Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 67: Chasing the Rise and Selling the Fall

Fang Jingxuan returned to his courtyard dejectedly. After talking with Wei Tong, the joy of slacking off and getting paid disappeared.

The life of a foundation-building cultivator is really valuable. If he is ambushed and injured, hundreds of cultivators will be buried with him. These people will never imagine that they will die because of this.

If the Chu family wants to start a war, their vassal families must send cultivators to help. Depending on the size of the vassal families, each family must send a different number of Qi-refining cultivators.

Although the entire clan is not required to be mobilized, half of them are conscripted, which is an acceptable ratio.

In addition to the cultivators from various institutions in the market town and the independent cultivators recruited at a high price, the Chu family can mobilize more than a thousand Qi-refining cultivators to fight this time.

This force is so powerful that no Qi-refining family can stop it wherever it goes.

The only ones who can stop it are the foundation-building families. However, among the five or six foundation-building families in the Danding Sect, the only one that can be said to be able to defend it firmly is the Beast Taming Ning family.

Their family is good at taming beasts. With the combination of cultivators and spirit beasts, their foundation-building combat power is almost ten times that of the four people in the Chu family, which is twice as strong.

In addition, neither the He family of Qinghefang nor the Zhang family of Miaodanfang are a match for the Chu family.

The remaining two foundation-building families were located in the heart of the Danding Sect, very far away from the Chu family, and had nothing to do with them at all. Fang Jingxuan did not guess in that direction.

Who should we hit?

Fang Jingxuan thought about it all the way but had no clue. After thinking for a long time, Fang Jingxuan gave up.

Fang Jingxuan felt a little uneasy because he currently had too little information.

A sense of crisis, of being adrift and unable to control one's own situation, weighed on his heart.

But there is still time. The Chu family is not yet fully prepared. Wei Tong estimates that the real war will probably be next spring.

It is November now, and there are nearly two months left, at least one month left.

The scene that Fang Jingxuan was most worried about did not happen. That is, he was slacking off at work, and the next moment he was ordered to go to the battlefield. This kind of thing was too unrealistic.

Moreover, Wei Tong told Fang Jingxuan that he was not going to follow him to the battlefield as a consumable, but as a regular staff member in the warehouse, he was going to ensure logistics.

The first ones to be consumed are the independent cultivators hired at high prices, then the cultivators from the vassal families, and finally the staff of institutions like Fang Jingxuan.

When Fang Jingxuan was forced to go to the front line, it meant that the Chu family's purpose of this war had completely failed.

That is, he wanted to show his face, but ended up showing his butt, making the people of Baishan laugh at him.

According to Wei Tong's analysis, the Chu family should be using the power of thunder and lightning to end the battle quickly and decisively this time.

Looking at the bright side, maybe it won’t be Fang Jingxuan’s turn to go, and the war will be over.

With this thought in mind, Fang Jingxuan cheered himself up and comforted himself.

That’s it for now, let’s eat first.

When the aroma of cooking wafted in the air, Wang Xinyu arrived as expected. She went to serve the rice in a familiar and unassuming manner.

The two of them silently worked on the four dishes and one soup on the stone table. After they finished eating, Wang Xinyu put the bowl down and gently stroked her slightly bulging belly and said:

"Why is the food so rich today? I had to eat a few extra bowls. What a sin."

Fang Jingxuan silently cleaned up the dishes and left them for Tuoyuan to wash. He also hated washing dishes. This was when the value of raising a water-type spiritual pet was reflected.

Regarding Wang Xinyu's question, Fang Jingxuan thought, I was reluctant to let her go in normal times, so why am I reluctant to let her go now? I will be going to the front line in a month or two. I will be doing myself a disservice if I don't eat something good.

By the way, if I die unfortunately, then I don’t have to pay back the loan I owe to Wang Xinyu, right?
Bah, bah, bah, how could you think like that? I'm not that kind of person. These thoughts flashed through Fang Jingxuan's mind. He usually didn't have so many emotional ups and downs. This character still needed to be tempered.

"Just eat it. You don't have to pay for it. Even though you eat more than me, you're my creditor. I don't want to curry favor with you."

When Fang Jingxuan made a witty remark, Wang Xinyu thought about it and felt at ease.

"Here, these are 150 low-grade pills. Pay back half of your 300 first, and the rest after next month's salary."

Fang Jingxuan took out a cloth bag containing a pile of thumb-sized spirit stones.

Wang Xinyu saw this, glanced at Fang Jingxuan and said:
"I didn't ask you to pay it back now. You've only been working for a month. How much salary can you expect? You still have a mortgage to pay. I'm not in a hurry. I'll wait until you have more financial resources."

Although she said that, Wang Xinyu still felt sweet in her heart. Fang Jingxuan gave her the money on his own initiative when he just paid her salary, instead of her asking for it, which made her even happier.

Fang Jingxuan pushed it a few times, and seeing that Wang Xinyu was not being polite and obviously really didn't need the one or two hundred, he immediately put it away.

The war is about to start, so it would be better for me to prepare some high-level talismans for myself and try to survive so that I can return the 1,300 yuan to her.

But, how come Wang Xinyu is so rich? She is a real wealthy woman. Is it possible to make money by growing magical herbs and medicines?
"By the way, you said before that you stockpiled some spiritual medicine when the market was closed? How are they doing now? Have you sold them?"

Mentioning this, Wang Xinyu perked up and said happily:
"I only sold them at a slight loss, luckily I didn't lose money. I don't know why they've suddenly become so popular recently. These elixirs are used to treat illnesses and injuries. I thought the market would go up in price after the lockdown, but it turned out to be a complete closure, so it was all in vain."

Obviously, Wang Xinyu didn't know the recent wind direction and sold the spiritual medicines he had stockpiled at a loss.

Fang Jingxuan had a complicated expression on his face. You said you have been hoarding for so long, why can't you hoard for a while longer?

If you keep chasing the rising and selling the falling, no matter how rich you are, you won't be able to withstand the consequences.

Fang Jingxuan hesitated whether to tell Wang Xinyu about Wei Tong's speculation. After all, he himself couldn't see it. If he told Wang Xinyu now, would she believe it?
After thinking for a few moments, Fang Jingxuan decided to tell Wang Xinyu. Although Wei Tong did not allow anyone to spread the news, the fact that Wei Tong knew about it meant that many powerful people also knew about it.

Besides, this kind of thing cannot be concealed. In half a month at most, the whole city will be in an uproar.

Since Wang Xinyu is so generous, I will give her a reminder to prevent her from making misjudgments and causing trouble during this period.

So Fang Jingxuan slowly told Wang Xinyu his news, and after hearing it, he immediately slapped his thigh hard.

"Oh no! I sold out all my money! That damn profiteer obviously knew the inside story before me! Woohoo! My spirit stones! They're worth thousands."

Fang Jingxuan looked at Wang Xinyu howling, feeling happy, and stepped forward to comfort her:
"Forget it. This insider information operation is too serious and not suitable for you. Just make money steadily in the future."

"No, I don't accept it. I want to get back what I lost. I know what to stock up on now. Fang Jingxuan, let's work together."

Looking at Wang Xinyu's expectant eyes, Fang Jingxuan exclaimed, "Ah!" I don't have any money.

"You don't need to invest spirit stones. In the future, you can tell me this kind of news in advance. It's just a matter of competing for information channels. You work in the warehouse, so you should know what's in short supply. I need this.

We split it 20/80, so if you lose, you won't lose anything, right? "How about it, do you want to come?"

When talking about collaborating on elixirs, Wang Xinyu's aura was very powerful. Fang Jingxuan had never seen her in this state before.

Could this be her true form?
Oppressed by Wang Xinyu's aura, Fang Jingxuan nodded inexplicably.

"Okay, from now on we're all in this together, Fang Jingxuan. To avoid the risk of you dying in a few months and for the sake of my debt, I'm going to make an additional investment in you. Use this money to buy magical instruments and talismans."

With a thud, Wang Xinyu threw a bag of spirit stones onto the table, leaving Fang Jingxuan stunned.

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