26: Selling meat for big profit

Zhou Quan was at home with a few neighbors he knew, talking about the news he had received with great enthusiasm.

Seeing Zhang Qingxiao arrive, he hurriedly pulled him into the room, poured him some tea, and continued to talk eloquently.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, is the news you received accurate?"

"Is the Chang Sheng Sect really going to stop managing us Utility Disciples?"

Zhang Qingxiao listened for a while and obtained a fairly comprehensive picture of the situation.

The Chang Sheng Sect had returned from a crushing defeat this time, having been jointly schemed against by the Guiyuan Sect, the Xiaoyao Sect, and the Wind and Thunder Sect.

All the Utility Disciples who went were wiped out, and the Golden Core Old Ancestor had no choice but to self-detonate his Golden Core, severely injuring the Golden Core Old Ancestors of the other three Sects.

Taking advantage of the opportunity created by the Golden Core Old Ancestor's self-detonation, the Chang Sheng Sect Master led the remaining Foundation Establishment Elders in a desperate breakout to return to the Sect.

Because the Sect had suffered heavy losses and countless Disciples had died or been injured, the Chang Sheng Sect no longer had the strength to send Inner Sect Disciples to manage the Utility Disciples, so the Sect Master decided to close the mountain to recuperate.

And the Utility Disciples would have to manage themselves.

"As far as I know, the Chang Sheng Sect isn't completely abandoning us Utility Disciples; they are just letting us recommend Utility Disciples with prestige to manage things."

"The Chang Sheng Sect won't interfere with who we recommend. As for us, we just keep doing what we normally do; it won't be affected."

"We can also still accept tasks from the Sect like mining, cultivating medicinal herbs, and hunting Yao Beasts."

Zhou Quan explained.

After the Chang Sheng Sect Master returned, he immediately made arrangements addressing the current situation of the Chang Sheng Sect.

It was just that there were other urgent matters within the Sect that needed to be handled, so they hadn't yet sent anyone to officially announce the arrangements regarding the Utility Disciples.

However, rumors had spread like wildfire through various channels.

At this moment, it wasn't just Zhou Quan and his group; many people in the Utility Disciple living area who had received the news had already started heated discussions.

Some people had even started making preparations.

This arrangement by the Chang Sheng Sect Master was an opportunity for many ambitious people.

If they did well, they might even be able to become Outer Sect Disciples of the Chang Sheng Sect in the future.

After Zhang Qingxiao learned the detailed news from Zhou Quan, he returned home, finished his lunch, and brought out all the Yao Beast meat he had brought back this time.

"Brother Qingxiao, do all these Yao Beast meats need to be pickled?"

Zhou Yun looked at the Yao Beast meat Zhang Qingxiao took out from his Storage Pouch and felt a bit troubled.

The Yao Beast meat brought back amounted to nearly two or three thousand catties. Even if this meat was pickled with salt and then smoked, it couldn't be kept for too long.

They couldn't eat it all, and it might end up being wasted.

It would be better to take some to the market to sell; given the current situation, this Yao Beast meat would definitely sell well.

"It is indeed a bit much. Fine, I'll take half to sell."

"As for the rest, you can pickle them, and keep some at home too."

Zhang Qingxiao took all the Yao Beast meat out of the Storage Pouch and laid it on the table, only then realizing that the amount of Yao Beast meat he had obtained this time was indeed quite large.

Even if it were pickled, there was nowhere to hang it.

Hanging it in the courtyard wasn't safe either, as it would easily attract thieves.

With this thought in mind, Zhang Qingxiao directly put half of the Yao Beast meat back into his Storage Pouch.

He told Zhou Yun and Liang Qiaoer, then returned to his room to change his outfit and left the house.

After taking a detour and changing his appearance, he arrived at the market to start selling the meat.

"Fellow Daoist, how are you selling the Yao Beast meat?"

Just as he had finished setting up the Yao Beast meat, someone immediately came over to ask for the price.

"First-Order Middle Stage Green-Faced Tiger, ten taels of gold per catty, no bargaining."

Zhang Qingxiao said in a cold, emotionless tone.

He had brought over a thousand catties of Yao Beast meat this time, which was quite valuable.

Only by appearing colder and more ruthless could he make those who wanted to target him restrain themselves.

"Give me ten catties."

Seeing that Zhang Qingxiao was difficult to talk to, the person didn't bargain and directly threw two Low-Grade Spirit Stones onto the stone table.

"Fellow Daoist, I want five catties..."

"Give me twenty catties..."

Seeing someone selling Yao Beast meat here, many Cultivators gathered around, not even asking for the price, and started stating the quantities they wanted.

There was no help for it; in the entire market, there were only a few vendors selling Yao Beast meat to begin with.

Every time someone appeared selling Yao Beast meat, if you were a little bit slow, you wouldn't be able to get any.

Over a thousand catties of Yao Beast meat were all sold out in less than a quarter of an hour.

"Fellow Daoist, is there any more Yao Beast meat?"

"It's sold out. We'll talk next time."

Zhang Qingxiao didn't even look up as he gathered all the gold on the stone table.

This time, he had made a killing.

Nearly thirteen hundred catties of Yao Beast meat had sold for over two hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, plus more than three thousand taels of gold.

This speed of making money was much faster than refining Medicinal Pills.

So he started considering whether he should go to the wilderness every day to hunt a Yao Beast to bring back and sell.

Once this idea took root in his heart, it became unstoppable.

While walking home, he didn't even notice that someone was following him.

By the time he realized something was wrong, seven or eight Cultivators had already surrounded him.

These people were clearly up to no good, so Zhang Qingxiao immediately triggered his Golden Light Talisman and Body Protection Talisman.

His figure flashed, a long sword of a Magical Artifact appeared in his hand, and he swung it at three of them.

In the blink of an eye, the three of them had their necks slashed by the long sword.

Fresh blood sprayed out.

The remaining few didn't expect Zhang Qingxiao's speed to be so fast; seeing their companions killed, they hurriedly triggered their Body Protection Talismans.

Zhang Qingxiao wouldn't give these people a chance. After killing three of them with the Magical Artifact long sword, he immediately condensed three blue-purple Fireball Techniques and shot them at the three who were attacking him with Magical Artifacts.

These three didn't know the power of the Fireball Technique and didn't take the few fireballs to heart at all.

It wasn't until the Fireball Technique exploded, shattering the spiritual energy shield of their Body Protection Talismans, that the three of them felt something was wrong, but it was already too late.

During this period, Zhang Qingxiao had killed quite a few Cultivators like them who didn't know any better.

At the moment the fireballs exploded, he shot out a Spirit Arrow Technique.

Before the three of them even had a chance to continue triggering their Body Protection Talismans, they were killed by the Spirit Arrow Technique.

The remaining two, seeing the situation was bad, immediately tried to flee.

Zhang Qingxiao naturally wouldn't give them this chance; in a few strides, he caught up to them in two or three breaths.

Without hesitation, he slashed out a few times, shattering the spiritual energy shields of their Body Protection Talismans.

Then, two consecutive Spirit Arrow Techniques were shot out, passing directly through the back of their heads, ending their lives.

After killing these Cultivators who wanted to target him, Zhang Qingxiao searched their bodies for all valuable Magical Artifacts and Talismans.

Then, very calmly, he turned and left.

Many onlookers nearby, seeing Zhang Qingxiao coming, were so scared that they retreated repeatedly.

Only after Zhang Qingxiao had gone far away did they dare to go forward to examine the corpses of the killed Cultivators.

Some people went straight up to rummage through them, hoping to pick up some scraps.

As Zhang Qingxiao continued to kill people over these past few days, his reputation grew larger and larger in the Utility Disciple living area.

Because his blue-purple Fireball Technique was very distinctive, he was even given the title of "Blue-Purple Flame Cultivator."

Zhang Qingxiao didn't care about any of this.

Whether it was "Blue-Purple Flame Cultivator" or "Murderous Cultivator," it had nothing to do with his current identity anyway.