My Optimized Immortal Life

"Xiao Chen, I've been here collecting spiritual lotus for several years now."

Holding two bags of spirit stones, Lu Muhuo sighed.

"Ever since Manager Lu came here, the lives of the spiritual farmers have improved a lot. We are all very grateful to Manager Lu." When Chen Qing heard what Lu Mu said, he immediately had a bad premonition.

Lu Mu nodded and then sighed.

"What a pity. I'm old now. In a dozen days I'll have to leave here and return to Qingyu Sect to retire."

Huh? Upon hearing this, Chen Qing immediately realized, "Oh my goodness, we're about to leave, so we have to squeeze out all the spirit stones we can, right?"

"I don't have much ability, but since I've been taken care of by Manager Lu over the years, I should show some respect."

Chen Qing emphasized the word "take care of" very strongly, but he could only take out another half-full bag from his pocket.

Lu Mu reached out to take it. He had an idea of ​​how much spirit stones these spirit farmers could earn in a year. By now, all of Chen Qing's spirit stones should have been taken away by him. Even if there were some left, it would not be a big share for him. He could not force these spirit farmers too hard. It was enough to plunder to this extent.

After getting the spirit stone, Lu Mu didn't ask any more questions, and even ignored the dozen or so remaining spirit lotus plants. He rode on Qingye and quickly disappeared from Chen Qing's sight.

"Damn it, Old Dog Lu, you're trying to cheat me out of my spirit stones before you leave..."

After Lu Mu flew away, Chen Qing started cursing. This old ghost Lu was worthy of the name of a vampire. Chen Qing spent a total of more than forty spirit stones to make him satisfied. If he hadn't made a lot of spirit stones from selling talismans recently, he probably wouldn't be able to get so many spirit stones now. He would have to waste more time talking to him, which would be even more troublesome.

After spending more than forty spirit stones, Chen Qing now only has more than twenty spirit stones left on his body. All the spirit stones he had saved from making talismans these days were used to make fruits for this old ghost Lu. It really made him angry.

"Don't let me catch you later!"

Chen Qing angrily put all the green spiritual lotus placed on the open space into the storage bag, and he also collected the remaining spiritual lotus in the spiritual field. Since Lu Mu didn't want them, Chen Qing collected all the spiritual lotus and took them to the market to sell them. At least he could get a few spirit stones.

"If I plant your sister's fields and then plant more... I won't be named Chen anymore."

Chen Qingsi thought about it over and over again but never expected the current situation. If he had known this earlier, he should have gone to the market yesterday to terminate the lease of the spiritual field. Even if ten spiritual stones would be deducted, it would be better than losing forty spiritual stones now.

After collecting the Linghe materials, Chen Qing walked back to his residence. He still had some talisman-making materials that had not been used up. He would sell them after these materials were used up to avoid having to make several more trips to the market.

A few days later, Chen Qing came out of the market again. He sold all the Linghe materials in his hand and got five spirit stones, which was considered to have recovered some of his money. As for the talismans, he would keep three each time to ensure his own safety. Now he has accumulated more than ten talismans. If a robbery cultivator targets him, hehe, then Chen Qing can only say that he is lucky. He can try the power of ten ice arrow talismans fired at the same time.

In addition, after selling the talismans this time, Chen Qing got a total of fifty spirit stones, which is really much better than farming.

After purchasing materials for another twenty spirit stones, there were still thirty pieces left, so Chen Qing went to terminate the lease of the spirit field.

There is no other way. The rent for this spiritual field costs ten spirit stones for a year. Now that Chen Qing does not plan to continue farming, he must of course terminate the lease, otherwise he will just lose money.

After all this was done, Chen Qing started strolling around the market to hear what new news there was.

The monks around were still coming in an endless stream, and the sounds of hawking and quarreling never stopped for a moment. Chen Qing walked among them, seemingly participating, but actually detached, just listening to the news. Not only that, he also used the earth listening technique to help himself listen better.

However, this also allowed him to actually hear something. Just a few feet in front of him, several monks were gathered in front of a stall and discussing something.

"I heard recently that the management of the entire Maple Valley Market is going to be changed? Is this true?"

"Of course it's true. This is the information I got from the patrol team."

"That shouldn't be the case. Shouldn't management be changed every three years? It's only been a year."

"You probably don't know this, right? I heard from the patrol team that there was a conflict between the Qingyu Sect and the Heishui Sect. The two sides competed for the management rights of Maple Valley this year. The Qingyu Sect was defeated and lost the management rights to the Heishui Sect. That's why the market was mobilized."

"What about the cultivators from the Black Water Sect? They shouldn't be like the Green Feather Sect, who needs spirit stones for everything. How are we casual cultivators supposed to make a living then?"

"I don't know about that, but since Blackwater Gate is new here, I'm sure they won't exploit you too much. Who knows after a while."

"..."

So that's how it is, Chen Qing muttered to himself.

I'm afraid those monks could not have imagined that someone would come to the market specifically to inquire about information and even use magic to eavesdrop. They are truly dogs.

No wonder that old guy Lu Mu was so anxious to collect the spirit stones. It turned out that he was really going to be laid off.

Chen Qing suddenly felt something was wrong. Maple Valley Market had been managed by Qingyu Sect before, but now the management has suddenly changed. Wouldn't a guy like him who is still a registered disciple of Qingyu Sect be targeted? No, if he doesn't rent the spiritual fields, then his status as a disciple of Qingyu Sect will naturally be cancelled.

Chen Qing suddenly remembered that he had just retreated from Lingtian and slapped his head, feeling lucky for his decision. Although the Black Water Sect might not care about these things, it was not good to bear the name of their opponent in someone else's place.

After hearing this news, Chen Qing was overwhelmed and continued to eavesdrop, but he didn't hear anything valuable afterwards.

Apart from the excitement I heard when passing by some nuns' residences, the rest was useless.

However, when Chen Qing looked up, he saw the Golden Crow at its peak, while from the small house next to him a woman's low moan could be heard from time to time.

He frowned. Are all female cultivators nowadays so open-minded? Working in broad daylight?

So Chen Qing looked around and found that he had walked into an alley without knowing when. The doors and windows of the houses around him were all closed, with occasional gaps showing through, but all he could see was pitch black.

Wow! This is Yanliu Lane!

Chen Qing looked again and finally found a clue on the wall of a house. It was the sign of Yanliu Alley. But what was Yanliu Alley? Chen Qing could only say that when he first crossed over here, he fought a battle for a whole day and night here, and finally escaped by holding on to the wall.

Sorry to bother you, goodbye.

Chen, who realized he had come to the wrong place, quickly slipped away. The spirit stones he had now were not enough to fill the mouths of these little goblins.