Chapter 172 Wen Junxie
Taoist Qingying took the manuscript and read it quietly.
"It will probably take me two hours to finish proofreading. Go and have fun!"
Seeing that she took out paper and pen with a serious look on her face, Wei Wenxin did not disturb her. He walked out of the courtyard of Wangbei Building, turned east, and entered Wanjian Bookstore.
When she was a child, she was very withdrawn for a while and didn't want to see people. Her master told her that everyone has times when they want to be alone, and this is a good time to read more books when the mind is calm.
She thought it made sense and really immersed herself in the ocean of books.
After finishing reading the books from my master, I went to read those from my grandmaster. After finishing them, I spent more than ten years in the sect’s library.
Until one day, she became curious about how books were made, so she asked around and came to Wanjian Bookstore.
Wanjian Bookstore is located at the westernmost part of the sect, on a sunny slope. It covers a large area and is divided into several parts.
From papermaking to ink making, printing, binding, etc., various departments work together to print textbooks and sect regulations for the countless mathematics palaces under the jurisdiction of Wanjian Sect. At the same time, they also undertake internal and external publishing work, and the business is very busy.
At the beginning of each year, Taoist Qingying would determine the number of books to be published that year based on the bookshop's workload, then hold a meeting with his subordinates to finalize the list, and finally report it to the sect leader for approval.
So it is not easy to publish a book.
The Wanjian Sect is a large and powerful sect. It is a comprehensive sect that focuses on sword cultivation. There are people from all walks of life in the sect. If they encounter war, they can activate the sect protection formation and live a self-sufficient life.
Perhaps it was because of her age, or perhaps it was because of her cultivation, when she started to take on missions from the sect, she also began to get involved in the sect's various industries.
There are many disciples in the sect who like quietness, and what they like most is to take on the tasks here.
Bingxin Pavilion, which makes jade slips, is the most popular because the process of engraving the contents of books into jade slips can train spiritual consciousness.
There are also disciples who come from scholarly families in the mortal world. They love books by nature and prefer paper printing, and stay in the printing room for a long time.
When Wei Wenxin came for the first time, woodblock printing was still popular. Later, overprinting appeared, which could print color albums. Later, movable type printing appeared, which greatly improved the efficiency of the bookshop.
In just about two hundred years, the Wanjian Sect's printing industry has achieved a series of technological innovations, all thanks to the same person.
Uncle Qingying’s little disciple, Wen Junxie.
Wen Junxie looks very similar to Uncle Qingying, with a long face, willow-shaped eyebrows, and long, straight, black and shiny hair. He is a descendant of the same clan as her in the mortal world, more than ten generations apart.
The Wen family is a family of scholars, and they have produced many high-level monks in the family. This family has existed for more than ten thousand years and is very respected in their country.
The year Wen Junxie was born, there were floods in the south and droughts in the north. The country was in dire straits, and the city where the Wen family lived was hit by a serious food crisis.
This can be seen from her name.
Xie means working together to solve the food problem.
When Wei Wenxin saw Wen Junxie for the first time, she was working on the carving block with her armband tied around her shoulders.
A calm face, a slightly bowed head, and rosy hands in the sunset...
All of them make people feel inner peace.
Wei Wenxin leaned against the window and looked for a long time.
It was not until dusk that Wen Junxie put down the carving knife and the carved wood board, stood up and asked her if she was hungry.
She had already established her foundation at that time. Since she had been eating medicinal food to cultivate her body since she was a child, she felt uncomfortable when talking about eating. After establishing her foundation, she relied entirely on fasting pills to survive. So she lied and said that she had eaten.
He stayed on the windowsill for quite some time and never left it once, not even trying to lie.
Wen Junxie became sullen and ignored her, going to eat by herself. After eating, she came back and continued to light the lamp and carve on her board.
Sometimes the two of them wouldn't talk to each other for a whole day.
One of them was doing his own thing, while the other one was watching curiously.
As she watched, Wei Wenxin wanted to help, and she didn't refuse.
At first, she was only asked to do things like sanding wood boards and carving borders.
Because the ink is mixed with monster blood and powder of various spiritual minerals, and the wood selected is also durable and hard spiritual wood, it is not easy to carve it accurately into the desired shape.
Wei Wenxin was strong and dexterous, and the two of them soon became working partners.
At first, Wen Junxie thought she was just a novelty and did not drive her away.
Because her elders were known for being protective and fierce, and she hadn't done anything excessive, there was no need to make enemies.
I didn't expect that Wei Wenxin had been here for half a year and had no intention of leaving.
I started out as an assistant and later on I could do everything, without asking for any reward, just for work.
Wen Junxie was a very quiet and gentle person. Eventually, she couldn't stand it anymore and told her master about it. Daoist Master Qingying saw that she was devastated and had to find Wei Wenxin to ask her what she wanted to do.
Wei, who was still a confused girl at the time, didn't think too much about it. She just simply felt that it was quiet here, she had something to do, and it was a good place to kill time.
When I heard her ask, I told her the truth.
But Taoist Qingying didn't believe it at all and asked her directly if she had any book she wanted to publish.
There is a limited number of publication numbers each year, and countless people try to curry favor with her in various ways in an attempt to take advantage of the opportunity to publish.
Seeing that she was sincere and did not want to offend her master, Taoist Qingying just wanted to finish the matter quickly, then send the plague god away and give his disciple some peace and quiet.
I just asked for it because it was within my job scope.
At that time, Wei Wenxin had already understood the entire process of book printing, knew how to make jade slips and how to print books. Thinking that his book could be sold and seen by others, he suddenly became interested and prepared to write a book seriously.
As soon as Taoist Qingying opened his mouth to speak, he saw her expression and realized that he had misunderstood.
I regretted it very much, but I still encouraged her to write a book as soon as possible.
Wei Wenxin received the promise and ran back to Taxue Peak as fast as he could. He secluded himself for three months and wrote a manuscript.
She showed it to her master, who said it was good. She showed it to her uncles and aunts, who also said it was good. As for her grandmaster, he didn't say much, but almost praised her to tears.
Then she came to Wangbei Tower with the manuscript full of confidence and asked to see Uncle Master Qingying.
The name of this book is "One Hundred and Eight Tips for Hunting".
There are all kinds of mechanisms and traps, all of which are extremely sophisticated. It takes countless times more time to catch a small animal that can be easily crushed to death.
Why can we only catch small animals?
The spiritual beast is not blind. How can it not see if the mechanism is so big?
Taoist Qingying frowned and comforted himself that these things could at least coax children, and maybe make them smarter. He thought it would be feasible to sell them to monks with children under the name of enlightening the mind.
I published it with great courage, received a lot of criticism, and in the end only sold less than 10% of the copies. I lost all my money, and still had to keep the copies, which took up space in the warehouse.
In desperation, Taoist Qingying simply packed up all the remaining things, filled a storage bag, and sent it to Guanlantian.
As expected, Uncle Mingzhen rewarded her with a large sum of spiritual stones, happily bought the books, and then said to her:
"My Wenxin is still a child! It's great that he can write a book like this! As long as he walks on the right path, it doesn't matter if he falls from time to time."
After a lot of chatter, the main idea is that the books can't be sold because of the bookstore owners.
Taoist Qingying laughed in his heart, but looked respectful on the surface. He quickly bowed and left, swearing that he would never provoke this group of crazy people again in his life.
Not long after, I heard that Senior Brother Qing Yuan was selling formation plates and formation flags, and he would only sell them together with the book of hunting tips.
She went to Dajiang to buy spirit beads, intending to make a batch of jewelry for the younger generations in her family, and she also had to buy a book on hunting techniques first.
I don’t know how Uncle-Master Mingzhen assigns the tasks.
During that period, no matter what I bought, I had to buy this book first, which made her laugh so hard!
Not long after, I went back to my hometown and saw that my children were well-behaved, so I decided to make full use of the gift and give it to others as a reward.
I didn’t expect that the younger generations would regard this book as a treasure.
With the cultivation level of the first or second level of Qi training, he can use those mechanisms to capture prey in the middle and late stages of Qi training, achieving the goal of winning big with a small effort. It's really amazing!
Wei Wenxin has gained a large number of fans from all over the world.
Several decades have passed since this happened, and Taoist Qingying is still doubting himself.
It seems that the target customers are not selected correctly?
It can be said that this little bit of self-doubt really came in handy when I published many books for Wei Wenxin afterwards, not only because she was good at fooling people.
"You haven't given up yet?"
Just like every day in the past, Wen Junxie sat quietly under the south window where the light was soft, and carved the character mold at hand with great care.
When he heard that she was here to publish a new book again, he immediately stopped what he was doing and looked up at her in surprise.
"When you've been away for three days, you should look at me with new eyes. I advise you not to underestimate me!"
Wei Wenxin was determined to avenge his previous humiliation, and his whole body was shaking.
Wen Junxie covered her mouth and chuckled, without saying anything.
Wei Wenxin didn't feel embarrassed. He sat down, picked up his tools and started working.
Steal the floating life for half a day.
(End of this chapter)
