The houses and buildings are all made of wood, the tables and chairs are all made of solid wood, and the carved villas are lifelike.
What might take several years or even more than ten years to build in a mortal kingdom, at great expense of human resources, can be accomplished by a Jindan cultivator simply by slapping his hands on the ground.
Jiuyou's clone has the support of Jiang Liyong's spiritual arts, and his original body has been staying in the coffin space where the concentration of spiritual energy exceeds the standard.
Even the output at the Jindan level is enough to fully support it in this situation, and the spiritual energy within the clone's golden elixir is not even consumed.
After two consecutive large-scale spellcastings, a complex of entirely wooden buildings appeared in the inner city and the outer city respectively.
This is the prototype of Jiuyou’s clone business empire.
Now that you have the land and the house, what you need are employees to provide basic services.
As a Jindan cultivator, he naturally cannot receive guests in person. However, after recruiting people, he has to train them, keep them, and prevent them from discovering his secrets. Just thinking about it is a bit troublesome.
Fortunately, he had foresight and knew that there was a group of well-trained and excellent employees in the burial coffin.
He waved his hand and scattered a field of seeds, transforming them into medium-sized human-shaped wooden puppets. Jiang Li also selected 300 clever ghosts from the ghost market and put them into these wooden puppets, supplemented by talisman paper, painted skin and illusion.
Under the leadership of Qin Shuman, the lord of the Ghost Market, a team that is willing to work hard and not ask for wages was basically formed here.
Anyway, the formalities had been completed in advance, and Jiang Li, who was short of money, announced the opening of the business without saying a word.
The Taoist name that Jiuyou's clone casually gave himself was Qingshan Jushi, so these two spiritual residences should also be called Qingshanju.
The big move of a Jindan cultivator naturally attracted the attention of many cultivators.
From the moment this complex of buildings rose from the ground, the terrifying spiritual energy rising into the sky had already attracted a large number of monks to watch.
"Old Nine, you are well-informed. Do you know what's going on?"
"I don't know either, but I have had the honor of seeing the man who created this wooden building a few times. Let me tell you in secret, the man has a golden token of the City That Never Sleeps hanging around his waist!"
"Hiss, golden token, golden elixir monk!"
"Yes, but I don't know what this gentleman wants to do by building this wooden building."
Outside the wooden gate, a large group of monks were gathered there, pointing and talking inside the gate, making various guesses.
"Look, there's movement!"
A monk suddenly exclaimed, and the next moment, in front of the wooden gate, a sapling suddenly broke through the soil and grew out, and in a few breaths it grew into a welcoming tree over ten meters tall.
"There are words on the tree, it says... Qingshanju!"
As he finished speaking, the door of Qingshanju slowly opened, and Qin Shuman, who had a classical and sweet appearance, came out with thirty-six female puppets in long skirts to welcome the guests.
"I am Qin Shuman, the maidservant of Mr. Qingshan. I would like to pay my respects to all the masters."
"Everyone is a guest. Qingshanjudao welcomes you all. If you don't mind, please come into my guest house and have a seat."
The female ghost Qin Shuman bowed gracefully and invited the monks present to come in.
As she moved, the welcoming tree was instantly covered with bright red flowers, as if it was welcoming the guests together with the female ghost.
Of the two Qingshan Residences, the first one to open was naturally the one in the inner city of the Never-Sleeping City. As long as the reputation here spread, the Qigong cultivators in the outer city would naturally move in.
In this inner city, there are many cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and there are also many Jindan Stage cultivators who are watching here.
Many of them had some idea of Qin Shuman's identity as a female ghost, but no one wanted to slay the demon.
Behind Qingshanju stands a Jindan. If he causes trouble here, he must be wishing he had died.
The onlookers still don't understand what the business of Qingshanju is, but it is impossible for them to kill people openly in this city that never sleeps. Since their safety is guaranteed, they might as well go in and take a seat.
Soon, the first person to try it out appeared.
A Jindan from a small sect, with the intention of getting close to Jiuyou's clone, was the first to enter Qingshanju.
However, as soon as he stepped into the door, his expression changed.
“What a big deal!”
The Jindan cultivator couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
The distance between the inner and outer doors was only one step, but the difference in the concentration of spiritual energy was actually twice as great! Moreover, he smelled an expensive smell in the air, which was actually the high-purity spiritual energy released by the top-grade spiritual stone!
This high-purity and high-quality spiritual energy is easier for cultivators to absorb, and it is also more convenient and faster to refine. Long-term use can even continuously improve the strength of one's own spiritual energy! Although he is a Jindan cultivator, he is just an elder in a small sect.
In his life, he had used top-grade spirit stones to practice cultivation, and had only used them a few times when he was trying to break through a realm.
But now, he actually found out that someone was using high-grade spirit stones as central air conditioners. This dealt a severe blow to his fragile heart, and he said that he was probably living a dog's life.
A large group of cultivators outside the door saw this Jindan cultivator who could not walk as soon as he entered. He kept breathing in the air with a look of greed and enjoyment.
But obviously, what happened to the other party must have been a good thing.
The other monks could not wait any longer and followed in.
Then when they entered, they were all dumbfounded just like the previous person.
What kind of wealth does this Qingshan hermit have? Is he so unrestrained and uninhibited? At this moment, a strange sight appeared. In the Qingshan Residence in the city that never sleeps, a group of hundreds of monks gathered at the door for a long time, but no one moved.
Qin Shuman did not urge her either. When she was thrown into the Yin Burial Coffin, she was shocked and disoriented at least a hundred times more than this group of monks.
What's so strange about being amazed by the adults' handwriting? It was not until a long time later that the Jindan stage cultivators realized that they were here to visit Qingshanju and what was wrong with them standing at the door.
The monks came to their senses and followed Qin Shuman and a group of ghost servants into the nine-story Kelai Building.
They had already made up their minds that they would stay for the night no matter what.
The first floor of the Kelai Building is the reception hall, the second and third floors are the spiritual food and medicine dining area, the fourth to eighth floors are the shopping and trade areas, and the ninth floor is an auction house that has not yet been opened.
However, although the specifications and venue are there, there are not many things inside. There is only a group of ghost servants who look like merchants, selling some ordinary or even cheap items.
Most of the shops here are still empty, probably waiting for other forces and businessmen to move in.
Everything reveals the simplicity and inadequacy of its early days.
In other words, after they sat down, the tea brought by the ghost servants was quite good.
The spiritual tea is fresh, refreshing and fragrant, and although it is not some earth-shattering high-end variety, it is probably a good thing produced with top-grade spiritual energy.
This Qingshan hermit wants to build a city within a city! I wonder how the lord of the city that never sleeps will react after knowing this.
While most of the foundation-building cultivators were still enjoying the physical and mental comfort they felt in the rich spiritual environment, some cultivators were thinking about more.
It was no problem to do some ordinary business under the eyes of the City That Never Sleeps. But if he wanted to build a city within a city, relying on the power of a Jindan-stage cultivator might not be enough.
But even though I may complain in my heart, I still have to live in Qingshanju.
"I wonder if there is any vacant house there? We admire your master very much and would like to get to know Mr. Qingshan. I wonder if we can buy one of the houses and live there temporarily."
After the monk said this, the other monks nearby also put down their tea and fell silent.
"The guest is joking. Please look over here."
Qin Shuman smiled charmingly, and the beauty revealed under her cold white skin was a kind of beauty between life and death.
She led everyone to look at the two couplets hanging in the hall, which read:
"Green mountains always stay with guests, and all cultivators in the world are happy."
The horizontal banner reads "Everyone who comes is a guest."
"My host is hospitable. The purpose of our Qingshanju is to treat everyone as a guest. If you want to stay here, that would be great. Just go to our counter and get a wooden sign like this."
Qin Shuman spread his hands and showed four wooden plaques to everyone. The colors and textures of the four wooden plaques were slightly different, and each was engraved with the four words "Tian Di Xuan Huang".
In order to make it easier for these cultivators to understand, Jiang Li used the most commonly used grade classification standards in the world of immortal cultivation when grading the wooden signs.
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And below "天地玄黄", there is a number displayed.
Hearing this, everyone present was naturally overjoyed.
In this environment filled with the spiritual energy of top-grade spirit stones, they had no other thoughts but to sit down and practice well.
However, most of those present were either at the foundation-building stage or the core-forming stage, and they all had to maintain some dignity, so they naturally could not squat down and practice in public. It would be great to have a quiet room in which to practice.
But they were not blind. The wooden signs were different, with levels and numbers on them. It was clear at a glance that there were some other things Qin Shuman had not finished talking about.
"Miss Qin, I wonder if there is any significance behind the words on this wooden sign?"
A monk spoke quickly and asked cooperatively.
Qin Shuman smiled slightly, and before the person she had arranged in the crowd could even open his mouth, someone already helped to set the pace.
She also took the opportunity to explain the spirit stone recharge rules of the Qingshan wooden sign.
As for the most common yellow-lettered wooden sign, it can only be used in the most common terraced meditation rooms, and its basic target audience is cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage.
Each person needs to spend at least one point for each single room every day, which is equivalent to recharging one spirit stone.
This price made the originally excited monks fall silent.
They did a quick calculation and found that even though the spiritual energy concentration was twice as high as it was top-grade spiritual energy, it would not improve their cultivation much in a day.
It's okay to try something new occasionally, but if you live there for a long time, it would undoubtedly be a loss. It would be more cost-effective to go directly to the misty mountains.
How could Qin Shuman not know what they were thinking? She gave a subtle signal, and the people in the crowd immediately understood.
"Miss Qin, Qingshanju has a great environment and abundant spiritual energy, but if you're just living there, one spiritual stone a day is a bit too expensive."
The others nodded, and this person expressed their thoughts.
Qin Shuman covered her mouth and smiled slightly. After a pause, she spoke again.
"This guest has misunderstood. This double concentration of spiritual energy is only used by my master to grow flowers and plants. The concentration of spiritual energy in the meditation room will naturally be different."
"Guests, please experience it for yourself."
She waved her hand, and the doors and windows of the guest building closed tightly, and a force separated the inside from the outside world.
Before the monks could become alert, the concentration of spiritual energy inside the Kelai Building began to soar. The high-grade smell in the air made the eyes of all the monks shine with excitement.
If it's this concentration, then it's worth it! It's totally worth it!
Only then did Qin Shuman continue to explain the other three levels of wooden plaques. The higher the level, the higher the corresponding spiritual energy concentration would naturally be.
Now this group of monks no longer had any doubts, only excitement and excitement.
The higher-grade Xuan-character wooden plaque can enjoy a separate wooden house, and its basic target audience is monks in the foundation-building stage.
Each person needs to spend ten points per wooden house per day, which is ten low-grade spirit stones.
The same goes for the higher rooms at the back, increasing tenfold.
The target service objects are the exquisite Tianzi palaces for Yuanying cultivators. The basic cost is as high as one thousand spirit stones per person per day. If one wants to increase the concentration of spiritual energy or even requires an unlimited supply of spiritual energy, the cost will be even more spirit stones.
If you calculate carefully, the consumption of recharging spirit stones in Qingshanju is roughly equivalent to Qingshanju breaking up the spiritual energy in one top-grade spirit stone into ten thousand parts.
Then sell it at the price of one spirit stone per piece.
You know, although in theory, the exchange ratio of high, medium and low grade spirit stones is one to one hundred, but in the world of immortal cultivation, due to the preciousness of high grade spirit stones, this ratio has always been higher and never lower.
If the exchange is done in this way, they will undoubtedly be the ones making big money.
In this case, it would be a fool not to take advantage of the opportunity. The monks began to apply for wooden cards to recharge spirit stones.
However, they were relatively cautious, fearing that Qingshanju would suddenly run away, so they did not recharge too much at one time.
Most people were sensible and only recharged for one or two days. A small number recharged more, but no more than ten days.
But on this day alone, Jiang Li earned a total of 13,000 low-grade spirit stones!
Moreover, after enjoying the spiritual environment and secret training room of Qingshanju, how many people can really leave it?
Just like Jiang Li himself, he has been practicing without interruption since his debut. If all his practice gains were suddenly eliminated, he probably wouldn't know how to practice in a normal spiritual environment.
As a result, Qingshanju, owned by Qingshan Jushi, became an instant hit in the city that never sleeps.
Countless monks rushed to stay there, and those who stayed there gave rave reviews. As a result, the name of Qingshan Jushi, who had just arrived in the City That Never Sleeps for a few days, spread throughout the city overnight.
Qingshanju in the outer city area was also opened shortly afterwards. However, since the casual practitioners in the Qi Refining Stage are usually thick-skinned, at least three or four out of ten would be able to sit in the hall and practice spiritual cultivation.
Therefore, in Qingshanju in the outer city area, Jiang Li did not fill the environment with spiritual energy. Only after they paid the spiritual stones could they enjoy the top-grade spiritual energy in the meditation room.
The independent cultivators had some complaints about this, but no one dared to cause trouble in the territory of a Jindan cultivator.
Everything was gradually getting back on track. The clone and Qin Shuman were still discussing and planning a big show to promote Qingshanju.
For example, after a mediocre cultivator is humiliated by a genius from a sect, he practices hard in Qingshanju. After a period of time, the cultivator surpasses the genius, breaks through his cultivation level, kills the genius, and finally wins the beauty!
If I could get more chicken soup of this kind, I, Jiang Li, would not believe that those casual cultivators would not buy into it.
While Jiuyou's clone was building his own business empire in the City That Never Sleeps, Jiang Li's real body was in the guest room of Shushan Shuixing Peak, taking out a spiritual fruit.
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