In Zhenhai City, the sky cleared up after the rain, and the ground was covered with fallen red petals.
Flags are waving in the streets and alleys, and passers-by are hurrying around, working hard to make a living.
Jiang Yuebai, a man with black hair and ordinary face, was wearing a white gown with the three big words "Shushanlou" printed on the back. He walked down the street holding an oil-paper umbrella and casually swept away the flower petals in front of the entrance of Shushanlou with a few dust-purification spells.
After putting away his umbrella, opening the door and hanging up a sign saying "Open to Guests", Jiang Yuebai walked into the lobby and shook his head when he saw the books and jade slips scattered everywhere.
After showing these things to the customers, the waiters didn't realize they were putting them away and just waited for her to clean them up.
There was no one in the store. On both sides of the lobby were rows of antique display cases and bookshelves filled with jade and bamboo slips and various books.
Jiang Yuebai's spiritual consciousness turned into silk and used the silk-control technique to pull up those books and jade slips. Without even looking at them, he put them back to their original places.
After everything was tidied up, the waiters, accountant, and manager of Shushanlou came one after another, greeted each other, and then went about their business.
As usual, Jiang Yuebai pretended to move a pile of books and ran back and forth between the bookshelves.
It seems that he is arranging books, but in fact, the three spirits are controlling three palm-sized white vine clones, hiding in various places on the bookshelf to read books.
For those techniques, only the general outline can be read, and there is a seal at the back.
The same goes for the monks' experiences and travel diaries. You can only read part of them. You have to pay to make a copy before you can continue to watch the rest.
The books that can be read in their entirety are those that are widely circulated and popularize common sense.
For example, "A Hundred Dragons Atlas", "Qingcang Geography", "Qinglong Realm History", "The Legend of Dragon Shepherd Heroes", etc.
In addition, Shushanlou provides employees with the following benefits: if they work full time every month, they will have the opportunity to review the books of experience, one book at a time.
Jiang Yuebai has been in Shushan Tower in Zhenhai City for more than two months, and he has not finished reading half of the ordinary books in stock.
Because she had to wait for Xie Jingshan, she had the leisure to stay and read. After all, she had to go to the West Sea battlefield and find Xie Jingshan for help.
"Jiang Xiaojiu, go to the back and get a box of spiritual mulberry paper, and bring three pieces of pine soot ink."
The manager was shouting in the lobby.
"Oh good!"
Jiang Yuebai agreed immediately and went to the warehouse at the back to move things.
She was slow at reading, and a big reason for that was that this job required her to do a lot of miscellaneous chores. It was clearly agreed when she was hired and signed the contract that she was only responsible for organizing books and cleaning the bookshelves.
As a result, when the store became busy, she was treated like an animal. She was required to move things, run errands, serve tea and water, pick up and see off guests, and was even asked to shovel manure and feed the guests' mounts.
When she told this to the shopkeeper, he spoke earnestly.
"Xiao Jiu, among all the employees in our store, I like you the most. You are diligent and smart. You see, our second manager is old and may leave soon. You should familiarize yourself with the work in various places in advance and gain some experience so that I can arrange things for you. Do your best, Xiao Jiu."
Jiang Yuebai felt sick after hearing this.
In the spiritual world of the earth, cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage are the backbone of the sect. In a smaller family, they can directly become the ancestor and have status and position.
Nowadays, there are countless cultivators who are building foundation in Zhenhai City. Building foundation is the beginning of cultivating immortals and is the minimum requirement for applying for a job in various shops.
A Qigong monk? Go to the dock to resist the attack!
This is all because the prices in Zhenhai City are too high and the competition is too fierce. If you don't want to be a clerk, there are plenty of people waiting to do the job. You can earn as much as you can just to stay in Zhenhai City.
After all, this place is governed by the Fulong Sect and is close to the Guixu Sea, with rich spiritual energy and guaranteed safety. There is also a chance to come into contact with the Qinglong Realm's most advanced skills, cultivators, information, and natural treasures.
If she hadn't lowered her salary at the beginning, she would never have been able to get into Shushan Building.
It is really difficult for low-level monks to practice and survive.
"Manager Wang, here's what you asked for."
Jiang Yuebai placed a large box of things on one of the tables in the lobby. Manager Wang, who had a wrinkled face, nodded and bowed, smiling. He was facing a young male cultivator who was drinking tea at the table. The man was only in the middle stage of foundation building.
The male cultivator had a handsome face and a crown, but his expression and movements revealed a bit of arrogance.
It was because he was wearing the dark green uniform of the inner disciples of the Fulong Sect, and the collar and cuffs of his clothes were decorated with dark green dragon patterns of the same color.
The jade crown is matched with a dragon hairpin and there is a dragon pendant around the waist, which is very elegant.
Chi Feng took a sip of tea and put down the teacup. "Your tea is really unpalatable. Tell me, what do you want to do by showing me your courtesy?"
Manager Wang glanced at Jiang Yuebai who was standing nearby, winked at her and told her to go aside, so Jiang Yuebai had to leave.
"Master Chi, this is not the first two times that Shushanlou sent the blank jade slips, paper and ink to Fulong Sect. The money has not been paid yet. We know that your master is in charge of the Internal Affairs Hall and is very busy. We are afraid that he has not remembered it for the time being, so we would like to trouble you to remind him."
Chi Feng smiled, "That's easy. I'll send another batch of blank jade slips and paper and ink tomorrow, just like last time. The Internal Affairs Hall will settle the bill then."
"Really? All right, all right. I'll send someone to deliver it tomorrow."
Manager Wang personally escorted Chi Feng out. As soon as he left, his smile immediately disappeared and he snorted coldly.
"If you're so straightforward, why do you delay the payment for half a year? This is difficult to handle!"
Manager Wang had a gloomy look on his face, while Jiang Yuebai was being directed by another manager, Zhang, to pour tea.
There were two female cultivators sitting in the lobby, who also seemed to be from the Fulong Sect. They were chatting in low voices and waiting for the waiter to find them the latest scripts.
“… It seems that Taoist Long Ming has really fallen. I heard from someone today that the sect master is planning to give Taoist Long Ming’s Lingkong Mountain to the Five Fire True Lords.”
"No way? Didn't Taoist Long Ming go out to hunt dragons for his new disciple? How could he suddenly die?"
"Who knows? I'm so unlucky that I ran into such a tough guy. I heard that Master Dongfang told the sect that the one who killed Taoist Long Ming was just a female cultivator who had reached the Golden Core Perfection. She could control hundreds of dragons with a song of dragon herding. No one could stop her. It was totally unbelievable."
"This is a female devil! So scary!"
"If we run into him, all we can do is kneel down and beg for mercy."
"Pah, pah, pah, stop saying bad things, we will never meet."
"Please have some tea, both of you."
Jiang Yuebai placed the teacup in front of the two female cultivators.
One of the female cultivators glanced at Jiang Yuebai and tapped the empty plate in annoyance, "Another plate of snacks, hurry up, you have no tact at all."
Jiang Yuebai forced a typical smile, nodded and left.
"It may not be that easy for the Five Fires True Lord to occupy the cave of Taoist Long Ming. The formation at Lingkong Mountain is very tight. Only the jade talisman made by Taoist Long Ming himself can pass through. His third disciple Ning Zhiyuan has been missing for many years, but his cave is still preserved and untouched."
"I've heard about this, too. Taoist Long Ming still has five disciples. I'm afraid none of them would agree to anyone else taking over Lingkong Mountain. If Taoist Long Ming's eldest disciple can return with a baby, he can directly inherit Lingkong Mountain..."
The conversation between the two continued. Jiang Yuebai moved his ears and heard a familiar name.
It turns out that the mid-Nascent Soul cultivator who died in Jianpu Sea was called Taoist Long Ming, and he was also the master of the big dog thief Ning Zhiyuan. No wonder!
The big dog thief's cave is still there, right
She didn't have much hope in the first place, so didn't this force her to come and take a look
Jiang Yuebai glanced outside the door. He had received a letter from Xie Jingshan the day before yesterday, saying that he would not arrive for another half a month as he was delayed by some matters.
In that case…
Jiang Yuebai turned around and found Manager Wang, who was standing at the door of the warehouse in the back hall, shouting at people to pack a large number of blank jade slips into boxes.
"Hehehe, Manager Wang~" Jiang Yuebai smiled.
Steward Wang snorted, "If you have something to say, just say it. Stop smiling at me."
Jiang Yuebai rubbed his hands, "Manager Wang, are these going to be sent to the Fulong Sect again? Why not let me go tomorrow? I don't have much experience. I have only heard people say that the Fulong Sect is magnificent, but I have never had the opportunity to see it with my own eyes."
"I know what you're worried about. Don't worry. This time I will definitely get back every cent of the spiritual stones that Fulong Sect owes me. If not, I won't come back. Do you agree?"
The second update is around 14:00
(End of this chapter)