Chapter 92 Xiao Niang

Chapter 92 Xiao Niang

Chapter 92 Xiao Shiyi Niang

"It has nothing to do with us. We'll go shopping on our own."

Sun Miaoshu said.

Everyone shook their heads and left.

Then he suggested, "Let's go and have fun separately. We'll meet at the restaurant tonight and stay together. Tomorrow, on the 30th, we'll tour Peacock City all night, so we don't need to stay overnight. The day after tomorrow, which is the first day of the new year, we'll go down there in the afternoon."

Everyone agreed and went their separate ways.

Cheng Xinzhan took a map from a roadside kiosk. The map was very beautifully made. He glanced at it casually, and suddenly four words came into his sight:
Bohai Sea City.

He put away the map and walked towards the Bohai Sea Market. The woman in white fur in the restaurant just now said that eating sea fish was good for his third sister's eyes. He was thinking of asking around after going downstairs. Now that there was a sea market in Peacock City, there must be sea fish.

Haishi was in the northeast corner of Peacock City, and he entered the city from the west gate. The distance between them was quite far, and Gao Fei was not allowed to run fast in the city, so he had to walk to get by.

He learned the Qinglong Cave's stepping method, and after returning to the sect, he learned some of the Shilin's stepping on snow to find plum blossoms. He also added some of the Meiji Mountain's wind method to it, and created a footwork of his own, which he called,
Tiangang Yidou footwork.

This footwork is easy to move, change, light and silent, and he is quite satisfied with it.

He carried his third sister and walked on the wind, waiting for his brother to catch up.

After the cats and dogs absorbed the energy, he, as the master, discovered that his third sister was attracted to the elements of gold and fire, while his brothers were attracted to the elements of earth, gold, and wind. So when they were playing together, he would pass on some corresponding magic power to them, just like he did to "Gao Zhen", and it was very easy for him.

The boy was already good at running, and after consuming the air, his body became more windy, and it was very easy for him to keep up with his master.

At first glance, Haishi looks like a huge paddy field, except that the ridges are exceptionally wide and paved with bricks and stones. The water is very deep, blue in color, and a bit fishy.

"Sir, are you here to bathe in the sea or buy some seafood?"

Cheng Xinzhan watched by the pond for a while, and immediately a servant came up to him.

He was surprised that there were people bathing in the sea, but he was not very interested and just said, "Buy some seafood."

The servant said, "Then what would you like to order? Look, this water and this fish are all directly taken from the depths of the Bohai Sea every day. They are absolutely fresh and absolutely diverse."

He asked, "Excuse me, are there any six-barbed loaches and ichthyosaur loaches?"

The servant clapped his hands upon hearing this, "Sir, you are indeed an expert. These two are specialties of Bohai Sea, both are dragon fish. They are very delicious and can be stewed or fried. If used for viewing, they are like swimming dragons. However, if you want to eat them, you should buy small loaches, and if you want to raise them, you should buy large loaches. Do you know?"

"food."

"You come with me."

The two of them walked on the ridge, and Cheng Xinzhan saw all kinds of fish along the way. In a huge pond, he even saw a silver-ringed sea snake with a tumor on its head. When its horns stretched out, it could be called a dragon.

Finally we came to a pool where various kinds of sea loaches were swimming. The sea loaches here were not big, about three inches in size, and colorful.

“How do you sell this?”

he asks.

The boy smiled and said, "We sell by the piece. There are 20 to 30 kinds of sea loaches in this pond, and the price is the same for all of them. You can specify six-barbed loaches and fish dragon loaches, or you can mix them together. 50 pieces for one gold, and there are gifts for buying more."

His brows jumped. As expected, as Brother Miaoshu said, the minimum price here is one gold.

The Taoist priest asked again, "I wonder if we can barter?"

The servant smiled and said, "Of course you can. I don't know what you want to exchange for it, sir. We only want what we need. We won't accept anything too complicated."

The Taoist thought that his best-selling and most skilled products were talismans and talisman arrows, but he had not made new talisman arrows since returning from Miaojiang. However, since making talismans could help him understand the meaning of the law, he had been drawing them all the time. He said, "I have some talismans here, can I exchange them?"

The servant nodded. The talisman was a valuable commodity no matter where it was. "Then come over here, sir. Let us take a closer look."

There was a rest pavilion not many steps away. There were more than two maids waiting in each room. The servant extended his hand and invited the Taoist priest to the nearest pavilion. When he came in, he said to the two maids, "Serve the guests tea."

After saying this, he turned around and said to the Taoist priest, "I am just a guide. The matter of judging the talisman depends on my family's offerings. Please have some tea and wait for a while."

Naturally, he had no objection and nodded in agreement.

"I am a mortal with a short sight. I don't know what realm of talisman the guest is exchanging for."

"One realm."

The servant nodded and said to the maid, "Please invite Mr. Wang."

A maid nodded, picked up a strange-looking magical instrument and whispered.

After a while, the worshipper named Wang arrived. He was a man who looked to be in his forties or fifties.

As soon as Wang Gongfeng came in, he bowed to the Taoist priest and said, "I'm sorry to have waited for you."

The Taoist smiled and waved his hand.

"I wonder if the customer drew the talisman himself or collected it?"

"Self-painted."

"Oh." Mr. Wang nodded.

At this time, the Taoist priest took the initiative to ask: "Which kind of talisman do you like?"

Wang Gongfu was stunned when he heard this. He was the one who usually asked customers which kind of talismans they wanted to sell, but this was the first time he was asked to choose first. He didn't know whether the young man in this realm asked this question because he was not very good at the five elements or was very good at all the five elements. He looked at the young face opposite him and was more inclined to the former. He smiled and said,

"My family has many businesses and we need all five elements. We will accept any customers as long as they are suitable."

The Taoist nodded and asked, "Which of the attack, defense, enhancement, and prayer categories do you prefer?"

Wang Gongfeng felt a little unhappy, thinking that the young man was getting excited, but he still smiled and repeated what he had just said, "I have a large family and do a lot of business. As long as it's suitable, we will take it."

The Taoist nodded and began to take out the tickets one by one.

“This is the Three Mountains Demon Suppression Talisman, an earth-based attack type;

This is Lian Tu Ping Shan Fu, an earth-based amulet.
This is a talisman for rooting on the ground, an earth element enhancement type;
This is a fertile soil and harvest charm, an earth-based prayer to the gods;
This is a talisman for breaking mountains with a river, a water-based attack.
This is the Hengjiang Weak Water Talisman, a water-based amulet;
This is the Morning Dew Purifying Talisman, a water element enhancement type;
This is a small cloud and drizzle charm, a water-based prayer to the gods."

......"

Wang Gongsheng remained calm and examined each one of them. As he examined them, his expression gradually became lively. Each one of them was made of ordinary yellow rattan grass paper, using the most common cinnabar and pine ink, but why did this talisman look different? How come the talisman head, the name of the god, the talisman belly, the talisman heart, and the talisman foot were connected so smoothly? Why was the Dharma meaning on it so abundant?

The young Taoist priest felt a little strange when he saw the worshipper opposite him frowning more and more. He was aware of his own level, which should be considered very good in the First Realm, unless this family did not think highly of the First Realm, or the Five Elements Talisman was a little ordinary.

After thinking for a while, he took out some more and said, "Actually, I also drew some wind and thunder talismans, but they may not be as complete as the five elements talismans.

"Take another look. This is the Silver Light Delusion-Breaking Talisman, a thunder-type enhancement talisman. This is the Earth-Clearing Awakening Talisman, a thunder-type attacking talisman. This is the Great Hole-Attracting Thunder Talisman, a thunder-type praying to the gods. There are definitely no defensive thunder talismans. This is the Spring Breeze Relieving Fatigue Talisman, a wind-type enhancement talisman. This is the Golden Wind Killing Summer Talisman, a wind-type attacking talisman..."

After listening to this, Wang Gongfu suddenly let out a long sigh. He put down the fire talisman in his hand, looked at the Taoist with a smile, and said, "Please wait a moment, sir."

He turned to the maidservant standing by and said, "Please invite Lord Hu and Lord Shen."

Then he turned to the Taoist priest and said, "I have only a rough understanding of the five elements, and a little knowledge of fire. I know nothing about wind and thunder. I have to ask other priests to take a look. This has delayed the guests' time. We will give you a discount later."

The Taoist nodded, thinking that although this Haishi family was wealthy and powerful, their attitude towards others was really nice.

Wang Gongfeng then asked the boy, "What does the guest want to exchange the talisman for?"

"It's to get some sea eels for food."

Wang Gongsheng nodded and said to the Taoist, "These talismans can be exchanged for a lot of sea loaches. I wonder how many sea loaches you want? In fact, other seafood we have is also very good. Alternatively, we can exchange them with gold and silver."

The Taoist priest was somewhat tempted by what he heard, he drew talismans in order to comprehend the meaning of the Dharma, and he couldn't use them himself, so most of the time he would take them to Dongtian Dao to sell.

There are many people in the sect who have not yet opened their own palaces. As they cannot store too much magic power in their bodies and cannot cast spells continuously, they really need talismans of the first level. Therefore, most of the talismans he drew for practice were sold to them at cost price, and he only charged for the paper and ink. Now, many people in Xiao Wanshan call him Cheng Yifu.

"Then I wonder how you collect this. I have quite a lot here."

Wang Gongfeng smiled even more happily, "Wait for Hu and Shen Gongfeng to come over, sir, rest assured, we will not let you suffer any loss."

Soon, several more people entered the elegant pavilion, but the first one to come in was a woman in a white fur coat, followed by two old men, who should be the attendants Hu and Shen.

The Taoist was a little surprised when he saw the woman. This woman was the one who instructed him to buy sea fish in the restaurant.

The woman was also a little surprised to see Cheng Xinzhan. She was the first to speak and said with a smile, "It's you. Are you here to buy sea fish?"

The Taoist nodded.

The woman thought that the young Taoist priest really listened to her advice. He came to her as soon as she told him. She said, "This sea market is mine. I don't want you to think that I am selling my own business to let you buy sea fish. How about this, no matter what you want to buy, I will give you a 50/50 split."

Cheng Xinzhan smiled upon hearing this, "My third sister loves to eat fish, so let her try some sea fish to see how fresh it is. It's not like you are trying to sell her products. Just now, this Wang Gongsheng said he would give me a discount."

The woman nodded, gave way to the two waiters behind her, and sat down at another table.

Her visit to Peacock City was also arranged by her family. From now on, this Bohai Sea Market would be registered under her name, which was regarded as a coming-of-age gift from her family. She was trying to win over the priests in the sea market. After meeting the sword priest and the water priest, she went out for a drink and came back to the eye priest's shop. However, three eye priests were called away in succession. She asked the reason and followed to see for herself, just in time to test the priests' eyesight.

I never expected to meet the man who was holding a three-flowered cat in the restaurant and sharing two pots of wine with six other people.

It's interesting.

She saw that Hu Gongfeng and Shen Gongfeng finished reading the talismans one by one, and then she heard the older Hu Gongfeng ask the man,
"May I ask if the guest is from Yuzhang or Jinling?"

"From Yuzhang."

Hu Gongfeng stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Then I dare to guess that the guest is from Gezao Mountain."

But the young Taoist smiled and asked, "How did you guess?"

Hu Gongfeng said confidently, "The guest is so young, and has such a high level of attainment in talisman techniques, he must be from one of the three talisman mountains. And you are from Yuzhang, so the only two mountains are Longhu Mountain and Gezhao Mountain. However, Longhu Mountain's thunder talismans are the best in the world. Please forgive me for being frank. Although the guest's thunder talismans are superb, they are not better than your five elements talismans, so they should not be from Longhu Mountain. That's why I say that the guest is from Gezhao Mountain."

The woman nodded slightly, thinking that what Mr. Hu said was meaningful and the annual tribute was not in vain.

But unexpectedly, the young Taoist priest actually shook his head.

"Why, you are not a disciple of Gezhao Mountain?"

Hu Gongfeng was a little surprised. The reason he asked this question was that he wanted to leave an impression in front of his new boss. Could it be that he had made a mistake?

The woman only heard the Taoist saying with a smile, "There is another mountain in Yuzhang. I can't say that the talisman technique is very powerful, but he knows a little bit of everything."

What kind of charades is he talking about?
The woman didn't understand.

Fortunately, Hu Gongfeng reacted quickly and said, "It turns out that the guest is a senior disciple of Mount Sanqing."

Now the Taoist priest nodded.

"No wonder, no wonder, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Mr. Hu said repeatedly.

The woman was a little confused when she heard this. She knew that Sanqing Mountain was a first-class sect. However, she did not expect that the disciples of such a big sect would only drink the cheapest wine when they came to Peacock City. That was strange.

But how could she know that Sanqing Mountain neither had coin casting furnaces and copper mines like Longhu Mountain, nor did it have subordinate sects paying homage and offerings like other major sects. Sanqing Mountain never asked for respect from subordinate sects, nor did it consider itself the superior sect of other sects that advocated the practice of "mutual reference of all dharmas". They were all practitioners of the same path, and it had only taken a few steps ahead.

Therefore, although Sanqing Mountain has the reputation of being the ancestral home of the Wanfa School, its actions are more like those of the Hermit School.

Seeing that Master Hu's eyes were looking at her, she naturally knew what she should do.

She stood up and walked to the Taoist priest's side, bowed,
"Greetings to the guests from Sanqing Mountain. I am from the Xiao family of Qingcheng, Jingdong, Baiyu. I am now doing business in Peacock City. I am the eleventh in the family, and everyone calls me Eleventh Lady."

Eleventh Lady saw that the Taoist seemed a little surprised, and he even bowed to her with a seal in his hand. He looked very ancient, unlike herself, whose bow was very cliché.

Then I heard him say,

"I am Cheng Xinzhan from Sanqing Mountain. I am honored to meet you, Taoist friend. I have the Wuliangguan Temple."

She blinked.

At this time, I heard Hu Gongfeng explain to me, "Master Dong, all the great sects in the immortal mountains on earth speak like this, especially the Taoist sects in the southeast, which have a long tradition and practice ancient rituals. This Wuliang Temple is to wish Master Dong a bright future."

Eleventh Lady nodded, thinking that this man was not only polite but also spoke in a poetic way, though his name was a bit difficult to pronounce.

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