Chapter 28
Ways to Get Rich
Lin Xiao was completely unaware that she had been targeted.
He was in a good mood at the time, and after leaving the hospital, he did not go straight home.
After confirming that her health was showing signs of improvement, Lin Xiao decided to find another job.
After all, there will be many more places to spend money in the future.
I can't just sit around and live off my savings like this.
However, he doesn't plan to continue working as a food deliveryman.
If you want to earn more money, you have to put in a lot of time.
At that time, I definitely won't have time to play games anymore.
Moreover, delivering food is really exhausting.
Having learned his lesson from stomach cancer, he decided to maintain a more regular and normal lifestyle and diet from now on.
Lin Xiao, with her phone in her pocket, strolled leisurely toward the job market.
As he walked, he kept making plans in his mind.
You need to earn a lot of money, have flexible hours, and not be too overworked.
Ideally, it should be able to balance playing games, saving money to extract the Azure Wolf's inner core, and even spending real money to buy cultivation items later on.
But in the current situation, how easy is it to find such a good job?
The more Lin Xiao thought about it, the more of a headache he got, and he couldn't help but complain, "If all else fails, it seems I'll have to go back to delivering food."
More than half an hour later, Lin Xiao finally arrived at the city's talent market.
As soon as I entered, I was overwhelmed by the noisy chatter inside.
The booths were crowded with job seekers, and the job postings on the posters were so varied that Lin Xiao was overwhelmed by the sheer number of options.
He strolled through each stall, his eyes quickly scanning the job requirements and salary offers.
Some job postings offer a base salary of 3,000 plus commission, but require candidates to be eloquent and willing to travel. Lin Xiao, however, is not good with words and is afraid of hard work, so he was immediately rejected.
Some job postings offer security guard positions with a salary of 4,000 yuan and two shifts, but the late nights are bad for your health and there's no time to play games, so those are also rejected.
Some companies are hiring express delivery sorters, with a salary of over 5,000 yuan, but the work is heavy, requiring you to move and lift things every day.
Lin Xiao had just undergone a marrow cleansing and meridian treatment. Although his body was better, he didn't want to suffer like this again.
As for the remaining high-paying jobs, they either require a relevant major, or good looks, exceptional talent, and the ability to endure the baptism of steel wool.
Lin Xiao was either willing but unable to do these jobs, or capable but unwilling, and didn't want to do either!
After walking around for more than an hour, Lin Xiao's legs were aching, but he still couldn't find a job that suited his taste, and his face grew increasingly pale.
"Sigh, as expected, this so-called job market is clearly a poultry market, only looking for cattle, horses, chickens, and ducks!"
He leaned against the corner of the wall, panting, feeling somewhat anxious.
"If we can't find the money soon, forget about extracting the inner core; we won't even have a chance to eat. We can't just rely on cultivating immortality and starve, can we?"
Just when he was at his wit's end, his phone suddenly vibrated; it was a notification from the game.
During her leisure time from cultivation, Lin Qishuang sorted out a batch of useless miscellaneous items, which have been stored in her game inventory (retrievable).
Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, then quickly opened the game backpack and saw a few inconspicuous little items at the bottom of the backpack.
A bronze bell covered with patterns, a warm and smooth jade pendant, and several yellowed ancient books.
They all look like ordinary items in the game, and the descriptions only say "common magic weapon fragments", "low-level jade pendants", and "useless ancient books".
"What's the point of this? What's the use of this thing?" Lin Xiao curled his lip, looking somewhat disgusted.
"Useless junk, as expected of the rubbish that cultivators would look down on."
Just as he was about to close his backpack, he suddenly caught sight of a row of antique stalls at the entrance of the job market.
Many people gathered there, picking and choosing. The stall owner held up a series of inconspicuous little items, exaggerating their value and charging exorbitant prices.
A thought suddenly flashed through Lin Xiao's mind like lightning.
Things from the Cangxuan Realm are considered junk by cultivators, but in the real world, aren't they antiques?
Those bronze bells and jade pendants are all in ancient styles with unique patterns; they might fetch a good price!
"Oh yeah! How come I didn't think of that!"
Lin Xiao's eyes lit up, and he instantly perked up, his previous fatigue and anxiety vanishing.
This game may be a money pit, but there's so much stuff in the Cangxuan Realm!
Why not extract the junk from the game and resell it at the antique market to make money?
No need to stay up all night and work hard, you have flexible hours, and you can spend money on in-game purchases – it's perfect!
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao no longer cared about finding a job and turned to run towards the antique stalls at the entrance of the job market.
Arriving at the antique stall, Lin Xiao squeezed in, pretending to be watching the excitement, his eyes quickly scanning the items on the stall.
Most of the bronzes, jade pendants, ancient books, and porcelain are modern imitations.
Or it could be an ordinary ancient civilian item, with rough texture and plain quality.
But this stall owner dared to ask for prices of several hundred, several thousand, or even tens of thousands.
Seeing this, Lin Xiao couldn't help but mutter to himself, "This junk can be sold for such a high price? It's nowhere near as good as the stuff Lin Qishuang sorted out in the game!"
He walked calmly to a stall selling jade pendants and picked up a jade pendant that looked fairly smooth and lustrous.
Then, feigning ignorance, he looked at the stall owner and asked, "Boss, how much is this jade pendant?"
The stall owner glanced at him, looked him up and down, and saw that he was dressed plainly and didn't seem like a rich person.
However, adhering to business principles, he didn't slack off and said with a smile, "Young man, you have a good eye! This is an ancient jade pendant, warm and translucent, of excellent quality. At least eight hundred yuan!"
"Eight hundred?" Lin Xiao was startled, but pretended to hesitate and said, "That's so expensive? This jade pendant looks quite ordinary."
He pretended not to know anything about it, but he was secretly overjoyed.
The low-grade jade pendant that Lin Qishuang sorted out in the game has a much better texture and more unique patterns. It might sell for more!
Seeing Lin Xiao's skepticism, the stall owner quickly said, "Young man, you get what you pay for! This is an antique, incomparable to those imitations. If you're really interested, seven hundred yuan, that's the lowest I can offer!"
Lin Xiao shook his head, put down the jade pendant, and said with feigned disappointment, "It's still too expensive. I'll take another look."
As he walked, he made plans in his mind, his eyes gleaming with excitement.
It seems that reselling in-game items is indeed a good way to make money!
Next, Lin Xiao visited several more antique stalls, becoming more and more confident with each visit.
The antiques in the stalls were mostly ordinary items, and there were even quite a few imitations, yet they could sell for hundreds or thousands of yuan.
The items in his game are all genuine "old artifacts from the world of cultivation".
Although it may not be worth much in the Cangxuan Realm, it is an absolute rare treasure in the real world, and it will definitely fetch a high price!
"Looks like I've struck it rich!"
Secretly pleased, Lin Xiao no longer cared about browsing the job market and turned to run home.
At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind.
Hurry home and extract those "useless junk items" from the game to check their quality.
If it's good, I'll take it to the antique market to test the waters and see how much I can sell it for!