I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 283 Fellow Cultivators (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Inside Youxian Ferry, the morning light pierced through the misty spiritual fog, gilding the sea of ​​sword energy clouds with a layer of gold.

After spending some time and effort, Jiang Yi finally managed to transfer all the spiritual herbs on Liuyue Peak to the empty spiritual fields in Youxian Ferry, including the Five Elements Grand Array in the herb garden.

At this moment, the Sword Washing Pool was sparkling. Duan Jin looked thoughtfully at the disassembled stone terracotta warriors. Zhen Shan strode over carrying newly felled spirit wood, followed by a group of 'Xuan Hui' who huffed and puffed as they moved stones and wood to build a puppet workshop by the lake.

The five hundred acres of spiritual fields were divided into five-colored blocks by the Five Elements Array set up by Jiang Yigang. Swarms of green ribbon bees fluttered among the spiritual herbs, and the spiritual fruit trees along the road were already full of unripe fruit.

The stone golem guarding the garden strode heavily as it surveyed the suddenly enlarged spirit field. When its stone palm brushed against the spirit herbs, it emitted an earth-elemental spiritual light, startling away several leaf-eared rabbit cubs that were stealing nibbles on the tender shoots.

A group of adult leaf-eared rabbits hopped and skipped, chasing after the blood ginseng babies running around in the spirit field, wanting to taste the 'new radish'.

The summer breeze swept through every corner of Youxian Ferry, carrying the fragrance of medicinal herbs and the smell of wood chips from the puppet workshop, making people feel refreshed.

"Hua Gu Hong Li, have you noticed that these transplanted spiritual herbs have grown quite a bit taller in the blink of an eye? The guardian stone golem and the blood ginseng doll are also much more energetic. The earth spiritual energy in Youxian Ferry is continuously strengthening. Could it be because of the Breathing Earth?"

Jiang Yi stood in the small courtyard with its bamboo fence, gazing thoughtfully at the spiritual fields outside.

Hua Gu flew over, mimicking Jiang Yi's manner, resting her chin on her hand and examining the scene for a while before nodding vigorously in agreement.

Duan Jin studied the contents of the stone slab by the Sword Washing Pool. He seemed to have discovered something. He looked at the stone slab and then at the stone puppet guarding the garden, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Could it be that the stone puppet guarding the garden was also made by Fang Yi and given to the Azure Emperor?"

Hum!
Jiang Yi heard Hong Li's voice from behind. She turned around and saw that Hong Li had already brewed a pot of tea and was standing up to pour it for her.

Hongli found a piece of cloth somewhere and wrapped it around her neck. She pointed her paw at the kitchen and whimpered, asking Jiang Yi if she wanted anything to eat, as she was going to cook.

Jiang Yi found Hong Li's attentive manner rather unusual; she still preferred Hong Li's original, unruly self.

Hongli was also very uneasy, afraid that Jiang Yi would abandon her, because even after she had been back for so long, Jiang Yi still hadn't renewed the master-servant contract with her.

Hongli believed this was a test for Jiang Yi, wanting to see if he had truly corrected his bad habits.

"Alright, you don't need to be so obsequious. I'm not angry with you. Just be yourself as before."

Jiang Yi picked up Hongli and rubbed its head. Hongli felt a surge of grievance and grabbed Jiang Yi's clothes, sobbing uncontrollably.

"It's not a big deal, don't take it to heart. I've also made mistakes and been negligent before. Nobody's perfect, and neither are demons. We accept our mistakes and try our best to correct them, okay?"

Hum!
Hongli nodded loudly. It had really reflected on its actions during this time. If it had used its Phantom Escape skill a little more skillfully back then, it wouldn't have been caught if it had used the Phantom to switch positions in that instant.

Alternatively, besides using Phantom Escape, you can also use Fire Spirit Interference to escape.

However, it was stunned by the aura of the Heavenly Heart Ancestor, and in that moment of hesitation, it fell into the hands of the Heavenly Heart Ancestor.

Never again!
From now on, its ability to escape will be its top priority!
"Let's renegotiate the contract."

Hongli jumped onto the table and sat obediently, watching Jiang Yi draw streaks of spiritual light in the air, re-imprinting them onto the demon seed within its body.

"Okay!"

After the contract was completed, Hongli froze on the table, her eyes wide with disbelief.

This contract is... uncertain, let's take another look.

嘤？
Hongli tilted her head in confusion. This was not a servant contract with a clear master-servant distinction, but a contract of mutual support and equality among fellow cultivators who shared spiritual power.

Jiang Yi smiled and scratched Hong Li's chin. "From now on, we will no longer be master and servant, but partners who will jointly realize the Great Dao. Trust is mutual. I did deceive and mistreat you in the past. Since you are unwilling to take the first step to trust, then I will."

“You can unilaterally terminate the fellow practitioner contract. There is no forced manipulation between us. If you are unwilling, I cannot borrow the Fa from you, nor can I make you bear the harm I suffer. If I die, the contract will be automatically terminated and will not have any impact on you.”

Simply put, the fellow cultivator contract is just a bond. With the consent of both parties, she can borrow techniques and spiritual power from Hong Li, and Hong Li can also borrow true essence from her, thus mutually benefiting each other in cultivation.

Apart from that, there are no other restrictions.

The drawbacks of the Yin-Yang Pendant only affect her. She will find a way to solve them later. If she can't solve them, she will abandon the Yin-Yang Pendant, untie it completely, and stop relying on it for cultivation.

There's also the matter of having Hua Gu and Hong Li become her natal demon spirits when she forms her core. The natal demon spirit of a demon tamer is different from the natal magic weapon of a magic cultivator and the natal sword of a sword cultivator; they are not in a relationship of sharing life and death.

Just like Xuanhui and his master, the two can act separately without any problems. Apart from their better cooperation when fighting, they are like one body. In other words, if one dies and the other is seriously injured, it will not affect their lives.

We'll ask Hua Gu and Hong Li when the time comes; if they're unwilling, then we'll give up.

"Hua Gu, come here too."

Hua Gu turned and ran when she heard the sound, but Jiang Yi blocked her with his Shadow Escape technique, grabbed her and forcibly rubbed her in his arms.

Hmph! No, Hua Gu, fellow practitioners shouldn't have master-servant relationships, no way!

With a flash of light, Hua Gu's contract was changed by Jiang Yi into a co-cultivation contract. She will also change the contracts of Zhen Shan and Duan Jin later. In the future, everyone will help each other equally and seek the Great Dao together.

Hongli laughs, Huagu cries.

"Let's go, Hongli. I'll take you to Jinli City to investigate. We need to deal with those low-level magic weapons made from Zhenshan Duanjin and the pills you refined. After returning five thousand low-grade spirit stones to Cangyun, I only have a little over two hundred low-grade spirit stones left. I'm so poor!"

Hum!
……

Jiang Yi, disguised as a man, slipped out of the Cangling Sect and arrived in Jinli City.

The city remained largely unchanged, except that one could often hear idle cultivators gathered together discussing the upcoming change of leadership in the Immortal Alliance, all expressing their support for True Monarch Danxi.

Jiang Yi first sent a message to Hua Luosha, telling her that the Chimeizhai sect was about to begin a thorough search of the Ghost Emperor's ruins within the sect, and that she should pray for her own good fortune. Finally, she added an important point.
Deposit is non-refundable!

This is an unforeseen event caused by force majeure, not a breach of contract on her part, so it is reasonable for her not to return the money.

The Cangling Sect and the Yuqing Sect are on good terms, so there is an alchemist guild in Jinli City. The assessment process is not complicated, and demon spirits with masters can participate in the assessment with their masters' guarantees.

However, throughout history, fewer than ten demon spirits have been able to pass the alchemist examination, and they are all demon masters who have been cultivated by the Jade Purity Sect and have achieved the Golden Core stage.

Jiang Yi took a nap, and Hong Li passed the test.

I passed it with my eyes closed.

Hong Li received a token for a second-tier alchemist, which allows her to skillfully refine commonly used Foundation Establishment stage pills and guarantee a success rate of over 50%.

If Jiang Yi hadn't instructed Hong Li to conceal her abilities, Hong Li could have obtained the third-tier alchemist token right now. But this was already enough to shock the alchemist guild members, who kept asking Jiang Yi where the Crimson Fire Fox was caught and how it was bred.

When Jiang Yi was engraving the alchemist's seal that represented his identity, he specially chose a long strip of red jade and asked the craftsmen of the alchemist guild to carve the top into a shape resembling a red glass pillow resting on its paws with its eyes closed, with its tail hanging down and half-wrapped around the main body of the seal.

The seal design was a nine-tailed fox pattern that Jiang Yi specially asked Shen Puning to design for Hong Li. In the future, when Hong Li refines special pills, she can stamp them with its own seal and sell them, thus making its name known.

There are also guilds for weapon refiners, but there isn't one in the Cangling Sect. To get certified, you have to go to Huangsha City, so you'll have to wait until next time. Jiang Yi currently has more than two hundred low-grade spirit stones, which isn't enough to cover the cost of the teleportation array.

Finally, at Linlangzhai, Jiang Yi sold all the low-level magic artifacts he had refined with Zhenshan Duanjin, as well as some pills that Hong Li had refined before. He exchanged them for a batch of raw materials for refining pills and materials and tools for making puppets. In the end, he didn't have much spirit stone left, and suffered a serious loss overall.

Hongli watched the entire transaction from the sidelines. When she heard the shop assistant from Linlangzhai announce the true prices of various spiritual herbs, Hongli did the math on her own hands... and was dumbfounded!

Before it could recover from the grief of being scammed by Jiang Yi, Jiang Yi said to it again...
“Hongli, we are now fellow cultivators, and I should respect you and give you more freedom. So from now on, you can handle the purchase of raw materials for alchemy and the sale of finished pills yourself. I have already made arrangements with Linlangzhai.”

"There's a teleportation array from Cangling Sect to Jinli City. As long as you don't leave the city, you'll be safe with my token. Keep the spirit stones you earn for yourself. If others want to use them, they can borrow from you and write an IOU. I'll do the same for them. Just be careful to maintain a balance between income and expenditure. Keep up the good work! You're destined to become a master fox, skilled in both alchemy and weapon crafting!"

Hongli: …………

So, is the change to a fellow practitioner contract just to make it do more work?

Finally, Jiang Yi asked them what else they needed. Zhenshan and Duanjin were already extremely satisfied with Jiang Yi's support in learning the Puppet Way. Huagu never asked for anything. Hongli silently raised her paw.

It wants a new storage artifact.

Hong Li was angry just thinking about how Luo Qingsi had taken that one from her, but unfortunately she couldn't beat her, so she could only sulk in frustration.

Jiang Yi ruffled Hong Li's hair. "You can earn your own storage magic treasures too. You'll soon be famous throughout Bei Xuan and have a lot of spirit stones."

As he spoke, Jiang Yi asked the waiter to call over the manager of Linlangzhai and brought out a sample of the barbecue-flavored fasting pills improved by Hong Li, which already had Hong Li's seal on it.

The manager of Linlangzhai was a worldly man. Although he was surprised that the Bigu Pill could be refined into other flavors, he was not too shocked, because the Bigu Pill had low profit margins and was not very profitable.

Hong Li has the mark of an alchemist, and the manager of Linlangzhai also knows that Jiang Yi is the eldest disciple of Danxi Zhenjun. He agreed to put the first batch of barbecue-flavored Bigu pills on the store for sale, without charging any handling fees for the time being. If they can all be sold, the formal cooperation issue will be discussed later.

After finishing all the miscellaneous tasks, Jiang Yi headed home.

She had just stepped into the Liuyue Peak formation when she suddenly heard a powerful roar.

"Who! Who pulled out all my medicinal herbs? Who—"

Xuanhui is back!

Feeling guilty, Jiang Yi touched her nose. She suddenly remembered that she had promised Zhenshan Duanjin to find some basic books on puppetry. Since she was free anyway, she might as well stay in the library for a few days.

Once Xuan Hui's anger subsides, she will come back to him for help in protecting the Dharma and repairing her fire spirit root.

(End of this chapter)