Chapter 28 Healing
After leaving the Jade Beauty Pavilion, Wu Buyu led them to rent a cave dwelling in the city.
Since Gu Qingqing is still unconscious, they cannot return to Huanghai City. If they set off like this, they are likely to be hunted down as wild cultivators.
The cave dwellings that fit their wallets are located at the foot of the mountain.
After making some simple repairs to the barren spiritual energy zone at the foot of the mountain, Ligu Cave Heaven rented it out to cultivators who needed it.
Prices in Ligu City are not expensive, but renting a cave dwelling with spiritual energy is so expensive that it makes Wu Buyu's heart ache.
The cramped, shabby cave dwelling, barely larger than a rabbit hole, costs a thousand spirit crystals a year, with a minimum rent of one year and a minimum deposit of three hundred crystals.
The concentration of spiritual energy here is extremely scarce compared to the Central Plains mountain range, but now is not the time to be picky, because they are very poor.
Yes, they were very poor. Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang emptied all the spirit crystals from their storage bags, and they only had two thousand coins left.
After paying a year's rent and deposit, they only had seven hundred spirit crystals left. Seven hundred spirit crystals were not even enough to buy food for the four cultivators.
So they moved into the mansion, and Wu Buyu was very worried; he was too old and really didn't know what kind of work he could do to earn money.
Ji Rong could tell what Wu Buyu was worried about just by looking at his expression.
After handing Wu Buyu a bowl of low-grade spirit grains, Ji Rong asked, "Grandpa Wu, can we find some work to do? They should provide meals, right?"
Wu Buyu nodded and said, "Let's go take a look tomorrow."
It is easy to go from poverty to luxury, but difficult to go from wealth to simplicity.
They knew there must still be money in Gu Qingqing's pouch, but they couldn't open it.
After Gu Qingqing fell into a coma, the insects crawled back onto her body and hid in her fur; they were extremely poisonous.
Wu Buyu tried once and almost got stung, so he forbade the two cubs to come near him.
The next day, they wandered around the streets of Ligu and found some jobs that they liked, but the employers' requirements were too high for them.
Ji Rong hoped that the other party could provide spirit crystals, spirit food, and a cave dwelling, but the master who could provide these preferred to be a young cultivator with a cultivation level above the mortal demon realm to work for him.
Wu Buyu went to apply for the job, while Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang watched the cultivators coming and going on the main road, chatting idly.
After Wu Buyu was turned away by the Ninth Family for being too old, Ji Zhuang took out the result he had discussed with Ji Rong and said, "Master, you see I'm fast, do you know any jobs like delivering goods to cultivators?"
Wu Buyu knew immediately that it was Ji Rong's idea; his good apprentice was still too young to think of such things.
But given the current situation, Ji Rong's idea is quite good!
Once Wu Buyu made up his mind, he had an even better idea.
He had just learned from a shop that had turned him down that there was such a place as Li Gu Yao Jia Fang in the city.
He is a dignified cultivator of the Profound Spirit Realm, only a bit old. Now that he is willing to carry low-level cultivators and goods, the manager there must be overjoyed.
The sun was shining brightly, and it felt wonderfully warm on my skin.
Diao Ming, the clerk of the Demon Chariot Office, leaned back in his chair and dozed off.
When Wu Buyu woke him up, he thought the other person wanted to rent a car, so he groggily waved his paw and said, "Not here, go over there." Then he went back to sleep.
Wu Buyu followed the direction he pointed and found that there were vehicles waiting to pick up passengers. He then turned back and said awkwardly, "Young man, excuse me, do you need any more cultivators here?"
Diao Ming woke up as soon as he heard someone had come to apply for the job. He looked up and saw it was the same old man from before. He asked in surprise, "You are...?"
"Hey, it's definitely the old man."
With that opening statement and the previous nine families' refusal to attack, Wu Buyu was able to tell his fabricated story smoothly.
He said, “Brother, my children died unexpectedly, leaving behind very young offspring. So I came down the mountain to bring them out to beg for food.”
Diao Ming felt that the sun was too strong today, and it was unbearably hot.
Look at this cultivator at the Profound Spirit Realm, actually coming to the Demon Chariot's quarters looking for food! This is like the sun rising in the west. If he revealed his identity and travel permit, he could just go directly to the City Lord's Mansion.
But when Diao Ming looked at Wu Buyu's black hair, which was as faded as if it had lost its color due to the decline of his blood and qi, he understood. He said, "In our Demon Chariot House, the more capable you are, the more you work. We are paid by the day, and the wages are calculated according to the wage list. A meal is provided at 9 am."
After a pause, he added, "It's all you can eat, but usually it's just spirit noodles."
The three birds, Wu Buyu, lit up when they heard this. In order to save money these past few days, they had only eaten some low-grade spiritual grains, which could get stuck in their throats and cause a lot of pain.
Ji Rong also came forward, propped her wings on Diao Ming's table, and asked, "Uncle, can I come too? I'm strong too."
Diao Ming looked at Ji Rong, took out a black stone, and asked Ji Rong to infuse it with spiritual energy. After Ji Rong infused it, the stone only turned slightly gray.
Diao Ming curled his lip and said, "You've only just entered the Spirit Realm, no way. If you want to make a living here, come back when you've reached the Illusion Realm."
Ji Zhuang, who was in the transformation stage, immediately pushed past Ji Rong and stepped forward.
In the end, Wu Buyu and Ji Zhuang got the job of carrying goods.
Because Wu Buyu and his group lacked identification and travel permits, they could not perform the work of carrying the monks for the time being.
However, if they work for the Ligu Demon Carrier's Office for two full years and are still there, the Demon Carrier's Office will provide them with an access token. At that time, they will be able to do relatively easy jobs such as carrying cultivators.
The next day, Wu Buyu and Ji Zhuang went to work, while Ji Rong had no work and could only stay in the cave to cultivate and take care of Gu Qingqing.
For some reason, Gu Qingqing would occasionally emit some strange odors; sometimes it smelled bad, sometimes it was cold, and sometimes it was hot.
Ji Rong looked at her every day and always felt that she had lost some weight, so she tried to feed her something. She couldn't eat anything, but she could drink water. So Ji Rong filled some spiritual spring water for her to drink every day.
Wu Buyu and Ji Zhuang worked at the city gate, where they carried goods for the cultivators who were traveling and carrying large amounts of supplies.
This job is tough, but the pay is low.
Wu Buyu and Ji Zhuang worked from morning till night, and apart from being provided with a full meal, they only received around sixty pieces of treasure each day.
But Ji Zhuang also learned the trick of stealing spiritual food from his fellow pack carriers. He was very careful and only took half of it each time, tucking it into his wings to bring it out.
He dared not take too much, because every now and then people would be caught stealing too much from the demon's room and kicked out.
After working all day with this half of the spiritual food in between, by the time it reached Ji Rong's mouth in the evening, it had already become mushy. But Ji Rong cherished it, and the brother and sister ate it slowly, taking turns eating it with the low-grade spiritual grain.
After working for three months, Ji Zhuang had clearly lost a lot of weight; Wu Buyu saw this and felt heartbroken.
So, after another hard day, Wu Buyu said to Ji Zhuang in private, "Good boy, starting tomorrow, you will only work for ten days a month, and spend the rest of your time cultivating."
Ji Zhuang disagreed; if he didn't go to work, his sister would be even less able to eat.
Wu Buyu couldn't argue with him, so he could only let him go.
Fortunately, in the sixth month after arriving in Ligu City, Ji Rong, through observation and analysis, and relying on her eloquence, managed to persuade a demon meat shop called Huan Tun Xiang Ju to hire her as a lucky bird to attract customers.
Ji Rong's cultivation level was too low, so no place would want her. Therefore, she created a position for herself.
In order to get this self-created job, Ji Rong imitated the way she had seen soliciting customers at the market at the South Water Wharf and performed a short skit for the manager of Tunxiangju on the spot.
Ji Rong was expressive and spoke quickly and charmingly.
As the saying goes, those with lower cultivation levels don't have her expressive face and eloquence;
Those with higher cultivation levels don't have her kind of approachability. The key point is that she's still a cub, and her every move exudes a childlike quality.
The manager of Tunxiangju was a fox spirit cultivator, at the Profound Spirit Realm, with a fine name: Li Fengnian.
Li Fengnian liked Ji Rong's performance very much, so he asked Ji Rong to stay.
Ji Rong was paid with leftover food scraps; if Ji Rong performed exceptionally well, they would discuss a different price.
There are no leftovers these days. Cultivators from all races can eat a lot. If they go to a restaurant, they will lick the plates clean.
Ji Rong's work did not go smoothly in the early stages. She often had to stand outside for three to five days before she could attract a customer. For each customer she attracted, Tunxiangju would give her a small bucket of scraps.
Seeing his younger sister exhausted every day, only bringing back a small bucket of scraps every few days, Ji Zhuang said with heartache, "Don't go anymore. Just stay home and cultivate properly. I can support you."
Ji Rong also wanted to give up, but when she looked at Ji Zhuang's worn beak and rough claws, she shook her head like a rattle drum.
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