Ball Ball Cultivation

"Thank you for your trust, shopkeeper. My friend and I are traveling here. I was delayed for several months due to illness, and my friend has returned to the capital due to family emergencies. Now I have no choice but to travel alone, so I need to use this national map."

"That's quite a coincidence. You could follow the caravan. They travel extensively, and with their escorts, you're absolutely safe. The map is just the icing on the cake. I know the escort Liu from this caravan. He's reputable and highly skilled. They just arrived yesterday and will be here for three days to collect mountain products. If you're interested, I can ask him for you."

"Thank you, shopkeeper. I didn't expect that you not only look elegant and refined, but also helpful. Shanmiao Town has a bookstore like yours that leads the cultural atmosphere. The talents cultivated in the future will definitely be able to do practical things for the people and will absolutely abide by government orders."

The shopkeeper was so flattered by the praise that he even said he was not worthy of it.

Qiuqiu lowered his voice and said to the shopkeeper, "I'm not exaggerating. My friends and I have been traveling here, occasionally stopping at famous bookstores and temples along the way. We even make special trips to remote and scenic spots. Maps are essential. There are many stalls with the right to sell maps. They're not following the imperial decree, saying they can copy maps for an hour without their identity for triple the price, or double the price for an hour's worth of copying. This is tantamount to treason."

Then he lowered his voice so that only the shopkeeper could hear, "I later learned that the Imperial Guards are spread all over the country, and maps and ironware are strictly controlled. These sales channels are all under supervision. Not only is it easy to fish for spies, but once discovered, those who are treasoning in disguise will not have a good end. Even if they are not punished on the spot, it is a long-term plan to catch big fish, which will only make things worse later. I see that the shopkeeper is not only cautious, but also a good person who seeks truth from facts, so I gave him a few words of warning. Please forgive me!"

The shopkeeper, who had just wanted to show off, was now in a cold sweat! Just as he was about to bow and thank Qiuqiu, Qiuqiu intervened, but he used too much force and accidentally used his internal energy! Not to mention that Qiuqiu suddenly had a new idea. The shopkeeper was truly stunned. A master right before his eyes! Seeing Qiuqiu's wink, he immediately adopted a calm demeanor, ignoring his trembling calves.

Qiuqiu's voice returned to normal: "Boss, the ancient temple in the mountains that I want to visit is not on the map. Can you help me find some books about gods and monsters or travel notes to entertain me when I'm bored in the car with the escort team in three days!"

"Okay, okay, come here at noon three days later, and I will introduce you to Liu Biaotou directly. I will sign up for Liu Biaotou at noon, and I will be your guarantor." What a foolish shopkeeper!

Qiuqiu walked out of the bookstore and saw a thin boy of about eleven or twelve years old standing next to Uncle Tian not far away. This was Tian Qi, who was very talented in studying. He had a scholarly air at a young age and even came over to greet Qiuqiu when he saw him.

Qiuqiu had a good impression of him. After chatting with him for a few sentences, he found that what he said was meaningful. He was not a nerd who only read books, nor did he look down on the villagers as superior. He was well educated.

When the three of them returned home, Qiuqiu first told them that they would leave in three days, and then told them to take the dried mushrooms to the town to sell, saying that traveling merchants would come and buy them directly.

Qiuqiu began to plan his future path. Going to the capital was imperative. At the beginning, he had no spiritual power and consciousness, and he was quite panicked. In the afternoon, he accidentally used his internal force in the bookstore. He had been practicing Tai Chi. Although it was not good enough compared with his spiritual power, his internal force was profound compared with the people here. His physical strength had basically recovered after recuperating for a few days.

The next morning, Qiuqiu got up early and went to the deep forest where others dared not go. After finding out that there was indeed no spiritual energy, he not only hunted a wild boar weighing nearly 200 kilograms, but also dug up two hundred-year-old ginsengs.

Qiuqiu changed his appearance a little and followed the map to the next county town with his photographic memory. He sold a wild boar for two taels of silver and a ginseng for one hundred and eighty taels, for a total of more than three hundred and sixty taels of silver. Qiuqiu also bought a set of black tights and some seasonings for food on the road. Without the support of spiritual energy to cultivate internal strength, he could only eat more meat.

After returning to the Tian family, the couple were very happy. Following Tingqiuqiu's advice, they sold the mountain products directly to traveling merchants, and they got a good price, almost 40% more.

Early that morning, Uncle Tian carried two large baskets into town. Seeing the less than two taels of silver on the table, Qiuqiu felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Those two large baskets of dried wild mushrooms represented the couple's entire income from growing mushrooms in the mountains from the beginning of summer until autumn, and it still amounted to less than two taels of silver. This was the highest-earning village in the surrounding towns, so you can imagine how difficult it was for farmers.

Qiuqiu felt deeply moved as he touched the more than three hundred taels of silver notes and change in his purse!

Seeing the satisfied smiles of the Tian couple, and Tian Qi's face as he read seriously by lamplight, Qiuqiu recalled his life as an ordinary person on Earth, his experience of traveling through time and space to the Mount Everest continent, and his recent life in this unknown mortal world.

The classmates, relatives, children, and neighbors around you all have their own attitude towards life and their own life goals, and they will be happy from the bottom of their hearts when their goals are achieved.

We cannot increase the length of life but we can expand its width. We cannot control the width, so we should cherish what we have now and live every day wonderfully and meaningfully!

At least it proves you've existed. Thinking about the future, you won't regret your mediocrity or your wasted time. All sorts of thoughts flooded into my mind, and I lived in the present moment with my feet firmly planted on the ground. The feeling of being high and mighty, looking down on the mortals, vanished.

Without even realizing it, Qiuqiu subconsciously thought that he was a cultivator, superior to ordinary people, and brought it out unconsciously.

The Tians initially felt Qiuqiu was their benefactor, and they felt they owed him something, so they looked up to him. But Tian Qi's reaction was clear: polite and distant, with a sense of disapproval. Children are very intuitive!

After some insights into life, my state of mind has improved. The occasional pain in my sea of ​​consciousness feels like a breeze blowing through it, and the pain disappears. My sea of ​​consciousness has recovered, and I believe I will be able to recover in the future.

Three days passed in a flash. The night before his departure, Qiuqiu left a recipe for mushroom sauce for the Tian family. Neither of them dared to accept it. In those days, recipes belonged to individual businesses, the very foundation of a family's survival, and they would never pass them on. Finally, it was the teenaged Tian Qi who stepped in and signed a contract with Qiuqiu. Qiuqiu would provide the recipe, taking 30% of the profits, while the Tian family would manufacture and manage the sauce. Unable to bear their cautious approach, Qiuqiu gave him a free recipe for spicy rabbit. He naturally didn't take back the remaining five taels of silver, which he had invested in the business, and instead invested another thirty taels in the production and packaging of the mushroom sauce.