Chapter 9 Urban Life

Mr. Su replied: "Hehe, Xiaotian, you have to remember that there are such landmark buildings in the center of the city, usually such buildings are auction houses, and they are the largest auction houses in the city. On the day of the auction, not only the monks near the city will gather here, but also some well-known auction halls will even attract monks from tens of thousands of miles away to participate, and the larger the auction, the more treasures at the bottom of the box will be auctioned, and then it will depend on who has the wealth. Let's go over and take a look. ”

The father and son walked closer, Xiao Tian looked at the building carefully, and the closer he got closer, the more he felt that it was tall and majestic, and the instrument was extraordinary. Since it was not an auction day, the auction hall was not open, so the father and son watched along the building next to them. Most of them are shops that buy and sell all kinds of cultivation resources, which are basically things that monks take to auction, or the value is not enough to auction, or they are unsold for various reasons, so they are stored in these shops, or sold or exchanged, waiting for someone who is destined. Xiao Tian looked all the way, and only felt eye-opening.

Suddenly, I saw a building in it, which was larger than the façade of these shops, with a plaque hanging on it, with the word "guild" written on it, and people entering and leaving the door from time to time, which was particularly lively. Xiao Tian couldn't help but ask, "Father, what is the guild for?" "The guild is a place dedicated to providing services to monks, but in any city, there must be such a guild. Because of the exercises practiced by the monks, the five elements of yin and yang are all-encompassing, and the cultivation resources required are even more all-encompassing, and there are many things that monks who have practiced for thousands of years may never hear of, let alone obtain. As a result, over time, guilds were created, and if monks were in urgent need of some kind of resources, elixirs, etc., they could post quests and bounties in the guild, and if anyone knew where to get them, they could take on quests and get bounties. When Xiao Tian heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up: "Father, can anyone go to pick up the task?" "The guild's principle is to only release tasks, and then assess the completion of tasks and cash out rewards, and there are no restrictions on who can take over tasks. But how can mortals have the resources that monks need? Therefore, the guild is full of monks, and mortals can only do errands in it at best. Why, do you want to go?" "If there is a task that I can complete, wouldn't it be possible to get a reward and solve our livelihood?" "No matter how simple the monk's task is, it is tantamount to ascending to heaven for mortals, how can you do it?" "Father, I have been cultivating hard all these years, although I am not a monk, but I am much stronger than mortals, maybe some simple tasks can be completed?" "It seems that if you don't go in and see if you don't give up, then go and take a look." As he spoke, the father and son walked into the guild gate.

After entering, there is a square hall, the most striking thing is the three stone slabs hanging from the three walls. These three stone slabs are very huge, almost covering the entire wall, I don't know what it is made of, there are flashes of light on it from time to time, and if you look closely, there are rows of big characters, such as: "One third-level fierce beast Qingfeng wolf beast core, ten spirit coins", "three fire cloud fruits in the mature stage, fifteen spirit coins" and so on. Above the slate in the middle, the words "heaven-level task" are written, the slate on the right is written with the words "prefecture-level task", and the word "human-level task" is written on the left. Mr. Su said to Xiao Tian: "Guild tasks are divided into three levels of heaven, earth and man according to difficulty, the more difficult the task, the higher the bounty. Let's take a look at the human-level quest first. ”

The two of them came to the left wall, only to see a long plan in front of the wall, and behind the case there were four or five young women in their twenties, some of whom were talking to people, and some were burying their heads in writing, and it was obvious that they were handing over tasks. Xiao Tian and his son raised their heads and carefully looked at the task on the stone slab.

There are dozens of lines of large characters on the stone slab, and the light is flickering, but it is extremely soft and not dazzling. At a glance, I saw that the top line reads "Thirty thousand leaf grasses, ten yuan coins, the number of tasks is not limited", and the second line reads "A pair of first-class ferocious beasts pierce the forelimbs of the ferret, one hundred yuan coins". The following lines are all quests and bounties. Before I finished reading it, I suddenly felt a flash of light on the slate, and the task of the second line had been promoted to the first line, and the task of the first line was gone. It turns out that the tasks on this slate are scrolling, and they are updated once in a while. The first time Xiao Tian saw this kind of thing, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

Suddenly, he remembered something, so he turned his head and asked, "Father, I see that the bounty completed in that day-level task is all spirit coins, and this human-level task is all cloud coins, what is the difference between the two?" "This spirit coin and cloud coin are both currencies used for trading among monks, and for the sake of convenience, they can also be used among mortals. One spirit coin can be worth 1,000 yuan. "That's a lot. What can you buy with that cloud coin?" "In the eyes of the monks, the cloud currency is the lowest currency, but for mortals, it is incredible, one cloud currency is enough for you and me, father and son, for half a year. Xiao Tian couldn't help but be taken aback: "So much? Then if I complete a task, won't it be enough for us to eat for several years?" "How can it be so easy, the monk's task, for mortals, is an errand to send lives, do you have this life to take?"

The father and son watched and talked at the same time, although the voice was not high, but most of the monks in the guild could hear the conversation between the two clearly without careful inspection, and many monks turned their heads to look at the father and son. When it became clear that the father of these two people was a mortal, and the son seemed to be a beginner cultivator, he actually went to the guild task hall to judge, and most of them were disdainful and went to their own affairs again. There were also two or three monks who pointed to his father and son and discussed two sentences, what "I don't know whether to live or die" and so on, Mr. Su treated it indifferently, as if he hadn't heard it, but Xiao Tian's face was a little red, and he was ashamed and annoyed in his heart.

Suddenly, a monk came up to the two of them and said in a loud voice, "Little brother, seeing that you are young, do you also want to come on a mission?"

The monk was tall and stout, and wore a monk's robe, with a strip of cloth at random around his waist, and his placket was half open, revealing a thick tuft of black hair on his chest, and the muscles of his arms were bulging, making him look extremely powerful. Although the monks in the hall also wore monk's robes, most of them were neatly dressed and had a relatively well-proportioned body, which made this person quite unusual among this group of monks.

As the saying goes, "everyone has a love for beauty", even monks are no exception, and cultivation is nothing more than learning the flesh and strengthening the soul, so ordinary monks will modify their appearance if they have a certain foundation for cultivation, and even if they are not very satisfied with their appearance, there are many people who completely change their appearance, this little thing is easy for monks, and the muscles and bones and internal organs can be completely changed, so why is it difficult to change the appearance of the monk? Therefore, most of the cultivators, both men and women, have handsome faces, and their skin has become delicate and shiny after being moistened by the aura for a long time, even for the elderly, so mortals are not called "immortals". Only a very small number of monks are either open by nature and do not care about their appearance, or they devote themselves to cultivation and disdain to look beautiful and ugly, and then there are some people who have advanced cultivation and deliberately make their appearance different. In addition to all this, the vast majority of monks are still more concerned about their appearance, of course, not to mention the female cultivators, who can't be said to be all of them, but they are definitely called "like flowers and jade". At this time, the monk in front of Xiaotian's father and son seemed to be a bold person who acted freely and uninhibitedly.

Mr. Su bowed his hand to the monk and said, "This immortal elder, the child is dedicated to the Tao, so he has been cultivating hard, but he likes to practice so that his body is quite tough. He didn't want me to work anymore, and wanted to find an errand where I could earn a living and earn money, first, to provide for my old age, and second, to exchange for some cultivation things, and a piece of filial piety was unstoppable, so I took him to the city to see if there was a suitable errand to do. ”

When the monk heard this, he looked at his father and son for a moment, and said: "This gentleman, you are just a mortal body, and I think that Ling Lang's roots and bones are too commonplace, it seems that it is the cultivation of the first phase of qi refining, and he came to the guild to take over the task, I think it is too difficult, if you are not careful, you will not say that you will not get the bounty, and you will have to take your life." He shook his head as he spoke.

Although Xiao Tian has also practiced with his master for several years, he has never dealt with other monks, and the master has never said how far his cultivation has been, but I remember that the master said that after the internal organs and qi are sufficient, the qi can reach the first stage of qi refining when it enters the dantian, but his liver has not yet been practiced to the extent of fullness, it seems that what this rough monk said is right. Seeing that although he had a rough face and a frightening posture, he spoke casually, so he boldly asked, "This immortal chief, are there any restrictions on this guild taking on tasks?"

When the monk heard this, he smiled and said, "This little brother, it seems that you are too poor in bones, and no sect is willing to teach you, so you are cultivating on your own." Xiao Tian thought that the master would keep it secret and not tell anyone about it, so he replied, "Yes, there was a sect that came to our village to select cultivators, but did not choose me. The monk said: "Cultivation is the first talent, not to mention mortals who do not have spiritual roots, even if they have spiritual roots but the quality is too poor, ordinary people will give up." Because of the lack of innate talent, no matter how hard you work the day after tomorrow, your achievements are limited, and cultivation is extremely resource-consuming. After a pause, he said: "The immortal chief is the name of mortals for my generation of monks, in fact, people like you and me who are lowly cultivators, in the eyes of mortals, they are supernatural powers, in fact, where is the immortal said? It's just a little stronger than mortals." Among the monks, regardless of their age, they only talk about cultivation, because there is a sequence of cultivation, but there is a high or low level of achievement. A person with mediocre talents, even if he has been cultivating for hundreds of years, but he is only cultivating in the foundation building period, and a person with high talents, who has only cultivated for a hundred years, can break through the bottleneck and reach the realm of Yudan, can he still call the foundation building monks of the previous years a senior? For monks, the years are just passing by the clouds, and the improvement of the realm is the royal way. You and I are both cultivators in the Qi refining period, and you don't have to call me senior, you can call me brother, and I will call you a little brother. Ai Ai didn't know how to answer, but the monk was already impatient, and said, "Don't twist and pinch to learn from that girl, do you want to?" Xiao Tian was helpless, so he had to clench his fists and said, "Brother." The monk said, "That's what is decent." ”

The monk asked a few more questions about the situation of Xiao Tian's father and son, remembered what Xiao Tian had just asked, and said to Xiao Tian: "There is no limit to the guild taking on tasks, but the higher the level of the task, the more difficult it is, the higher the risk contained in it, and if the cultivation is not enough, there is a danger of dying." Although the bounty is rich, you must also consider whether you have the life to take it. A cultivator like you, even the lowest-level tasks will give you a small life, and you can't take any of the tasks here. When Xiaotian heard this, he couldn't help but be very disappointed, but he was also secretly unconvinced in his heart, but he didn't say it.

The monk observed his words and knew that Xiao Tian was not convinced, so he said solemnly: "Little brother, what I said is for your good, you must remember, don't be reckless." I see that you are also a person without a sect, and like me, most of us are people of this type, collectively known as loose cultivators, who are not talented enough to be accepted by no sect, and can only struggle to survive in this world on their own. When I saw you, I thought of me back then, for a little bit of cultivation resources, I could only take risks and tie my head to the waistband of my pants to live. I'm still a big fate, and I've finally mixed up today, and I've seen a lot of people who are not good at life, and a few good brothers have not escaped these natural and man-made disasters. Even I don't have to die one day while doing a task. Speaking of which, Rao is open-minded by nature, and he can't help but feel sad.

Xiao Tian was puzzled for a while, and asked: "Then brother, didn't you say that if you don't have the ability, you won't take on high-risk tasks?

The monk smiled bitterly: "Little brother, how can there be such a good thing in the world. You have just stepped into the door of cultivation, and you are still young, and when you reach my age, if you can't break through to build a foundation, then you will die like a mortal, and you will have to die, except for fighting to the death, what way can I go? But I am a casual cultivator, and I have limited talents, and I don't have the support of the sect, and I don't have enough cultivation resources, how can I break through? I can only use my life to win and earn a bounty in exchange for what I need. ”

Xiao Tian asked again: "Brother, I don't know what kind of resources you need to break through, and how much is missing?" The monk said: "Like me, although I have cultivated to the ninth stage of Qi refining, I am only one step away from the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, but even this step has hindered me for more than 20 years. With my talents, it is simply wishful thinking to break through to the foundation of the foundation by myself, and I must rely on some external objects. If you can get some heaven and earth treasures by luck, and you can immediately improve the realm after taking it, it will be a big luck, but the conditions for the birth of these heaven and earth treasures are extremely harsh, and they can be met but not sought, even if you know where they are, the sinister environment is that the Yuanying monks will die, and we are afraid that they will come to naught if they are touched by one of them. Moreover, the energy contained in the strange things of heaven and earth is extremely pure, although it can improve the realm after taking it, but more often than not, the energy is too large and cannot be absorbed, and eventually the body explodes and dies, so there is no need to think about the treasures of heaven and earth. The most suitable thing for us to use is Tsukidan. Xiao Tian asked, "What is Tsukidan?" The monk laughed again: "Little brother, you are really a complete chick, and you don't even know Tsukidan." This Zhuji Dan can be said to be something that our Qi Refining Cultivators must obtain, and it is also the only way for us to break through the Foundation Building. The so-called Zhuji Dan is a great supernatural monk for the younger disciples to break through the bottleneck of foundation building, collect a variety of elixirs, or even add a little heaven and earth treasures to refine, which has an amplifying effect on breaking through the foundation building, one Zhuji Dan can increase the probability of foundation building by three percent, and three Zhuji Dan can basically ensure the success of foundation building. But how precious this is the Tsukidan, only some of the great sects with a long heritage, with abundant resources and great powers, can accumulate some, and these sects will take the Tsukidan to the auction house for auction from time to time in order to obtain better cultivation resources, or designate to exchange some necessary things. Almost all of the monks who came to the guild to take on tasks were to accumulate capital so that they could have the financial resources to bid for Tsukidan. For characters like my brother and me, one Tsukidan is also a waste, and it takes three Tsukidan to dare to break through. Xiao Tian asked, "I wonder how many Tsukidans my brother has?" As soon as these words came out, he immediately felt that there was silence around him, and the monks in the hall closed their mouths tightly.

Xiao Tian also noticed something unusual, and couldn't help but hesitate a little, and asked, "Brother, did I say the wrong thing?" The rough monk looked at him for a long time, and then said after a while: "If it weren't for my view that your cultivation is shallow and not deeply involved in the world, just what you said just now would have summoned you to kill yourself, do you know?" Xiao Tian was startled, and he was at a loss, Mr. Su listened for a long time, and then he interjected: "The child is ignorant, he doesn't know the severity, and the immortal is not strange." The monk said: "People die for money, birds die for food, my generation of monks fight for this Zhuji Dan, if you fight, you live, if you can't, you die, you ask me how many Zhuji Dan, do you know that as long as I answer you have one, after leaving this guild, will you die in Huangquan in an instant?" Xiao Tian then woke up to the power, and his heart was annoyed, and he was busy: "Brother, I'm really sorry, I don't know that this will cause you trouble, and it will affect you, I'm really sorry." The monk was astonished, and asked, "You said that you have troubled me, are you not afraid that I will kill you?"