Lonely Immortal

The matter was basically settled in this way. Zhao Mingyin and others asked Zhang Zhiwen to stay as a handyman, and then they took Zhang Zhiwen to find the housekeeper, and this time the housekeeper came out to see them again. It is estimated that the housekeeper It's quite free now, otherwise it would be difficult for him to meet Zhao Mingyin and others according to the attitude of the Su family.

However, when the housekeeper of the Su Mansion saw that Zhao Mingyin and others actually asked the most inconspicuous Zhang Zhiwen to stay as a handyman, the old man naturally said sarcastically: "Are you planning to place your hopes on him? Although this It is also a way, but I think your decision is not a good one. If he is like this, he will not be able to farm well, and he will be driven out by the Su Mansion when the time comes. "

"Huh? What else is difficult about farming?" Zhao Mingyin was a little surprised, and Yan Ting and others did not expect that the Su family was so demanding. Does even such chores as farming depend on your ability?

"Difficult? Haha, he will know this in the future. Of course, I think you'd better think it over carefully, or if you show some sincerity, I might be able to let him live in peace."

When the old housekeeper said these words, Zhao Mingyin and others naturally understood the meaning of it. This was obviously to ask them to pay bribes, but how could Zhao Mingyin and others have anything to use as bribes? Seeing that Zhao Mingyin and others were so poor , the old man suddenly lost his patience.

"Hmph, you all look like Xiantian Taoist monks, but you didn't expect to be so unbearable. That's all, just do whatever you want!" The old man angrily walked away.

It turns out that the old man came to greet Zhao Mingyin and others in person after seeing that they were Xiantian Taoist monks. This is no wonder, otherwise the old man would not have the time to deal with Zhao Mingyin and others.

But Zhao Mingyin and others are really poor. How can they have any spare money to open up relationships? If they had this spare money, they would have gone directly to Captain Su. Why would they come to see this butler? Captain Su is also an innate Taoist monk, right? If the captain of the inner hall is not an innate Taoist monk, it would be somewhat unjustifiable. Because of this, the old man would be honored to meet Zhao Mingyin and others.

Not only did Zhao Mingyin and others not plan to keep one of them as a handyman, but they also asked Zhang Zhiwen to be a handyman. The old man seemed to understand this, because he might just feel that Zhao Mingyin and others were innate Taoist monks and could not be embarrassed to be used as a handyman. Handyman, if that's the case, it's not too much to send a subordinate to be a handyman, but if you send a subordinate, you have to be more or less thoughtful, right?

But Zhao Mingyin and others didn't show any expression, so the old man naturally became angry and felt that Zhao Mingyin and others were too stingy, so the old man left angrily.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Mingyin and others were also embarrassed and helpless. Logically speaking, it is okay to give the old man some benefits. It makes Zhang Zhiwen feel much more comfortable and even makes it easier to complete daily errands.

But the problem is that Zhao Mingyin and others really have no money, they are really poor, not that they are stingy. But in this way, Zhao Mingyin and others must have offended the old man. The old man must not have a good look towards Zhang Zhiwen when he looks back. You see, he would even give Zhang Zhiwen some shoes.

Therefore, something that seems very simple actually has a lot of mysteries behind it. This is also the reason why the old man left in anger. It is not that the old man looked down on Zhao Mingyin and others at first. Zhao Mingyin and others are innate Taoist monks. , just like Captain Su Mansion, as long as they get the Immortal Order, they will be on equal footing, and they will be their own manor at that time, and they can recruit all kinds of subordinates. The old man must still want to curry favor with Zhao Mingyin and others.

Otherwise, why would the old man spend so much time and effort talking so much to Zhao Mingyin and others? Because of this, the old man had great expectations, but similarly, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. Zhao Mingyin and these poor guys completely disappointed the old man, and then they made Zhang Zhiwen, who seemed to be nothing in the eyes of the old man, It would be even more disappointing for my subordinates to work as handymen.

But Zhao Mingyin and others had no choice. They knew that letting Zhang Zhiwen go to the Su Mansion to work as a handyman would definitely offend Zhang Zhiwen, but Zhang Zhiwen didn't care very much. He just wanted everyone to look down on him, so that would be the best.

In this way, after everyone talked about it, Zhang Zhiwen entered the Su Mansion and then reported to the Su Mansion.

This Su Mansion is managed by an old man butler. I don’t know where Captain Su is. The people responsible for registration are just disciples who are on duty. These disciples are all related to the household. Even though this Su Mansion is not a big one, , but the various relationships within it are extremely complicated. For example, the disciple who is responsible for registering Zhang Zhiwen in front of him is a bit contemptuous of others.

"Early stage cultivation of Jindan? Acquired Taoist soul? Or acquired inferior level? Ha, junior brother, I'm not talking about you, how did you sneak into the inner hall? Or you just followed some powerful senior brother to sneak in, right?"

This guy first belittled Zhang Zhiwen's cultivation, and then tested Zhang Zhiwen's background. If Zhang Zhiwen was backed by a powerful senior brother, then this guy would definitely change his face immediately, but unfortunately, Zhang Zhiwen would definitely let him down.

He didn't say anything about the situation of Zhao Mingyin and others, nor was it necessary. He just said lightly: "I don't have any powerful senior brothers who brought me here, I just came here alone."

"Oh? Are you from the outer hall? Hey, these hundred post-world-grade Dao soul stones are not too small, so you are willing to give them up!"

This guy said this nonsense again, Zhang Zhiwen didn't understand what he meant, and this guy obviously felt that Zhang Zhiwen was just pretending to be stupid, so he couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Junior brother, you don't have to pretend, Who hasn’t paid to enter our inner hall, Su Mansion? You’ve saved up the Dao Soul Stone for so long, and you’ve got a chance.”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zhiwen understood that it turned out that in order to work as a handyman in the inner hall, you only need to pay a hundred Dao Soul Stones. He really didn't know this before. If he had known this, he would have gone straight to get some acquired Dao Souls. Just make it a stone's throw away.

But before Zhang Zhiwen could say anything more, the guy said again: "But junior brother, you came in alone, hey, it's hard for me to handle it, and I don't know how to arrange it for you."

This guy obviously intends to blackmail Zhang Zhiwen, but Zhang Zhiwen has no money left, so how can he have the money to bribe this guy, and even if he has, Zhang Zhiwen will not give it to this guy. This guy is nothing but a person. Just a handyman.

Therefore, Zhang Zhiwen said calmly: "It doesn't bother senior brother, just arrange it as you like."

"Hey, okay, then just take this and go."

When this guy saw that Zhang Zhiwen was not giving up anything, he suddenly turned his back. Then he took out a manual and threw it to Zhang Zhiwen. He didn't bother to pay attention to Zhang Zhiwen.

Zhang Zhiwen didn't say anything more, took the manual, turned around and left.

Coming out of the room where the side yard servants reported, Zhang Zhiwen took out the manual and read it. This manual contained various rules for being a handyman in the Su family. Zhang Zhiwen didn't need to read these rules anyway. Basically, the rules were similar everywhere. He looked down and saw the map.

This map shows the scope of the Su Mansion, as well as the resource areas of the Su Mansion, such as spiritual fields, mines, etc. This surprised Zhang Zhiwen. He did not expect that this small Su Mansion actually had him. It seems that Li Xian also has some power and capital, and this kind of inner hall captain also has some assets.

What Zhang Zhiwen got was the status of a farm boy. He farmed for a few years and then refined the mines for a few years. And those mines were all served by unqualified foreign monks. Just like the mines that Zhang Zhiwen went to at the beginning, it turned out that there were many people in these mines. It is related to someone like Captain Su Mansion.

Of course, the inner hall elders must have more resources, and the chief nursing home and so on must also have assets, not to mention the elders and patriarchs of Chen's county government. Their assets must be even greater. Compared with the secular county Ling Na is different. The county magistrate does not have much private property, but the private property of the official immortals is much more. However, these official immortals must also pay tribute to the immortal dynasty, and there is nothing to consider for the time being, nor is Zhang Zhiwen thinking about it. matter.

After seeing these things in the manual, he naturally had a better understanding of the situation on Wanxian Island. Therefore, there is no need to let the Su family's handymen do such rough work as mining, and farming is naturally Relaxing, Zhang Zhiwen saw that his spiritual field was a remote spiritual field, with a small quantity and poor soil quality. Anyway, this manual map can tell at a glance which is the fertile field and which is the barren spiritual field.

But it is very interesting here. The manual states that these spiritual fields are good and high-quality spiritual fields, and there are no barren fields. But Zhang Zhiwen would not believe it. This remote place must be an abandoned field that few people go to. .

And he was assigned to a deserted field, and what he needed to plant was Dharma Soul Grass, which was one of the main elixirs for refining Dharma Soul Pill, and the annual output was also stipulated, which seemed extremely ridiculous.

The Magic Soul Grass itself takes at least several decades to grow. After all, it is a spiritual grass, not a weed. Therefore, the Magic Soul Grass in this spiritual field is planted one crop after another. Someone had planted it and left it behind, but the field allocated to Zhang Zhiwen must not have much magic soul grass. Of course, these were some clues that Zhang Zhiwen saw through the manual, and this was not necessarily the case.

Then, Zhang Zhiwen continued to read down. The manual stipulated that the handyman should turn in ten Dharma Soul Grasses every year, which would be considered qualified. The more above, the better the task would be completed, and there is also a ranking list called planting. The list is selected once a year. The higher the ranking, the greater the chance of getting better cultivated elixirs.

After you get the opportunity to plant good elixirs, you can get corresponding planting resources and reward resources, such as magic soul grass. Su Mansion provides a certain amount of spiritual crystals for cultivation every year. This amount of spiritual crystals is almost enough to cultivate One hundred Dharma Soul Grasses, and once ten are cultivated, it will be considered as passing the test. The more you plant, the more rewards you will get. If you do not plant ten, you will have to compensate for the corresponding number of spiritual crystals, and then Was expelled from Su Mansion.

Therefore, being a handyman in the Su Mansion for ten years does not mean doing nothing. First, farming, then refining, and then refining elixirs and weapons. After serving for ten years, they will participate in the assessment held by the Su Mansion and choose one out of ten. The qualified candidates will be selected and reported to the county government for record keeping. The county government will conduct a unified assessment and select qualified candidates at a ratio of ten to one to become official officials!

This thing can't help but remind Zhang Zhiwen of the imperial examination of the secular court. It seems to be about the same, right? It's just that this is another assessment content, but there is almost no difference in essence. After layers of screening, the qualifications for the official immortal will be won at a ratio of one to one hundred. You can imagine the fierce competition.

But before this competition, the Su Mansion will eliminate a large number of unqualified cultivators in advance, using methods such as farming, refining minerals, refining pills and refining tools. After ten years of menial work, at least half of the cultivators will be driven out of the Su Mansion, so the overall ratio is as high as 200 to 1, and this is only the lowest qualification for the nine-star official immortal. The difficulty will inevitably increase by one star, and the competition will be even more intense at that time.

Of course, Zhang Zhiwen doesn't know what the selection method will be in the future, but at present, it seems that it is not so easy for him to get the official immortal order.

As for the farming resources provided by the Su Mansion, it's not bad. Zhang Zhiwen took a look and found that he could get 100 low-grade spirit crystals, which is just enough for ordinary cultivators to grow magic soul grass for a year. What is this money? In fact, it's nothing. It depends on the diligent cultivation of the cultivators to get a good harvest.

But before going to farm, you have to go to practice. This is the rule of the Su Mansion. Any chores must participate in a ten-day practice. In fact, it is a training class organized by the Su Mansion, and the fee standard is clearly written, that is, fifty low-grade spirit crystals, which is half of the annual farming reward.

When Zhang Zhiwen saw this, he felt that Captain Su was really good at doing business. This calculation was really smart, because in terms of market price, one Dharma Soul Grass is also the price of ten low-grade spirit crystals. Then the Su Mansion gave the cultivators one hundred low-grade spirit crystals to buy one hundred Dharma Soul Grasses to complete the task. The cultivators are likely not to go to farm. At most, they will spend some money to buy Dharma Soul Grass and then report to the Su Mansion. But he organized a training class, so he directly charged fifty low-grade spirit crystals and made money directly, and the cultivators had to pay fifty low-grade spirit crystals to pass the farming chores.

But farming and chores are not that simple. It takes three years, and you need to improve every year, otherwise it is impossible, because the quality of the soul grass required every year is different, from low-grade to medium-grade, and then to high-grade. The medium-grade soul grass is one hundred low-grade spirit crystals per plant, and the high-grade is one thousand low-grade spirit crystals per plant. If the money-making method of the Su Mansion is half and half, then only fifty low-grade spirit crystals are needed in the first year to complete the task, and five hundred low-grade spirit crystals are needed in the second year, and five thousand low-grade spirit crystals are needed in the third year!

Rich cultivators don't seem to care, but this money is not blown by the wind. Five thousand low-grade spirit crystals are equivalent to fifty medium-grade spirit crystals. It seems nothing to Yuanying masters, but for Jindan cultivators, fifty medium-grade spirit crystals are really deadly.

If you still don't have an idea, then it will be very clear if you change it to spirit stones. The so-called fifty medium-grade spirit crystals are actually five hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones! Five hundred thousand! It's still a top-grade spirit stone! Even if you sell the Xuandan Sect, it's not worth that much money!

This is just farming and chores, and then what about refining ores? Refining pills? Refining weapons? I'm afraid that even if you sell a big sect like the Jindan Sect, it won't be enough! And this is just the qualification to enter the first level of the Lixian assessment, there is still the county exam behind!