As soon as she got the jade pendant, the old woman noticed the detonating charm that Zhang Xiaozu had blessed on the jade pendant, and also noticed the small movements on Zhang Xiaozu's left hand.
She deliberately erased the detonating charm on the jade pendant, but she didn't have any bad intentions. She just wanted to tell Zhang Xiaozu that such a little trick was of no use to her.
But the smile at the corner of Zhang Xiaozu's mouth and the seal still held in his left hand made the old woman frown, because she couldn't feel any other charms on the jade pendant.
Little did they know that after Zhang Xiaozu's meditation talisman was blessed on the jade piece, it would become one with the jade piece, making it invisible to others except Zhang Xiaozu.
The old woman held the jade pendant and inspected it carefully. She didn't find anything else hidden on the jade pendant, so she threw the jade pendant back to Zhang Xiaozu and said, "I bought this jade pendant. Please wipe it clean."
After speaking, he raised his right hand, took out each jade box from the empty space, held it in the air in front of him with the power of stars, and said: "One box of one hundred pills, a total of ten boxes of one thousand pills."
"Ha--" Zhang Xiaozu brought the jade pendant to his mouth, breathed hot air on it, then wiped it with his sleeve, raised it up and looked at the rising sun in the east, and said: "It's spotless, Crystal clear, it can’t get any cleaner than this.”
"..." The old woman couldn't help being speechless. She didn't mean what she meant by "wipe clean", so she cast a questioning look at Zhang Xiaopou.
Zhang Xiaozu gave her a sly and proud smile in return.
The old woman looked slightly startled, then shook her head and smiled bitterly. Zhang Xiaozu's sly and smug smile made her think that she had been fooled by Zhang Xiaozu. She felt that there was actually nothing on the jade pendant, and that Zhang Xiaozu was deceiving her by holding on to the seal.
"Young Master, what a wonderful city." The old woman raised her thumb and praised Zhang Xiaopou, then swept her right hand and pushed ten boxes of Star Pills in front of Zhang Xiaopou.
Zhang Xiaopou smiled without saying a word, threw the jade pendant to the old woman, and accepted the Star Pill at the same time.
He had already counted them with a subtle state of mind. One was too many, one was not too many, exactly one thousand.
The old woman caught the jade pendant, took a step back, and disappeared into the folding space.
"Senior." Zhang Xiaozu bowed his hands as a gift, and then shouted around: "In a moment, there will be a stall in front of our house selling some spiritual treasures and spiritual materials, among which there are many treasures that nourish the soul. Please come from afar. Friends who come here can take a look."
After saying that, he turned around and went back home.
Zhang Xiaozu first went to Yueyang Garden to visit Huang Daonv. He was not very worried when he saw that she was still unconscious.
He wanted to take her to the Yaowang Valley in the south to seek medical treatment today, but Niu Dawa was not there. Without him, he would inevitably be targeted by the powerful people lurking around the Guowei Mansion.
Shen Wenze increased the wanted reward for him to a thousand star pills, which attracted many unborn masters and traveled thousands of miles to find him.
Just like the old woman who just bought a jade pendant, her cultivation is unfathomable. Zhang Xiaozu cannot guarantee that he is her opponent. It would be really dangerous if he met her on the way to Yaowang Valley.
Zhang Xiaozu had to suppress the anxiety in his heart, hoping that Niu Dawa would come back from the disaster quickly. If he couldn't come back after a few days, he would have no choice but to go to the palace and ask Su Hanlin for help.
At ten o'clock in the morning, a stall was indeed set up in front of Guowei Mansion.
The stall is seven feet wide and two feet long. It is filled with various spiritual materials, elixirs, weapons and techniques, and other items, as well as jade pieces blessed by Zhang Xiaozu, ranging from three to seven levels of efficacy.
Except for the jade items that belonged to Zhang Xiaozu, all the other things were stolen by him.
Because of the low prices, business is very good.
By the time the stall was closed at night, more than 1,400 star pills had been sold, and someone spent 800 star pills to buy a jade pendant with six functions.
What made Zhang Xiaozhu laugh bitterly was that his stall was notified to the government office, and the people at the government office reported it to the tax department.
The people from the Taxation Department did not give Guowei Mansion any face and immediately sent people to collect taxes.
Zhang Xiaozu pieced together a few things, and using his status as a marquis as a guarantee, he wrote a receipt and paid more than five million taels in taxes with tears.
More than five million taels may seem like a lot, but if his today's revenue was converted into silver taels, the more than five million taels would probably not even be a fraction.
This is Dasu’s new tax system, and Zhang Xiaopeng has no choice but to comply.
Click!
At night, a thunderbolt fell into Guowei Mansion, startling the sleeping and practicing people.
However, when they heard that the direction of the thunder was where Yu Chengyang and Zhang Xiaozu were, they turned over and continued sleeping or practicing.
"Hey, the Zhang family is jealous."
"Double dragons carrying the coffin are a disaster rather than a blessing!"
The people living around saw that Guowei Mansion was often struck by lightning during this period, and rumors gradually began to spread.
It is said that the descendants of the Zhang family are not lucky enough to bear the burden of Su Hanlin and Su Hui Shuanglong carrying the coffin, and are jealous of God, so they have been constantly punished by God during this period.
Otherwise, they really couldn't understand why thunder struck on a sunny day, and it didn't hit other places, but focused on Guowei Mansion.
"This..." In the room, Zhang Xiaozu was speechless as he looked at the jade beads that were shattered by lightning.
He has practiced the ghost cultivation technique on the black jade slip to the tenth level, and his ghost power has been qualitatively improved. In addition, after he was promoted to the star realm, his Tao power and ghost power have improved. He just tried to bless the jade beads. When I put on the Talisman of Meditation and Cultivation, I never thought that it would attract thunder from the sky and directly chop the jade beads into pieces.
He originally wanted to help the jade beads block the thunder, but Yu Chengyang stopped him and told him that it was a thunder disaster. If he blocked it for him, the meditation charm on the jade beads would dissipate immediately. Only those who can withstand the test of thunder can can exist in the world.
"This kind of ordinary jade piece cannot withstand the power of thunder and lightning, so thunder gold jade is needed." Yu Chengyang said.
"What is Lei Jinyu?"
"Thunder strikes the ground and turns gold into jade. It is thunder gold jade, which is a kind of jade produced by thunder and lightning. It is usually produced in the land of thunder disaster and is very difficult to find."
"The land of thunder and calamity?"
"There are some places that are very easy to attract lightning strikes due to the influence of terrain, geology, or celestial star arrays, so they are called places of thunder disaster."
"Oh. Uncle, do you have thunder gold jade?"
"No."
"Is anyone selling it? How many Star Pills can I buy for one piece?"
"If it's just an ordinary thunder gold jade, you can buy one piece with three to five grains. If it's a century-old jade, or older, it can be sold for dozens or hundreds of star pills."
"I'll go out and give it a try."
Zhang Xiaozhu couldn't wait to know how powerful the soul nourishing power of the jade piece that had withstood the test of thunder tribulation, so after learning the price of thunder gold jade, he immediately got up and left the room, stood in the yard and shouted to the night sky in all directions. Said: "Does anyone have thunder gold jade? I want to buy some."
The night was very quiet, and the sound was very loud. It spread to the homes of the people around Guowei Mansion, causing a lot of dogs to bark.
Fortunately, Ye Wuyou and Qi Xiaoyao's rooms were soundproofed, otherwise they would have been awakened by Zhang Xiaozu's shouts and frightened into tears, and then Wan Qingqiu would have come to Zhang Xiaozu with a sword in hand and said.
Zhang Xiaozu didn't wait for a response for a long time, and was very disappointed. Just as he was about to turn around and go back to the room, he suddenly heard a voice from the sky in the north: "I have one, but it's very expensive."
"How expensive is it?" Zhang Xiaozu asked.
"Fifty star pills."
"I have to check the condition."
"Okay, go to the street in front of the door." This person knew that Guowei Mansion had arranged a powerful formation, so he asked Zhang Xiaopeng to go to the street in front to trade.
During this period, people broke into the Guowei Mansion every night, but regardless of their level of cultivation, they all had no way of getting in and out, which shocked many people.
Zhang Xiaozhu didn't know Lei Jinyu, and he didn't know how to tell whether Lei Jinyu was good or bad, so he called Yu Chengyang together.
The man was already waiting in front of the Guowei Mansion when he saw Zhang Xiaopeng come out and take out a fist-sized, pointed and ridged translucent stone that was half khaki and half gray-black. It looked ugly.
If this thing were left on the side of the road and Zhang Xiaopou passed by, he probably wouldn't even look at it twice.
This man was obviously afraid that Zhang Xiaozu would snatch it, so he kept a distance of more than ten steps from Zhang Xiaozu, and only held Lei Jinyu in his palm for Zhang Xiaozu to see.
"Can you bring it over and show me?" Yu Chengyang asked.
Seeing that this man was extremely vigilant, Zhang Xiaozu smiled dumbly and said: "If I want to snatch it, you won't be able to run away when you say you have it. You have been staying around the Wei Mansion in our country for twelve days, you should know I have this strength, so I should have some understanding of who I am as a person."
The man was shocked when he heard this and asked in fright, "How do you know I've been here for twelve days?"
"My subtle state of mind has reached the barrier-breaking state, and your folded space cannot block my prying eyes at all, including the expression on your faces.
However, there are some powerful ones, and I can only vaguely feel where they are hidden.
I think there should be something more powerful that I can't discover at all. "
As Zhang Xiaozu said this, he cupped his hands in several directions around him. Hidden in these positions were masters whom he vaguely felt were there.
As soon as these words came out, the people hiding in the surrounding folded space were all shocked and inexplicable, especially the experts who were greeted by Zhang Xiaozu. In the sight of the pawn.
"Here." After hesitating for a moment, the man threw Lei Jinyu to Zhang Xiaopou.
Zhang Xiaozu took it in his hand, observed it briefly and handed it to Yu Chengyang.
Yu Chengyang held it in his hand and observed it carefully for a while, then shook his head and said: "Excuse me, this piece of thunder gold jade your Excellency does not have much value, because it is only a semi-finished product, half gold and half jade. If you really want to sell it, a star pill is enough That’s it.”
After saying that, he threw Lei Jinyu back.
The man's cheeks were slightly hot, obviously he was right by Yu Chengyang's words, but he quickly put away his shameful expression and said seriously: "Someone specifically asked for this kind of thunder gold jade that is half gold and half jade. I have gold in this piece of jade. Jade wrapped in gold thread is considered to be the best of half gold and half jade. Someone once offered forty star pills and I didn't even sell them."
"Ha ha……"
As soon as he finished speaking, several bursts of laughter suddenly rang out from all directions, amused by his ability to talk nonsense seriously.
Zhang Xiaozu was anxious to use it and did not want to get in touch with this person. He took out two star pills from the mustard seeds and said, "I will give you two pills at most. If you don't want to sell it, then give up."
"Okay then." The man seemed a little reluctant and hesitated for a while before throwing Lei Jinyu to Zhang Xiaopou.
Zhang Xiaozu took Lei Jinyu, threw the two star pills over, and then hurried back home.
"Uncle, can this thing be cut open?" Zhang Xiaozu returned to the room, looked at the irregular-shaped Lei Jinyu, and asked Yu Chengyang.
"Yes, but thunder gold jade is very hard and difficult to cut." Yu Chengyang replied.
"Uncle, please help me. If it is to be cut, what is the best way to cut it?" Zhang Xiaozu put Lei Jinyu on the table, pushed it in front of Yu Chengyang, and then pulled out the bone knife from the mustard seed.
"Cut here and here, the quality is slightly better here." Yu Chengyang stretched out his fingers and made a few gestures at Lei Jinyu.
"Uncle, please step aside, let me try." Zhang Xiaopou raised the bone knife and wrapped the blade with the power of the white tiger. When Yu Chengyang stepped aside, he immediately swung the knife and cut several times.
The sharpness of the white tiger's divine power, coupled with the sharpness of the bone knife, can cut gold and break stone easily. With just a few chissing sounds, the thunder gold jade was broken into five pieces.
Zhang Xiaozu picked up the black piece first. This piece was of the worst quality and had nothing to do with Lei Jinyu.
But Zhang Xiaozu still blessed it with the Meditation Talisman. After all, it was bought with two Star Pills and could not be wasted.
Rumble, thunderclouds immediately gathered over the roof.
Click!
Soon a bolt of lightning fell, and the black gold and stone instantly turned into powder.
Zhang Xiaozu had already been mentally prepared, so he picked up the second piece and blessed it with the Talisman of Calming Mind and Cultivation.
Click!
Turn into powder.
The third piece.
Click!
Same fate.
The fourth piece.
Click!
Zhang Xiaozhu's heart tightened. He only had the last piece left, but it was also the one with the best quality.
Click!
The thunder falls, but the jade is still there.
"It's... it's done!" Zhang Xiaozu said excitedly, staring at the intact jade.
Yu Chengyang flicked his finger at the jade, and a burst of energy shot towards the jade, knocking it away with a clang.
The jade stone hit the wall and fell to the floor with a clang. It rolled around a few times but was still intact.
He was confirming whether the jade had been damaged internally by the force of lightning. Although it looked intact on the surface, it was broken inside and would break into pieces after a slight collision.
But the crisp sound of impact told him that the jade was intact inside and out.
"It's done!" Yu Chengyang nodded and smiled.
Zhang Xiaozu grabbed the jade from the air and took the jade into his hand. Then a powerful spiritual soul nourishing power emanated from the jade and then penetrated into his palm.
"This... is too strong!"
Even though Zhang Xiaozu was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the soul-nourishing power emanating from the jade stone.
It just feels like a trickle, constantly pouring into the sea of consciousness between the eyebrows. The soul is nourished by it, growing rapidly like a willow tree sprouting in warm spring.
"Bring it to me and try it." Zhang Xiaozhu's excited expression made Yu Chengyang's heart beat faster.
Zhang Xiaozu carefully handed the jade to Yu Chengyang's hand.
It had obviously just hit the wall and made a clanging sound on the ground without breaking into pieces, which showed that it was extremely hard. But at this moment, Zhang Xiaopou seemed to be holding an egg, fearing that it would accidentally fall to the ground and break.
Yu Chengyang took the jade and held it in his hand. After a few breaths, a strong thought suddenly came to his mind: "Grab it and run."
"This... I'm afraid something is going to happen!" He suppressed the thoughts in his heart, frowned and exclaimed.
With such a rapid growth rate of soul, even an ordinary person, if he wears this jade from birth, by the time he is sixty years old, his soul may be comparable to that of a saint.
The emergence of this kind of heaven-defying treasure, and the fact that it can be made so easily, could it be that it is trying to subvert the path of martial cultivation?
Yu Chengyang looked at Zhang Xiaozhu with deep shock, then his expression was startled and he was stunned.
He found that Zhang Xiaozu's fate was suddenly unclear.
