Green Little Bird

Once Gu Jiu's resolve hardened, he no longer kept expressing his loyalty every now and then as before.

Simply to make the young master understand his attitude.

His mindset had merely undergone a complete transformation; he immediately began placing the young master's interests and future first.

"Young Master! Do you want this servant to go to Little Hemmu Island and sell these spirit talismans?"

The young master's cultivation and resources were what mattered most!

"They're Foundational Talismans!"

Yue Shuo corrected him.

Seeing Gu Jiu grin foolishly and honestly without arguing, he thought for a moment and took out ten of each of the three kinds of talismans.

Gu Jiu had previously told him the market prices.

One tael of gold per talisman.

Of course, that was the purchase price. Gu Jiu was not too clear on the selling price, but Yue Shuo guessed it could fetch half that.

Calculated that way, it would not even be enough for a bottle of Grain-Repelling Pills.

Three Spirit Stones for one bottle of Grain-Repelling Pills.

Five pills per bottle.

He had previously taken one every two days; now, it seemed he needed one a day.

Qi Refining cultivators could not yet abstain from food on their own. They could only take Grain-Repelling Pills to avoid eating mortal food.

Of course.

Grain-Repelling Pills also contained nutritional elements similar to high-energy food.

"Does the quality of a Foundational Talisman affect its price?"

Yue Shuo asked. Gu Jiu looked blank.

Gu Jiu immediately admitted his fault:

"I'm sorry, Young Master. This servant never paid much attention to the prices of spirit talismans. This servant used to be only a Second-Class Martial Artist..."

Yue Shuo asked strangely:

"What difference does being first-class or second-class make?"

Gu Jiu answered honestly:

"Second-Class Martial Artists have lower survival ability. Even if they want to, they generally do not get the chance to accept sea-patrol missions!"

"If you do not survive at sea, there is no use for these spirit talismans."

Only First-Class Martial Artists would venture through the sea regions.

Only they could make a living there.

Naturally, Innate Martial Artists went without saying.

Generally, no matter which cultivation lineage an Innate Martial Artist joined, he could become either a cultivation disciple or a guest elder.

"So most people who buy Foundational Talismans are First-Class Martial Artists?"

"Yes! There are also some unaffiliated Innate Martial Artists... the sort who come from mortal kingdoms to seek their fortunes. They also have a great demand for Foundational Talismans!"

Gu Jiu explained.

For Innate Martial Artists, making money was naturally easy.

A spirit talisman worth one tael of gold was nothing to them at all.

Yue Shuo had only just begun to understand the prices in this world. Since Gu Jiu said so, he would believe him for the time being.

After thinking about it, he took out another ten of each Foundational Talisman.

Under Gu Jiu's dumbstruck gaze.

He resisted the urge to dump a massive quantity onto the market and had him put the Foundational Talismans away.

At present, Yue Shuo possessed over one hundred and eighty Water Condensation Talismans, seventy-nine Fire-Starting Talismans, and twenty-nine Garment-Cleansing Dust-Removing Talismans.

He gave Gu Jiu twenty of each kind.

Other than when he had first begun Talisman Crafting, when his success rate had been low and he had used up quite a bit of Yellow Talisman Paper.

Now, even for the somewhat accomplished Dust-Cleaning Talisman.

He had reached a success rate of one in three.

He currently had over two hundred unused blank sheets of Yellow Talisman Paper remaining.

"Use the gold from the transaction to buy a bottle of Grain-Repelling Pills. If there is anything left, buy Yellow Talisman Paper and materials for Talisman Ink..."

Yue Shuo was not sure whether there would be anything left.

That would depend on Gu Jiu's skill in making deals.

In any case, this was only a trial run.

If Gu Jiu proved unsuitable.

He would not lose anything.

"I'll go at once!" Gu Jiu carefully wrapped the sixty Foundational Talismans in cloth and placed them in a box.

Yue Shuo glanced at the sky and said expressionlessly:

"Go during the day! Leave early and return early!"

Going out at night?

Was he deliberately making things difficult for himself and charging headlong into danger?

At least there were more people during the day. Judging by Gu Jiu's old way of doing things, moving with a group would raise his safety considerably.

"Uh, Young Master means... not to use the black market?"

Gu Jiu asked cautiously.

Yue Shuo: "...Are legitimate shops that crooked?"

Gu Jiu shook his head forcefully.

Only ordinarily crooked.

Yue Shuo had originally wanted to dismiss him with a few words, but considering that this was the only person he could use at present, he could only explain things more thoroughly.

"What this young master wants now is for you to make the round trip safely!"

Gu Jiu's face filled with emotion.

Yue Shuo continued, "If someone beats you up and robs you outside, this young master will have no way to save you in time!"

Gu Jiu's expression froze slightly.

Yue Shuo spoke frankly:

"You're weak. If you still do not know how to be cautious and preserve your life, this young master can only set up a tomb with your clothes and cap afterward..."

Gu Jiu understood.

The young master was worrying about him, caring for him!

Yue Shuo had originally wanted to say a few harsh things, but seeing Gu Jiu's moved expression, he swallowed the barbed words back down.

"In any case! Human lives matter more! Safety first! Go quickly and return quickly!"

"This young master puts safety first and efficiency second!"

"Understand?!"

Gu Jiu answered in a booming voice:

"Understood!!"

In short, the young master was kind-hearted and could not bear to see him injured or come to harm. Gu Jiu understood his young master's temperament very well.

"Go on! And while you're at it, find out more for this young master about common knowledge of Talisman Crafting and market prices."

"Yes!"

Gu Jiu backed away several steps.

Only after seeing that the young master had once again restored the concealment over the Spirit Field did he turn around and return excitedly to the small wooden cabin.

He touched the wooden box against his chest.

His heart surged like stormy waves.

His young master was not only kind-hearted, but also a genius at Talisman Crafting!!

A genius at planting and a genius at Talisman Crafting!

With these two skills, his young master would surely become extraordinary in the future!

After Gu Jiu left, Yue Shuo immediately seized the time to sleep and recover his Divine Sense, calculating when to wake.

He cultivated the Five-Round Cultivation Method another five rounds.

It was already the Hour of the Ox.

Having completed his plan of ten rounds of cultivation for the day, he glanced at the increase in his cultivation and went back to sleep with satisfaction.

[Cultivation: 62.8/1000 (+2.4)]

[Thousand Waves Formula (Tier 1): 17/100 (Beginner)]

On the twenty-fourth day, he woke during the Hour of the Rabbit.

That was five in the morning. Dawn had barely broken, and Yue Shuo's Divine Sense had fully recovered.

Another new day!

Gu Jiu came early to report in. Then, as he had said before, he prepared to leave early and return early, carrying a bundle as he departed.

Not long after Gu Jiu left.

Yue Shuo received a letter delivered by a blue-green little bird with beautiful feathers.

For some unknown reason, this blue-green little bird.

Flew directly into the Spirit Field.

It landed before him and hopped on one claw, stretching out the other to signal him.

Yue Shuo hesitated for quite some time before wrapping his hand in cloth and removing the tiny letter tube from the blue-green little bird's leg. He found that the tube was sealed.

There was a faint red mark on it.

At that moment, the blue-green little bird lightly pecked his finger, and his finger immediately began bleeding.

Before Yue Shuo could attack the bird, the nimble blue-green little bird pushed the slender letter tube with its claw, pressing his finger against the red mark.

Yue Shuo: "..."

He realized that, with this bird's speed and agility.

He might not be able to beat it.

Who had used this bird to send him a letter?