3: Chapter 3 Selling Rice to Buy Elixir, Initial Determination of Annual Salary

Inside Lingdan Pavilion, Li Luochen saw many Cultivators lined up in three rows. In front were three busy female Cultivators; the business of Lingdan Pavilion was indeed quite good.

Although they were in line, the voices of the people in front talking to the female Cultivators were completely inaudible to others, likely isolated by a sound-proofing Formation.

Li Luochen joined the shortest line; anyway, the three lines were about the same.

The Cultivators in front purchased Medicinal Pills very quickly, and it wasn't long before it was Li Luochen's turn.

Behind the counter, the female Cultivator asked with a smile, "What Medicinal Pills does Fellow Daoist need? Our Lingdan Pavilion has its own Alchemist, and we have a complete variety of Medicinal Pills."

Li Luochen quickly asked, "Fellow Daoist, do you have premium spirit gathering pills and Spirit Augmenting Pills? I wonder what the prices are?"

The female Cultivator smiled and said, "spirit gathering pills are Medicinal Pills used for Cultivate by Cultivators below Qi Refining Level 3. premium ones cost five Spirit Stones each."

"Spirit Augmenting Pills are Medicinal Pills for increasing cultivation from Qi Refining Level 4 to Qi Refining Stage 6. premium ones cost ten Spirit Stones each. How many does Fellow Daoist need?"

Li Luochen said quickly, "Sixty premium spirit gathering pills, twenty premium Spirit Augmenting Pills, and ten more premium yellow dragon pills."

The female Cultivator quickly took out the Medicinal Pills and said with a smile, "These are the Medicinal Pills you need, totaling six hundred and fifty Spirit Stones."

Li Luochen felt a bit of a sting as he took out the Spirit Stones and handed them to the female Cultivator. He then quickly put away the nine bottles of Medicinal Pills and left Lingdan Pavilion in a hurry.

This time he had obtained a total of eight hundred and fifty Spirit Stones, but in the blink of an eye, only two hundred were left.

Li Luochen was not in a hurry to leave the market. Instead, he went to Wanfu Tower. Although he had tasted the sweetness of the Spirit Rice this time, he did not let it go to his head.

Who knew if he had been targeted, or if he would encounter danger on the way back.

Business at Wanfu Tower was also good, though slightly less so compared to Lingdan Pavilion; after all, Medicinal Pills were a necessity for Cultivate.

People living in the market were quite safe as long as they didn't leave.

As soon as he entered, an attendant came forward to greet him.

This attendant looked young, yet he already had a cultivation of Qi Refining Level 3. He was indeed worthy of being a worker at Wanfu Tower.

"Guest, what do you need?"

Li Luochen said, "Two Tier 1 High Grade Vajra Talismans, and two each of Tier 1 High Grade Fireball Talismans, Ice Spear Talismans, and Gold Sword Talismans. Also, ten Tier 1 Low Grade Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talismans."

The attendant quickly said, "A Tier 1 High Grade Vajra Talisman is twenty-five Spirit Stones each. The prices for Tier 1 High Grade Fireball Talismans, Ice Spear Talismans, and Gold Sword Talismans are the same, at twenty Spirit Stones each."

"As for the Tier 1 Low Grade Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talisman, it's only three Spirit Stones each."

"The total will be two hundred Spirit Stones. Does that look correct to you?"

While speaking, he had already brought out the talismans Li Luochen needed.

Li Luochen took out two hundred Spirit Stones and handed them to the attendant. He took the talismans and checked them. After confirming there were no issues, he took his leave and left.

After leaving Wanfu Tower, Li Luochen headed towards the street of stalls and began to browse.

Soon he was attracted by a stall selling Cultivation Techniques and squatted down to take a look.

What Li Luochen was interested in wasn't those Cultivation Techniques, but the various fragments on the stall.

The prices for books on the hundred arts of immortal cultivation were not low. If one were to buy them at a Cultivation Technique shop, they would definitely not be less than a thousand Spirit Stones.

But the fragments here were different; the prices weren't very high, and perhaps there would be a chance to complete them.

Li Luochen already had many fragments of Alchemy and Artifact Refining Cultivation Techniques in his hands, but he hadn't completed them, nor had he successfully refined any Medicinal Pills or Magical Artifacts.

Before long, Li Luochen chose three fragments of classic texts and asked, "Fellow Daoist, how much are these three fragments?"

The stall owner smiled and said, "It seems Fellow Daoist also wants to gain some Alchemy and Artifact Refining methods from these fragments? Who doesn't? They are just three Incomplete Manuals; just give me ten Spirit Stones and take them."

Li Luochen didn't haggle. No one knew how much such fragments were worth; perhaps he really would find something good.

After leaving ten Spirit Stones, Li Luochen didn't stay long. After all, his old savings only had about a hundred Spirit Stones left. He would wait until the Tier 1 Low Grade Spirit Rice in the spirit fields matured.

Leaving Qingsha Market, Li Luochen looked back and thought to himself that he must open a shop here in the future. Then, he quickly headed towards the edge of the island.

After several detours to ensure no one was following him, he piloted the Flying Boat towards Hidden Dragon Island.

By the time Li Luochen returned, it was already the third day.

Seeing him return safely, Li Yanlong and the others were full of joy. After all, their cultivation was too weak; even with the Family's great Formation, they might not be able to protect Qianlong Valley.

Now that Li Luochen was back, they were naturally at ease.

Li Luochen smiled and said, "Call everyone and wait for me in the Council Hall."

After saying that, he walked directly towards the Council Hall.

Not long after, the members of the Li Family gathered in the Council Hall once again.

Li Luochen smiled and said, "The Spirit Rice taken to the market this time was forty thousand catties, sold for a total of four hundred Spirit Stones. I bought three hundred Spirit Stones' worth of premium spirit gathering pills and one hundred Spirit Stones' worth of premium Spirit Augmenting Pills, which are just right for our Cultivate."

Hearing this, Li Yanfeng frowned and said, "Third Uncle, you didn't have to do this. You should have bought more Spirit Augmenting Pills for yourself to quickly increase your cultivation."

Li Yanlong also said, "Yes, Third Sister is right. The higher your cultivation, the safer we are."

Li Luochen smiled with satisfaction and said, "It's fine. I still have some Medicinal Pills on me, enough for me to Cultivate to Qi Refining Stage 6."

"Furthermore, the Tier 1 Low Grade spirit fields will soon have a harvest. It won't be too late to buy more then."

"These sixty Medicinal Pills—you three, Li Yanlong, get fifteen each, and strive for an early Breakthrough to Qi Refining Level 4."

"Changfeng, you three little ones get five each. These are premium Medicinal Pills; one is enough for you to refine for a month."

The three little ones were only at the Qi Refining Level 1 cultivation, so their speed of refining premium spirit gathering pills was a bit slow. One premium spirit gathering pill per month was already considered fast.

Li Yanlong and the other were at Qi Refining Level 3 cultivation, so their refining speed was faster; each could refine at least five per month.

As for Li Yanfeng, she could only refine three per month, as she was only a Qi Refining Layer 2 Cultivator.

Li Yanlong and the others naturally had no problem with this. Although Li Yanfeng was allocated about the same as them, the ordinary spirit fields were basically managed by Li Yanfeng and the few little ones.

"Thank you, Family Head!"

Li Luochen nodded slightly and said, "Since our Li Family has become a cultivation Family, we naturally must have rules."

"Our Li Family focuses on farming, and most of our output comes from the Spirit Rice harvest."

"Qi Refining Level 1 will have an annual salary of three Spirit Stones and six premium spirit gathering pills."

"Qi Refining Layer 2 will have an annual salary of ten Spirit Stones and eighteen premium spirit gathering pills."

"Qi Refining Level 3 will have an annual salary of twenty Spirit Stones and thirty premium spirit gathering pills."

"Qi Refining Level 4 will have an annual salary of thirty Spirit Stones and twelve premium Spirit Augmenting Pills."

"Qi Refining Stage 5 will have an annual salary of forty Spirit Stones and twenty-four premium Spirit Augmenting Pills."

"Currently, the highest cultivation in our Family is only Qi Refining Stage 5, so let's arrange it like this for now. We'll discuss it further when there are higher Realms in the future."

"Those who make great contributions to the Family will receive more rewards."

Li Yanhu frowned and said, "Family Head, after distributing like this, our Family won't have many Spirit Stones left."