I Am A Corpse Collector In The World Of Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 70: Life in Lingxi

"How was the harvest today?"

In the courtyard, Chen Shen was wielding a willow branch as he practiced swordplay. Mu Xiaojin walked in from outside the gate.

Currently, the two of them were temporarily settled in Lingxi City, and their daily cultivation life required expenses. Therefore, Chen Shen was responsible for refining tools and pills, while Mu Xiaojin took things out to sell.

"It's alright. I've become familiar with the shop owners, and the prices have gone up a bit." Mu Xiaojin raised the storage bag in her hand.

Lingxi City was the center of the Hundred Nations, a gathering place for countless sect cultivators and wandering cultivators. The daily flow of people was astonishing. Therefore, there was no possibility of saturation in the Four Arts Market.

"By the way, the Qian family in the west of the city has accepted your formation trade." She took out a contract with a written agreement.

For things like refining pills and tools, they only needed to be sold to the shop owners. But for formations, they needed to personally set them up. Chen Shen spent some spirit stones to be able to hang a sign in the Formation Dao Alliance and seek trades in their shop. He couldn't go around handing out flyers and looking for people who needed formations one by one on the streets.

"The commission is so outrageous?" Chen Shen took the contract, opened it, and furrowed his brows slightly.

This was his first formation trade. He had set up a killing formation that could withstand the later stage of the Gold Core realm, with a price of eighty thousand low-grade spirit stones. However, the commission from the Formation Dao Alliance was as high as thirty percent, a total of fifteen thousand spirit stones.

"I miss the days when we collected corpses in Cangwu." Chen Shen sighed.

But he wasn't planning to join any superpowers in the Hundred Nations. These sects had extremely strict control and rarely accepted cultivators with high cultivation levels. If he pretended to be a Xianmiao, he was afraid that his age would be discovered. He was already in his thirties or forties, with low or medium-grade spiritual roots, but no cultivation. If he ran all the way to Lingxi City to pay respects to a sect, who would believe it?

At night, Chen Shen put on a black robe and went to the west of the city.

Lingxi City had Nascent Soul experts, but not many. The most respected city lord was only at the Nascent Soul stage. For example, the aristocratic families living in the city had at most one Nascent Soul early stage cultivator or a Gold Core peak cultivator.

The one Chen Shen went to this time was a Gold Core family, with only one Gold Core peak ancestor presiding over it.

"Are you Master Fengcheng Liu?" As soon as Chen Shen entered the Qian family's courtyard, a group of people was waiting for him.

The one leading them was the head of the Qian family, who was going to trade with him this time.

"It's me." Chen Shen nodded.

"Recently, there have been some small fry in the west of the city with considerable strength. Our Qian family's original formation is afraid it won't be able to withstand it, so we invited Master Feng to come and set up a formation." The head of the Qian family explained.

Lingxi City was too big, with all kinds of people. There were many thieves, murderers, and smugglers. Even though the guards patrolled day and night, it was difficult to control them all.

"Understood." Chen Shen nodded.

For example, the formation set up in his family's courtyard was an advanced formation that could withstand an attack from a Nascent Soul expert.

"Master Feng, there's no rush to set up the formation. I've prepared a sumptuous immortal feast. How about we have a few drinks first?" The other party warmly invited.

But Chen Shen didn't like small talk and politeness, so he simply refused, "We're just doing business, no need for that. Let me get to work directly."

Two hours later.

"Master Feng, don't you want to have a few drinks?" This was how aristocratic families were. They liked to make connections and establish relationships in order to meet future needs.

"You just need to promote me more." Chen Shen counted the storage bag again. There were eight exquisite high-grade spirit stones in it, and then he politely declined again.

"Of course, of course! Then I'll see Master Feng off." The head of the Qian family nodded with a smile.

...

After three days, Mu Xiaojin, who was selling pills, came back with a contract in her hand.

"Junior brother, someone is looking for you to set up a formation again."

"How come? Is there more business?" Chen Shen looked puzzled.

You should know that he hadn't received any news from the Formation Dao Alliance for half a month, but now, within three days, he had received two orders.

"I was also puzzled. I wondered if it might be a scam, but after inquiring, I found out..." Mu Xiaojin said.

It turned out that three days ago, Chen Shen had just set up a formation for the Qian family, and the next night, a few small-time thieves tried to climb over the wall and steal treasures from the Qian family's courtyard.

It seemed like they had planned it for a long time.

As you can imagine, they were all killed by the formation, including two late-stage True Immortals.

This made the head of the Qian family very happy, as it was a perfect opportunity to strike fear into the hearts of other small-time criminals.

And in his excitement, he shared the news with his friends.

And then the business came knocking.

"They also said that you are efficient, straightforward, and have a good reputation," Mu Xiaojin laughed.

In fact, many top-level masters have strange temperaments, or rather, they like to show off and act important.

That's why when Chen Shen first entered the Qian family's courtyard, they had already prepared a feast.

Who knows, maybe some masters like it this way. Although it's a transaction, when you go to someone's doorstep, you must entertain them, otherwise they might act important or threaten to raise prices, and so on.

But obviously, Chen Shen, as a straightforward master of formation, was highly respected by the head of the Qian family.

"The Formation Dao Alliance is really making money effortlessly." Chen Shen sighed as he held the contract.

The price for this formation was ten thousand low-grade spirit stones, and the commission was still thirty percent.

In the evening, he returned home with a tired body.

This formation was quite difficult and took four hours to complete, consuming a lot of mental energy.

"It's a pity there's no Nascent Soul-level formation master experience package, otherwise it wouldn't be so laborious." Chen Shen said helplessly.

The thirty-eighth day since he started collecting corpses.

But with these two formations, his reputation had also been established.

There were constantly people looking for this master who had a good temperament and didn't drag things out to set up formations.

The prices ranged from thirty thousand to one hundred thousand.

Chen Shen, as a grandmaster, wouldn't take on small tasks anymore.

One day.

"Master Feng, I didn't expect you to personally come to our Formation Dao Alliance."

The service staff spoke respectfully.

"Speaking of which, Master Feng has only been here for a month, and your business is already catching up to the well-established masters here."

"You're not going to raise the commission, are you?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Shen's face changed and he trembled.

"..." The attendant smiled and said, "Master, your reputation is soaring. Perhaps in the near future, you will become the flagship of our Formation Dao Alliance. We haven't even lowered the price yet, so how could we raise it?"

"That's good." Chen Shen, who looked like an old man, nodded and took the contract before leaving.

Time flew by, and half a year passed.

The grandmaster of the Formation Dao, Feng Chengliu, had become extremely famous in Lingxi City, and everyone who traded with him held him in high regard.

However, unfortunately, half a month ago, this grandmaster disappeared without a trace, leaving no trace behind.

Many people felt regretful, thinking that this grandmaster must have left Lingxi City.

In a mansion in the north of the city.

"Junior brother, why did you pretend to be a woman this time when you joined the Formation Dao Alliance? And an old woman at that?" Mu Xiaojin looked at Chen Shen, who looked like an old woman, feeling a bit awkward.

"If I had become a young woman, you fairy-like girls wouldn't have anything to do with me." The old woman snorted.

"By the way, junior sister, the Hundred Nations Immortal Fate will open in half a month. When powerful experts and geniuses gather, we need to be more cautious in our actions. Let's not sell pills and talismans for now."

"Everything is up to you, junior brother." Mu Xiaojin nodded.

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