Chapter 5 A little trick
The shopkeeper grinned at his action, glanced at him sideways, and then said:
"Why, kid, your master never used this method to test the quality of the talisman after drawing it? What's so surprising about this?"
Xu Feng recalled it and found that he really had no memory of this.
But the master also told him about this knowledge and the reason for not doing the test. Thinking of this, he scratched his head a little embarrassedly and explained:
"Shopkeeper, you don't know, my master and I live in the outer area of the market, and the house we rent is also the cheapest wooden house.
The area is very small, and there are no protective measures, so the master never dared to test in the room for fear of causing an explosion.
If that happens, we will be miserable. The wooden house will be inspected by the market patrol team every year. If it is found to be damaged, it is estimated that our master and apprentice will have to go mining to pay off debts for the rest of their lives."
The shopkeeper didn't say anything after hearing this. He knew about the outer area, but he had never been there, but he often heard people mention the living environment there.
After the three talismans flashed ten times each, the shopkeeper nodded with satisfaction.
He put them in his hands again, then turned around and walked behind the counter, motioning him to come over. When he stood in front of the counter, he said:
"The talismans you brought are of very good quality. They are the best among the first-level low-grade talismans.
This shows that your master should be about to break through and become a first-level middle-grade talisman maker. I congratulate you in advance.
As for the price of this batch of talismans, I could only give you 125 low-grade spirit stones. After all, my shop also needs to make some money.
But since your master's talisman making technique is about to break through, it means that there will be more opportunities for us to cooperate in the future.
So as long as you are willing to say a few good words to your master and ask him to bring all the talismans he has drawn to my shop to sell in the future.
I will give you ten more spirit stones as a commission. What do you think?"
The shopkeeper was a straightforward person. He patted the storage bag hanging on his waist, and a pile of colorful spirit stones appeared on the counter in an instant, about three hundred pieces.
Then he counted them, separated out a pile of 125 spirit stones, and then separated out a small pile of 10 spirit stones, and put the rest into the storage bag.
And the pile of 10 spirit stones, whether intentionally or unintentionally, was piled in front of Xu Feng. As long as he stretched out his hand, he could take all the spirit stones.
Xu Feng remained calm on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart. However, he did not agree directly, but began to calculate.
Even if the shopkeeper of Ju Fu Pavilion was willing to give 10 more spirit stones, it would still not be enough to make up the rent.
There was still a difference of more than 10 spirit stones, so in order not to be driven out of the market, he said with embarrassment:
"Alas, shopkeeper, to be honest with you, I am afraid I can't earn these 10 spirit stones, you should keep them first!"
The shopkeeper thought that this matter should be stable. In his opinion, where is there a cultivator who doesn't like spirit stones?
But he heard an unexpected answer. Seeing Xu Feng's embarrassed expression, he did not rashly raise the price, but asked:
"Why is that? Could it be that your master has already found a cooperative store, and you are afraid of disobeying the master's order, so you feel embarrassed?"
"That's not the case. It's because my master has recently tried to break through to the first-level middle-grade talisman maker and has spent all his spirit stones. But his luck is not good, and he is always a little short of the breakthrough. I believe you can see this."
When he said this, he raised his head and glanced at the shopkeeper standing behind the counter. Until he saw the latter nod, he continued:
"Now we, the master and disciple, have no extra spirit stones on us, and the house we live in has expired recently.
If we want to continue living in the market, we have to pay rent, but we only have these spirit talismans. After calculating the value, we found that , all of these are not enough to pay the rent even if they are exchanged for spiritual stones.
So in desperation, the master made a decision to let me exchange all these talismans for spiritual stones, and then he took me to live outside the market, so I can only look at the shopkeeper's ten spiritual stones. "
When he finished explaining, the shopkeeper immediately applauded:
"This young friend is indeed a trustworthy person. In fact, you don't have to tell me these and leave with the spiritual stones, but you didn't do so, but told the truth, which I admire very much.
How about this, how many spiritual stones are you still short of for rent, I will make up for you, and you can pay it back with talismans in the future.
By the way, since you don't have any extra spiritual stones, then I will owe you some spiritual ink and talisman paper for drawing talismans, and these can also be repaid with finished talismans! "
Hearing this, Xu Feng thought to himself that it was done, and it was not in vain that I played a long play.
But he kept thanking him:
"Thank you so much, shopkeeper. Your kindness will never be forgotten by me and my master. When I draw a talisman in the future, I will definitely sell it to you."
"Okay, okay!"
The shopkeeper was a little humble at first, then took out some talisman making materials from the storage bag and handed them to him, and then shouted to the back hall:
"Yinglong, come out for a moment."
As soon as he finished speaking, a male cultivator in green clothes walked out of the back hall. He looked about the same age as Xu Feng, but his cultivation was one level higher than his, and he had already entered the realm of the middle stage of Qi Refining.
The man named Yinglong came behind the shopkeeper, bowed and asked:
"Shopkeeper, what do you want me to do?"
"It's like this. This young man's residence is about to expire. You take these 150 spirit stones and go with him to the place where the house is rented to renew the rent for another year. Is it okay for me to leave this matter to you?"
"No problem, shopkeeper, I go there often and I know the process well. I will definitely take this Taoist friend with me."
The green-clothed monk answered confidently.
"Okay, then I'll leave it to you. Remember to send this young man back after the matter is done. Although the market is safer, we still have to be on guard."
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he took out 15 spirit stones from the storage bag, plus the 135 on the counter, a total of 150 spirit stones and handed them to Yinglong.
"I understand, shopkeeper! This Taoist friend, let's go now. I don't know where you live in the outer district. The places to pay rent in the four areas are not together."
After answering the shopkeeper's words, the green-clothed man turned his head to him and asked.
Fortunately, I was prepared!
Xu Feng thought, and he also understood that the shopkeeper did not completely trust him.
But it is understandable that the two sides met for the first time, how could they establish a trusting relationship so quickly.
While thinking, he took out the notice posted on the door by the patrol team from the storage bag, then leaned against the counter to make sure that the shopkeeper could see it clearly, and then pointed to the words on it and said:
"My fellow Taoist, the place where my master and I live is the '301' wooden house in the Si District. You see, today is the ultimatum, let's go and handle it quickly."
Seeing this notice and the bright patrol team mark on it, the shopkeeper felt much more at ease, and secretly gave a look to the young man named Yinglong.
"Okay, let's go!"
After saying that, the young monk saluted to the shopkeeper, and then walked out of the door first.
Xu Feng once again expressed his gratitude to the shopkeeper, and then quickly chased after him.
