The Zhao family has been entrenched in Chishan for so many years, and there are no less than 700 monks on the path of cultivation. However, most of them have mediocre qualifications. They linger at the 1-2 levels of Qi Refining at most, and later there is no hope of breakthrough, or they work for clan members who concentrate on cultivation in Chishan.

Deal with chores, or go down the mountain to live in the secular world.

Therefore, there are only about a hundred tribesmen who actually cultivate immortality on Chishan Mountain.

Among them, the most qualified Ling generation is Zhao Lingting, Zhao Lingcheng, and Zhao Lingquan. They are also the current clan leader and two elders. The following are the clan elders Zhao Duyun and Zhao Duxian.

, is the only monk of the Du generation who has reached the ninth level of Qi refining.

There are still twenty-one monks and elders of the Du generation, seven of whom have reached the late stage of Qi refining. They are usually responsible for the education of the younger generations in the clan, or they meditate to nourish Qi and extend their longevity.

As for the next generation of calligraphers, there are thirty-seven people in total, who have become the backbone of the Zhao family today. Most of the young calligraphers are under 30 years old, and most of them are in the middle stage of Qi refining.

There are two people in the late stage of Qi.

Zhao Xiuqian, who is at the eighth level of Qi Refining, is the eldest sister of the Zi Xiu generation and the only daughter of Elder Du Xian.

Zhao Xiuyuan, who is at the seventh level of Qi Refining, is the second son of Elder Duyun.

In the past, Zhao Xiukong was only 27 years old. He had cultivated to the ninth level of Qi refining and was considered a leader. But now...

[Xuanbao Lingdu, cultivation and return to the origin, and access to the heart palace]

Below the Xiuzi generation are the Zhenzi generation, all of whom are still in the early stages of Qi refining. There are currently forty-two monks who are qualified to rank in the Zhao family's immortal genealogy. After the annual talent test, there will be two or three

The clan members have joined the Xianpu, but the Zhenzi generation is still young and will become the backbone of the Zhao family in the future.

Immortal cultivators are absolute power to the entire Zhao family and are also the key to the family's survival.

Cultivation of immortals is called cultivating immortals. In fact, in the world of immortality, it is indispensable for wealthy couples and the land of law.

Wealth refers to the monk's resources, companions refer to friends who can help each other in the process of cultivating immortals, laws refer to various exercises and spells, and ground refers to the spiritual veins under the feet.

In layman's terms, wealth refers to spiritual stones, wealth couples, and wealth ranks first, which is enough to show its importance. In monks' battles, in addition to the strength of various spells, a large part of the comparison is still talismans, formations, and magic weapons.

, and other foreign objects, these foreign objects need to be purchased with spiritual stones, and the same is true for even many exercises and spells.

The Zhao family has no other sources of spiritual stones. They only have two remaining shops. They sell drawn Xuanwu talismans and some spiritual rice, plus the spiritual energy from the spiritual veins, which is enough to ensure that the clan members have no worries in their cultivation. However, if they want to achieve greater improvement,

, for example, it is a bit difficult to buy a flying sword weapon or a storage bag for each clan member. Compared with these foreign objects, some Qi-enhancing and body-enhancing elixirs distributed every year by the clan are the first choice.

Moreover, these elixirs need to be purchased through spiritual stones. With the current situation of the Zhao family, there is no strength to train alchemists. The clan spends on purchasing elixirs every year, accounting for nearly 30% of the clan's expenses. Fortunately,

Yes, with the Xuanwu Talisman supporting the talisman, it has gained a firm foothold in several surrounding markets, and it has also provided the clan with a steady source of spiritual stones.

It can be said that most of the monks in the Zhao family can barely survive by relying on a Xuanwu Talisman that only the Zhao family can draw.

However, within the two months when Zhao Xiuxuan and the others went out on a mission, something big happened to the Zhao family's Xuanwu Talisman.

"You are already at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and you are also the top generation in the clan. You are also qualified to know about the Xuanwu Talisman."

Zhao Lingting sighed and slowly told some things about the Xuanwu Talisman.

"When the ancestor was still alive, this Xuanwu Talisman was originally a spiritual talisman from the Golden Core Stage. Not to mention the Qi Refining Stage, even the Foundation Establishment Stage did not have such pure magic power to draw it. Later, with the study of Baoxiu Clan Chief and Baoshan Elder,

Only then did we extract a set of talismans from the Qi Refining Period, which are what we now call Xuanwu Talismans."

"As a water-based talisman, the Xuanwu Talisman has a protective spiritual shield that is endless and indestructible. It is the top grade among the first-order talismans. It is also because of the Xuanwu Talisman in the Qi Refining Period that our Zhao family has been able to have no foundation-building monks for so many years.

Even when you extract spiritual veins and convert them into spiritual stones, you still have a source of spiritual stones that you need to survive."

"However, drawing Xuanwu Talisman is actually not that easy. A kind of black turtle blood must be used as a spiritual medium to draw the runes. In the entire Nanshan County, there is only one place with black turtle blood, and that is east of Chishan, five hundred meters away.

Yulan Lake, many miles away, is home to black turtles."

"Yulan Lake is the boundary of Yulan Sect, the foundation building sect. This black turtle is also a thing of Yulan Sect. Our previous black turtle blood was purchased from them with eight spiritual stones each. It has always been a long-lasting

Regarding business, when Patriarch Baoxiu was alive, he had a hundred-year agreement with the current head of the Yulan Sect. However, half a month ago, the Yulan Sect suddenly flew in with a spirit pigeon message, saying that this mysterious turtle would not be sold to us Zhao in the future.

Home”

“This actually happened”

Zhao Xiuxuan and the others knew the importance of the Xuanwu Talisman to the clan, and hearing this was no less than a thunderbolt from the blue.

"Clan leader, can't we raise the black turtle ourselves?"

Zhao Lingting shook his head and said

"If we can breed them, we don't need to worry so much, and there's no need to go all the way to Yulan Lake to buy them. Spiritual beasts like black turtles are no better than chickens, ducks and geese. They can be raised anywhere.

There is a unique title for cultivating beasts among those who practice immortality and various arts, which is called spiritual beast master, and the method of cultivating these spiritual beasts is called [beast mastering]."

"This is one, and the other is due to the characteristics of this black turtle. It must live in a kind of spiritual water containing water spiritual energy and earth spiritual energy. There are only a few places in Nanshan County that meet this requirement. Our Zhao family has none.

Spiritual beast master, if the spiritual water lake does not meet the requirements, of course it will not be possible to cultivate black turtles."

Now that he was talking about the profession of spirit beast master, Zhao Lingting simply started to explain it to the three people below who looked confused.

"Spirit beast masters can not only cultivate spirit beasts, but also drive them to fight. Just like your puppetry, puppetry is also one of the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals. The person who drives the puppet is called a puppet master."

"The four main arts of cultivating immortals are alchemy, talismans, formations, and weapon refining. The rest are miscellaneous arts, such as puppets, spiritual beasts, spiritual plants, treasure appraisal, pulse detection, corpse control, inviting gods, wine making, etc."

"Our Nanshan County is still too young, and you have not been exposed to these things, but you may encounter them in the future. Among the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals, I will not talk about the four main arts. You are all familiar with them. Other acrobatics are also in Nanshan County.

They are [spiritual plants] that cultivate spiritual rice, spiritual trees, etc., and [spiritual beasts] that cultivate spiritual beasts. These two are fairly common, but the others are very few and have almost no public inheritance."

It was the first time that Zhao Xiuxuan heard these things in the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation, and he suddenly understood. The reason why a puppet technique appeared as a specialized type in the skill panel may be because it is a unique skill. If this Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation is

If each skill you learn can provide you with 20 points, then your level will rise rapidly.

However, when I heard about it later, I found that I could hardly find much inheritance in Nanshan County, and I was a little disappointed.

Then I thought again

"Even if I now learn skills such as weapon refining, alchemy, formations, spiritual beasts, and spiritual plants that can be passed down, it will still provide me with 100 points. Where should I learn?"

Thinking of this, his head was spinning rapidly, and he was constantly thinking about various thoughts.

Zhao Lingting did not look at the eyes of the three people below, but continued to describe the most pressing problem currently facing the Zhao family.

"Without Black Turtle blood, our Black Tortoise Talisman naturally cannot continue to be drawn. Relying on some of the previous stocks, in a month or two at most, some of the Black Tortoise Talisman in our inventory will be sold out. By then, we will be in two places

If the shops in the market cannot provide Xuanwu Talismans, they will lose 90% of their customers. In the end, they may be forced to sell off the shops that have been in business for so many years."

He said that again, it was because in order to let Zhao Xiukong build the foundation, the clan had gritted their teeth and sold a shop to collect more than 3,000 spirit stones and purchased a foundation-building pill.

Each city has a certain scope, and there are many conditions for defining the scope. For example, it cannot exceed the range of the formation that covers the boundary between immortals and mortals. It is a convention in the world of immortality that you cannot interfere too much with the secular world, especially in a city like a city where monks are densely packed.

The place must be sealed with a large formation, and the maintenance cost of the formation will also increase according to the scope of the large formation. Therefore, the city cannot expand without limit.

In addition, the most important point is the number of active monks in the surrounding area. If a city has too few monks and too many shops, it will lead to a sluggish business.

The managers of the market will strictly limit the number of stores based on the actual situation, but for some casual practitioners who do not have such resources, they will also set up special stall locations. Of course, stalls are definitely different from independent stores.

Based on various reasons, an independent store in the market is still relatively valuable.

For these stores, you need to spend money to buy a store lease from the city manager. The store lease is renewable for a hundred years and can be resold.

The two remaining shops of the Zhao family were just renewed by the patriarch who took over thirty years ago. They still have a validity period of seventy years and must not be lost. If they are lost, even if the Zhao family regains the drawing of the Xuanwu Talisman, they will not be able to use it.
Chapter completed!