Chapter 20 Life in Futang

In the evening.

"Brother An, you are finally here!"

Wang Dazhu and Zhao Xianchuan had arrived in advance in the pavilion by the Moon Lake, and they prepared spiritual wine.

"How is it, Brother An, did you pass the test?"

Wang Dazhu and Zhao Xianchuan were both very concerned.

"Yes, I barely passed the line and entered the Fu Hall." Li An said.

"Great, I also entered the Refining Hall!"

Wang Dazhu seemed very happy, "The Refining Hall gives eight spiritual stones a month! Moreover, Senior Brother Yu also said that he would let me follow him to practice ironwork, and he would teach me to refine weapons in three years!"

There was light in his eyes, and he was very much looking forward to the future.

In fact, Wang Dazhu was indeed very smooth. His cultivation had reached the fourth level of Qi training. Now he entered the Refining Hall, and the treatment was better than Li An. He might become a refiner in the future.

As an ordinary person, he was doing very well in the sect.

Li An noticed that Zhao Xianchuan also looked good, and couldn't help but ask: "Brother Zhao, you should have succeeded too?"

"No."

Zhao Xianchuan smiled and said: "I went to the Medicine Hall."

The Medicine Hall is also one of the outer halls of Xuanyang Sect. It is mainly responsible for collecting spiritual medicines, etc. The treatment is worse than that of marginal halls such as Lingzhishan, but the monthly salary is only six yuan, and the development is limited, far less than the three major halls.

Seeming to understand Li An's doubts, Zhao Xianchuan took the initiative to explain: "Three days ago, I received news from the family that my uncle was killed by a demon cultivator. At present... my father has become the head of the family."

Li An suddenly realized.

The Zhao family is a foundation-building level cultivation family. Now that Zhao Xianchuan's father is in power, he can also get more support from the sect.

This kind of thing is bad news for the entire family, but it is good for Zhao Xianchuan.

"Brother Zhao, if I remember correctly, your family land is not far from 'Qingyang Market'?"

Li An continued to ask. Qingyang Market is one of the three major markets under Xuanyang Sect and an important source of Xuanyang Sect's wealth.

"Yes, it is close to Qingyang Market. My father wrote to say that there has been a lot of unrest around Qingyang Market recently. There are demon cultivators appearing and killing people and stealing treasures. The Xuanyang Sect cultivators in charge of Qingyang Market have taken action many times, but have not been able to resolve it..."

Li An nodded. Xuanyang Sect, Baishou Sect, and Shenjian Sect are still fighting for the middle-grade spiritual mine, and demon cultivators have appeared again... The outside world is not peaceful.

However, Xuanyang Zhenren of Xuanyang Sect is in his prime, so there should be no problem in the next two or three hundred years.

It can still survive. "Senior Sister Xu Qiuhui successfully entered the inner sect. Now, Chen Cheng has become the senior brother, and Mu Qingwan has become the second senior sister..."

Wang Dazhu talked about the situation of other people again, "Mu Qingwan has already reached the fifth level of Qi Refining. Her yellow-level middle-grade spiritual root is really strong..."

"There is also a rumor that the two may become Taoist couples."

He was full of envy.

Li An understood that Mu Qingwan's normal speed should not be so fast. Behind this, there should be the help of Chen Cheng, who is related to the inner sect.

"Come on, drink!"

Zhao Xianchuan raised his glass in silence.

...

The next day, Li An and the new Futang disciples went to the Futang Hall to attend a concentrated lecture.

It was not the hall master Guo Xiao who taught in person. The first class was about the basics of talismans, which was taught by the eldest disciple Sun Lin, and the second class was about the key points of making talismans, which was taught by Tan Qingxue.

Sun Lin is nearly middle-aged, already in his forties, a first-class top-grade talisman master. He is burly and wears a black robe that only formal disciples can wear. He looks very easy-going and very friendly, which makes many new disciples feel close to him.

Tan Qingxue usually looks more lively, but when she teaches, she seems more serious.

Li An found that Sun Lin's lectures were mostly general, while Tan Qingxue's lectures were more attentive and raised many practical issues. However, novices may not understand the value of this.

"After the lecture, according to the rules of the Fu Hall, a senior brother or sister will be arranged to teach the new disciples one-on-one in the first three months. If you have a senior brother or sister you like, you can communicate and choose one. However, after the selection, your monthly salary will be deducted by two yuan each month, and it will belong to the senior brother or sister who guides you."

At this time, Sun Lin suddenly smiled again.

"Senior Brother Sun Lin, we choose you!"

The seven new disciples spoke in unison.

Tan Qingxue's face changed slightly.

She and Sun Lin have always been in competition in the sect, and it is also important to attract new disciples, but now, Sun Lin has made some moves in advance?

"Feng Lin!"

She was annoyed, and suddenly figured it out.

Li An frowned slightly. It seems that these seven guys have been hinted by Feng Lin...but he didn't hint to himself?

It turns out that poor people have no human rights...

"Okay, that's it."

Sun Lin smiled and said, "Come with me, I will tell you some extra precautions for refining talismans."

Li An was the only one left in the hall.

"You choose me?" Tan Qingxue looked at Li An absent-mindedly.

"Choose."

Li An nodded.

In fact, he really wanted to say, can't he choose no one... He has no lack of experience in refining talismans, and he doesn't need others to teach him. These two spirit stones are too much of a waste!

However, he has been excluded from the camp by Sun Lin. If he refuses Tan Qingxue again, he may not be able to stay in the talisman hall.

Besides, from Xu Qiuhui's perspective, she could only follow Tan Qingxue.

"Okay,"

Tan Qingxue said, "Zhirou, you take care of him for the next three months."

She waved to another female disciple.

The female disciple was named Cao Zhirou, and she was considered Tan Qingxue's confidant in the Futang. Although her appearance was not as good as Tan Qingxue's, she was also considered to be above average. Upon hearing this, she had no choice but to nod.

...

In the middle of the month, all new disciples in the hall received a low-level Fu pen and twenty low-level Fu paper.

This made Li An quite happy. The Fu pen issued by the Futang was slightly better than the one he had in his hand, and was worth at least eight spirit stones!

Besides, the one he bought from the Exchange Pavilion was almost scrapped.

Cao Zhirou did come to Li An several times and explained some basic talismans to him very attentively. Li An pretended to listen very attentively, but he seemed to be slow to comprehend and absorb. Gradually, Cao Zhirou lost interest and didn't care about him anymore.

After half a month of understanding, Li An also had a preliminary understanding of the basic situation of the Fu Hall.

The entire Fu Hall is headed by Elder Guo Xiao, who is a second-level Fu Master and has reached the initial stage of foundation building!

Next, there are his two disciples, Sun Lin and Tan Qingxue. Sun Lin has a slightly stronger cultivation level, the seventh level of Qi training, and Tan Qingxue is the sixth level of Qi training. Both are first-level top-grade Fu Masters.

Elder Guo Xiao is old and has a short life span. In order to select the next hall master, Guo Xiao set a test -

Whoever among the Fu Hall disciples can find a second-grade longevity pill for him within three years can obtain the inheritance of the second-level talisman - if you get the inheritance, the position of the hall master is almost certain.

The second-grade longevity pill can extend the life of a foundation-building cultivator for fifty years. It is a strategic material in the sect and can only be exchanged with contribution points. It cannot be bought with spirit stones.

One second-grade longevity pill requires 10,000 contribution points!

In order to make up the contribution points, winning over the Fu Hall disciples is an important means.

After all, if Tan and Sun want to accumulate enough contribution points, in addition to working hard to refine talismans and obtaining a fixed amount of contribution points, it is very important to buy contribution points from other disciples.

Generally speaking, a piece of spirit stone is equivalent to ten contribution points, but it will be more expensive if you really spend money to buy it.

And not everyone is willing to sell. Contribution points are very important among registered disciples. They need contribution points to get promotion opportunities and exchange core materials.

If you want to buy 10,000 contribution points, you need at least 2,000 to 3,000 spirit stones to pave the way...

It is a sky-high price!

Li An calculated that unless Tan Qingxue and Sun Lin have additional support, it will be difficult for them to get the second-grade longevity pill within three years through their own efforts!

After all, even if they are first-class upper-grade talisman masters, the talismans they can refine each month are limited. The fixed contribution points they get are about 100 points, and the extra spirit stones can only buy 20 or 30 points.

It will take at least six years to accumulate 10,000 points.

The test set by Guo Xiao was actually a misuse of public resources. While selecting the next hall master, he exploited the disciples to prolong his life...

It was really a dog!

...

Li An had no interest in the competition in the Fu Hall, and did not want to attract extra attention.

So, he performed mediocrely in the Fu Hall, and his talisman making was only at the middle level of the batch of disciples entering the Fu Hall. He could hand in all the talismans on time every month and get some extra contribution points, but not much, so he naturally sold them to Cao Zhirou, Tan Qingxue's confidant.

In this way, his monthly salary and extra income were about 11 or 12 yuan, but he still had to spend about 7 spirit stones every month for his own practice and the purchase of talisman paper.

...

In a blink of an eye, a year passed.

"Fifty-three pieces."

That day, Li An counted the current balance of spirit stones and thought:

"The speed of practicing the Life-Nourishing Immortal Art is too slow. It will take at least two years to complete the third level of Qi training."

"Water Arrow Technique and Light Body Step have been practiced to the strongest state. Next, it is time to practice physical skills!"

Now, Li An's spirit has been improved by the Super Sense Technique, far surpassing ordinary people. His attack is Water Arrow Technique plus "Flying Dagger Technique", and his movement is also Light Body Step.

The only flaw is that his physical body is too weak.

If someone gets close to him, he will be at a disadvantage!

"The physical body is the root of the soul. In the last life, I neglected the physical body a lot. In this life, I have to lay a solid foundation from now on."

"The best physical training method I know of is the 'Iron Tree Method'!"

The Iron Tree Method, a yellow-level middle-grade method, can temper from skin to flesh, from flesh to bones.

But to practice the Iron Tree Method, you need to buy a lot of auxiliary materials, such as iron sand for body refining and liquid medicine to promote skin and flesh recovery.

They all need spirit stones.

Now... it's barely enough.

That day, he left the Futang and went to the trading market.

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