I don't want to accept Long Aotian as a disciple today

"How can we protect the Cold Stone Ancient Road and avoid future troubles forever?"

Qin Chiyu lingered on the sky steps, his heart full of irritable anger.

On the one hand, he was frustrated that he was too stupid to think of a solution, and on the other hand, he was wronged by Lu Xianzhang for refusing to tell him the correct answer.

Lu Xianchang seemed to want to say it.

But he changed his mind temporarily.

He gave two solutions. The first one is that they go to King Chen's palace together to investigate Master Wan—unfortunately, Master Wan will not appear in a short time.

The second is to strengthen the defense capability of the Cold Stone Ancient Road.

However, even if he finds a powerful magic circle and adds it to the cold stone ancient road, Master Wan may not be able to break through.

What's more, he doesn't know much about magic circles. Even if he starts to make up for it now, he may not be able to defend Master Wan in time.

……

Qin Chiyu faintly felt that the second method that Lu Wanxian originally wanted to talk about was not such a conservative way of strengthening the defensive circle.

What would that be?

What was the method that Lu Xianchang wanted to say?

That method should be the correct answer.Lu Xianchang refused to tell him the correct answer directly.

There must be a way to eradicate all future troubles...

Qin Chiyu scratched his head and scratched his head for a while, but he didn't think of any good idea. He planned to take the crane to the Buddhist scripture building of Bafang Bank to look for the atlas of the magic circle.

At this time, he saw a few small dots wriggling and moving up under the sky steps.

At this time, someone is climbing the sky steps?

Qin Chiyu felt curious, jumped lightly, and ran down the steps.

As the distance continued to shorten, Qin Chiyu gradually saw clearly that the little black spot slowly climbing up below the sky steps turned out to be Zhu Xiaofu!

Zhu Xiaofu didn't know how long he had been climbing, and now he was basically walking two steps, so he had to rest for a while panting for breath.

"Brother Zhu, what are you doing?" Qin Chiyu came up to him and asked inexplicably.

Zhu Xiaofu blushed, raised his sweat-stained head, and said in pain: "I'm--completed the assessment! The first brother said--climbed three times--Sky Street--only then would he accept me as an apprentice!"

Zhu Xiaofu actually took it seriously, and he was still climbing the steps seriously, Qin Chiyu was shocked by his perseverance.

"You will definitely succeed," Qin Chiyu patted Zhu Xiaofu's shoulder, "Look, your face is getting smaller!"

Zhu Xiaofu was slapped on the shoulders and almost fell to the ground, he hummed in pain: "Brother Yu, don't touch me, I'm about to die—"

Seeing that it was difficult for Zhu Xiaofu to speak, Qin Chiyu advised him not to act too hastily, since Fu Weiyi said that there is no time limit, so there is no need to hurry.

"Really? But I think, I want to worship Brother Yi as my teacher sooner!" Zhu Xiaofu's eyes shone with anticipation.

"Fu Weiwei's intention is to let you improve your physical fitness first. It doesn't matter how many times you climb. As long as you can climb down smoothly, it means that you have a good foundation and can accept his training." Qin Chiyu explained for Fu Weiwei , "Your current physical strength can't bear it, so don't force it too much, or you will get injured, and you won't be able to accept Fu Weiyi's training."

"Is that so..." Zhu Xiaofu heaved a sigh of relief, and sat down on the steps. Immediately, two servants came over to fan him to wipe his sweat.

"Young master, drink water, drink water." The third servant brought over a teacup of steaming water, but he didn't know how to keep it warm.

The rest of the servants, five or six, were carrying mattresses, seats, cushions and miscellaneous daily necessities for Zhu Xiaofu.

Qin Chiyu thought to himself, Zhu Xiaofu's battle is really big, instead of training him, he trained these servants.

Zhu Xiaofu took a cushion and spread it on the steps, pulled Qin Chiyu to sit down, and asked Qin Chiyu to chat with him for a while.

Qin Chiyu declined: "Brother Zhu, it's not that I don't want to accompany you, it's just that I have an urgent matter and I haven't figured out how to deal with it yet."

"Talk to me if you think about it, maybe I can help you find a solution!" Zhu Xiaofu said proudly, "Uncle often praises me for being flexible and full of wonderful ideas, and sometimes I can inspire him. Come on. , Brother Yu, you're welcome, just ask me!"

Qin Chiyu hesitated even more. There are many "wonderful ideas". Does it mean that the flying sword is inlaid with turquoise?

"What is it about?" Zhu Xiaofu asked.

"About..." Qin Chiyu realized that he couldn't directly say the word "mine veins". After all, Zhu Xiaofu was still an outsider to him, "Treasure, if you have a treasure that is hidden somewhere and cannot be taken out, now Someone coveted it and sent many, many people to find the location of the treasure. You can't watch the treasure all the time, and you don't know who is behind the scenes. Those who come to find the treasure can't be wiped out, and they are everywhere. What should you do? Only by doing it can we eradicate future troubles?"

Zhu Xiaofu slapped his thigh: "It's not easy, catch a treasure hunter and force him to find out the villain behind it!"

"...I tried it, but it didn't work. Even the treasure hunters don't know who is really driving them." Qin Chiyu said.

Zhu Xiaofu frowned, thought for a while, then slapped his thigh again: "Then we can dig out the treasure and hide it in another place!"

"...I just said that I can't get it out." Qin Chiyu said helplessly, so it was too naive for him to think of asking Zhu Xiaofu for help.

"Well, let me think about it." Zhu Xiaofu clenched his fists, rubbed them on his temples, held his head in his hands for a while, then looked up at Qin Chiyu seriously, "Spend money and hire the most powerful bodyguard in the cultivation world! Look down from No.1 in the Four Seas Ranking Tournament, and see who you can beat with money!"

Qin Chiyu: "..."

Qin Chiyu's eyebrows almost flew into the sky.

He cupped his fists at Zhu Xiaofu: "Thank you little brother Zhu, then I'll take a step first."

"Ah...? Stop chatting? There are loopholes in this method, for example, you have no money. I have another way. Help me find Brother Yi to intercede, and I will lend you money."

Qin Chiyu cupped his fists: "Farewell."

Qin Chiyu left the heavenly steps and took a crane to the scripture storage building of Bafang Bank.

He flipped through the time book, but he really didn't understand the magic circle, and he couldn't read it, so he looked at the pattern on the table without knowing it.

Qin Chiyu even thought of finding Wang Siyuan and asking Wang Siyuan to teach him the magic circle - but the magic circle can guard against ordinary Chen soldiers, but it can't guard against Master Wan behind them.

Qin Chiyu forced himself to read the book for a while, but he still couldn't read it, but the information on mining made him a little moved.

What kind of process did the raw stone in a spirit stone vein turn into a spirit stone that can be circulated in the world?

What if we changed our thinking, instead of blindly hiding the veins of spirit stones, but mining them openly?

It is useless to bury the Lingshi veins underground, and now it has begun to attract the covetousness of unknown forces. It is better to turn defense into offense and mine the ancient cold stone road first, so as to standardize the mining process.

In that way, Qin Chiyu would have enough spiritual stones to hire powerful people to protect the mines for him!

Yes, exactly!

Qin Chiyu's thoughts became clear all of a sudden, and the original blockage suddenly opened up, as if a new world appeared in front of him.

He immediately dropped the scroll, left the scripture building, and flew to Jintiesi on a crane.

Qin Chiyu came to Jin Tiesi again.

"Hey, guest, why are you here again?" Sui Hezheng lazily walked out of Jin Tiesi's yard, "Didn't you say that it's a long vacation?"

"Master Sui!" Qin Chiyu hurried forward, "I happen to have something to ask you, do you know how to grind rough ore stones into spirit stones that can be circulated?"

"It's very simple. Do you see that there is a set of smelting machinery in the Pomo Cliff at the back. This set of machinery is mainly driven by mana, but there are also a hundred smelting masters who control the details of each link." He replied, "Just throw the raw ore into one end of the machine, and after two hours, it will become a spirit stone that meets the requirements. There is no technical content at all, and there is no need to keep improving. It can be said that the ability of the smelter is No request..."

Sui He let out a breath as he spoke.

Such a transaction full of copper smell is simple and rude, and cannot reflect his value, so he is not interested either.

However, he is interested in Qin Chiyu, a talented fire burner, so he is willing to talk to him a few more words.

"It turned out to be so simple, but I thought it was very complicated!" Qin Chiyu suddenly realized, and couldn't help but feel happy, "After that, if I bring the rough stone, wouldn't it be possible to directly smelt it into a spirit stone here?"

"Tsk, you are still too young. If you want to circulate in the market, you have to go through the Bafang Bank. They need their approval and stamp to take effect. Otherwise, if the Bafang Bank refuses to accept the account, it will be a piece of waste mine."

Qin Chiyu didn't know that there was such a request: "In this way, isn't the power of Bafang Bank beyond the sky?"

"You just know." Sui He breathed out again, "This kind of business with a lot of demand usually has a mature process, which is simple and straightforward, and Lingshi does not need fine production. Just wrap it with a layer of serous film to prevent the spirit energy from leaking out, the key is the poke from Bafang Bank."

Qin Chiyu was thoughtful.

"By the way," Sui He glanced at Qin Chiyu, "I heard that you exchanged the rough gold ore with Bafang Bank for the cold gold spar the day before yesterday, right? It seems that you have access to rough gold?"

"Yes." Qin Chiyu replied honestly.

Since he is someone Lu Xianzhang admires, his character must be fine, Qin Chiyu thought.

Sui He didn't know that Qin Chiyu had the ability to "predict the future", he just asked casually, but Qin Chiyu gave an affirmative answer without hesitation.

Sui He couldn't help sighing: "Hey, you, why do you say everything? It's easy for you to suffer." Originally, Sui He didn't bother to answer such untechnical questions, but he felt sorry for this person who was stupid and had a lot of money. I couldn't help but talk to him a few more words, from mine mining to ore smelting, to the main raw stone suppliers of Bafang Bank and the quality of rough stones, I told Qin Chiyu everything.

Qin Chiyu never thought that he could listen to the types of stones and how to identify them with such relish.

"Thank you Master Sui, I probably know it in my heart. The problem now is that I have the rough stone, but to go through the process from the rough stone to the spirit stone, I still need to go through two links. One is the approval of Bafang Bank, and the other is It is the smelting of Jin Tiesi." Qin Chiyu concluded.

"Yes, in fact, it is a link in the final analysis. As long as Bafang Bank approves it, then Jintiesi will have no problem. For Jintiesi, there is no difference between smelting your rough stone and smelting other people's rough stone." Sui He said .

"I understand. I'll go to Bafang Bank to negotiate the order now." Qin Chiyu said.

"Hey, wait a minute," Sui He called Qin Chiyu, "Is this how you plan to negotiate business with Zhu Shanren? The last time you received such a large pool of gold rough, how much cold gold did you give you? It's completely out of proportion. If you want to mine spirit stone mines on a large scale and sell rough stones, it is tantamount to hollowing out yourself to benefit Zhu Shanren's family..."

Qin Chiyu was taken aback. Last time, Zhu Shanren told him that he was exchanged for cold gold at a special discounted price. Why, was he still cheated?

"Last time, I didn't bother with anything. It's understandable for Master Zhu to earn more when exchanging rough stones for ready-made materials. At least it's much more fair than the pawnshop price..." Qin Chiyu wanted to defend Zhu Shanren.

"Didn't I tell you! It's very simple to turn a raw stone into a spirit stone. You just need to pass through this machine, and then go to Zhu Shanren's place to stamp it. You're overcomplicated. Zhu Shanren is the only one. The cost that needs to be borne is the cost of smelting, do you know how much he will give us Jintiesi? One thousandth. At what price did he buy your rough stone?"

"Eighty percent of the price of the spirit stone." Qin Chiyu scratched his head, "This means that Zhu Shanren makes a net profit of [-]%."

"More than that, he exchanged it for you at the price of ordinary spirit stones. Gold rough stones, but rough stones that can be made into high-grade spirit stones, are different from ordinary spirit stones..." Sui He gave Qin Chiyu a popular science on the circulation of the cultivation world Currency - the basic knowledge of Lingshi.

After careful calculation, Qin Chiyu found that Zhu Shanren really deserved to be the man who made Ou Qingzi tremble.

When people do business, they don't pluck the feathers of geese, but only keep a feather.

However, you can't turn against Zhu Shanren. He has a very good attitude and is very patient with others, and the original contract clearly bears your fingerprints.

In the final analysis, I still have little knowledge and cannot rely on others.

Qin Chiyu settled down and expressed his gratitude to Sui He.

"What are you going to do next? Why don't you ask your master?" Sui He said.

"No need." Qin Chiyu resolutely rejected Sui He's proposal.

This surprised Sui He a little.

It can be seen that Qin Chiyu should attach great importance to the opinion of his favorite master, but why is Qin Chiyu unwilling to ask him for help on such an important matter?

"I still decided to go to Bafang Bank, but don't worry, Master Sui, I won't go directly to show my cards to Zhu Shanren this time." Qin Chiyu said, but he didn't tell Sui He the reason why he didn't turn to Lu Wanxian for help. , because Lu Wanxian just rejected it, and this matter really hurts my self-esteem, "I want to go to the Tibetan scripture building to take a look, take out the books related to mining and read it, and get a general grasp of the situation, and then Negotiate with Zhu Shanren."

"You still decide to cooperate with Zhu Shanren? That's tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger." Sui He sighed, anyway, he is an honest person who specializes in one skill, and he hates those businessmen who have a lot of money, "Good words are hard to persuade, damn it Ghost, since you want to cooperate with Zhu Shanren, then you have to be careful, I think you collect information on the one hand, and you should also ask trustworthy elders and experienced experts."

"Okay." Qin Chiyu replied bitterly.

Where does he know any experienced experts?

The only ones who can be trusted are the three people from Wanhua Mountain.

Plus Sui He, a total of four.

People like Zhu Shanren and Ou Qingzi can't be trusted, and people like Dead Wood Master and Sheng Yusui who don't eat the fireworks of the world can't ask anything.

Qin Chiyu calculated for a while, and found that his connections didn't seem to be very good. The people he made friends with were all because of Lu Xianchang's acquaintance with them.

What about Zhu Xiaofu?

Qin Chiyu faintly felt that Zhu Xiaofu was not as stupid as he imagined, and that being able to turn the last question in a direction that benefited Zhu Xiaofu was definitely not something that a foolish son of a landlord's family could say.

No one is stupid, in this realm of Taoism, no one is a vixen who has lived a lifetime.

To think others are stupid is to be really stupid.

Qin Chiyu took the crane again to go to the scripture building. This time, he stayed in the scripture building for a whole night. He searched through the books in the building, and read all the books related to ores.

Qin Chiyu himself has a strong memory and good intelligence, but he lacks some experience. The experience recorded in the book complements his weakness very well. When he came out of the Sutra Library the next day, Qin Chiyu was already somewhat confident.

Now, it's time to visit Zhu Shanren.Qin Chiyu was led into the main hall by the servants, and Zhu Shanren was discussing business with a big and round businessman. Qin Chiyu glanced at the businessman, and was almost blinded by the gold on the other side.

The businessman wore gold rings inlaid with various jewels on his five fingers, and there were looming gold bars hidden in the folds of his wrists, and a three-finger-wide gold chain hung around his short thick neck.

"Master Zhu, you are not being kind. Do you think I don't know what the current market price is? Do you think I'm a fledgling, hairless, silly boy? I'm going to drag this guy to Zhongzhou today. , sell it to mortals, and the price is higher than yours." The businessman sneered, with a look of disgust on his face, he waved his fat hand and made a strange gesture, "Don't forget this price."

With a smile on his face, Zhu Shanren pushed the teacup in front of the merchant: "Why are you so anxious? Since the goods are good, let us sell them first. Well... we, Bafang Bank, also don’t do business that loses money.”

"Zhu Shanren, you're going too far. You don't want to take any risk? Wealth and wealth come from danger, understand? My group of goods merchant brothers also traveled through mountains and rivers. After many natural disasters and man-made disasters, they brought goods from the West Sea to Kunlun. I can’t let them make a trip for nothing for the goods that I bought after a narrow escape, just like the vegetable sellers in the Wuli Village below, I’ll leave them with you, and you’ll get a commission for whatever you sell? Why bother? Why do you have to take the commission from you?" The businessman pushed the teacup away with annoyance on his face.

"I haven't taken risks for a long time." Zhu Shanren smiled, "If you sit in my position, you will be the same as me. You don't dare to take risks, you can't take risks."

"Hey, you can't talk now. Since you insist on taking [-]% of the profit, we have nothing to talk about. Let's leave." The businessman stood up and walked out angrily.

Qin Chiyu was a little flustered when he witnessed the whole process.

This kind of seasoned businessman seems to be useless in front of Zhu Shanren. Can he really get a suitable price from Zhu Shanren's claws, a real "fedgy" and "hairless" fool? ?

Don't be stolen by Mr. Wan and squeezed out by Zhu Shanren? !

……

Qin Chiyu watched the businessman leave, and suddenly suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes.

It was obvious that the businessman was striding forward with determination on his face, but after walking for a long time, he still hadn't stepped out of the main hall steps.

How did he do it?

"Cough." Zhu Shanren stood up, "Brother Jin, please stop, everything is negotiable, look, how about giving you some more profits?"

The businessman stopped: "How much?"

One of them stood inside the door, the other stood outside the door, and they didn't make eye contact with each other, but there was some kind of secret tacit understanding being reached.

"Five." Zhu Shan said humanely.

The businessman was ecstatic: "Really?"

"I'll draw [-]%, and I'll give you [-]% of the profit, how about it?" Zhu Shanren wiped his tea cup slowly, "As for the location of the shop, I can shop it for you at the street-facing shop in the Xuanmen Market the day before. If it is not ideal, then withdraw it to the market lane, if the sales are not satisfactory... I have nothing to do."

The businessman was very unhappy when he heard this. Although he took less than half of the commission, the delivery time was shortened. If he hadn't had full confidence in this batch of goods, he would never have agreed to Zhu Shanren. this request.

"After all, the guys in the shops along the street also have to eat, right? If you really have this confidence, you should take this business. If you don't, you can sell it in a safer place." Zhu Shanren said leisurely.

However, the businessman clearly knew that Xuanmen was the place with the greatest demand for these supplies.

He took a deep breath and sighed heavily.

"It's a crime." The businessman sighed, "Master Zhu, are you not afraid that it will be your turn to beg me to buy the goods next time? At that time, I will raise the price so that you can't bear it."

"It's easy to say, easy to say," Zhu Shanren said with a smile, "as long as it's worth it, there's nothing unbearable."

Although Qin Chiyu didn't know how to negotiate, he could tell that the seasoned businessman didn't take advantage of Zhu Shanren in this confrontation.

Obviously the business was done, but the businessman seemed to be even more angry. When he stepped on the floor to go out, he stomped the ground.

"Xiao Qin? Do you need me?" Zhu Shanren came out with a smile like a spring breeze on his face. "I kept you waiting for a long time. I just dealt with some mundane affairs. How about it? Are there enough books in the Sutra Library?"

Qin Chiyu found that the little experience he had gained from the book was not enough to support him to speak.

"Well...it's okay, enough to watch," Qin Chiyu scratched his head, "I just wanted to ask if there were any difficulties in judging the elders. My master, no, Lu Xianchang is going to judge the elders, so..."

"Really? That's really fast." Zhu Shanren said with a smile, "Come on, come in and talk about the elders, the most important thing is that they have contributed to Taoism—"

Next, what Zhu Shanren said to Qin Chiyu, Qin Chiyu went into his left ear and out of his right ear.

"I think Master Lu is fine." Zhu Shanren finally said politely, "Do you have anything else to do? I'm a little busy, how about—"

Qin Chiyu immediately jumped up and said, "Then I'll take my leave! Thank you, owner!"

After all, quickly evacuate.

Zhu Shanren looked at Qin Chiyu's back, with a smile of interest on the corner of his mouth, called the servant guarding the scripture building, and asked, "What books has he been reading recently?"

The servants understood one by one that Zhu Shanren was not surprised, but his smile became more obvious.

"It turns out that he intends to open a mine. If I can't get him, I can at least get his mine. It's a good thing."

The servant thought to himself, poor Qin Chiyu, even though there is a mine in his family, he will be scraped away by the owner, even the bones and flesh, so he might as well just worship under Zhu Shanren's family, so that he doesn't have to work hard from now on, just lie down and enjoy life.

Pity them servants who are not talented.Life is destined to be unequal!

Qin Chiyu returned to Wanhua Mountain unhappily.

He wanted to sneak back to his room quietly.

Unexpectedly, the other three people from Wanhua Mountain were all sticking around in the yard.

Lu Wanxian was teaching Han Xijian Feijian's sword handling skills, while Fu Weiyi was watching.

Qin Chiyu, the crane fluttering, jumped between Lu Wanxian and Han Xijian, stretched out his mouth to Han Xijian, begging for food, and arched his neck towards Lu Wanxian, begging to touch, but he wanted to occupy both sides.

Qin Chiyu couldn't avoid attracting attention, so he jumped off the crane and said hello honestly.