Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Fairies! Please help these new Taoist friends register as immortals!"

Mu Shan said loudly, then turned to look at Jing Yu and the others: "We are the first to arrive this time, so we don't have to queue!"

One of the female cultivators opened her eyes, glanced at Mu Shan, and said with a smile, "I was wondering who it was. It turns out it's Fellow Daoist Mu. Did your trip go smoothly?"

"Thanks to Er Niang," Mu Shan said, cupping his hands. "I'm lucky this time. I found three fellow Taoists."

"Oh? That's right!" The female cultivator quickly glanced at Jing Yu and the other two. "Two of you have already drawn Qi into your bodies. If you don't have any special constitutions... then you two have low-grade spiritual roots, and one has no grade?"

"Second Mother has a keen eye!" Mu Shan said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Mu is truly a man of luck." The female cultivator nodded and said, "One great merit for a low-grade item, two great merits for a low-grade item. In less than a month's time, Fellow Daoist Mu has earned a net profit of five great merits!"

Mu Shan waved his hand: "Now we have basically searched all the surrounding mortal countries. Those further away will take a long time. I am afraid that such an easy way to make great achievements will be cut off soon."

"There's always a chance." The female cultivator smiled and said, "In another twenty or thirty years, when those mortals have given birth again, won't the surrounding mortal realms of hundreds of thousands of miles be able to harvest another batch of spiritual roots?"

"In another twenty or thirty years, I will be old! I'm afraid I will give up the idea of ​​building a foundation." Mu Shan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"I won't chat with you any more. My three fellow Taoists, please fill in the spiritual contract here."

The female cultivator took out three pieces of white silk cloth that shone with spiritual light and placed them on the table. "Fill it out according to the instructions above. At the end, leave a drop of blood on the lower right corner of the spiritual contract."

Jing Yu picked up the silk cloth and looked at it carefully:

"Name, Taoist name, gender, age, spiritual root level, secular origin, immortal guide..."

The more he looked down, the weirder Jing Yu's expression became.

What the hell is this...

He remembered that when Han Ping first entered the world of immortal cultivation more than a hundred years ago, he didn't need to fill this thing!

Mu Shan said, "Fellow Daoists, if you don't have a Daoist name, you don't need to fill it in. Generally, Daoist names are considered only when you reach the Foundation Establishment Stage. For Spiritual Root Grade, Uncle and Sheng'er should fill in low grade, and Daoist Hu should fill in no grade. For Secular Origin, remember to fill in [Yunchuan Territory Zhao State], and for Immortal Guide, just write my name, Mu."

Jing Yu and Hu Yiming each took a brush from the table and filled the floor with a few strokes. Only Li Sheng's face flushed and he looked to Mu Shan for help.

"Oh no, I forgot." Mu Shan slapped his head. His new disciple had been living on the streets since he was a child and was probably illiterate. He picked up the silk cloth in front of Li Sheng and filled it for him. He also took a drop of Li Sheng's blood and dripped it on the lower right corner.

Jing Yu handed the spiritual contract to another young female cultivator and said with a smile, "Thank you for your help, Fairy."

The female cultivator had originally treated Jing Yu differently because of his handsome appearance and his excellent talent for spiritual roots. When the man in front of her handed the spiritual contract to her, she was actually extremely excited. However, after taking the spiritual contract and looking at it, her face fell and she said in disbelief:

"You, you are forty-five?"

Jing Yu said with a smile, "When Zhao was young, he once learned a body-refining technique from an immortal family and achieved great success. That's why he looks younger."

Most body-building exercises have some effect in strengthening one's appearance, and for a while they were very popular among female cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation. However, after cheaper elixirs like beauty pills became popular, fewer female cultivators used body-building exercises to preserve their appearance.

After the female cultivator learned that Jing Yu was a forty-five-year-old middle-aged man, she completely lost interest in him, and even her voice became a little cold. "So, Fellow Daoist Zhao Mingjing will be included in the immortal register of Wushan Market. Every Daoist who is included in the immortal register can go to the [Spirit Stone Shop] to receive five low-grade spirit stones."

"You can also get a shanty in the shantytown in the outer district. This shanty has a one-year rent-free period. If you want to live there again after a year, you will have to pay a fee."

"If you want to purchase skills and magical powers, you can go to the [Skills Pavilion] in the inner courtyard. To select magical instruments, go to the [Spiritual Treasure Pavilion]. To buy elixirs and elixir-related items, go to the [Alchemy Pavilion]. For talismans and formations, go to the [Array Talisman Pavilion]..."

"Every month, the shantytowns of the Outer Quarter hold a barter market in a designated area. There will be many good things on display at the market, so please feel free to take your own way. However, the Outer Quarter Barter Market has a mixed crowd, and we cannot guarantee that all the goods traded are genuine. If you buy fake goods, it is a personal dispute between the buyer and seller, and the market will not be responsible."

"If you want peace of mind, it's better to go to the various pavilions in the inner district to buy. The prices are generally 10% to 20% higher than those in the outer district markets."

"Thank you for the explanation, fairy."

Jing Yu thanked the female cultivator and left the yard with Mu Shan and others.

"Uncle, after you become citizens, I was going to take you to find suitable jobs. After all, the shed allocated to you by the market is only rent-free for one year. After that, you will need one low-grade spirit stone as rent every year."

Mu Shan said, "However, our Wushan Market has prepared a welcome gift of five spirit stones for every new cultivator who registers. These five spirit stones are real benefits, so it's better to put them in your pocket first."

"Fellow Daoist Hu thought that ten spirit stones were not too much for a spirit boat to travel hundreds of thousands of miles one way, but that's actually a big mistake."

Mu Shan said, "Let's take the spiritual plantation that I'm in charge of as an example. Area A of the spiritual plantation is dedicated to growing spiritual rice. One acre of spiritual rice field produces about 500 kilograms of spiritual rice annually. A spiritual plant farmer in the early stages of Qi training can rent a maximum of five acres of spiritual field to grow spiritual rice. If there are no accidents, the annual output of spiritual rice will be about 2,500 kilograms."

"Among them, the Xiaoyao League is the one that's asking for a 10% rice tax, the Wushan Market is asking for a 20% security tax, and we're also asking for 50% of the production to be paid as rent for the spiritual fields."

"In fact, a spiritual plant farmer in the early stages of Qi training can only get 20% of the net output each year, about 500 kilograms of spiritual rice."

"The current market price of spiritual rice is one spiritual stone for one hundred kilograms. In other words, the annual surplus of a spiritual plant husband in the early stages of Qi training is only five spiritual stones."

"It's not just the Spirit Plant Husbands. Cultivators in the early stages of Qi training have low spiritual energy reserves and low combat power. The tasks they can perform are really limited. The surplus they can earn from practicing any of the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation is not much different, basically only five or six spirit stones."

"If you live in a shantytown, the rent is one spirit stone a year. Although ordinary Qi cultivators can eat wind and drink dew, if you want to speed up your cultivation, spiritual rice that is free of elixir and has a mild spiritual energy is the best choice. It costs about 200 kilograms a year, which is another two spirit stones."

"After deducting the cost of food and lodging, a low-level Qi-cultivating cultivator in the world of immortal cultivation can afford two or three spirit stones a year for their own use, which is already quite good!"