For a while, Han Changming couldn't find Ye Xin and Ye Xue. Their cultivation level at the Jindan stage was too weak in the Zhongtian Continent. It was easy for them to encounter fourth-order monsters while wandering outside the market.
Han Changming plans to stay in Qinghe City, advance to the Nascent Soul stage, and then find a way to find Ye Xin and Ye Xue.
He has two kinds of spiritual fruits that can assist in the formation of a baby, but he feels that it is not enough. Qinghe City is rich in immortal cultivation resources, so Han Changming plans to get a few more treasures that can assist in the formation of a baby.
"If I want to open a shop and do business, where can I rent a shop?"
Han Changming asked casually. He wanted to rent a store and open a medicine shop, relying on pills to make a living.
"Renting a store is handled at Qingha Building, which is not far from here. Senior, please follow me."
Sun Ming hurriedly led the way.
After a while, Han Changming and Sun Ming appeared at the door of a five-story green attic. On the plaque were three large golden characters "Qingha Tower".
"Wait for me here, I'll be out soon."
Han Changming gave some instructions and walked into Qinghe Tower.
Half a minute later, Han Changming came out with a light blue square token in his hand.
He spent two hundred thousand spirit stones to rent a small shop for ten years, at twenty thousand spirit stones a year.
"You grew up in Qingha City. Where are your parents?"
Han Changming asked casually.
Sun Ming naturally did not dare to hide it, and there was nothing to hide. It would be easy for a Jindan cultivator to harm him.
After learning about Sun Ming's family situation, Han Changming felt relieved.
Sun Ming took Han Changming for a stroll in the market town and explained the situation in Qinghe City to him. Han Changming paid special attention to the situation in the medicine shop. Even in Zhongtian Continent, alchemist is a very respected profession.
Unlike the outer sea, most of the elixirs sold in Zhongtian Continent are of medium quality, and low-quality elixirs are not very popular.
The higher the alchemy skills of the alchemist, the more respected he is.
Half a day later, the sky darkened and the streets were brightly lit. Han Changming carefully discovered that many merchants took out a kind of green lantern. The lanterns were made of green animal skins. Runes flashed on the surface of the green animal skins, emitting a soft green light, illuminating an area of hundreds of feet.
Han Changming and Sun Ming appeared at a turning point in the south of the city. The street was rather deserted with few pedestrians. The shops on both sides of the street were either grocery stores or bookstores. The door of one of the shops was covered with a pale blue curtain of light, which was shining brightly and was obviously a restriction.
Han Changming took out the square token and injected magic power into it. A green light flew out from the token and disappeared into the green light curtain.
Ripples appeared on the surface of the blue light curtain, and then suddenly dissipated and disappeared.
Sun Ming walked forward and pushed open the door. A large cloud of smoke and dust rushed out and he quickly stepped back.
This shop is only a dozen feet in size, with a backyard of over a hundred feet in size. Such a small shop requires rent of 20,000 spirit stones a year. The better the location of the shop, the more expensive the rent.
Han Changming walked in. The shelves were covered with dust and there were cobwebs in the corners. It was unknown how long they had been idle.
There wasn't much in the backyard, except for a simple wooden house, a green stone table and several green stone benches.
Sun Ming's eyes turned. He had no special skills and couldn't find a good job. His income as a guide was getting less and less. If he had a stable income, his parents and sister would be better off.
Thinking of this, Sun Ming plucked up his courage and asked carefully: "Senior, do you plan to recruit people? The location here is not good, and the customer flow is not large. If you want to attract customers, it is best to recruit a few more people and go to other places to promote it."
"I want to open a medicine store. How many people do you think would be a good number to recruit? How much would be a good monthly salary?"
Han Changming asked casually, he had already taken a fancy to Sun Ming.
The four members of Sun Ming's family are all Qi-refining cultivators. They have no special skills and can only do odd jobs everywhere. Life is not easy, especially since Sun Ming's sister has already started practicing Taoism and it is time for her to use spirit stones.
"Two people are enough. One person will look after the store, and the other person will go to other places to attract customers. How much salary you give depends on your mood. According to the current market situation, at least 20 spirit stones a month. If you don't mind, I am willing to serve you. I only want a salary of 10 spirit stones. I am familiar with the situation in Qingha City and have many friends. You can ask them to help promote it."
Sun Ming asked nervously, feeling uneasy.
Being able to work in an alchemy shop is something that countless Qi-refining monks dream of. Even if one is fired after working for a few months, with this experience, one can apply for jobs in other alchemy shops. Alchemy shops, weapons shops and other shops will not recruit if one has no experience.
"I'll give you 15 spirit stones a month. If you do a good job, I'll give you a raise. We're still short of one person. Do you know anyone willing to do the job? Clean up the place and I'll come to inspect it tomorrow."
After saying this, Han Changming turned and left.
Sun Ming agreed repeatedly, looking excited.
Half an hour later, Han Changming appeared outside a long and narrow valley. Outside the valley stood a silver stone tablet more than ten feet high with three golden characters "Qingyun Valley" written on it. The valley was covered by a thick green fog.
Han Changming spent 100,000 spirit stones to rent a cave with a fourth-level spirit vein for a period of fifty years. The rent of the cave was relatively cheap, while the rent of the shop was more expensive.
Han Changming took out a green round token, injected magic power into it, and a green light shot out and disappeared into the valley.
The thick green fog in the valley rolled violently and suddenly disappeared, revealing a manor covering an area of 100 acres, with green bricks and red tiles, and the gate was closed. A light green light curtain covered the entire manor.
Han Changming walked into the valley, and green mist appeared out of nowhere, covering his figure.
He used a round token to remove the ban and walked into the manor, where pavilions, towers, rockery gardens, corridors and waterside pavilions were everywhere.
The manor has five independent courtyards and more than ten acres of bamboo forest.
Han Changming released the Purple Crystal Flying Scorpion, Stone Spirit, Thunder Rhinoceros Bug, Five-Colored Phoenix Butterfly, and Void Yuan Bug, and allowed them to move freely in the manor and not run around.
The stone spirit strode into the rockery group, with yellow light emitting from its body, and it turned into a strange stone with a unique shape, lying motionless. Even if a cultivator used his spiritual sense to investigate, he would not be able to find the stone spirit. It was seriously injured and needed to recuperate for a period of time.
Unlike spirit insects and spirit beasts, stone spirits do not need elixirs. If there are special metal ores, stone spirits will recover faster.
Han Changming walked into a secluded courtyard where there stood a three-story green pavilion. In the corner was a small flower bed with some exotic flowers and plants.
On the plaque of the attic were written three large golden characters "Qingyun Pavilion", with a bright light flashing continuously.
Han Changming pushed the door and walked in. The attic was elegantly decorated, fully furnished, and had a basement.
Han Changming used the token to activate the restrictions on his residence to prevent detection by other cultivators.
This cave was built on a fourth-level spiritual vein and is filled with abundant spiritual energy.
Han Changming shook his sleeves, and the Taiyi Hualing Gourd flew out, spun around, and suddenly fell to the ground.
As soon as the Taiyi Hualing Gourd appeared, as if it had some kind of attraction, a large amount of spiritual energy rushed towards the Taiyi Hualing Gourd.
Han Changming's eyes were fixed on the Taiyi Hualing Gourd with a nervous expression.
The last time, the Taiyi Hualing Gourd sucked away the spiritual energy contained in the Spirit Eye Jade. It took a long time for the Spirit Eye Jade to recover. I wonder if there will be any changes this time if the Taiyi Hualing Gourd absorbs enough spiritual energy.
Countless spiritual lights suddenly emerged from the void and rushed towards the Taiyi Hualing Gourd like a tide.
With Qingyun Valley as the center, the spiritual energy within a radius of ten miles flowed towards Qingyun Valley uncontrollably.
There are some skills or secret techniques that can do this, and the spirit gathering array that comes with the cave can also do this.
Han Changming was not worried about arousing suspicion from those who had ulterior motives. According to past experience, the Taiyi Hualing Gourd would return to normal once it absorbed enough spiritual energy.
After the Taiyi Hualing Gourd absorbed enough spiritual energy, its size suddenly increased, and some floral patterns appeared on its surface, emitting an astonishing spiritual energy fluctuation.
After a while, the spiritual light on the surface of Taiyi Hualing Gourd dissipated and it returned to its original size.
No cultivators came to check. They probably thought Han Changming was debugging the spirit gathering formation.
According to the instructions of the steward disciple of the Market Management Office, the Spirit Gathering Array can be activated when practicing secret techniques or striving for a higher realm, but the spirit stones required to drive the Spirit Gathering Array must be paid for by oneself.
Han Changming picked up the Taiyi Hualing Gourd and threw two medium-grade Jinlu Pills into the Taiyi Hualing Gourd.
The floral patterns on the surface of the Taiyi Hualing Gourd lit up again and soon returned to normal.
Han Changming turned the gourd of Taiyi Hualing Gourd upside down, and two Jinlu Pills rolled out, having turned into top-grade pills.
"It is true."
Han Changming looked excited. After absorbing a large amount of spiritual energy, the Taiyi Hualing Gourd changed again. The efficiency of purifying elixirs was greatly improved. He wondered how effective the spiritual water produced by the Taiyi Hualing Gourd would be.
He made a pinch of his fingers and countless blue water vapors suddenly emerged from the void, transforming into a blue water python over a hundred feet long, which drilled into the Taiyi Hualing Gourd.
Spiritual water is a spiritual object that is naturally grown, and it takes thousands of years to take shape. The Taiyi Hualing Gourd can transform ordinary water into spiritual water, and can increase the success rate of alchemy when used in alchemy. However, the Taiyi Hualing Gourd cannot produce specified spiritual water, such as spiritual water with cold or evil spirits.
He put the stopper in the gourd, placed the Taiyi Hualing Gourd in the corner, sat cross-legged on a green cushion, and meditated and regulated his breathing.
One night passed quickly.
Early the next morning, just as the sky was getting light, Han Changming opened his eyes. He picked up the Taiyi Hualing Gourd and poured out some clear spiritual water. He took a sip and his eyes lit up.
The spiritual energy contained in the spiritual water is far greater than before, and the effect of using it to make pills will definitely be better.
Han Changming took out the Vermillion Bird Pendant and injected magic power into it. A dazzling red light lit up, submerging Han Changming's figure.
The red light dissipated, Han Changming disappeared, and appeared in the Suzaku space.
He came to the spiritual field, took out two golden jade boxes, opened the jade boxes, and inside were two golden grasses about a foot tall. The grasses had only three oval leaves.
Golden leaf grass grows one leaf every hundred years. These two plants of golden leaf grass are more than three hundred years old.
Han Changming planted two golden leaf grasses in the spiritual field, and pointed the Taiyi Hualing Gourd downwards. Some spiritual water flowed out and fell near the two golden leaf grasses.
Before this, the spiritual water produced by Taiyi Hualing Gourd could speed up the growth of spiritual medicines. After watering for a year, the growth rate of the spiritual medicines was one-fifth faster than that without watering with spiritual water.
He inspected the spiritual field and found that the spiritual herbs were growing well and there was nothing abnormal.
Han Changming exited the Suzaku space and left the cave.
Half an hour later, Han Changming appeared at a turning point in the south of the city. It was already bright, but there were still very few pedestrians on this street.
"Shopkeeper, you are here. I have packed everything."
When Sun Ming saw Han Changming, he hurried over with a respectful look.
Upon learning that Sun Ming had found a job in the medicine shop, Sun Ming's parents and sister came to help overnight and cleaned the shop. His parents told Sun Ming to work hard, study hard and not talk back to the shopkeeper.
A young girl in a yellow skirt followed behind Sun Ming. The girl in the yellow skirt had the cultivation level of the sixth level of Qi Refining.
Han Changming nodded and asked, "My last name is Han. You can just call me Manager Han from now on. Is she the person you are looking for? Who is she to you?"
"Junior Wang Ning greets Senior Han. My cousin's husband and Fellow Daoist Sun's father have been good friends for many years."
The girl in the yellow skirt bowed quickly with a respectful look on her face.
"Fairy Wang used to work in a pill shop, so she's quite experienced. Shopkeeper, these are the prices of most pills in Qingha City. Please take a look."
Sun Ming took out a thick blue account book and handed it to Han Changming.
In order to help Sun Ming keep the job, Sun Ming's parents shamelessly ran around all the medicine shops in Qingha City overnight. Facing the contemptuous looks of the waiters in each major medicine shop, they inquired about the prices of first to fourth level medicines, and made a medicine price list overnight to facilitate Han Changming's pricing.
Han Changming's eyes flashed with surprise and he nodded with satisfaction. This Sun Ming is quite capable.
He took the account book, flipped through a few pages carefully, and put it away.
Han Changming took out five middle-grade spirit stones, threw them to Sun Ming, and ordered: "Go hire someone to make a plaque, and write "Qinghutang"! This will be the store entrance, and it will open today."
"Yes, Shopkeeper Han. By the way, Shopkeeper, what kind of elixirs do we mainly sell?"
Sun Ming took the spirit stone and asked carefully.
A cultivator who opens an alchemy shop is not necessarily an alchemist. He may also be an intelligence officer of a large force who uses the alchemy shop as a cover.
"We mainly sell third-level elixirs, but we also sell some second-level elixirs! This is the catalog of elixirs we sell. You can pre-order high-quality elixirs within half a month of opening the store. We'll see how things go after half a month."
Han Changming took out two blue jade slips and handed them to Wang Ning and Sun Ming.
Sun Ming and Wang Ning were stunned, their mouths were wide open and they couldn't close them for a long time.
They originally thought that Han Changming was a Jindan cultivator who had just started learning alchemy and opened a small shop to sell the pills he had refined.
"Boss... Boss, where is our alchemist? It's not easy to make top-grade elixirs. If we can't make them, those customers will smash our store."
Sun Ming asked nervously, worried that he had met a scammer.
If Han Changming can refine top-grade elixirs, why doesn't he rent a better location? With this ability, he would be treated as a guest of honor if he joined any force.
"What? I don't look like an alchemist?"
Han Changming chuckled.
"No, that's not what I meant."
Sun Ming quickly defended himself.
"Just promote it. No deposit is required for booking the top-grade elixirs. You can pay for them at the same time as the goods are delivered. This is limited to the first half month after opening. After that, it may not be possible."
Han Changming ordered that he just wanted to take this opportunity to make a name for himself.
Sun Ming and Wang Ning said yes, agreed, and left.