Chapter 186 Good News

Gao Xian did not come up with this idea on a whim, but had planned it long ago.

Alchemy is a labor-intensive job, very hard, and the output is limited.

Gao Xian calculated that if he devoted his full attention to it, he could refine 200,000 pills in a month.

The problem is that with such high intensity alchemy, apart from the necessary practice and rest, there is no free time at all.

The purpose of cultivation is to obtain a higher and better quality of life. To work so hard to make elixirs is to be worse than being an ox or a horse.

Furthermore, the sales volume of pills is limited. You can't sell as many pills as you refine.

Gao Xian certainly thought about opening up other sales channels. He talked about it with Yun Chenglin, the owner of Yunshuilou, but Yun Chenglin declined.

The main reason is that Lujiaosan and Tianguidan are too low-grade, and they have to be sold in huge quantities to make a profit.

Yunshuilou takes the high-end route, and selling Lujiaosan and Tianguidan does not fit in with Yunshuilou's positioning.

Furthermore, the low-level market in any place will inevitably be monopolized by the local sects.

Yunshui Tower enters the high-end market in order to avoid conflicts with local sects.

If Yunshui Tower had to compete with local sects for profits, it would not have been possible for it to flourish everywhere.

After Yun Chenglin explained it briefly, Gao Xian understood.

He had a fight with Xu Lingyun and his gang just for selling Deer Horn Powder. If Yunshui Tower dared to sell low-level elixirs, it would definitely incur public outrage.

Tiangui Lingdan is actually of good quality and can be considered as a top-grade elixir.

However, Gao Xian refines elixirs mainly to obtain the spiritual light of humanity.

It is quite troublesome to refine Tiangui Lingdan, and it is impossible to refine it in large quantities. However, the human spiritual light provided by Tiangui Lingdan and Tiangui Dan is the same.

If novels are useful, they are low-input and high-output products.

No matter how miserable a cultivator is, at least he can read. And the entertainment options for the lower-level casual cultivators are very limited.

Reading novels is undoubtedly the simplest form of entertainment. A large number of literate people have a foundation for dissemination.

Gao Xian has been to Jinshutang in Lianyun City to read it. Novels that cost a few coins per copy are the best-selling ones.

A novel can be read repeatedly and by many people. This advantage is incomparable to elixirs.

Finally, writing a novel takes very little effort, and even if it fails, the cost is negligible.

Gao Xian picked up a pen and wrote four words on the paper: "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Many classic works from the previous life, well, are not easy to transfer directly.

After much thought, he still felt that the movie version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was good.

For this Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, just slightly change the background and characters.

Grandma, the demon cultivator, Nie Xiaoqian, a female cultivator of the Hehuan Sect under the control of the demon cultivator, specializes in using her beauty to seduce cultivators so that Grandma can practice her demonic skills.

Ning Caichen, a casual Qigong practitioner, and Yan Chixia, a foundation-building practitioner.

The story is erotic and exciting, with lingering love, chivalrous spirit of standing up for justice, and a sinister and vicious villain boss. It has all kinds of elements.

Gao Xian wrote the story according to the movie version, and the most important thing was to add some erotic plots.

For example, how female ghosts seduced male cultivators, how Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen practiced dual cultivation, etc.

The main aesthetic taste of ordinary monks is simplicity and roughness.

Gao Xian felt that he did not need any literary skills. Although the cultivators in this world could read, they mainly used it to learn spells and techniques, and their literary literacy was very poor.

He just wrote freely. After all, there was no cultural supervision organization in this world, and no one cared about the mental state of practitioners.

Gao Xian also has a unique skill, which is his hyperrealistic painting technique, which allows him to make characters look incredibly realistic.

Using an ordinary brush, he can depict the details of a woman's eyelashes.

Based on the look of the female protagonist in white in the movie, Gao Xian made appropriate adjustments and modifications, retaining the ethereal and quiet look of the female ghost in white, while making her facial lines more slender and delicate, reflecting the fragility of the female ghost.

The other female ghosts are dressed in various styles, some plump and some thin, all for the purpose of eroticism and excitement.

It has super strong stickiness, the kind that can stick to your eyes just by looking at it! Gao Xian wrote the story according to the movie he remembered. As a veteran who has watched countless movies, drawing illustrations is even easier for him.

When he completed the foundation building, his memories of his past life were completely integrated into this body, and these memories were completely stored in his sea of ​​consciousness.

As long as he wanted, he could clearly retrieve every word and every picture he had seen.

The foundation-building cultivator ignites his innate spiritual light to illuminate his inside and outside, which not only completes the control of the inside and outside of the body, but also initially completes the control of the soul.

Completely mastering one's own memory is only the most basic manifestation of mastering the soul.

Gao Xian already had a complete outline in his mind, and now his hand speed was extremely fast, he really wrote with godly speed.

In just over an hour, more than 100,000 words of A Chinese Ghost Story were completed, with 22 hot and exciting illustrations in the middle.

After completing this masterpiece, Gao Xian looked through it and was quite satisfied with the result.

No matter how it is written, as long as it has hyper-realistic illustrations, it is enough to kill other novels.

The most powerful aspect of illustrations is that they go beyond text and use images to create visual impact.

Novels have text barriers, and different people have different understandings. However, images can eliminate this barrier to the greatest extent. Therefore, comics, film and television works are more likely to break through cultural barriers.

The author's name was Liu Sanbian. This master of erotica probably wouldn't mind others using his name to write erotic novels.

Use the exquisite fire control technique to dry the ink, and then simply bind and cut it, and a rough homemade reading material is completed.

He originally wanted to show it to Daniu to feel the effect. But after thinking about it, he decided not to cheat the child and let Daniu refine the elixir.

Gao Xian changed into the Qingyuan Ruyi robe, transformed himself into a down-and-out middle-aged man, and quietly passed through the wall to leave the Zhu family.

There are several bookstores in Lianyun City, which mainly sell various low-level spells and mantras. They are all named Jinshutang, Yushutang and so on.

Among them, Jinshutang is a chain store with the greatest reputation. Behind it seems to be Lu Lingfei, a foundation-building monk.

Compared to important resources for cultivation such as elixirs, magic tools, talismans, and spiritual objects, low-level spells and techniques cannot be sold at a high price, and novels are even less valuable.

Jin Shutang has a very impressive name, but in reality it can only rent a small store on the corner of a long street.

There are only two people including the clerk and the shopkeeper.

There were a few cultivators wandering around inside, and they didn't seem to have any strong intention to buy.

Although Gao Xian looked like a down-and-out middle-aged cultivator, the waiter still greeted him warmly.

"What would you like to see? We have a full range of spells from various schools, as well as some unique secrets, and a wide variety of travel novels..."

Gao Xian interrupted the boy's introduction. He glanced around furtively and said in a low voice, "Are you collecting books here?"

The waiter was stunned for a moment and said, "Take it. What kind of book is it? Magic or something?"

"novel."

Gao Xian took the book out of his sleeve, showed it to the waiter, and quickly put it back.

The young man was a little helpless, he thought it was some amazing magic skill! A novel is still mysterious.

He immediately lost interest and said lazily, "Novels are worth nothing."

Most of the novels that are written to pass the time are given away for free.

Gao Xian ignored the waiter and went straight to the shopkeeper to hand over the book. "Take a look and give me a price."

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged fat man who looked very smooth and had a kind face.

He glanced at "A Chinese Ghost Story" and didn't agree with it, but he still politely picked it up and flipped through it.

"Daoyou, novels are just toys."

The middle-aged fat man thought Gao Xian was ridiculous. Who would come to sell a novel? How much money could this thing be worth? He was about to send him off casually, but he was immediately attracted by the illustrations in it.

The characters are as lifelike as living people, and their shapes are as vivid as if they were alive.

The middle-aged fat man has seen countless illustrations, but this is the first time he has seen such an impactful illustration.

At this moment, he seemed to be standing at the window watching the man and woman having sex inside.

The middle-aged fat man flipped through the pages again. Every illustration was so delicate and lifelike that it seemed to bring people into the world of the book.

A word popped up in his mind: "Divine skill!"

As for what the novel is about, it doesn’t matter at all.

The middle-aged fat man smiled enthusiastically and stood up. "Fellow Daoist, how much do you sell your book for?"

"Fifty spirit stones." Although Gao Xian was not short of this small amount of money, he still wanted to sell as much as possible.

The higher the price, the more the middle-aged fat people will care about it, and they will be more careful in promoting it.

The middle-aged fat man was startled and the smile on his face froze.

He paused for a moment before forcing a dry laugh and said, "Daoyou, my Xuanzhen Poxie Technique only sells for fifty spirit stones. Yours is just a novel..."

Xuanzhen's magic to break evil is a top-grade magic spell of the first rank, specially designed to break evil and filth, and it is quite wonderful.

Generally speaking, casual cultivators would never practice such complicated spells. With that much money, it would be better to buy two One Yang Talismans, which would save a lot of trouble.

Gao Xian and the shopkeeper discussed the price for a long time, and finally the deal was settled at twelve spirit stones.

This price is already a sky-high price for a novel, and Gao Xian is quite satisfied.

The guys standing by were all stunned. They thought the boss must have been bewitched by the other party and was actually using spirit stones to buy novels.

After Gao Xian left, the shopkeeper picked up A Chinese Ghost Story and admired it carefully. He looked at each illustration over and over again and gained great spiritual satisfaction.

He even fell in love with Nie Xiaoqian. If there was such a female cultivator in the Hehuan Sect, he would use up all his savings to marry her.

After the novelty wore off, the middle-aged fat man started reading the novel. He then discovered that the novel was actually very good. Although the text was a bit direct and simple, the description was exciting.

The key is that this story is actually worth reading and savoring over and over again, which is amazing.

When the shop closed at night, the shopkeeper took his waiter to the backyard, first disassembled A Chinese Ghost Story into pieces, and then used a magic tool to replicate each piece of paper a hundred times.

Then these pages were rebound and there were 100 copies of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Having spent so many spirit stones, the middle-aged fat man must of course work hard to promote the product.

Hyper-realistic paintings are comparable to those made by high-definition cameras. The tremendous shock brought by this sense of reality makes it impossible for ordinary practitioners to resist.

The middle-aged fat man sold all 100 copies of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in just one day, both selling and giving away.

The middle-aged fat man was overjoyed. He thought this business might make a lot of money...

Gao Xian did not pay attention to Jin Shutang's actions. He now had at least a thousand human spiritual lights coming into his account every day.

He also couldn't tell where these humanitarian lights came from.

Even if "A Chinese Ghost Story" can help him acquire the spiritual light of humanity, the effect will not be seen in a short period of time.

Only over time will it be clear that "A Chinese Ghost Story" can provide sufficient humanitarian inspiration.

For Gao Xian, this was just a small experiment. He wrote other works such as "Butterfly Lovers", "Jade Girl Heart Sutra", "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", etc., which were mainly pornographic and violent, with various illustrations.

Of course, his main focus is still on cultivation and alchemy.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

While Gao Xian was enjoying a comfortable life, the clan leader Yun Taihao had been staying in Pegasus, constantly mobilizing various resources, and it seemed that he was determined to protect Pegasus at all costs.

He began to feel confused about this. The Pegasus Collection was of little value, and the underground ruins were too useless. Was there no need to protect them at all?

But one day he suddenly realized that Yun Taihao was not concerned about Pegasus, but about the sect's boundary line.

If Pegasus retreated, it would be like giving up the front door to someone else. No matter how valuable this door was, it was the safety boundary of Lianyun Sect.

The Seven Evils Sect does not want Feima Ji, their target is Lianyun Sect.

In this situation, we must try our best to protect Pegasus and keep the enemy out.

Gao Xian figured this out and felt a little ashamed. As an ordinary person, he really didn't have a strategic mindset and always thought things were too simple.

Yun Taihao was much better than him, with a very clear mind, decisive and ruthless. As a clan leader, he was very qualified.

According to Yun Qiu Shui, there may be more complicated reasons behind the Blood Evil Sect's invasion this time.

Gao Xian doesn't like Yun Taihao, and he doesn't want to stay in Lianyun Sect, but he still hopes that Lianyun Sect can be safe.

If the demon cultivators were to really invade Jiuzhou, I'm afraid even the Qingyun Sect would not be able to stay out of it.

Fighting with other cultivators was exhausting enough. If a powerful enemy showed up, there would be no way to survive.

Gao Xian's thoughts were useless, as Feimaji had already become the frontline battlefield. In July, the sect began to recruit foundation-building monks from other towns.

Gao Xian and Zhu Qiniang were not included in this conscription.

Zhu Qinnan was also promoted to the head of the Good Deeds Hall and concurrently served as the elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, responsible for the management of Lianyun City.

In other words, Lianyun City is now under the jurisdiction of Zhu Qinnan.

This transfer and promotion also shocked everyone in Lianyun Sect. Zhu Qiniang, an outsider, actually gained the trust of the Sect Master and occupied a high position. This was unimaginable before.

Gao Xian and Zhu Qinnan understood that this was Yun Taihao's compensation to them and also a disguised gesture of goodwill.

Zhu Qiniang and Gao Xian discussed it and both thought it was a good thing. At least the leader showed goodwill.

Zhu Qinnan was not a good person. After she came to power, she took control of the power and sent people to deal with the families of Xu Lingyun and Zhang Chunjiang.

After these two foundation-building monks fell, because the sect was busy dealing with external enemies, other foundation-building monks had no time to take action against these two families.

Zhu Qiniang was not a mean person, and she was also very ruthless. Since Zhang Chunjiang and Xu Lingyun had attacked her first, she would not be polite if she had the chance.

After all the trouble, they squeezed 200,000 spirit stones out of the two major families.

The prosperous Zhang and Xu families were destroyed. The two cultivator families, Huang Dapeng and Pang Su, were also inevitably affected.

Fortunately, Pang Su had made friends with them early on, and Zhu Qinnan showed mercy to both the Pang and Huang families.

Since then, Zhu Qiniang's evil reputation has spread throughout Lianyun Sect. Everyone is extremely in awe of this woman.

In private, people inevitably talked about Zhu Qinnan in various ways, saying that she was cruel, greedy, and homosexual.

However, someone soon pointed out that Zhu Qinnan's lover Gao Xian was also a foundation-building cultivator.

The rumors about Zhu Qinnan liking men immediately disappeared. Instead, this pair of casual cultivators both completed their foundation building at the age of thirty and became a legend.

Gao Xian stayed at home and never went out, but there were always people coming to visit him every day or sending him invitations to banquets.

For a while, the Zhu family's house was crowded with people, and many carriages and horses stopped there every day, blocking the entire road.

Although Gao Xian never cared about what was happening outside, he could still see the lively scene outside while refining medicine across the courtyard.

Sometimes he would use his spiritual sense to scan and sense what these people were saying.

Even if the guests who came to visit us on their own initiative talked about them in private, they would not dare to say anything bad about them. They would only praise and exclaim in admiration.

They said that Zhu Qiniang and Gao Xian were both born geniuses, each with their own unique abilities and a promising future. They said these compliments over and over again...

Gao Xian didn't even need to show his face. He felt very happy listening to everyone's praises and exclamations.

The attitude of the Zhu family towards Gao Xian also changed greatly, and everyone treated Gao Xian with great respect.

In the past, everyone was just pretending to respect Gao Xian, but now they all sincerely respect him.

Gao Xian had never changed, smiling at everyone. It was this look that made Li Niang, Zhu Ying and others even more afraid.

Even after building his foundation, he can still maintain his previous humble and gentle demeanor. This shows how deep his mind is...

Gao Xian actually doesn't like others being too respectful, but if others insist on being so, he won't stop them.

Although you won't have any friends this way, it makes it very convenient to get things done. Just give an order and someone will do it right away.

Although Zhu Qiniang was cold and gloomy, she obviously liked the feeling of being in power. In front of outsiders, she became even more cold and solemn, acting like a great monk.

The sales of Lujiaosan and Tianguidan doubled. This was also because each family took the initiative to purchase the two kinds of elixirs in order to please Zhu Qinnan and distribute them through various channels.

Considering the size of Lianyun Sect, selling 80,000 pills a month is already the limit.

After all, it's not a proper elixir. Although it's good for your body and cultivation, it's not a big problem if you don't use it.

The sales of elixirs increased greatly, and Gao Xian was unable to judge the effectiveness of works such as "A Chinese Ghost Story".

As far as he felt, these works should still be useful, but they could not compare to the effects of elixirs.

It was not until the end of December that Yun Taihao returned to Lianyun Sect with a group of foundation-building practitioners.

Zhu Qinnan also became more low-key.

On New Year's Eve, Gao Xian was in a daze in the main room, while the servants outside were hanging up lights and decorations, preparing to celebrate the New Year.

Everyone was wearing new clothes and their faces were filled with joy.

This year, Zhu Qiniang came to power, and the entire Zhu family benefited from it. Naturally, everyone was delighted.

Gao Xian, however, was not in the mood to celebrate the New Year. He missed Yuling a little and was not optimistic about the future of Lianyun Sect.

On the other hand, he couldn't think of a proper way to escape.

Yun Taihao was able to invite Yun Qingxuan to help, proving that he had a good relationship with Qingyun Sect. But he just wanted to switch to Qingyun Sect.

"Brother, what are you thinking about? You look so sad..."

Wan Yingying, wearing a bright red dress, came skipping over and greeted Gao Xian with a smile.

Gao Xian patted Wan Yingying's head gently. She had pigtails and looked particularly lively and cute.

Wan Yingying is usually very clingy to him. When he is refining the elixir, she likes to stare at him with big eyes, just to wait for him to be free so that she can say a few words to him.

Gao Xian had never been married, so naturally he had no children. Wan Yingying was so well-behaved and cute that he always felt like he had picked up a daughter.

Except for being a little clingy, everything else is great.

Wan Yingying became more and more familiar with him, and gradually simplified her address to him from Brother Gao Xian to Brother.

"Don't take pictures. It won't look good if your hair is messed up."

Wan Yingying stretched out her little hand and said, "Brother, it's New Year's Eve and I need to give you lucky money."

"If you want lucky money, you have to kowtow and wish a happy new year." Gao Xian said seriously.

Wan Yingying was a little hesitant. She was usually very close to Gao Xian and spoke to him very casually. She always felt a little embarrassed to kowtow to Gao Xian in a very formal manner.

Gao Xian couldn't help but laugh when he saw Wan Yingying looking distressed. Children just love to play, and happiness and worries are so simple.

Gao Xian was about to speak when he suddenly had a feeling. He pushed the door open and saw a man in white in the yard.

The man had long eyebrows, thin eyes and a stern expression. He was wearing white clothes as white as snow and had a long sword at his waist.

As he stood in the yard, he naturally had a cold and intimidating aura and a superior aura. He was none other than Yun Taihao, the leader of Lianyun Sect.

The strange thing was that the servants busying around in the yard seemed not to see this man.

Gao Xian was shocked. What was Yun Taihao doing here? If the clan leader wanted to see him, he only needed to pass on a word and he would come to see him. Why did he have to come in person?

Yun Taihao still fell directly from the sky. No matter where he was placed, it would be very rude. Moreover, Yun Taihao was the master of the clan.

Wan Yingying ran out following Gao Xian. She saw Yun Taihao at a glance and was startled. She quickly hid behind Gao Xian.

Gao Xian was also a little surprised. Wan Yingying was so young and hadn't even developed any sense of energy yet, but she could actually see Yun Taihao.

This keen sense is even more advanced than that of some Qigong practitioners.

Yun Taihao also glanced at the little girl, but he quickly retracted his gaze and looked coldly at Gao Xian.

Gao Xian walked down the steps quickly and bowed deeply, "I didn't know the master was coming, so I was not able to greet you from afar. Please forgive me."

Yun Taihao said calmly: "You have the Qingyun Order in your hand, are you planning to participate in the Qingyun Dharma Assembly?"

Gao Xian's heart sank suddenly, he knew that this guy's sudden appearance must be for no good reason!

(End of this chapter)