Chapter 115 Human Heart

Zheng Fa didn't know that the two Yuanyings of Jiushan Sect had been chanting his name overnight.

After he returned home, he has been concentrating on practicing.

Ever since he adjusted the Upright Shadowless Talisman and the Frost Blade Talisman, he felt that his cultivation was going a little smoother, and he had a vague feeling that he was about to break through the third level of Qi training.

Zheng Fa understood the cultivation speed of various spiritual roots.

The difference between single spiritual roots and double spiritual roots is actually huge——

Generally speaking, with a single spiritual root, it takes about a year to reach the tenth level of Qi training and impact the foundation building stage.

But for someone with dual spiritual roots like Zheng Fa, even if he is diligent, it will take three to five years to reach the tenth level of Qi Refining.

If you are busy making a living and have many things to do, it is common to waste eight or nine years.

This is a very common thing - disciples with a single spiritual root often have the support of their master and only need to concentrate on their cultivation, but disciples with dual spiritual roots almost never receive this treatment.

After the tenth level of Qi training, there is another hurdle to build a foundation - building a foundation requires foundation-building pills, which are in short supply and very valuable.

It is beyond the ability of Qi Refining disciples to purchase this kind of elixir, and they often have to accumulate it through years of hard work.

With this calculation, it is actually extremely difficult to build a foundation in ten years.

Therefore, Jiushan Sect only gives ten years of subsidies to new disciples, which is actually not enough for disciples with double spiritual roots, let alone disciples with three or four spiritual roots.

The time limit of Jiushan Sect is equivalent to leaving only a window for disciples with dual spiritual roots, while other disciples with lower qualifications do not even have a crack.

For example, Han Qi, who has three spiritual roots, had the dream of achieving foundation building when he first started.

Over time, in fact, in the Immortal Gate, you can only be busy with survival.

As for building the foundation, it is like a fantasy dream in youth when one is ignorant of the immensity of the world.

Most of the lower-level disciples are like Han Qi, either numb or angry.

However, Zheng Fa's cultivation speed is much faster than that of ordinary dual-spiritual root disciples, and his progress is only slightly slower than that of single-spiritual root disciples.

For example, Zhou Qianyuan cultivated to the second level of Qi training in just over thirty days.

The Zheng method took only more than forty days and less than fifty days.

At first, Zheng Fa himself didn't understand the reason.

Later, after observation, he understood.

On the one hand, of course, it was because of the "Talisman Foundation Building Method". According to his current estimation, the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy was about 20% to 30% faster than that of an ordinary person with two spiritual roots.

On the other hand, we have to thank modern times.

There is no spiritual energy in modern times, but Zheng Fa is diligent by nature and still circulates his spiritual power according to the "Chi Xiao Jue" every day.

At first he just got used to it, but later he discovered the benefits. While practicing in modern times, his spiritual power certainly would not increase, but it could gradually become more refined, laying a very solid foundation for him.

Others need to practice for a period of time and adapt to the growth of spiritual power before they can continue to breathe in and out spiritual energy.

There is no need for Zheng Fa. In the Xuanwei Realm, you just need to rush forward.

He felt that he could catch up with Zhou Qianyuan's cultivation speed without even practicing the Yuanfu Dao Foundation.

As he practiced, Zheng Fa felt his dantian swell and a feeling of fullness coming from his dantian.

From an introverted perspective, his dantian was already filled with spiritual power. Compared to the trickle when he first started practicing, the spiritual power now was like a surging river.

I’ve reached the third level of Qi training.

Zheng Fa opened his eyes and showed a faint smile on his face, which was considered a small celebration.

After all, the ones I see every day are Jindan like Senior Sister Zhang and Senior Sister Yuan.

Even among the disciples in the market town, there are many foundation-building disciples.

The breakthrough in the Qi training level doesn’t seem to be a big deal.

Maybe people are too lazy to even look at it.

“Zheng Fa has made a breakthrough!” On the eighth peak of the Nine Mountains, Master Pang’s eyes sparkled with silver light. He looked at Zheng Fa’s yard from afar and exclaimed loudly as if he had never seen anyone make a breakthrough before: “What a talent!”

"Um... Master, I also had a breakthrough some time ago." Zhou Qianyuan stood beside him and reminded him in a low voice.

"You've also made a breakthrough?" Master Pang was stunned, glanced at him, and curled his lips: "What's there to say about the third level of Qi training?"

Zhou Qianyuan: “……?”

…

The next day, Zheng Fa could no longer practice at home all day.

The pick-up boat that was sent out earlier has returned.

There were quite a few people on the boat - the boat visited three nearby sects and two markets where independent cultivators gathered, and more than a hundred people returned with the boat.

With so many customers coming in at once, the market suddenly became bustling with a lot of things to do.

Zheng Fa stayed in the market for two days, dealing with various issues with Senior Sister Yuan:

Some merchants see that these customers are not from their own sect and are prepared to cheat them.

Some people come here for the free boat ride, and they can't afford to buy anything, so they act like hooligans and cause trouble in the market.

Some merchants had no confidence in Zheng Fa's ideas. After they sold out their goods, they begged Zheng Fa and others to help them find sources of goods.

For a time, the whole market was in a state of panic.

It's not just Zheng Fa and Senior Sister Yuan.

The disciples on duty in the market town were also running around without stopping.

After the group of customers left, the others could take a break, but Zheng Fa was still busy - he wanted to calculate the revenue from a round trip of the shuttle boat.

"The tax we collected this time was about 20 spirit stones, plus the profit from reselling talismans on the ship - the total should be 50 spirit stones."

After finishing the calculation, Zheng Fa said to Senior Sister Yuan who was waiting on the side.

The rent cannot be changed for the time being.

The spiritual stones that Zheng Fa and his companions could obtain from the receiving ship were in addition to the price difference from reselling the spiritual talismans.

It all comes from transaction taxes.

The tax rates for various transaction taxes are different, but on average they are between 10% and 20%.

Senior Sister Yuan was quite happy to hear this number: "Two trips a month, that's one hundred spirit stones a month!"

"Sister, we still have to deduct the cost of the ferry and pay the brothers on the boat - the disciples on duty in the market have been very busy these two days, so I'm afraid we have to give them some bonuses to appease them."

"…How much does this cost?"

Zheng Fa didn't have an exact number, but he roughly estimated in his mind: "The net profit left at the end is about 20 spirit stones."

“That’s a little…”

Zheng Fa nodded.

Less is one thing.

The main thing is that everyone has been busy but there seems to be no results - I'm afraid some people will say something strange.

…

Han Qi and the other two were walking towards the market town, preparing to go on patrol - they were now considered Zheng Fa's subordinates, and were also considered to be disciples of the market town.

Along the way, there were also some other brothers heading towards the market.

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Some of them were senior brothers who had gradually become familiar with each other on the boat. The three of them greeted each other along the way and soon walked together and gathered in a group.

"Have you heard? After all this trouble, I only earned twenty spirit stones."

"...I think this shuttle boat can't be operated anymore." A disciple curled his lips.

"We worked so hard, and we lost all our smiles on the way. We were exhausted after coming back... and in the end we only earned 20 spirit stones... Why can't we earn that much by doing anything else?"

Others were also talking about it, and although their voices were low when they used some obscene words, Han Qi and the other two could still hear them.

Han Qi and the other two were a little embarrassed and angry.

After all, they consider themselves to be Zheng Fa's people.

Now this group of people seemed to be somewhat dissatisfied with Zheng Fa in their words and deeds. Although they did not mention any names, everyone could hear it.

The tall and thin man opened his mouth as if he wanted to speak, but Han Qi pulled his sleeve to stop him.

The three of them gradually slowed down their pace and watched the group of brothers gradually walk away.

"Brother, why don't you let me scold them..."

"What did they say?" Han Qi glared at him: "What are you going to scold them for?"

“…”

"Besides, these people were very respectful in front of Junior Brother Zheng."

"A smiling man hiding a knife behind his back!"

The tall and thin man cursed angrily.

"Junior Brother Zheng still has a shallow foundation and his cultivation is a bit low." Han Qi sighed: "This group of people are afraid of Junior Brother Zheng, but it's only because of Senior Sister Zhang and Senior Sister Yuan, but most of them are still dissatisfied in their hearts."

"Then Junior Brother Zheng also earned some spirit stones this time!"

"Yes, they made some money, but it made such a big fuss..." Han Qi sighed, "They probably think that if they are given such great power, they can make more money."

The tall and thin man stopped talking.

Han Qi continued, "Besides, this shuttle boat can't always go to the same place. This time it's a short distance, but if it goes farther in the future, the profit will be even less."

"This... Will Senior Sister Zhang blame Junior Brother Zheng?"

"It's definitely not strange, but I'm afraid we'll have to wait and see whether we can continue doing this."

Han Qi's face was also full of worry.

…

With not very good mood, Han Qi and the other two came to the market.

As soon as they entered the market, the three of them felt something strange.

"Brother! You've worked hard these past two days! Eat some cake!"

As the three of them walked by, a meat pie vendor stuffed three pie into their mouths and said with a smile.

"You didn't eat breakfast! Take some date cake to eat!"

"It's easy to choke if you only eat food. Brothers, drink some water!"

After just walking down one street, the three of them had a lot more things in their arms.

Not only them, but also the brothers on duty who had arrived earlier were stuffed with a lot of miscellaneous food.

The group of people were stunned, confused by the performance of these vendors.

I still don't understand why these vendors are so enthusiastic.

"Brother...when we saw the disciples on duty before, we didn't even have time to hide, but now they are..."

Han Qi blinked his eyes and suddenly laughed: "The market didn't make any money, but the vendors did!"

"ah?"

Han Qi turned around and looked towards the small building where the market manager was.

In the small building, Senior Sister Zhang also said this to Zheng Fa with a smile on her face: "The stalls that could not be rented out before today are now being rented by people."

"More than that... what's important is people's hearts." Senior Sister Zhang looked at Zheng Fa meaningfully, and then said firmly: "We have to continue to send these ferry boats, even if it doesn't make money!"

Zheng Fa nodded, knowing exactly what Senior Sister Zhang meant.

Right now in the Jiushan Sect, the ones who suffer the most are the lower-level disciples—and these are almost all the people who set up stalls.

With each boat trip, almost every vendor made a small profit.

This amount of money is not much for Zheng Fa and his team, but for these people, it may be the profit of the previous month.

For Senior Sister Zhang, asking the Jiushan Sect's top leaders to give a larger share of the pie to the lower classes is something she cannot do and will not agree to.

But picking up people from other sects and markets to consume - this is like cutting a piece of someone else's cake and giving it to the disciples of Jiushan Sect.

The more the better! Senior Sister Yuan came up from the first floor with a bunch of things in her arms. She looked a little confused: "Junior Brother Zheng, these are what the vendors put at the door on the first floor. They all have your name on them. There are so many more. I can't hold them all!"

(End of this chapter)