Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Ways to Make Money

"Boss, five more pancakes, please!"

The freshly cooked mutton soup was steaming with white vapor. The aroma of mutton mixed with the spiciness of pepper stimulated Han Yi's taste buds and made him want to eat more!

Just now, driven by hunger, he left home and had no choice but to go out to find food.

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Han Yi leisurely left the stall.

However, Han Yi looked at the empty money pouch and couldn't help but sigh.

The ancients were right: "The rich don't study literature, and the poor don't practice martial arts."

Before arriving in Anyan City, Han Yi only had about twenty taels of silver. After buying some medicinal herbs and covering his expenses over the past few days, he now only had a little over ten taels left. Now that he has become a Blood Refining stage martial artist, his strength has increased dramatically, and his appetite has become increasingly frightening.

He ate the equivalent of five people's worth of food in that one meal. Han Yi is now a true glutton!

"If this continues, we'll eventually run out of money..." Han Yi thought with a worried expression. He was neither an outer disciple nor an inner disciple of the Crimson Flame Sect.

Although there are no tasks to do for almost a month, which is like a holiday, it is certainly tempting, but there is no reward!

"We need to find a way to make money. This little bit of money probably won't even be enough to eat for a month!" Han Yi frowned.

The rewards for missions from the Extraordinary Affairs Bureau are very generous, although most of these missions must be carried out outside the city.

Han Yi is now a quasi-martial master in the Blood Refining stage, and he has some confidence in his strength. He believes that he can at least protect himself if he goes out of the city alone, or even to the Black Rock Mountains.

After all, Han Yi had only seen two martial artists above the Blood Refining Realm quasi-martial master in all this time: Elder Li and Elder Luo from the sect. And the Blood Refining Realm was already a rare expert in Anyan City!

However, he is not sure if he has the ability to complete the mission of the Extraordinary Affairs Bureau.

After all, who can really say for sure what's going on with demons?

Moreover, even if he could solve it, he would probably have to exert all his strength to deal with it, and might even have to expose the existence of the system.

If something unexpected happens in that case... we'll really be in trouble!

Of course, if he has ten parts of strength, he can solve the problem by showing seven or even five parts of his strength. Only then will he consider going to the Extraordinary Affairs Office to see what it's all about!

Let's gather more information, or perhaps improve our strength before considering taking on missions from the Extraordinary Affairs Office.

Now, let's go find those guys!

Without further ado, Han Yi decided to go to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion to find Pan Sheng. Judging from Pan Sheng's habits, he should have stayed at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion last night.

Although it's not good to disturb someone's peaceful time right now, what can he do when the only two people he's familiar with in An'yan City are Pan Sheng and Li Feng?

Li Feng is said to be preparing for seclusion and cultivation, so it's not convenient for him to go looking for Li Feng.

Moreover, and most importantly, he didn't have a good feeling about Elder Li, always feeling that Elder Li had ill intentions towards him.

"Could it be that she's attracted to my face?" Han Yi touched his handsome face, a chill running down his spine.

He shook his head, banishing the thought from his mind.

Han Yi ignored the girls tugging at his sleeves and walked straight upstairs to the private room where they had been the night before.

thump, thump, thump

"Who is it? I already paid!" Pan Sheng put on his clothes and opened the door, cursing. "Hello, Senior Brother Pan." Han Yi greeted him with a warm smile.

"What, are you short of money?" Pan Sheng blew on his teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and relieved the headache from his hangover.

"Take a good rest this month."

"In a few days, once you become an inner disciple, things won't be so leisurely!"

"I'm not very talented, so I want to save more money in case of any unexpected events in the future, so I can retire early," Han Yi said with a smile. "Besides, I'm just sitting here idly anyway, so I might as well go out and find some work to keep myself entertained."

“That’s true, nobody complains about having too much money.” Pan Sheng nodded in agreement, clearly agreeing with the first part of Han Yi’s statement.

After all, he had spent quite a bit at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion these past few days.

"Generally speaking, inner disciples of the Crimson Flame Sect are not short of money."

"When an inner disciple reaches the mid-stage of Bone Refinement, he or she receives a monthly stipend of twenty taels of silver. In addition, with the rewards for completing tasks, it is generally more than enough to support his or her daily cultivation."

"Besides that, if you want to make more money, killing monsters in the Black Rock Mountains outside the city is a good way to earn money."

Pan Sheng pondered for a moment before speaking.

Han Yi's expression remained unchanged: "Besides going to the Black Rock Mountains?"

He remembered seeing several missions from the Extraordinary Affairs Office near the Blackrock Mountains last night!

Let's be careful when it comes to things involving demons!

“If that’s the case…” Pan Sheng pondered for a moment.

He glanced at Han Yi a few times, and his tone suddenly turned sour: "Junior Brother Han, I know a few well-bred young ladies in the inner city. If I were you, I would go to the inner city to marry into a wealthy family and I wouldn't have to struggle for the rest of my life!"

Young and unaware of the value of wealthy women, they mistakenly took young girls for treasures…

Rich woman, hungry, food... In his previous life, countless classic quotes flashed through Han Yi's mind.

"Senior Brother Pan, are you planning to become a kept man?" Han Yi asked with a strange expression, revealing a knowing look that any man would understand.

"No way!" Pan Sheng blushed, a rare occurrence for him. "I've had a weak stomach since I was a child, is that not true?"

Who would have thought that Mr. Pan, who usually prides himself on being a romantic and talented man and wants to live a carefree life, would have such thoughts!

Han Yi immediately looked at Pan Sheng with new respect.

“Senior Brother Pan, appearance is something we are born with. My appearance is what it is, and that’s something I can’t control,” Han Yi said seriously. “But if possible, I want to make a living through my own efforts!”

Han Yi's words were powerful, inspiring, and uplifting!

Besides, based on Han Yi's experience reading novels and watching TV shows in his previous life, the fate of becoming a live-in son-in-law is never good. He has the panel, so why would he want to cause trouble for himself?

Seeing this, Pan Sheng also stopped joking and said seriously, "Besides going to the Black Rock Mountains to kill monsters, there are several other options."

"For example, one can choose to join a large family or a large business and become a so-called patron."

"However, the minimum requirement for offering is the Blood Refining stage, and although it is profitable, the offering is a long-term commitment, which sometimes conflicts with sect missions and restricts freedom."

“I remember Junior Brother Han, you seem to be only at the Bone Refining stage, and it seems you haven’t met the minimum requirements for offering yet.”

After Han Yi broke through his cultivation level, he did not tell Pan Sheng. After all, it was truly terrifying that he had crossed two major realms from the mid-stage of Bone Refining to become a Blood Refining stage martial artist in just a few days.

If others find out, Han Yi might be dragged out and used as a guinea pig.

Pan Sheng paused for a moment, then continued, "In addition, there is another method, which is to register one's name with some smaller forces."

"nominal?"

"There are also some small gangs or shops mixed in between in the buffer zone between these major powers. These places also want the protection of a major power like the Crimson Flame Sect, so the practice of asking disciples of major powers to sign their names has emerged."

Han Yi instantly understood. "Holding a name" meant that these weak forces paid to hire disciples of powerful forces to act like foxes borrowing the coattails of the powerful, merely putting on a show of authority.

"If you're just a figurehead, you have more flexibility in terms of time. You only need to go over occasionally, or help out once or twice within your capabilities. Of course, the pay for this is also quite low, only a dozen or so taels of silver a month."

"There are also tasks such as guarding the academy, sparring partners, and instructors, but I'm not too clear about these tasks. If you're interested, you can check out the Martial Alliance."

"Martial Alliance?"