Chapter 18
"Halt! The sect leader is holding a meeting inside the hall. No one is allowed to enter."
"When will this end, Sect Master? We have important matters to report," Shi Anxu asked respectfully.
"I don't know. Since you have important business, just wait outside the shop," one of the disciples replied.
"Junior brother, why don't you go back first? I'll wait here," Shi Anxu asked, turning his head.
"No need, we'll wait together. I'm fine," Mu Qingzhou refused.
Shi Anxu knew Mu Qingzhou's stubbornness, so he tacitly refrained from urging Mu Qingzhou to go back and rest. He simply instructed, "Okay, you can wait with me, but if you really can't hold on any longer, promise me you must go back to Qinnian Peak to rest."
Mu Qingzhou gave Shi Anxu a deep look, and after a long while, he replied, "Okay, I promise you."
After the two discussed it, they nodded to the two disciples guarding the gate and stepped aside to wait for the sect leader to finish the meeting.
As soon as they stood still, An Xu urged Mu Qingzhou to begin circulating his internal energy to regulate his breathing and repair the internal injuries in his body.
"Junior brother, you can absorb some spiritual energy while standing here, it will make you feel better."
Mu Qingzhou stared straight at Shi Anxu again, thinking to himself, "Actually, if I cultivate with you, Senior Brother, I will recover faster. You are my best medicine."
But he can't rush things now. He has to be patient if he wants to cultivate with his senior brother. He needs to slowly conquer his senior brother's fortress and become a perfect hunter.
When Shi Anxu saw that Mu Qingzhou hadn't replied to him for a while, he assumed that Mu Qingzhou had already started circulating his internal energy to regulate his breathing. But when he turned his head, he saw that Mu Qingzhou was looking at him again.
No, what's so interesting about him? We don't even know how long we'll have to wait, and he's just standing there with his sick body. Honestly.
He had just turned his head and met Mu Qingzhou's gaze. He naively thought that since Mu Qingzhou had seen him, he would definitely respond.
After waiting for a long time without any response, Shi Anxu finally lost his patience and asked, "Junior brother, are you even listening to me?"
Mu Qingzhou then snapped out of his thoughts about cultivating with Shi Anxu and replied, "I'm listening. I'll start adjusting my breathing now."
After saying that, he closed his eyes, crossed his hands, and a white halo flowed in his palms.
Shi Anxu really rubbed his forehead, so Mu Qingzhou heard it and then gave a selective answer?
Or do I just stare at myself in a daze every time?
That shouldn't be the case. He's just average-looking, not that good-looking at all.
Moreover, my junior brother is naturally quiet and aloof, so he would never stare at someone just because of their appearance.
It's either the latter or the former, but given the excellent upbringing they received from their master since childhood, the former situation would never have occurred.
Shi Anxu was truly baffled; he couldn't think of any reason why Mu Qingzhou would make such a move.
No, next time he's staring at him and not answering his questions, he'll definitely ask Mu Qingzhou for his reasons for doing such a thing.
For the rest of the time, Shi Anxu stood there bored. Mu Qingzhou was using his internal energy and he couldn't disturb him. He didn't know the other two gatekeepers and they weren't easy to talk to.
Finally, he had no choice but to start circulating his internal energy and regulating his breathing, just like Mu Qingzhou.
Half an hour later, elders and immortals began to emerge from the main hall one after another.
The gatekeeper disciple who was closest to them walked up to Shi Anxu and said loudly, "The sect leader's meeting has ended. I will go in now to inform you. You may enter only after the sect leader has given his permission."
Shi Anxu opened his eyes, clasped his hands in thanks to the gatekeeper, and said, "Thank you."
The gatekeeper nodded slightly to Shi Anxu and then entered the main hall to report to the sect leader.
Shi Anxu transmitted his voice to Mu Qingzhou, "Junior brother, the sect leader's meeting has ended. We can prepare to go in now."
After receiving the telepathic message, Mu Qingzhou stopped meditating and then slowly opened his eyes.
At this moment, the gatekeeper who had come in to announce the arrival of the master also came out of the hall and said to the two of them, "The sect leader invites you in."
The two walked into the main hall side by side, placed their hands in front of their chests in a salute, and said, "Disciples of Qin Nian Peak, Shi Anxu and Mu Qingzhou, greet the Sect Master."
Sect Master Qiu Yunli sat upright in the main seat of the hall. When he saw Shi Anxu and Mu Qingzhou approaching, he asked in a stern tone, "What do you two want to report?"
Shi Anxu replied, "Three days ago, my disciple and Junior Brother Mu went to the mortal realm to visit Master's wife. In a restaurant, Junior Brother Mu was chased and killed by Zhang Xuexin, a disciple of our sect."
"Oh?" Qiu Yunli looked at Mu Qingzhou and asked, "Is that what he said?"
Mu Qingzhou nodded and replied, "Sect Master, it is indeed as Senior Brother said. When I was being chased, I overheard Zhang Xuexin say, 'The mission Master gave me is not going to be completed.' Therefore, we suspect she is a spy and have come to report this to the Sect Master."
Qiu Yunli continued, "Did you hear which sect her master belongs to?"
Mu Qingzhou replied, "Later, I heard from Zhang Xuexin's younger brother that she was told to go to Lanxi Pavilion to apologize, so I deduce that Zhang Xuexin's master is someone from Lanxi Pavilion."
Qiu Yunli slammed his hand on the chair in the main seat, "Outrageous! Blue Creek Pavilion has been causing chaos for the past few years, and now they're even hunting down my sect's disciples. This is too much!"
Shi Anxu chimed in, "That's right, that's going too far!"
Qiu Yunli regained his dignified demeanor. "Ahem, I am aware of this matter and will arrange for someone to handle it. You may all leave now."
Shi Anxu and Mu Qingzhou: "Yes."
Shi Anxu and Mu Qingzhou returned to Qinnian Peak.
Since Mu Qingzhou had already made up his mind in the mortal realm, he no longer had the idea of sleeping in a separate room from Shi Anxu, so he went back to the spirit dwelling where they slept together to rest.
After arriving at Fengli, Shi Anxu immediately went to the storeroom to find pills that could help Mu Qingzhou recover.
They haven't been injured many times in the past five years, and they haven't used much of the pills in the storeroom; there are still plenty left.
Shi Anxu took whatever he saw that was good for Mu Qingzhou, until in the end, even the two of them couldn't hold the mountain of pill bottles.
He thought for a moment and realized that Mu Qingzhou couldn't possibly finish all of these pills, so he simply placed two bottles of pills that he couldn't hold and didn't really need.
And so, carrying a pile of pills, Shi Anxu staggered toward his destination.
Mu Qingzhou was indeed shocked for a moment when he saw the pills in Shi Anxu's arms, but he kept his facial expression well, remaining expressionless and cold. Moreover, Shi Anxu's attention was focused on the pills in his arms, and he didn't notice Mu Qingzhou's expression at all.
Shi Anxu took two steps to the east and two steps to the west, and finally safely and steadily placed all the pills on the table.
He said to Mu Qingzhou, "Junior brother, these are all pills that I found in the storeroom that will be good for your health. Remember to take some."
Mu Qingzhou casually picked up a bottle of pills from the table, poured out one pill, and swallowed it directly.
"I have already eaten today."
Shi Anxu shook his head, then rummaged through a medicine bottle on the table, poured out a red pill, and handed it to Mu Qingzhou. "The pill you just took was for clearing your meridians. It would be better to supplement it with a pill that has a consolidating effect."
Without hesitation, Mu Qingzhou picked up the pill from the center of Shi Anxu's palm and put it in his mouth.
Shi Anxu nodded in satisfaction. "You have finished your dose of pills for today. When you take them in the future, you should pay more attention to the combined effects, as this will help you recover from your injuries."
Mu Qingzhou glanced at the pills on the table, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "Hmm."
Shi Anxu didn't expect Mu Qingzhou to be someone who couldn't refuse. He smiled and said, "Junior brother, if you don't want to eat, you can just tell your senior brother. There's no need to force yourself. I'm not forcing you to finish all these pills."
Mu Qingzhou shook his head. "I didn't force you."
Shi Anxu knew that Mu Qingzhou's stubbornness had resurfaced. He sighed and said, "Senior brother suddenly realized that taking so many pills is not good for the body, so I'll take some back first." As he spoke, he began to pick up the medicine bottles on the table.
Mu Qingzhou didn't say anything this time, but silently helped Shi Anxu put away the pill bottles.
Shi Anxu took away all the other medicines that were beneficial to improving cultivation, and left Mu Qingzhou with some pills to treat internal and external injuries.
In the end, only four medicine bottles were left on the table. Some of the bottles didn't have much left; they would only last for two or three doses.
Now there won't be many pills left. He really was like that before, wanting to give Mu Qingzhou anything he saw, taking a lot without considering whether Mu Qingzhou needed it or whether the amount was excessive. Next time he gets something for Mu Qingzhou, he'll have to plan how much to take first before going to get it.
Shi Anxu took the medicine bottle from Mu Qingzhou and said to him, "Junior brother, you should rest and recover. Senior brother, put the medicine away and go organize the cultivation techniques that we've subscribed to."
After Shi Anxu took all the medicine bottles from Mu Qingzhou's hands, he took off his boots, sat cross-legged on the couch, and circulated his internal energy. He replied, "Yes, if you need any help, senior brother, come and call me."
Shi Anxu smiled and replied, "Okay, I will definitely come to find you. Your main task now is to recover from your injuries so that you can come and help me as soon as possible."
Mu Qingzhou nodded slightly to Shi Anxu, "Mm."
Shi Anxu stopped disturbing Mu Qingzhou's healing and returned to the storeroom with the medicine bottles in his arms. He then randomly found a shelf and poured all the medicine bottles on it.
Then the person flashed to the library, took two manuals from each category of bookshelf, removed each chapter along the binding line, rebound them, and finally put them back into the manual cover.
Shi Anxu thought that since it was a paid subscription, it should be subscribed to chapter by chapter, just like modern novels. If they learned all the techniques at once, they wouldn't need to subscribe again.
Those modern novel reading software developers are really clever; he certainly wouldn't have come up with this way to earn resources for Mu Qingzhou if he were asked to.
Now we need to think about the formal procedures for opening the business, and how to attract cultivators to subscribe to their cultivation techniques.
In the beginning, someone will still be needed for publicity and so-called opening events. With just him and Mu Qingzhou doing the publicity, that should be enough.
As for the opening activities, every cultivator who comes on the opening day can choose a suitable cultivation method to read, copy, and cultivate for five chapters for free. If they want to continue reading, copying, and cultivating afterward, they can obtain the qualification at one-ninth of the original price.
After the opening, the first two chapters or the first two forms of each exercise manual can be read and practiced for free. After that, you will need to pay to subscribe.
In addition, a new advanced cultivation technique will be released every month. The advanced techniques will be priced the same as the regular techniques, but there will only be one per month. You can pay for a monthly card or an annual card to read or purchase the next month's technique in advance.
He felt that operating in this way would be a hit, the key being to ensure effective pre-launch promotion, as well as the reading area and formation he had previously discussed with Mu Qingzhou.
In that case, should he first go to Mu Qingzhou to learn formation techniques?
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