Chapter 19 Play The Role Of The Pig To Eat The Tiger (1/2)
”Young fellow, why do you come here?” Seeing that the youth in front of him seems to be ordinary, and only at the second layer of Spirit Condensation , the old man stares at Lin Xuan coldly.
Lin Xuan clearly saw his expression, and sneered at the old man in his heart, but none of this showed on hi face as he responded.
”Fellow apprentice, this junior brother came here to ask for a relaxed assignment.”
As mentioned previously, cultivation is difficult, and even with spiritual roots, most people have limited success in their lives as cultivators.
Some people end up discouraged, and rather than enduring the hardships, decide to stop cultivating, and take on some light jobs in the sect, to live out the rest of their lives relaxedly
The old man in front of Lin Xuan is one such person.
After hearing Lin Xuan's words, the old man assumed that Lin Xuan was also such a person, reacting just as Lin Xuan wanted him to.
”Thats not so easy to do.” The old man began to frown, revealing an awkward appearance. ” Although there are a lot of odd jobs that need to be done around Mt.Cloud, at this moment all the positions are filled, we are not short of manpower, fellow disciple i want to help you, but i am unable.”
”This old fox.” Lin Xuan swore in his heart, he always planned out his actions before hand, how could he not know that a little while ago that there was a vacant seat for a steward at Cloud Mountain, this old man was intentionally being difficult.
However, this situation was also expected by Lin Xuan, in fact the cultivating world is very [****] , and as such the old man was trying to get the most out of the situation, demanding a bribe, something Lin Xuan had already planned for.
Sneering in his heart, the old man's intentions were very clearly to Lin Xuan, but on the surface, Lin Xuan still put out the appearance of a rookie, stammering ”This junior ...…. please help this junior who has no spiritual roots, cultivation is too difficult for me, and i wish to live carefree as a steward, if senior brother is willing to help, this junior will follow you.”
Having said that, Lin Xuan pulled out a package, covered in layers of cloth, quietly placing it in front of the old man.
”What's this?” Lin Xuan deliberately acted in a secretive manner, successfully attracting the old man's attention.
As the layers of cloth were pulled away, it slowly revealed a sparkling object, although it was just a glimpse and did not directly see the whole object, the old man still could not help but lean forward ”Spirit Stone?”
Spirit Stones are stones that are rich in spirit power, and whether it is for cultivation or for trading, the role of spirit stones is irreplaceable, as it is treated as the main currency to cultivators.
However, the number of spirit stones mined is low, and those that mine them are the seniors, only allowing experts to posses them, so low-level cultivators might occasionally see one, but never possess any.
This boy at the second layer of spirit Condensation , actually has something like his.
However, after all the cloth was removed, the old man's expression became somewhat disappointed, as the package was filled not with a spirit stone, but spirit stone fragments, about half of a full spirit stone.
When spirit stones get fragmented, they lose a lot of spirit power, and the fragments here was worth less than half, after deducting the missing fragments as well as the lost spirit power, the amount contained in the package was only about one quarter of a full spirit stone.
”This is the spirit stone fragments this junior accidentally obtained, if senior is willing to grant me the post of steward, this junior will give it to you.”