The best demon master

Chapter 75 Hiring People
Gu Xiaopu admired himself more than once. He could think of exchanging the Shenjing production method with Yedou for something so profitable. To a certain extent, money is also a part of strength. After all, where does cultivation not require money?

Money is needed to buy exercises, money is needed to buy weapons, money is needed to buy armor, and money is still needed to buy elixir!
This is still the most common. If you meet a practitioner like Xiaoli who is about to break through to the psychic mirror, and you have to find a way to buy some natural materials and earthly treasures that can increase the success rate, the price will be even higher. Not ordinary people can afford it, but if you don’t buy it, you will spend more money to recuperate your body after failure, and prepare for the next sprint!

Another example is her own, who obviously has the top-level strange fire and cultivation talent, but compared with many students in the academy, she can only be regarded as an upper-middle class. Isn't it because she has no money to buy from Yunhao that is suitable for the Yaozu strange fire? Elixir!
This is also her motivation and original intention to make money, who made those pills so expensive, so expensive that Gu Xiaopu suspected that Yun Hao had raised the price on purpose!
It is impossible for her to take care of the counter at the Baili Chamber of Commerce in person, so before that, she has to hire a trustworthy person.

And the later processing of Shenjing also requires some handy craftsmen to help, but those people don't need to know what they are processing.

Gu Xiaopu thought for a moment, and he really couldn't think of anyone around him who he could trust and who also had a lot of free time.

In the end, Gu Xiaopu still planned to go to the free slave market.

There, slave owners have their own set of methods to control slaves, at least to ensure that basic slaves will not easily betray.

Although Gu Xiaopu was a little dismissive of this statement before, thinking that most of it was a lie deliberately made up by slave owners in order to make their slaves sell better, but now she has no other better choice. When you try your luck, see if you can really buy an obedient little slave.

The slave market is located in the fourth district, and it is surrounded by civilians. Compared with the bustling area of ​​the imperial capital, it does not seem like a place.

Gu Xiaopu rented a wildebeest carriage and came to the fourth district.Because there are too many residents here and the streets are too crowded, wildebeest carriages cannot pass smoothly, so Gu Xiaopu got out of the carriage and prepared to walk there.

In fact, compared with other cities, the fourth district is already much better. As for why there is such a sharp contrast with the prosperous area of ​​the imperial capital, it can only be said that those nobles living in the prosperous area are too extravagant and willing to enjoy themselves. There are many places for people to entertain themselves.In order to catch the attention of those wealthy people, great efforts have been put into the packaging. Whether it is the appearance of the store or the internal facilities, they are definitely the most luxurious!
But despite this, the residents of the fourth district still desperately want to live in the most prosperous areas of the imperial capital. It seems that as long as they are branded with the logo of the residents of the fourth district, they will not be able to lift their heads when they go out.

This is the psychology caused by the obvious class status gap in the imperial capital. Getting rid of the status of a commoner has become the goal of many people's lifelong struggle.

Coming to the gate of the slave market, Gu Xiaopu found that the people who came in and out here were basically rich people in gorgeous clothes, most likely they were from other areas, not locals from the fourth district.

For the residents of the fourth district, he actually hates this kind of industry. They can't afford slaves, and even if they are not careful, they have to become slaves. How can they like it?
Gu Xiaopu walked into the slave market, and found that it was empty and there were almost no buildings. Where many people gathered, there was a booth that looked like an exhibition stand. There are naked slaves, men, women and children, and some beautiful female slaves will even dress up carefully for guests to choose from, but they are only a small number.

The further he walked in, the more disappointed Gu Xiaopu felt.

These slaves must be trained to be obedient and obedient before they can be put on the booth, but each one has lost their spirituality and looks stupid. How can they be qualified to take care of the counter for her?
Just when she was about to leave and think of another way, her eyes were suddenly attracted by a booth with a large number of onlookers.

Standing on the stand was a row of young slaves with chains around their necks, but they all looked rebellious, even extremely vicious.What interested Gu Xiaopu the most was that there was a slight fluctuation of spiritual power coming from them, obviously they were all cultivated.

"These are a few practitioners that we have worked so hard to get. Their cultivation bases are all around the fifth floor of the Qi Gathering Realm. It is absolutely suitable to stay by our side as a follower, a thug or something. Already." The slave owner on the stage introduced with high spirits.

"They are all practitioners. Wouldn't it be dangerous for someone like me who has no cultivation to bring them with me?" someone asked from the audience.

"Haha, please don't worry, my son. Since I dare to sell them, I will naturally have a way to control them. I have fed them a chronic poison for a long time, and they will attack every few days. If you don't take the antidote, It will be painful. The most important thing is that this antidote to alleviate the pain caused by their poisonous hair is very simple to make and the materials are not expensive. When you buy these slaves, I will put the antidote together with The antidote formula for relieving pain is also given to you." The slave owner rubbed his palms and laughed.

After hearing this, Gu Xiaopu shook his head.

Each of these slaves looked ferocious, maybe they weren't afraid of death at all, if they bought them and kept them by their side, they might be bitten back, and they don't know what's going on!
"Is there no other control method?"

Gu Xiaopu is not the only one who thinks this kind of control method is unsafe. Most of those who want to buy this kind of slaves to keep with them are ordinary people without cultivation. If they can't control it well, it is not impossible to be killed by slaves .

The slave owner was stunned for a moment, and then said in distress: "There are other ways, that is to sign a master-servant contract, but the premise is that you have enough mental power to be able to control him!"

Ordinary people who can't cultivate, their spiritual power is not much stronger, but how can those who have cultivation base waste their mental power to contract a slave?After all, the number of contracts is limited, and many practitioners still want to contract a powerful beast as their helper.

After all, the ferocious beast is very talented, as long as it is given enough spirit pills, there will be almost no bottleneck in advancing, and it can also be absorbed into the spirit beast space.

But what is it to contract a human being?Sleep and eat with him by your side?Otherwise, how can you be there when you encounter danger?

In this world, apart from the Holy Emperor, there are not many practitioners who would do such a thing!
The contractor of the Holy Emperor is a strong man who has guarded the imperial family for generations.

Every time the Holy Emperor dies, the contractor will be handed over to the next Holy Emperor.

Other than that, I haven't heard of anyone whose contractor is human.

However, after listening to the words of the slave owner, Gu Xiaopu felt his eyes light up.

With her current spiritual power, it is no problem to contract three or four spirit beasts, not to mention that her spiritual power has been growing, and the number of contracts will continue to increase. A helper who plays tricks, even if a contract quota is wasted, so what?Anyway, it's impossible for her to contract so many spirit beasts, and she can hardly support a meat dumpling.

"What's the price of these slaves!" Gu Xiaopu asked.

When someone asked about the price, the slave owner immediately replied enthusiastically: "Only sell [-] gold coins, which is already a very favorable price!"

Gu Xiaopu rubbed his chin, glanced at the slaves on the stage, and suddenly pointed to the young slave on the farthest side, saying: "I want him!"

These slaves were all practitioners, and when they were reduced to such a fate, each of them was naturally very resentful in their hearts, and their expressions were very hideous.

Only the young man on the far side stood there like a javelin with a calm expression and his hands behind his back.

Even if he was reduced to a slave, his expression did not show the slightest sense of defeat.

"What's your name?" Gu Xiaopu threw the iron chain handed over to her by the slave owner to the ground, looked up at the man and asked.

The man glanced at the iron chain on the ground, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face, "Aren't you afraid that I will run away?"

"You can't escape, because I want to sign a master-servant contract with you!" Gu Xiaopu smiled with the corners of his mouth curled up.

The man was slightly taken aback, then chuckled and said, "Then I'm really honored, you are willing to bet a contract quota on a slave, I believe no one in the entire imperial capital has the guts to do so!"

"What I need is absolute loyalty, so I think the contract is very necessary. As for the number of contract quotas, you don't have to worry about it. You just need to be clear that doing the things I entrusted to you is definitely only beneficial There is no harm. I can give you a certain degree of freedom, and it is not impossible to even provide you with cultivation resources. I believe that compared with those nobles who take pleasure in torturing people, I should be regarded as a mild-tempered person. I don't like to waste my energy on my own people, it depends on whether you can become my own people, not my enemy!"

"You are an interesting host. From this point of view, the days to come won't be so boring?" the man laughed.

Gu Xiaopu gave him a strange look, "From the time I was on the stage just now, I noticed that you don't seem to resist your current situation?"

The man spread his hands, "If you want to say that I don't resist, it's better to say that I am adaptable. I have nothing to worry about in this world, and it doesn't matter where I go. Although I am disgusted by being a slave, but since I can meet you who are so reasonable Master, what else am I not satisfied with?"

Gu Xiaopu twitched the corners of her mouth, should she say that she is lucky?To actually buy a guy who is so resigned to his fate, she had prepared a lot of rhetoric, but now it is useless at all...

After talking, Gu Xiaopu found out that the man's name was Shen Zhengliu. He was 23 years old this year. With the money he saved from working for seven or eight years, he bought a wisp of first-grade strange fire and reached the fifth level of Qi Gathering Realm within three years.

In fact, with his cultivation talent, he was even comparable to Ding Hongni who was born with a third-grade strange fire in his body, but unfortunately the level of the strange fire he absorbed was too low, and his cultivation was slow to improve, so there was no way around it.

Shen Zhengliu doesn't have any special background, as he said, he has nothing to worry about now.As for his parents, he couldn't even remember what they looked like.When he was very young, he was sold by his parents to work as a handyman in a rich man's mansion. He got into trouble a few times on the way, or he was not liked by his master, so he was sold several times. He escaped when he was ten years old, and then he has been doing odd jobs in restaurants for a living, but he can't remember how many restaurants he changed.

This may be why he was caught by the slave owner and put on the booth like a commodity, but he can still look like a person who has nothing to do.After all, he had experienced such a thing more than once or twice when he was still young.

The contract talisman array of the master-servant contract is not a rare thing, Gu Xiaopu bought it at a random shop for a small amount of money.

Then as long as he integrates his spiritual power to draw out the contract talisman array, and then blends it into Shen Zhengliu's eyebrows, he will never betray Gu Xiaopu forever. As long as he has the thought of betrayal, he will be backlashed. There is absolutely no such pain. People are willing to try a second time.

And as long as the master-servant contract is signed, if Gu Xiaopu dies unfortunately, Shen Zhengliu can't avoid it, unless he takes the initiative to contact the master-servant contract before her soul completely dissipates, then he can survive.

Back outside the Imperial College, Gu Xiaopu rented a house for Shen Zhengliu near the Baili Chamber of Commerce, and then gave him a piece of the second-grade energy crystal that was left on his body, and gave him the antidote formula for the poison in his body. He also gave it to him, "This antidote formula should be fine, you find a way to detoxify yourself, and then before tomorrow, find me a few honest and obedient craftsmen, preferably those who can carve. , just open a hundred gold coins a day."

"Second-grade energy crystal?" Shen Zhengliu threw the spar in his hand and sighed: "This is the first time I have seen so much money in my life. Even if I hire a craftsman, I don't need to give me a second-grade energy crystal!"

"I will always use it in the future, so keep it for now!" Gu Xiaopu handed Shen Zhengliu a jade bottle, "These are ten first-grade pills to assist cultivation, if you can do what I ordered well in the future, I will I will give you a bottle every ten days, and even buy you better Qihuo."

Shen Zhengliu was not polite to Gu Xiaopu, and took the elixir generously, "Don't worry, master, I've been an ordinary person longer than a cultivator, so I'm just looking for a few craftsmen, and I'll take care of it. body, you just have to see the result tomorrow.”

Gu Xiaopu nodded, "I hope so!"

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The next day, Gu Xiaopu came to Shen Zhengliu's place early in the morning, and found that there were already eight old or young craftsmen sitting in the front hall.They are all ordinary people without cultivation, and they all look clear-eyed and humble, not like treacherous and cunning people.

Gu Xiaopu looked at it, nodded in satisfaction, and asked Shen Zhengliu to follow him to a room inside, and took out the two hundred divine crystals that he had made before from the Najing.

Looking at a pile of spars that appeared out of thin air on the table, Shen Zhengliu's eyes sparkled, "I said, master, what is your origin? You even have such things as Najing. I always thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect it to be so. There really is such a magical storage tool!"

"Your master, I have no background. Half a year ago, I was still managing Lingzhi Garden for others. I was paid a few gold coins every month. It was even a problem to eat and dress, let alone practice." Gu Xiaopu Touching the ring on his hand, he said with a smile: "As for this nanjing, I snatched it from a rich family after I became a practitioner. Who asked them to provoke me in advance!"

"Amazing!" Shen Zhengliu couldn't help giving Gu Xiaopu a thumbs up.He only started practicing half a year ago, and he actually has the eighth level of Qi Gathering Realm, and he can get a second-grade energy crystal if he just takes it. He can even get a magic storage tool like Najing, which he has only heard of and never seen before. I have to say that his master is really amazing!
I originally thought that being with Gu Xiaopu would not be so boring, but now it seems that it should be very interesting!

Shen Zhengliu shook his head and smiled, then turned his gaze to the pile of spars on the table, "What are these things? You asked me to find so many craftsmen, it must be for these things!"

"Yes, these things are called Fujing. From now on, your job will be to help me sell Fujing. I set up a counter in the Baili Chamber of Commerce. After those craftsmen process all the Fujing here into this shape, you can sell them to me." These talisman crystals were sold at the counter of the Baili Chamber of Commerce. If they sell well, I can get you a wisp of third-grade strange fire as soon as possible. If they don’t sell well, then I have to consider whether I should reduce the number of pills for you. It’s gone.” Gu Xiaopu took out the dozen or so processed crystals individually, and put the key given to her by Guanshi Jia on the table, “The styles of these crystals are just my own. If those craftsmen still have Better ideas can also be given free rein, the only requirement is not to destroy the thread-like things inside, otherwise it will be a big loss!"

Shen Zhengliu firmly remembered every word Gu Xiaopu said, but there was one thing that he always cared about, "Master, the Baili Chamber of Commerce you are talking about is the largest Baili Chamber of Commerce in the empire, right?"

"That's right!" Gu Xiaopu glanced at Shen Zhengliu inexplicably, "Aside from this Baili Chamber of Commerce, are there other Baili Chamber of Commerce?"

Shen Zhengliu choked up for a moment, speechless.

After Gu Xiaopu left, Shen Zhengliu deliberately checked every kind of talisman on the table, knowing the function of these talismans, the shock in his heart was indescribable.These small spars are all engraved with different talisman arrays, and the silk threads that Gu Xiaopu said before can not be broken are actually the lines of the talisman arrays!

Shen Zhengliu held a talisman, thought hard for a long time, but couldn't sort out the clues, "How did you do it?"

(End of this chapter)