The Wheel-Turning Master

No matter how eloquent the little girl from the Jiang family was, Lin Bai still gave up the double cave and chose the cheapest one.

"Here, sign and seal."

The little girl from the Jiang family looked depressed, like an eggplant hit by frost. With lifeless eyes, she took out a wooden token and threw it to Lin Bai, saying, "You need to use this to enter and exit the cave. If you lose it, you need to replace it. It costs spirit stones."

"Thank you, little friend Jiang." Lin Bai took a quick look and put it in the storage ring.

"Come with me." Jiang Xiaobai walked ahead weakly.

The Jiang family's cave industry is not small. It occupies a large piece of land in the south of Xinyifang, and it is divided into several areas.

Some places are comfortable and convenient, full of spiritual energy; some places are just small dwellings, which can barely meet the needs of one person to practice and can't do anything else.

However, because the Jiang family mostly does business with casual cultivators in the Qi training period, and the spiritual land is not of high grade, the price is not too high.

Moreover, the environment is good, with flowers, plants and trees, not dirty, and there are ordinary servants cleaning from time to time.

After turning three or two, Lin Bai entered the cave he rented. The place is very small, only three meters long and wide, which can be said to be a small house.

There are low stools and low tables, which are all ordinary things. There are also two futons and a low bed.

"There is a pull rope here." The little girl of the Jiang family also walked into the cave and pointed to a rope on the east wall. "If you are attacked or someone outside the cave coerces you, just pull the rope and someone will come. If your practice goes wrong and you can't get out, you can also pull the rope, but for rescue, the spirit stone will be charged according to the situation. But if you pull the rope for no reason, you will be fined!"

After she finished speaking, she looked around, shook her head, and then said: "It's so small, when Sister Pei comes back, you two will have trouble doing things. You are so cruel."

This little girl of the Jiang family seemed to understand a lot, and she had no scruples in her mouth, and she wanted Lin Bai to rent a better cave.

Lin Bai was very poor, so he pretended not to understand.

This cave was the cheapest among the Jiang family's properties, and it cost 60 low-grade spirit stones a month.

Several miles south of Xinyifang were all Jiang family properties, with hundreds of such caves.

Although the individual income was not high, it was a long-term interest, and the income was very stable. For a cultivation family, stability is the best.

Although Lin Bai had never seen Zhu's property, he felt that the Jiang family was much stronger than the Zhu family.

As a Jindan family, the Jiang family did not do the dirty thing of marrying into the family, nor did they deliberately win over independent cultivators, they were just businessmen.

Lin Bai was very curious, so he naturally asked the little girl of the Jiang family.

Seeing that she could not persuade Lin Bai to rent a double cave, Jiang Xiaobai became lazy and no longer had any enthusiasm, but she still talked about it briefly.

It turned out that the Jiang family had been producing Jindan for generations, and it had never been broken. Moreover, when Xinyifang was established, the Jiang family also contributed, so they had a stake in Xinyifang and their power was not small.

Her family's cave property was hers in the past, and after being assigned to Xinyifang, it was still under her management.

The Zhu family was just a newly promoted Jindan, and the family power was established less than two hundred years ago, so it was not yet a force.

That's fine, if they could produce a few more Jindan, after two or three hundred years, they might become a force in Qiaoshan.

But a few years ago, the Zhu family's Jindan took the family's foundation-building talents on a long journey, and then the foundation-building was broken outside.

The Zhu family's Jindan was also seriously injured and died a few years later.

Now the Zhu family's highest combat power is gone, and the handsome man who is expected to form a pill is gone, which is equivalent to a generational gap between the top and middle levels, and the strength has been greatly reduced.

If the Zhu family had not had some relationship with the Qiaoshan Sect, the master of Qiaoshan, I'm afraid it would have been annexed and divided long ago.

Lin Bai was very thick-skinned. Seeing that Jiang Xiaobai had lost interest, she pretended not to notice and continued to inquire about other matters of the Jindan family.

Although Jiang Xiaobai was young, she was not stupid. She immediately saw that Lin Bai intended to get something for free.

She quickly stepped out of the cave, and seeing that Lin Bai was still shamelessly following behind her, she immediately greeted a cultivator who was opening the cave.

"Daoyou Yang!" Jiang Xiaobai walked over quickly with a smile on his face, "I heard that your cave is leaking, I'll come to check it out!"

The Qi training casual cultivator surnamed Yang was confused. He looked at his own cave and thought to himself, why didn't I know about the leak?

Lin Bai didn't have the face to ask again, so he closed the door of the cave and concentrated on practicing.

The spiritual energy here is not very strong, but it seems inexhaustible. Unlike in Tianlang Mountain and Shattered Stone Island in the past, it would be exhausted in a month or so.

Lin Bai heard from the little girl that the underground spiritual vein here extends from the mountain of her Jiang family clan. Although the grade has dropped a lot here, it is enough for Qi training cultivators to practice.

Since coming to Qiaoshan from Broken Stone Island, Lin Bai has not had much time to practice quietly. However, because of the stone plate, his realm has not fallen behind.

Now he is at the fourth level of Qi training. Although he is not as good as the little girl of the Jiang family, he has also touched the edge of the fifth level of Qi training.

As long as he calms down, he will be able to break through in a short time.

However, living in the market, in addition to practicing, you must also have a life. If you only go out and don’t come in, it will not be a long-term reason.

Therefore, in addition to practicing quietly every day, Lin Bai took out two hours to go out and stroll around to see if there are any opportunities.

After ten days, Lin Bai found that there are many jobs in Xinyifang to earn spiritual stones.

For example, go out to run a business and earn hard-earned money.

If you think the profit is too little, you can go south into the mountains to pick spiritual herbs and plants, or capture monsters. There are many teams like this in Xinyifang who go into the mountains. There are special people to collect the spoils, and the profits are extremely high.

You can also go north, where the sects are fighting to the death, fighting endlessly all day long, and all kinds of elixirs, talismans, and magic tools are selling at high prices. As long as you buy a batch of goods from Xinyi Square, you will get double the profit there.

Anyway, traveling from south to north is pretty good. The only drawback is that you don’t live a long life.

Of course, there is also a peaceful and stable business, that is, refining elixirs, making talismans, and refining weapons. But most casual cultivators don't know these things, or in other words, they only know the simplest things and can't make a fortune.

Because of this, the poorer they get, the more they will take risks; the richer they get, the less willing they are to leave their comfort zone.

Lin Bai was carrying a stone plate and was a quick learner. He devoted himself to studying talisman making and alchemy, but he had no way to get started.

The shops in Xinyi Square do not accept outsiders, and the capable casual cultivators cherish their skills for fear that their disciples will starve to death.

In the afternoon that day, Lin Bai went out as usual.

"Fellow Taoist Yun, there is a Taoist meeting tonight, do you want to come?" As soon as he left the house, he saw Taoist Yang next door saying with a smile.

"Of course I want to appreciate the style of all Taoist brothers!" Lin Bai bowed.

The so-called Taoist meetings and the like may sound very high-end, but they are actually just a few Qi training gatherings.

Most of the Qi practitioners who live here have a hard time, and few of them have a serious business.

But even so, the casual cultivators are not all desperadoes who kill people and sell goods.

After all, as a monk, his free and easy heart of seeking immortality and Taoism has not yet been fully polished.

In the past ten days, Lin Bai also interacted with the casual cultivators who were practicing here.

People come in all kinds, and so do monks. Some are indifferent, some are enthusiastic, some are polite, some are sneaky, and some have many ways.

The common denominator is poverty.

A few days ago, Lin Bai was invited to a party, which took place in a pavilion in the garden next to the cave.

It was specially built by the Jiang family as a gathering place.

There are as few as three or five monks and as many as a dozen. Mix some spiritual stones to buy a jar of wine, drink slowly, and chat at the party.

Although it is not as beautiful as a wine cup and flowing water, it is interesting in its own way.

Everyone will talk about interesting things in the city or the scenery of other places. They even did some matchmaking to keep each other warm, but it was very loose and the friendship was not deep.

Of course, the most important thing is to ask people with the highest level of cultivation to share their experience in cultivation.

Most casual cultivators have no inheritance, and the purpose of this friendship is to inspire each other. Therefore, regardless of the level of cultivation, as long as there is something to say, you can say a few sentences.

However, no one talks about the work of eating, such as refining alchemy and making talismans.

After saying a few polite words to Fellow Daoist Yang, Lin Bai walked out of the Jiang family's property.

But as soon as he walked out of the door, he saw the little girl from the Jiang family holding a young female cultivator on the street with a smile on her face. I don’t know what she said, but the female cultivator’s face was very red.

Jiang Xiaobai was good at what he did, and he was a member of the Jindan family. Lin Bai didn't want to mess with her, so he just nodded slightly at her and wanted to leave.

"Friend Daoist Yun, please don't leave!" Who would have expected that Jiang Xiaobai actually asked to stay.

"What's going on, fellow Taoist Jiang?" Lin Bai put on a false smile.

"Of course there is something wrong with finding you!" The little girl from the Jiang family pulled the female cultivator to Lin Bai and whispered: "Fellow Taoist Yun, this fellow Taoist also came to rent the cave, but the spirit stone didn't take advantage of him, and he didn't have anything on him. Mortgage. See if you can lend a hand."

I'm not done yet!

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, I can't even open the pot." Lin Bai laughed in anger.

"You are used to crying when you are poor." Jiang Xiaobai didn't believe it at all, and then said with a smile: "Then I won't embarrass you. What are you doing now? I see you go out every day, and I don't bring you back a companion, so I came here I’m asking you, thinking of introducing one to you.”

"I'm looking for a way to earn spiritual stones." Lin Bai said honestly, and then said casually: "Fellow Taoist Jiang, if you have any ideas, please help me pay attention."

"Making a living?" The little girl from the Jiang family became interested and asked, "Aren't there ways to earn spiritual stones whether traveling south or north?"

"Little friend Jiang, how many lives do you think I have?" Lin Bai spread his hands, "I just want to learn some skills such as alchemy and talisman painting, so as not to starve to death in the future."

"That's it." The little girl from the Jiang family nodded thoughtfully, patted her chest confidently, and made a promise, "Just wait, I'll go and ask."

Seeing her solemnity, Lin Bai said to himself that he didn't expect that although this girl was not good at what she did, she was actually a loyal person.

"Thank you so much, little friend Jiang!" Lin Bai bowed.

"It's easy to talk about." Jiang Xiaobai nodded nonchalantly. After Lin Bai walked away, she looked at the female cultivator again and said, "You see? As long as you live in my Jiang family's property, I will really help you if you have any help!" "

Lin Bai took a walk outside and found nothing.

But he didn't go home directly. Instead, he lingered at a roadside stall for a long time, hoping to pick up the missing items.

During the Taoist meeting two days ago, Lin Bai heard from a casual cultivator that there was a casual cultivator in the Nantian Region who picked up a ring in the market and got a ring. It turned out that there was a remnant soul of the transformed god inside. The remnant soul taught the casual cultivator all the way, and finally the casual cultivator easily attained the Tao Nascent Soul.

Lin Bai visited several stalls, but in the end he had little experience and ultimately gained nothing.

"External objects can only be supplementary, and your own cultivation realm is the most important."

Lin Bai made up his mind, prepared some water and dry food, went back and participated in the Taoist meeting casually, then retreated and stopped going out for wandering.