Chapter 59 Miss Wen
"You're saying this isn't her own Guai Qi? But rather, she got it from spending a long time with a certain weird object?"
Liu Sheng pondered, listening to Little Tentacle's feedback.
Just then, the steward who had gone to fetch the goods for Liu Sheng returned. He happened to see Liu Sheng's gaze following "Miss Wen" from afar, so he smiled and said, "Miss Wen is a major client of ours here. She's truly enviable; with a good family background, a cultivation genius, and beautiful looks. How can there be someone so favored by the heavens?"
He sighed, shaking his head as he spoke.
He saw Liu Sheng looking bewildered by what he said, so he asked, "Young Miss, you're not from around here, are you?"
Liu Sheng nodded.
A hint of understanding flashed in the steward's eyes: "No wonder. Miss Wen is a celebrity in our Qinghe!"
He lowered his voice and told Liu Sheng, "The Wen Family itself is a prominent aristocratic family in Qinghe for generations. Her grandfather served as prime minister, her father is Wen Siyuan, the Taichangsi Shaoqing, and her mother is the empress's personal female official. This shows her noble birth."
"Then why is she in Qinghe and not Chang'an?" Because of the Guai Qi on Miss Wen, Liu Sheng couldn't help but pay more attention.
"Young Miss, you don't know, but Miss Wen is the eldest daughter of the main branch, with a spiritual aptitude of eighty points. Her family values her greatly. Her paternal grandparents didn't want her to be tainted by the bad habits of Chang'an's officialdom, so they specifically brought her back to personally raise her. They also had her apprentice under Mr. Nangong, who lives in seclusion in Qinghe, from a young age. He's a Dongxuan Realm Cultivator; how many people have the chance to have a Dongxuan Realm master?"
"Indeed, it's rare." Liu Sheng admitted that the highest-cultivation Instructor at Hanshan Academy was only in the Mingzhen Realm. She had never seen a Dongxuan Realm Cultivator.
"Yes, that's why she entered the Initial Realm at just ten years old. It's said that she's already at Initial Realm Stage Eight at only eighteen. If it weren't for her grandmother falling seriously ill two years ago, and her filial piety keeping her by her grandmother's side to care for her, and then observing a year of mourning, she would have already taken the imperial examination and gone to the National Academy."
The steward sighed with emotion: "Moreover, she's very diligent, often coming here to buy Spiritual Artifacts to explore weird objects and train her strength, while also eliminating harm for the people."
Liu Sheng listened, thinking, could this be the reason why she was tainted with Guai Qi?
"If my good-for-nothing son were half as good as her, I wouldn't be so worried." As he spoke, he started talking about his own son.
Liu Sheng lightly coughed, interrupting his complaints: "She is indeed a remarkable woman. But, what about my Materials?"
The steward remembered the main business, took out the Materials from his Storage Pouch, and piled them on a table.
Liu Sheng checked them one by one, examining their quality, and finally asked for the price, reluctantly pulling out thirteen Lingtual.
After all, Materials needed to replicate a Spirit Array Engraving Device worth over a thousand would naturally not be cheap.
At this point, she only had six Lingtual left, which was truly a tight squeeze.
And she didn't know how many attempts these Materials would allow her.
Plus, the medicinal bath couldn't be stopped, and she would need to buy more medicine then.
No wonder many people said that cultivation was very expensive. If a poor child with low talent were to try for the imperial examination, it would be better to study in the Tiangong Department.
Liu Sheng felt anxious about money for the first time, especially with her current meager salary.
It seemed that earning money was an urgent matter!
She walked out of Baibao Hall with her completely empty purse, looking at the crimson sunset, crying inwardly.
Thinking about the pile of things she had to do, she wondered if she would have time to take on a part-time job.
Suddenly, she heard a male voice behind her softly say, "Miss Wen, I am truly sorry. It's not that we don't want to help, but this Ghost Qi Detector is exclusive to the Weaving Institute System. We managed to get you one last time through connections, but now that it's broken, we can't do anything. We can't just go to the Weaving Institute to seek death, can we?"
"Forget it, I'll think of something else." Miss Wen's cool voice rang out.
"Miss Wen, why don't you use your parents' connections?"
"If I could, I would have already. For now, I can't..."
Liu Sheng secretly looked over and saw Miss Wen shaking her head helplessly.
The steward smiled awkwardly, bowed, and returned to Baibao Hall.
Miss Wen descended the Baibao Hall steps, looking slightly disappointed, and was about to head home.
But then, a petite and lovely young girl suddenly blocked her path, looking at her with wide eyes.
"Young Miss, what is this?" Miss Wen asked with good breeding.
"Sorry for eavesdropping on your conversation."
"But, I can solve your problem." Liu Sheng said before Miss Wen could get angry, "I can make a Ghost Qi Detector."
Miss Wen's eyes instantly widened, looking at the young girl in pink, who seemed to be about her age, with a look of suspicion.
...
Liu Sheng returned laden with large and small bags.
The sadness of her empty purse temporarily dissipated by half.
Because her "Liu Sheng Artifact Refining Hall" had finally opened, and she had received her first order.
Although Miss Wen was skeptical of her words, she somewhat believed her after seeing Liu Sheng's Weaving Institute token. She was quite generous, giving twenty Lingtual as a deposit, with another twenty Lingtual upon delivery, and Material costs separate.
This was a major client!
Now she had money for her upcoming medicinal baths and Artifact Refining.
Liu Sheng first used a portion of the twenty Lingtual she just received to buy a set of Materials for refining a Ghost Qi Detector.
She was very confident in this, after all, she had made countless improved versions for the Exploration Division at Li County Weaving Institute. She could make them with her eyes closed.
But she also knew that this kind of work couldn't be done on a large scale, as it was a Spiritual Artifact belonging to the Weaving Institute System and not for external circulation.
So, unfortunately, she couldn't make a fortune from this.
...
In the evening, Liu Sheng poured the refined medicinal liquid into the bathtub, then, naked, soaked herself in the medicinal water. She closed her eyes and began to absorb the medicinal liquid according to a body-tempering Cultivation Technique called "Jade Bone Clear Spirit Cultivation."
After an unknown amount of time, the medicinal liquid gradually cleared, and Liu Sheng's body exuded a lot of black impurities, which were the turbid substances in her body.
Liu Sheng slowly finished her Cultivation, exhaled a mouthful of turbid Qi, and opened her eyes.
She slowly stood up from the bathtub; her skin was slightly more translucent than before, and she could feel her body was a bit lighter.
The effect of the first use was the most obvious. According to the Cultivation Technique, using it for thirty treatments would significantly improve her Physique, ideally combined with corresponding Martial Skills.
Unfortunately, Liu Sheng didn't have this opportunity for now. It was difficult to perform in the Courtyard with everyone watching.
It was just that she didn't have any spare money, otherwise, it would be better to move out.
She changed into clean clothes and sat on the bed to begin her next Cultivation.
She crossed her legs, soles facing upwards, and formed a hand seal at her Dantian.
Liu Sheng was about to continue Cultivating the "Seven Profound Spirit Qi Art."
But based on yesterday's failed experience, she made a slight change.
She took out her old meditation Cultivation partner, the seven profound token, and placed it on her lap.
She concentrated fully, entered a meditative state, and then softly called out.
"Hey, Seven Profound."