The Grand Market in Yunzhong City
"It's the last day of the celebration, and the flow of people
has obviously decreased." "Don't leave the city today. People are killing outside the city. I heard that the blood has flowed like a river outside."
"I heard that Zhongxing Sect and Yunjian Sect were furious about this. They specially mobilized 500 people from their sects to patrol outside the city, led by the Yuanying ancestors, but it didn't work at all. They patrolled within a 20-mile range, but the bandits who killed people and robbed treasures went 20 miles away."
Everyone's goods were sold very quickly today. They gathered together to chat. The beautiful young woman and Zhang Ruifeng were both social bullshit patients. They had a wide range of sources and knew a lot of things.
Since the first day of the celebration, the killing and robbing of treasures outside the city has never stopped, and today is definitely the craziest. The prices in Yunzhong City are high, and accommodation is not cheap. The cultivators from outside have to rush back, so a large number of bandits have been born.
They robbed passers-by crazily, and even did not spare the lone disciples of Zhonghang Sect and Yunjian Sect. They were so bold that the two sects were furious and specially mobilized elite disciples to expand the patrol range of the guard team to 20 miles outside the city.
But it was still useless. The huge benefits made countless people take risks. They were controlled by greed. If you patrol 20 miles, they will ambush at 30 or 40 miles. In short, they want to rob.
"Several familiar Taoist friends in the big market are gone,"
said the beautiful young woman. She had many lick dogs before, but several of them are gone. This made her a little anxious. Without those lick dogs, her income would drop sharply.
"Brother Jiang, how much money did you make this time?"
"Not many spiritual stones"
"You're lying, you made the most. In the past half month, you have sold at least a few hundred spiritual talismans."
Zhang Ruifeng shook his head. He didn't believe it. He knew that Lin Jiang came the latest every day and left the earliest. The spiritual talismans were all sold out. He made seven or eight spiritual stones for each spiritual talisman, and at least made a few thousand spiritual stones.
"Not as much as you guys."
Lin Jiang also shook his head. Zhang Ruifeng's words shocked him. How could he forget this? These two people also knew his income.
Lin Jiang did sell a lot of spiritual talismans in the past half month. He prepared from Daqing half a month ago. This month, he drew almost 200 spiritual talismans, and the profit was about 1,500 spiritual stones.
Although 1,500 was not much in his eyes, it was a lot in the eyes of Zhang Ruifeng and the beautiful young woman. In the past half month, they would have made a lot of 300 to 500.
The same is true for other people. The poverty of the lower-level casual cultivators is not nonsense. They are all suffering. This means that Lin Jiang has already shown off his wealth. These people may not be Lin Jiang's opponents, but they may have some powerful friends.
"This year's stall lease is up and I have to leave and change places."
Lin Jiang made up his mind. There are three big markets in Yunzhong City, and this is just one of them. He chose this place because it is the closest to where he lives. He can change places in the future. It doesn't matter if it's farther away. He can even rent a shop. In the shop, other people can't see his transaction amount.
When Zhang Ruifeng mentioned income, the beautiful young woman also became excited. Her spiritual herbs and spiritual talismans were not worth much. In the end, for safety reasons, she didn't go home and didn't let her family deliver goods. Later, she followed Lin Jiang's suggestion and changed to catering, but she made more money than expected.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, thank you very much for your guidance this time. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to earn so many spirit stones. How about I treat you to a drink tonight?"
"I don't really like drinking. Thank you very much."
"Nonsense, I've seen you drinking often. Fellow Daoist Jiang, do you dislike me?"
"This..."
Lin Jiang was sweating. How the hell should he respond to this? It's not that he dislikes me, but he is afraid of trouble. If things can be solved with money, he will try to use money instead of emotions. If he gets involved, it will be troublesome.
"Brother Jiang, just agree to it. I will treat you to a meal too. I have also made a lot of money because of your guidance."
"Actually, I just said it casually."
"No, we have received your favor, so we should thank you. My parents also want to meet you. You are the first friend I met in the big market. Sister, you come and say something too."
"Brother..."
Zhang Ruifang was so shy that she could only call out the word "brother". For a person with social phobia, this request was a bit too embarrassing.
Seeing that it was hard to refuse the kindness, Lin Jiang had to agree. He was afraid of drinking alone with the beautiful young woman, but if Zhang Ruifeng and the others were included, it would be much easier. He would not give the beautiful young woman a chance to take advantage of the situation, otherwise he was really afraid of losing his virginity.
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"Fellow Daoist Jiang, I have heard from my Ruifeng about you for several years, but I have never had the chance to meet you, but I have admired you for a long time."
Two days later, in a restaurant in Yunzhong City, Zhang Ruifeng's father raised a wine glass and said to Lin Jiang.
Zhang Ruifeng is a chatterbox and would tell his family about the big market, so the Zhang family has always known Lin Jiang. Of course, the biggest impression of the Zhang family on him is that he has good talisman drawing skills and is a Buddhist.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, look, I said that you are still quite popular in our big market."
The beautiful young woman next to him also came over with a wine glass. Lin Jiang saw that something was wrong. Was she going to get him drunk?
"You are too polite. I am just a low-level cultivator. I have practiced for many years, but I have only achieved a little bit of cultivation."
"You are a low-level cultivator, so what are we?" "
Haha, don't be polite, eat the food, so as not to waste it."
Lin Jiang laughed. He found that he was not good at hanging out in such occasions. He had lived alone for too long, and his personality was greatly affected.
The beautiful young woman was good at dancing with long sleeves, and she was like a fish in water in such occasions. With her to create an atmosphere, it didn't seem awkward. Lin Jiang took the opportunity to look around and found that after the end of the big celebration, the restaurants and inns in Yunzhong City fell into a short depression. It was probably because they had consumed too much in the previous half a month.
An hour later, Lin Jiang said goodbye to them and walked home, but he still turned left and right. Since he was robbed, Lin Jiang has become more cautious and tried not to let others know his residence to avoid being targeted.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang"
"Fellow Daoist Jiang"
When Lin Jiang came to the door, he met his neighbor Jiang Feng. Jiang Feng seemed to be seeing his friend off and saw Lin Jiang and said hello.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, you just came back"
"Yes, are you seeing your friends off?"
"Yes, a few new friends, let's drink together tonight and discuss cultivation. Fellow Daoist Jiang is very busy, and we only see each other a few times a year" "Fellow
Daoist Jiang Feng is also a busy man, I haven't seen you a few times, but your cultivation has increased very quickly, and you are already in the late stage of Qi training"
"It's also a fluke, you have been practicing hard for many years" "It
's the same for everyone"
"Yes"
"Then I won't bother you"
"Okay, let's drink together if we have a chance. I have a lot of friends, and we have formed a small group ourselves. Sometimes we chat together and exchange some items. If you are willing, you can come together"
"Okay"
Lin Jiang nodded, opened the formation, and then walked into the house.
"Could it be him?"
Sitting on the bed, Lin Jiang recalled Jiang Feng just now. It's not his fault that he suspected anyone, but this time Lin Jiang was indeed afraid. The real culprit behind the scenes was not found, and he couldn't sleep or eat.
"Jiang Feng was still in the middle stage of Qi training a few years ago, and he was promoted in the past two years. I don't know what he does, what skills he has, and how much he earns. Most of those who kill people for treasures don't have any special skills to make money. They are the kind of people who are poor and domineering.
But Jiang Feng is indeed a bit suspicious. He just said that he can't see me a few times a year. Is he always paying attention to me?"
Lin Jiang analyzed patiently. Regardless of whether it is true or not, this Jiang Feng has entered his list of suspects. Now Lin Jiang is suspicious of everyone around him.
As the saying goes, people's hearts are separated by their stomachs. There are many people who are honest on the outside, but there are many people who are full of bad water in their stomachs. You must never judge people by their appearance, so it is inevitable that Lin Jiang is suspicious of everyone now.
"There is only a thief who can do thieves for a thousand days, but there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. Since you can't find it, just lure it out and lure the snake out of its hole."
After hesitating for a long time, Lin Jiang decided to take a risk and play a trick to lure the snake out of its hole. He wanted to see who was eyeing him.