Lin Jie came to the door of the shop. The old man was still smoking a dry cigarette, and the smoke curled up like a god puffing out clouds.
Lin Jie held his breath. Secondhand smoke is harmful to people, but I used to be a representative of the old school. Known as the source of disaster, he tried his best to fight against the representatives of the reformist Dingzhen family. You must know that every cigarette is a bullet fragment fired at the enemy.
But I'm not used to smoking dry tobacco. Lin Jie looked at it and didn't feel that his lungs were itchy. My nose is a little itchy.
He took out the thing in his hand and handed it to the old man.
The old man looked at it again.
"500 spirit stones."
The price was correct, and Lin Jie was about to hand over the stone and leave, but he thought of the small snow cone he had just placed on top of the goods.
"Hey, senior, how do you sell that snow cone on the shelf behind you?"
After hearing this, the old man looked at him strangely, then took a puff of cigarette and spoke slowly.
"Not for sale. That pen is broken and the hair on the tip of the pen has been damaged."
Lin Jie showed a regretful expression, but he liked that pen very much. The hair on the tip of the pen was snow-white, much like the hair of the Eclipse Tengu, but he didn't know whether it was soft or not. He missed the two days at Law Enforcement Peak because he could Treat a spiritual beast in the middle stage of divine transformation as a dog.
Thinking of this, his eyes lit up. Since only the hair in the front was damaged, it could be repaired by replacing it.
"Senior, if I can give you the hair of the Eclipse Tengu in the middle stage of divine transformation, can you repair it?"
"Oh? Are you a direct disciple of the Yunshan Sect's Law Enforcement Peak?"
"No. But I should be able to get it."
Seeing that his tone was confident and his expression was firm, not like he was lying, the old man nodded.
"Yes, but the repair cost must be considered. Including the value of the damaged pen itself, 20 medium-grade spiritual stones."
20 middle-grade stones, isn’t that 20,000 ordinary spirit stones? My friend, are you going to kill me?
For Lin Jie, this is an astronomical figure. If I didn't obtain it through illegal means such as stealing, cheating, and robbing, I wouldn't be able to do it in a year.
Seeing the young man's stunned expression, the old man looked calm.
"This is already a very favorable price. The hair on this pen originally belonged to a Xiyun beast in the early stage of divine transformation, and the wood of the pen stem was taken from the Phoenix sycamore tree. The price without damage is at least 50 pieces."
Lin Jie nodded. Even if the other party didn't explain, he felt that the other party was not as open as a lion. Because this kind of long-term store needs more credibility. If you lose your credibility just because you want to deceive yourself as a foundation-building monk.
That can only mean that the other party has no business acumen. Lin Jie was unwilling to spend 500 spiritual stones to buy the chosen items and left.
Qu Huanyin came to Leng Shixue. He glanced at Leng Shixue, who was looking for a new story novel.
"Senior sister, does Junior Brother Lin really not like you?"
"You've asked this question several times."
"Hey, I just thought, senior sister, you are so good-looking and a nice person, why did he give up?"
"What you said doesn't make sense. There are people in the world who are prettier and nicer than me. Shouldn't he just like the good ones when he sees them? And I have never had feelings for him. He doesn't like me now and has given up. That’s right.”
"Sister, you pretend to know so much again."
Qu Huanyin curled her lips and thought of something else.
"Senior sister, did Junior Brother Lin hold the materials for making talismans just now?"
"Um."
Leng Shixue thought about it for a moment. Answered in the affirmative.
"I thought junior brother also liked story novels! Otherwise, why would he come here?"
Qu Huanyin felt a little regretful. This was the kind of regret that she thought she had met someone with the same hobbies but found out it was a misunderstanding.
After hearing this, Leng Shixue stroked her forehead and was speechless.
After coming here so many times, has Junior Sister not noticed the signboard "talisman making and miscellaneous shop" at the door?
Since Leng Shixue ignored her, the little girl immediately ran to look for story books somewhere else. After a while she came back with two or three story novels in her arms.
"Senior sister, do these look good?"
She handed over the book in her hand. Leng Shixue took it and looked through it for a while.
"The plot of this book makes no sense."
"This book is too dark. It's not for you."
"The beginning of this book is fine, but in the end the protagonist seems to be a different person. He is either compassionate or helping the common people. The result is like a holy white lotus."
"That should look good, right?"
When Qu Huanyin heard about the Holy White Lotus, she imagined it and asked out of curiosity.
But Leng Shixue frowned and her voice was cold.
“Nice piece of cake”
"The depiction of love in this book is too crude."
"This book... is not good-looking."
"But senior sister, didn't you say it doesn't look good? Why did you put it in your bag again?"
Qu Huanyin's expression was stern, and she looked at Leng Shixue, who looked calm, showed no signs of embarrassment, and had a strong psychological quality.
"Some of the content in this book is too inappropriate for children. You can only read it when you grow up. Senior sister will keep it for you first."
"Senior sister, I'm so old, why can't I watch?"
The little girl straightened her slender waist. Leng Shixue glanced at her, raised the corners of her mouth, and spoke with some disdain.
"You can't watch it if you're not older than me."
Qu Huanyin suddenly sighed like a deflated rubber ball.
"How can this be done? Then I won't be able to watch it for the rest of my life."
Then she was slapped on the head by the ruthless senior sister.
After the two of them finished selecting, Leng Shixue only had two books in her hands. One of them was a re-released version that she had already seen. It seemed that some unreasonable parts of the original book had been modified. She quite liked it, so she bought it. Go back and have a look.
"Senior sister, why did you only pick two books?"
Qu Huanyin held a dozen books in her hands and looked at the beautiful senior sister.
“No interesting new books”
She just casually flipped through the front of those books and could guess the plot behind them. For a person who often reads novels, what she needs is novels that are more innovative. But for a newcomer like Qu Huanyin, everything is novel.
Leng Shixue and Qu Huanyin came to the old man's side together. The old man kept his eyes half-closed after chatting with Lin Jie.
When the two of them got closer, they opened their eyes and glanced at Leng Shixue first. Then she looked away at Qu Huanyin behind her.
He recognized this veiled woman as a regular visitor here.
"Little girl, it seems there aren't any new books you like this time?"
Leng Shixue nodded, and then asked coldly without emotion.
"Will you bring in more new books next time?"
The old man thought for a moment, shook his head again, sighed and spoke frankly.
"It's too difficult to sell new books now, and they're not as easy to sell as the old books we bought last year."
It seems that those Taoist friends are tired of seeing it too. Leng Shixue thought to herself. Then he delivered 30 ordinary spiritual stones and bought two novels.
This novel costs 15 ordinary spiritual stones. Apart from the excellent paper and ink production technology, there is really nothing special about it. Only the small town at the foot of Zongmen Mountain can sell it so expensively. In the mortal world, there is less than a penny. But I like priceless things. If I don’t earn spiritual stones, the old man won’t sell this.
Qu Huanyin spent nearly 200 ordinary spirit stones behind him.
Of course, this amount of money was just a small sum of money to her, so she put the book back into her storage bag. He took Leng Shixue's hand and walked away together.
The two of them are going to have a lot of fun next time.
………
After Lin Jie bought something, he did not stay in the city, but chose to go directly back to his small courtyard.
He is going to start learning how to make talismans.
