Chapter 138: Establishing a Market Exclusively for Independent Cultivators

Therefore, even if the various shops in Baihefang City become more and more aggressive, constantly lowering the purchase price of materials, and raising the prices of elixirs, magic tools, and talismans, there is nothing that casual cultivators can do.

You have to sell when you should sell, you still have to buy when you should buy.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the whole room was a little depressing.

The oppression of family and sect forces is no longer a matter of a day or two, it has been with him throughout his entire career as a casual cultivator.

Especially small cities like Baihefang City are not controlled by powerful forces, so all forces are more unscrupulous.

If it were a large city controlled by Qingshan Sect, such as Luyuanfang City, this situation would most likely not happen.

After all, prices represent credibility. If they are changed at will, it will inevitably damage the prestige of all parties.

Therefore, medium and large-scale cities under the independent control of powerful families and sects will have strict rules and will not be as bad as the situation in Baihefang City.

Wang Qin also sighed and advised: "You two Taoists should just accept your fate. The current situation is like this. Even if a strong foundation builder comes, there is nothing we can do."

"If you really don't want to give in, then just hoard the materials first, and wait until the price stabilizes before selling them. We are all the same, we only sell some low-value materials, and keep the good stuff until the price Take action when appropriate.”

Meng Yueshan was silent, and Lin Yuan also frowned.

Suddenly, Lin Yuan said: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Wang, since the shops in Baihefang City behave like this, then why do we have to hang ourselves on a tree?"

Xie Zhouhe frowned slightly and asked, "What do you mean, Fellow Daoist Lin?"

Lin Yuan lowered his eyes and said: "Since the family and sect forces are oppressing us casual cultivators, then why don't we just leave Baihefang City and build a small city of our own, only for internal exchanges and cooperation among the casual cultivators?"

As Lin Yuan's words fell, the scene fell into silence for a moment, leaving only the sound of slightly heavy breathing.

After a long time, Xie Zhouhe's sigh broke the silence, "Oh, Fellow Daoist Lin, you think too simplistically. How can it be so easy to establish a small market? Even if it is just an ultra-small trading place, it is not easy. thing."

"Is this troublesome?" Lin Yuan asked doubtfully.

After all, he was young and had far less knowledge than the older generation of casual cultivators, so he naturally asked without thinking.

Xie Zhouhe was not bored and took the initiative to explain: "There are indeed many obstacles. For example, if you want to build a small city, you first need strong strength to clean up a safe environment, and in the later stage, you need to arrange strong people to carry out the work." Only by guarding can we ensure that the city is not invaded by monsters.”

"Secondly, there must be talents in magic weapons, elixirs, talismans, etc., to supply these necessary items for practicing and hunting monsters. Otherwise, it will just be used as a trading place for bartering, and it cannot be called a workshop at all. city."

“Finally, we need strong people to take the lead so that this city can have credibility and make people want to stay here for a long time.”

Xie Zhouhe asked a lot of questions, which made Meng Yueshan and Lin Yuan fall into thinking.

To be honest, what the casual cultivators lack is never all kinds of precious materials, because they are active in the wild, and a large part of the materials used by the forces and families come from the casual cultivators.

However, what casual cultivators lack is the ability to transform these materials into high-level cultivation resources, so they must rely on various forces to survive.

However, when Meng Yueshan thought deeply, he was surprised to find that perhaps these problems are not difficult to solve.

There are no more than three difficulties: leaders, various immortal cultivation skills, and a safe environment.

The leader can be taken by the ninth-level Qi Refining casual cultivators. They already have a certain reputation among the casual cultivators, and their strength is not weak, so they can fully play this role to a certain extent.

In a safe city environment, this is relatively difficult.

At least an environment is needed that has sufficient aura, can withstand the attacks of monsters, and has a certain space for development.

But Meng Yueshan knew that with the support of the young master, he only needed to find an environment with spiritual energy. Later, he could use formations to protect him and combine the terrain to form a safe city environment. This problem could also be solved.

In the end, only the skills of cultivating immortals, the necessary elixirs, magic weapons, talismans, etc. are left, which are an important part of the monk's strength.

Among casual cultivators, although there are a few people who know a little bit about the art of cultivating immortals, such as Hua Niang, these are still a very small number of people.

Therefore, this has become the most difficult restriction for building a city.

After thinking in his mind for a long time, Meng Yueshan still did not give up. Instead, he looked at Xie Zhouhe and the two of them and said: "Two fellow Taoists, the situation of casual cultivators is already very bad now, and the oppression of the family and sect forces is getting more and more serious. , If we don’t seek changes as soon as possible, I’m afraid the situation will only get worse in the future!”

"Of course we understand the truth, but it's not something you and I can change." Xie Zhouhe said helplessly.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist, if a ninth-level Qi refining expert takes the lead and finds an area with spiritual veins to jointly build a miniature market, do you think it is possible?"

Xie Zhouhe frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "Spiritual veins are rare, and most of them are occupied by family forces. Even if we can jointly fight for one, subsequent garrisoning will be a problem, and it will be difficult to ensure that it will not be attacked and plundered by monsters."

When Meng Yueshan heard this, his eyes narrowed and he lowered his voice and said, "What if a formation master takes action and arranges a formation around this spiritual vein?"

"Array Master?!"

The eyes of the two people changed slightly, and they took a deep look at Meng Yueshan.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, I was even more shocked, so after thinking for a while, I said: "If there is really a formation to protect you, this matter has a slight chance of success, but...do these two fellow Taoists have the channels of formation masters?" ?”

Meng Yueshan smiled and did not answer directly. After all, he could not make the decision alone and needed to return to the valley to report.

However, such an attitude has convinced Xie Zhouhe and Wang Qin that the two people in front of them may be the channels for the formation masters, and their attitudes can't help but become more solemn.

Xie Zhouhe thought deeply and said: "If the venue problem is solved, then the art of cultivating immortals may not be particularly difficult."

"Oh?" Meng Yueshan couldn't help but look happy and asked, "Can you solve this problem?"

Xie Zhouhe waved his hand and said with a smile: "After all, there are only a few casual cultivators who are proficient in the art of cultivating immortals, but we can solve this problem with the help of others."

"who?"

Meng Yueshan, Lin Yuan, and Wang Qin all looked at Xie Zhouhe in confusion.

Xie Zhouhe said calmly: "The power of the Qi Lian family."

"Qi Refining Family?" Wang Qin asked back, thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but frown.

The same is true for Meng Yueshan and Lin Yuan. They originally tried to open up a trading place exclusively for casual cultivators in order to avoid the influence of their families and sects.

But now they want to join the Qi Refining Family, which is really puzzling for them.