Leng Rufeng stared at the totem for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't remember it."
Shi Xuan thought about Tang Nong's words and reminded her, "Or have you ever seen any of the Luoyin Sect disciples wearing... red underwear with black stripes?"
“Red background with black patterns…” Leng Rufeng frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, “I think I’ve seen him before, he’s the disciple I killed!”
Tell me more.
"One morning two months ago, I went to the waterfall halfway up the mountain in the sect to meditate. The waterfall was very remote and few people went there. But I happened to see that disciple standing shirtless under the waterfall. I only glanced at him and then turned away. I didn't see what the pattern on his underwear was."
"He probably thought you saw it."
This explains why he framed Leng Rufeng. He and his friends were all members of this organization. So, did this organization infiltrate the Luoyin Sect, or was the Luoyin Sect involved from the beginning, or was it the mastermind?
I'll inevitably have to make another trip to the sect leader.
"So what are your plans for the future?" Shi Xuan asked. "I can't stay in this black market for rogue cultivators forever."
Leng Rufeng took it as Shi Xuan's concern for him and was very touched. He smiled shyly and said, "I will rest for a while and travel around after my injuries are fully healed."
Shi Xuan nodded and said, "Alright, how are you going to return my spirit stones if you stay here all the time?"
Leng Rufeng's smile froze on his face, like sand blown by the wind, disappearing little by little.
He said earnestly, "I will definitely try my best to pay back the money!"
He paused, then added, "If there's anything you can do to help me, Master, please feel free to ask!"
Shi Xuan was just teasing him, but who knew this guy would take it so seriously.
However, if there's anything I need to do...
Shi Xuan thought for a moment, then said to him, "If you haven't decided what to do yet, you can help me out first. At least you'll have some income, which will help you pay back the money later."
Leng Rufeng quickly cupped his hands and said, "I will do my best!"
“Then when you’re not in the black market, stay here,” Shi Xuan said, handing him a bottle of Rejuvenation Pills. “The spirit stones for these Rejuvenation Pills will be settled later. Once you’re healed, you can make some talismans and sell them here. I’ll charge you 30% as a consignment fee.”
The employee benefits are pretty good; they even provide healing potions, although you have to spend your own spirit stones to get them.
"I can draw talismans now!" Leng Rufeng said hurriedly. He could already cultivate, but he had not yet recovered to his pre-injury cultivation level.
He never expected such a good thing. This round-faced master was truly his benefactor. He saved his life, and not only was his dantian, which had been hopeless, healed, but now his livelihood was also solved!
As for how much debt he owed, he didn't care. Even if he owed 100,000 or 200,000, he wouldn't care. He would work and draw talismans to pay it off slowly, and he could pay it off in a hundred or two hundred years.
Shi Xuan nodded, "Do what you can, don't be impatient. Keep an eye on the black market for rogue cultivators for me. If anyone comes looking for treatment for their dantian, register them first, and charge them ten times your price. I'll treat one when I have time."
Now that she's at the second level of Foundation Establishment, refining those pills is no longer so strenuous, and it wouldn't be a problem to heal a few occasionally.
Leng Rufeng was even more grateful. In fact, let alone ten times the price, even a hundred or a thousand times the price, many people would still be willing to undergo treatment. After all, the dantian is basically equivalent to a cultivator's life, and treating the dantian is no different from saving a life. Many cultivators bring spirit stones to her for treatment.
“There are too many people seeking medical treatment down here, and it’s difficult to get a queue. I’ve been thinking of a lot of solutions these past few days,” Leng Rufeng said thoughtfully. “The black market holds an auction every two weeks. How about we put a few slots up for auction when you have time to treat patients? That would be very convenient and the income would be higher.”
"There are auctions in this black market for rogue cultivators?" Shi Xuan asked with interest. "When is the next one? I'd like to go and see for myself."
"The next auction is in three days. If you want to go, I'll go and get an invitation."
"Who is allowed to go?" Shi Xuan asked.
"They're mostly regulars on the black market. Some invitations are given as gifts, while others need to be purchased. When Master Round Face went to auction off the slots for treating dantian, he definitely needed the highest-level invitation," Leng Rufeng said. "Many items in this black market auction are things that can't be sold on the market. Prominent figures in the cultivation world won't come easily because of their pride, but many people will pay attention to what items are auctioned each time, and those who need them will send agents to participate."
He paused, then said, "Good things are usually rare, but if this opportunity to heal the dantian is released, I'm afraid there will be quite a few people."
"Okay, let's go in and take a look."
Just then, Shi Xuan took Leng Rufeng to the front yard to meet Chen Ji and his son, since they were in the backyard of the affordable shop.
Chen Ji had obtained a large quantity of pills and was counting them with Chen Shengjun when he saw Shi Xuan. He was very happy to see Shi Xuan. However, Shi Xuan was presenting himself with a round face and had brought a stranger with him, so he was very careful not to say anything out of turn and simply bowed and greeted him in a standard manner.
"Uncle Chen, this is Leng Rufeng, my new hire. He will be drawing talismans to sell here. Please clean up the westernmost shop in the front and put the talismans there. If any other talisman cultivators want to consign their talismans, they can do so too. The rules are the same as for the pills."
This is good news; their affordable shops are expanding their business scope.
Chen Ji readily agreed.
“Make up another room for him in the backyard so he can stay.”
After making arrangements for Leng Rufeng, Shi Xuan returned to the sect to report his new discovery to the sect leader.
With a place to stay and something to do, Leng Rufeng suddenly became incredibly energetic, running around like a whirlwind.
First, he went to the black market to auction off the quota for treating dantian and obtained two invitation letters. After returning to his own hut, he took the Rejuvenation Pill to cultivate and then spent a whole day and night drawing talismans. He was determined to open the affordable talisman shop as soon as possible.
Three days later, Shi Xuan, disguised and wearing a bamboo hat, went with Leng Rufeng to the auction house of the black market for rogue cultivators.
The auction house is located one level below the black market trading area. Once down there, there's a hidden world with twelve entrances in all directions, presumably to allow guests to navigate more randomly.
The auction house has very high ceilings, with a large auction area at the front and a table in the middle for displaying the items. Opposite, there are many seats arranged in tiers, with the last row being private boxes. The people inside cannot be seen from the outside, but the guests inside can have a clear view of the auction hall.
Shi Xuan and Leng Rufeng, using the name of the round-faced master, successfully managed to get a private room, and the location was pretty good.
The two arrived early and watched from their private room as the room gradually filled up with people until it was full.
A beautiful female emcee stepped forward to the high table and announced the official start of the auction.
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