First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 9: New Destiny (Keen Eyes)

【Keen Eyes (Green): Your eyesight is good, often finding hidden treasures.】

Keen... Keen Eyes?

Shen Mo silently commented on the description of this destiny, finding it concise and to the point.

However, despite the unappealing name, Shen Mo was quite satisfied with its effect.

Keen Eyes, this was definitely one of the essential qualities for scavenging in cultivation.

"But this special destiny is only at the green level, so its effect is probably not as outstanding as those protagonists in online novels with exceptional eyesight."

Shen Mo equipped it, looked around his room at various objects, but couldn't sense any changes.

"Perhaps it will only come into play at critical moments."

Shen Mo comforted himself in his heart.

"Unknowingly, a whole night has passed."

He looked up and saw the sun rising outside the window, the sky already brightening.

"Time to go!"

After a night of cultivation, he stretched his stiff and sore muscles from sitting for too long, packed up all the talismans, and confidently walked out of the house.

After leaving his residence, Shen Mo didn't immediately head to the market.

Because before leaving, he had to go to the deacon hall located at the Linjiang Sect's mountain gate square.

He needed to inform the deacon that he couldn't guard the mountain gate today.

Moreover, today was the day for distributing the monthly stipend of the sect, so he could collect it at the same time!

Passing through the crowd, Shen Mo walked straight to the deacon hall.

Although it was early morning, there were already many disciples queuing in front of the deacon hall.

The Linjiang Sect's deacon hall was specifically responsible for assigning tasks to sect disciples and distributing monthly stipends.

Today was the time to collect the monthly stipend, so it was not surprising that there were many people.

After waiting in line for about half an incense stick's worth of time, Shen Mo finally entered the hall.

The deacon hall was very spacious, able to accommodate thousands of disciples, with a total of six windows.

Each window had a deacon in charge of handling disciples' affairs.

There were only a few disciples waiting in front of the first five windows, but the sixth window had quite a few people in line.

Because the sixth window was specifically responsible for outer disciple matters, the difference in numbers between inner and outer disciples in the Linjiang Sect was like night and day.

After queuing into the deacon hall, Shen Mo waited for a while before it was finally his turn.

"Name, what is your sect task? What brings you here?"

In front of the window, a middle-aged deacon with half-white hair asked without looking up.

"Outer disciple Shen Mo, responsible for guarding the mountain gate."

Shen Mo respectfully replied, "I'm here to collect the sect's monthly stipend and request a day off to go to the market to purchase some cultivation supplies."

"Shen Mo." The deacon searched through the register, nodded, and made a mark with a pen.

Then, he took out a low-grade Spirit Stone and three catties of spiritual rice from his pocket.

This was the monthly stipend that the mountain gate guards could receive.

"Thank you, deacon."

Shen Mo accepted the Spirit Stone and spiritual rice without any complaints.

After all, outer disciples were considered cheap labor that the Linjiang Sect could exploit at will. No matter what sect task they did, they wouldn't receive good treatment.

But he didn't feel like he was losing out. Every day, while guarding the mountain gate, he could fish and refine talismans without exerting much effort.

Thinking about it this way, he felt quite content.

"Well, I've recorded your request for a day off. Remember to come back tomorrow and continue guarding the mountain gate as usual."

After the middle-aged deacon finished recording, he waved his hand, indicating that Shen Mo was done.

Shen Mo led the Spirit Stones and left the bustling deacon hall.

He placed the Spirit Stones in his residence and carried all of them with him as he left the house again.

"Now, it's time to go to the market!"

Walking on the Shanmen Square, Shen Mo thought to himself.

There are two trading markets where the disciples of the Linjiang Sect usually conduct their transactions.

The first market does not require leaving the sect and is located on the right side of the Shanmen Square, in Dedao Alley.

The second market, however, requires going down the mountain to the Jiyun Town at the foot of the mountain.

The difference between the two markets lies in the fact that the former trades with fellow disciples of the Linjiang Sect. Even if they don't know each other well, they can still find each other.

This can avoid many scams and deceptions.

But compared to Dedao Alley, the market in Jiyun Town has much less foot traffic, and the various cultivation materials sold there are not as abundant.

The market in Jiyun Town is frequented by disciples from within a hundred miles, including Rogue Cultivators, evil cultivators, and other miscellaneous people.

There, it is easier and faster to sell things.

This time, Shen Mo planned to go to Jiyun Town.

Because he wanted to sell all the talismans, it would take more than a day and night to sell them in Dedao Alley.

After passing through the Shanmen, Shen Mo successfully descended the mountain after presenting his own identity jade pendant.

He attached a light body talisman to his leg and quickly ran along the mountain stream.

From Linjiang Mountain to Jiyun Town, it was about forty miles.

Under normal circumstances, it would take an hour to travel.

But with the help of the light body talisman, Shen Mo only took about half an hour to arrive at this small town composed of cultivators.

"Do you want to enter the market? Register first."

After arriving at Jiyun Town, Shen Mo was stopped by a man in black armor with a face full of muscles.

Where there are people, there is a martial world, there is struggle, and there is chaos.

Therefore, a market where everyone is willing to come and trade needs someone to maintain order and provide security as a public good.

Otherwise, there would be endless killings, looting, and robbery.

The reason why the market in Jiyun Town is the only one within a hundred miles is because there is an old ancestor in the Yuan Dan realm sitting there.

That old ancestor specifically formed a group of guardians to maintain the order of the market.

And the man in front of Shen Mo is one of the guardians of the market in Jiyun Town.

He is specifically responsible for registering the information of people entering and leaving the market, as well as collecting commissions.

According to the rules of Jiyun Town, customers who come to buy goods only need to register their information, but those who want to set up stalls and sell cultivation materials need to pay a certain commission as a fee for enjoying the protection of order.

"This is the registration fee."

After Shen Mo briefly registered his identity, he took out a low-grade Spirit Stone and handed it to the man.

According to the rules, the cultivator selling goods will only have the commission calculated and deducted based on the value of the sold goods when leaving the market.

But in order to prevent cultivators from taking advantage, they need to pay a registration fee as a deposit before entering.

At that time, after calculating the commission, the registration fee will be refunded.

"Okay, go in."

The guardian carefully looked at the information written by Shen Mo and carefully kept the low-grade Spirit Stone.

Then, he waved his hand to let Shen Mo pass.

With permission granted, Shen Mo entered this place where cultivators gathered within a hundred miles.

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(End of this chapter)