I studied abroad in modern times

A simple Ningyuan Pill made Zheng Fa realize his real poverty.

According to the record of Senior Sister Zhang in "Talisman Foundation Building Method", every time a talisman is condensed in the Dantian, drugs need to be taken - and probably because of drug resistance, the number of drugs taken is increasing.

Before the third level of Qi training, one Ningyuan Pill can condense a talisman.

But after condensing three talismans, two Ningyuan Pills are needed.

For the last four talismans, three Ningyuan Pills are needed.

Zheng Fa roughly calculated that it would take three or four hundred spirit stones to practice this foundation building method.

At this price, Zheng Fa doubted how Senior Sister Zhang could practice it before building the foundation.

Oh, she is a real Yuanying disciple, then it's okay.

Stepping out of the Jiuzhuan Pavilion, Zheng Fa walked towards the market at the entrance of the valley - if he wanted to earn spirit stones, the only way he could think of now was to sell talismans.

He was going to do a market survey.

The market is the most lively place in Jiushan Sect.

The not narrow streets are crowded with people.

The shops on both sides are filled with shouts from the shop assistants.

They sell everything.

Spiritual tools, elixirs, magic weapons, spiritual herbs...

There are even some very niche things:

Zheng Fa saw a shop selling puppets. How can I describe the puppets inside? They are very anthropomorphic, very beautiful, and very economical in fabric.

They are not real puppets at first glance.

He walked to the door of a small shop selling elixirs and asked, "Do you have Ningyuan Dan for sale?"

The shop owner looked at Zheng Fa for a long time: "Ningyuan Dan? The one sold for twenty spirit stones in Jiuzhuan Pavilion?"

"Yes."

The shop owner laughed at himself: "The most expensive elixir in my shop is only one spirit stone each. Ningyuan Dan is a rare elixir... I have some for sale. Do you dare to eat it?"

"..."

Indeed, you can't take medicine randomly. You won't save much money, but you may lose your life.

He walked around the market, and the things sold in the shops were indeed not expensive.

The highest unit price was only one or two spirit stones.

Compared with the Ningyuan Pill, which cost twenty spirit stones, it was very cheap.

What surprised Zheng Fa was that there was no shop selling talismans in the market, not even one.

When he reached the end of the market, he saw that the market was not just the rows of houses in front of him - there was also a place similar to a trade market.

Rows of stalls were like blocks next to each other, neatly extending from the market to the river.

The things sold on the stalls were varied.

Broken magic tools.

Spiritual herbs that were unknown whether they were fresh or not.

Books piled up in a mess.

The only thing in common was that they all looked worthless.

Zheng Fa even saw someone selling cakes - the kind of ordinary meat cakes that were available in the mortal world.

He felt like he had walked from a luxury store to an ordinary shopping mall, and then to a wholesale market.

The most common stalls in the market were those selling talismans. At least six out of ten were selling this stuff.

...The business of selling talismans seems to be a bit competitive.

Zheng Fa walked around and found that the stalls selling talismans were obviously less popular than other stalls. There were almost no people - there was even a queue in front of the meat pie stall!

He squatted beside a talisman stall and looked at the talisman papers on the stall.

They were all yellow-grade talismans of ordinary quality, and the types were also very common.

The stall owner was originally lying on a small recliner with nothing to do. Seeing that a customer had finally come, he immediately stood up and asked enthusiastically: "Brother, what do you want?"

"What are the prices?"

"Golden Armor Talisman costs 15 spirit stones."

"Spirit Eye Talisman costs 20 spirit stones."

"Earth Escape Talisman costs 10 spirit stones."

"..."

After listening to his introduction, Zheng Fa calculated that the cost of making a talisman for a skilled talisman master is about 30 spirit stones, and the price of yellow-grade talismans here is about 10 to 20 spirit stones.

Almost half of the profit.

Doesn't seem bad?

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the stall owner thought he thought it was expensive: "Brother, don't think that I, your junior brother, quoted a random price. I also have to rent this stall. For every transaction, I have to pay money to Jiushan Sect..."

"...How much profit do you make from this business?"

Zheng Fa asked.

The stall owner said with a bitter face: "10% profit."

"..."

That is to say, you can only earn one spirit stone by selling more than 300 talismans.

Look at the deserted business on this stall, how long will it take to sell these more than 300 talismans?

"To be honest, if I hadn't rented this stall from my senior brother in a moment of confusion, I would never want to do this business." The stall owner pointed to the stalls selling talismans around him: "There are too many talisman masters in Jiushan Sect!"

Zheng Fa looked around.

He finally understood why there were no shops selling talismans in the market-if the rent was a little higher, they would be squeezed out by these stalls.

The stall owner looked at Zheng Fa, who seemed not to want to buy talismans. He frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Are you also trying to do this business?"

Zheng Fa nodded slightly, feeling a little embarrassed to be noticed.

"A new disciple?"

"Yes."

"...It turns out it's junior brother. Heed his advice, it's better to calm down and practice drawing talismans well - and then get into this muddy water." As soon as the stall owner heard that he was new here, he knew that he didn't have much to gain, and he immediately became lazy. He lay back on the chair and pointed at Zheng Fa: "Every new disciple is poor and wants to set up a stall here - but only a few can sustain it for three months. This business is not something new disciples can get involved in ”

...Is it so difficult to start a business in Jiushan Sect?

"Junior Brother Zheng?"

Before Zheng Fa could speak, a somewhat confused voice came from afar. Zheng Fa looked up and saw that it was Han Qi and the other three.

"Senior Brother Han."

"Junior Brother Zheng, what are you..." Han Qi looked at the talisman and seal stand in front of Zheng Fa, a little confused: "You still need to buy these things?"

The senior brother who set up the stall became a little angry when he heard this.

"What do you mean? I have worked in this city for ten years, and I am well-known... Who doesn't say that I am good at drawing talismans!"

"..." Han Qi glanced at him with a strange look on his face: "Junior Brother Zheng is a good Xuanpin Talisman Master, why do you want to buy these Huangpin Talismans from you?"

"?"

…

"Junior brother Zheng today?"

"I want to earn some spiritual stones." Zheng Fa asked one more question: "Senior brother, do you know the price of Xuanpin Talisman on the market?"

"Xuanpin Talisman?" Han Qi thought for a while and said: "I can't say the price, but it is basically ten times less than the Huangpin Talisman."

Zheng Fa felt slightly relieved.

Zheng Fa was quite worried after seeing the situation in Nafang City just now.

After all, this Jiu Shan Sect Talisman Master looks a bit too curly.

According to the price of this mysterious talisman, if he draws 100 talismans a month, he should still be able to earn more than ten or twenty spiritual stones.

"Junior brother, are you... short of money?" Han Qi hesitated and asked.

"That's what I said..." Zheng Fa glanced at him: "Isn't there a shortage of senior brothers?"

He still remembered how this man tricked new disciples on the ship.

Han Qi seemed to have thought of this as well. He laughed dryly and then seemed a little confused.

A few people walked around the market again, and then walked outside Fangshi. A small building with a closed door attracted Zheng Fa's attention.

The location of this small building is excellent, just at the exit of Fangshi. If you open a store here, you will probably do a good business.

But the door of the small building was ajar, and there were two men guarding the door. Not only did they not mean to welcome guests, they seemed to be preventing anyone from entering accidentally.

"That's the office of the Fangshi steward." Han Qi followed his gaze and seemed to know his doubts: "If there is a dispute in Fangshi, someone will be sent to deal with it. I heard that the Fangshi accountant is in the house. It is a place that ordinary people cannot enter, so you should be careful - Junior Brother Zheng, you may think that you are just a steward, but Fangshi is the foundation of our Nine Mountains Sect."

Zheng Fa nodded, he understood what Han Qi meant.

Now that the Hundred Immortals Alliance has been at peace for a thousand years, business has become extremely developed.

Just by looking at the flow of people in Fang City, you can tell that most of the Jiu Shan Sect's income may come from this.

The position of being a city manager has a certain sense of inferiority and power.

"Senior brother, have you never seen this steward?"

"No." Han Qi said: "But I heard that the manager is often not here and is a hands-off shopkeeper."

When the two of them were walking by the small building, Zheng Fa suddenly heard someone calling him: "Zheng Fa?"

"?"

Zheng Fa looked up, and a window on the second floor opened. Senior Sister Yuan's face emerged from it. She waved to Zheng Fa: "Come up!"

"..." Zheng Fa looked back at Han Qi who was standing aside.

"Senior Sister Yuan?" He asked hesitantly, "Can I enter this place?"

"What can't you do? This place is under my control!" Senior Sister Yuan saw him whining and was a little impatient: "I have something to do with you!"

The two disciples at the door looked at each other, took two steps apart, and motioned for Zheng Fa to enter.

Zheng Fa hesitated and walked into the small building.

Han Qi behind him originally didn't dare to enter, but the two disciples probably thought they were in a group and kept staring at him. When he didn't move, they urged him impatiently: "I want you to come in!"

Han Qi could only follow Zheng Fa into the small building tremblingly.

On the second floor of the small building, there is a study room that seems to be used for official business. There is a large table in it - there are a bunch of account books scattered on the table.

Senior Sister Yuan's eyes were filled with anger as she looked at the account books.

"Senior Sister Yuan?"

Zheng Fa was a little confused as to why she was looking for him, but he saw Senior Sister Yuan suddenly raising her head, her eyes full of resentment.

"?"

"It was you who gave Senior Sister Zhang those questions?" she asked quietly.

"……yes."

Snap!

"That's why she doesn't like my account books! There are so many! I have to do all the calculations!" Senior Sister Yuan slapped her hand on the account books: "She said it was too simple! This! Where! Is! Simple! Simple!" "

"..."

Zheng Fa understood. Because of those questions, Senior Sister Zhang's happiness threshold increased.

So Senior Sister Yuan’s special calculator for laziness is on strike!

The former hands-off shopkeeper, Senior Sister Yuan, could only squat here and calculate.

Senior Sister Yuan stared at Zheng Fa fiercely for a long time, and suddenly looked at Han Qi behind him, as if she had thought of something, and her expression became even more angry.

"Han Qi?"

"Sister?"

Han Qi's face was a little surprised. After all, this city manager was also a big shot in his mind, and he actually recognized him?

"You have a good relationship with Zheng Fa?"

Han Qi rolled his eyes.

Zheng Fa seems to be quite familiar with this senior sister...

That’s worthy of praise!

"The first time I met Junior Brother Zheng, I felt that he was like a dragon or a phoenix among people, and I admired him very much!"

"So Junior Brother Zheng is better than me, right?"

"?"

"Didn't you hear what Zheng Fa called me?" Senior Sister Yuan's eyes became dangerous: "My surname is Yuan."

"Master Yuan...brother?"

Han Qi's body trembled, remembering that he and Zheng Fa were talking and laughing downstairs just now and this person saw him.

Suddenly I felt like I was being caught.

"Zheng Fa, these three people were originally mine! You took them away..."

Han Qi and the other three listened with pale faces.

"Just rob it."

Han Qi and three others: "?"

"But you robbed Senior Sister Zhang... that's a bit too much!"

Senior Sister Yuan looked at Zheng Fa as if she were looking at a mistress who was greedy and was poaching her.