The Legend of Fangren

Spicy!

"It's all over, it's all over, it's all over...!"

Fang Shi ran frantically down the mountain, his heart filled with anxiety. The torrential rain lashed against him, and the pain was piercing his heart.

My precious little fire heart grass! My darling!

He ran for a while, and although it was pitch black in front of him, he was familiar with the path down the mountain, so running wildly was no problem.

Huh? Did something just pass by? Never mind, never mind.

My precious baby!

With a thud, it jumped back to the cave entrance and laid the branches it had broken off along the way on the shelf.

Phew~ Luckily, we just finished picking the fruit, so it's okay that some leaves of the Fireheart Grass were knocked off.

They slipped back into the cave, lit a fire to dry their clothes, and went to sleep.

The next day, after the rain, the sky cleared, and the dew was sweet and refreshing. Fang Shi got up and fed the gray fish, adding fertilizer…

Unlike in the past, today he had to go to the sect and report to the Heaven and Earth Pavilion.

Thanks to the title of "Lucky Person," he was recognized along the way and even worshipped as a mascot.

"Now that you've been accepted as a disciple of my Heaven and Earth Pavilion, you could have come to me last night to arrange your lodgings. Why bother going back to those mountains?"

Elder Qu Yang lived in a wooden house next to the Heaven and Earth Pavilion. He lived a simple life, but he could not do without wine.

Holding his nose, Fang Shi couldn't quite understand people who drank so early in the morning.

"Elder Qu..."

"You can call me Master now." Qu Yang tossed him a plaque.

Fang Shi took it and immediately recognized it as a token from the Heaven and Earth Pavilion.

"This is your house number; the house on the other side is now yours."

At the other end of the Heaven and Earth Pavilion, there is a wooden house with two floors. The top floor is an attic where things can be stored.

Living in such a large house by one person, especially within the inner sect, seems somewhat unreal for an outer sect disciple.

"What, can't believe it?" Qu Yang chuckled, taking a sip of his drink. "I never take on disciples, but this year I've made an exception and accepted you. Naturally, you're my eldest disciple. What's wrong with living in a room by yourself?"

"Wow..." Fang Shi felt even more unreal.

"But Master, I still have some things to plant in those mountains, which has taken a lot of my effort."

"Just those fire-heart fruits?"

"There are still a few gray fish..."

In fact, he also has a large warehouse of dried fruit, and given his hamster-like personality, the warehouse has doubled in size in recent days.

"Isn't that simple?"

Qu Yang led Fang Shi up to the Heaven and Earth Pavilion, where Fang Shi then discovered a grove of trees behind it.

"The inner sect is not as crowded as the outer sect. In some places, trees and grass grow and no one cares. I can't manage other places, but I can get this piece of land behind the Heaven and Earth Pavilion. If you want to grow something, you can do it here."

"Master, doesn't the sect have any dedicated spirit fields? Where do all those spiritual creatures in the Heavenly Pavilion come from?"

Qu Yang said, "Most of the spiritual items in the Heaven and Earth Pavilion come from offerings from the cities at the foot of the mountain, and some are traded from the Middle Realm. These are relatively rare, usually only once a season. It's a pretty good job, and many people in the sect are vying for it."

Unfortunately, it wasn't very appealing to Fang Shi.

"As for the spiritual fruits you obtained, here's the house tag I just gave you. It's also a key that can open a separate storage space in the back warehouse of the Heaven and Earth Pavilion."

"Master, how much stuff can this back warehouse store?"

"Haha, you think you can fill it up completely? Don't worry, the total amount of stuff that can be stored inside is bigger than this entire Heaven and Earth Pavilion."

"Wow……"

Looking at the enormous ten-story building of the Heaven and Earth Pavilion before him, Fang Shi's eyes lit up.

Nothing excites a hamster more than a huge warehouse.

"But Master, how safe is it for me to farm here?"

Having already encountered rogue disciples twice, Fang Shi was truly worried about the security of the Longhe Sect.

That's true.

Qu Yang, unusually, didn't make any promises. After thinking for a moment, he said, "How about this, I'll go to the sect today to get this forest, and then I'll put a barrier on this land to ensure safety."

"Master, you are so kind."

After spending a long time with Luohe yesterday, Fang Shi has also learned to play straightforwardly.

"Hey, I only took you in because I wanted to have a lucky charm. If you're willing to stay obediently near the Heaven and Earth Pavilion, I'll be happy to."

"Well, Master, that's true, but the Heaven and Earth Pavilion is just a warehouse, why do we need to make me the mascot?"

"Warehouse? Who told you that?"

Upon hearing this, Qu Yang immediately led the person into the pavilion and pointed to the wooden plaques hanging on the square stone platform.

"What do you see written on these wooden signs?"

Fang Shi took a closer look and saw that there were many requests on the wooden sign, both for sale and for purchase, making it look like a logistics and trading platform.

Qu Yang walked up and said with great pride, "This is something I've been working on for several years. Since we got this, all the material transactions within the sect have been concentrated at the Heaven and Earth Pavilion. I only need to take a small cut, and the Heaven and Earth Pavilion can make a lot of money."

Wow, so it was you who did it.

Fang Shi immediately looked at his cheap master with new respect. In any case, it was truly admirable that he could come up with such a modern self-service trading platform in this kind of world.

"Isn't 'Fengji' the sect's currency? With so much Fengji, who else could the Heaven and Earth Pavilion be trading with?"

"Of course I can do business."

Qu Yang took out a wine pot and drank some wine, saying, "As I just mentioned, the Heaven and Earth Pavilion goes to the Middle Realm to purchase materials every quarter. This 'Fengji' is the currency from the Middle Realm, which is used throughout the Five Realms."

Why do all five continental borders use the currency of the Middle Realm?

"It's for convenience."

The Xuan Realm divides all things into five elements, and the states are naturally included within it. The four realms of east, west, south, and north belong to wood, fire, metal, and water respectively, while the central realm belongs to earth, which is the most stable. Therefore, the human race prospers. However, due to the large population, there is a shortage of resources, resulting in a huge flow of materials. Over time, it has become a major trading center. Goods from the surrounding four realms flow in and out of here. There is almost nothing that cannot be bought, and nothing that cannot be sold.

Therefore, a unified currency is naturally needed.

The coins from the Middle Realm are made from a special crystal that can store mystic energy, making them an excellent choice for anti-counterfeiting.

Qu Yang continued, "Don't be fooled by how much money the Heaven and Earth Pavilion makes; in reality, all that money is used to purchase rare spiritual items from the Eastern Realm in the Middle Realm, all for the sake of the sect's disciples' cultivation."

"But Master, why do I feel that some things in the Heaven and Earth Pavilion are not fresh?"

呲!

Qu Yang nearly choked on his drink. He quickly wiped his mouth and shouted, "Young man Fang, don't think you can talk nonsense just because I've treated you well."

"But Master, my childhood friend is a metal elementalist. She told me that metal spirit items in the Heaven and Earth Pavilion are very expensive, and they are not as fresh and plump as spirit items of other elements."

"Oh, you mean that little girl who tried to rush onto the stage yesterday? You're quite the lucky one."

"Master..."

When told so directly, Fang Shi, that brat, started to act coy and shy.

"You smug one, I thought you were going to say something, is that all? Don't you know that metal spirit objects are rare? Ordinary spirit objects are everywhere, but these kinds of spirit objects almost always grow in harsh environments. Every time I go to the Middle Realm, the thing I ask for the most is metal spirit objects, but in the end, I can only buy these."

"Besides, the higher the grade of a spirit item, the more expensive it is. The price increases several times over with each grade increase. Do you think anyone would be so eager for quick success and rush to take off a metal spirit item that they've worked so hard to find?"

"Most of the metal spirit objects that can be picked so easily grow in environments that are not high-level, so their quality is naturally not guaranteed."

Qu Yang shook his head helplessly and said, "So if you want to take care of your childhood friend, you should think more about how to make Tiandi Pavilion make money. As long as you have enough money, there's nothing you can't buy."

Yes, money makes the world go round, and people can't escape the allure of money.