and March passes.
As a blessing in disguise, Zhang Qiang learned the complete Qi-Wang technique and didn't care about the three newcomers.
In fact, he was trembling with fear every time he saw these three people. Knowing that these people had their origins, he did not dare to start any conflicts again.
The three newcomers ignored each other, went to work and fished every day, and then left.
When business comes, if you are interested, let Mr. Mo help you and try to set up the formation yourself.
Setting up a formation is good for the qi-watcher, who can be refined and refined in the formation.
But most of the time, it was Chen Shen who requested the formation.
His attainments in formations far surpass those of the others. Even if he comes into contact with the Luck Formation for the first time, he can still draw parallels.
After only three months of learning and arranging formations, his level has surpassed that of everyone else and he can arrange the fortune formation for the coffin alone.
"I asked why the White Oriole Formation is always incomplete. It turns out that it is complementary to the Qi Watching Technique. Only by mastering the complete Qi Watching Technique can a complete formation be laid out."
Chen Shen finally understood why his infant-level formation master could not even arrange the most basic luck formation.
"However, my level is still far behind that of Mr. Mo. His other formations are far inferior to mine, but in terms of luck formation, he is ridiculously strong. The White Oriole formation can be carved with one hand without any mistakes.
I can't do this, and I need to keep working hard. If I can do it, then I will be a qi gao master, not an apprentice. "
He had many thoughts.
At this time, Zhang Qiang came from the door, carrying a coffin with one hand.
"Chen Shen, come here, Master Mo asked you to help engrave the luck formation on this coffin." He greeted.
Chen Shen raised his head and frowned slightly: "Master Mo?"
"Yes, he has something to do today and cannot set up the formation. The only one who can inscribe the formation alone here is you."
Zhang Qiang said.
"Where are the guests? How come you are asked to bring the coffin?" Chen Shen glanced outside the door and asked.
"This was negotiated at the guest's house. That family was friends with Master Mo, so he asked me to bring it back to you for disposal."
"Where's the contract? Take it out."
Chen Shen stretched out his hand and asked.
There is also an agreement on the coffin paving and the carving process for people's burials, rather than verbal promises.
"At Master Mo's place, maybe I can get it for you. Carve the formation quickly. The guest wants to be buried tonight." Zhang Qiang urged.
"Without a contract and the guests not here, I can't arrange this formation." Chen Shen shook his head slightly.
"You..." Zhang Qiang's face looked a little ugly.
"You really don't want to do anything?"
Chen Shen still shook his head, indifferent.
"Okay, you wait until Master Mo comes back to get you." He carried the coffin out of the coffin shop again.
Chen Shen didn't take it seriously. He didn't see the formalities or the guests. If something happened, he couldn't bear the responsibility.
In the evening, Chen Shen discovered that Zhang Qiang and Wang Lan had not returned home all night.
Early the next morning, Mo Lao returned to the shop in a hurry, and his first words were:
"Something happened to Zhang Qiang, and he almost got you involved."
"What? Affiliate me?" Chen Shen was surprised.
It's none of his business what happens to the other party, but what does it mean that it almost affects him?
"This person was so bold that he dared to take private work outside. As a result, the formation he arranged was incomplete. When he was walking to the cemetery, he was spotted by a luck master."
"No wonder yesterday..."
"Are you involved too?"
"No, no." Chen Shen shook his head quickly and explained what happened yesterday in detail.
"So that's it. I asked you to take action but failed, so I took the risk and took action myself. I relied on the fact that those small families were laymen and couldn't see it. But I was unlucky and was exposed by a luck master."
Mr. Mo nodded.
"But what does this matter have to do with me?" Chen Shen was confused.
Mr. Mo glanced at him and said calmly: "Zhang Qiang confessed on the spot, and also confessed to you, saying that you were the mastermind."
"???" Chen Shen.
"Fortunately, my friend was present at the time and informed me. Otherwise, it would not only be him who would be in trouble, but you might also be arrested."
"Master Mo, I don't know about this matter at all, and I haven't taken over any private work."
"I know you haven't done it. If you were the mastermind, nothing could go wrong. Instead, everyone would benefit."
"..." Chen Shen was silent for a moment and said, "Master Mo knows that I am not a greedy person."
"Of course, that's why I'm trying to protect you. Ziyuan Qi Luck Master will come over to examine you later." Mr. Mo nodded.
Chen Shen solemnly saluted the old shopkeeper.
"There's no need for this. Once it's safe, just do your best for my store."
The two didn't chat for long before a middle-aged man with good temperament walked in, followed by a group of people.
"Eh~" Chen Shen discovered that there were three familiar faces behind the middle-aged man, who were newcomers to his shop.
"Are you Chen Shen?" the middle-aged man asked condescendingly.
Chen Shen's attitude was very respectful and he nodded in agreement.
Next, there will be some research to test Chen Shen's level.
If he never misses, it will prove that his formation level has nothing to do with Zhang Qiang.
Buzz!
Chen Shen took the seals with both hands and perfectly and quickly arranged a Baili Luck Formation.
"Very fast, Qi Master?" The noble Qi Luck Master was surprised.
"Okay, there is no need to test again. If you are related to Na Xiaoxiao, how could you show your flaws in front of me? You are not suspicious. I hope I can see you at the luck apprentice recruitment ceremony in a few years."
The luck master waved his hand and looked at Chen Shen with admiration.
Then, a group of people left simply.
"Be careful of the three newcomers." Mr. Mo personally accompanied the luck master out of the door, but his voice rang in Chen Shen's ears.
The latter had some doubts since meeting the three newcomers, but now that Mr. Mo has heard from them, he is convinced.
"You see that I am too strong, so you want to get rid of me quickly." Chen Shen looked at the retreating figures of the three people, and a murderous intention surged in his heart.
