Temporarily Forget, Hidden and Open Market

While the people from both factions felt apprehensive, they also felt at ease.

Most of them knew the purpose behind their masters taking Zhang Wan as a disciple.

With an heir of such a personality, although it would be troublesome to get along with him, such a leader was more likely to protect the factions and allow them to continue enjoying their current wealth and status.

At a banquet, Zhang Wan met the senior disciples and direct bloodline descendants of his two nominal masters.

There was also a large group of grand-nephews and collateral relatives who would have to wait until later to meet.

Of course, Zhang Wan didn't aim to meet everyone.

That would be too time-consuming and unnecessary.

Meeting the key figures was enough.

After the banquet, most of the senior disciples and the nominal masters' direct bloodline descendants left a communication jade talisman with Zhang Wan.

Using these talismans, Zhang Wan could contact them.

Unfortunately, they were all for one-on-one communication; one talisman could only correspond to one other talisman, making it impossible to contact multiple people from a distance with just one talisman.

After the banquet, Zhang Wan feigned seeking advice from his two nominal masters on some cultivation matters.

Zhang Wan didn't need to ask anyone about these cultivation challenges; he could comprehend them directly using EXP.

But having taken them as masters, he still had to give them some face and let them feel a sense of accomplishment.

Moreover, this served as an excellent excuse.

It could make outsiders believe that his understanding of the martial path came from his masters' guidance.

After all, comprehending cultivation techniques and martial skills without guidance and steadily improving his cultivation was somewhat conspicuous.

If anyone were to dig into this and label him a genius with exceptional comprehension, it would cause quite a bit of trouble.

Already, becoming a disciple of two Ninth Level Postnatal martial artists had brought him a lot of trouble. If he attracted even more attention, he feared he would drown in schemes and calculations.

After finishing these formalities, Zhang Wan returned to his daily cultivation.

Every day, he would visit the two mu of spirit land he was responsible for, then chat with Li Sanjian, Wan Xing'er, and some fellow disciples he had personally screened and deemed worthy of interaction, deepening their mutual understanding and camaraderie.

The members of his two factions were also within the scope of his interactions.

But most of his time was still spent on cultivation.

Zhang Wan still didn't use spirit stones for cultivation. He planned to save the spirit stones in his possession to purchase some desired treasures.

However, his cultivation speed wasn't slow.

Even though he had only average talent and didn't use spirit stones or pills, relying on his fully comprehended cultivation technique, the dense spiritual energy in the outer disciple residential area, and most importantly, EXP, his cultivation speed was still not bad.

By controlling the amount of EXP used for his cultivation, Zhang Wan regulated his cultivation advancement speed to a level that was neither rapid nor slow.

It wasn't astonishingly fast, nor was it so slow as to disappoint his two nominal masters.

He was steadily progressing upwards.

Meanwhile, in secret, Zhang Wan was still drawing fire talismans.

However, having learned of the potential disaster that an Extreme Spirit Planter could bring, Zhang Wan no longer wished to use the Extreme Cultivation Method to cultivate spirit plants on a large scale in secret.

After all, the outer disciple residential area was full of powerful individuals, and the shielding capabilities of the small formations in independent residences were pitifully weak.

Before he could upgrade the formations to be able to block the perception of Seventh Level Postnatal martial artists, he decided to temporarily forget about his knowledge of the Extreme Cultivation Method.

Even if he were to use it, it would be at most for cultivating one or two spirit plants.

Because of this, the issues with talisman brushes, talisman paper, and talisman ink became prominent.

Without the Extreme Cultivation Method, it would be too difficult for him to produce these three items himself to draw talismans.

Mass cultivating them using the regular cultivation method of a Five Elements Spirit Planter was not feasible.

Whether he cultivated them on a large scale in the two mu of spirit land or in his courtyard, if he kept all three items he cultivated for himself and didn't sell them, any fool could guess that he was studying talismans.

He still wanted to use fire talismans as a trump card for surprise attacks.

Selling most of them and keeping only a small portion wouldn't make sense either; too few would not meet Zhang Wan's needs.

It was also impossible to transfer a few spirit plants into his room from time to time, as he had done when he was in the academy.

He had already decided to temporarily forget the Extreme Cultivation Method. Even if he transferred them to his room, without rapid cultivation and rapid consumption, and with everything piled up in his room, how many could he transfer?

It wasn't worth the effort for such a small quantity.

"It seems I have to take the conventional Talisman Master route," Zhang Wan decided to learn from the practices of other Talisman Masters.

In fact, few conventional Talisman Masters produced and sold their own talisman paper, ink, and brushes like he did.

They mostly purchased them from external sources and then made them into talismans to sell, earning the price difference.

Now that the path of self-production and self-sale was sealed off by Zhang Wan, returning to the conventional Talisman Master route to earn resources was the best choice.

"In fact, having fully comprehended the incomplete version of the fire talisman with EXP, my success rate in crafting talismans is far higher than that of ordinary Talisman Masters."

"Even if I take the conventional Talisman Master route, my profit margin will be much higher than that of ordinary Talisman Masters."

"The talismans drawn will have the high-quality ones kept and the lower-quality ones sold, still leaving a decent profit margin."

"This will be enough for me to save a large sum of spirit stones while accumulating a large batch of high-quality talismans."

And obtaining talisman paper, talisman brushes, and talisman ink wouldn't require him to leave the outer disciple living area.

The entire Jade Bone Sect had over fifty million people under its jurisdiction, and each of its affiliated academies could cultivate around two hundred Postnatal martial artists annually.

Across all academies combined, over two thousand Postnatal martial artists entered the Jade Bone Sect's outer sect each year!

With long-term accumulation, the number of outer disciples in the entire Jade Bone Sect consistently remained at over two hundred thousand.

This was even with a portion of outer disciples perishing each year; otherwise, the number would be higher.

Although a considerable portion of outer disciples were dispersed among various branches within the Jade Bone Sect's jurisdiction, the number of outer disciples remaining in the outer disciple living area was still around one hundred thousand.

With so many Postnatal martial artists gathered together, various demands naturally arose.

Although the Jade Bone Sect had established a large market, "Yifu Market," thirty to forty li from the sect's main mountain to satisfy its disciples' needs and to earn resources from rogue cultivators, it was still a bit far from the outer disciple living area.

Some outer disciples simply set up small shops within the outer disciple living area for trading.

Later, this eventually formed two small markets, one hidden and one open.

The gambling house and charm cultivator Zhang Wan was dragged to a few days ago were located in the open market within the living area.

Zhang Wan didn't want anyone to know he was making talismans, so naturally, he wouldn't go to the open market.

The hidden market could also meet his needs.

"Even though it's a market formed within the outer disciple living area, every martial artist has secrets, and many things and people don't want to trade them openly."

"This led to the formation of the hidden and open markets."

"The sect also just turns a blind eye as long as things don't cross the line."

"It's quite convenient for me."