Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 58 Sect Construction
It didn't take Yuan Jin too much time. He led three highly paid talents from Xuanwei City to purchase all the supplies needed by Chongming Sect, and returned to Chongming Sect from Xuanwei City with his family.

The arrival of the three talented people, the geomancer, the formation master, and the farming master, brought the development of the Chongming Sect into a new stage.

First was the geomancer. Kang Dabao asked him to survey the terrain of Chongming Sect and assess the possibility of cultivating a first-level spiritual vein.

If one wanted to cultivate a first-level spiritual vein from scratch, even the smallest one, a top-grade first-level geomancer would need at least three years and three thousand spirit stones to complete it.

But the Xiaohuan Mountain where the Chongming Sect is located is different. Before the rebellion of the mountain barbarians occurred more than a hundred years ago, there was actually a first-level spiritual vein here.

However, after that epic war, most of the spiritual veins in the entire Yunjiao Province were cut off, and this spiritual vein was no exception. It has been broken into pieces for more than a hundred years. It can only be barely called a spiritual place and cannot fully meet the cultivation needs of Qigong cultivators.

This is actually very detrimental to the disciples' practice, and Kang Dabao has long wanted to solve this problem.

Theoretically, if this type of spiritual vein can still be repaired, then the difficulty and cost of the geomancer repairing the spiritual vein according to the terrain of the mountains and rivers will be greatly reduced.

The geomancer named Sun invited by Yuan Jin was led by Kang Dabao for three days and came to the conclusion.

"Master Kang, from my knowledge, the damage to your sect's base is not too serious. The terrain connection track is not difficult to find, and it can be considered top-notch among the first-level spiritual veins before the chaos. If you give me two years to work, with only two thousand spirit stones, there is a 60% chance that the spiritual veins here can be connected and repaired to the level of the first-level middle grade. If everything goes well, there is also a 30% chance that it can be restored to the first-level upper grade."

The geomancer surnamed Sun stroked his beard and spoke calmly, looking as if he had everything planned out.

Kang Dabao thought for a while after hearing this. According to Yuan Jin, this geomancer surnamed Sun had a very good reputation in Xuanwei City, so although his salary was slightly higher than other geomancers of the same level, he would not have to worry about business. Now that he had made the final decision, he was already 60% convinced.

However, this price was indeed beyond Kang Dabao's expectations. The spirit stones that Chongming Sect had earned by fighting for their lives last time could be earned quietly by this person just by relying on his own ability.

Even if Kang Dabao thought the price was too high and the geomancer surnamed Sun could not make the deal, he still had to pay for the spirit stones to hire someone to survey the area. Fifty spirit stones and half a broken spirit seed were not a small amount.

It seems that no matter which small world it is, knowledge is always the most valuable.

Similarly, no matter which small world you are in, there is always bargaining.

Finally, a price was agreed upon between Kang Dabao and the geomancer surnamed Sun. If he could restore the spiritual vein here to the first-class top grade within two years, Kang Dabao would pay 2,500 spiritual stones.

If it is restored to the first-class intermediate quality, it will cost two thousand spirit stones, but the geomancer surnamed Sun needs to attract two underground fires for the Chongming Sect for free, in order to use it for refining elixirs and weapons.

If it is repaired to the lower grade of the first rank, only 500 spirit stones will be given, and the earth fire will also be drawn. If it is not repaired successfully within two years, the earth master surnamed Sun will not get a broken spirit, but will also need to compensate Chongming Sect with 1,000 spirit stones.

The two men found a beast-skin contract with the seal of Xuanwei City on it, signed it, put their fingerprints on it, held hands and swore an oath, and the contract was considered concluded.

This is a common form of contract used by monks in Yunjiaozhou. If one party defaults on the contract and is not fulfilled, the victim will sue them in Xuanwei City. If the evidence is conclusive, Xuanwei City may issue an arrest warrant.

To some extent, for cultivators in Yunjiaozhou, this is much more frightening than being on the wanted list of evil cultivators of the David Immortal Dynasty. After the matter of the spirit vein was settled, Pei Yi also came to report that he had reached an agreement with the farmer to hire him to open up 21 acres of first-level spirit fields within one year at the price of 860 spirit stones.

It had been a long time since that person had come across such a big deal, so the price Pei Yi negotiated was much lower than the market price.

At the same time, the farmer also promised that after the spiritual field was opened up, he could stay for another three months. During these three months, he could also provide some basic free guidance on planting for Chongming Sect.

Because the Chongming Sect currently does not have a complete spiritual vein, the difficulty and cost of opening up spiritual fields are much higher. The fact that Pei Yi was able to negotiate this price was enough to satisfy Kang Dabao, so he did not hesitate to praise this junior brother.

However, some disputes arose on the side of the formation master who was negotiated by Yuan Jin. Simply put, the two had different opinions on the issue of "all labor and materials".

The reason why they needed to hire a formation master was because Kang Dabao decided to expand the Chongming Sect's headquarters. There was really no other way, Chongming Sect was so small that it couldn't even accommodate the beasts of burden, and they could only be led by the old donkey to graze on the mountains outside all day.

He has summoned nearly a thousand close relatives from various families in Chongming City. These mortal men have brought their own dry food and have begun to build a series of important buildings according to the construction drawings customized by Kang Dabao, including the meeting hall, treasure house, library, alchemy room, weapon refining room, training room, animal garden, granary, dormitories, etc.

These places cannot be separated from formations.

Therefore, Kang Dabao hopes to hire this formation master on a long-term basis, and it would be best if he could complete the arrangement of various formations in the sect within three years.

In fact, for this formation master, this was a rare and good job, and he thought it was fair to offer a price of 1,900 yuan.

But Yuan Jin felt that he was a master refiner, and most of the formations that Chongming Sect required were only first-level, middle-to-low-quality formations. He was fully capable of refining the required formation flags, formation plates, and other materials using the spiritual ore stored in the sect, not to mention that he could also take this opportunity to practice his craft.

Feeling that this was a good thing that could kill two birds with one stone, he bargained down the price to 1,200 spirit stones.

As a result, the formation master felt that his profits were damaged and became quite dissatisfied.

After hearing this, Kang Dabao naturally supported Yuan Jin's idea unconditionally. The three of them discussed for a long time and decided on a compromise.

The offer price of 1,200 yuan remained unchanged, and Yuan Jin was responsible for cooperating with the array master in refining materials. The contract period was shortened from three years to two and a half years.

However, if the project was negatively affected because Yuan Jin could not keep up with the speed of refining the array plate, the Chongming Sect would be responsible for it, and the array master would only need to collect the spirit stones and leave when the term expires.

After negotiating these three big deals with great effort, Kang Dabao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The construction of Chongming Sect was finally on the right track, and Sect Leader Kang felt that he was one step closer to becoming the founder of the revival.

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