This morning, Li Yuan was painting Qi Gathering Talisman in the yard.
There were two knocks on the door.
Li Yuan put down Talisman Brush, got up and walked to the door.
Opening the courtyard door, there was a person standing outside.
He is in his mid-thirties, of medium height, with a delicate face and fair skin, unlike Rogue Cultivator who runs outside all year round.
The fingertips are yellow and the nails are trimmed very short.
Cultivation as Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
The visitor bowed his hands towards Li Yuan and smiled.
"Fellow Daoist Li?"
"Yes."
"My surname is Shen, Shen Yue."
He put his hands down from the cupped position, glanced around the yard, saw Talisman Paper and Spirit Ink spread on the table, and nodded.
"What do you want from me?"
Shen Yue did not rush to speak, but took a look into the courtyard door.
"Can I go in and talk?"
Li Yuan stepped aside half a step, Shen Yue walked into the yard and sat down on the stone bench next to the table.
Li Yuan did not sit down, but leaned against the table and looked at him.
Shen Yue put his hands on his knees and spoke.
"I practice Alchemist and have been doing it at Yunyang Marketplace for more than three years. I usually do some Qi Replenishment Pill, Origin Recovery Pill and the like, and I have a fixed stall at Rogue Cultivator Gathering Area."
He pointed in the direction of Main Street.
"Two days ago I went to Ziyuan Trading Firm to buy Spirit Herb and saw a new sign on Shopkeeper Han with your name written on it."
"I asked Shopkeeper Han a few words, and he said you are Freelance Talisman Maker, your craftsmanship is very good, and the appearance of Talisman is ranked high among all Yunyang Marketplace."
He looked at Li Yuan.
"I just wanted to come over and get acquainted."
Li Yuan hummed and waited for him to continue.
Shen Yue rubbed the traces of medicinal powder on his fingers.
"It's not just acquaintance. I want to discuss cooperation with you."
"What cooperation?"
"Cooperation between craftsmen." Shen Yue leaned forward slightly.
"There are many Rogue Cultivator craftsmen in Yunyang Marketplace, including alchemists Alchemist, Talisman Making masters, and Artifact Refiner. But they all do their own thing and have little contact with each other.
Spirit Herb It's too expensive and I can't find cheap channels. I don't know who to ask when I'm short of mineral materials. Sometimes I have extra materials on hand and want to exchange them for something else, but I can't find a suitable trading partner."
"I know a Artifact Refiner, whose surname is Zhou, who has opened a small workshop in the east of Fangshi. He is good at refining First-Order Law Artifact. His craftsmanship is not bad, and Talisman Brush can also make it."
"The two of us have been working together for almost a year. We usually trade materials and introduce customers to each other, which is very smooth."
Shen Yue paused and continued.
"All we need is one Talisman Making division."
Li Yuan looked at him.
"What kind of cooperation method?"
"It's very simple, not mandatory." Shen Yue waved his hand.
"It's about interoperability. When you need Spirit Herb or Medicinal Pill, come to me, and the price is cheaper than on the market. When I need Talisman, come to you, and it's just as cheap. Zhou Artifact Refiner The same goes for. If you need Talisman Brush or Law Artifact accessories, go to him. If he needs Talisman or Medicinal Pill, go to us."
He counted on his fingers.
"Three craftsmen can save a lot of Spirit Stone by exchanging materials together. Customers can also introduce each other. When someone comes to me for Alchemy and asks me if I know a good Talisman Making master, I will push you over. The same goes for the other way around."
He put his hand down.
"No contract signed, no binding. Anyone who wants to quit can quit at any time. It's just a partnership for mutual convenience."
Li Yuan thought for a while.
The conditions are really good.
Talisman Making requires a large amount of Spirit Herb to make Herb Talisman Paper. If you can get Spirit Herb from Shen Yue at a lower price than the market price, the material cost can be further reduced.
Medicinal Pill himself is also practicing, but the varieties are limited. If Shen Yue has Medicinal Pill that he doesn't know how to practice, it will be easier to trade with each other.
Artifact Refiner is more useful. Talisman Brush is the core tool of Talisman Making, and the price of a good Talisman Brush is not low. If you can get a Talisman Brush with a suitable price from Artifact Refiner, you will save a lot of Spirit Stone in the long run.
And it is not bound and you can exit at any time. There is no risk.
"Okay." Li Yuan nodded.
The smile on Shen Yue's face obviously relaxed a little.
"Let's go, I'll take you to see Zhou Artifact Refiner. His workshop is just to the east, Cola Novels - focusing on providing the most comfortable reading experience. It's a quarter of an hour's walk."
The two of them walked out of the courtyard gate, walked along the side alley to the main street, and turned east.
Walk east along the main street for a while and turn into a narrow alley. At the end of the alley is a small stone house with a wooden sign hanging on the door with the words Zhou's Workshop written on it.
The door of the stone house was half open, and there was a clanking sound and a smell of hot metal coming from inside.
Shen Yue shouted at the door.
"Lao Zhou, people brought it."
The knocking stopped.
A strong man in his forties walked out of the stone house. His shoulders were extremely broad, his arms were thick, and his palms were nearly a circle larger than Li Yuan's.
Wearing a sleeveless coarse cloth blouse, the chest was stained with iron filings and Mineral Powder.
Qi Refining Sixth Layer.
Zhou Artifact Refiner wiped his hands on his apron twice and looked at Li Yuan.
"Are you Ziyuan Trading Firm's Talisman Making master?"
"Li Yuan."
"Lao Zhou, Zhou Tie." He stretched out his hand and Li Yuan shook it. His palm was rough and hot, as if he had just come from the stove.
Zhou Tie raised his chin towards the inside of the stone house.
"Come in and sit."
The inside of the stone house is larger than it looks from the outside. There is a half-person-high Refining Furnace placed against the wall, with residual heat still rising from the furnace mouth.
Various hammers, pliers and files are hung on the wall, and several boxes of mineral materials and semi-finished Law Artifact accessories are piled on the floor.
There are two Talisman Brushs that have just been punched out on the table. The pen barrels have not been painted yet. The wood<i class="icon icon-uniE00E"></i><i class="icon icon-uniE071"></i> can be seen on the outside with fine texture.
Zhou Tie brought two stools from the corner, and the three of them sat down around the table.
Shen Yue talked about the cooperation again. Zhou Tie nodded after listening and said there was no nonsense.
"Okay, one more person means more roads."
He picked up a Talisman Brush from the table and handed it to Li Yuan.
"Look at this. Spirit Wood pen holder. The pen tip is made of First-Order Mid-Grade Demon Beast. The workmanship is quite fine. It costs about twenty Spirit Stone on the market, fifteen if you want it."
Li Yuan held Talisman Brush in his hand and weighed it. The pen barrel was stable, the wood was warm and moist, and the spiritual power was transmitted smoothly after being poured into it from the fingertips, without obvious attenuation.
The quality is good, much better than the ones sold at the Rogue Cultivator stall.
"Okay."
Li Yuan placed fifteen pieces of Spirit Stone on the table, and Talisman Brush put it into the storage bag.
The three people chatted for a while about their respective situations.
The Alchemy varieties of Shen Yue are mainly Qi Replenishment Pill and Origin Recovery Pill, and occasionally some Detoxification Pill and Origin Consolidation Pill. Zhou Tie mainly makes First-Order Law Artifact and Talisman Brush, occasionally take on some Law Artifact repair work.
The customer bases of the three people overlap and complement each other. Many of Medicinal Pill's customers of Shen Yue need Talisman, and some of Law Artifact's customers of Zhou Tie also need Medicinal Pill. If we introduce each other, we can do more business.
After the chat, Li Yuan and Shen Yue left Zhou Tie's workshop together.
"If you need anything in the future, just come to me directly." Shen Yue cupped his hands towards Li Yuan at the entrance of the alley, "My stall is in the third row on the east side of Rogue Cultivator Gathering Area, and I'm there every morning."
Li Yuan nodded and the two separated.
Go back to the yard and close the door.
Li Yuan sat on the bed and took out a Iron Wall Pill from the storage bag.
There are only two left.
When the pill is put into the mouth, burning heat explodes from the bottom of the stomach and pours into the bones of the limbs along the spine. Bone Marrow Tempering amplifies the effect of the medicine by 30%, and Spirit Liquid Enrichment increases it by another 30%.
Iron Wall Body Refining Art is running.
The spiritual power is poured into the muscles Deep Layer. Mastery Stage along the path of Cultivation Method. The absorption channel has been permanently widened, and the speed of spiritual power penetration is much faster than that of Proficiency.
Spirit-Blood Dual Cultivation of Blood Coagulation Pill causes Qi and Blood to run simultaneously, and the two forces alternately wash between Muscle Fibers.
Once, twice, three times.
The Proficiency degree of Iron Wall Body Refining Art is rising steadily.
After the effect of the medicine wore off, Li Yuan stopped practicing and switched back to Spirit Guiding Art to continue practicing.
Spiritual Qi pours into the body, Pure Spirit Power removes impurities, and the spiritual power condenses and sinks into the Dantian.
Yunyang Marketplace outside the courtyard wall gradually became quiet. In the distance, there was a faint sound of closing stalls in the direction of the main street, and the footsteps of Patrol Inspector changing shifts passed by the alley.
Li Yuan Close your eyes, breathe evenly, and your spiritual power and Qi and Blood are circulating in your body over and over again.