Longevity: Start Farming with Entries Chapter 40 - 38: Monopoly

Qingyang Market.

Qin Ming was sowhat absent-minded as he walked down the street, recalling the words of Shopkeeper Liao earlier.

Once the price of spirit rice drops, it ans that his inco will be significantly reduced.

This directly affects his speed in earning spirit stones.

His mind was constantly pondering, and he even began to feel agitated.

Just then.

A large circle of cultivators had gathered around the announcent wall at the road ahead, pointing and discussing sothing.

Usually, there were cultivators watching the announcents here, but it was his first ti seeing so many.

"Could sothing have happened again?"

Qin Ming couldn’t help but be curious and joined the onlookers.

On the top of the wall, there was a very conspicuous red bounty notice, its paper was twice as large as the others around.

There were no portraits on it, just descriptions of a five-person bandit group, specific features unknown.

This group of bandits was extrely daring, having captured the son of an elder from Golden Cloud Valley in broad daylight and extorted a huge ransom.

And then, in a very brutal manner, they killed him!

And that’s not even the end of it.

Even more shocking was that this group of bandits managed to escape from the pursuit of a Foundation Establishnt Stage elder from Golden Cloud Valley...

Their actions.

Have gone beyond re kidnapping and killing.

They were openly challenging the dignity of the entire Golden Cloud Valley sect!

This was purely a heinous event!

Golden Cloud Valley, having lost face in this incident, is now offering a massive bounty to hunt down these bandits, vowing to scour the entire Yunze Wilderness at all costs to find their whereabouts.

The notice stated that anyone who captures or kills any one of these five people will be rewarded with a Foundation Establishnt Pill.

Anyone who provides specific information on the bandits will be rewarded with the opportunity to join the inner sect of Golden Cloud Valley, along with a Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill.

Anyone who knows but doesn’t report them will be treated as an accomplice of the bandits and put to death without pardon!

"Damn, they’re like beasts."

"Even dared to kill the son of a Golden Cloud Valley elder!"

Qin Ming looked at the notice and couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.

Seeing the tempting rewards on the notice, many onlookers among the cultivators were eager to try their luck.

"A Foundation Establishnt Pill is good, but you’ve gotta be alive to take it, sigh!"

"To escape unscathed from a Foundation Establishnt elder’s pursuit, they surely aren’t any ordinary people."

He very clearly shook his head, then silently left the place.

"Could this group of bandits be the sa ones who killed Fellow Daoist Long?"

"Such lawlessness, daring to challenge the dignity of an entire sect, the thod of the cri seems very similar."

As Qin Ming walked, he suddenly rembered!

Back at ’Cool Small Residence.’

He quietly felt grateful for his wise decision to move into the market area.

Though the cost was high, at least it was much safer than outside.

Now the area around Qingyang Market is so chaotic, even the sect elder’s son can be killed without hesitation, what can’t these tribulation cultivators do?

The next morning.

Knock knock knock!

Qin Ming was using the High-Level Spirit Rain Technique on the Withered Blood Poison Vine.

The courtyard gate outside was knocked.

Qin Ming put away the spell, walked over, and peeped out through the door hole.

He saw that it was Cai the Ninth outside the door.

He opened the gate restriction and invited Cai the Ninth in.

"Lao Jiu, what brings you here today?"

"What, sold the spirit rice and are ready to treat to a drink at Juxuan Pavilion?"

"Co in and have a cup of tea first."

Qin Ming asked with a smile on his face.

"Tea... no, no tea."

"Little Qin, um... can you... lend a hundred spirit stones..." Cai the Ninth mumbled, not daring to look at Qin Ming.

Qin Ming was taken aback to hear this.

They had been fellow spirit farrs here for many years, but this was the first ti Cai the Ninth had asked to borrow spirit stones.

Sothing wasn’t right...

"Didn’t I tell you yesterday to secretly sell all the spirit rice?"

"How co..."

Qin Ming, puzzled, noticed Cai the Ninth kept his head down the whole ti and frowned as he said, "Lift up your head and talk!"

Upon hearing this, Cai the Ninth raised his head to look at him.

He imdiately revealed a face bruised and swollen, looking very miserable.

Seeing him like this, Qin Ming was stunned.

"Lao Jiu, what happened to you?"

Cai the Ninth finally sighed in grievance, saying: "Sigh! Yesterday, when I received your communication talisman, I intended to sell all the spirit rice to Shopkeeper Liao."

"But who knew, as soon as I walked halfway, I was stopped by Jiang Kun and his gang from Spirit Feather Sect."

"They accused of selling Spirit Feather Sect’s spirit rice to outsiders, not only did they beat up, but they also confiscated all the spirit rice."

"They even fined double the spirit rice, amounting to two hundred spirit stones..."

"If I can’t pay up in three days, they’ll... they’ll exile to the battle camp..."

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming’s brow furrowed deeply, yet again it was this Jiang Kun! Last ti in the Steward Hall, he almost caused trouble for too.

"What do you an by unauthorized selling?"

"After paying the spirit rice tax, the remaining spirit rice is ours, Spirit Feather Sect has no control over it, right?"

"On what basis are they fining you?!"

Cai the Ninth nervously said: "Th-they said Jiang Kun and these inner sect disciples also set up a ’Mingzhen Tower’ in the market."

"Their number one competitor is ’Juxuan Pavilion’ within the market."

"They didn’t expect that the profit of running a restaurant in the market would grow so large, and part of the spirit stones earned through ’Mingzhen Pavilion’ would be sent back to the sect."

"So even the upper echelon of Spirit Feather Sect tacitly approve of this."

"They said, in a few days when the spirit fields open for cultivation, Steward Gue will announce this matter."

"In the future, it will be strictly forbidden for spirit farrs under Spirit Feather Sect’s jurisdiction to sell spirit rice to other shops except Mingzhen Tower."

"Violators will be heavily fined."

"Additionally, a few spirit farrs were also selling spirit rice in the market yesterday, and one of them even had his leg broken by Jiang Kun and his gang."

Cai the Ninth’s voice beca hoarse as he spoke.

On hearing this, Qin Ming’s head buzzed.

"This is trying to create a monopoly!"

Forget everything else.

I have a contract with Juxuan Pavilion!

If I break Spirit Feather Sect’s ban, I surely won’t co off well.

But if I breach the contract with Juxuan Pavilion, I’ll face sky-high spirit stone compensation.

Spirit stones are secondary.

The key is that if I anger Guu Qingzhao, Mirror Snow Pavilion probably won’t let go either.

The cost of breaking the contract, I know all too well.

"Sigh, that bastard Jiang Kun!"

"Why ddle with anything? Why start Mingzhen Tower??!"

"Those bandits should have captured him too and killed him!"

Qin Ming gritted his teeth in hatred.

This current predicant left him in a dilemma.

After pondering for a while.

He took out one hundred and fifty spirit stones from his storage pouch, along with two healing pills, and handed them to Cai the Ninth.

"Take these for now, take care of your injuries."

"We’ll discuss the other matters later."

Cai the Ninth took the spirit stones and pills from Qin Ming’s hands, imdiately tearing up.

For a mont he was choked with sobs and unable to speak.

In this cruel cultivation world, not everyone is willing to lend out spirit stones casually.

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