Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 120: Paving the way for the demon pill business

"Fellow Daoist, you really love to joke!" Lin Jiu smiled sarcastically, and his attitude towards Qiu Chuji became a little distant.

After all, he was still rational, so he did not believe Qiu Chuji's words.

To be honest, if Qiu Chuji was now an old grandfather with white hair and beard and an immortal aura, he would really believe it.

Unfortunately, Qiu Chuji looks to be in his early twenties at most, and looks like a child, which is not very convincing.

"Master, why do you care who he is? Just treat him as a rich man and give him a good meal." Wencai said with his mouth full of oil while eating.

Only then did Lin Jiu realize that the several plates of cold dishes and side dishes on the table had been basically eaten up by Wencai.

A chopstick hit Wencai's back of the hand hard. Lin Jiu grabbed the chicken breast that slipped from Wencai's chopsticks and put it into his mouth with satisfaction, devouring it.

Obviously, he also felt that what his apprentice said made sense.

The master and the disciple wielded their chopsticks very quickly and soon the table was in a mess.

Not long after, the hot dishes ordered by Qiu Chuji arrived. There were six dishes and a soup, with fish, meat and seafood. The master and disciple were drooling at the sight, but their stomachs were already almost full and they couldn't stuff much more into them.

Wencai's already ugly face looked even more miserable.

Lin Jiu, on the other hand, secretly took out a piece of talisman paper, placed it under the table and lit it, then stuffed it into the teacup and drank it all in one gulp. After drinking a cup of tea, his stomach, which had been bloated, immediately shrank, and he began to attack the food on the table again.

After eating and drinking, the three returned to the guest room and began to discuss the next plan for hunting the false god.

The most vicious and evil "Master Huo" has been dealt with by Qiu Chuji. That night, some false gods were also killed or injured by Qiu Chuji's thunder. Some timid monsters even took off the outer clothes of the statues at night and fled back to the mountains and forests. They would not dare to come back to steal incense in the short term.

The "chaos among the gods" in Fuzhou City was mostly cleared up by Qiu Chuji.

Even so, there were still some brave ones who continued to stay in the city, but they restrained their forces and no longer came out to harm the people like before.

"I have found out clearly that Mr. Huo is the main troublemaker in Fuzhou City. Besides him, there are also Mr. Luan, Mr. Ding, Ms. Yu, and Mr. Baotian. They have also committed many bad deeds and are still staying in the city, continuing to deceive the people."

"Since you are so powerful, fellow Daoist, let's change our strategy. You will take the lead, and we, master and disciple, will be responsible for supporting you from the side to ensure that everything goes well." Lin Jiu said as he presented the plan.

Qiu Chuji knew that Lin Jiu was planning to use him as a club, but he did not expose it. Instead, he said, "It is enough for him to show his divine power once. The people here still need to save themselves. Otherwise, even if a true god comes to the world, it will only be a temporary solution."

Lin Jiu heard that Qiu Chuji was going to give up, and asked in confusion: "Do you want to retreat while the tide is still blowing?"

This shows Lin Jiu's emotional intelligence. Generally speaking, the word to use at this time is "deserve at the critical moment".

"No! You don't understand me."

"What I mean is, we should get rid of local demons locally. There are also people practicing cultivation in Fujian. Why do we two outsiders need to charge into battle here?" Qiu Chuji asked.

Lin Jiu sighed: "Although there are some local Taoist friends who are doing good things, they are a minority after all. Most of them are probably just following the crowd and becoming corrupt."

"The monsters earn incense and they earn money, and it doesn't interfere with them."

"Profits come first, that's what we should do!"

"But what if I can give them greater benefits?" Qiu Chuji asked.

"Even if you are extremely wealthy, how can you resist your insatiable desires?" Lin Jiu sighed.

Qiu Chuji calmly placed five demon pills on the table. Each one was only the size of a little finger, and seemed much smaller and more delicate than normal demon pills. However, the aura was gentle and pure, not like the turbid and dirty demon pills. Instead, it seemed like a top-quality elixir condensed by a man of virtue.

"I can send the demon pill with mixed aura and difficult-to-eliminate evil roots to a holy place outside the sky to remove the impure aura and turn it into a pure energy crystal. Fellow Daoist Lin might as well take one and try to use the power on it."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jiu did not refuse and immediately picked up one, folded his hands together, placed it on his lower abdomen, and then silently used his magic power to sense it.

After a moment, he opened his eyes in surprise. Given his mentality, he couldn't help but feel quite greedy.

Although the Qi of heaven and earth is abundant in this world, the clear and turbid Qi are mixed. It is easy for those reckless demons and monsters to practice, but for them, the righteous cultivators, there are many more obstacles to practice, so that their cultivation is mediocre. To deal with demons and monsters, they mostly rely on magic tools, talismans, and advance planning.

There are not many people who can face it head-on.

In Lin Jiu's original understanding, there was only his senior brother who had mastered the Lightning Thunder Fist. He always killed demons and monsters directly, rarely using magic tools or talismans. Of course, there is now an unknown "Qiu Chuji".

If the cultivation level of those who practice Taoism can be improved, and then they can use magic tools, talismans, and formations to kill demons and monsters, their efficiency will undoubtedly increase greatly.

"Good stuff, with a peaceful aura, can be directly refined and converted into mana."

"If I had ten or so of these demon pills, I would be able to break through in my cultivation."

Lin Jiu paused while talking, then asked Qiu Chuji tentatively, "Fellow Daoist, do you want to use this purified demon pill to exchange for the unclean demon pill, so as to encourage local Daoists to actively hunt demons?" Qiu Chuji said directly, "Purifying the demon pill will cause loss, so three unclean demon pills can be exchanged for one purified demon pill. Daoist, please help promote it. For every thirty pills traded, you can get one purified demon pill."

"At the same time, I will set standards. I will only accept demon pills with a pollution level of more than 50%. I will not accept demon pills that are relatively clean and not contaminated by the scent of incense. Moreover, if anyone brings them to me for trading, I will give up the qualification to continue trading with him."

Lin Jiu was not the kind of person who would kill any monster he saw without distinguishing between good and evil. When he heard Qiu Chuji set such a limit, his expression became more relaxed.

"I will not refuse such a thing that benefits both myself and others. Forget about the commission. I have suppressed a lot of demon pills in my charity estate. I am just waiting to exchange some good pills from you for my cultivation."

"Daoyou, this action has brought you immeasurable merits... You are worthy of the title of the Nine Heavens Devil Constraining Master!"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Chuji immediately added, "That's right! Now that we've come to this, I'll add one more sentence. Anyone who exchanges demon pills with me, if he helps me promote the belief in 'Nine Heavens Devil Binding Master Ying Yuan' and promotes him as a true god, I'll give him a five-for-two discount. If he doesn't want to promote it, that's fine... just don't stop him, otherwise he won't be eligible for the transaction either."

Lin Jiu looked at Qiu Chuji seriously and said, "Fellow Daoist, you know that there are gods above your head. If you steal the throne without the approval of the Heavenly Court, you will be punished by the Heaven sooner or later."

"My position as a god is innate and was born from chaos. I don't need anyone to confer it on me," said Qiu Chu.

Not to mention that he is actually a congenital demon god, not a fake.

Even if it was fake, Qiu Chuji had seen some of the "truth" of this world before, and was not worried about being in trouble with the Heavenly Court. As for the Underworld...this matter was not under the jurisdiction of the Underworld. If they got involved, it would be considered an overstepping of authority, and the problem would be bigger than Qiu Chuji's.

Seeing Qiu Chuji so determined, Lin Jiu stopped trying to persuade him.

Qiu Chuji gave Lin Jiu the demon pill on the table as a sample, and at the same time took a basic book of talismans from Lin Jiu to practice first.

After he had mastered the sending and receiving of various basic talismans, Lin Jiu would ask the ancestor for advice and lend his own talisman to Qiu Chuji for use.

After Qiu Chuji borrowed Lin Jiu's talisman, he was able to perform talismans. However, in the future, when Qiu Chuji used talismans to exorcise demons and monsters, the merits he gained would naturally go to Lin Jiu as well.

If there were no such benefits, how many Zhengyi Taoist priests would be willing to lend out their ordination certificates?

You know, this act of borrowing a talisman is like someone borrowing money and acting as a guarantor.

Once the person who borrows the talisman commits a crime, such as using the talisman to do something against the will of heaven and harm the people, then the person who receives the talisman will also be held responsible, and they will be guilty of the same crime.

It can be said that Lin Jiu let Qiu Chuji learn basic talismans first because he wanted to observe Qiu Chuji for a while.

As for whether Lin Jiu’s cultivation is a little lacking, would borrowing his talisman be a hindrance?

What a joke, if we only consider one world, Lin Jiu might not be a big deal, but if we consider all the heavens and myriad worlds, this guy is really extraordinary. By borrowing his talisman, Qiu Chuji will not lose out at all.

In a blink of an eye, another half month had passed. With Lin Jiu's introduction, Qiu Chuji met several local practitioners in Fujian and reached several deals.

These local monks would also collect demon pills after hunting demons, but most of these demon pills would only be used as "charcoal" when making magic tools.

By burning the demon pill, one can gather the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to ignite the magic weapon.

In fact, it is quite wasteful.

Now that they have Qiu Chuji's exchange, everyone is very happy.

Qiu Chuji was even happier. In a short period of time, he had more than three hundred demon pills in his possession. This was before the news spread, and there were not too many cultivators coming to exchange for demon pills.

However, as Lin Jiu said, many like-minded people are already on their way.

After all, now that we have telephones, information can spread relatively quickly.

In some places where trains have been opened, transportation is relatively fast. Perhaps in a week or so, the transaction volume here at Qiu Chuji will suddenly increase by one or two levels.

In contrast, the local practitioners' motivation to hunt monsters suddenly increased.

They were fascinated by the rapid increase in magic power without any side effects after practicing with the purified demon pills. They couldn't stand going back to the situation where they had to regulate their breathing and rest for four or five days after practicing each time.

Under such circumstances, the monsters still wandering around Fuzhou City are in bad luck.

The local monks, who had turned a blind eye to them, suddenly took ruthless action and caught them off guard.

The vacated belief market was quickly replaced by the 'Nine Heavens Devil Binding Master Yingyuan'.

Although Qiu Chuji did not force his fellow Taoists to help him promote it, it would still be very attractive if the total amount of five-for-two was large enough.

Fellow practitioners with a proper background may still have some taboos, but those who go their own way and those who practice as a group of three or five people at a time have no such concerns. They all roll up their sleeves and help to increase traffic. If Qiu Chuji were still in his small world, he would be able to hear the supplications and prayers of more believers, which now even cover half of Fujian.

This is also because humanity is not prosperous and the world is in chaos. Otherwise, with such a large-scale concentration of faith, whether the orthodox sects would care or not is another matter, but the imperial court would definitely take action first.

(End of this chapter)