Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 139 Cooperation Benefits
"Master Song wants me to help your sect manage this spiritual field? I'm used to being free and unrestrained, and I can't stand this kind of restriction. Master Song, please find someone else!"

Wei Lian responded calmly. This was not the first time he had received such an invitation and he was already used to it.

Many forces have invited him to join and be responsible for the cultivation of spiritual fields.

"No. I want to give this spiritual field to you, fellow Taoist. I wonder if you are willing to accept it?"

Wei Lian's body trembled visibly, and he turned around suddenly, his face full of surprise. "What is your intention in handing over the spiritual field to me, Master Song? Please explain clearly."

"Is this difficult to understand? This spiritual farm will be handed over to you from now on. You will be fully responsible for managing it, and you will be responsible for all profits and losses. Of course, I have conditions. I need 70% of the income from this spiritual farm. It's like renting this spiritual farm to you for your personal use. Just now you said that this spiritual farm earns about 1,500 spiritual stones per year, right? Then I only want 1,100 spiritual stones. Whether you make a profit or a loss is none of my business."

There was no doubt about this, Wei Lian understood it completely. The look of surprise on his face had calmed down, but the excitement in his heart could not be suppressed.

He was completely self-taught in the art of spiritual plants, as he grew up in a farming family and followed his parents to the fields when he was young. Until a caravan came to their village, detected that he had spiritual roots, and took him away.

From then on, he followed the caravan around until he became a monk and transcended the mortal world. He continued to follow the caravan for many years. Later, the caravan disbanded and he didn't know what to do alone.

Until one day, he saw a cultivator with the sign of a spiritual plant master being respectfully invited away by a force in the market. Perhaps it was the influence of farming since childhood, or perhaps it was because he was attracted by the glorious appearance of the wandering cultivator, he decided to learn the skill of spiritual plant cultivation.

So he used his savings to buy a large number of books and scrolls on the subject. In order to accumulate practical experience, he helped people manage their spiritual fields and plant spiritual medicines for free. After gaining a certain amount of experience, he competed for business at extremely low prices.

As his skills became more mature, his fame also grew, and he began to plan the development of spiritual fields for those forces. Now his main income comes from removing pests from the medicinal herbs in the spiritual fields.

Some forces, due to lack of professional care or poor daily attention, have caused important spiritual medicines, herbs, and trees to wither, and they will ask him for help in diagnosis, just like a doctor treating a patient.

Relying on this skill, he lived a relatively comfortable life, at least better than most casual cultivators.

However, as a spiritual plant master who has been dealing with spiritual fields for half his life, his biggest regret is that he cannot have a spiritual field of his own, which he can take good care of and carefully grow lush spiritual herbs.

As a weak and powerless cultivator, how could he possibly possess such cultivation resources? Although other forces had extended olive branches to him, he thought about how he had worked so hard to manage the spiritual field, but in the end he was working for others, only to receive a meager salary every month and having to depend on others for his support.

If he encountered a conflict between two forces, he might be forced to fight a life-and-death battle and lose his life. He felt discouraged and therefore rejected many attempts by forces to win him over.

Now someone actually proposed to rent the spiritual field to him. He had never thought of such a thing before because it was basically impossible.

Resource territories are the lifeblood of an organization. In order to fight for these resource territories, many lives may even be sacrificed. No sect or force will hand over the territories they have fought hard to seize to outsiders.

Wei Lian cleared his throat, unable to hide his excitement.

Although Song Xian said he wanted to extract 1,100 spirit stones, this was not a problem for him at all.

If he were to take charge, take good care of this spiritual field, and properly plant spiritual herbs and herbs, he could maximize the use of this spiritual field and be sure to earn an average of 1,700 to 1,800 spiritual stones per year.

In addition to paying 1,100 spirit stones, he can still earn 600 to 700 spirit stones every year. This is much better than the money he earns from diagnosing withered spirit medicine for other forces. With his current fame, he can only earn 300 spirit stones at most every year.

Any larger force in Bianxia City will train its own spiritual plant masters. Only small-scale independent cultivation forces that encounter this problem will invite him, so his income is actually not stable.

In addition to the high returns, the most important thing is that he can own a spiritual field of his own, which he can manage entirely by himself, and all the profits belong to him.

Wei Lian wanted to agree immediately, but the dangerous experiences he had witnessed and heard over the years made him remain rational. This was because the conditions were a little too generous, making him suspect that it was a trap.

Is there really such a good thing as pie falling from the sky?
"Why did Sect Leader Song rent this spiritual field to me? Why not give it to one of your own disciples? I have no ties to your sect, so why did Sect Leader Song contact me?"

Song Xian saw his eager eyes, his throat rolling, and his face brimming with anticipation, yet he still raised doubts. He knew he was a cautious and prudent person, and he was very satisfied with such a choice. If he were a frivolous and impetuous person, he would have been somewhat worried. "Fellow Daoist Wei, look at this spiritual field. It's sparse and messy. If we leave it to our sect to take care of it, I'm afraid it won't be much better, or even worse. To be honest, our sect doesn't have any disciples who understand spiritual plants. Instead of leaving it to them, why not lease it to someone like you who is knowledgeable and professional? It saves manpower and provides a stable and good income. Why not?"

Wei Lian's eyes flashed, and he clearly agreed with this explanation, but he still asked cautiously, "As far as I know, this spiritual field originally belonged to the Yunfeng Trading Company. Your sect has handed it over to me to manage. Will there be any disputes?"

"Since Fellow Daoist Wei knows that this spiritual field originally belonged to the Yunfeng Trading Company, he should be aware that the Yunfeng Trading Company has been eliminated, and even its headquarters has been occupied by the Qingyuan Sect. There will be no problem with the ownership of this spiritual field. As you can see, everyone here is from our sect."

Wei Lian pursed his lips, suppressing the excitement in his heart. Reason told him that the more this happened, the more he had to remain calm, otherwise he would be blind and would have to deal with all the details.

"Master Song just said that your sect wants 70% of the income from this spiritual field. If, I mean if, under my careful care, this spiritual field grows exceptionally luxuriantly and produces more than 1,500 spiritual stones, should I still hand over 70% of the excess income to your sect?"

"No need. I will only charge you 1,100 spirit stones per year. Whether you make more or lose more from the rest depends on your ability. If you have the ability and build this spiritual field well, even if you make 15,000 spirit stones per year, I won't charge you a penny more. Similarly, if you lose everything, I won't give you a penny less from the 1,100 spirit stones per year."

"If I take over this spiritual farm, does that mean I'm joining your sect? If your sect clashes with other factions and needs manpower, do I need to obey your orders and work for you?"

Song Xian showed no sign of impatience and continued to explain patiently: "I told you, this spiritual field is only leased to you. The affairs of this sect have nothing to do with you. You only need to pay this sect 1,100 spiritual stones every year."

"Of course, as you know, things are not peaceful in Bianxia Town right now. This spiritual farm was seized from the Yunfeng Trading Company. Although there is no problem with the ownership, it is hard to guarantee that it will not attract the covetousness of others."

"Especially given the current tense situation, I don't need to tell you that the alliance of independent cultivators in Bianxia Town is ready to make a move and may very well seize the land originally owned by Yunfeng Trading Company. If cultivators from other forces come to seize this spiritual farm, you will be left to your own devices."

"You can choose to resist, or you can choose to escape. No matter which choice you make, this sect will not blame you, but the spirit stones will not be returned to you."

"For example, if you gave me 1,100 spirit stones this year, I would not return them if the spirit field was seized. This must be made clear in advance."

Seeing Song Xian's thorough explanation, Wei Lian no longer had any doubts. He nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, it's a deal. Since Sect Leader Song doesn't want to give up, I am willing to take over this spiritual farm."

Then he looked at the various spiritual herbs planted in the spiritual fields below him and asked, "I wonder when Sect Leader Song will let me take over? What should I do with these spiritual herbs that have been planted but have not yet matured?"

"Since you've asked Fellow Daoist Wei to come, this spiritual field will naturally be handed over to you to take care of immediately. As for these planted herbs, you can take care of them. If you need to plant other spiritual herbs immediately, you can remove them all. Of course, if you wish to continue planting these spiritual herbs until they mature, that's fine too."

Without a second thought, Wei Lian said, "The spiritual herbs planted here are expected to mature gradually by next spring. It would be a shame to uproot them now. If Sect Leader Song trusts me, I will continue to plant these spiritual herbs and do my best to ensure that the existing ones remain intact."

"When they mature, I'll sell them to the market. I won't take a penny, just use it to offset my rent for next year. Then I'll plant wisteria orchids, seven-leaf clover, and red sun trees, and pay your clan 1,100 spirit stones every year."

After saying that, he looked at Song Xian with anticipation. This plan was undoubtedly the most beneficial to him. The spiritual medicine of Sanyezhi takes three years to mature, and now it will mature in only one year. The annual rent of the spiritual field is 1,100 spiritual stones.

In this way, he earned 1,100 spirit stones in one year, which was even higher than the income from growing and managing the spirit fields himself. If Song Xian had not proposed this plan for him to choose, he would have been too embarrassed to speak up.

Song Xian remained silent. "In your opinion, Fellow Daoist Wei, how much are these elixirs worth?"

"As long as we take good care of it and prevent it from withering or dying, I think it will be worth at least three thousand spirit stones."

"Okay, then I'll do as you say."

Since Song Xian has decided to rent the spiritual field to Wei Lian, he expects an annual income of 1,100 spiritual stones to be enough. Now, after deducting his annual salary, he can still earn 1,900 spiritual stones, which is enough for him.

Doing a favor for Wei Lian is just a matter of course. After all, the two parties will be cooperating for a long time in the future.

After reaching a cooperation intention, the two finalized many details.

(End of this chapter)