early morning.
Jingxin insisted on setting up a stall with her senior sister to sell Buddhist artifacts.
Because of her own reasons, she had already missed several days of setting up her stall, and Jingxin knew that if she didn't start setting up her stall soon, she would have a hard time explaining herself.
Sects may sound prestigious, but in reality, they are just like ordinary families, with their own basic needs like eating, drinking, defecating, birth, aging, sickness, and death.
When cultivation becomes a supreme and sublime faith, a pure heart and few desires, and a detached view of life and death become the norm.
However, the necessities of life do not disappear just because one is cultivating. Thus, there are people who specialize in external affairs of the sect, people who are responsible for the development of the sect's industries, and projects used to generate revenue.
Cihangzhai was originally a Tianzong sect, but after the death of its patriarch, it became desolate and its population dwindled. Over the decades, the once vast sect was reduced to only a few dozen people.
Currently, the sect has almost no businesses outside the sect. It relies entirely on the abbot and a few fellow disciples to help people with various problems in the secular world in order to maintain the sect's operation.
When the founder of Cihangzhai was alive, the ritual implements he made were famous far and wide, and people flocked to them.
The ritual implements we make now have the form but not the spirit, and have completely lost their market. But no matter what, we still have to make them and persist in what we should persist in.
Just like at this Buddhist artifacts trade fair, Jingxin and Jingru set up a stall to sell Buddhist artifacts. One did it to inherit tradition and experience life in the mortal world, while the other did it to generate income.
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After Cihangzhai's stall was set up, Jingxin, unlike usual, sat quietly behind the stall, staring blankly at the Buddhist artifacts on the table.
Jingru looked at her junior sister sitting quietly and felt gratified. Sometimes, people have to go through experiences to grow.
However, the next moment, Jingxin's actions puzzled her. What was she trying to do?
Jingxin was staring at the stall selling magical artifacts, and for no apparent reason, she was able to see the magical power emanating from them.
Of the table full of magical artifacts, he only saw a faint white light on four or five of them, which she believed to be magical power.
He picked up two identical magical artifacts and compared them. To the naked eye, they were indistinguishable. However, he could clearly sense the magical power in one of them.
Soon, she discovered that even without staring at her senior sister, she could clearly see her every move.
What's going on? Jingxin really doesn't know what's happening.
Actually, this was because he developed divine consciousness after practicing the cultivation technique.
Next, a scene unfolded that Jingru couldn't understand.
Jingxin casually picked up a jade bracelet and turned it over and over in her hands.
Finally, Jingxin tried to infuse some of his spiritual energy into the bracelet, and something strange happened: the ordinary bracelet immediately became imbued with a faint magical power.
Is this even possible?
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The religious artifacts trade fair lasts for about ten days, and a week has already passed. There aren't many people coming to Huguo Antique City to buy religious artifacts anymore.
Fortunately, it was the weekend, and there were quite a few people here, most of whom were tourists buying the ritual implements as souvenirs.
Throughout the entire morning, Cihangzhai's stall did not sell a single Buddhist artifact.
Behind the stall, Jingxin silently kept trying to infuse some jade artifacts with spiritual energy, making more than thirty pieces in total.
Jingru had given up hope of raising funds through this stall. After saying goodbye to Jingxin, she went out to buy lunch.
Just after Jingru left, a mother and daughter tourist strolled over and came to their stall.
The girl, who was about ten years old, picked up the first bracelet Jingxin had made, looked at it, and was very satisfied. She begged her mother to buy it for her, and Jingxin accepted a thousand yuan from her.
After lunch, Jingxin stopped making ritual implements and chatted with her senior sister occasionally.
Jingru occasionally picked up the jade pieces that Jingxin had been handling and felt something was different, but she didn't know what it was.
Two hours later, the mother and daughter who bought the bracelet at noon came back, and they looked like they were about to argue.
Sure enough, as soon as the two men arrived, the woman started arguing, saying that the bracelet she bought was defective and missing a bead, and demanded a replacement.
Upon closer inspection, it was indeed the previous magical artifact bracelet, but the magical power within it had become very weak.
Looking closer, the girl was covered in dust, indicating that something must have happened. Her magic artifact had been used to ward off evil, but the bead to which she had poured the most spiritual power had broken.
The ritual object warded off evil, yet this woman not only showed no gratitude but also came to exchange it; this was completely unreasonable.
Besides, even if the bracelet isn't a religious artifact, it's still a standard design, usually with twelve beads. Now that one bead is missing, it definitely can't be returned or exchanged.
If they hadn't only sold one bracelet in a day, they wouldn't have bothered returning it. But now, the more they argue, the less willing they are to return it.
Thus, the two sides remained deadlocked. The woman was eloquent but not very reasonable, which made Jingxin very irritable.
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When Lu Xiaoyi arrived at Cihangzhai's stall, it was already surrounded by people. He had come to see if they sold any pills, but after finally squeezing his way in, he found that the two sides were arguing.
Picking up the bracelet that only needed to be returned or exchanged, Lu Xiaoyi sensed some residual magical power.
Looking at the dust on the little maid beside the woman, one can see clearly that she was deliberately bullying the two naive young nuns.
"Everyone, please stop for a moment and let me say a few words."
Lu Xiaoyi had just broken through to the late stage of the Earth Realm, and his blood and energy were at their peak. Although his voice was not loud, his words had a strong penetrating power, and everyone fell silent.
"Look at this jade bracelet, everyone. It is indeed missing a bead. But have you ever wondered why it's missing a bead?"
Lu Xiaoyi gave everyone a few seconds to think before continuing:
"Because this bracelet is a magical artifact, it has already warded off evil spirits. The missing bead helped its owner avoid disaster."
Even though this bracelet has been used once, it still retains its magical power; in other words, it remains a magical artifact.
So, think about it, how much should a magic bracelet that can help people ward off disasters sell for?
"Esteemed benefactor, do you still wish to return the bracelet? If so, then give it to me; I'll buy it."
The woman was stunned by Lu Xiaoyi's words and didn't know what to say.
Before coming here, my daughter did say that she almost fell into the sewer, and it was this bracelet that emitted a white light and bounced her back to the ground. Could what my daughter said be true?
"Mom! Please don't return it anymore, this bracelet really saved me!" the girl said anxiously, tugging at her mother's clothes.
Although the woman was somewhat unreasonable, she was definitely a sophisticated egoist.
After hearing her daughter's words and the old Taoist's explanation, she realized that she had truly wronged the two nuns, but getting an apology from them was out of the question.
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"Girls, I'm so sorry, do you still have any of these magical artifacts? I want to buy a few more."
Since the old Taoist priest said it was a good thing, the woman no longer wanted to return the bracelet and even wanted to buy it.
"There are still some here, but each magical artifact costs 10,000 yuan, no bargaining."
Jingxin raised the price before Jingru could speak, which also showed her dissatisfaction with the woman.
"Xiao Jingxin, don't sell them all. Leave two for the old Taoist priest."
Upon hearing that the price had increased tenfold, the woman was about to say something more, but before she could open her mouth, she heard the old Taoist's words and quickly shut up.
Jingxin only made a total of more than thirty magical artifacts, and even with the four or five that originally possessed magical power, the total number was less than forty.
Soon after, someone in the crowd shouted that they wanted to buy the ritual implements, which completely ignited the curiosity and desire to buy among the onlookers.
Who in this world doesn't pursue a long and peaceful life? Now that you can buy a protective charm for a little money, who wouldn't be tempted? Even if not for themselves, they'd want to buy peace of mind for their children and elderly parents.
The woman was still hesitating, wondering if the old Taoist priest was a shill, when in fact the ritual implements were already on sale.
Moreover, these onlookers had a herd mentality; if one person bought something, a hundred would follow suit, and soon Cihangzhai's Buddhist artifacts sold like hotcakes, and business was booming.
By the time the old Taoist priest Lu Xiaoyi received the two magical artifacts from Jingxin, there were no more real magical artifacts left on the stall.
Seeing the crowd's enthusiasm for buying, the woman realized that the old Taoist priest had also joined in and could no longer hold back.
She directly scanned the QR code and paid 30,000 yuan, taking three magical artifacts from the stall. However, the artifacts she received were all devoid of magical power.
It has to be said that some things and some people are just a matter of cause and effect.
By the end of the day, Cihangzhai had sold a total of 131 Buddhist artifacts, generating approximately one million in revenue.
The main issue is with the magical artifacts that have lost their magic power; for those, I recommend buying two and getting one free.
The two were grateful to Lu Xiaoyi for saving them, so they gave him the magical artifacts he had taken.
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