Tempered Immortal

Chapter 565

Lin Xuan gazed into the distance until Yue'er's figure disappeared, then turned and returned to Fangshi.

With Yue'er's current cultivation base, even if he encounters an enemy at the peak of the alchemy period, he can escape safely, so Lin Xuan is not worried, and walks slowly like Baishantang.

This Fangshi in Cuiyun Valley is quite large, there are seven or eight pharmacies alone, compared with the shops opened by those sects, Baishantang is inconspicuous, after all, its backstage is just a small family.

The surname is Zheng, and there are only more than [-] immortal cultivators. This kind of family can be regarded as the lowest level in Youzhou.

Recently, I have encountered a lot of troubles and have to sell this small shop that has been passed down for several generations and is regarded as the source and lifeblood of the family's economy.

When Lin Xuan came to Baishantang, the whole store looked lifeless, there were only young people in their twenties outside, the guys were well-dressed, and their cultivation was pitifully low, the third floor of the smart stage.

"Senior, the shop is closed."

Although Lin Xuan restrained his aura, the cultivation he showed was still at the level of the foundation-building stage. Naturally, the guy didn't dare to be negligent, so he cheered himself up and saluted, saying so.

"Closing? It should be to count the goods, and prepare to sell this Baishantang, right!" Lin Xuan didn't stop, and exposed his lies lightly.

"Senior knows, then you came here for..." The man was stunned for a moment, with a slightly embarrassed expression on his face, but then he seemed to remember something, and opened his mouth in surprise.

"That's right, I'm about to buy this store, so hurry up and pass it on."

"This..." The man scratched his head, but didn't move his feet immediately. Although his cultivation level is not high, he also knows that Baishantang can't be bought by mere foundation-building monks.

"Why, you thought Li was joking with you, why don't you report it?" After Lin Xuan finished speaking, he flicked his fingers, and a khaki spar slipped out of his cuff. The guy subconsciously caught it, and then his face showed great joy Hue: "Thank you senior for the reward, please come in and sit down for a while, the junior will invite the shopkeeper right away."

"Ah."

Lin Xuan entered the Baishan Hall. The shop was not too big, with an area of ​​only about [-] feet. A young maid in Tsing Yi served fragrant tea. Lin Xuan's consciousness was swept away, and there was no spiritual fluctuation. She was just an ordinary mortal maid.

After taking a sip, the mouth is full of fragrance, and the taste is not bad.

"I don't know which fellow daoist wants to buy this shop, but Yu is offended, so please don't be offended."

Lin Xuan turned his head, and saw a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed as a Confucian scholar, with extraordinary looks, but his cultivation was also pitifully low, only about the fourth floor of the agile stage.

"Your Taoist surname is Yu, isn't he a monk of the Zheng family?" Lin Xuan's face showed surprise. The backstage of Baishantang is not a small family with the surname of Zheng. How could he use a monk with a different surname as the shopkeeper?

"Yu is indeed not a child of the Zheng family, but just employed by the owner and working for them."

"work to earn a living?"

Lin Xuan scratched his head. It was the first time he had heard of this novel term. After some explanations from the shopkeeper, he finally figured it out.

This phenomenon is also unique to the Nine Dragons Mountain area. Compared with other places where the world of cultivating immortals eats the weak and the strong, the bloody storm, Nine Dragons Mountain is worthy of being a holy land of Taoyuan. Not only is there no foreign enemy invasion, even the local Zongmen family rarely uses force when encountering disputes Solve it, killing people to grab treasures is even rarer.

But this also caused the cultivators to have no money to earn. The Zongmen family is okay, and they all have their own business mines, which can provide the needs of their disciples' cultivation, but those casual cultivators are miserable. They all have the strength to go out to slaughter beasts and hunt for treasures.

In order to prevent these impoverished casual cultivators from causing trouble, the Zongmen family headed by the Jiulong Sect reached an insightful agreement after secret discussions.

That is, in the square market business they run, except for the person in charge, the rest of the shopkeepers do not use their own disciples, but hire casual cultivators to work for them, and pay a certain amount of spar as a reward.

In this way, the conflict between the two parties is resolved, and the disciples of this sect do not need to be distracted by common affairs, and their cultivation can be improved more.

On the contrary, although casual cultivators have obtained a small amount of spar resources, their training time has been greatly shortened. In this way, it is naturally impossible for any masters to emerge, and it is difficult to pose a threat to the status of these sects.

Killing two birds with one stone, Lin Xuan couldn't help sighing, the person who made this suggestion was really scheming.

Of course, it has nothing to do with myself.

Lin Xuan glanced at the Confucian scholar and spoke slowly.

"According to what Daoyou Yu said just now, you are just the shopkeeper. There should be someone else in charge of this Baishantang. If I want to take it down, can you be the master?"

"Fellow Taoist, don't worry, Mr. Zheng's family has entrusted me with full power to sell Baishantang because of something. As long as the price offered by the senior is suitable, I can sign it." Confucian scholar said slowly, watching Lin Xuan's His face, he has been a shopkeeper here for more than 20 years, and he has seen many guests coming from south to north, but he has never seen a mere foundation-building monk with such a fortune.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help saying something tentative:
"I don't know the surname of senior Gao, where do you spend your days cultivating?"

"Old man Li Yaotian, he likes to travel around the world, he is a casual cultivator." In addition to buying ancient prescriptions for waste pills, this shop will also be the shelter of Ying'er and Xin'er in the future. Naturally, Lin Xuan will not reveal his true identity at all.

"So it's Senior Li, I'm sorry, this is the store's list of elixir and assets, please have a look at it, Senior, we can talk about the price later." The shopkeeper said as he handed over a jade tube slip.

Lin Xuan nodded, and after taking it, he probed into the spiritual sense, and it was clearly listed inside.

There are not many types of elixirs, basically they are common elixir for strengthening the foundation and cultivating energy, or for healing. The only one that can increase mana is the Xisui elixir, and the quantity is extremely limited. The main business of this shop is to sell various medicinal materials, and It's not a novelty either, and Lin Xuan didn't take it to heart after a cursory scan. After all, its backstage is just a small family that doesn't have a reputation, so naturally there won't be any good things.

Lin Xuan put down the jade tube, without revealing any strangeness on his face: "I don't know how much is the price for this Baishantang, fellow Taoist?"

"Thirty thousand spar." The shopkeeper stretched out three fingers.

Lin Xuan was noncommittal, picked up the tea and took a sip.

"Senior thinks it's too expensive. You must know that although Baishantang is not big, it is also a time-honored brand with hundreds of years. It has many regular customers and orders a lot of medicinal herbs from us every year. If the proprietor has not encountered a big event, he will never buy it. I won't sell my ancestral property easily." A gleam of anxiety flashed in the shopkeeper's eyes, and he couldn't help explaining.

Lin Xuan didn't mean to lower the price, but he was a "foundation-building stage" monk. If he behaved too rich and powerful, he would throw tens of thousands of crystals without any distress, which would be suspicious.

So I had to be patient, bargain with the other party for a few words, and after a while, I acted like I was finally persuaded by the other party.

"Okay, just [-] crystals."

"Great, junior, go get the contract now." The shopkeeper was overjoyed, and was about to stand up from his chair after speaking.

Lin Xuan waved his hand: "This is not urgent, I have one more thing I want to ask fellow Taoists."

"Oh, senior, please tell me, as long as this junior knows, he must not dare to hide anything." Shopkeeper Yu sat down again and said respectfully.

"How many people take care of this shop including Fellow Daoist. After the sale, are you still willing to work here?" Lin Xuan took a sip of tea and asked calmly.

"To tell you the truth, the Baishantang is not big. Except for my subordinates, there are only five staff members. In the past, the Zheng family paid me 20 yuan spar every year, and the other staff members paid 15 yuan each. As long as the salary paid by the seniors is not lower than this number, we are naturally willing to serve you."

Lin Xuan frowned, it was less than he imagined, no wonder those sect families, no matter how small, look down on casual cultivators, these people are indeed the most pitiful grassroots clan in the world of cultivating immortals.

"In this way, I will give you two more crystals each year, and you will stay and continue to take care of this store for me."

"Thank you senior, we will do our best." Shopkeeper Yu was overjoyed, and went to collect the contract after saluting like Lin Xuan.

Looking at his back, Lin Xuan sighed. It wasn't because he was stingy, he could have given the other party some more crystals, but people are greedy, if he really behaved too generously, it might backfire and make the other party think As the proprietor, I have a soft heart, which is not conducive to the management of the store by the two girls in the future.

After a while, the guys got the news that Baishantang had been bought, but the new owner was willing to continue to hire them and give them more crystals, so everyone was overjoyed, and the originally dead atmosphere was swept away.

Now that the negotiation was settled, the subsequent handover was very smooth. Shopkeeper Yu released the sound transmission talisman. After a while, the head of the Zheng family came, signed and pledged, delivered the spar, and then Lin Xuan took the store deed to the management office of Fangshi for backup. He became the new owner of this century-old shop.

It was already late at this time, he had gone shopping in Fangshi earlier, and there was nothing to buy, but Lin Xuan didn't go back to the Jiulong School, but was going to wait here for Yue'er to come back.

Although the Baishan Hall is not big, there are of course guest rooms at the back. Although the aura of Cuiyun Valley is not enough, it naturally has no effect on people like Lin Xuan who rely on spiritual pills to practice.

He set up a few small restraints around the room, and then began to take medicine and meditate. Although he was taking a break from his busy schedule, as long as he had time, he would naturally work hard to practice.

Sure enough, Yue'er did not disappoint him, and brought the two girls here after only a little more than one night.

"Master!"

Ying'er and Liu Xin bowed to salute. The two women's cultivation is really rapid, and the speed of promotion is far faster than that of Lin Xuan.

This is also very normal. Although the spiritual roots of the two of them are not outstanding, compared with Lin Xuan's aptitude at that time, it is not 01:30.

In order to let the two girls become his right-hand men, Lin Xuan did not hesitate to use the pills at all. When the two were put together, the upgrade was naturally extremely fast.

(End of this chapter)