Make Do With This for Now
Inside the puppet base, Mo Yuanjiao in charge of setting up the formation, with Tong Jialiang assisting him.
Xuanyuan Haoyue and Han Weishu went around checking for any missing items. Whenever they remembered something was missing, they would use their Lock Ring to contact Yuan Jinsheng and the others who were out to buy it, and the expenses would be split among everyone when they returned.
They also considered preparing sect robes and identity tokens.
The genuine Lingxian Sect robes and identity tokens could not be given to them, so Xuanyuan Haoyue asked Yuan Jinsheng and the others to order a batch of basic robes from the Yuan Household that were not similar to their Lingxian Sect robes.
Fortunately, the basic robes aren't expensive.
As for the identity token, they really didn't intend to spend spirit Spirit Stone on it, so Xuanyuan Haoyue and Han Weishu simply found a piece of wood that looked passable and started hand-crafting it on the spot.
Then just carve a simple sealing array inside and you're done.
After finishing that, they found a place in the back mountain and cultivated several spiritual fields. They planted some spiritual grains in one part and planned to have people who went out buy some cheap herb seeds to plant in the other part.
Mo Yuanjiao also went to a more distant place to transplant dozens of fruit trees. They weren't particularly valuable fruit trees, just slightly better than ordinary ones with a bit of Spiritual Qi, but they weren't the type that people in the Immortal Cultivation Realm valued for planting.
Meanwhile, Yuan Jinsheng led the three back to Yuanling City to begin purchasing.
They first bought all the supplies needed for their upcoming trip into the secret realm.
The day after tomorrow, they will split into two groups and enter two secret realms. The secret realm that can only be entered by those at the Foundation Establishment Realm and below is said to contain a poisonous insect, and special antidote pills are needed to neutralize its toxins. The secret realm for those at the Golden Core Realm requires special gathering tools to collect a special Spirit Plant.
After purchasing these specific items, the four left the market and went to the Yuan Household with the transaction slip.
Although the antidote pills and gathering tools are specific items, they are not difficult to make and are not expensive. Moreover, the amount needed for eight people is not large, so we did not go to the Yuan Household to buy them. Otherwise, it would have been quite troublesome for them to send someone to the store to procure these small items for us.
However, they still had to find the Yuan Household to make the fake sect robes, Pill Furnace, and some basic herbs. After all, it would be embarrassing if they were recognized by someone outside if they just found someone to make the sect robes.
The Yuan Household already employed many Alchemist refiners, talisman masters, and array masters. The robes they requested were extremely basic, with no special requirements, so the production speed was very fast.
As for cheap Pill Furnace, the Yuan Household had stockpiled quite a few old items that the clan members had acquired through trade in their low-level warehouses. Yuan Zhiyun the Yuan Household, waved his hand and gave them five furnaces for one hundred Spirit Stone each.
As a result, the eight hundred Spirit Stone that the eight of them had originally pooled together to purchase Pill Furnace actually had a surplus.
Upon hearing the news, Liu Chun rushed over and, after learning of the eight people's plan, perhaps genuinely surprised that they could come up with the idea of building a fake sect's headquarters to trick people into working for their sect. He fell silent for a moment.
"Why not just hire someone?" Liu Chun asked.
Yuan Jinsheng and others:...
I don't know, everyone was just chatting and suddenly they started talking about building a fake sect's headquarters.
Unable to get a reasonable answer, Liu Chun fell silent for a long time. After a while, he sighed helplessly, then took out 10,000 Spirit Stone from his Storage Bag and handed them to Yuan Jinsheng.
"Since that's the case, you'll still need to pay salaries to the disciples you recruit. The Spirit Stone you have on you definitely won't be enough. Take these ten thousand Spirit Stone and use them to tide you over for now."
In recent years, Liu Chun has been a key figure in talisman making for the Lingxian Sect, and his income has been quite considerable.
Talismans and pills are consumables that can be used repeatedly for a long time, unlike array plates and Law Artifact. Especially in relatively remote cultivation cities like Yuanling City, array plates and Law Artifact are more expensive per unit, and their consumption is far less than that of talismans and pills. Therefore, talisman masters and Alchemist generally earn more than array masters and weapon refiners.
Although Liu Chun's income was high, his expenses were also considerable. Because he was cultivating the "Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction," his cultivation speed was leaping forward compared to before. In just a few years, he went from the Foundation Establishment Early Stage to the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, even though he often spent a lot of time making talismans.
With increased income, many things that I used to have my eye on but never dared to buy are now purchased without batting an eye.
After all, his cultivation level has increased, and now he has taken in so many disciples. He is, after all, an elder of a sect, and he needs to keep up with the demand for various Law Treasure and accessories.
He also bought many rare and precious items to help his younger sister Liu Qin, heal her injuries.
So these 10,000 Spirit Stone have almost emptied his pockets, leaving him only a little money for his sister's medicine for the next few days.
With these 10,000 Spirit Stone, Yuan Jinsheng and his group had a much larger budget for procurement.
Moreover, Yuan Zhiyun provided substantial sponsorship after learning of this matter.
Yuan Jinsheng and the others did not tell Yuan Zhiyun that this was a fake sect headquarters they had secretly planned to build behind the sect leader's back. They only said that their Lingxian Sect planned to build a small sect headquarters around Yuanling City.
They said the sect only sent eight people to build the site and recruit some outer disciples.
As it was a small sect headquarters, the sect provided very few resources, and this was also a task to train them. Therefore, they had to prepare many things for the construction of the sect headquarters themselves.
Whether Yuan Bi, the head of the Yuan Household, believed the lie that Xuanyuan Haoyue made up on the other end of the Lock Ring or not, his expression turned strange after hearing it.
This was the first time he had ever heard of a sect assigning such a task to its disciples and elders, and only eight people were sent out.
However, whether inspired by the Lingxian Sect's approach or not, Yuan Bi immediately assigned his daughter, Yuan Zhiyun, a task—to assist Lingxian Sect in building its sect headquarters in Yuanling City.
Yuan Zhiyun:...
Meanwhile, Xuanyuan Haoyue, who was at the pseudo-base, was overjoyed to hear that the Yuan Household had sent their young master to support their construction. He carefully and meticulously proposed many odds and ends that were not originally on their list.
They could find most of what they needed in the Yuan Household's storeroom, where various old items collected by family members were stored.
This solved their immediate problem.
Thus, Yuan Jinsheng and his group returned from their trip to the city with a full load of goods.
Before leaving, Yuan Zhiyun asked them if there was anything they could help with in recruiting disciples, and Yuan Jinsheng immediately contacted Xuanyuan Haoyue.
Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Haoyue was delighted and immediately accepted Yuan Zhiyun's offer, stating that they would contact her again once the specific recruitment requirements were discussed.