Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 66: Lightning-Struck Wood and the Mystery of Winter
The word "making friends" made Zhong Cang raise his eyebrows at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he figured out the reason why this happened.

——This kind of thing was not uncommon in previous lives, and there was a slightly derogatory word to describe it - money-for-power transaction.

In some areas of the previous life, if you wanted to do good business, you had to make friends with some powerful people and let them protect you. Otherwise, no matter how much money you had, you were just a piece of meat on the chopping board and could be eaten at any time.

In this world, the way businessmen do things has not changed, and the underlying logic of the survival of the fittest is still the same. In fact, because there is no strong government and good legal constraints, the underlying rules of this world are even more cruel.

In such a world, without protection, businessmen cannot succeed.

The only difference is that in this world, those who hold power are not high-ranking officials, but powerful people who have achieved success in cultivation.

Therefore, the Youyun Chamber of Commerce uses money to "support" Zhong Cang, just like the "revolving door" of the Lighthouse Country in the previous life, it is not uncommon for businessmen to use money to support "parliamentarians".

After knowing what the other party wanted, Zhong Cang naturally had no reason to disagree.

"Thank you Youyun Chamber of Commerce for your appreciation of me. I agree to this matter."

"Then I'll ask Mr. Zhong Cang to take good care of me from now on... If you need anything, you can also come to me, and I will take care of everything. Oh, by the way, Mr. Zhong Cang, your current resource quota is 360 spirit stones per year."

This amount of resources is not small, especially since Zhong Cang is only accepting support and has not yet started to contribute.

Moreover, 360 spirit stones a year is not enough for an ordinary spirit cultivator to spend.

But Zhong Cang is not ordinary. He is extremely powerful and needs more resources.

Just like the human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum and the several kinds of spiritual trees he wanted, any one of those things could not be bought with 360 spiritual stones.

"Alas, Shuang Lingxue is gone. From now on, I have to be self-reliant in everything I do... From now on, I can no longer be extravagant when doing things. I must consider the limitations of money... and I have to find a way to make money."

While sighing in his heart, Zhong Cang said to Yaxin, "I do have a few things I need you to do. One is a human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum. Do you know where I can find it? I just need to find it and let me feel it up close. I don't need to spend money to buy it."

"Also, help me find some patients... No, help me set up a clinic in the city. I have a magic spell that can help people heal."

After thinking for a while, Zhong Cang realized that he could make money with his secondary recovery skills.

Zhong Cang's words made Yaxin's eyes light up. "If you have this magic and want to make money by treating illnesses, I don't recommend you open a clinic. After all, you still need to practice and spend most of your time at the Snow Lake Taoist Temple, unable to go out."

"If you're interested, you can practice medicine at the clinic run by the Youyun Chamber of Commerce. This way, you won't have to worry about anything and won't have to worry about anything. Furthermore, we won't accept any of your medical fees; they will all go to you."

"can."

In the following time, Zhong Cang talked with Yaxin for a while and made two requests.

One is to collect information about spiritual trees. This time he collected information about three spiritual trees, one of which is a spiritual tree that can bear abundant fruits.

"The type of fruit is not important, nor is the effect. However, the fruit produced by the spiritual tree, or ordinary trees, must drain and exhaust the nutrients of the spiritual tree itself."

By making such a request, Zhong Cang was preparing for the autumn harvest.

"For the second spirit tree, I want a unique one. Whether it's a spirit tree that can quickly absorb and store energy, or some other spirit tree, you can find it for me. I'll look for information first, no need to buy it."

In this step, Zhong Cang is preparing for the fifth-level wilderness transformation.

This time he didn't have any specific requirements, but was going to choose whatever spiritual tree was most effective.

"For the third spiritual tree, I want the lightning-struck wood, a lightning-struck wood that sprouts new buds."

This last request was Zhong Cang's preparation for... the annihilation of winter. To comprehend winter within the cycle of the four seasons, Zhong Cang sought lightning-struck wood instead of winter-related items. This might seem strange, but it wasn't.

Zhong Cang's Four Seasons and Time Reincarnation Sutra does have a tendency after all. It is a method that contains new life in death and silence.

As for the lightning-struck wood, the lightning is a way of complete destruction, a natural disaster, a catastrophe. Most trees will die immediately after being struck by lightning.

Only some who are lucky can gain new life and sprout new buds from the dead silence and destruction.

"This kind of destruction and rebirth is just like the vitality contained in the silence of winter."

"When spring thunder roars, all things come to life. Thunder's destructive side is winter, while its vibrant side is spring... The transformation from winter to spring may allow me to comprehend the profound meaning of thunder, and even activate a thunder-related innate spell."

With so many benefits, Zhong Cang felt that the trees that sprouted new life after being struck by lightning were the best medium to comprehend the new vitality contained in the dead silence.

Yaxin: "Just looking for information about various trees, and then seeing them and understanding them, there's no need to buy anything. This is easy and doesn't cost many spirit stones. Is there anything else Mr. Zhong Cang needs?"

"temporarily unavailable."

Hearing this, Yaxin nodded and prepared to leave.

This scene made Zhong Cang feel a little strange.

"Wait a minute, aren't you going to ask about our collaborative research project?"

Zhong Cang's question made Yaxin pause, but her attitude was not that of concern:
"Is there something wrong with Zhong Cang's research, or do you have any needs? Do you want our Youyun Chamber of Commerce to help you?"

After hesitating for a moment, she continued, "In principle, your own research requires the use of your own resources, but the master values ​​you very much. If your research is useful, we can invest some money."

Hearing this, Zhong Cang immediately understood that Shuang Lingxue had not told Yaxin what she was researching.

If we don't know the inner meaning, from a universal rational point of view, Zhong Cang, who is in the Soul-Numbering Stage, has researched things that are mostly at the Soul-Numbering Stage. The value of these things is not high, or in other words, they are not worthy of the attention of a behemoth like the Youyun Chamber of Commerce.

Yaxin was willing to invest at this time purely because of Zhong Cang's talent.

After learning all this, Zhong Cang hesitated for a moment and still did not immediately tell Yaxin what he had researched.

Of course, after telling her, he would get more attention from Youyun Chamber of Commerce.

But Shuang Lingxue made great efforts to research his grain varieties, and at that time, Zhong Cang also made it clear that Shuang Lingxue invested in him and did not care about the use of his money and resources, and he would hand over all the research results to her.

Zhong Cang didn't want to break this promise.

"Cultivation is about your true self. Unless absolutely necessary, it's best not to go against your promises and nature."

This is also the reason why Zhong Cang is willing to help Shuang Lingxue. The three views of his previous life made him want to take revenge, but he also wanted to repay even a drop of kindness with a spring.

Of course, he would not act rashly, but would only help to the best of his ability - just like now, he was unwilling to infiltrate the Frost family for Frost Lingxue and become completely hostile to the Frost Xue clan. However, Zhong Cang was still willing to enhance his own strength and influence, and at the same time give Frost Lingxue some freedom and ease her situation, as long as he could.

While thinking about all sorts of things, Zhong Cang was preparing to tell Shuang Lingxue about his research results the next time he saw her, and discuss it with her to see what she thought.

　P.S.: There are so many Sigma men reading the book, some of them are unexpected... The previous chapter was slightly modified, reducing some of the love elements, and more out of morality, ready to help, and just to help by the way

　　
　
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