The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 37 Oh no, Venus is plotting against me!
Jiang Yuan had only opened half of the Yin Water Meridian, making cultivation extremely difficult.

However, Qinghe's Jiamu Divine Needle has not yet been fully refined. If she wants to try the Meridian Opening Method again, she will need to reach the tenth level of Qi Refining, or simply wait until she reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, which would naturally yield better results.

During this period, Jiang Yuan could only do what he could.

The quickest way to learn is naturally with talismans. As long as you have a little bit of magic power, you are considered a cultivator. Your hand holding the pen will naturally become steady, and you can quickly become proficient at drawing talismans.

Jiang Yuan's magical power was insufficient to infuse the talisman with magic, but Qing He's magical power was quite abundant. She did not engage in magical battles while managing the herb garden, and her alchemy consumed very little magical power. She used all her excess magical power to infuse the talisman.

As a result, Jiang Yuan's small shop in the Immortal Market expanded its scale and opened a special counter for talismans. It quickly gained popularity and earned more money than it did with elixirs.

The main reason is that after Qinghe joined the outer sect, she had very little time to refine pills herself.

Managing a medicinal herb garden of several hundred acres would require Qinghe, with her almost obsessive-compulsive personality, to make it look presentable in a short period of time. In half a year, she felt like she had done ten years' worth of work for Lao Lu.

Many of the handymen disciples complained, so Qinghe took out her own money to increase their benefits, saying that if they persisted for a while, things would be straightened out.

Qinghe felt overwhelmed and that the other disciples were unreliable, so she really wanted Old Lu to take Jingxuan under his wing, even if it was just as a disciple.

Although Qinghe and Jingxuan were twenty years apart in age, they got along extremely well and were as close as family.

Old Lu, out of affection for Jingxuan, agreed to accept her as a nominal disciple, thus adding a valuable asset to the outer sect's medicine garden.

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Half a year passed quickly. Qinghe received the first batch of spirit stones issued by the sect, twenty stones, which was only enough to buy a bottle of second-level fasting pills.

Jiang Yuan's small shop, after six months of accounting, had a net profit of over a thousand spirit stones.

Such a huge difference forced Qinghe to rethink the meaning of joining the sect.

People can't teach each other, but experience can teach people in one go—that's the principle.

In just six months, the medicinal herbs produced in the outer sect's medicinal garden have doubled compared to the previous year. The increased production of medicinal herbs is certainly more than a thousand spirit stones, but this profit will not fall into the hands of Qinghe, the actual manager. She will only receive a word of praise from Lao Lu: "Not bad, not bad."

Qinghe asked Jiangyuan dejectedly, "Then... should I still take care of the medicinal herb garden?"

"Of course we need to manage, but not the way you manage. Doing things seven or eight parts well is enough; too much is as bad as too little!"

Qinghe was taken aback. Her husband had clearly said this before, but she still couldn't remember it when something happened.

"Your decision to become Elder Lu's disciple was merely a temporary measure, a way to use his power to fight against the Zhao family. Now that you've achieved your goal, it's time to change your target. If you can join the inner sect, you'll be one step closer to that high mountain."

“Master Lu also hopes that I can join the inner sect in three years.”

"Improving your cultivation is the most important thing. Those in the Qi Refining stage are nothing but ants. In a sect like Luofu Mountain, if you don't form a Golden Core, nobody cares about you. You've seen the power of Elder Chu from the inner sect. Zhao Cangwu could only bow down to him."

As Jiang Yuan spoke, he kept rubbing small ice crystals in his hands, which made Qinghe feel a chill.

"My husband only has half a spiritual vein, how can he advance to the second level of Qi Refining so quickly?"

"That's all we can go. If we don't break through the other half, we won't be able to advance to the third level of Qi Refining."

Jiang Yuan set up an illusion array in the courtyard, and the young couple's first sparring match surprised Qinghe greatly.

A Qi Refining Level 5 cultivator with innate essence is at a complete disadvantage against a Qi Refining Level 2 cultivator with only half a spiritual vein; in fact, the cultivator is under considerable pressure. Jiang Yuan only has one spell, which is to conjure ice crystals in his hands, yet he can create hundreds of variations. The cultivator always feels like he's going to get hit; the difference in combat experience is simply too great.

Qinghe, of course, did not know that when Jiang Yuan had achieved great success in his previous life, he fought a fierce battle against the extraterrestrial demons in order to accumulate merit. The battle lasted for half a year, during which he killed a million demons. In such a battle, even a Nascent Soul cultivator could only be cannon fodder.

Jiang Yuan's sparring with Qinghe was intended to help her quickly master the magic of Mount Luofu. The sect's selection process inevitably included a magic duel, and as for her primary skill of alchemy, Qinghe was undoubtedly the best among her peers.

……

On this day, Jiang Yuan was selling pills and talismans in Luofu Immortal Market as usual when he suddenly felt something was wrong. "Oh no, Venus is plotting against me!"

With Jiang Yuan's current magical power, he was absolutely unable to stop the Golden Immortal from calculating. He could only take out a few talismans and stick them on his forehead, making him look like a zombie. The people passing by felt that this person was quite strange and stopped to watch.

Jiang Yuan naturally knew that a few Qi Refining stage talismans could not withstand the calculations of a Golden Immortal from the Upper Realm. However, after the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, that mental power suddenly disappeared.

"Isn't it Venus?"

At this moment, inside the Luofu Cave, an old Taoist priest with white eyebrows groaned and spat out blood, his heart filled with extreme fear, "Disaster, disaster!"

This person is Zhu Zhenren, the only Nascent Soul cultivator on Mount Luofu. He only has the cultivation level of the early Nascent Soul stage, so he cannot ascend to the upper realm, nor can he leave the Luofu Cave Heaven, otherwise he will suffer a tribulation of lightning.

Outsiders had no idea that Master Zhu existed. Even within the inner sect of Mount Luofu, only the eight elders knew of his existence.

About a year and a half ago, when Master Zhu was meditating, he saw a vision that Luofu Cave was flooded.

The old Taoist priest calculated for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he could only guess what the flood meant.
So he summoned the three late-stage Nascent Soul Grand Elders of the inner sect and asked them if anything had happened on Mount Luofu.

The three supreme elders, who were usually uninvolved in sect affairs, looked at each other in bewilderment.

Master Zhu had no choice but to reveal his illusion: a Supreme Elder in charge of the sect's finances had a sudden inspiration, and with a constant flow of wealth, was this an auspicious sign that the Luofu Immortal Market was about to experience great development?
Master Zhu just wanted to curse. How could that lousy Immortal City, which could only earn a few spirit stones a year, possibly affect the mind of a Nascent Soul cultivator?

The Grand Elder, after being reprimanded, investigated the Immortal Market's revenue. He found that in the past two years, instead of developing much, the market had been declining, to the point of operating at a loss. Therefore, he instructed Elder Chu to investigate the Immortal Market and to deal with the matter seriously.

Elder Chu conducted thorough investigations for a year before taking action. He not only dealt with Zhao Cangwu, but also dealt with more than thirty other deeply entrenched associates, thinking that he could finally set things right.

Master Zhu experienced another illusion, which was still a massive flood, with icebergs emerging, making it even more severe than before.

Master Zhu performed another divination, paying special attention to Luofu Immortal City, but he found nothing and instead suffered a backlash, spitting out blood.

Master Zhu then summoned the eight elders of the inner sect and said that the frequent illusions indicated that something terrible might happen to Mount Luofu, and that the source must be in the Immortal Market. He ordered an investigation.

Elder Chu was also frustrated. How could anyone cultivate? This lousy Immortal City had been investigated for a year, and even the gutter had been dug up and exposed. Where could there be any place to hide filth?

Jiang Yuan was also quite frightened. He packed up his stall early and went home. He set up a three-layered array in the military dependents' village, which was more effective than those talismans.

Jiang Yuan didn't know if it was Taibai Jinxing, but judging from the time, eighteen days had passed in the Heavenly Court. Even if Taibai Jinxing had a bad memory, he should have paid attention to Peach Blossom Paradise and would naturally know that Jiang Yuan had slipped away.

"The only way to save my life right now is to enter Luofu Cave Heaven as soon as possible. I must join the inner sect."

The moment Jiang Yuan had this thought, Master Zhu felt a chill in his heart and spat out another mouthful of blood!

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