After hearing that there were cultivators patrolling, Luo feng immediately decided to rent this place. With the enlightenment pearl, he would eventually be able to earn Spirit Stones. Relatively speaking, safety was more important.
Moreover, he had killed Li Shixing. If Manager Li found out, his situation would definitely be very dangerous.
"Fellow Daoist, I intend to rent this place. How is the rental period calculated?"
"The courtyards here are rented for half a year, one year, or three years. You need to pay half a year's worth of Spirit Stones upfront. This is a rule set by the market, and I cannot change it. Please forgive me, Fellow Daoist," the young cultivator said.
No wonder so many cultivators chose to live in the previous kind of place. These Spirit Stones were really not something ordinary cultivators could afford. Eighteen Spirit Stones for half a year directly took away more than half of his Spirit Stones. He didn't know if the remaining Spirit Stones would be enough for him to live here for half a year.
Luo feng gritted his teeth and decided to rent it.
"Fellow Daoist, I plan to rent for half a year."
"Alright, Fellow Daoist, please follow me."
Following the young cultivator back to the rental office, Luo feng took out eighteen Spirit Stones from his basket and handed them to the young cultivator.
After confirming everything was correct, the young cultivator took out a rental contract.
"This is the rental contract. If there are no problems, please sign it and leave your spiritual energy imprint, Fellow Daoist."
Luo feng took the contract and quickly scanned it. There were quite a few overbearing clauses, such as if he needed to terminate the lease early, the rent paid would not be refunded. If unforeseen circumstances arose, the market had the right to reclaim the house directly, and the rent would not be refunded, and so on.
According to the original body's memories, these were considered normal clauses, and he had no choice. He signed a fake name and then left his spiritual energy imprint.
The young cultivator didn't care about the authenticity of the name. He focused on checking the spiritual energy imprint. After confirming there were no problems, he gave a copy of the contract to Luo feng.
People came and went in the market, and there was no unified management, so no one knew the authenticity of names. However, a spiritual energy imprint carried a cultivator's Qi, and each cultivator's Qi was unique. With this, one could track a cultivator's whereabouts.
The spiritual energy imprint Luo feng left could last for about half a year. Once the time was up, it would automatically dissipate. This was also a method cultivators used to protect themselves.
Luo feng returned to his rented house with his belongings. He finally had a place to settle down here.
Next, he needed to quickly master a survival skill to live here.
He would worry about it tomorrow. Today, he was exhausted. After a day of exhaustion, Luo feng decided to rest first. The ambush, travel, and renting had left him utterly spent.
He fell asleep in no time, not even having the chance to tidy up the items in the room.
The next day, the sun was shining brightly, and Luo feng was awakened by the dazzling sunlight.
It was already the second day. Still a bit groggy from just waking up, he stretched and tidied up the room a bit. The newly rented house didn't even have blankets or anything, so he needed to purchase them.
He took out three Spirit Stones and put them on himself, then hesitated and put one back. He still needed to be frugal. Now he only had fourteen Spirit Stones left, and there were still six months to go.
After tidying up his belongings, he went to the street. Ordinary daily necessities were not expensive; one Spirit Stone could buy a large pile. He also bought himself a new set of clothes. His old one was already tattered and could no longer be worn.
Although the new clothes were not magical garments, the material was quite good. He pulled hard but couldn't tear them. He bought them for half a Spirit Stone.
With the remaining half Spirit Stone, he bought blankets, shoes, basins, and other daily necessities.
It took him more than a day to get the entire courtyard mostly tidied up.
The next day, he got up in the morning, practiced Luohan Fist for a while, and then took out the Secret Manual for the light body Cultivation Technique, Snow Treading Without Trace, that Li Hu had given him, and pondered over it.
This martial arts Cultivation Technique was much more complex than Luohan Fist. Luohan Fist was easy to learn but difficult to master, while Snow Treading Without Trace was difficult even to get started with.
It had very high requirements for Comprehension Ability, and Luo feng declared that he just happened to have good Comprehension Ability.
He practiced it for a bit but couldn't grasp the knack.
It seemed he had overestimated himself.
He checked the time; it was almost time to learn how to draw Fireball Talismans. This was the first offensive Talisman he decided to draw.
Through his observations yesterday, he found that the Fireball Talisman was one of the best-selling low-level Talismans in the market.
It sold for one Spirit Stone in the market.
Based on his previous experience drawing Cleansing Talismans, Luo feng first copied it onto blank paper.
After two days of continuous practice, coupled with the help of the enlightenment pearl, Luo feng gained some confidence.
He laid out three blank Talisman papers in a row on the table.
Spiritual ink,
Talisman brush,
He concentrated and calmed his mind.
After his mind was completely calm, he picked up the Talisman brush, dipped it in spiritual ink.
The brush tip lightly touched the Talisman paper. Steady hand, calm mind. The first one was discarded halfway through.
This was expected. He didn't panic. Luo feng cheered himself up.
The second one failed.
The third one failed.
He drew three Talismans in a row. Although none were successful, he had consumed a lot of spiritual energy and mental energy.
He rubbed his head, planning to rest first. In this state, he probably couldn't even draw a Cleansing Talisman successfully.
In the afternoon, Luo feng carefully recalled the reasons for his failures in the morning. He wrote down all the lessons from his failures in a notebook to help him identify and fix shortcomings.
In a blink of an eye, five days passed. At this point, Luo feng's hair was messy, and his eyes were bloodshot.
What exactly went wrong? How could he not succeed even once?
Even with the enlightenment pearl, he would fail at the last step.
The Talisman papers were newly bought and checked to be normal.
The Talisman brush was normal.
All the steps were according to the book. What exactly was the problem?
To figure out the reason, he hadn't rested well for several days.
Now, he hadn't practiced either his fist or his Spells. He spent all his time studying the Fireball Talisman.
But each time, he failed at the last step.
He had confirmed that there were no problems. How could this be? If he couldn't succeed in drawing Talismans, then how would he earn Spirit Stones later? Could it be that he really had no choice but to leave?
The continuous failures had made Luo feng somewhat obsessed.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed the spiritual ink on the table.
Wait, could it be a problem with the spiritual ink?
This spiritual ink was used by the original body to draw Cleansing Talismans. Would the spiritual ink required for drawing Fireball Talismans be different?
After all, Fireball Talismans required much more spiritual power than Cleansing Talismans.
Thinking of this, Luo feng didn't bother tidying up his things. He immediately took out his Spirit Stones and left, heading straight for the shop that sold spiritual ink.
After a while, Luo feng returned with a new bottle of spiritual ink. It cost two Spirit Stones. According to the shop owner, it was spiritual ink specifically for drawing Fireball Talismans.
He took out a blank Talisman paper.
He concentrated and calmed his mind.
He began to draw.
In one fluid motion, a faint glow appeared on the Talisman paper. It was a success. It was a success.
Luo feng couldn't help but burst into laughter.