Chapter 12 Remuneration


    After a few people walked around for a while, Xiaohu suddenly asked, "Where are we going next?"


    Mo Hua patted the storage bag on her body, "Go to North Street first!"


    Several people came to Youyuanzhai Gate on North Street. Mo Hua stepped on the steps in front of the door, but turned around and saw three friends standing still. He couldn''t help but ask, "Don''t you come in?"


    The three friends shook their heads together:


    "I felt dizzy when I saw the formation..."


    "Me too…"


    "I have no chance with the formation in my life, and I won''t go in..."


    Mo Hua had no choice but to say, "Then you guys are here, I''ll come out later."


    The three friends nodded together.


    As Mo Hua entered the door, the bells on the eaves rang. The manager saw the ink painting with his head raised and his chest erected at the door. He couldn''t help but laugh and said, "It''s you again, why? Your brother has finished drawing the formation?"


    Mo Hua nodded and said, "Yes."


    The manager was a little excited, "Oh? It''s only been five days, it''s quite fast," he said, waving to Mo Hua, "Take it and see it."


    Mo Hua took out the formation in the storage bag and put it on tiptoe on the counter.


    The manager picked up the formation, looked at it, and frowned.


    Mo Hua felt a little nervous, "Did you draw it wrong?"


    The manager pondered for a moment and said, "That''s right, but this level is not very good. There are a few pairs that are OK, but these pairs..."


    The manager looked through a few copies and looked at the Mo Hua, which were the ones he drew at the beginning.


    "These pairs are much worse. The brushwork is very awkward and intermittent, as if they are getting it together bit by bit. Are your brother sure you are learning the formation from the formation master? This level is a bit worse..."


    Mo Hua is a little embarrassed. He has tried his best to draw it like this for the first time.


    "So can this formation be used?"


    The manager''s fingers pointed at the table and looked carefully and said:


    "Although the brushwork is a little worse, there is still no problem with the formation itself. It can be used or not... it is a bit worse."


    Mo Hua breathed relieved, "That''s good." Then he said, "Maybe it''s my brother''s first time drawing this formation. He is not very familiar with it, so he started to get a little unfamiliar. Do you think the next few pairs are much better?"


    The manager looked at the next few formations and nodded slowly, "That''s true. The next few pairs are indeed better, at least they are pretty."


    "Yes," Mo Hua promised, "Don''t worry, my brother will definitely draw better and better in the future!"


    The manager was amused by Mo Hua, "I am quite confident in your brother. OK, for your sake, this time the order will be done, but the next time the formation must at least reach the level of the next few pictures. You are not allowed to use those practicing formations to make up the numbers."


    Ink painting nodded repeatedly.


    The manager put away the formation map and counted a few spirit stones on the table.


    "If you succeed eighth mates and two failed two mates, you will have to deduct the deposit of two spirit stones, and the reward is six spirit stones."


    "If your brother wants to continue drawing, the deposit will be ten. Your brother already has the formation diagram of the open fire array. I''ll give him ten more pieces of paper and ink here."


    The manager gave the storage bag containing paper and ink to the ink painting.


    Ink painting put away the paper and ink materials, picked up six spirit stones and couldn''t help but feel happy.


    I earned six spirit stones in five days, which is almost the same as the income of ordinary cultivators in the middle and late stages of Qi refining.


    Mo Hua''s mother Liu Ruhua works as a kitchen in the kitchen building, and only has one spirit stone a day. Her father''s income from hunting monsters in Moshan is higher, but it is not stable. Sometimes she can earn more. If she does not hunt valuable monsters, the income will be lower.


    Mo Hua thanked the manager and then left Youyuanzhai. The three friends at the door looked at him eagerly.


    Mo Hua patted the storage bag, waved his hand, "Let''s go, treat you to snack!" Dahu and the other two were all happy with a "wow" sound, and surrounded Mo Hua to the pastry shop on the street.


    There are many pastries in Tongxian City. The materials used for expensive pastries are expensive, so they naturally cannot afford them. They are looking for a pastry shop called "Wang''s Pastry" on the street. It is also a shop run by ordinary monks in the Qi Refining Period. The shop is relatively simple. Although the materials are not expensive, they are very affordable.


    During festivals, ordinary monks often buy them to satisfy their children’s cravings.


    Wang''s pastry is famous for its colorful cake. It is made of steamed from the spiritual valley of five different colors in the world of cultivation. It is sweet and soft. A piece of colorful cake only has two pieces of broken spirit stone.


    The income of the low-level cultivators is too low. Many cultivators may earn less than one spirit stone every day, so they can only use it by cutting the spirit stones. A spirit stone is divided into tens, and tens of broken spirit stones are equivalent to one spirit stone.


    The broken spirit stone is not recognized by the Daoting and the sects and families, but is only circulated among the lower-level monks. Only the poor monks in the Qi Refining Period will use this kind of broken spirit stone.


    Mo Hua spent two spirit stones and bought ten colorful cakes. The shop bought a lot of pastries, and it was a child, so I specially gave two more.


    The man divided the two pieces of Mo Hua, and the remaining four pieces were prepared to be kept home for his parents to eat.


    The four of the ink paintings, each with a piece of fragrant, sweet and steaming pastry, ate while walking. Xiaohu was so hot that he couldn''t stop talking, but his mouth kept saying:


    "This pastry is so delicious. When I earn the spirit stone in the future, I will definitely eat it every day!"


    Shuanghu said, "Then you might as well marry a woman who can make pastries as a Taoist couple, so that you can eat it every day."


    Xiaohu suddenly realized and said, "Yes, yes, why didn''t I expect it!" Then he became entangled again, "But I already have someone I like, and I can''t be moved by others..."


    Shuanghu widened his eyes, "Who do you like?"


    Xiaohu said, "I will say what I like first, you are not allowed to grab it with me!"


    Shuanghu whispered and waved his hand, "Don''t worry, she has a bad temper, I won''t compete with you..."


    Shuanghu and Xiaohu were chatting, while Dahu was concentrating on eating pastries. He finished all the two pieces of pastries in just a few seconds and licked his fingers after eating.


    Mo Hua also gave him the one he didn''t eat.


    Dahu smiled embarrassedly, but he couldn''t help but take the pastry and eat it.


    Shuanghu suddenly said, "Mo Hua, have you really helped with that kind of zhai painting formation?"


    Mo Hua nodded.


    Xiaohu opened his mouth wide, "You can even draw formations for people?"


    Shuanghu gave him a blank look and said, "Or where do you think the spirit stones for eating pastries come from?"


    Xiaohu was stunned when he held the pastry, "It turns out that this pastry was bought by the spirit stone you drew the formation. It''s amazing. Ink painting, you won''t be able to really be a first-class formation master in the future!"


    Mo Hua said: "It''s too early to say this now. The formation master is not that simple. We know this. Don''t tell others about it. When I earn more spirit stones, I''ll invite you to have pastries."


    The three of them nodded quickly when they heard the word "pastry". Xiaohu even promised: "If I say it out, I will never have any snacks in my life!"


    Mo Hua and the others walked around the street again and saw some strange and novel things. After it was getting late, they went back to their respective homes.


    Mo Hua gave the dessert to Liu Ruhua. Liu Ruhua steamed it in the pot and put it in the bowl of Mo Hua. Mo Hua firmly disagreed. After some ruling, Mo Hua ate two, and Mo Shan and Liu Ruhua tasted one by one.


    The steamed pastries Liu Ruhua were hot and fragrant. When I ate it in my mouth, it felt better than what I ate at noon. I couldn''t help but ask, "Mom, do you know how to steam pastries?"


    Liu Ruhua smiled and said, "What''s the difficulty? No matter how complicated the dish girl is, she will make it. However, many meals need to be specially refined by the weapon refiner, and it also needs to be equipped with special formations. There is no condition at home."


    “Is the stove expensive?”


    "It is naturally not cheap to ask a weapon refiner to forge the stove, but the more expensive one is the formation. It is not easy to ask the formation master to draw the formation, let alone the large items like the stove. Therefore, unless you have to open a restaurant, no one will spend a lot of money to buy a stove..."


    Mo Hua nodded. It seemed that the application of formations in the world of Taoism was more widely thought out than he thought. I don’t know which formation is used on the stove.


    Remember the ink painting silently and prepare to learn it if you have time later.


    (This chapter ends)