Chapter 89 Jinming Spiritual Item Shop (First Release on Jinjiang Literature City)
Without saying a word, Yao Sisi started tearing at his clothes. After a while, as if she were treating him like a corn cob, she said with great dissatisfaction, "Why do you have so many layers? I can't get rid of them all!"
Qi Mu was pinned against the mountain wall by her, one hand supporting his forehead. He was extremely annoyed by the current situation, yet he couldn't bear to break free from her. So he could only go along with the drunkard's words and tempt her, "I've prepared some good wine in your cave. Would you like to drink some?"
Yao Sisi turned her head to look at him, and even though she was quite drunk, she still remembered her promise: "Drinking? Didn't you forbid me from drinking? Why are you letting me this time? Are you lying to me?"
In her eyes, Qi Mu's face would sometimes look like a corn cob, sometimes like Ri Jiu, and sometimes like himself, but no matter what, it seemed like he was saying annoying things and controlling her from drinking.
Qi Mu: "Because you've advanced to the Golden Core stage, you're allowed to drink now. If you don't go, you won't have this opportunity again."
Yao Sisi immediately let go of him, "I want to drink, I want to drink!"
After saying that, he stood up straight, and then collapsed in Qi Mu's astonished gaze.
Qi Mu quickly scooped her up, letting out a sigh of relief, and said, "After reaching the Golden Core stage, you'll be even more energetic after drinking..."
If I don't improve my cultivation level quickly, I won't be able to keep an eye on her in situations like this.
Yao Sisi was taken to her room by him, and when she woke up the next day, she had almost forgotten what happened the day before, making her a prime example of a scumbag/woman.
Qi Mu on the other side didn't sleep all night. Besides being busy with cultivation, he helplessly touched his long hair. Cultivators naturally have long hair, which makes them look ethereal. But no matter the era, hair is a very personal and intimate possession that they won't easily let others touch.
Not to mention holding it in your hands and playing with it.
Regardless of what he was thinking, Yao Sisi had already moved on. She calculated that she had a lot to do next, so she locked herself in her cave and started refining the Demon-Locking Cage. Because she had her own strange fire, refining was relatively convenient, and she didn't need to go to the refining room to borrow fire. She activated the time array and it was almost finished in no time.
She spent the rest of her time organizing the refining materials and insights, looking extremely busy. When she was almost done, she stepped out of the formation, first checking on the artifact spirit, and said to it, "I haven't heard you speak for many days, and I'm worried about you."
The spirit, its body on the verge of falling apart, shrank back and ignored everyone. Yao Sisi didn't mind. She went out of the space and happened to receive a message from the front-peak disciple.
[Uncle Yao of Jinmingfeng, a guest has arrived at the inn. When should we receive him?]
Yao Sisi looked at the message and thought to herself, "It must be Ri Jiu who's here!"
She temporarily put aside what she was doing and informed the front peak that they could receive guests. Soon, the sect sent a message to the post station, and Ri Jiu took Lan Lan on their way to Xuan Yun Sect.
After Yao Sisi arrived at the front peak and waited for a short while, Rijiu arrived.
Yao turned her head to look at him intently. She noticed that he had grown taller after not seeing him for several days, and there was a little boy following behind him. She asked in surprise, "Why is Lanlan here too?"
Ri Jiu pouted, "We haven't seen each other for so long, and you didn't even ask me first!"
Yao Sisi laughed and said, "Why are you so jealous, like a little kid?"
Lanlan shrank back slightly, seemingly embarrassed. She stammered, "Um... I wanted to go with my sister last time, but I had to wait for my brother for her, so..."
Yao Sisi understood: "I see. I'll call Ning Xiu over. He'll be very happy to know you're here. By the way, little Ning Xiu has joined a sect. Lanlan, you missed the recruitment ceremony, you'll have to wait for the next one."
Seeing that she was talking to Lanlan and ignoring her, Rijiu stepped forward and tugged at her sleeve, awkwardly asking, "What about me?"
Yao Sisi handed him a golden token, which looked very prestigious. "You can stay with me for now!"
Ri Jiu flipped through the token, which bore the inscription "Jin Mingfeng." He asked, "What is this?"
Yao Sisi: "I only have this one of the Peak Master's guest tokens for now. You must keep it safe, because you won't be able to stay here permanently without it."
Ri Jiu saw that there was only one piece left, so he returned it to him. Satisfied, he said, "When can I come to your place? It's too crowded and inconvenient to talk here."
Yao Sisi: "Wait a minute, I just sent a letter to Ning Xiu."
Just then, Ning Xiu arrived, and Yao Sisi exclaimed in surprise, "That was fast!"
Ning Xiu: "I was taking care of some business nearby when I received the Peak Master's message and came here immediately."
He looked around and saw Lanlan. A look of joy flashed across his face, and he became much more lively than his usual sullen self.
Yao Sisi handed Lanlan a temporary residence permit, then instructed Ning Xiu, "You take her around, I'll take care of her for now..."
She introduced him to the two of them, saying, "You can call him Junior Uncle Ri Jiu!"
Ning Xiu and Lan Lan greeted Ri Jiu: "Disciple greets Junior Uncle."
Rijiu waved his hand, "You guys go have fun first, Sisi and I still have things to do."
He was impatient with dealing with these troublesome matters and just wanted to catch up with Yao Sisi. He had been holding back for so long and was almost at his breaking point. Seeing that the two of them had left, he grabbed Yao Sisi's hand and said, "I've prepared a gift for you. Let's find a safe place to talk!"
Yao Sisi withdrew her hand and threw Lingyun back to Jinming Peak. Because he didn't like to communicate with people and was bothering people, she didn't take him to meet people, but went directly back to her cave where she was in seclusion to form her core.
"No outsiders ever come here, are you satisfied now?"
Rijiu nodded, feeling extremely disappointed when he realized that Sisi kept her distance from him and wouldn't let him get close when he transformed into human form. As she spoke, he turned into a small fox with a flower in his mouth.
"This is a treasure I finally got, Sisi, pick it up and take a look."
Yao Sisi bent down and first reached out to rub the fox's head before taking the flower from its mouth. However, she didn't expect that Ri Jiu would turn back into human form at this moment, and she almost bumped into his face when she bent down.
Ri Jiu, her white teeth clenched around a thorny flower branch, moved her tongue playfully, and asked, "Do I look good with this beautiful spirit flower?"
Yao Sisi reached out and flicked his forehead. "Your sudden change startled me. Do you look good or not? I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget!"
Ri Jiu doesn't deliberately maintain a completely human demeanor in front of him. He has red fox demon markings at the corners of his eyes, and his ear tips and tail are not retracted. When he was flicked on the forehead, the tips of his two furry ears twitched in pain.
"I worked so hard to get this treasure, and instead of rewarding me, you even tried to bully me."
Yao Sisi took the flower, sniffed it, and asked, "This is truly a treasure. What reward do you want?"
Rijiu's restless tail wrapped around his waist like a super thick, plush belt. Yao Sisi touched his tail and said, "It's quite warm. Your tail could be used as a pair of hand warmers."
Ri Jiu wasn't intimidated by her threats and happily said, "I want Si Si to form a bond with me."
Yao Sisi reached out and tapped his brow. "A contract? Dream on! Find another one!"
Ri Jiu pondered for a moment, then said with a grin, "Then dual cultivation? During my recent advancement, I discovered in the inheritance that dual cultivation can quickly improve one's cultivation level. How could I miss such a good opportunity?"
Yao Sisi observed his cultivation level and said, "Your advancement speed is so fast. Instead of suppressing and consolidating it, you're still thinking about improving. Aren't you afraid that your foundation will become unstable?"
Ri Jiu: "I wasn't in a hurry at first, but who knew Sisi's cultivation would improve so quickly this time? How can I not hurry up?"
Yao Sisi chuckled lightly: "I don't plan to rush to improve my cultivation level recently. I have a lot of things to do. Don't rush to advance, lest you make your foundation unstable and sow the seeds of trouble. I'll study this flower first. Maybe I can get inspiration for my natal magic weapon. You go out and play with the young master. You two haven't seen each other for a long time. You must have a lot to talk about."
Yao Sisi chased him out and sat cross-legged in her cave to sense the rules on the spiritual flower. This flower was truly precious, imbued with the laws of space. If she hadn't possessed such a powerful magic treasure as her own portable cave, she wouldn't have been able to perceive such a wonderful thing!
"Where did Ri Jiu get this spiritual object? Its luck is too strong!"
Yao Sisi closed her eyes, plucked a petal and put it in her mouth. The petal seemed to be imbued with the Daoist principles, which rushed into her consciousness. Soon she fell into a state of enlightenment.
After an unknown amount of time, she finally gained some inspiration for her natal magic weapon and knew what she needed to do.
However, the natal magic weapon she wanted to forge was too powerful to be completed all at once. She needed to gradually add to and improve it while advancing in rank. Right now, she needed to collect basic materials to create the prototype of the magic weapon.
"Sigh, these are all very precious materials, they're not easy to get!" I'm so short of money!
Yao Sisi had been in seclusion for more than ten days. When she came out, she found that Ri Jiu had already chosen a room in the main hall.
In reality, people only occasionally stayed in the rooms inside the main hall; when they truly cultivated and broke through, they did so in the caves they had carved out outside.
The location of a cave dwelling depends on one's spiritual root, and in order to avoid stealing spiritual energy during cultivation, cave dwellings must be separated by a certain distance.
This distance is at least ten kilometers, and the higher the cultivation level, the farther away they are.
The left and right peaks are very large, and there are not many disciples. They may lack other things on their peaks, but they definitely have plenty of land.
On the other hand, Qi Mu has hardly shown his face since he learned that Ri Jiu has arrived, and has even gone into seclusion. There is really nothing between him and Ri Jiu.
Ri Jiu also didn't want to see him. He was happy to be left out and had nothing to do. These days, he had been wandering around the entire peak, either playing with the spirit crane or watching Lan Lan cultivate.
After Yao Sisi came out of seclusion, she gathered everyone together and said, "We used to work together to set up a stall to make a living. Now I'm planning to open a shop. Do you have any opinions?"
Qi Mu: "Where does Miss Sisi plan to open her shop?"
Yao Sisi: "It's not common to open shops within the sect. Everyone usually sets up stalls temporarily or relies on sect contribution points for the sake of sect cohesion. So if we want to open a shop, we'll have to rely on nearby cities. Why don't we open a shop in Luoyun City?"
Qi Mu: "Okay, but who will take care of it?"
Yao Sisi hesitated and said, "Why don't we post the task within the sect and let other disciples handle it?"
Qi Mu was more familiar with opening a shop: "It's never appropriate to ask someone else; this is something that should be done by our own people."
Seeing everyone's worry about this, Lanlan volunteered, "Can I...can I do it?"
Yao Sisi looked at her and saw the little girl weakly raise her hand. She said to her, "I... I can only stay on the mountaintop temporarily anyway. Why don't you let me manage the shop? I'm absolutely loyal and not greedy for money..."
Yao Sisi: "The spiritual energy in Luoyun City is not as good as that inside the sect. Wouldn't it interfere with your cultivation if you managed the shop outside?"
Lanlan: "The spiritual energy here is already more abundant than in Maoling City. I think it's fine, I can cultivate here."
Yao Sisi nodded, not leaving the matter entirely to a child, but instead said to everyone, "Let's take turns, there'll always be a way."
Next, everyone categorized the items for sale. The shop mainly sells consumables such as magical artifacts, elixirs, and talismans. Due to a shortage of staff, the shop only purchases materials one day a month. As for future matters, they will discuss them after the shop is operating stably.
This time, the disciples on the peak no longer have to worry about unsold weapons when they are forging them, as they have an additional sales channel.
Soon, Yao Sisi's shop opened, named Jinming Spiritual Item Shop, with the sect's cloud symbol in the lower right corner of the signboard.
This mark indicates that the product is of guaranteed quality, giving consumers more peace of mind.
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Author's note: The female lead really works hard to earn money!
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