Chapter 86: Renting the Medicine Garden

  "You're saying this isn't a top-grade Fire Symbol?" Shi Sheng covered up his awkward expression.

  "Of course not!" Lin Paozi curled his lip: "This is just the technique of refining high-grade fire talismans, and the strokes are drawn on top-grade talisman paper. The power it unleashes is still that of a high-grade fire talisman, so this can't be considered a top-grade fire talisman."

  Each level of the talisman has different strokes and refining techniques, although I don't know how to do it, but this point I still understand that the power exerted is determined by these strokes and refining techniques.

  As for the talisman paper, it's just a carrier, carrying the power of intention, sealing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. However, when refining the top-grade talismans, using low-grade talisman paper is not suitable, otherwise, it cannot withstand the spiritual power sealed within the high-grade talismans and will self-ignite and be damaged.

  "What level of talisman to refine, use the corresponding talisman paper, and each level of talisman has a different painting technique!" Lin Paozi said with a smile.

  "I didn't expect you to be so well-versed in talismans!" Shi Sheng was slightly surprised, but his heart was bleeding inwardly. He had wasted twenty top-grade talisman papers for nothing, and now they could only be sold as high-grade fire talismans.

  But thinking again, Shisheng can only admit it by default. At present, he only has two kinds of talismans in his hand, and the third one cannot be refined for the time being, which is a helpless move.

  "Hey, I'm pretty close to Li Wei, so he often tells me about some of the things related to refining talismans. Oh right, Stone junior brother, don't tell anyone else, our sect has a rule that whether it's disciples learning alchemy or those learning talismanic arts, we can't teach each other, otherwise it would be violating the sect rules." Lin found himself saying too much again.

  "Offend the sect rules? Why does the sect still need to manage, wouldn't it be better if all disciples just studied? Besides, since there are sect rules, how dare he tell you these things?" Shi Sheng was somewhat surprised.

  "Haha, we're fellow villagers. Back then, we both joined the Tianxuan Sect together. Actually, the sect did this for our own good. They were afraid that if we learned too much, we'd get distracted and end up not mastering anything." Lin Paozi said.

  "Are you afraid that once we all learn it, the Alchemy Pavilion and the Dan Pavilion will starve to death?" Shi Sheng's mouth corner rose, probably guessing some of it. What if everyone can refine talismans? Who would still go buy them then?

  "Shi Shidi, you're thinking too easily. Think about it, to refine a high-level fire symbol, without at least three to five years of foundation, it's not even worth considering, and the success rate is only one-third."

  So the price of talismans is so high, now even if you are given the method of refining talismans, if you don't have a talent for it, can you afford to waste time learning how to refine talismans instead of cultivating?

  "If you really have this talent, you would have been recruited by the Alchemy Pavilion as a disciple long ago. However, the talismans you refine will still belong to the Alchemy Pavilion and be sold, which means that in the future, you'll just become a talisman master, and your cultivation will almost be abandoned." Lin Paozi explained.

  "It's also reasonable!" Shi Sheng said thoughtfully, in three to five years, there was only a one-third success rate, wasting a large amount of spiritual ink and paper. From this perspective, the forty pieces of Xuanjing jade didn't seem too expensive after all, it's just that some people might find it hard to afford, after all, some people didn't even have a spiritual instrument, let alone talismans.

  "Shi Shidi, sell me this high-grade fire talisman. I recently bought a spiritual device and have 40 pieces of Xuanjing Jade left over. This high-grade fire talisman will come in handy for self-preservation!" Lin Pangsuo's face turned serious, indicating he wanted to buy it at the original price.

  Shi Sheng suddenly had an idea and smiled: "Lin Pangzi, I consider you a friend, so I'll tell you the truth. I've met someone outside who specializes in refining talismans."

  "He has refined a lot of these high-grade fire talismans, but unfortunately, he can't find anyone to sell them to. So, he asked me to help him sell them on his behalf. Here's the deal: you contact the buyer, and from now on, each fire talisman will be sold for 30 pieces of Xuanjing Jade. As for how many you want to sell, that's up to you; any extra Xuanjing Jade is yours to keep!"

  "What?" Lin Paozi's eyes widened, the high-grade fire talisman was worth thirty to thirty-five pieces of Xuanjing jade, this was almost priceless, who would sell such a valuable treasure at a low price? If it were true, wouldn't he be able to make a huge profit?

  "Isn't the price a bit high?" Shi Sheng was thinking of whether he should haggle over the price.

  "No, no, no! I've got the deal, I'll take this job. Shi Shidi, you have to keep your word and can't find someone else to help you sell it!" Lin Paozi said excitedly.

  "Alright, here are three high-grade fire symbols. Add these two to them and you can sell them all. Just give me 150 pieces of Xuanjing Jade later!" Shi Sheng casually took out three high-grade fire symbols, preparing to take a few less first to try them out.

  "Great!" Lin Paozi hastily took over the fire token. This kind of thing that was neither dangerous nor difficult, and could also bring benefits, where else could you find it? To know that hunting and killing demonic beasts still had life-threatening dangers, this task hadn't been heard of before.

  "Alright, we're waiting for your good news!" Shi Sheng said, and Lin Paozi hastily left.

  However, doing business with Lin Paozi is still very efficient. In just one day, he sold the five cheap talismans and easily earned more than 20 pieces of Xuanjing Jade.

  When these people asked about the origin of Lin Baozi's talisman, Lin Baozi would not mention it, fearing that others would go directly to Shi Sheng and snatch his own wealth.

  Shi Sheng didn't expect Lin Paozi to act so quickly, the latter handed over 150 pieces of Xuanjing Jade to Shi Sheng, laughing: "Hehe, how is it, Shi Shidi, don't know if you still have any Huo Fu now?"

  "Alright, I'll give you all the high-level fire talismans and golden talismans I have on me, ten of each!" Shi Sheng was actually quite trusting of Lin Paozi's character and wasn't worried that he would run off with the talismans.

  "What? There's also a Golden Emblem? A total of twenty?" Lin Piaozi's eyes shone brightly, calculating in his mind how much profit he could make.

  However, this time Lin Paozi's efficiency has clearly decreased, and it took a full five days to sell the twenty talismans. It is said that the main reason was that the Golden Talisman sold relatively slowly, while the High-Rank Fire Talisman was still very popular.

  Although Shi Sheng still had some talismans on his body, he didn't dare take them all out for fear of being discovered by someone with ulterior motives. In the end, he obtained more than 700 pieces of Xuanjing Jade, adding to the original amount on him, totaling over 800 pieces of Xuanjing Jade.

  "Wan'er, this is 100 pieces of Xuanjing Jade. From now on, we won't need silver coins anymore. In the sect, Xuanjing Jade is still more popular." Shi Sheng casually took out 100 pieces of Xuanjing Jade.

  "Asheng, where did you get so much? I heard that even a few dozen pieces are hard to come by for ordinary disciples. In the past few months, I've also gone to collect the Xuanjing Jade distributed by the sect, and when we add mine and yours together, it's barely enough to make ends meet!" Lin Wan'er said in disbelief.

  "Heh heh, Sister Wan'er doesn't have to worry anymore. From now on, our days will get better and better! Alright, Sister Wan'er, I'll go out for a bit!" Shi Sheng said, carrying a pouch, and directly arrived at the Alchemy Pavilion!

  "Brother Shi, I'd like to buy some medicinal herbs!" Shisheng said.

  A young man in a grey robe, tall and slender, nodded: "What medicine are you looking to buy, what year?"

  "Here is the list!" Shi Sheng didn't say much either, and casually pulled out a copy of the materials list.

  The young man looked at Shi Sheng with some confusion, to know that generally disciples buying medicinal materials would only be two or three kinds, and didn't need a list at all, but the next moment, his heart shook.

  "This junior brother, the dan scripture and medicine introduction I handed over to you last time, didn't you even look at it before returning it to me? These medicines are all immature, but their price isn't something you can afford either. At least five hundred pieces of xuanjing jade are needed!" The grey-robed youth shook his head.

  "Junior brother understands, let senior brother take a look at how many Xuanjing Jade there are in total!" Shi Sheng smiled.

  "Wait a minute!" The young man didn't say anything more and carefully calculated before opening his mouth: "Five hundred and sixty pieces of Xuanjing Jade!"

  "There are exactly 560 pieces of Xuanjing Jade here, please take a look, Brother!" Shi Sheng handed the large bag in his hand to the young man, who couldn't help but show a puzzled expression. After counting them out, however, the way he looked at Shi Sheng had changed somewhat.

  "So many medicinal herbs, Young Master is going to pick them directly or rent a small medicine garden?" The youth in gray robe said with a serious face.

  "Renting a small medicine garden?" Shi Sheng asked in puzzlement.

  It's like this, some of the senior fellow practitioners in the alchemy world, some people get some special Dan formulas outside, often rent a Dan room to practice alchemy alone.

  "When a large amount of medicinal materials are needed, in order to prevent others from learning the alchemy formula, they will rent a small medicine garden separately and cultivate the medicinal materials themselves. The fee is collected according to the size of the area, or you can pay the medicine boy in the Alchemy Pavilion to take care of it for you."

  "Is there such a thing?" Shi Sheng's heart moved, and he was worried that it would be difficult to deal with after returning. If he could rent a small medicine garden here, it would be even better.

  "I wonder what kind of medicine garden these medicinal materials are suitable for renting?" Shi Sheng asked.

  "Oh, a closed small medicine garden is enough, it's not like that, I'll take my junior brother to take a look!" The young man in gray said, and took Shi Sheng directly through the corridor behind the great hall, came to a stone building hall, with four corridors around, each corridor had a single door on both sides.

  "Junior brother, please, this is one of Master Wang's small medicinal gardens. Since it was entrusted to us for management, the doors are often open!" The young man in gray robes politely pointed to a room with an open stone door, and Shi Sheng nodded and walked in.

  A thick fragrance of medicine wafted in, the stone room was not too large, about 7 or 8 zhangs in size. The ground was covered with some black soil, on which were planted some lush medicinal herbs. There were small holes on the roof that allowed sunlight to filter through.

  "If no one is taking care of it, can outsiders come and go as they please?" Shi Sheng asked.

  "Junior brother, if no one else is to take care of it, then you should keep the key to the medicine garden yourself. Even if you open the door, no one can enter and exit freely to take care of it for you, let alone worry about someone coming to destroy anything. Once the stone gate is closed, outsiders will not be able to enter." The gray-robed youth said.

  "How does one rent a stone room?" Shi Sheng asked.

  "This small medicine garden, one hundred Xuanjing jade per month, one thousand Xuanjing jade per year, but seeing my junior brother being so generous, it seems like it should be a yearly rent, heh heh, this way it will also be much cheaper!" The grey-robed youth laughed and said.

  "Ah... " Shi Sheng paused for a moment, then dryly said: "It's still the monthly rent, trouble Brother to find some laborers to help me move these medicinal materials over."

  "This is what we are responsible for, my junior brother needs to pay the Xuanjing Jade first!" The young man said, Shi Sheng took out more than 100 pieces of Xuanjing Jade from his body and handed over 100 pieces. The gray-robed youth found a few medicine boys and carefully transplanted the medicinal materials to Shi Sheng's rented medicine garden.

  After Shi Sheng took over the key, the youth in grey and others left. Looking at the dense medicinal materials in the medicine garden, Shi Sheng couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile: "Eight hundred quick Xuanjing jade, actually used up in just one day!"

  After a moment of contemplation, Shi Sheng closed the stone gate of the medicine garden and waved a green talisman in his hand towards the gate. A faint layer of light flashed on it, fully activating the seal, making it impossible for outsiders to enter. Afterwards, Shi Sheng came to the middle of the medicine garden and squatted down.

  Now that the Great Round of Sea of Qi has been achieved, there is no further progress in cultivation without Condensing Branch Dan. As for the Five Elements technique, it's really not very lethal and can only be placed on the last Condensing Branch Dan. Before that, I need to help Lin Wan'er refine the Gathering Thought Dan and practice my skills at the same time. After all, Shi Sheng's dan-making skills are quite average.

  "Now that four months have passed, it won't be long before Hao Wei returns. It seems we must hurry!" As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Sheng attempted to condense the Qitian Creation and Transformation Dew, giving birth to a spiritual medicine. Meanwhile, in the Dan Refining Pavilion, Elder Yao had found the gray-robed youth who was on duty and was asking him something. (This chapter is complete, the next one will be even more exciting!)

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