Chapter 173 Thinking Over the Cliff
“Isn’t it too risky to print 100,000 copies of the first edition?”
Does it mean that Master Uncle Mingzhen has to take out the spirit stones again and then give a copy to everyone in the sect?
After Wei Wenxin left, Wen Junxie learned that she was going to publish a new book, so he immediately found his master and asked for details.
I didn't expect to receive such a notice, so of course I want to object.
"Why don't you take a look first?"
Taoist Qingying handed her a pink jade slip, poured himself a cup of tea, and walked around the room while drinking it.
After sitting for a long time, my legs are numb.
After the revised manuscript was confirmed by Wei Wenxin, the two finalized it on the spot and transcribed it into the jade slip. They then typeset the characters and it was ready for printing.
After reading the manuscript, Wen Junxie finally felt relieved.
But there are new concerns:
“It’s a lot of work to carve so many illustrations individually.”
The labor costs will go up.
"That's fine. We can use cheap materials to keep costs down. Our target customers are casual cultivators in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages. We'll focus on small profits but quick turnover."
Wen Junxie is not optimistic about this project.
Whenever it came to Wei Wenxin, the master was like this every time, as if someone had cast a curse on him. Wen Junxie sighed, but still did not go against her wishes.
Anyway, even if I lose money, I can get it back from other places.
Wei Wenxin put his worries aside and returned to Lingsi Peak. Seeing Lingcang was still sleeping, he left a message for it, telling it where he was going. He also wrote a letter and sent it to the Deacon Hall, and assigned a task to have someone deliver it to Yue Jinxiu.
Then he took the talisman pen and the image-retaining jade that he had just refined and visited the elders one by one.
When meeting people, he would not say anything else but just say that it was a small gift and leave it for them to reward others.
The elders were very pleased.
After being beaten by the autumn wind for more than two hundred years, I finally saw the gift in return.
When they learned that she was going out on a mission again, they were so happy that they couldn't help but donate generously. Some gave spirit stones, some gave contribution points.
"You are now a high-level cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage. When you go out, you should have some dignity and stop spending your junior brothers and sisters' contribution points."
She arrived at the floating square of Siguo Cliff, entered the White Tower, and met Uncle Qingfeng, who was still not happy with her.
Wei Wenxin was just about to say that she would only spend her master's money in the future when a bulging storage bag was thrown into her arms.
"Go ahead, go ahead. If you delay your mission any longer, it will be too late."
After thanking Uncle Qingfeng, who was tough on the outside but soft on the inside, and leaving the gift behind, Wei Wenxin left the White Pagoda. He saw a disciple crying so hard that snot bubbles were coming out of the bridge, hugging the leg of his brother from the Law Enforcement Hall, and refusing to go over.
Wei Wenxin felt the voice was familiar, so she looked up and saw that the person crying was actually Master Qingxu's young disciple. She immediately walked over with a stern face.
Uncle Qingxu is the elder of the War Hall. Wei Wenxin often follows him out on missions, and they have always had a good relationship.
As disciples of the same Qing generation, Wei Wenxin is the outstanding one, and Hu Wen is the least promising one.
It’s not that he has poor talent.
After all, those with poor talents would not be able to pass the sect competition, be noticed by Uncle Qingxu, a battle fanatic, and then be accepted into the sect.
The main reason is that Hu Wen often does not do his job properly, likes to be clever and do some incredible things.
Whenever Wei Wenxin got together with his peers, he often heard people calling him Hu Lai.
It's just the Cliff of Regret. You're in the Nascent Soul stage after all. Is it necessary to be so scared?
It is even worse to not admit your mistake.
After all, I was afraid that he might encounter some trouble. Since he had, I naturally had to ask him.
"what happened?"
The two monks from the Law Enforcement Hall saw that she was asking about this and bowed before explaining to her.
"Hu Wen has been reported for illegally raising funds. After verification, it is confirmed to be true. According to the sect's regulations, he must stay in the cliff for three days and return the illegal gains."
When Hu Wen saw her coming, he immediately turned his back to her and wiped his face frantically.
After wiping it clean, he turned around with red eyes, bowed to her, and called her "Big Sister". This person is very face-conscious, so it's not surprising.
Wei Wenxin nodded and asked the Law Enforcement Hall disciple: "What is illegal fundraising?"
"He sold us an extremely expensive VIP card, saying that we could eat for free in the Spiritual Plant Garden, and that we could get all kinds of rare spiritual medicines and spiritual fruits. As long as we didn't leave the garden, we could earn more by eating more. But when the agreed time came, we went to the top of his peak, and saw that there were only ordinary spiritual plants in the Spiritual Plant Garden, and many of them were even spiritual animal fodder. The cultivators couldn't eat them at all, and then they realized that they had been cheated."
Hu Wen couldn't help crying again.
He wanted to quibble, but he didn't dare to do so in front of Wei Wenxin.
"I just have no money to spend, so I'm just trying to find a way to borrow some from them. I'll definitely pay them back when I have money!"
"How dare you say that! If you play such tricks on your fellow disciples, who will pay attention to you in the future?"
"Since the facts are clear and the verdict is fair, why are you crying?"
When Hu Wen was asked about this, he immediately felt wronged and complained:
"Don't think I don't know! It was you who first suggested installing colored lights on the Siguo Cliff! Now that the Siguo Cliff has been repaired and has become transparent, people inside can't see outside, but people outside can see inside. At night, there are bright colored lights shining! If I do something shameful in there, how can I live my life in the future?"
"Oh?"
No wonder they have to delay time by cheating.
Since that was the case, Wei Wenxin no longer cared about Hu Wen's affairs.
She hadn't been to the Cliff of Repentance for many years, let alone taken a closer look.
After hearing this, he walked along the covered bridge.
It is cloudy today, but at the beginning of the You hour, the sky was as dark as midnight.
The covered bridge was very long, paved with smooth wooden planks, with spirit stone lanterns hung on both sides. As it was not yet the time, they were not lit yet, making the bridge appear pitch black.
Wei Wenxin ran to the other end of the covered bridge with clattering footsteps in a short while.
The expected colored lights did not light up.
The disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall guarding the entrance to the Cliff of Repentance saw her coming and immediately bowed: "Master Sister, come here, what's the matter?"
Wei Wenxin's eyes were full of anticipation: "I heard that our Siguo Cliff has been decorated with colorful lights?"
"Yeah! Senior Sister likes colored lanterns?"
Maybe she watched too many lantern festivals when she was a child, and she has a fire spirit and naturally likes fire, so it is not surprising that she likes this.
Wei Wenxin nodded.
"How long have you been pretending? How come I haven't seen it?"
"It's been more than a year now! Senior Sister is usually too busy, so she might have missed it. Because it only gets light for half an hour every day."
No wonder that boy Hu Wen cried so miserably.
This is simply a public execution!
A person who cares so much about his reputation doesn't know how he looks in a small dark room, but people outside can not only see him clearly, but also see him under the colorful lights.
Just thinking about it makes me feel socially dead.
Since he had made a mistake, he had no other injustice. When the colorful lights came on, Wei Wenxin controlled his flying sword and flew slowly with the crowd, carefully admiring the embarrassment of all the disciples.
When meeting someone familiar, he would take out a jade photo to record it for them.
After coming down from the Cliff of Repentance, Wei Wenxin was in a good mood. He went to the small island in the middle of the Jade Lake and asked to see the Taoist Master Qingyu.
Uncle Qingyu was very busy, but he still met her.
Seeing her take out ten boxes of talisman pens and twenty boxes of image jade, he was very surprised: "How long do you plan to be away?"
"I just don't want to bother. I might as well make more at once."
Daoist Master Qingyu then breathed a sigh of relief and asked about her sect's mission.
"I heard that you accepted a Grade A mission?"
There are no secrets in the sect. Wei Wenxin nodded and admitted it readily.
(End of this chapter)
