A plump young woman who looked about thirty years old appeared in front of Zhao Yu and asked with a hint of vigilance in her eyes.
"I should ask you, this house belongs to me..."
Zhao Yu took out the token and threw it away.
The woman looked at it and suddenly showed an embarrassed look, "No one has lived in this house for many years, so I just hang out my clothes to dry them occasionally. I didn't expect..."
She coughed and returned to normal. She smiled and said, "My name is Liu Wenxuan. I live next door to you. What do you call this little Taoist friend?"
With her cultivation level, she could naturally tell at a glance that Zhao Yu was only at the first level of Qi training.
"Zhao Yu!"
The two got to know each other briefly, and Liu Wenxuan began to move the clothes stored in this house.
Zhao Yu noticed that there was a small pink bed in the bedroom. Judging from the condition of the bedding, this woman had obviously lived here for a long time.
But what puzzled him was that any disciple of Shushan, even if he had no money, could apply for a free house here. Why didn't she apply for one?
"Okay, I have put away all my things, you can move in directly..."
Liu Wenxuan had a storage bag, and she cleaned up the house in just a few clicks.
"Thank you, fellow Taoist!"
Zhao Yu cupped his hands and watched the other party leave, then looked around the room.
The house is not big, only about thirty square meters, but the nun cleaned it cleanly, making it better than expected.
Zhao Yu didn't bother to think about why the other party didn't apply for housing. Instead, he came here to live, tidied up a little, and moved in directly.
After a few days of familiarity and understanding of the surrounding environment, Zhao Yu resumed his usual schedule and began traveling to and from the Medicine Valley.
But what made him slightly disappointed was that the little witch Mo Cai'er, who used to have a lot of energy, didn't come again, and she seemed to have lost interest in stepping on the medicine.
"It's normal to lose interest. After all, for her, she comes here just for fun..."
Zhao Yu tried to obtain energy value from other people, but the effect was minimal.
However, during this period of time, Zhao Yu's spiritual energy was refined to the extreme.
His aura was originally born through energy and was among the purest. Now it has reached a level of pure aura that others would take years or even decades to achieve.
Seeing that he had gained nothing from visiting the Medicine Valley, Zhao Yu also had the idea of leaving here.
Unexpectedly, just after the day's trip to the Medicine Valley, and when he was about to leave, Mo Caier suddenly appeared and stopped in front of Zhao Yu.
"Silly boy!"
Mo Cai'er shouted out as soon as they met, with a bit of pride in her eyes.
"Something happened?!"
Seeing her appear, Zhao Yu was also a little happy, which meant that he could harvest wool again.
However, he didn't show it on the surface, because he knew very well that he couldn't be too polite when dealing with the children of such a big family.
"snort!"
Mo Cai'er was a little unhappy, and then said proudly: "You have been practicing here for so long, how is your spiritual power refining?!"
"good!"
Zhao Yu said casually.
"Haha, what do you mean it's okay?!"
The girl next to Mo Cai'er took the initiative and said: "Spiritual power refining, there are three realms in total. Either you have not reached any of them, or you have reached a certain realm. There is no transition stage. I mean you are okay. Could it be that you have reached it?"
Reached a certain realm?!"
"Looking at you like this, I know you have wasted your time these past few months!"
"But it's normal. If a kid from a poor family like you comes here, it's a waste of talent and time..."
Mo Cai'er answered: "No, you're wasting your talent. That's for those who have talent. A waste like him, who only practiced Qi at the age of eighteen, what practice is not in vain?!"
"Um……"
Zhao Yu pondered for two seconds and said: "This is what you are talking about when you come here?!"
[Anger from Mo Caier, +99 energy]
"What's your attitude? You, you, you..."
Mo Caier was a little angry. In her opinion, Zhao Yu should be angry when he was rebuffed like this.
Unexpectedly, he had a plain face, which made her feel like a clown.
The girl on the side saw that Mo Cai'er was angry, and couldn't help but become anxious, and showed off: "Boy, you don't understand what it means to be talented. Our Cai'er is only fifteen years old today, and now we have refined our spiritual power to the top."
The refining stage of the heavy realm..."
A triumphant smile suddenly appeared on Mo Caier's face, as if she was waiting to see Zhao Yu's shocked expression.
"Is the refining stage very powerful?!"
Unexpectedly, a scene that shocked the two of them appeared.
Zhao Yu casually released a little spiritual power, and an extremely pure wave came out.
"This is..." Mo Caier's eyes widened and she looked at the fluctuation of spiritual power in disbelief, suspecting that she was deceived.
"I'm sorry, I have already reached the highest level of purity. I don't plan to come to this medicine valley anymore. You can practice slowly!"
After saying that, Zhao Yuyun left quietly.
Logically speaking, he can continue to stay here and harvest energy with Mo Cai'er.
But he knew very well the difference between a full meal and a full meal. A wealthy lady like Mo Cai'er had to fish like this in order to attract the other person and achieve the purpose of continuously gaining energy.
Sure enough, even after he left, Mo Caier and her friends didn't recover for a long time, and their eyes were still full of confusion and shock.
"Is he really in the pure stage?!"
"It seems to be true..."
"It can't be fake, can it?!"
"No, it's true!"
Mo Cai'er shook her head, "I've seen my uncle make elixirs, and the fluctuations in spiritual power are like this..."
The girl next to her was shocked, "Did that fool really develop his spiritual power to a pure stage?!"
"How did he do that?!"
"You know, you have just refined it, and you can only make talismans. If he reaches purity, doesn't he already be able to refine weapons and elixirs?!"
In this world, there are certain thresholds for making talismans, refining weapons, and refining elixirs. In addition to using a lot of resources to practice your skills, you also need to refine your spiritual power to a purer state.
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Mo Cai'er's brain was a little out of control. She didn't expect that a guy who was at the first level of Qi training could reach the state of pure spiritual power in such a short period of time.
"Cai'er, don't think too much. You are only fifteen years old, but he is already eighteen years old. He is three years older than you, so it is normal..."
"wrong!"
Mo Cai'er shook his head and said: "Didn't we investigate his identity? He was born as a servant, and he has only reached the first level of Qi training in the past three months, which is three months slower than me entering the Qi training stage..."
"This means that in three months, he refined his spiritual power to a pure state..."
genius!
Such thoughts kept flashing through Mo Caier's mind.
But she was a little unwilling to do so. She had broken through to the realm of refinement a few days ago, but was praised by many people in the family as a genius that could only be seen in a century.
Even grandpa personally held a celebration party and invited many celebrities to celebrate for her.
But now, Zhao Yu's appearance completely made her despair.
"I have been cultivating to the point where my spiritual power is refined for three months, but he has been cultivating to the point of pure spiritual power for three months, which is two stages behind..."
"If I am a genius, then what is he?!"
The girl on the side was speechless for a moment while listening to Mo Caier's mumbling.
"Cai'er, such a person does have the talent for alchemy. Why don't you inform your family?"
"no!"
Mo Cai'er suddenly woke up, "He has pure spiritual power now. Once people find out, he will definitely be competed by all the major families..."
"In that case, how can we take revenge?!"
She clenched her fists and said seriously: "So, the matter about his pure spiritual power must be concealed and cannot be known to others. From today on, I will keep an eye on him to prevent him from being discovered..."
"But what if he tells it himself?"
"He dares!"
Mo Caier was a little weak and said in a weak voice: "Anyway, keep an eye on him..."
…
On the way back to Jiuliufang, the corners of Zhao Yu's mouth kept rising.
Coming back from the Medicine Valley, his energy beeps never stopped.
Mo Caier and her friends contributed a lot of energy, which made him happy.
"There is no need to go to the Medicine Valley. If nothing else happens, now that her spiritual energy has been refined, she should be able to learn the talismans..."
Zhao Yu touched his chin and thought about where to go to learn talismans.
On Mount Shu, the Qi training period is generally focused on the realm of cultivation. From top to bottom, the focus is also on the realm of cultivation achieved by different age groups.
Courses like Stepping on the Medicine Valley and Cultivation of Immortals and Hundred Arts generally do not have any requirements. They are just like elective courses. They are left there and can be chosen freely.
However, this kind of skill is mostly practiced by children of wealthy families, and few ordinary disciples will learn it, so most private classes charge very high fees.
"No Money……"
When Zhao Yu touched his pocket, he found that there was nothing left except some daily necessities and meal tickets, and not a single spiritual stone.
He scratched his head and felt that he seemed a little naive.
Thinking that since you have energy, you don't need spiritual stones and cultivation resources, now it seems that it is too extreme.
If you have cultivation resources, even if you don't use them for cultivation, you can use them to buy other protective magic weapons, or elixirs for healing.
"The various arts of cultivating immortals that I can now access are the three major items for common people, talismans, weapon refining and alchemy refining..."
"This is a skill that few commoners can master. Among them, alchemists have the highest status, followed by weapon refiners, and talismans again..."
"If you want to learn alchemy..."
"inappropriate!"
Zhao Yu shook his head slightly. These days, he has also learned that if you want to make talismans, you need to refine your spiritual power. If you want to refine weapons, you need to refine your spiritual power. If you want to refine elixirs, you need to refine your spiritual power.
Reach a level of purity.
If he directly demonstrated his pure spiritual power, he would naturally be regarded as a super genius in alchemy, and a lot of people would rush to accept him as a disciple.
But this was too high-profile and too ostentatious, and Zhao Yu was reluctant to get into the eyes of some powerful people too early.
"The refined level doesn't work either, so it's best to just show the refined level and learn the talisman..."
"The refinement level of an eighteen-year-old should not be particularly outstanding. He can only be regarded as a little genius..."
Zhao Yusi thought about it and decided that it would be better to simply learn how to make talismans, master a craft, and then earn some spiritual stones, so that he would not be like now.
For him, when there is no need to practice, time can really only be consumed by ideas. Instead of wandering around doing nothing, it is better to learn a few skills.
"It's okay, but I don't know where I can find a place that teaches how to make talismans..."
Zhao Yu thought for a while, then went straight to the streets of Jiuliufang and started wandering around.
Soon, he saw a sign recruiting apprentices in front of a shop selling talismans.
Zhao Yu walked in excitedly, and a quarter of an hour later, he walked out in disgrace.
"Bah, you need so many spiritual stones to recruit an apprentice, and you have to sign a contract of sale. You're really stingy..."
Zhao Yu was a little helpless and went to several stores in succession. The conditions were almost the same. Apprentices needed to pay a one-time payment of one hundred spirit stones to become a disciple and then sign a twenty-year contract.
The content of the contract is like a contract to sell oneself, full of overbearing clauses.
But what Zhao Yu didn't expect was that even so, there were many apprentices in the shops he just went to, and their eyes were full of contempt when they looked at him.
Then, Zhao Yu thought that he might as well teach himself how to make talismans.
After looking around a few times, I found that there were no self-study books on how to make talismans.
After getting to know more, I learned that in Shushan, any self-study books on cultivating immortality and various arts are all sold in official stores and are protected by copyright. If others sell them, they will be held accountable.
As for the price of self-study books in the official store, that is a figure that Zhao Yu dare not think of now.
"It's so confusing..."
Zhao Yu looked up to the sky and sighed, his spiritual power was pure and he could theoretically make elixirs, but in the end he couldn't even buy books on how to make talismans.
Just as he was about to go back, Zhao Yu suddenly spotted an acquaintance.
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Zhao Yu noticed that Liu Wenxuan, a neighbor of his new home, was selling talismans at a stall not far away.
"She is a talisman master?"
Zhao Yu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his neighbor on Ninth Street was actually a talisman master.
In his impression, places like Ninth Street should only be visited by novices like them who have one or two levels of Qi training.
Talisman Master, even the lowest among the various arts of cultivating immortals, is still a profession that can earn a lot of spiritual stones.
Any talisman master can afford to live in at least three or four streets, not to mention one or two streets.
With a trace of doubt, Zhao Yu walked over.
There are three kinds of talismans on Liu Wenxuan's stall, and there is a sign hanging next to it.
"Cleaning Talisman, a spiritual stone."
"Golden light talisman, five spiritual stones."
"Golden shield talisman, ten spiritual stones."
"Recruiting apprentices, fifty spiritual stones, contract can be negotiated."
"You are...Zhao Yu?!"
Liu Wenxuan naturally saw Zhao Yu, with a smile on her face, "What a coincidence, you are shopping here too?"
"I didn't expect Liu Daoyou to be a talisman master. I'm disrespectful!"
Zhao Yu said politely.
"Haha, what do you think? Do you want a talisman? We are neighbors and I will sell it to you cheaply!"
Liu Wenxuan looked a little proud. As a Talisman Master, this was one of the few things she felt proud of.
"I don't have the spiritual stones to buy these!"
Zhao Yu shook his head bitterly and said casually: "Do you know where you can learn talismans for free, fellow Daoist Liu?!"
"Learning talismans, do you also want to be a talisman master?!"
Liu Wenxuan looked at Zhao Yu, shook her head and said: "You'd better forget it, you are young, you will be useless if you learn this..."
Zhao Yu was a little helpless and went to Shushan. He almost felt sick hearing these words.
But it's normal. Ordinary people have exhausted all their energy and time just to improve their cultivation. How can they have any extra energy and time to learn the various arts of cultivating immortals?
Over the years, countless people have delayed their cultivation because of their cultivation of immortality and various arts, and eventually died in depression.
Seeing that Zhao Yu was silent, Liu Wenxuan hesitated and said, "But if you want to learn, you can also come to me..."
She subconsciously thought that Zhao Yu was young and had a bright future, so she warned him not to go astray.
But after thinking about it, she and Zhao Yu were not related, so it made no sense. She might as well treat him as a normal customer.
"I don't have fifty spiritual stones, can I pay on credit?" Zhao Yu coughed and asked slightly embarrassed.
"Credit?!"
Liu Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, and instinctively wanted to refuse. However, considering that Zhao Yu was now a neighbor and could not see him without looking up, it would not be good to refuse directly.
"As for credit, there is no such precedent. As an apprentice of the Talisman Master, I have never seen anyone with credit, but..."
She thought for a while and then said: "However, if you really want to learn, it's not impossible!"
"How do you say that?!" Zhao Yu became more energetic. He went to the talisman shop before, and everyone was very arrogant. They asked for spiritual stones and signed a contract of sale. They were so annoying.
"If you become my apprentice, I will teach you how to practice ink for the first three years..."
"If you can develop your spiritual power to a refined level within five years..."
Liu Wenxuan put forward a lot of conditions, and it sounded like she basically wanted him to be a free labor force.
The only thing that sounds good is that after the spiritual power is refined, he will start to teach how to make talismans, and he can get 30% of the talismans after they are sold.
If it were an ordinary person, they would waste a few years and basically leave without their spiritual power reaching the level of refinement.
But Zhao Yu is different.
I saw him lift his fingertips and release a little spiritual power.
"Refining spiritual power?!"
Liu Wenxuan's eyes widened and she looked at Zhao Yu in disbelief.
Zhao Yu nodded, put away the spiritual power at his fingertips, and asked: "Then what are the conditions for someone like me to achieve spiritual power refinement in less than five years?"
After a brief daze, Liu Wenxuan soon became ecstatic, but she seemed to be afraid of being seen by Zhao Yu and tried to hide her smile.
But her acting skills were not very good, and it was immediately exposed. In the end, Liu Wenxuan slapped the table and closed the stall.
"Let's go, fellow Taoist Zhao Yu, let's go back first and talk..."
She also deliberately looked around to make sure no one was paying attention, especially the spiritual power refinement level on Zhao Yu's fingertips, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Yu thought for a while, and if there was an opportunity to learn how to make talismans for free with Liu Wenxuan, he could accept it as long as the conditions were not too excessive, so he followed Liu Wenxuan back to Ninth Street.
Back on Ninth Street, Liu Wenxuan took Zhao Yu directly to her room.
The same residence of more than thirty square meters was densely packed with various talisman-making tools, and there was only a small bed in one corner.
After looking at Liu Wenxuan's situation, Zhao Yu suddenly understood why she wanted to occupy his room when she already had a room.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, I have a question to ask you..."
Zhao Yu was a little confused and said: "You are a Talisman Maker, why do you live here?!"
"I want to save money!"
Liu Wenxuan's face was filled with a happy smile, and she said: "My Taoist companion is at the ninth level of Qi training. I am not yet thirty years old. There is a great chance of breaking through to the foundation building stage..."
"We are now saving money to buy a foundation-building pill. When he builds the foundation, our life will get better..."
"When the time comes, if you want to see me again, you will have to go to First Street or even Mingyuefang..."
Mingyuefang Zhao Yu knew that next door to Jiuliufang, the environment was on a higher level, even the aura was more abundant than here, and the prices were also very high.
"I see!"
Zhao Yu nodded slightly and went straight to the point: "Let's talk about the talisman..."
"good!"
Liu Wenxuan calmed down her emotions and said: "Since you have refined your spiritual power and are qualified to make talismans, it is not appropriate for me to accept your spiritual stone as an apprentice..."
"I can teach you for free. After you learn it, I will take 70% of every talisman you make... no, 50%!"
Hearing this condition, Zhao Yu nodded slightly, it was much better than those black-hearted talisman-making shops.
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"Three years, how about it?!" Liu Wenxuan asked with some anxiety.
For her, this business is not a loss. Even if a first-level junior Talisman Maker works for her, the commission after three years will not be a small amount.
As for teaching how to make talismans, isn't it just a waste of time talking about it?
Zhao Yu made some calculations and found out that according to his plan, he would be able to practice the ninth level of Qi in three years, which would be almost the same.
"Can!"
"good!"
Liu Wenxuan was so happy that she quickly took out an agreement and started drafting it.
After a while, she drafted the agreement and said: "This is an agreement protected and certified by Shushan. If you sign and breach the contract, I will ask the Shushan Discipline Department for arbitration!"
"At that time, not only will you have to compensate me multiple times, but you may also face a fine!"
In fact, she has never been to the Department of Discipline, but she knows that most people dare not violate it. After all, here, Shushan is bigger than the sky.
"good!"
Zhao Yu nodded slightly and followed the instructions to imprint his spiritual power fluctuations on it.
Spiritual power fluctuations are just like a person's fingerprints, with personal characteristics. Basically, no two people are exactly the same.
"Okay, okay!"
After seeing Zhao Yu sign the agreement, Liu Wenxuan was overjoyed, "Let's check the time and see what time both parties have free time..."
"Then what should I call you, teacher?"
"Don't be so polite, just call me Aunt Xuan. You look like you are much older than me..." Liu Wenxuan said cheerfully.
"All right!"
Then, the two checked the time, mainly on Liu Wenxuan's side. It would take nearly a whole morning for her to make the talisman when she got up in the morning.
At noon, I have to rush to the market to set up a stall to sell talismans, and I don't have time until evening.
"Then I'll teach at night..."
Zhao Yu was a little hesitant. The other party had a Taoist companion. It seemed inappropriate for them to live alone in the same room.
He opened his mouth and said, "If I'm teaching at night, is it convenient for your Taoist companion to be there?"
"Hey, I'm not afraid of you. What are you afraid of?!"
Liu Wenxuan laughed and said, "Don't worry, we have a deep relationship and he won't care about this!"
Seeing her say this, Zhao Yu didn't mind anymore and nodded directly in agreement.