Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 20 Exclusive location
"Brother Fang, are you looking for me?"

In the He family compound, Fang Jingxuan brought Tuo Yuan and started the third trade fair.

But this time, Fang Jingxuan took out even less spiritual rice, only thirty kilograms.

As Hongyefang was blocked for a long time, almost a month later, the food reserves of the monks in the square began to run out.

The monks who had been able to hold on by gritting their teeth were now in a panic. Some of them had lost their spiritual food supply and their bodies began to slowly decay.

Before building the foundation, Qi-refining practitioners still need to eat spiritual rice for nourishment. Otherwise, the spiritual energy absorbed through practice alone will not be able to offset the consumption of the physical body.

Fang Jingxuan had heard about Wei Tong's news before and prepared eight bags of fifty kilograms of spiritual rice in advance. This was the maximum he could buy.

Later, when the news spread, Lingmi immediately limited purchases and raised prices, and later became completely reluctant to sell.

It now seems that Wei Tong is relatively well-informed, at least half a day ahead of other cultivators in the market.

And this mere half a day has led to the current situation. Fang Jingxuan has plenty of spiritual rice, while other cultivators are running out of food.

However, as the blockade lasted longer, despite the supervision of the patrol team in Hongyefang City, thefts gradually began to occur on the street where Fang Jingxuan lived.

This situation is expected to escalate until everyone can no longer bear it and riots to resist the blockade of Hongyefang.

Of course, the most likely possibility is that they will be ruthlessly suppressed. After all, high-end military force is only in the hands of those foundation-building monks.

But now, in broad daylight, most of the cultivators Fang Jingxuan saw still maintained the previous order and had no intention of robbing in public.

The existence of Tuoyuan also made many people wise up. Compared with robbing Fang Jingxuan, other cultivators are easier to deal with.

"Hou San, I want to know if you still have those broken tortoise shells from before?"

Seeing Fang Jingxuan was interested in this, Hou San looked at Tuo Yuan.

Feeling the gaze, Tuoyuan glanced at him lazily and ignored him.

"Don't look at it anymore. The tortoise shell does have some effect. My companion beast felt much better after eating it. So I'm asking if you have any left. If not, it's okay."

Fang Jingxuan didn't want Hou San to see the key. This kid was very smart. If he really saw something, it would be troublesome.

However, Hou San was obviously not as clever as Fang Jingxuan thought. He just glanced at it twice, then looked away and answered seriously:
"No, there's only that piece of tortoise shell. I dug it out from the mud. But I can't guarantee whether it's still there."

"Oh, you mean the ruins by the lake over by the Watergate?"

Fang Jingxuan became interested. It was indeed true. Hou San had only picked up this piece at the beginning, but there might be more left at the scene.

Judging from how badly the tortoise shell was broken before, it was probably hit by some powerful magic weapon, which shattered the entire shell in one blow, and the broken tortoise shells were scattered all over the sky.

There may be more tortoise shell fragments buried deeper. If you look carefully, it would be a pleasant surprise if you find one or two.

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan's eyes softened as he looked at Hou San. This kid was very useful. He definitely couldn't go to find the tortoise shell, so it would fall on him.

But this matter cannot be rushed, it needs to be planned slowly.

"What good stuff do you have to exchange this time? Take it out and let me see it."

Hou San reached in and rummaged around, but Fang Jingxuan didn't like any of the things he took out.

Indeed, if every item was valuable, Hou San wouldn't be called a garbage collector. Finally, considering that Hou San had helped him a lot and that he might be of use to him in the future, Fang Jingxuan still picked out a few small items and exchanged them for three pounds of spiritual rice.

Hou San also realized that his things were not valuable, but he really needed the spiritual rice, so after paying his respects, Hou San hurried back to his own courtyard.

This third trade fair was short of things to show. Everyone's savings were almost exhausted, and they had less and less to show for it.

When the trade fair ended, Fang Jingxuan felt as if he had come there for nothing.

Just as he was about to leave, Lao He stopped him.

"Brother Fang, please take your time and have a chat. I'm afraid the current situation is difficult to handle. I'm shamelessly inviting a few fellow Taoists to discuss countermeasures. I wonder if you're willing to join us?"

Fang Jingxuan was a little flattered. Do I have the nerve to do that?
As if seeing Fang Jingxuan's thoughts, Old He smiled and said:

"Brother Fang is well-informed. He knew about the blockade of the market in advance and took the initiative to stockpile food. He also raised a spirit turtle as a companion beast. Whether it's financial resources or connections, it's enough to prove that you have the ability and can take on this responsibility."

It turns out that I benefited from Wei Tong and Tu Yuan. I was wondering, I’m only at the second level of Qi Refining, it’s not my turn to discuss things.

After listening to Lao He's explanation, Fang Jingxuan thought about it and decided to go. At least everyone could exchange information with each other and he would have a better idea of ​​the situation.

So Fang Jingxuan said:
"Since Senior He values ​​you so much, I'd be honored to receive your kind invitation. Please!"

There were seven chairs in a lobby. Fang Jingxuan left Tuoyuan at the door and followed Lao He to sit here.

He consciously sat in the third seat from the right. As for the main seat, it was the seat of the owner of this place, the oldest and most experienced Old He.

Apart from Fang Jingxuan and Lao He, the other five chairs were already full of people. In addition, there were about ten monks who had no seats and stood in front of the large pillars behind them to listen.

Seeing that everyone was gathered, Lao He began to speak:

"Everyone, we are all old neighbors and old acquaintances who know each other well. I am not talented, but I am exaggerating. I have personally witnessed everyone here move into this Konoha street.

For example, Team Leader Tian, ​​I remember you moved in eighteen years ago, and I even had your Qiao Family Banquet back then.

There are also Fellow Daoist Zhao and Fellow Daoist Wang. We have known each other for decades. As for the youngest brother Fang, he is also a good neighbor with a clean background and a clean conduct.

Everyone present here is not an outsider, so we invited everyone here today to discuss how to deal with the future situation. What should we do if the market remains closed? "

Old He didn't waste much time and went straight to the point, while Fang Jingxuan was still observing his surroundings, trying to recognize someone.

Some people I have only met before and are familiar to me, and we are just acquaintances.

And some people don’t even know each other and have no idea what the other person is doing.

Fang Jingxuan could even feel several unfriendly gazes behind him. It was obvious that they were dissatisfied with him being able to sit in the last seat.

Actually, I don't want to sit down, but since I'm already sitting down, if you ask me to get up and make room, then I will definitely...
Just give it up, it’s just a seat. There was a famous scene where the old demon gave up the pillar before, so there is nothing shameful about this.

Fang Jingxuan observed and listened attentively to receive first-hand information. Since Wei Tong disappeared, he has become blind like most people.

After a while, listening to everyone's discussion, Fang Jingxuan finally had a clearer understanding of this blockade crisis.

It turns out that the reason why Hongyefang took the initiative to block the market was not entirely because the outer cultivator families were attacked by robber cultivators, and they wanted to capture spies and accomplices in the market.

(End of this chapter)