I just want to torture you to death, don't force me to beat you to death

Chapter 95 The poor can only work hard to survive
The inner city of Wenjin City is divided into four areas with Wenjin Peak as the center.

Four districts, east, west, north, south.

The area where Chu Ning is located belongs to the East District.

Along the way, many monks saw Chu Ning and hurriedly passed by with respectful expressions on their faces.

It took almost three hours before Chu Ning arrived at the central area of ​​the East District.

The streets of Fangshi are bustling with activity.

Casual cultivators will choose to live in the inner city of Wenjin City. In addition to the richer spiritual energy than outside, there is another point: this city.

By relying on Wen Jinzong, the safety of Inner City will be guaranteed.

No one dares to kill people and rob goods in Fangshi, unless they can withstand the pursuit of the powerful Jindan sect.

Chu Ning walked around and learned a lot.

The biggest thing is that I know some market conditions in the outside world, have some understanding of prices, and have a judgment about my current net worth.

His current net worth should be considered relatively poor among those in the late stage of Qi Condensation. He even saw many monks in the middle stage of Qi Condensation along the way, and they all produced more spiritual stones than him.

Is it because the monks in the area where this city is located are richer than the area where the ancestors of the Liang family stayed?
Or is it that the living standards of the monks have improved over the past few hundred years?

Chu Ning entered a pill shop.

What attracted him most in the entire inner city was the elixir.

"Welcome senior, I wonder what elixirs senior needs."

A beautiful female cultivator in the early stage of Qi Condensation came forward with a delicate smile. In the eyes of this female cultivator, the senior in the late stage of Qi Condensation in front of her should be a rich person.

The reason for this judgment is that generally, monks spend all their spiritual stones on cultivation in the early stage and will not buy beauty pills and the like.

Only those monks with good family backgrounds will spend money on this in the early stage. Such monks are generally generous.

"Tell me about your elixir."

Although there was no money in his pocket, Chu Ning showed no timidity on his face and allowed the female cultivator to introduce the elixirs in this elixir shop.

"Senior, this is the Qi Condensation Pill, a bottle of ten spirit stones."

"This is Yuan Ning Dan, a bottle of fifty spirit stones."

……

The female cultivator introduced them all the way, and Chu Ning asked a few questions from time to time, and soon she understood almost all the elixirs in the Qi Condensation Realm.

The most useful thing is this Yuan Ning Dan, one pill is worth the spiritual energy contained in three low-grade spiritual stones.

There are ten pills in a bottle of Ning Yuan Dan.

In conversion, it seems to be more expensive than spirit stones, but in fact it cannot be calculated like this.

First of all, the spiritual energy of the low-grade spiritual stone itself has impurities, which must be refined and purified after absorption. Secondly, part of the spiritual energy will be wasted during absorption.

But this is not the biggest benefit of the elixir. The biggest benefit of the elixir is that it can be refined directly after swallowing, which saves time.

It may take twice as long for a monk of the same realm to absorb and refine 30 Yuan Spirit Stones as it does to absorb a bottle of Yuan Condensing Pill.

Chu Ning looked over and nodded from time to time but had no inclination to buy it. This made the female cultivator look puzzled. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Senior, can you tell me what elixir you want to buy?"

"Do you have the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

The female cultivator's expression became strange. This senior must have deliberately come to tease her.

How could such a good thing as the Foundation Establishment Pill appear here, but thinking that the other party was a strong man in the late stage of Qi Condensation, he had to explain: "Senior, the Foundation Establishment Pill needs to be reserved in advance."

After a cup of tea, Chu Ning walked out of the treasure medicine pavilion in the eyes of the female cultivator with some resentment.

Although he knew that as long as he gave her a little tip, the female nun would immediately smile. But who are you kidding? He himself is a poor man now, but he has no habit of pretending to be fat.

If you are poor, you can live alone, but if you are rich, you can help poor female cultivators.

Then Chu Ning went into several stores. With his advanced Qi Condensation skills, he got careful introductions from the clerks, but he still didn't spend any spiritual stones.

"It seems like you have to make money, and the Foundation Establishment Pill is not that easy to get."

To be honest, after learning about the situation of the Foundation Establishment Pill, Chu Ning had basically given up.

Several of these elixir shops sell Foundation Establishment Pills, but there are many requirements. First, they have to book in advance and pay thousands of spirit stones. Secondly, they have to provide some medicinal materials for the Foundation Establishment Pills themselves, which is also a big expense.

The most pitiful thing is that it may not be possible to refine it successfully.

When refining alchemy, there is always the possibility of failure.

Of course, you can find a high-level alchemist, but the cost will be doubled.

Compared to the foundation-building pills, Chu Ning was surprised by some of the spells sold in the spell pavilion. As a late-stage Qi Condensation powerhouse, what Chu Ning lacked now was spells.

Earning some spiritual stones and buying some magic spells is the way to go.

After walking around this time, Chu Ning had a good understanding of the situation in the monk circle.

There are roughly three ways for monks to earn spiritual stones. One is to hunt monsters or go to those deep mountains to collect medicinal materials. This is also the path chosen by most monks.

The second one is alchemy. Alchemy is very popular, but it is said that this profession is very particular about talent. The most important thing is that alchemists are very strict in accepting apprentices. People who have no way out may not accept them.

The third method is weapon refining. The magic weapons used by Qi Condensation monks are all forged by weapon refiners. This path is as profitable as alchemy, but the initial investment cost is also very high.

Refining alchemy and refining weapons both require a lot of time and resources.

Behind the alchemists and weapon refiners are some big forces, which are created by spending resources.

"If I don't know how to make elixirs or weapons, it's impossible to kill monsters. From this point of view, I'm just a monk who can't make money."

Coming to this conclusion, Chu Ning felt helpless.

He doesn't like beating and killing.

Harmony and cultivation of immortality is the way to go.

While walking and thinking, Chu Ning suddenly stopped.

"Senior Chu."

Su Qing stood in front of the store. In fact, she had seen Chu Ning a long time ago, but she didn't say hello. But at this moment, Chu Ning looked over and had to speak.

A strong person in the late stage of Qi Condensation chose to live among them, who were in the early stage of Qi Condensation. This made her more wary of Senior Chu, and she tried her best to avoid contact with him if possible.

"Su Qing, right? What are you doing?"

"Senior, I work as a clerk in this store."

Chu Ning was not surprised. In the shops he entered before, all the people who received him were female cultivators.

"Happy Pavilion?"

After looking at the name of the store, Chu Ning had a strange expression. Although Su Qing didn't want to deal too much with the senior Chu in front of her, she knew from the look in his eyes that he must have misunderstood her.

"Senior Chu, our store is not what you thought?"

After Su Qing's introduction, Chu Ning finally knew why the store was named this way.

happy.

Spend your life in exchange for money to be happy.

To be honest, he didn't expect this monk to be able to play like this.

Strip off your lifespan, store it on the longevity ball, sell it to those who need it, and then sell it.

Isn't this just a replica of selling sperm and blood?

To be honest, Chu Ning was a little moved.

"Then the person who buys it can get all the life span?"

"Ten is less than one."

Su Qing shook her head. One year of life span given to the absorber would only increase the life span by about one month. "In addition, this method of increasing lifespan has an upper limit. Each person can absorb it up to three times, and ordinary people's lifespan cannot be used. It must be from a Qi Condensation monk."

"The higher the level of monks, the more lifespan they can absorb. If it is in the early stage of Qi Condensation, even decades of lifespan may be able to increase the lifespan by one or two years. In addition, this lifespan absorption Stone is of no use to a foundation-building monk.”

"In addition, there are restrictions on selling longevity stones. If you still have a hundred years of longevity, you can sell it for a maximum of 30 years. No more longevity stones will be absorbed."

"So it is."

Chu Ning also felt that there must be restrictions, otherwise some powerful people would force those with low power to strip away Shou Yuan, and the world would be in chaos.

With these restrictions, there won't be many strong people interested in using this life-sucking stone.

First, the lifespan stored in the lifespan ball is less than one tenth that the absorber can obtain. Even if a lifespan ball is filled for 30 years, it can extend the life by three to five years.

There are only three times in a life, and at most it only adds ten years to your life.

It is not that there are no heavenly materials or earthly treasures that increase longevity in the world of immortality, but such heavenly materials and earthly treasures may not be found in time when really needed. In comparison, buying longevity stones is more stable.

The prices of the two are almost the same when converted, but it only leaves a way out for some monks who urgently need to live for a few more years and can't find such natural and earthly treasures at the moment.

"Senior Chu, at your age, you are not yet ready to buy this longevity ball." Su Qing flattered him.

Although many of the Qi Ning latter's strong men appear very young due to the Zhuyan Dan, some clues can still be seen in their behavior.

This senior Chu doesn't look very old, and his real age should not be more than 60 years old. He is considered young among the casual cultivators in the late stage of Qi Condensation.

"I plan to sell it for two years, oh no, one year."

As soon as Chu Ning said these words, Su Qing opened her mouth slightly, selling her life?

In her shop, only those poor middle-stage Qi Condensation monks usually come to sell their lifespans, and there are almost no late-stage Qi Condensation monks.

In the later stage of Qi Condensation, who would not seize the time to break through the foundation building? Lifespan is extremely precious.

"Senior Chu, are you sure?"

"Why, can't you sell this later stage of Qi Condensation?"

"Yes, of course I can. Senior Chu, please come with me." Su Qing quickly invited Chu Ning into the store, and she suddenly understood.

This senior Chu lived in their area, not for any purpose, but probably because he was short of money.

"Senior Chu, please wait a moment. I will inform our shopkeeper. Please drink tea first."

After Su Qing handed Chu Ning a cup of fragrant tea, she hurried inside.

After a while, a middle-aged monk who was in the middle stage of Qi Condensation came out of the backyard. When he saw Chu Ning, his expression was shocked. He was really a strong man in the late stage of Qi Condensation.

This is a big deal.

This kind of longevity ball is only effective below the foundation level. Those who pursue longevity below the foundation level are all strong men in the late stage of Qi Condensation. They don't think much of the longevity of mid-stage Qi Condensation monks.

But it's different if it's the life essence of a late-stage Qi Condensation monk, who will definitely rush to get it.

"Senior Chu, are you sure you are here to sell life essence?"

"I have this idea, but I have to know how much a year's life can be sold for. If the price is low, then give up."

Chu Ning said calmly, without any coyness or embarrassment. In his previous life, when he was short of funds for business, he mortgaged his car and borrowed money without caring about other people's opinions, let alone selling it for a living.

"Five hundred spirit stones!"

Luo Ji thought for a moment and quoted the price.

This price is not low. The ten years of life of a normal mid-stage Qi Condensation monk is only worth five hundred spirit stones.

However, after being in this business for a long time, Luo Ji also developed his skills.

As long as you step into their store, there will be a second time. Selling Shouyuan will become addictive.

This senior Chu should have a lot of longevity, and he will earn a lot of money if he keeps going. The most important thing is to let this senior Chu have this first time.

"can."

Chu Ning had just asked Su Qing about the market price at the door. The price offered by the shopkeeper was quite fair, and he could see through the shopkeeper's thoughts at a glance.

Don’t you just want to sell it later?

If he could, he would really like to continue selling, but unfortunately he couldn't. Selling too much would easily arouse others' suspicion.

"Senior, please follow me."

Luo Ji took Chu Ning into a room in the backyard, then opened a box on a shelf in the house and took out a fist-sized transparent ball that looked similar to glass.

"This is a life-absorbing ball. It can store a year's lifespan. The method is very simple. Senior, just hold it with both hands and don't resist the suction. Once the suction disappears, the store is full."

"How much longevity can the absorber get in my year of life?" Chu Ning asked curiously.

"You are in the late stage of Qi Condensation, and the other party can live for three to four months."

After answering a few of Chu Ning's questions, Luo Ji went out.

After Luo Ji went out, Chu Ning did not rush to get the life-absorbing stone on the table. Instead, he carefully looked at the entire house and made sure there was nothing unusual. Then he whispered:

"Old Hei, why don't we give half of our lifespan to you? Let me spend some of the spiritual stones I earn."

"I want to eat shit. Even if I want to, it's useless. Humans and monsters are of different races and cannot share the same life span."

Swish!
Chu Ning grabbed the longevity-sucking stone and pressed it on Black Snake's arm before Black Snake could react. When he found that the longevity-sucking stone really didn't react at all, he took it back in disappointment.

The black snake angrily slapped Chu Ning's arm with its tail, but unfortunately it was blocked by Chu Ning's Spirit Armor Technique.

"Don't be angry. You never tell the truth. I'm just testing it."

After appeasing the black snake, Chu Ning held the longevity stone with both hands and relaxed his mind. Sure enough, there was a suction force coming from his hand.

This suction force did not extract the spiritual energy from his body, but as the life-absorbing stone slowly turned from black to red, a sense of fatigue arose spontaneously.

The next moment, a stream of heat appeared in the Dantian, and the feeling of fatigue disappeared instantly.

The life-absorbing stone also completely turned into blood red.

"Is this done?"

Looking at this blood-red life-absorbing stone, Chu Ning studied it carefully for a while.

If you go so far as to sell your blood and life span, you will be a disgrace to the time travellers.

A quarter of an hour later, Chu Ning walked out of Happy Pavilion with a pale face.

"Chu...Senior Chu."

Chu Ning turned around, looked at Su Qing who was hesitant to speak, and looked at the other party in confusion.

"Don't worry, I will definitely not tell anyone what happened today."

Su Qing also hesitated for a long time, whether to speak or not. As a late-stage Qi Condensation powerhouse, Senior Chu would definitely be laughed at and discussed if it was known that he had come here to sell his life.

Chu Ning was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Thank you."

After speaking, he turned his head and left.

Looking at Chu Ning's somewhat lonely figure, Su Qing also sighed. It is said that life will become easier as you practice, but it also depends on the situation.

Of course, she would not laugh at Senior Chu because of this. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

The spiritual stones that Senior Chu earned from selling one year of his life span were worth her ten years of income.

The path of spiritual practice is indeed too difficult for casual practitioners.

Chu Ning naturally didn't know what Su Qing was feeling at this moment. Now that she has money, she naturally has to spend some money.

A quarter of an hour later, Chu Ning returned to the first store he entered.

Miao Dan Pavilion.

The female cultivator in charge of welcoming guests was stunned for a moment when she saw Chu Ning. Why is this person back again?

(End of this chapter)