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#219 - It turns out that running a shop is so profitable

Spirit Bamboo Peak.

In the courtyard, Chu Meng was eating peanuts and reading a book in her hand.

Enjoying it.

But before she could read for long, she heard a knock on the door.

Hearing this, Chu Meng raised her head and said, "Come in."

Chun Yu walked in and respectfully saluted, "Miss."

"What is it?" Chu Meng asked blandly, eating peanuts.

"I have found some news. So far, six peak masters have accepted disciples. Without exception, these people are all around the Golden Core stage.

Their ages vary, and their appearances differ greatly.

Some look like they are in their early twenties, while others look like they are in their early fifties.

But without exception, it would be difficult for these people to become disciples on the mountain under normal circumstances.

The reason they were accepted as disciples by the peak masters is because of other things.

Qualities, temperament, and aspirations.

These are all vague things with no practical use.

And recently, the peak masters have also been trying to cultivate these people.

I don't know what they are up to."

Chu Meng didn't pay much attention and just said, "Is there any news from the clan?"

"Not yet," Chun Yu shook her head.

"What do you think the clan is feeling now? My talent is obvious, they should be very happy," Chu Meng said with a smile, "Write a letter back, saying that I'm short of spirit stones recently and want to go back. Ask them when they are free.

Also, make it clear in the letter who I belong to now."

Chun Yu didn't ask why, just nodded heavily, "Yes."

"Is the new secret realm about to open?" Chu Meng picked up the peanuts.

"I have indeed heard of it," Chun Yu nodded, "I heard that the sect plans to invite two or three other sects to enter the secret realm together.

There is news that the Sword Immortal Sword family is in the secret realm, and many people from Sky Suspension Peak should enter.

According to the situation of each main peak, Gu An, that person, may also enter this time.

Some people may even support him.

But he is reckless and may kill people indiscriminately inside."

Chu Meng nodded slightly, without saying a word.

She continued to eat peanuts.

The next day at noon.

Greenwood City.

Gu An arrived here on his sword.

After successfully taking office last night, Gu An began to work.

The first thing was to familiarize himself with the talismans here.

They are all defensive talismans, attack talismans, and daily soundproofing talismans, stealth talismans, and so on.

Cheap ones can be bought with broken spirit stones, and expensive ones cost dozens of spirit stones each.

The most expensive is probably the Foundation Establishment Heart Protection Talisman for thirty spirit stones.

It has the best effect on those below the Foundation Establishment stage and can temporarily relieve injuries when seriously injured.

It's almost a life-saving thing.

It just doesn't last long.

As soon as midnight arrived, he returned to the Peak Outside the Peak to chop wood.

Until noon.

He also met Pang Wen and Shu Ci.

The former is the strongest in the second team besides the leader, and he is involved in most things.

Shu Ci is actually the strongest.

And she is sophisticated.

She has ideas and methods in doing things.

Assisted by Pang Wen, they can handle almost everything in the second team.

Only some deliberate targeting and difficulties can they not handle.

Of course, some tasks are indeed tricky.

But these tricky things have decreased since he, the leader, became a disciple of the peak master.

At least in the next few months, it will be quite stable.

Of course, Shu Ci will also inform him of the current situation in the sect.

That is, a total of six peak masters have accepted disciples, and people from each peak are taking these disciples to do tasks.

There is a great tendency to cultivate them.

She also subtly asked Gu An if any peak master was cultivating him.

Gu An did not answer this question.

Originally, the peak master did have the intention to cultivate him, but he refused.

He chose to chop wood.

When everyone is being cultivated, and he is still chopping wood, outsiders will probably think he has been abandoned.

Then those who couldn't stand him would be celebrating.

And those who didn't dare to target him would probably be exposed.

Life should not be as easy as it is now.

But accept cultivation?

What about chopping wood then?

Is any stable life more important than chopping wood?

Therefore, he still focuses on chopping wood, as long as he advances quickly.

These difficulties will be solved without being attacked.

"You are punctual," the old man in the small shop said calmly.

This shop is small, but the location is good.

It is in the front row of the street.

However, the big shops are inside, and the prestigious ones are in the middle.

Such shops don't need a good location. Wherever they are, that's the best location.

After all, many people will go there.

"I haven't asked for your name, senior," Gu An respectfully saluted.

"Qin Shufu," the old man said casually.

Gu An's name was said yesterday.

"I'm making talismans in the back. Remember, no matter what kind of customer comes, even if their tone is not good, you need to talk to them calmly.

Don't underestimate those with weak cultivation, and you must know how to respect those with high cultivation.

Otherwise, if you encounter trouble, I can't save you," Qin Shufu looked at Gu An seriously.

"Thank you, senior," Gu An respectfully saluted.

After that, the other party went to the back to make talismans.

Gu An sat in the small shop, waiting for customers.

This is really a bit rare. He has occasionally set up a stall, but sitting in a shop is rare.

In his spare time, he took a book on making talismans and read it.

Making talismans requires concentration of energy, spirit, and mind, followed by the outline of the talisman pen, and more importantly, understanding the meaning of the runes.

Gu An dipped in water and tried it.

Each stroke was neat and tidy, but the combination felt unaesthetic.

The difference from the runes was not just a little bit, it was completely the opposite.

"Why is this happening?"

He felt that he was imitating the talismans stroke by stroke.

He could understand the difference in thickness.

But the overall drawing couldn't be compared.

This was too frustrating.

"Good concentration, but your writing is too bad. Diligent study can draw it, but without talent, you can't go far."

Qin Shufu didn't know when he came out, stood behind Gu An, and shook his head and sighed.

Gu An also sighed with emotion: "Perhaps my talent is in alchemy."

"Why not in formations?" Qin Shufu asked curiously.

Because I have seen the formation plate and couldn't understand it, Gu An thought in his heart, but didn't say it.

Qin Shufu didn't pay much attention, but said: "I'm going out for a while. Take good care of the shop. If someone buys formations, take them from inside.

You have to make up for however many spirit stones are missing.

If you have the ability to sell them expensively, that's yours."

Gu An nodded to show he understood.

Then the other party left.

Thus, Gu An was left alone in the shop.

Soon someone came to look at the talismans, a man in the seventh level of Qi Refining.

He was in his early thirties, with a lot of fat.

He looked quite fierce.

He raised his eyebrows and glanced at Gu An and said, "Is the boss not here?"

"Not here," Gu An smiled and shook his head.

"I thought he was here, are you new here?" the other party asked.

Gu An nodded: "Just came last night."

"As usual, two healing talismans, one solidifying spirit talisman, put it on the account," the man said seriously.

Gu An originally thought a big order was coming, but he was a little surprised to hear it was on the account: "On the account?"

"Yes, didn't the boss give you the account book?" the other party asked with some doubt.

"The boss didn't give me the account book," Gu An nodded.

“Then just put down Mang Hu’s name. I’ll come to settle the account at the end of the month, same as always,” the man urged.

“Get the talismans ready.”

Gu An looked at him, unmoved. “The boss didn’t mention anything about that.”

“Didn’t mention it?” The man sneered. “What, you think I’m trying to trick you?

Do you know I’m a big customer here? You finally found an easy job. Don’t want to keep doing it, is that it?”

“Why don’t you wait for the boss to come back, Daoist friend?” Gu An asked.

“When will your boss be back?” the man asked.

Gu An shook his head.

“You want me to?” the man said coldly. “Take the talismans, put it on the tab. Would I be greedy for these things? What kind of person do you take me for?

I see you don’t want to work here anymore. You’re ruining the boss’s long-term customers.”

Gu An looked at him calmly, feeling quite emotional.

So, working in the city isn’t comfortable at all.

He was at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and the other guy was too, yet he was using his job to threaten him.

Sighing, Gu An said, “Daoist friend, come in with me.”

Hearing this, a cunning glint flashed in the man’s eyes.

After entering, there was a loud bang inside.

Then, a crack.

Afterward, Gu An came out with thirteen spirit stones, saying calmly, “The Daoist friend found money and returned it to its owner. It’s a blessing for me to meet you.”

Behind him, the burly man clutched his arm, looking pained. “D-Daoist friend, what are you saying? I-I’ll leave now.”

Gu An nodded. “Then I won’t keep you, Daoist friend.”

Then, the man quickly left.

Gu An sat in the shop, shaking his head and sighing.

He earned thirteen spirit stones; guarding the shop was indeed quite profitable.

After that, Gu An welcomed two more customers, but they both bought talismans normally.

Although they haggled, Gu An stayed within the boss’s bottom line.

However, he argued reasonably, making them feel that haggling was difficult.

In the end, they got some discounts.

And left happily.

He gave them enough emotional value.

The boss hadn’t returned this time.

Gu An watched the shop for three days.

On the evening of the third day.

Gu An was still reading.

Suddenly, an old woman walked in.

She looked around, her gaze landing on Gu An, and said respectfully, “Shopkeeper, I want to buy talismans.”

Gu An looked at her, frowning.

She was an ordinary person.

And he had seen her before.

She looked to be in her fifties or sixties, much older than him.

Her energy and spirit were somewhat depleted.

She kept her head down, seemingly feeling inferior.

Ordinary people on this street did feel inferior.

If they accidentally bumped into a cultivator, things could easily go wrong.

“Old woman, what kind of talismans do you want to buy?” Gu An asked.

This was Senior Sister Zeng Lan’s mother.

Meeting her was unexpected.

“I, I only have three spirit stones. What kind of talismans can I buy?” The old woman carefully took out three spirit stones and asked.

Gu An looked at the three spirit stones, wrapped layer upon layer, and said, “What type do you want?”

“My daughter is a cultivator. I don’t know what kind of talismans she needs?” The old woman looked at Gu An, not daring to speak loudly.

Gu An thought for a moment and said:

“A healing talisman would be useful to her. If you have enough spirit stones, a defensive talisman would also be good.”

“Healing talisman?” The old woman asked cautiously, “But isn’t a healing talisman four spirit stones?”

Four spirit stones? Gu An was surprised. Even a basic healing talisman in Greenwood City was only two spirit stones, right?

Gu An thought for a moment and said, “Recently, the price has dropped. You can buy two for three spirit stones.”

“Really?” Hearing this, the old woman visibly became excited, but quickly lowered her head again, saying respectfully, “Shopkeeper, I want to buy two.”

Gu An took the spirit stones, carefully examining them. One of the spirit stones was actually fake.

“Where did this spirit stone come from?” Gu An asked curiously.

“I exchanged it with a colleague for broken spirit stones,” the old woman said nervously. “Is it not right?”

Gu An shook his head. “No, it’s fine. Don’t exchange it next time. We also accept broken spirit stones.”

Saying that, Gu An put away the spirit stones and gave her two healing talismans.

Finally, he asked curiously, “Is this for yourself?”

“I’m saving it for my daughter.” The old woman carefully put away the talismans and said:

“She works too hard. I want to do something for her.”

“Your daughter should be very happy,” Gu An said calmly.

“She’s very angry.” The old woman said with a smile:

“Actually, she wasn’t like this when she was little. She was a very pretty little girl, but after I got sick, she never wore her pretty clothes again, and her slender hands grew calluses.”

Saying that, she realized what she was doing and quickly said, “I’m talking too much. I’ll leave now.”

After speaking, the other party bowed and tried to speed up her pace.

Gu An watched her leave, remaining silent.

Then, he took out three spirit stones and put them into the boss’s earnings.

After that, he always felt that his sharpness was diminishing.

The confidence brought by advancing to the Nascent Soul realm was fading little by little.

He didn’t even want to fight with people anymore.

He didn’t know if it was good or bad.

After that, he was either logging wood at Peak Beyond Peak or selling talismans in Green Wood City.

He met many people, some good and some bad.

In the end, some kind people gave him spirit stones.

He earned fifty or sixty spirit stones in total.

He earned more than the boss.

This job was indeed not bad.

The income was quite substantial.

At the end of April.

Gu An received a message from Duanmu Qing of Sky Suspension Peak.

It said that the sect would be opening a new secret realm next month and wanted him to participate.

Moreover, a fellow senior brother would be leading the way, so there would be some gains.

Gu An thought for a long time. He had also asked some people. Entering and exiting the secret realm would take at least a month and at most three months.

Therefore, he refused.

On the premise that Peak Beyond Peak was busy and that he had no great ambitions and did not occupy a Sky Suspension Peak quota, he stated that he would not enter the secret realm.

The next day.

Lu Ruan also sent a message.

Informing him that the disciples accepted by the other peak masters recently had all participated in similar events.

If he didn’t go, he might be considered to have been abandoned by the peak master.

At that time, the situation would be extremely difficult.

Gu An had already thought about this.

And he could bear it.

Therefore, he still chose to refuse.

Sky Suspension Peak.

Lu Ruan and Duanmu Qing looked at each other.

“Why is this?” Lu Ruan couldn’t understand.

“Knowing that the situation will change, but still refusing, is there a deeper meaning?” Duanmu Qing was also puzzled.

“His refusal is not only a refusal to cultivate, but also putting himself in the spotlight.” Lu Ruan felt that he really couldn’t see through him.

“He seems to really want to chop wood.” Duanmu Qing thought of what his master had said.

The master mentioned it unintentionally, saying that Gu An only wanted to chop wood.

A blockhead beyond help.

After thinking for a moment, he sent a message again.

This time, the message talisman returned quickly.

Duanmu Qing checked the content and smiled. “He agreed to go.”

Hearing this, Lu Ruan was even more puzzled. “Why?”