Cultivation: I have an inventory

Hong Jiantao left less than ten days after receiving the transfer order.

Jiang Jiyue also left with him.

It was not until this moment that many people, including the talisman masters in the Lingfu Pavilion, knew that Jiang Jiyue was Hong Jiantao's junior.

The shopkeeper left, and the beautiful talisman master who had the best relationship with people in the pavilion and often entertained guests also left. For a moment, everyone in the pavilion sighed and felt a little uncomfortable.

But everyone did not have time to sigh too much.

Because a few days later, the new shopkeeper arranged by Luoxia Sect arrived.

The new shopkeeper was named Zhou Changkong. As Hong Jiantao said, he was a foundation-building cultivator and had served as the law enforcement elder of Luoxia Sect.

In addition to having strong cultivation and strength, the law enforcement elders of the sect are often stubborn and old-fashioned, with bad tempers and not easy to deal with.

Except for Xiao Changqing who was reminded and mentally prepared, the others in the Lingfu Pavilion were obviously a little unexpected and had doubts in their hearts.

Over the years, everyone has adapted to the kind-hearted shopkeeper Hong. Now, if a strict and bad-tempered foundation-building cultivator comes here, it may not be pleasant.

However, fortunately, the new shopkeeper Zhou Changkong does not seem to be as unsympathetic as he seems.

After arriving at the Lingfu Pavilion, he convened all the talisman masters for a meeting. After emphasizing the rules and purpose of the Lingfu Pavilion with righteous words, he did not take any specific measures.

The Lingfu Pavilion is still operating as before, and the workload and treatment of the talisman masters have not changed.

Half a month later, everyone felt more at ease.

It seems that Luoxia Sect is still more reliable and has not arranged difficult elders to impose discipline on them.

After all, these talisman masters in the Lingfu Pavilion, even if they are first-level exclusive talisman masters, have a nominal affiliation with Luoxia Sect, but they are not real disciples of Luoxia Sect. They are more like "guest officials".

The two parties signed an agreement, each taking what they need and benefiting each other.

If Luoxia Sect wants to exploit the talisman masters like cattle and horses, they can get out after paying a certain price.

Only after becoming a second-level talisman master, like Lu Qiu, will Luoxia Sect really pay a big price to absorb him.

In this way, most of the talisman masters in Lingfu Pavilion are the same as before, without any changes.

Only Xiao Changqing, his inner vigilance has been raised invisibly.

He always feels that there is something wrong with this new shopkeeper, and it seems that he is not as easy to talk to as everyone guessed on the surface.

Moreover, since the sect has changed the rules to send a Foundation Establishment Realm to "supervise", it would be unreasonable if there are no other tasks.

Xiao Changqing made up a few more hexagrams for himself in succession.

He found that his fortune was not very good. Although there was no fatal danger, there were hexagrams of losing money and being robbed.

So Xiao Changqing thought about it carefully.

On the fifteenth day of the middle of the month, he put on the vest of "Bai Wu Ji" and told Lin Zixi when he met her that this was the last transaction.

Next, he had something to do and needed to leave Nanshanfang for a trip, and the specific return date was not yet determined.

If one day he returns to Nanshanfang and wants to continue to sell talismans, he will find a way to contact her.

Lin Zixi's face changed drastically when she heard this.

The two sisters were able to turn things around and move to the C-level cave house in the past year, all thanks to the mysterious talisman master Bai Wuji!

With Bai Wuji, she can become a guest of honor in the Cao family; as a guest of honor in the Cao family, she has capital, and she can do subsequent business and earn more spiritual stones every month.

It can be said that if Bai Wuji disappears, she will no longer have the capital to cooperate with the Cao family, and the Cao family cancels her treatment, then everything she has now will become a castle in the air and may collapse in an instant.

"Senior, do you have to leave? Can't you leave?"

"Senior, will we meet again?"

"Senior, will you really come back?"

"Senior, don't lie to me, when will you come back?"

Lin Zixi was confused when she thought of the situation she might face, and tried various ways to keep him and beg.

In the end, she, who has always been positive and optimistic and dared to challenge and fight, almost cried.

Xiao Changqing did not make any promises, and he did not know when the next transaction would be.

The new shopkeeper Zhou gave him a very unusual feeling, and he was not easy to deal with.

He had to be careful.

Now, the most important thing for him was to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining and to upgrade his talisman skills to the second level. By then, the sky would be high for birds to fly and the sea would be wide for fish to jump. There was no need to take risks now.

But for Lin Zixi, Xiao Changqing did not give a positive answer, but just perfunctorily dealt with it, which made her even more desperate.

She felt that Xiao Changqing might abandon her and never come back after he left.

Seeing that Xiao Changqing did not want to answer, he turned around and left without any hesitation, and his figure disappeared into the night.

Lin Zixi was anxious and almost cried.

"Senior, how can I live without you! Senior, why don't you just take me with you, Senior..."

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Facts have proved that Xiao Changqing's worries are not unreasonable.

Zhou Changkong's kindness at the beginning was just to paralyze the talisman masters of the Lingfu Pavilion and let everyone relax their vigilance.

A month later, Zhou Changkong convened all the talisman masters for a meeting again.

This time, when three first-level talisman masters appeared, their faces were livid, and their eyes were filled with anger, frustration, fear and dread.

On the contrary, Zhou Changkong changed his lukewarm attitude when he first arrived. As a foundation-building cultivator, his aura was fully open, and his sharp breath made everyone present tremble.

"In the past twenty years, our Lingfu Pavilion has long been the largest talisman shop in Nanshanfang. The scale of all other shops combined is not as large as ours, and it has almost formed a semi-monopoly. But over the years, the income of Lingfu Pavilion has never been raised, and it has not achieved the ideal performance. Even in recent years, the situation has been turbulent and the price of talismans has risen, but the income has not increased much."

"Before I came to Nanshanfang, I heard that it was because the talisman masters of our Lingfu Pavilion had no sense of sect belief. They only cared about themselves. When drawing talismans in the pavilion, they did not say anything. There were also cases of ignoring the rules of Lingfu Pavilion and embezzling money!"

"I didn't believe it at first, thinking that the talismans of our Lingfu Pavilion Masters are all very righteous and know how to abide by the rules. "

"I didn't expect that I would be so disappointed after just a casual investigation!"

"There are three entry-level talisman masters in our Lingfu Pavilion, and they secretly draw talismans and sell them outside! Some of them even have secret cooperation with other shops in Nanshanfang!"

"Do you think that if you do it secretly and let others do it for you, it will be perfect and can't be found out, and it won't be considered a violation?"

"Wu Qingquan, Liang Jiangchuan, and Sha Shaowen, three talisman masters, I will punish you 20,000, 10,000, and 8,000 low-grade spirit stones respectively according to the severity of your crimes. Do you have any objections?"

Zhou Changkong looked at the three talisman masters with livid faces and asked in a deep voice.

Wow!

Before the three talisman masters replied, the other talisman masters couldn't help whispering, and their shock was beyond words.

The punishment was so heavy?

Although Sha Shaowen and Liang Jiangchuan are entry-level talisman masters, they are both first-level low-grade talisman masters, especially Sha Shaowen, who was promoted only six years ago and has little experience.

The monthly salary of the two is only about 200 low-grade spirit stones. Even if they earn extra money privately, they can only earn 300 spirit stones at most in a month.

This time, the fine may not be enough for their savings over the years, and they have to borrow spirit stones from everywhere to pay it!

On the contrary, Wu Qingquan, the only first-level high-grade talisman master left in the Lingfu Pavilion, has a long experience. Although 20,000 low-grade spirit stones are not a lot for him, it will not hurt his bones.

However, according to other people's speculation, Wu Qingquan, as the "pillar" of the current Lingfu Pavilion, has a certain confidence even when facing a foundation-building cultivator, and should not be so easily controlled.

The result was unexpected.

The three talisman masters all accepted the punishment with their noses pinched.

At the meeting, no one stood up to object to Zhou Changkong's punishment.

Wu Qingquan felt aggrieved and wanted to resist.

But the new shopkeeper was too tough, and didn't care about the long-term development of the Lingfu Pavilion, whether it would cause disunity and demoralization.

He only thought about providing the greatest benefits to the sect in the next few years!

It gave Wu Qingquan a feeling of killing the chicken to get the eggs!

If Wu Qingquan resisted, he had a hunch that not only he would suffer more, but even his wife and children would probably be implicated!

So in addition to being angry, Wu Qingquan was more worried. Perhaps today's punishment was just the beginning!

Worse things are yet to come.

For the first time, he felt powerless. If... if he was a second-level talisman master, it would be fine.

How dare Zhou Changkong bully him like this?

Not to mention just selling talismans privately, even if he threatened to leave the Lingfu Pavilion, he could only persuade him with good words and offer better conditions to retain him...