Shangyuque

Chapter 118 Another form of resistance, it is gentle and invisible but absolutely deadly (1.34W)

The exchange ceremony had been prepared for a long time. The initial initiator was Wang Yulou. In order not to make himself too conspicuous, he asked Wu Faxian, a senior disciple of the Bishui Palace, to assist him.

The purpose is very simple, which is to put Old Wu in the front and hide himself behind.

If something really goes wrong in the future, Old Wu's small body can serve as a buffer to some extent.

However, before the first exchange Dharma Assembly was held, Wang Yulou got married temporarily and postponed the date of the marriage to after the wedding.

As a result, on the day of Yulou’s wedding, thirteen foundation-building masters lined up in the hall to witness it. Eleven of them were elders from the Dripping Cave, and the other two were ancestors of the Wang family.

It turned out that the decision to postpone the event was correct.

In the world of immortal cultivators, there are no system panels or numerical competitions. Potential momentum and power often require more concrete forms of expression to be revealed, and the marriage in Yulou is just a glimpse of such a reveal.

Therefore, although it was Wang Yulou's wedding that day, Wu Faxian was happier than Wang Yulou - the power behind the partner was strong enough, so the exchange ceremony would be easy to organize.

The subsequent development was exactly as Wu Faxian had expected. With the joining of Wang Yaohai, he brought with him the connections he had accumulated over a long period of time in the Dripping Cave, which greatly expanded the potential customer base for the first exchange Dharma Assembly.

The upper limit of this potential market discovered by Wang Yulou himself has been greatly increased.

But this is not the biggest benefit of postponing the date.

On the morning of the exchange meeting, Wu Faxian brought several of his friends and rushed to Qunsonggang, the venue for the first meeting.

"Old Wu, this exchange meeting is not right in every way except the name. Will there be any problems?"

"Is there any rule in the sect that prohibits disciples from exchanging cultivation experiences?" Wu Faxian immediately retorted.

"That's not the case, but you and I know that we didn't go to Qunsonggang to exchange cultivation experiences."

Under the system of the Immortal Alliance, the closed systems built by the great monks themselves have been greatly developed. As a cave separated by the inside and outside, the Dripping Cave has achieved the ultimate in closedness.

The sect uses the Three Palaces Merit System to harvest the low-level monks within the sect. The monks without any background dare not speak out. They have only two ways out: either take the most dangerous mission to go outside the cave to work for the Dripping Cave and the Immortal Alliance, or sell themselves to the sect's foundation-building elders.

The concept of the communication ceremony created by Wang Yulou, who came from outside the cave, proposed a decentralized organizational model to build up fragile possibilities on the edge of the rules of the Dripping Cave sect.

This possibility attracted Wu Faxian, Wang Yaohai, and other fellow disciples.

"Is there any rule in the sect that prohibits disciples from trading with each other?" Wu Faxian continued to ask.

"Of course not, but Old Wu, what if something happens?"

When people are greedy, they will be full of courage, believe that fate will favor them, and thus accept dangerous invitations.

But even though the matter hadn't even started yet and he was already backing down.

Such people are very worried about gains and losses. Although it seems abstract, they are the majority.

Compared to breaking free from the shackles around their necks, they value staying alive safely more.

The so-called hope is born only in the greatest despair. No one is willing to gamble their life unless pushed to the limit.

There is still an ascending passage in the dripping cave. Although it is very narrow, as long as it exists, most people will not choose the seemingly dangerous road of hope.

"The law does not punish the masses. Let me tell you something. Many of the fellow disciples who participated in the exchange meeting are disciples of the elders."

The news revealed by Wu Faxian cast a spell of silence on his friends. They did not think that the law does not punish everyone, but rather - the disciple of the foundation-building elder also needs to participate in the exchange ceremony?
Ji Yuan and Fan Zhugao are the most qualified to speak on this issue. Becoming a foundation-building disciple does not mean a bright future.

As a disciple of Yuan family, Ji Yuan was designated by the elders of Yuan family as a pawn crossing the river. He had to go to the door of Zhuo family elders alone to serve as a tool for charging and blasting.

Fan Zhugao's master Zhuochi has three apprentices, but the tasks he undertakes alone are several times more than those of his other two brothers combined. He works like a slave every day and has to be grateful. He does the most fulfilling work and receives the least care from his master. How can this not be considered a kind of tempering?
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Qunsonggang, as the name suggests, is a hill covered with pine trees.

The reason why Wang Yaohai chose this place as the venue for the first exchange Dharma Assembly was thanks to his many years of experience in the Dongtian Patrol.

This place is extremely desolate. The 'desolate' here does not mean that there are no trees, but that there are not many spiritual ideas and no spiritual creatures.

The most special thing is that Qunsonggang is very far away from the nearby Dishuidong stronghold.

Its remoteness is its biggest feature.

Even though Wang Yulou and Wu Faxian repeatedly emphasized that the exchange ceremony did not violate the sect's rules, when it actually took place, they still tacitly followed Brother Yao Hai's advice.

It's good to be remote. It may not be able to help the monks participating in the exchange meeting avoid the supervision of the sect, but it can at least give the participants a sense of psychological security - there is no village in front and no shop behind this place, who would have thought that we would do "bad things" here?

Bad things are relative to the existing interest order of the Dripping Cave. The exchange conference is always digging into the sect's corners.

“Isn’t this too conspicuous?”

The friend brought by Wu Faxian looked at the newly built pavilion on the top of Qunsonggang Peak and asked.

"You don't understand. This Dao Discussion Pavilion was prepared to conceal our presence. When the exchange meeting begins, many people will sit in this pavilion, pretending to discuss the Dao and keep watch for us!"

As he spoke, Wu Faxian recalled the speech given by Daoist Fellow Yulou at the preparatory meeting for the Dharma Assembly.

Reliability and seriousness are the two key points of the work of the Dharma Exchange Conference that Taoist Yulou has emphasized many times.

If fellow Taoists have concerns, we should try our best to dispel their concerns in every aspect.

As to whether it can be really eliminated or not, it is not important.

What is important is to allow them to give themselves reasons to believe that attending the exchange meeting is not something to worry about.

"I see, Faxian, you guys are well prepared.

Now that we have arrived at Qunsonggang, can you introduce other fellow Taoists who are participating in the exchange meeting to us?"

It turned out that Wu Faxian was rather tight-lipped and had never told these friends who the organizers and participants of the Dharma Exchange Conference were.

"No hurry, no hurry. Let me first pass on the message to the Taoist friends who are hosting us. The exchange meeting will be held in a special place. When you arrive, you will know who will attend."

A sound transmission note was sent out and went straight underground, bumping into a large rock, making Wu Faxian feel a little embarrassed.

"This"

Just when he was embarrassed, Wang Yaohai flew out from somewhere and greeted a few people.

"Brother Faxian, oh, you brought so many fellow Taoists with you, come on, I'll take you in right away."

Lao Wang was a thoughtful man. He knew that he had joined the Yulou Taoist group relatively late, so he took over the job of receiving fellow disciples at this Dharma Assembly, just to make more contributions.

His thoughts were simple. As the old was replaced by the new, when Fellow Daoist Yulou established his foundation in the future, it was still unclear what the status of the Yuan family would be in the Dripping Cave.

With Wang Yulou's current ability to make things happen and the background of the Mangxiang clan behind him, his future is limitless and nothing can be predicted.

"We are holding our first exchange meeting underground, not because we don't want to be seen, but because the sun in the Dripping Cave is too scorching at noon, and we are afraid that you will get sunburned. Come, just go down through the cave entrance. There are already many fellow Taoists waiting below."

While Wang Yaohai was giving ridiculous reasons that no one believed, he led several people into the entrance and then continued with his reception work.

Under the leadership of Old Wu, several people nervously entered the tunnel and walked for more than ten feet before arriving at a cave underground.

Fan Zhugao used the existing natural underground caves in Qunsonggang to create a special underground space. The space is about ten meters long and sixty or seven meters wide, which is very spacious and can accommodate hundreds of people.

There were many eternal lamps lit on the four walls of the cave, illuminating the inside, but of course, it was still a little dim.

However, this dimness actually gives people who come to participate in such activities a special sense of security, which belongs to the human subconscious.

Wu Fa first settled several friends, then found Fan Zhugao and Ji Yuan who were surrounded by the crowd, interrupted and exchanged a few words, and then returned to his friends with satisfaction.

"So, I told you that disciples from a big clan are coming. Ji Yuan from the Yuan family and Fan Zhugao from the Zhuo family are here. What are you still worried about?"

A person's lifelong struggle depends not only on his own efforts but also on the opportunities of the times. It is difficult to tell which is greater between the two.

But in addition to these two modes of struggle, there is actually a special mode - clinging to the mighty ones to catch up with the swans.

Those who can rise rapidly in the turbulence of the times, often the dust raised by their feet and the wind brought by their feathers, can easily change the fate of their followers, clingers and enemies.

When Wang Yulou discovered many talented people in Hewan Fishing Port, it was not because he was lucky, but because there were too many beautiful jades lying in the mud in this world.

The great monk's practice of locking qi is to prevent more people from changing their fate, thereby maintaining its inheritance for thousands of years.

Yulou changed Qin Churan's life, Bai Xiaoyu's life, and Zhang Xuewu's life, but this was just the beginning.

With the rise of Yulou, the fate of more people may be changed. Whether it is good or bad does not depend on Yulou, but on themselves and the ruthless world.

Wu Faxian, who was a little excited at this moment, was a cultivator who followed Yulou and changed the existing trajectory of his destiny.

"Don't worry, don't worry, it's just that this place is a little... um, sloppy." said the friend brought by Wu Faxian.

How could it not be sloppy? There was only a wooden platform in the big cave with some chairs on it, and there was nothing else elsewhere.

Ji Yuan and Fan Zhugao, two members of the big families, were the most eye-catching people among the crowd. But if they didn't sit down, how could others dare to sit down?

People without brains will not be invited to the exchange meetings. The exchange meetings are of course open and inclusive, but there is one requirement: stupidity is not tolerated.

Considering the number of disciples in the Bishui Palace, it is actually no secret who is stupid and who is not, so those who come to the meeting today are all smart people.

So, the situation became that the participants came to the conference enthusiastically, but in the end there was not even a place to sit.

Wu Faxian frowned, thinking that Old Fan was too careless. He would go to Taoist Yulou to complain about him later!
Lao Fan was actually helpless. He worked day and night and didn't dare to ask others for help. He was almost exhausted by the situation.

"After all, it's the first time. I will slowly improve in the future, hahaha." Wu Faxian made up for it and then noticed exclamations coming from the entrance of the cave.

A few people looked over and saw Lin Ying, dressed in grass-green robes, walking in.

Lin Ying, the first direct descendant of a foundation-building family to arrive today!
Such a person would come to the exchange meeting. How could the monks not be surprised?

It can be said that with Lin Ying's arrival, the few remaining worries in everyone's hearts were mostly dispelled.

After taking a quick look at everyone in the cave, Lin Ying was a little shocked.

Although she came here out of consideration for Yulou's invitation, she never expected that Yulou had already gathered a "small group" of more than 30 people.

Thinking of this, Lin Ying's impression of Wang Yulou became even more complicated.

She calmed herself down and chose to walk towards where Ji Yuan and Fan Zhugao were.

Circles are everywhere, and there are also gaps among the disciples of the Bishui Palace.

As it got closer to noon, more and more people came into the cave.

Under the expectant gaze of Lao Fan, Ji Yuan, Wu Faxian and others, the number of people increased from their early twenties to their thirty-sixties or seventies!
Seventy people, exactly twice the minimum number they had initially expected.

Many of the invited fellow disciples often brought along fellow disciples they were familiar with. Among the seventy people, there were even more than twenty disciples from Huachi Palace, which was beyond their expectations.

"I think it will be done today, but why hasn't Fellow Daoist Yulou come yet?" Ji Yuan asked.

Lao Fan smiled ambiguously and answered in a low voice.

"You don't understand this. The important characters must appear last. Why did Fellow Daoist Yulou work so hard to put together such a big scene?
Don't forget about the Hewan Fishing Port. I think Fellow Daoist Yulou doesn't seem like someone who likes to run errands!"

Fan Zhugao was sensible and saw through Wang Yulou's ambition. He wanted the market, wanted to gather momentum, wanted to gain popularity, and wanted to earn more merits and spirit stones.

Wang Yulou wants a lot, so naturally he has to pretend to do some formalistic operations. This is not shameful.

The fact that formalism has never become outdated, from the sacrificial rituals of the tribal era to the many evolutions of modern mankind, illustrates its important vitality in the process of organizational construction.

This kind of vitality will continue to exist even if it is transferred to the world of cultivating immortals as long as the main body of the organization is still human.

On the other hand, daring to act and dare to do is itself an extremely excellent quality.

There are two types of humility: appropriate self-humility and deceptive humility. The classical chicken soup that says a gentleman does not fight for anything is even more of a bible to fool Shabi.

In so many cases, and in so many people, they all rose to power by trembling - one of the representative figures was Chiang Kai-shek, a gangster from the Green Gang who almost stole the country.

Now that you have the ambition, all that’s left is action. If it doesn’t work once, try it again. If it doesn’t work this time, make adjustments and wait for next time. This is what daring is.

If we add some practical guidance from dialectics, then this kind of daring is, well, those who understand will understand.

There are two types of cultivation. Improving your cultivation is of course the most fundamental, but cultivation requires resources.

After all, what others give is not as solid and reliable as what you get yourself. This requires every ambitious monk to know how to manage his own power - this is also a kind of practice.

Yulou's cultivation has reached the maximum speed. In less than four years, he has reached the fourth level of Qi training, which even forced Yuan Daoshen to send ten crocodiles to destroy his foundation.

The current exchange meeting is Wang Yulou’s practice in business management.

Just when everyone was getting a little noisy, Wang Yulou finally entered the cave.

He strode ahead, while Wang Yaohai and Bai Xiaoyu followed on both sides of him.

Almost instantly after coming in, Yulou noticed something wrong with the dozen or so empty chairs.

Maybe Lao Fan didn't have enough energy, or he didn't expect so many people to come, so it was a bit awkward.

"My fellow Taoists, Yulou is late, please forgive me."

As he spoke, he first nodded to Ji Yuan and Lin Ying, then pulled Lao Fan's shoulder and patted him, and finally sat down in the middle of the row of chairs without hesitation.

"Since Senior Sister Lin is here, how about you start today's exchange meeting?"

Lin Ying has always been good at maintaining relationships with colleagues, and she knew very well what to do to give face to Wang Yulou, so she answered immediately.

"Junior Brother Yulou has invited me, so there is no reason for me to refuse. However, if there is anything wrong, I hope that my fellow brothers will give me advice."

First, exchange cultivation experiences, then tell each other what you have, and everyone will understand the process.

However, what many cultivators don’t understand is how this junior brother who is at the fourth level of Qi training dares to sit in the main seat?
And he seemed to be ordering Lin Ying to be the first to communicate. The strangest thing was that Lin Ying from the Lin family actually agreed. Oh, this is quite interesting.

Of course, those who know the matter have already started sharing information about Wang Yulou with their close friends. After learning about Yulou's identity, everyone was in awe.

The Anbei Wang family, the chickens and dogs of the Mangxiang lineage, took away thirteen foundation-building people with a concubine ceremony, and Zhuo Chi of the Zhuo family led them into the sect.
Such a person is indeed qualified to sit in the middle.

The significance of postponing the communication ceremony until after marriage became clear at this moment.

After seeing Yulou sitting down, Lao Fan also walked towards the chair, wanting to sit at the side. He thought that since he was of the same height as Yulou, he could also sit down and communicate with her.

Not to mention that he was Zhuochi's disciple, even in terms of his contribution to the Dharma Assembly, he worked hard to dig the hole and shed sweat.

However, Lao Fan was a vigilant person. After standing with Ji Yuan for so long today, he had already gotten used to staring at Ji Yuan's movements and adjusting his own movements.

When he was about to reach the chair, he noticed that Ji Yuan did not move. He just smiled at Lin Ying and nodded frequently as if he had gained a lot.

So, Lao Fan quietly moved away from the chair.

Wang Yulou is a person who loves face and power. He built the Golden Platform and invited many people to watch the foundation-building ceremony at his wedding. He has reached the fourth level of Qi training at a young age.
Although he looks kind and has always treated me well, why doesn't he keep his balance?

Is there any loss if I keep it safe?

No!

So, when Lao Fan and Ji Yuan chose to stand, the other monks who thought they were qualified to sit today also wisely stopped their actions.

When Old Wu discovered something was wrong, he realized that there were only three people sitting on this row of chairs besides himself.

One was Lin Ying from the Lin family, who was sitting on Wang Yulou’s right and talking about her experience in practicing wood magic; the other was Wang Yulou’s concubine Bai Xiaoyu, who was sitting on Wang Yulou’s left.

Wang Yaohai came with Wang Yulou, but as soon as this bastard came in, he hid in the crowd and had no intention of getting close to the chair.

With his blood boiling, Old Wu could no longer hear what Lin Ying was saying. He looked at Old Fan and Ji Yuan and found that these two bastards were also standing aside, looking as if they were absorbed in listening to Lin Ying's conversation.

"Gudu~"

Old Wu swallowed his saliva, then exerted force with his buttocks and jumped up from the chair!
Damn it, you guys have caused me so much trouble!

Wang Yulou noticed Wu Faxian's actions. He looked at Old Wu and nodded to him with a smile.

Why is he smiling at me?

Does it mean 'we'll settle the score later'?

Or does it mean 'you are sensible'?
Old Wu stood there, cold sweat pouring down his face.

He had long known about Wang Yulou's sensitivity to power, but only today did he fully realize that he had already become a special vassal in front of Wang Yulou.

The exchange Dharma meeting was proposed by Wang Yulou, but it was organized by Wu Faxian.

Wang Yulou did not reap any benefits - all the profits were divided equally among the original organizers.

But the leadership lies in Wang Yulou's hands, and the right to take the blame lies in Wu Faxian's hands - otherwise, with his background, he would not be qualified to share the ticket revenue of the exchange conference equally with other organizers. Everyone knows this tacitly.

It was only because of today's seating arrangement that Wu Faxian realized that he not only had the right to take the blame, but also the right to submit.

He couldn't understand why it had come to this.

This is the alienation of people by organizational relationships.

The exchange dharma meeting is an informal fringe organization, but the participants are not marginal figures.

Wang Yulou, Lin Ying, Wang Yaohai, Ji Yuan, Fan Zhugao
The power relationship where strength is supreme is that the higher the cultivator's level, the greater his power.

But it does not mean that bottom-up power relations do not exist.

At this moment, there is no difference between Yulou, who has been practicing Qi for four years and reaching the fourth level, and Mangxiang, who is carrying the golden elixir and is illuminated by a red light.

I, Wang Yulou, have the talent to build a foundation. Follow me and I will promise you.
As long as his great future prospects still have a high possibility of being realized, he can use his future achievements to win over the people of the present!

After Lin Ying, other monks who participated in the exchange meeting also began to share their experiences or problems in cultivation.

Although the event was held in a very shabby manner and the format was very sloppy, everything went smoothly in the end.

There is one special thing here. People's expectations are actually not that high. When they pay the ticket fee of a spirit stone, they know that the scale of this event will not be too big.

The appearance of Lin Ying, Fan Zhugao and others is already a pleasant surprise.

“Senior Brother Yao Hai’s explanation was very good. Fellow Taoists may not know about Senior Brother Yao Hai’s experience.

He was born in a humble family, and gradually cultivated his way up from Qingquan Palace to Huachi Palace. He then went to the West Sea to hunt monsters for twenty years. After returning, he became a disciple of Bishui Palace.

Now, after all the hard work, he has finally reaped the rewards of his efforts and has become Elder Luo's disciple. His experience in cultivation is worth listening to for each of us.

I noticed that there are fellow brothers and sisters from Huachi Palace here today. If you have any ideas about going to the West Sea to hunt monsters, you can ask Senior Brother Yaohai.

He has a lot of experience in fighting monsters, and he has been in the West Sea for many years. He knows a lot of people and can help you."

After Wang Yaohai finished speaking, Yulou made a summary, which made Wang Yaohai feel excited.

The bureau was set up by Wang Yulou, and it was he who brought everyone together, but Wang Yulou supported Wang Yaohai.

He knew that this was not because they had the same surname, but because his efforts and diligence were noticed by Wang Yulou.

In terms of cultivation, Wang Yulou was his junior fellow apprentice, but at this moment, it was undoubtedly Wang Yulou who promoted him.

Putting aside other things, when some people come to him for advice on monster hunting in the West Sea, after he explains the relevant knowledge, those people should show some appreciation, right?

In addition, Wang Yaohai has been in Xihai for twenty years. Can he make more money through referrals from the people he met there and the connections he left?
It can be said that just these few words from Yu Lou could bring Wang Yaohai a profit of several hundred spirit stones.

The significance of building a platform becomes extremely concrete at this moment.

"Yulou, you are overpraising me, but I, Wang Yaohai, do know a lot of people in the West Sea. If you need anything, you can come to Huachi Palace to find me after the ceremony."

"Haha, come to think of it, Brother Yao Hai happens to be the inspector of Huachi Palace."

Wang Yulou simply agreed, then stood up, took out a long table from his storage bag, and placed it in front of him.

He raised his head and scanned the crowd. Under the light of the eternal lamp, one face after another, some bright and some dark, came into his eyes.

But these faces, no matter how beautiful or ugly, old or young, have one thing in common - there is a fire burning in their eyes that should not belong in a dripping cave.

"The sect has never restricted us from exchanging what we have with each other. Everyone knows this. Even merits can be traded."

After a brief introduction, Yulou took out the storage bag and started pouring things out.

First there was a pile of elixir bottles. Wang Yulou poured them out and Bai Xiaoyu arranged them. In just a short moment, more than a dozen bottles were arranged out.

This was because Yulou was afraid that he would promote himself too much and leave other fellow disciples with no opportunities to communicate, so he held back.

Wu Faxian's eyes widened with amazement, "Wang Yulou, your Wang family really has something. You are pouring out more than a dozen bottles of elixirs like cabbage!"
But this is not the end yet. After the elixir, there is the spiritual fish.

Yulou put out a large tank of spirit fish, which made the other cultivators in the cave's eyes turn red.

Fellow Daoist Yulou, you are really good at making money!
Ji Yuan is no exception, he is the most jealous one.

As a monk who also guards the fishing port, Yulou takes out dozens or even hundreds of spirit fish to sell at a time, which means he usually takes a lot, but he only takes a dozen or so a week.

Ji Yuan felt a little uncomfortable, but after seeing the magic weapon that Yulou took out next, he no longer felt uncomfortable, but instead felt envious.

Magical weapons are what Yulou is best at refining.

Wang Yulou started to practice the art of refining instruments at the age of thirteen, and now he has the ability to refine top-grade magical instruments.

Today, he brought three top-grade magical instruments and several mid-grade magical instruments.

The black steel mirror and silver shield with nineteen layers of restrictions is easy to repair and use because the restrictions are well engraved. It is a top-notch entry-level high-quality magical instrument.

The golden mirror and silver shield with twenty layers of restrictions is an incomplete version of Hongmei's unique secret recipe. It has a certain self-repair ability and is considered a good product among the top-grade magical instruments.

The Water Jade Mingxin Pendant with eighteen levels of restrictions is an auxiliary magical tool. When worn by a cultivator who practices water magic, it can slightly increase the sensitivity to water-attributed spiritual energy. It can not only increase the speed of practice in terms of efficiency, but also increase the fighting strength of the water magic cultivator in battles.

Although this increase is not high, how can I put it? After Yulou finished his introduction, the air in the cave became a little hotter.

Selling the Water Jade Mingxin Pendant in the Dripping Cave is roughly equivalent to selling water in the desert and selling heaters in the snow-capped mountains.

Even though this Water Jade Bright Heart Pendant was a product of poor refining in Yulou, it would still be easy to sell.

"There are three kinds of elixirs: Water-type Qi-transforming elixir, Crocodile Blood Essence elixir, and Rehmannia Health-nourishing powder. The price is..."

The water-attributed Qi-transforming pill was refined by the ancestor Xian Zhou from the spiritual materials he collected while hunting in the wild. On the one hand, it was for Xiaoyu to use, and on the other hand, it could also be used to earn spirit stones.

Rehmannia nourishing powder is the inferior spiritual powder that was produced the most when the ancestor Xian Zhou refined the body-building spiritual pill for Yu Lou. If it can be sold, it can also make back the money. "Five mid-grade magic tools will be sold at a fixed price, and three high-grade magic tools will be sold in the form of an auction before the end of the ritual.

Please note that there is no forced buying or selling in our communication ceremonies. If the bid price does not meet the seller's expectations, the seller can refuse to sell.

This is not about protecting me, but about protecting everyone.

As for the exchange ratio of spirit stones and merits, it is 11 to 2, with a small increase in price using blue spirit rice as the unit of measurement, with a minimum of one tael!"

Yulou intentionally holds back on its sales efforts by putting the top-grade magic tools on sale last, giving other disciples a chance to "communicate".

If the communication Dharma Assembly wants to continue for a long time, Yulou cannot be a one-man show.

After Yulou finished speaking, the scene fell into silence.

People are like this. Even now, they are unwilling to be the first to take action.

In the end, it was Ji Yuan who rescued Yu Lou.

"Give me three bottles of Crocodile Blood Essence Pill!"

Alligator Dragon Essence Blood Pill, Ji Yuan understood what was going on, this thing, if you miss it, you will never get it again!
"Sorry, Brother Yuan, one bottle per person. You also know where the Alligator Blood Essence Pill comes from. This thing is limited in quantity, so I can't sell it all to you."

Wang Yulou said that he just wanted to provide benefits to his family members and promote the reputation of the exchange conference.

On the other hand, the Yuan family's alligator dragon was divided among everyone in the form of Essence and Blood Pills, so how could the Yuan family continue to act recklessly?

It's all about the details!

"Then I'll take two bottles, one for me and one for my wife. Here, this is 80 points of merit!"

Ji Yuan said immediately.

You limit purchases? Then I'll bring my wife along to buy them.

You are just selling Alligator Blood Essence Pills, not houses. You can't limit the pill purchasing quota for each household, right?

Seeing Ji Yuan pulling a female cultivator and allocating merits to himself, Yulou realized that this old guy already had a family and secretly brought his wife to listen to his fellow disciples exchange experiences in cultivation.

Sure, Lao Ji, you are quite cunning.

"I'll have one too!" Lin Ying said.

She understood too well the value of the Alligator Blood Essence Pill. Without going into further details, she could just say this: the Iron Alligator raised by the Yuan family has the nature of a dragon!
Each bottle of pills corresponds to the essence of the flesh and blood of a hundred-jin alligator dragon. If used properly, the effect could be very powerful.

Seeing Ji Yuan and Lin Ying start buying, Wang Yaohai hurried to follow. It was not known whether he did it to repay Yu Lou for his support or because he saw the value of the Alligator Dragon Essence Blood Pill.

This directly triggered a buying frenzy.

Yulou only brought six bottles of Alligator Dragon Essence Blood Pill, which were refined by the ancestor who worked overtime. In an instant, they were snatched away by the monks of the Bishui Palace.

"Master Yu Yuque, Fellow Daoist, Fellow Daoist Yu Que, I wonder if you can split your water-attributed Qi-transforming pills and sell them individually."

A Huachi Palace disciple who had reached the sixth level of Qi training spoke.

His name is very interesting.

Yuque, this name shows respect for Wang Yulou. He is not called senior brother because his cultivation is higher than Yulou.

The words "Yuque Daoyou" are all about details. These young monks in the Dripping Cave have been polished by the reality and know very well how to be a human being.

But the most important detail in his words is not the title, but the fact that the disciples of Huachi Palace have insufficient payment ability, or consumption ability.

Before the Mangxiang Enqing was issued, one Qi-transforming pill cost three spirit stones. Wang Rongyuan ate Qi-transforming pills that cost three spirit stones each and cultivated to the late stage of Qi training.

Ten years ago in Qingxifang, one Qi-transforming pill cost five spirit stones, and many family cultivators had to count the amount they ate.

Now, one Qi-Transforming Pill costs eight spirit stones. Water-attributed Qi-Transforming Pills are more expensive, costing ninety-eight spirit stones per bottle, which is a total of ten spirit stones per pill.

However, the Huachi Palace disciples in the Dripping Cave could not even afford ninety-eight spirit stones to buy a whole bottle, and could only buy it by the piece.

The meaning of this can only be that the sect calculated too much, and the kindness of the founder overflowed too much, overflowing into the Dripping Cave Heaven.

"Sure, ten spirit stones for one. How many would you like, fellow Taoist?" Yulou replied with a smile.

The Huachi Palace disciple who was at the sixth level of Qi training was immediately delighted, and said as he took out the spirit stone.

"Three pills will do. Can Daoist Yulou tell us about the efficacy of Rehmannia Nourishing Body Powder? Otherwise, we won't know whether we should buy it or not."

After he reminded him, Wang Yulou suddenly realized that in his busy schedule he had overlooked the fact that the medicinal strength of the spiritual powder varied.

After all, he had never used spiritual powder once since he started practicing.

"Brother Ji, I don't know much about alchemy. Can you help me check the efficacy of this Rehmannia Nourishing Spirit Powder for all of you Taoist friends?"

Yulou hurriedly asked Ji Yuan for help. Old Ji’s alchemy skills were just so-so, but he did understand.

Ji Yuan hurried forward, picked up the Rehmannia nourishing powder prepared by Yulou, and examined it carefully.

Soon, he was impressed.

"This medicinal power should be top-grade among spiritual powders, and can achieve 60% of the effect of spiritual pills!"

Wang Xianzhou's level is still very high. If the medicinal power of these Rehmannia nourishing powder can be strengthened by 20%, it can barely become a pill.

"Then how many spirit stones should it be sold for?" Yulou asked. He was worried that the price of thirty-two spirit stones for a box of spiritual powder he had just priced was too high.

Ji Yuan pondered for a moment and then said.

“The Rehmannia Health Pill is a top-grade elixir for strengthening the body during the Qi training period. It is fair to price one bottle at around ninety spirit stones.

A 60% medicinal powder would cost 20% off and then 40% off, which is 43 spirit stones!"

Forty-three spirit stones in one package?
The monks in the cave immediately began to slap their thighs. If they had bought it just now, they could have earned ten spirit stones by reselling it!
Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now!

"Hahaha, thank you, Senior Brother Ji. Fellow Daoists, don't regret it. This spiritual powder will continue to be sold at the price of thirty-two spiritual stones per piece, but there are only four pieces. Fellow Daoists who want it can come and buy it."

Looking at everyone rushing to buy, Yulou felt a little regretful. Of course, he didn't regret giving up a few spirit stones.

Ancestor Xian Zhou customized elixirs for him and refined a bunch of spiritual powders that were not suitable for other people. It was difficult to sell them at a high price even if he wanted to. Alas.

Rehmannia Health-preserving Powder is already one of the most commonly used spiritual powders. What should we do with the remaining spiritual powders?
Wang Yulou made a good start. Ji Yuan, Lin Ying and others quickly followed suit and took out the goods they were ready to exchange. The atmosphere in the cave never cooled down.
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Thousands of miles away, Fulong Temple.

Beside the Longyu Pond in General Zixu's mansion, Wang Yu'an was bargaining with Longyu Pond's attendant Jiao.

General Zixu's Mansion is roughly equivalent to the Bishui Palace, the Dragon Jade Pool is roughly equivalent to the Bishui Palace's Merit Hall, and Shi Jiao is roughly equivalent to a deacon like Wu Faxian.

"It is a top-grade magical instrument after all. Ninety-five dragon jades are too few. How about one hundred and ninety-eight?"

Yu An was wearing the purple robes of a purple-bearded disciple, and the green stubble on his lips trembled up and down as he spoke.

Having left Qingxifang, Hongdengzhao and his elder brother, he has now grown into an independent Qigong practitioner.

He is a professional at bargaining!

Just double it and let you cut it as you like!
"Junior Brother Yu'an, you know better than me whether this iron copper axe is of middle or high quality.

It is certainly a top-quality artifact among mid-grade magic tools, but you can't sell it as a top-grade artifact just because there are eighteen layers of restrictions engraved inside it.

Even if you dare to sell, I dare not buy it! "

The dragon-serving monk smiled bitterly and exposed Wang Yu'an's plan. The boy was very cunning. He used half a piece of cold iron and a piece of purple copper to refine eighteen layers of restrictions, and wanted to sell it at the price of a top-grade magic weapon.

How can this make sense?
Without the eighth-grade spiritual materials, it is not considered top-grade!

"Okay, okay, then I'll sell it as a mid-grade magic weapon. Brother, you know the power of Hanbin Iron. With a copper handle and a brass blade, you know better whether this jade axe is useful or not.

Ninety-five dragon jades only cost nine hundred and fifty spirit stones. The cost of the materials is more than nine hundred and fifty. It will cost at least one hundred and thirty dragon jades!"

"One hundred and three is impossible. General Zixu's Mansion only accepts mid-grade magic tools to support disciples in their cultivation. But the price is this."

The servant Jiao still shook his head, not giving Yu An any room to take advantage.

Yu An rolled his eyes and said in a dignified manner.

"Well, Brother, let's each take a step back and give each other one hundred and twenty-nine dragon jades. What do you think?"

Shi Jiao was so angry that his nose became crooked.

Okay, okay, let's each take a step back. You really took back one, but you asked me to take back thirty-four. Do you think I'm a fool?
But thinking of the mysterious background of the person in front of him who was arranged to be a disciple of General Zixu's mansion when he just started practicing Qi, Shi Jiao finally took a step back.

"Well, ninety-eight coins. Even if you grind until dark and grind for another week, I can only give you ninety-eight coins!"

Yu'an acted decisively and stuffed the iron and copper axe directly into Shi Jiao's arms.

"Okay! Sold!"

Shi Jiao's eyes changed immediately when he looked at Yu An.

Okay, okay, you’re trying to bargain like this, right? I’ve got this in mind. Next time you come to Long Yu Chi to sell magical instruments, I’ll show you how I’ll deal with you!
He didn't know that Yu'an had gold and earth spiritual roots, and had also mastered the method of stripping spirit materials from An Ning's Taoist notes.

This iron-wrought copper axe was made by Wang Yu'an using the method of stripping spirits from materials, using the waste materials from the explosion-prone refining process.

Even if he could only sell sixty dragon jades, Yu An could ensure that he would not lose money, thus maintaining the balance of income and expenditure in his Taoist practice!

Now more than ninety dragon jades have been sold, and the extra money is Yu'an's profit.

It can be said that from now on, Yu'an no longer has to worry about practicing!
"Brother, don't be angry. We are just doing our own jobs. I would like to exchange for a robe, a low-grade robe for female cultivators. I wonder if you have any recommendations."

Yu'an took the servant Jiao's hand and immediately stuffed ten spirit stones into his hand. The servant Jiao immediately smiled happily.

The sect’s dragon jade belongs to the sect, and the ten spirit stones are yours!
"I know about nun's vestments. Do you want the one with less fabric or the one with more fabric?"

"Less fabric?" Yu An was a little confused.

The servant Jiao immediately took out a picture album from his storage bag, handed it to Yu An, and said.

"One of my allies opened a robe shop in the Guanqi Square outside the Fulong Temple. It's called Hongchenjian. This is his robe book. Take a look."

Yu'an opened the album and was immediately stunned.

But soon, he thought of Senior Sister Ning Yao, and stuffed the booklet back to Shi Jiao and said.

"It is better to choose from the robes that can be exchanged in the Dragon Jade Pool."

Shi Jiao was a little disappointed, but for the sake of ten spirit stones, he still recommended it earnestly.

“Junior Brother Yu’an, you don’t understand. Female cultivators don’t look at the value of the robe, they only look at its appearance.

There are now seven new robes in the Dragon Jade Pool. Although they are all of low quality, they look just as good as ordinary mid-quality robes.

Come, look, this golden silk hanging crimson is the most beautiful, but it is a bit expensive, sixty dragon jade pieces each."

Sixty dragon jades?
Six hundred spirit stones to buy a robe. Yu'an looked at the golden silk and shook his head.

It's too expensive. No matter how much I like Senior Sister Ning Yao, I can't buy it. Otherwise, my eldest brother, Uncle Rong Yuan, and father... Forget it, anyone in the clan will beat him up if they find out.

Although she is a sentimental person, Yu An still has priorities in her heart.

"That's the Red Cloud Embellished Green Robe. This one is equally beautiful. It has fifty dragon jades and can ward off fire."

"That's it!" Yu An gritted his teeth.

The ability to avoid fire, this special function impressed Yu'an.

His original budget was about forty dragon jades, but it was worth it to have ten more to buy the ability to avoid fire.

"Here, I wish Junior Brother Yu'an can marry the beauty sooner, hahahaha."

Yu'an took the robes and dragon jade, then walked out of Zixu Mansion with light steps, summoned a top-grade magical flying car with twenty-eight restrictions, and flew to Guanqifang.

Practicing in Dripping Cave is like being a disciple in prison, and both entry and exit require approval.

Fulong Temple is not a cave, so you can come and go freely.

Hongmei has now opened a Huafengju in the Guanqifang outside the Fulong Temple. Although the business is not as good as the Huafengju in Qingxifang, she still earns a lot of spirit stones.

After all, he is a master of Taoism who can refine a top-grade magical weapon with thirty-two levels of restrictions. Even outside the Fulong Temple, he has room to survive.

Yu'an's top-grade magical flying car was given by Hongmei. The old man now finally understands the situation. His chance to build his foundation depends entirely on Yu'an.

Arriving at Huafengju, Yu An quietly walked to her senior sister's door and knocked.

"Sister?"

Ning Yao pushed open the door, looked at Yu'an with some surprise, and let him in.

"You didn't sneak out, did you? Also, don't call me Senior Sister. Your cultivation is higher than mine now."

Ning Yao had just broken through the Qi training stage two years ago, and is now only at the first level, while Yu An has already reached the second level.

Although she didn't know that Yu'an relied on An Ning Cave to cultivate his Qi, she guessed that the Wang family's descendants might have some secret method that could allow them to practice quickly, so she never doubted Yu'an's cultivation level.

After all, she grew up with Yu'an, so even if she really doubted Yu'an, she would not do anything.

"Senior Sister, you will always be my senior sister." After Yu An sat down, he called her senior sister again, and then asked.

"Where is the Master?"

Ning Yao poured Yu'an a glass of Taibai Lingjiu and said helplessly.

"He held a Taoist competition. Today is the final. He said he wanted to use his Taoist skills to suppress the disciples of Fulong Temple and spread the name of Huafengju."

Hongmei got her inspiration from Yulou, what a pity.
"Ah, then why didn't you go to help him?" Yu An asked in surprise.

“I lost and came in second place, and now I’m dejectedly presenting the award to the first place. I just got back too.

But you, tell me quickly, did you run away secretly?

You are a disciple of Zixu Mansion, you must do the tasks assigned to you by the sect well, you can't stay in the Guanqi Pavilion every day like me!"

Although Yu'an was not allowed to call Ning Yao senior sister, she still acted like a senior sister. They were both used to getting along like this.

Ning Yao is now just an outer disciple of Fulong Temple. Her daily tasks are very simple, and she can spend a lot of time in the Qigong Pavilion to practice.

“Senior Sister, I’ve told you several times that there is nothing to do in the Scripture Library.

I found a senior brother to exchange watch hours with. He took my place for five days, and I took his place for five days when he needed me. "

The quota for inner disciples that Wang bought came with an additional service.

But Yu An was after all in Fulong Temple, one of the ten sects. Although the task of looking after the Sutra Repository was not as lucrative as that of guarding the Jade Tower, at least it was a leisurely task.

"I see. But why did you come back so suddenly?"

"It's almost your birthday, Senior Sister, have you forgotten?"

“Your birthday is not in early February”

Ning Yao suddenly remembered something and her face turned slightly red. She had really forgotten that her birthday was coming soon.

Yu'an originally wanted to keep the robe until Senior Sister Ning Yao's birthday, but he was not the type to hide things - he had been like this since childhood, so he took out the red cloud embellished with green immediately.

"Sister, this is the robe I bought for you with the dragon jade I earned from refining equipment. You are also a Qi training cultivator now, so you can't do without the robe."

Putting her hand in front of her lips to hide her surprise, Ning Yao said with a little embarrassment.

"Your weapon refining skills are not as good as mine, why do I need you to buy me robes?"

If Wang Yulou's upper limit of weapon refining skills can reach 70% of Hongmei's with the help of Ruyi Golden Light, then Ning Yao's current attainments in refining Taoism are about 60% of Hongmei's. After all, she has been practicing Taoism with Hongmei since she was a child.

As for Yu'an. Jinshi magic tools, there may be 55% of Hongmei's, and about 50% of the other magic tools.

"My brother once said that a small gift is more valuable than a big thought. Senior sister, Yu'an's cultivation level is not good right now, so I can only buy you a low-grade robe.

Don't worry, when you have established your foundation, I will definitely buy you a spiritual weapon robe!"

The fact that Wang Yulou led the child astray is not necessarily a bad thing. Even though Wang Yu'an's plan was poorly made, Ning Yao was still very moved.

Touching the red clouds and green, Ning Yao suddenly pointed at the door and said to Yu An.

"get out!"

"Ah? Senior Sister, there's no need to chase me out. I haven't even drunk the Taibai Spirit Wine yet."

"Are you stupid? Let me try it on and see if it fits me!"

Ning Yao pushed Wang Yu'an out of the room angrily, and then carefully replaced the gift that Yu'an had given her.

That's not right. Don't vestments have the ability to fit the body?

Shabiyuan, standing outside his senior sister's room, thought and thought, but still couldn't figure it out.

Compared with Wang Yulou, he still has a lot to grow in.
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In the Dripping Water Cave, the exchange ceremony was coming to an end.

"Okay, fellow Taoists, you have all had your 'exchange'. Now, let's start bidding on these four top-grade magic weapons."

There were four items. In addition to the three items from Yulou, a disciple from Bishuidong also donated one item.

Yulou first took out the Water Jade Mingxin Pendant, which had only eighteen layers of restrictions, as the first item for auction.

In fact, it should be the most expensive and should be the last one.

But Yulou was really worried about the payment ability of his fellow disciples, and was afraid that this Water Jade Mingxin Pendant would fall into his hands, so he put it first.

As for whether the other monk who provided the top-grade magic weapon would have any objections, if he did, he could create a platform and market to sell them!
Wang Yulou has worked so hard for so long, providing a platform for communication and Dharma meetings for his fellow disciples. Shouldn’t he be able to take advantage of this?

"The starting price is two thousand spirit stones or corresponding merits. Fellow Taoists, you can start now!"

As soon as Yulou said this, someone shouted.

"Two thousand and five!"

This can't wait.

"Two thousand five plus an ounce of blue rice!"

This affects people's mentality.

But Yulou was actually very satisfied. His psychological expectation was two thousand four, which was the cost price.

Two thousand and four is roughly the price of a piece of semi-clear jade, which is the cost line to avoid losses as much as possible.

"I'll offer two thousand five plus a bottle of Qi-transforming pills. A bottle of Qi-transforming pills costs eighty spirit stones. Daoist Yulou, is that okay?"

Yulou nodded without objection, but sighed slightly in her heart.

When payment ability is insufficient, some people begin to use physical objects with good liquidity as general equivalents.

The sect serves the superiors in the sect. The sect's system can mobilize disciples to serve the superiors as much as possible with less effort, which leads to such consequences.

"Two thousand six!"

"Two thousand six plus an ounce of blue rice!"

In the end, the Shuiyu Mingxin Pendant was sold for two thousand nine hundred spirit stones plus one tael of blue rice, and two of the other three top-grade magic tools were sold.

The only thing that was not sold was the black steel mirror and silver shield that Yulou liked very much.

Although it was Yu Lou's practice work, the restrictions on it were engraved quite perfectly. Apart from the low number of restrictions and the not-so-outstanding defense, it can be said that it has no shortcomings.

Compared to its starting price of 2,200 spirit stones, its value is far beyond that, however, there are still many people who do not know its value.

Yulou had no choice but to accept the shield, and after saying goodbye to everyone, he went to Lundao Pavilion with Fan Ji, Wang Wu and others.

Of course, they were not there to discuss the Dao. Instead, they wanted to summarize the experiences and lessons learned from the first Dharma exchange meeting and prepare for the next one.

However, Yulou did not notice that when the fellow disciples who participated in the exchange meeting left, the fire in their eyes was even brighter than at the beginning.

There are many different forms of resistance. The fact that the spirit beasts raised by the Heavenly Snake Sect do not give birth to cubs is one form of resistance. The fact that the senior and experienced Qi disciples of the Huachi Palace do not put in any effort every day is also a form of resistance.

Today, Wang Yulou uses a new organizational model to build an exchange ceremony, bypassing the harvesting of the Three Palaces Merit System, providing his fellow disciples with another choice, which is also a form of resistance.

This is another form of resistance, gentle, invisible but absolutely deadly.

No one wants to be harvested, so everyone is willing to try to participate as long as it does not violate the rules.

The communication session was apparently unremarkable, so why was it "absolutely fatal"?

This is because when a cultivator launches a direct resistance to the Immortal Alliance's system, every great cultivator who forms the Immortal Alliance's core base may become his enemy.

In the face of absolute power, justice can only be the justice of the victor, and any resistance will be deconstructed into evil by the authority of power.

Such direct and mortal resistance is limited to the individuals who participate in the resistance, and naturally cannot exist on a large scale or for a long time. (I am really a fairy who is good at defending myself, fellow Taoists, do you understand what I am explaining?)

Only someone like Wang Yulou, who was born into the Wang family and is particularly familiar with the Immortal Alliance system, but for various reasons is unable to get the portion that satisfies him in the Immortal Alliance's interest distribution model, can launch a real, subtle, and silent resistance.

The communication conference impacted the ruling order of the Dripping Cave.

Its decentralized model was destined to achieve extraordinary success from the very beginning.

There is no center, because Yulou does not seek to be in control. He just wants to bypass the exploitation of the Dripping Cave through a self-organizing model and create a new market.

That's it.

He never realized what kind of beast he had unleashed.

(End of this chapter)