Lonely Immortal

After some understanding, Zhang Zhiwen realized that the "Sutra of Immortality" in his hand did have some background.

According to the old man, the Chamber of Commerce spent a lot of money to buy this book. It is said that this book was also very famous in the world.

The reason why it is famous is because there were rumors that this book was a heavenly book for the cultivation of gods. After practicing it, you can live forever, fly to the sky and escape from the earth like the gods, and be omnipotent.

But rumors are just rumors after all, and the Chamber of Commerce is not a fool, so how could it believe such a thing?

But things are not that simple. After the news came out, a bloody storm broke out in the world. Even in order to snatch the book, a group of mysterious people actually wiped out the original owner of the book and his entire family.

This family was originally a very mysterious family. Very few people in the world had heard of it. It seemed to be called the Wen family.

The Wen family was also very prosperous at that time. Therefore, the Wen family was wiped out, which was extremely implicated. Tens of thousands of people were killed in the entire Yuan Kingdom.

For a time, various theories about this book were naturally quite popular, but this was nothing. The strangest thing was that one day, suddenly, this book reappeared and appeared in a large-scale exhibition hall in Shangjing, Yuan Kingdom. At the auction.

For a time, all the major gangs rushed to Beijing. Everyone wanted to see what magic this book had. In the auction, the Qingjian Gang, the largest gang in the Yuan Kingdom, finally won the book.

After the Green Sword Gang seized the book, they put a lot of effort into researching it, and even did not hesitate to let the most elite disciples in the gang practice the book.

Unfortunately, after 20 or 30 years, not only has the cultivation been fruitless, but also a large number of the most elite disciples in the gang have become useless. Since then, the entire Green Sword Gang has collapsed because of a book and has become a second-rate gang.

Therefore, this book has been circulated again, but few people are interested in it. Everyone feels that this book is definitely not a peerless skill, let alone an immortal treasure. The reason why it was widely circulated back then was just a I'm afraid no one has ever seen the so-called Wen Shi's gimmick, it's just a scam.

At this point, almost no one cares about this book, but after all, this book has a strong legendary color. The largest gang in Tangtang Yuan Kingdom was harmed by it, and the price is still quite high, so other gangs also I was too lazy to buy it, and I didn't want to spend the wasted money. Only the Chamber of Commerce had some spare money, and at the same time, I bought it out of curiosity.

After buying it, the president of the Chamber of Commerce also studied the book, and finally confirmed that this book is just a sensationalist. It is said to be a book of longevity, but in fact it is just an ordinary health book.

Since it was such a useless book, the Chamber of Commerce naturally didn't care and shelved it.

In the following years, with some changes in the Chamber of Commerce, this book was circulated and was thrown into the warehouse to collect dust.

After this book came to the warehouse, no one paid attention to it. As long as anyone knew something about this book back then, naturally no one was willing to learn about it.

At this point, Zhang Zhiwen finally knew the ins and outs of this book. It turned out that this book was so terrible.

"If you have no other choice, this book can pass the time. However, the old man advises you to earn more money, and then go to the library to buy a decent secret book, even the lowest martial arts secret book. It’s much better than this, and it’s not very expensive, twenty silver is enough.”

The old man swept the floor, shook his head, and said to himself, "Oh, don't be like this old man. I have no chance in this life..."

Looking at his retreating back, Zhang Zhiwen didn't know what to say.

But he was sure that there were no other decent books in the warehouse, so this Book of Immortality was just fine. It was better than nothing to pass the time or learn some knowledge about herbal medicine.

Thinking of this, he left the warehouse.

Since he had no money, he had no choice but to find ways to make money. Zhang Zhiwen went to the Chamber of Commerce's Affairs Hall, which is where the Chamber of Commerce issues various tasks.

This office hall is a relatively separate house with two entrances, and is also guarded by men in gray.

The front yard is the Foreign Affairs Hall. The so-called Foreign Affairs Hall is the place where low-level disciples come to receive tasks. For example, alchemy apprentices like Zhang Zhiwen, and restaurant guard apprentices, etc., basically come here to receive tasks.

In the backyard is the Internal Affairs Hall, which is where high-level disciples receive tasks. Only those with a level above the alchemist are eligible to enter.

The disciples of the Chamber of Commerce are actually quite mixed, including those from medicine halls, restaurants, banks, etc., but they are generally divided into apprentices, scholars (craftsmen), teachers, masters, etc. Apprentices are peripheral. Disciples can only be considered the true core disciples of the Chamber of Commerce if they are promoted to scholar or above.

For example, in Yinzhuang, all the clerks and shopkeepers are ordinary people, and they are also handymen of the Chamber of Commerce. They are not considered formal disciples of the Chamber of Commerce at all. Only when they start as guard apprentices can they be considered formal disciples, and the guards in the future are the core members.

Gangs and gangs are all about force. Whoever has a bigger fist can gain a firm foothold.

Those clerks and shopkeepers can just recruit ordinary people to do things, but they are not as good as formal disciples who have practiced martial arts for many years.

The same is true for the medicine hall, but it is more special and requires disciples with medicine refining skills to maintain its operation. Therefore, the medicine refining master is second only to the guards in gray. The big man with the sword is also the guard apprentice, and his status is naturally inferior to Zhang Zhiwen. Such an alchemy apprentice.

After the guards at the Foreign Affairs Hall verified Zhang Zhiwen's token, they let him in.

When we arrived at the Foreign Affairs Hall, there was a person on duty. This person was just a handyman, responsible for registering and making books. However, when he saw Zhang Zhiwen dressed in linen, he was not polite at all and did not even look at Zhang Zhiwen.

"You have to take the mission and see it yourself."

He threw a booklet casually in front of Zhang Zhiwen, and then read the book in his hand.

Zhang Zhiwen didn't take it seriously either. He knew that those who could work here would probably have some connections. Such people had no status in themselves, but they had connections behind them. They would definitely look down on a poor apprentice like him who was covered in sackcloth.

He took the booklet and opened it to look at it.

There are various tasks written line by line on it, and the remuneration is written after the tasks, which is very clear and clear.

For example, in the first line of tasks, the Chamber of Commerce requires disciples to pick the rhizomes of a black fig, which is located by the dark stream south of Qishan Mountain. The task period is ten days and the reward is a silver leaf.

Zhang Zhiwen knows this fig.

But he had never seen or heard that there were black figs. As for Qishan, Zhang Zhiwen knew that the place was quite remote, more than 300 miles away from Wuping County, and that the place was miasma-ridden and poisonous insects were rampant. That kind of place is not accessible to ordinary people.

Zhang Zhiwen asked himself that he couldn't accomplish this task with his current ability. Not to mention that this place was remote and dangerous, there were probably many bandits along the way, and he was afraid that the bandits would kill him before he reached that place.

But for such a difficult task, the reward is only one silver leaf. Isn't this reward too low?

Thinking back on it, the Chamber of Commerce stipulates that apprentices must pay twenty silver leaves every month, ten to the Chamber of Commerce and ten to the master. Can it still be completed?

If there is no way to complete it, the Chamber of Commerce will definitely turn its back and be ruthless. The punishment will range from punishment to skinning and bone removal, and there will be no burial place.

The conditions offered by the Chamber of Commerce are no joke, and the Wuping Chamber of Commerce can now become the third largest gang in Wuping Prefecture, which is definitely not a matter of good men and women.

As long as it is soft-hearted, it may have been annexed by other gangs long ago. In these troubled times, it is still thriving, naturally relying on thunderous methods and ruthless style. Who is Zhang Zhiwen, just a mere apprentice? And he was born a poor beggar, with no money, no connections, and no background. Killing him was no different than squeezing an ant to death.

Furthermore, most gangs are like this. You have made an alliance with your blood and sworn allegiance. If you dare to rebel against the gang, you will definitely die, and you must unconditionally obey the gang rules, otherwise it will be no different from rebelling.

Then, Zhang Zhiwen must pay the monthly membership fee, and it can only be more but not less. If it is more, he can hope to be promoted, if it is less, then he will die.

This is just the membership fee, and monthly assessments are bound to be indispensable, which means that not only must you make money, but you must also learn the skills of refining medicine, otherwise the chamber of commerce will not support idlers and waste.

But at the moment Zhang Zhiwen had nothing, the only thing he could do was to complete the task.

This first task must be difficult to complete, and he could only look down.

But the mission becomes more difficult as you go further back, further away from Wuping County, but some of them are also in Qishan. It seems that Qishan, a place with heavy miasma and moisture, is a good place for the growth of some strange herbs.

In addition to Qishan Mountain, there are several places that are about the same distance, about two to three hundred miles away. However, they are all dangerous places, either on cliffs or deep pools and depressions. They are either inaccessible to people or are frequented by ferocious beasts.

Zhang Zhiwen counted and concluded that if all these tasks were completed in total, he would be able to collect twenty silver leaves, and even a few more.

It seems that the medicine hall has planned it, and a trip back and forth once a month seems to be almost just right.

But if you only save a few silver leaves every month, how long will it take to afford those secret books in the library?

But that's all. The most important thing is that Zhang Zhiwen barely recognizes what the herbs required for the mission look like. He knows almost nothing about herbs.

It seems that there is no way to complete the task now. The only thing he can use is the Book of Immortality he just got, which seems to contain some knowledge of herbal medicine.

It seems that I can only go back and study first, and then I can come back to take on some tasks.

Zhang Zhiwen closed the task book, handed it back, then turned and left.

Seeing that he had not received the task, the registration clerk chuckled: "What a bullshit official disciple, not even a hair above me. I don't know how the Chamber of Commerce accepted such a person. I'm afraid he will die outside in a few days." Well, eat as much as you can these days, otherwise you won’t have to eat in the future..."

Zhang Zhiwen didn't look back, he just walked forward silently.

He knew that it was indeed difficult for him at the moment. He was incomparable to those children of country squires and children from rich families. Others did not need to complete tasks to earn money, let alone worry about not having money to pay membership fees every month. When they came here, they just focused on learning martial arts. He concentrates on refining medicine, but he is not good at it, so he has to rely on himself for everything.