Chapter 9 Got Rich

  "Hong Zhi Shi, I'm back!" Ishikawa returned and couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, so he first greeted Hong Bao Zi.

  "Welcome back, welcome back." Hong Baozi's facial flesh gathered together, looking at Shi Chuan's delighted appearance, he must have gained a lot of benefits. Hong Baozi started calculating in his mind.

  "By the way, Director Hong, I've been working outside for half a year now, so I was thinking of switching to a different job. What do you think, Director Hong?" Ishikawa looked at Hong Baozu's face and said seriously.

  Hong Paozi's eyes rolled around, he was very astute and naturally knew that among the outer door disciples, the best place was the Alchemy Workshop. If one could learn some skills, their status among the outer door disciples would be higher, and it would also be much easier. Many family disciples had to come through him to get ahead.

  For Hong Baozi, arranging for someone to go in was an easy task, but if there's no benefit, he wouldn't do it. However, due to Yun Changlao, Hong Baozi still had to ask clearly: "Shi Shidi, is this what Yun Changlao meant?"

  Ishikawa's eyes rolled, and he replied: "I've mentioned this to Yun Changlao before, and he said it's up to you to arrange." In his heart, Ishikawa knew that whether he spoke or not, Hong Baozi didn't have the guts to bother Yun Changlao over such a small matter.

  However, Hong Baozi was not so easily deceived. Shi Chuan's words made him half-believe and half-doubt, but he couldn't afford to disbelieve them entirely. If they were true, he would be violating the sect's orders, which could result in his cultivation being crippled, expulsion from the sect, or even death.

  Hong Paozi's eyes rolled around, and he said: "Shi Shidi, the number of people in the Alchemy Workshop is quite large. Wait for me to adjust it for a few days, and once there is a vacancy, I will immediately fill you in. For these few days, you don't need to do anything, just rest."

  Hong Baozi did not refuse, but threw out a small problem, he dragged on, this is not considered disobedient, but also made Ishikawa's wish unattainable.

  It has come to this, Ishikawa also somewhat knows Hong Baozi's thoughts, and takes out two pieces of Ling Stone to insert into Hong Baozi's hands, saying: "Hong Zhi Shi is a kind person, thinking carefully, he must be able to find me a position. Yun Changlao is busy with his cultivation, I don't want to bother him again for such a small matter."

  "Essence Stone!" Hong Paozi was stunned. He had originally thought that he would get some worldly treasures from Shi Chuan, but unexpectedly, he got an Essence Stone instead. It's a well-known fact that an outer sect disciple would never be able to come into contact with an Essence Stone.

  Ishikawa surprisingly took out two spirit stones, which were likely bestowed by Yun Lao.

  Hong Paozi suddenly thought: Shi Chuan is very likely to be a distant relative of Yun Lao, but his qualifications are too low and he has not even reached the first layer of Qi Refining Period. Therefore, he does not acknowledge their kinship with Shi Chuan, but secretly gives him some Dan medicine and Ling stone.

  This can explain why Ishikawa goes to the back mountain on the first day of each month.

  Hong Paozi thought more and felt that his speculation was correct. However, he secretly despised Qi Shi when he came: half a year's time, plus Yun Changlao's personal guidance and the gift of spiritual stone, not to mention practicing gas period one layer, there is no spiritual energy on his body at all. It's really a waste among wastes.

  As soon as he thought of the many spirit stones on Ishikawa's body, Hong Paozi's mind began to wander. Absolutely cannot arrange a good position for Ishikawa, otherwise it will be difficult to get more benefits from Ishikawa in the future.

  "Let me see..." Hong Paozi took out a small booklet, pretending to look at it seriously. After a while, he said with some difficulty: "Shi Shidi, it's not that I don't want to help you, but there really isn't a good position for you. You know, one radish per hole, and some people's positions are hard to deal with."

  "Hong Zhi will help you out, and I'll definitely repay you in the future!" Ishikawa said with feigned urgency.

  Hong Baozi looked at the fire and said, "There is only one management position left in the waste spiritual instrument warehouse."

  "Trash Spirit Tools!" Ishikawa's eyes lit up, wasn't this exactly where he wanted to go? Just now, Ishikawa was thinking about how to bring up the matter with Hong Baozi, but unexpectedly Hong Baozi took the initiative to arrange it for him. However, Ishikawa still pretended to be disappointed and said: "Hong Zhi, isn't that so, Trash Spirit Tools are just places where trash is piled up, completely useless..."

  Hong Paozi's face turned stern: "There is only one position left, are you going or not?"

  Ishikawa Kanji reluctantly nodded and agreed.

  In fact, the waste spiritual instrument warehouse is the most useless place in the Alchemy Workshop. The outer door disciples who go to the Alchemy Workshop are all thinking of learning one or two skills, either refining instruments or igniting fire.

  The scrap spirit tool warehouse was just a place to store scrap, and every day he would stare blankly at the large pile of scrap spirit tools, doing nothing. For a big boy like Ishikawa, staying inside for too long without getting bored was strange.

  Hong Baozi had long been calculating in his heart. Shi Chuan would definitely get bored inside and come to find him again, and at that time, he could still have a considerable income.

  Hong Paozi looked at Ishikawa, who seemed a bit disheartened, and said: "Ishikawa, my junior brother, you've made a qualitative leap from being an outer door disciple to working in the Alchemy Workshop. This position of managing the scrap spiritual energy warehouse is not bad, it's a post with some authority, and compared to those ordinary disciples who do chores, it's still one level higher. In the future, all the outer door disciples in this courtyard will show you respect. And I'm not going to keep you stuck in the scrap spiritual energy warehouse forever either. Once a suitable position opens up, I can still arrange for you to be transferred, okay?"

  Hong Bao's little tricks couldn't escape Ishikawa's eyes.

  Ishikawa put on a grateful face and begged Hong Baozi again to move him to a new place soon, but in fact, even if he was beaten to death, Ishikawa would not leave the junk spiritual instrument warehouse.

  The trash in the warehouse is actually trash? For Ishikawa, who has the Earth Mother Stone, these are pieces of Xuan Iron, Jing Gold, and Secret Silver. They will soon become the spiritual stones and elixirs that Ishikawa needs most.

  For an outer sect disciple, there was no luggage to speak of. Shi Chuan didn't need to collect anything and directly followed Hong Dunzi to the Lian Qi Fang. After a brief handover, Shi Chuan became the authentic waste spirit instrument attendant, with even two outer sect disciples under him.

  In his daily life, Ishikawa didn't have to work hard, every day was just checking the scrap metal that came into the warehouse.

  When Ishikawa saw the small notebook for registration, he was even more delighted. It turned out that the daily registration was also sloppy, and there was not a single account to be found.

  Before Ishikawa arrived, it was those two outer disciples who were in charge. They would estimate the quantity every day and casually record it. Or sometimes they wouldn't even bother to record it for a whole day. Anyway, these useless spirit tools had no use whatsoever, and nobody would come to deliberately count them.

  In this way, Ishikawa had no worries at all.

  That night, Ishikawa went straight into the warehouse. He was stunned by what he saw before him. This junk spirit tool warehouse actually had five large rooms full of them.

  The Water Spirit Gate has a history of over 200 years, but the pile of scrap spiritual tools is quite impressive. After all, no one can guarantee success every time. Moreover, those newcomers who have just started to practice spiritual tool refinement also grow up from one piece of scrap after another.

  So it's no wonder that such a small school has so many low-level waste spiritual artifacts.

  Ishikawa casually pulled out a damaged flying sword, and as soon as it approached the Earth Mother Stone, it immediately disappeared. On the Earth Mother Stone, a small mark of a flying sword appeared.

  One piece, two pieces, three pieces... until Ishikawa had put in thirty pieces, the earth mother stone finally stopped absorbing.

  At this time, on the Earth Mother Stone, thirty pieces of waste spiritual artifacts that were being decomposed also appeared.

  On the second day, Ishikawa finished his cultivation and eagerly took out the Tu Mu stone. The thirty pieces of scrap spiritual equipment he had put in yesterday had already been disassembled by more than half, and several bright spots appeared on the Tu Mu stone, indicating the materials obtained from the disassembly.

  Ishikawa found that the more damaged and inferior the spiritual tool was, the faster it would decompose, while those that had basically taken shape were much slower.

  So when Ishikawa replenished the spiritual tools, he chose those that were not yet formed and had poor craftsmanship.

  Re-entering the illusion of Tǔmǔ Shí, Ishikawa was delighted to discover that the Xuán Tiě Qiú and Jīng Jīn Qiú had grown to the size of chicken eggs. It seems that the decomposition speed of the scrap spirit device is still quite impressive. In addition, Ishikawa also found a few special materials floating in the air, each about the size of a water droplet.

  Ishikawa knew this was a special material used for refining certain spiritual instruments, the quantity wasn't much but its value was extremely high.

  Ishikawa couldn't help but burst out laughing, and in the eyes of others, the useless spiritual tool repository was actually a real treasure trove to him.

  Take another look at Lao Jiaohuazi, still sitting there with a wretched expression. Ishikawa shook his head helplessly and retreated.

  To be honest, Ishikawa couldn't hide in the warehouse to practice all the time, but he knew he couldn't do that. Not being seen every day would arouse other people's suspicion.

  After leaving, Ishikawa decided to take a walk around, after all, he had just taken office and needed to let everyone get familiar with his face.

  "Hah! Isn't that a piece of trash? No, it's the Great Executor of Trash, in charge of all the waste in the Refining Workshop." A disciple from the Forge Room said coldly, seeing Ishikawa from afar.

  Several outer sect disciples were gloating on the side, and Ishikawa, from an unknown outer sect disciple, suddenly became the steward of the Refining Department, which was unacceptable to them, even if it was just a powerless waste spirit instrument warehouse steward.

  If it were other attendants, they wouldn't dare be so presumptuous. However, the Ishikawa warehouse attendant had no control over them at all.

  Ishikawa smiled coldly and didn't respond. He was no longer the young punk he used to be. As a third-layer Practitioner of Qi Refining, he could now sweep away everyone present with ease. Moreover, with his five-elemental Earth Spirit Root constitution, his prospects for cultivating the Dao were boundless, making it unnecessary for him to bother with these people.

  After a hundred years, these people will turn into a handful of yellow earth, but Ishikawa will still be able to laugh proudly in the world.

  Unlike these people who are struggling to survive, Ishikawa now has a more distant idea.