flstandardbreds Chapter 1004 Ways to Make Money
Chapter 1004 Ways to Make Money
Chapter 1004: Ways to Make Money
Qian Baiwan's general store is called Qian Duoduo General Store.
When Xiao Han first saw this plaque, she couldn't help but laugh. Now that she thinks about it, it seems like they thought a million wasn't enough.
She had visited this place before and even bought a talisman jade slip.
However, this jade slip was very similar to the talisman jade slips she had bought in the shops within the barrier.
She also failed to connect the seemingly ordinary old man who spent all day guarding the shop, whose cultivation was only at the True God Realm, with the Grandmaster of Talisman Dao.
As she entered the shop, Old Man Qian greeted her warmly, saying, "What would you like, fellow Daoist? Everything in my shop is of high quality and inexpensive."
Xiao Han smiled and asked, "Do you have any new rune jade slips here?"
Old Man Qian asked, "What kind of service do you need?"
Xiao Han asked, "Is it the kind of explanation that directly points to the origin of talismanic arts?"
Old Man Qian laughed and said, "Then you probably won't find it anywhere else in the entire God Realm Market."
Xiao Han deliberately frowned, "So, there's absolutely no chance to learn more about talismanic arts?"
Old Qian chuckled and said, "If you think about it more often when you have time, you might take it a step further."
Xiao Han leaned against the counter, pretending to chat with Old Man Qian, and asked, "So, do you think it's possible to become an apprentice and learn from someone in the God Realm?"
Her gaze was so intense that Qian Baiwan could easily see through her true intentions.
It seems my true identity has been leaked.
But so what.
Qian Baiwan chuckled and replied dismissively, "Then I don't know."
Xiao Han knew, of course, that she wasn't very familiar with Qian Baiwan, and that she didn't have the aura of a protagonist in a novel that would make a big shot take her as a disciple at first glance.
Qian Baiwan loves money, but he's a penniless pauper and doesn't even have the means to bribe his way out of poverty.
So, in the end, she still needed to get to know Old Man Qian first before looking for a way to win him over.
Xiao Han immediately stopped mentioning the matter of talismans, "Why don't you open your shop inside the barrier? There are too few cultivators coming and going here, which is not conducive to you earning divine stones."
Even though she knew that the cultivators living in this town were a group of eccentric people, if Old Man Qian liked divine stones so much, he shouldn't have opened his shop in such a desolate and godforsaken place.
Qian Baiwan argued confidently, "Opening a shop in the market would be too expensive in terms of rent. If business is bad, wouldn't we lose money? If I open my shop here, even if I don't sell much, I won't have to hand over any of the divine stones I earn. Of course, it's better."
Unless they are one of the very few native inhabitants of the God Realm, there are no fools among the cultivators who can ascend to the God Realm.
Xiao Han didn't believe that Old Man Qian wouldn't understand the principles of doing business. She figured he was just like Xin Nuxiu, Fatty Wang, and the others, opening a shop for fun.
Looking at those tea drinkers who frequented teahouses every day, Xiao Han often only ordered the cheapest spiritual tea. He didn't believe they were so poor that they couldn't afford better tea; he guessed they were just being casual.
Therefore, Xiao Han decided to move their chat from the teahouse to Old Man Qian's general store.
Only by getting to know someone well over time can you get a better understanding of their true character.
Only then can she truly cater to his preferences.
Xiao Han went to Old Man Qian's shop every day but didn't buy anything, which made Old Man Qian start to get impatient.
"You're not doing me any business, and this isn't a teahouse. You'd better not come to my shop unless it's absolutely necessary."
Xiao Han widened her innocent eyes, "I just came to chat with you because I saw you were alone in the shop every day and I was afraid you'd be bored."
Then he put on a heartbroken expression, saying, "I never expected that my good intentions would be so ingratitude."
Although Old Man Qian hadn't heard the proverb, he knew it wasn't a compliment.
He didn't bother beating around the bush and said directly, "I don't want to take on any disciples, and you don't need to waste your time here."
Xiao Han was immediately speechless.
But she couldn't back down just because of what the other party said.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Han simply said, "How about this, you just tell me how much you'll charge for a one-hour lesson on talismanic arts?"
Old Man Qian immediately perked up, "Look at you, if you had just made it clear earlier, we wouldn't have wasted time trying to get on your good side. This one-hour lecture depends on what you want to hear about. Different content means different prices."
Xiao Han remembered that he had a new rune that he hadn't revealed even in the Immortal Realm: the Space Imprisonment Rune.
She originally intended to use this rune as a bargaining chip when she needed Jiu Hua's help. However, things didn't go as planned, and she never used it, so the rune remained in her possession.
In the years since I came to the God Realm, my cultivation level has improved so much that I can now easily draw some eighth and ninth grade runes in the Immortal Realm.
However, she couldn't successfully draw the space confinement talisman in the void.
Xiao Han then realized that this was because she had not yet fully understood the power of the laws governing spatial confinement, which was why she couldn't draw it.
At this moment, she took out the jade slip inscribed with the space confinement talisman and handed it to Qian Baiwan.
"Please take a look at this rune. How much would it cost to explain it?"
Qian Baiwan recognized it immediately. "A spatial confinement talisman! Explaining this talisman would cost at least 500,000 divine stones."
Since he had laid his cards on the table and was no longer pretending, he continued, "With your current level of talismanic arts and cultivation realm, even if you learn this spatial confinement talisman, its effect will be minimal for the time being. It can only imprison opponents of the same realm for a very short period of time."
He naturally saw Xiao Han use the technique of drawing talismans in the void during the last fight.
The expert will know if it is there as soon as he reaches out his hand.
He was able to judge Xiao Han's skill level in talisman cultivation from just that one time.
Attending a single class costs 500,000 divine stones, which dampened Xiao Han's spirits once again. However, this also provided her with another motivation to earn divine stones.
The other party has already set a price; there's no point in arguing any further.
After leaving the general store, Xiao Han began to think about ways to make money.
She then strolled to the teahouse.
As soon as she entered, several regular tea drinkers started teasing her.
"Oh dear, Fellow Daoist Xiao, you finally remembered to come here for a visit. Aren't you going to chat with Old Man Qian today?"
"Judging from her expression, I know that Old Man Qian did not take her as his apprentice."
"Tsk tsk, what's so good about taking on apprentices? It's exhausting to teach them, and sometimes you have to raise them like sons. Besides, Old Man Qian is so greedy, he'd have to be crazy to agree to take on apprentices."
Xiao Han sat down, took out a divine stone and handed it to Xin Nuxiu, who immediately brewed her a pot of the cheapest spiritual tea.
Then, Xiao Han said with a bitter face, "It's not that there's no progress. Even the cheapest rune class costs 500,000 divine stones. It's just that I can't think of a way to earn divine stones quickly."
Granny Liu immediately said, "Hey, I thought it was something difficult to do. Go dig for green cloud stones in the river on Qingxi Island. One green cloud stone is equal to one divine stone. You can find more than a thousand a day without any problem. In about a year, you will have enough for 500,000 divine stones."
Xiao Han was overjoyed, but then puzzled. Was there really such a good thing?