Chapter 93 Return of the Pearl Tower

Chapter 93 Return of the Pearl Tower

Chapter 93 Return of the Pearl Tower
"Guest, please take a seat."

Eleventh Lady said, "Mr. Hu said that the guest's talisman is good, so it must be good. I will accept as many talismans as the guest is willing to pay."

Eleventh Lady saw the Taoist nodded, and then heard him say, "That's good, of course, but you don't have to keep calling me guest. Once I've announced my name, just call me Xinzhan."

She nodded and said, "Okay, then Xinzhan doesn't have to call me Taoist friend, just call me Shiyi Niang."

Both of them thought the name was weird.

But the Taoist felt even more strange. What kind of name is "Shiyi Niang"? Why does it sound like a girl's name? Is that how people in the north call her? It is quite different from the south.

He looked at Hu Gongfeng and asked, "How would you price this talisman?"

Apparently, Hu Gongfeng had already made up his mind since he saw the talismans, so he said, "According to the market conditions in Baiyujing, the thunder talismans, wind talismans, water talismans, and fire talismans are more expensive. I will charge Master Cheng twenty pieces for one gold, and the prices for the others will be lower, twenty-five pieces for one gold. How do you think?"

Cheng Xinzhan didn't expect it to be worth so much money, so he immediately agreed.

Hu Gongfeng smiled and said, "Master Cheng has met with my boss, and Master Wang just said he would give you a discount. So, we in Haishi will give you another five-mu water bag, which can be used to put live fish in the water and can also be put into the cave stone. Just don't keep it in the cave stone for too long."

"Then can we keep these sea fish alive in mountain ponds?"

"That's fine, but if you want to keep the taste fresh, sea water is better. So, let's send the Taoist some salt shells. These shells can dye the lake water into sea water. This is something unique to our Hai City and is not sold outside."

He thanked her repeatedly. He was thinking of buying more sea fish for his third sister, but was afraid it would be difficult to take them away. This would be the best. He could then raise them in the pond in the woods, which would be enough for his third sister to eat for a long time.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, looked at the woman again, and asked,

"May I ask, Eleventh Lady, do you know what the dragons like to eat?"

The people in the elegant pavilion were not too surprised to hear this. It was Sanqing Mountain, so it didn't seem too strange to raise a few dragons. And it just so happened that Shiyi Niang was a close friend of the daughter of a dragon ancestor in Bohai. Knowing that dragons were greedy, she said,

"Jiaolong also likes to eat loaches and clams."

"Then I'll trouble you all to exchange all my talismans for two portions of sea loach and one portion of clam."

As Cheng Xinzhan spoke, he took out all the talismans he had used for practicing from the cave stone.

Hu Gongfeng was very active and asked again,

"I see that the talisman paper and talisman ink used by the Taoist priest seem to be the most common things. I don't see any gold or jade paper, nor any ink made of gall and musk. Why is that?"

The Taoist smiled and replied, "I draw these talismans mainly to understand the meaning of the law."

Hu Gongfeng guessed something and said,

"Then I wonder if you have any talismans for your own use? May I take a look?"

Cheng Xinzhan nodded and took out a thunder talisman.
"For this kind of thing, the talisman paper I used is the bark of a jujube tree struck by lightning, and the ink I used is lightning pulp. This is an attacking thunder talisman, a five-thunder talisman."

Hu Gongsheng's eyelids jumped, and he looked at the purple lightning flashing on the talisman, but he didn't dare to reach out to take it.

"Then I wonder if this kind of Taoist priest is going to be sold?"

He shook his head and said, "I don't have many of these talismans, so I won't sell them."

Hu Gongfeng didn't care, but asked tentatively, "Then I wonder if the Taoist priest is willing to do this. We provide the talisman paper and ink in Hai City, and the Taoist priest draws the talisman for us, and we pay the reward. Or we provide ten portions of paper and ink, and the Taoist priest only needs to give us eight of the finished products, and the rest will be counted as the Taoist priest's reward. How about that?"

Cheng Xinzhan's eyes lit up. This was not a bad idea. Good talisman ink materials were rare.

"That's something we can talk about, but..."

"But what?"

Hu Gongfeng asked repeatedly.

"I am still in the first realm, so it is not convenient for me to come to Baiyujing. Now that the talisman is completed, how can I hand it over to you?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Gongfeng breathed a sigh of relief and laughed.
"You are worrying too much, this is not a problem at all. We do business all over the world, so we naturally have some communication tools. We will give one to the Taoist priest. If the Taoist priest wants to come to our Baiyujing to play, just let us know and someone will pick him up. If the Taoist priest wants to meditate and doesn't want to move, just let us know, and we will go to Sanqing Mountain to pay homage to the gods and take his talisman with us."

Xiao Shiyi's eyes lit up. If she could establish a connection with Sanqing Mountain...

Cheng Xinzhan thought that the other party's business considerations were indeed sensible, so he nodded.

Hu Gongfeng laughed, "Then, dear guest, why don't we go to the private room of the restaurant to discuss in detail? It just so happens that our host is here too."

Xiao Shiyi Niang immediately stood up and invited her.

The young Taoist priest agreed.

So, several priests put away the existing talismans, the servants went to catch the loaches and clams, and Xiao Shiyi Niang personally took Cheng Xinzhan to her own restaurant.

Entering her own restaurant, Yage, Xiao Shiyi Niang took off her veil, revealing a round, fair and beautiful woman with an oval face, thin curved eyebrows, watery eyes, and a mouth like a red peach after rain. Although she was young, she had the demeanor of a mistress.

Xiao Shiyi Niang and Cheng Xinzhan were chatting happily, while the third sister was biting a plate of fried sea loach that had just been served. The lion cat kept trying to come over but was stopped by Deng Ge'er.

The lion cat scratched the hem of Xiao Shiyi Niang's skirt, but the woman was completely unaware and her eyes never left the young Taoist's face.

After talking for an hour and a half, all matters were settled and both the host and the guest were happy.

"I wonder if Xinzhan has a place to stay tonight? Today is the 29th, and many people come to Baiyujing. If you don't make a reservation in advance, there shouldn't be many empty restaurants in Peacock City, and the price won't be low. Especially the place where you drank before, that area is the wine area, and I just went there specifically to taste the wine. If you stay overnight, the price will be much more expensive than ours."

This question really stumped Cheng Xinzhan. Senior Brother Miaoshu had not been to Baiyujing very often and might not be very familiar with the place. He wondered if he had booked accommodation and whether the group had enough money.

Seeing that the Taoist priest didn't say anything, the woman immediately said,
"We have rooms available in our own restaurant in Haishi. If Xinzhan and the disciples from Sanqing Mountain haven't booked a room yet, why don't they come to our place in Haishi? Xinzhan is a distinguished guest of ours, so we will give him a discount."

The woman said with a smile.

Cheng Xinzhan nodded and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Eleventh Lady. I will go find my fellow disciples. If I don't have a place to stay, I will come back to trouble you."

"It's just a piece of cake, no need to worry about it. Oh, by the way, Qingyu, bring me a pair of "If You Don't Believe It"."

The woman gave an order and a maid who had been waiting outside the door came in. However, this maid was much better than the ordinary maids in the restaurant in terms of demeanor and clothing. It seemed that she was serving Eleventh Lady.

The fact that a maid could have travertine also illustrates this point.

Qingyu took out two letters from the cave stone, first handed one to the Taoist priest, and then handed one to Shiyi Niang.

"Xinzhan, this is "If you don't believe it", the words you wrote in the letter can also be seen here. When you have finished drawing the talisman in the future, let us know to pick it up, and just write it here. If you have any requirements for paper and ink, or if you need anything else, you can write it down. When you meet with your fellow disciples later, you can also write down whether you want to live here or not. I will see all the handwriting and make arrangements."

The Taoist priest took the envelope and felt it was novel. Only when a monk reaches the second realm and has mastered supernatural powers can he transmit messages over a thousand miles. However, the majority of monks in the world are monks of the first realm, so he thought of many ways to transmit messages to monks of the first realm, and the morning glory at his door was one of them. This "If you don't believe it" is also very interesting.

"Master, this is your loach and clam."

Qingyu handed over a purse-like object with the mouth tied tightly. "Master, when the time comes, you can untie the rope and pour out the loaches, clams and water together."

The Taoist took it and found it interesting.

“This is paper and ink.”

What was handed over this time was the promised spiritual paper and ink, packed in a book box, full of spiritual energy.

Cheng Xinzhan put all the things into the cave stone.

"We gained a lot from today's trip to Hai City, thanks to Eleventh Lady."

"It's all thanks to the Taoist priest."

Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "She has bright eyes and white teeth, just like a summer flower, which makes people feel comfortable when they see her."

Afterwards, Eleventh Lady put on her veil and personally escorted the person out of the restaurant.

After watching the Taoist priest go away, Qingyu asked,
"Master, we have the same voice Gu and the blue bird talisman, why do you choose to use "If you don't believe it"? "

Eleventh Lady rolled her eyes at her and said, "What do you know?"

Then she added, "Mr. Hu is a good minister, and his monthly salary will be increased by one gold coin."

Qingyu agreed, and Hu Gongfeng on the side thanked him repeatedly.

Cheng Xinzhan returned to the vicinity of the restaurant where he had been before and wandered around. Soon he ran into Sun Miaoshu who was walking in a hurry.

When Cheng Xinzhan saw how anxious he was, he stepped forward to stop him and asked, "Brother, have you found a place to stay for the night?"

"Ah, Xinzhan."

Sun Miaoshu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Yes, I just wanted to bring you here to join in the fun, but I didn't know it was so difficult to find accommodation here."

"Brother Dao, don't worry. I have already found one, but it's a little far from here."

"Oh?" Sun Miaoshu was overjoyed and finally relieved. "How did Xinzhan find it?"

"That's it..."

The two began to stroll around leisurely, talking as they walked, waiting for the others to come back.

During this interval, Cheng Xinzhan also took out the talisman pen and took out a piece of letter paper from "Ru Wu Xin". The letter paper was green and had patterns on it. Upon closer inspection, they were the natural veins of leaves, but no one knew what spiritual plant it was from.

He picked up his pen and wrote on the paper:

Eleventh Lady, there are seven of us in total, and we would like to stay at Haishi Restaurant tonight. If there is any vacancy, please keep a room for us. I would be very grateful.

On the other side, diagonally opposite the sea city, there is a courtyard. In the land-scarce Peacock City, courtyards are rarer than high-rise buildings. This is exactly the place that Xiao Shiyi Niang bought for herself after coming to Peacock City.

In the boudoir, the envelope on the bed lit up. After a busy day, Xiao Shiyi Niang, who was just about to fall into bed to rest, opened her eyes, picked up the envelope and took a look. She immediately smiled and then said to the amber beads on her wrist,
"Qingyu, Taoist Cheng is coming over. You are to receive him personally and arrange seven rooms for him."

Soon, a female voice came from the beads, "Understood, Master."

Eleventh Lady took out her eyebrow pencil and wrote a reply on the letter:
"Okay, you're welcome, Eleventh Lady."

The Taoist priest used Yunli, whose characters were soft yet elegant. The female owner's hairpin-flowered small regular script was also neat and decent.

In the evening, the group gathered together and went to Haishi Restaurant. Xiao Shiyi Niang did not show up, but her attendant Qingyu arranged the seven people very well. As for how luxurious the furnishings in the room were and how they amazed the people were, I will not go into details here.

Early the next morning, several people came out of the room and were led by Qingyu to have a delicious snack. Sun Miaoshu secretly went to pay the bill in the middle of the meal, but was told that it had been charged to Cheng Xinzhan.

Sun Miaoshu wanted to pay, but was pulled away by Cheng Xinzhan who came over with a smile.

As they were savoring the delicious food, they discovered that everyone on the street was in high spirits, unable to hide their excitement on their faces.

Cheng Xinzhan asked Qingyu, "Layman, what's going on outside?"

Qingyu replied, "Early this morning, word came out from the City Lord's Mansion that Peacock City will celebrate together with Huanzhu Tower this year, and Huanzhu Tower will fly directly over."

"Who is Huanzhulou?"

He Jiyuan asked.

Qingyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and opened her mouth to explain, "Huanzhu Tower is one of the twelve towers in Baiyujing. The owner of Huanzhu Tower is a sword immortal, but he has not yet ascended to heaven."

Everyone then understood what was going on.

"Is the joint celebration lively? Look how happy everyone is."

Cheng Xinzhan said.

Qingyu replied, "It's not just because of the joint celebration. As everyone knows, Huanzhu Tower Master is good at hosting sword fighting competitions. Some people say that Huanzhu Tower in the sky and Emei Peak on the ground are the two most famous sword fighting competitions in the cultivation world. However, Huanzhu Tower hosts sword fighting competitions based on its own preferences and time. It all depends on chance. It has been five or six years since Huanzhu Tower Master last held a sword fighting competition. Everyone is speculating whether he will hold a sword fighting competition during this joint celebration. It will be a huge event."

Everyone became interested, Feng Jihu asked,

"What's so special about Huanzhu Louzhu's sword fighting skills?"

Qingyu introduced: "The sword fighting competition hosted by Huanzhu Tower is also divided into flying sword, magic sword, and body sword, but the owner of Huanzhu Tower only allows sword cultivators of the first and second realms to fight. He believes that most sword cultivators who have reached the third realm are more capable of killing but lack spiritual energy, and few people can break out of this rut. And I heard that the sword competition held by Emei has great cultivators of the fifth realm!
"However, in the sword competition hosted by Huanzhu Tower, he will give direct comments during the sword fights. This is the guidance of the sword immortal, and the winner will also receive additional rewards."

Qingyu looked at the people from Sanqing Mountain and asked, "Do you Taoist priests want to give it a try?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at Cheng Xinzhan. He was the only one here who liked swords.

Cheng Xinzhan was also quite interested. Since he started practicing swordsmanship, he had not had many opportunities to demonstrate his skills with swordsmen from all over the world. If he could meet one today, it would be a pity not to try it. Thinking of this, he asked,
"I wonder if there are any requirements for participating in this sword fighting competition?"

Qingyu shook her head. "As long as they are in the first or second realm, they will be fine. If there is a sword fighting competition today, according to past practice, the owner of Huanzhu Tower will set a question on the spot, and those who pass the test can enter the sword fighting field."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded and decided to give it a try then.

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