Chapter 124 Zhao Cunyuan's Sadness
Spring is blooming, and all things are revived.

Zhao Cunyuan, wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, was walking among the ridges and ditches. He raised his eyebrows as he looked at the muddy and messy footprints on the ridges in front of him.

These are traces of wild boars rummaging and trampling.

The seeds he had just planted were destroyed by wild boars, covering half an acre. It was really terrible!

“Farming is not easy!”

Zhao Cunyuan sighed, feeling more deeply how difficult people's lives are.

The fields in front of him, far away from the village, were newly reclaimed by him in the mountains after the spring.

For some things, you can only know the bitterness and difficulty involved if you try them yourself.

This kind of field is one of them.

In the past, he couldn’t understand why there were large tracts of wasteland in the mountains with no one cultivating the land?

Now he finally understands.

Not only is the land barren, there is no water for irrigation, and underneath the thin layer of soil is nothing but mountain debris.

Fortunately, he was a cultivator with plenty of physical strength and the help of supernatural powers, so he managed to reclaim a hundred acres of fertile land.

To be honest, his income from this process was completely negative.

If you go into the mountains to collect herbs, the income will be far more than what you get now.

The reason why he was able to persevere was that he had a sudden idea and recorded the whole process and posted it online.

With daily updates, it actually attracted quite a lot of people to watch.

Made a lot of money from traffic.

Stimulated by traffic, after encountering difficulties every day, the first reaction is not annoyance, but a feeling of "there is another topic".

So when facing the wild boar digging the ground in front of him, he was filming the video while thinking about what to do.

After some hesitation, he made a decision. Since the wild boars would come down the mountain and destroy the seeds, he might as well sow some more seeds and wait for the boars to come.

If I don't go home tonight, I'll stay in the mountains.

Having made up his mind, Zhao Cunyuan immediately drew out his machete and started making a spear.

After a busy period, it was already dusk.

I didn’t have time to cook today, so I could only eat some dry bread. After filling my stomach, I hid in a big tree, quietly waiting for the night to fall.

This process was a bit boring, so Zhao Cunyuan simply opened the Internet and started browsing.

He habitually opened the "Seclusion Forum" and looked through the wild survival skills of the amazing old guys, many of which were quite helpful to his farming.

As soon as he opened the forum, he felt something was wrong.

After a quick glance, I immediately noticed a small video window on the left half of the forum.

The text keeps scrolling and flashing.

【Fill out the questionnaire, get points, come and participate. 】

"What the hell is this?"

Zhao Cunyuan clicked casually, the page jumped, and a beautiful picture flashed out.

In the void, two giant dragons came roaring from far away, entangled with each other with bared fangs and claws, and turned into the word "general" in cloud seal script.

"Is this the General Chamber of Commerce?"

As an old Internet user, Zhao Cunyuan naturally knew about the General Chamber of Commerce founded by Gu Zhenzai.

Pull down the page and you will see an answer button with a line of small words below it.

——Complete the questionnaire and you can get 1-100 points.

Zhao Cunyuan, who encountered such a thing for the first time, clicked on it without thinking.

The first question is, are you a practitioner?
Question 2: What is your current level of cultivation?
Question 3: Which of the following magical instruments are you most looking forward to?
……

Questions like these seem simple enough.

If you don’t want to answer, there is also a “Confidential” button on it, which looks very user-friendly.

After Zhao Cunyuan answered the questions one by one, the interface jumped and turned into a red curtain.

[Thank you for participating, universal magic tools will be on sale soon, so stay tuned! ]

Zhao Cunyuan stared at it for a few seconds, then shook his head, because he knew that this had nothing to do with him.

In fact, let alone magical instruments, he couldn't even afford a disposable talisman.

This is the embarrassment of being a casual cultivator!

His situation is relatively good now. At least he has an income from online videos. When the hundred acres of fertile land are harvested, he should be able to exchange it for a lot of points from the villagers.

If you work hard for a few years, you should be able to buy an ordinary magic weapon.

However, this does not mean much to a casual cultivator like him.

After all, he doesn't need to travel around the world!
However, despite saying this, Zhao Cunyuan still felt a little disappointed.

As a cultivator, even if he is a casual cultivator, there is more or less some arrogance in his heart.

But look at himself, reclaiming wasteland, catching fish and shrimps, how is he different from a country farmer?

Even if you comfort yourself in your heart that this is a hidden dragon in the abyss, hiding in the fields, you can deceive others but not your heart.

If you can hold a few magical instruments in your hands, even if they are of little use, it will be a consolation.

For example, the dust-proof vestments mentioned in the questionnaire.

In his opinion, it is very suitable for his current life!

Looking at him working in the mountains and fields without being stained by dust, he has a kind of elegance.

Another example is the flying sword.

Inject magic power and it will shoot out.

If he had it now, he wouldn't have to cut the wood into a spear.

What a pity... Alas...

Zhao Cunyuan shook his head and ended the questionnaire.

Turning his attention back to the forum, he found that there was a lot of discussion about the questionnaire in the forum.

When he clicked on it, to his surprise, he saw a chorus of mocking voices.

"Is Taoist Yunli going to give up the Internet? If you don't manage the Internet, what's the point of a chamber of commerce?"

"There was so much fanfare about recruiting people on a large scale, but this is the end?"

"Could it be that Gu Zhenzai was deceived by Lingbao Daoyuan? Can a flying sword that can only be shot out but not retrieved still be called a flying sword? The practice work of a weapon refiner apprentice should not be so useless."

"Unbelievable. If you said there were only one or two strange things, it would be fine, but it turns out that all the magic tools inside are strange. They are so crude that calling them magic tools is an insult to them!"

"I am a humble monk. When I broke through the realm of collecting herbs, my master gave me a flying sword for self-defense. It can hit anything within three meters. I thought it was useless. Today I know that there are even more useless magic weapons."

"Don't show off upstairs! Smacking your lips in front of hungry people is the most annoying thing! You have the protection of a sect, but independent cultivators don't. Which magic weapon and talisman is not earned with blood and sweat? I feel that the magic weapons from the General Chamber of Commerce are good. Although they are useless, they are better than ordinary items. If the price is right, you can buy one. It can also be used as a machete."

"For casual cultivators, these magical instruments are acceptable, but the question is, can they afford them?"

"Don't worry about it, this should just be a test, otherwise why would we conduct this investigation? They may or may not be selling it."

Looking at the heated discussions in the forum, Zhao Cunyuan was confused.

Are those magical instruments so rubbish?

Why does he look so good?

If he could own any one of them, he would wake up with a smile in his dreams.

As his thoughts were melancholy, Zhao Cunyuan suddenly burst into laughter.

Perhaps this is the sadness of being a casual cultivator!
The garbage that others look down upon is a treasure that is out of their reach for them.

Ugh!
At this moment, Zhao Cunyuan felt more and more the disparity in the world.

"Swish..."

A subtle voice came, bringing Zhao Cunyuan back to reality.

He quickly logged out of the Internet and saw a few furtive figures emerging from the edge of the forest. A few wild boars were walking towards the fields in the moonlight, sniffing and grunting.

Zhao Cunyuan quickly concentrated his mind and breath, clenched the wooden spear, and waited for the prey to approach.

For no reason, I was thinking in my heart, how great it would be if I had a flying sword at this moment!

(End of this chapter)