Chapter 19: Pretending to be a Pig and Eating a Tiger
"This senior brother, what is your business here?" Seeing that the young man in front of him was unimpressive, and his cultivation had only reached the second layer of the Spirit Movement Stage, the old man's tone was very cold.
His expression, behavior Lin Xuan all see very clearly, the heart secretly sneer, they are trash, but also so snobbish, between the cultivators, there really is no human feelings to speak of.
In his heart, he despised, but on the surface, Lin Xuan didn't show it for a second, but instead pretended to be a little difficult to say, "This senior brother, I want to come to the Dan room to ask for an easy errand."
Just like what was said above, the Immortal Path was difficult, and even if one had a spiritual root, most people's achievements were limited, lingering in the Spiritual Dynamic Stage for the rest of their lives.
Some people were discouraged and didn't want to suffer and continue cultivating, so they would beg for some easy errands in the sect and muddle through.
The old man in front of him was one of them.
Hearing Lin Xuan's words, the old man mistakenly thought that the other party was also this kind of person, and such a misunderstanding was the result of Lin Xuan's intentionality so as to facilitate the following actions.
"This is not good!" The old man frowned and revealed a difficult look, "Although I am the chief administrator of the miscellaneous affairs of Danxia Mountain, but the sub-administrators of the various places below are all full, and there is no shortage of people, so I am sorry that this request of senior brother is beyond my ability to help."
"Hmph, old fox." Lin Xuan cursed in his heart, he had always done things steadily and planned before moving, how could he have ventured here without figuring it out, a while ago he had already quietly inquired very clearly, the position of steward of Danxia Mountain was simply still vacant, this old man was deliberately making things difficult.
However, this situation is also in Lin Xuan expected, cultivators are actually also very corrupt, he did this is to try to get some oil and water, demanding a bribe, the response Lin Xuan has long thought of a good.
In his heart, he laughed coldly and saw the other party's intentions clearly, but on the surface, Lin Xuan still put on a look of a rookie, stuttering: "also... also please help the senior brother, my younger brother has no spiritual roots, cultivation is difficult to be successful, not as good as when a steward to get away with it, if the senior brother is willing to make it easier, this... this I would like to honor you."
After saying that Lin Xuan took out a parcel from his pocket, wrapped in cloth layer after layer, mysteriously took to the old man's face.
"What is this?" Lin Xuan deliberately put on a mysterious appearance, and indeed succeeded in attracting the old man's attention.
The layers of cloth were opened, revealing a crystal clear corner, although there was no glimpse of the whole picture, but the old man had shrugged, "Crystals?"
Crystals, is a stone that contains rich heaven and earth spiritual qi, no matter whether the cultivator is practicing, making artifacts, or fighting, the role of crystals is irreplaceable, and it is used as a currency for trading.
However, the number of crystal mines is scarce, the mining out of the senior, the masters occupied, low-ranking cultivators have seen most of the crystals, but can have, but very few.
This young man's cultivation level is only the second layer of the Spiritual Dynamic Stage, but actually owns such a precious thing.
However, after opening the cloth, his expression became a little disappointed, the package contained not real crystals, but only fragments of crystals, about half a piece.
When the crystal stone is broken, the spiritual qi inside will also be lost quite a lot, it was already only a small half, and then deducting the ones that have passed, the spiritual power left in the fragment is only a quarter of that of a complete piece of lower-grade crystal stone.
"This crystal stone fragment was obtained by chance by junior brother, if senior brother is willing to grant me the position of steward, I am willing to give it to you."
The old man's heart was instantly moved, although it was only a crystal stone fragment, it could still be considered a great fortune for a low-ranked cultivator like him, and the position of stewardship? it was just a matter of lifting a finger, it would be a waste of time not to fish for it.
He pretended to ponder for a moment, "Alright, senior brother is so sincere, how can I not be a man of honor?"
After saying that, he took out a book and flipped through it, "There is still a lack of a steward in the waste dan storage room, so you will serve there."
Lin Xuan was overjoyed, it was really the same as his original guess, but on the surface he showed a difficult expression, "Waste Dan storage room ah, this..."
Seeing Lin Xuan's expression of difficulty, seemed to have the intention to oppose, the old man hastened to say: "You do not know, senior brother, you do not know, the work of the waste pills storage room is the most relaxed, you do not want to get away with it, where to live like a god ah, senior brother, I am kindly take care of you."
"Really?" Although he knew that he was talking full of lies, but it was right in Lin Xuan's mind, of course he wouldn't refute it, instead he pretended to believe it, "So that's how it is, I thought it was bad when I heard about the wasted pills, so thank you senior brother."
"Hehe, senior brother need not be polite." The old man put the crystal remnants into his arms and called a child, "This senior brother is now the steward of the Waste Dan storage room, you wait for him to go down to receive the waist plate token."
"Yes!"
Looking at Lin Xuan's far away back, a smug smile appeared on the old man's face, "Waste Dan storage room, it's indeed easy, just not a bit of oil and water, such a trashy position can also get a piece of crystal debris, what a rookie who doesn't know anything."
The old man thought he had earned it, but didn't realize that Lin Xuan was the biggest beneficiary, and that everything today was in his calculations.
Every sentence, word and action, Lin Xuan had a purpose.
Before he came, he had inquired about this Steward Feng's character, greedy and stingy, if he didn't give benefits, he wouldn't do anything.
Originally give her a crystal stone is nothing, get Zhou Yan and Zhang Yu's treasure Lin Xuan family is very rich, but their own a Spiritual Movement pre disciple, have a crystal stone is too conspicuous, careless, will cause the attention of people, so Lin Xuan intentionally crystal stone broken, change to give him the debris then, he can save half a crystal stone, and also do not attract attention, two birds with one stone.
The second is to pretend to be a newcomer who doesn't know anything, this Feng Steward belongs to the kind of person who doesn't necessarily do things properly even after receiving a bribe, so if he pretends to be honest and doesn't know anything, he will definitely take the worst position to fool himself.
Lin Xuan had investigated, the waste dan because no one needed it, its storage room was never visited, there was no oil and water at all, it was the worst stewardship position.
The unscrupulous Steward Feng would definitely trick himself into going there.
This is also exactly what Lin Xuan wanted, because it is "tricked" to go there, not the initiative to go there, it will not attract attention.
Feng Feng thought he was smart, but he didn't know that he was being led by the nose by Lin Xuan, and that Lin Xuan was the biggest beneficiary after he had achieved his goal.
