Chapter 80: Exchanging Dharma Artifacts for Food, Cultivators Bow for Five Pecks of Rice

Boom, boom, boom!!!

Just at this moment, Zhou Sui was planning to continue his cultivation, but suddenly heard a series of knocks coming from outside the house.

"Who is it?"

Zhou Sui moved his consciousness and sensed an elderly Cultivator outside the door, who looked to be seventy or eighty years old, with a cultivation base that had reached the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.

He recognized at once that the other person was his neighbor, Qian Wei, who was an Artifact Refiner.

It was just that he and the other person were only nodding acquaintances, and were not very familiar with each other.

He did not expect that this Qian Wei would actually come knocking on his door.

"Daoist Qian, I wonder what brings you here so suddenly?"

Zhou Sui opened the main door and asked.

"Daoist Zhou."

Seeing Zhou Sui open the door, Qian Wei was immediately delighted and stated his purpose at once: "It is like this, I wonder if Daoist Zhou still has any surplus food and Spirit Meat; I can use a Low-grade Magical Tool to exchange for them."

He wanted to exchange for Spirit Meat and Spirit Rice with Zhou Sui.

"Exchange for Spirit Rice and Spirit Meat? Could it be that Daoist Qian has run out of food?"

Hearing this, Zhou Sui was stunned for a moment; to tell the truth, this kind of thing was simply unheard of.

Previously in Miyun City, Spirit Rice and Spirit Meat were basically worth very little; for other Cultivators to want to use this food to exchange for Pills and Dharma Artifacts would simply be a pipe dream.

But now, this Qian Wei was actually willing to part with a precious Dharma Artifact to exchange for them, which was truly inconceivable.

It was just like using gold to exchange for rice and flour.

If it were peaceful times, absolutely no one would do such a foolish thing.

"It's gone, it's long gone. Who could have imagined that Miyun City would be besieged for such a long time? I also didn't expect to store so much food, and the food I stored before has long since been eaten up; I don't even have a single Inedia Pill."

Qian Wei's guts were green with regret now.

If he had known earlier that food was so important, he would have stored a pile of food long ago.

It was nothing like now, where he actually had to bow for five pecks of rice.

But this was also a helpless situation; the space in a Cultivator's Storage Bag is limited, most only having one or two cubic meters of space, and most of it is used to store secret manuals, Dharma Artifacts, Pills, and other precious Treasures—who would store food there?

Moreover, the price of Inedia Pills is not cheap, and no one would store a large quantity of Inedia Pills.

"Even if the food you have on you is finished, you can go and buy some. Isn't it said that shops are now supplying it in limited quantities? Why sell off the Dharma Artifact you have on you for such a low price?"

Zhou Sui asked.

"Does Daoist Zhou not know?"

Hearing this, Qian Wei seemed a bit surprised: "Last night, the warehouse in Miyun City that stored Spirit Rice and meat was attacked by spies from the Youmo Sect, and a large amount of food was destroyed in one go.

Now, even the Xianxia Sect has no way to produce a large amount of food. Even if you go to a shop to buy some now, even if you spend dozens of times the price, you won't be able to buy a single grain of rice."

"Youmo Sect Cultivators attacked the Spirit Rice warehouse?"

Zhou Sui was stunned; after all, he had always stayed at home and basically did not go outside, so naturally, he was not that sensitive to things happening in the outside world.

He had not expected that Youmo Sect spies would actually take action to attack the Spirit Rice warehouse.

Without a doubt, this was a heavy blow for the Xianxia Sect.

After all, the space in a Cultivator's Storage Bag is limited; it is impossible to store all food in a Storage Bag, and there was still a large amount of Spirit Rice and meat stored in the warehouse.

Normally, these places are guarded by heavy troops.

But clearly, those Youmo Sect spies were one move ahead; they didn't know what methods they used to deceive the guards, and with one fire, they burned down the Spirit Rice and meat in the warehouse.

This also caused the food that the Xianxia Sect had placed in Miyun City to drop sharply.

Originally, if it were supplied in limited quantities, the Cultivators in Miyun City could still eat for more than a year.

But now, a great deal of Spirit Rice has been burned and meat destroyed, leading to the disappearance of a large amount of food.

This will also inevitably lead Miyun City into a state of famine, and by then, who knows how many Cultivators will go hungry.

No wonder Qian Wei was willing to use a Dharma Artifact to exchange for food.

After all, no matter how precious a Dharma Artifact is, it cannot fill one's stomach.

Right now, who knows how many Cultivators are anxious and burning with impatience, wanting to take Pills, Dharma Artifacts, Talismans, and other things to exchange for food.

"My apologies, we also haven't stored much food. If Daoist Qian has any, I still have some Talismans; perhaps I can exchange them with you, and I guarantee the price will be very cheap."

Zhou Sui said calmly.

He did not intend to trade food with the other person.

Admittedly, he still had a large amount of food on him, and perhaps he could take the opportunity to exchange it for a large number of Dharma Artifacts and Pills at a low price.

He could even take the opportunity to make a big profit and strike it rich.

The problem is, doing this is simply too dangerous.

If other Cultivators knew that he had a large amount of food on him, then what would come for him would likely not be wealth, but a murderous disaster.

He had stayed in Miyun City for so many years and had long been familiar with the nature of Cultivators.

Do not look at these Cultivators as appearing amiable and kind on ordinary days; once there is profit to be made and they can bully the weak, they will likely harbor murderous intent without hesitation and become Robber Cultivators.

Carrying a sharp weapon, murderous intent arises of its own accord.

This is what a Cultivator is.

One can make money at any time; there is no need to take risks at this time and become a target for everyone.

"You don't have any food either? Then I shall take my leave."

Hearing this, Qian Wei's face turned green, and he said unpleasantly. He originally had no food on him, which was why he wanted to use a Dharma Artifact to exchange for food with other Cultivators.

But this kid was something else; he actually wanted to use Talismans to exchange for food with him—isn't that nonsense?

If they were in the wilderness, Talismans would still have some use.

But staying in Miyun City, Talismans cannot be eaten as a meal.

If he really traded away his only remaining food, he would likely starve to death.

He was not stupid to that extent.

Therefore, he left without hesitation, heading to other places, wanting to trade for grain with other Cultivators who had sufficient food.

"Safe travels, Fellow Daoist Qian."

Zhou Sui waved his hand, seeing Qian Wei off.

However, he soon discovered that it was not just Qian Wei who had come knocking.

Surrounding neighbors, Fellow Daoist Zhu, Fellow Daoist Sun, Fellow Daoist Feng, and over a dozen other Cultivators in the Qi Refining Late Stage also came one after another, wanting to trade with Zhou Sui for grain and obtain food.

Clearly, these Cultivators were also caught in a food crisis and wanted to take the opportunity to trade for large amounts of food.

Some even brought out their own hidden Treasures, such as Pill Recipes, Dharma Artifacts, Pills, secret manuals, and so on.

Regrettably, they were all rejected by Zhou Sui one by one, stating that even his own household did not have much food.

These Cultivators had no choice but to leave in disappointment.

After all, it was impossible for them to force Zhou Sui; with the deterrence of Ji Bingyu and Xia Jingyan, two Cultivators at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, these Cultivators had to weigh their own standing to see if it was truly worth it to take action.

Of course, if Zhou Sui were still the Qi Refining First Layer Cultivator of the past, he would likely have been killed by these wolf-like neighbor Cultivators long ago, and all the food on his person would have been snatched away.

When it came to this point, no one would care about such neighborly sentiments.

Most importantly, they did not have much of a relationship to begin with; at most, they were mere nodding acquaintances and were not very familiar with each other.

(End of this chapter)