A quarter of an hour later, there was a knock on the door, and a female voice said: "Sir, can you come in?"
"Come in." Bie Ling said without thinking much.
The door opened, and a middle-aged woman walked in. It turned out to be the proprietress of Ruyi Inn, who came in with some food. The fragrant smell tickled Bie Ling's nose, and she immediately sat up with support from her hands.
When the boss saw it, she hurriedly put down the food and came over to give her a hand.
Don't just give thanks.
"Sir, these are some of the specialty dishes of the shop. I don't know if they suit your taste. You can try them first. If you need anything else, I will tell my men to make them." The proprietress rubbed her hands while smiling. looked at Bieling and said.
"Who asked you to come?" Bie Ling suddenly asked.
"Oh, it's your husband." The landlady's smile became even brighter.
"My husband?" Bie Ling almost threw away the whip and asked in disbelief.
Seeing Bieling's reaction, the lady boss explained: "The guest in this room just now asked the waiter to prepare some food and bring it to the room. He said that someone was going to be hungry, and specifically asked the female family members to bring it. I just came in and saw you. , I think the man is talented and the woman is beautiful, and I think you two must be a couple. If nothing else, your husband is really good at caring for people."
"Let me tell you, he is not my husband. Put your things down and go and do your work." Bie Ling felt as if a piece of flesh had been dug out, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.
The landlady agreed repeatedly, walked out of the room, closed the door, and sighed to herself: "It seems that the young couple must have quarreled. Alas, it's great to be young and have so much time to quarrel."
Bieling, who was already extremely hungry at this time, couldn't care about much. Although he was holding back a fire in his heart, he still couldn't resist the temptation of food. He grabbed the chopsticks and started eating, thinking: "When you come back, I will settle the score with you." !”
Qianqiu and Yang had breakfast first, then left the inn and headed to the west of the city.
It takes a while to walk from Ruyi Inn to the west of the city.
After the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, the people in Huanghu City seemed to be tired, and there were not many people there the next morning.
The two arrived at Chengxi Street and found that there were many shops. They didn't know where the tea shop should be for a while. It would definitely waste a lot of time looking at each one.
So, the two of them thought about it and decided to ask someone.
There were not many people on the street. Yang Xian saw a passerby and stopped him: "Brother, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm looking for a tea merchant named Ni. Do you know if there is a tea shop owner named Ni nearby?" ?”
The passers-by looked at Yang Xian and said without thinking: "The person you are looking for should be Lao Ni, who is playing cards in front." After saying that, he pointed to a small tea stall in front of him and left.
"Thank you!" Yang Xian thanked the person.
"Playing cards?" When Qianqiu heard these two words, he and Yang Xian walked over in the direction pointed by.
Not far ahead there are several shops selling rice and noodles. One of them is a tea shop. There is a table in the small open space in front of the shop door, and four middle-aged men sit down. He was holding cards and playing cards happily, surrounded by several neighbors watching the fun.
"Is this kind of entertainment very interesting?" Qianqiu asked Mr. Yang.
Yang Xian shook his head and said he didn't quite understand.
"Excuse me, who is Boss Ni?" Yang Xian asked with his hands raised.
No one present paid any attention to Mr. Yang.
"Hahaha, what a fool! What a fool! Give me money, give me money!" shouted a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding a twig in his mouth.
Qianqiu took a closer look and saw that the man had a shallow scar on his face, a distinctive mustache, and was wearing a floral gown and had a solid build.
"Let me take a look." The neighbor stretched his head over.
"Explode the Hu! Explode the Hu!" There were people shouting around.
"Fart, when have I ever lied to you? You must be desperate, right?" The man threw the branch away and mocked.
When everyone saw that there was no problem, they fell silent. The remaining three people gave money one after another, and someone said: "Old Ni, you have won more than ten games in a row, why don't you take a break?"
When Qianqiu and Yang first heard this, they knew that the person who had won the money should be Ni Zhujun.
"If you don't make money, you bastard, keep walking!" Lao Ni started playing cards again.
A neighbor who was standing said, "Old Ni, there are two young men here looking for you. Stop playing. I'll do it. I'll do it."
At this time, Lao Ni raised his head and squinted at Qianqiu and Yang Xian who were standing, and stood up reluctantly: "Okay, Lao Xu, you can play a few games for me first, and I will come back to take your hand later."
"Okay." The neighbor immediately took over and sat down, and everyone cheered. Lao Ni turned around and cursed with a smile: "You are waiting for me. When I come back, I will continue to kill you without leaving a trace."
Lao Ni walked up to the two of them and asked, "Who are you? Why are you looking for me? I'm very busy. If you have anything to say, talk quickly. If you have anything to say, hurry up."
The two of them were stunned by this barrage of questions.
It was Yang who reacted first: "Are you Ni Zhujun, Boss Ni?"
"It's me, just call me Lao Ni. What's wrong?" Lao Ni turned around from time to time to direct the people playing cards, "Hey, why did you play eight and give him seven? How stupid!"
There was another sound of expulsion from the crowd.
Qianqiu took a step closer and whispered: "Senior Li Yu asked us to look for you."
When Lao Ni heard this, he became a little more serious. He looked at the two of them a few more times, then turned back and walked into the house: "Come in with me."
The two of them followed Lao Ni into the shop and took a quick look. The counter in front of the shop was filled with various tea leaves, and there were a few seats beside it. However, there were several layers of dust on it, and it could be seen that These seats are usually rarely occupied, and the boss doesn't like to clean them either.
After turning into a few streets, the two followed Lao Ni into a small house.
Although the room is quite small, there are many things. There are several large tables, and many small cloth bags of different colors are placed on each table.
Lao Ni found a chair, sat down, crossed his legs and said to the two of them, "Why did Senior Li Yu call you here?"
Qianqiu answered: "Boss Ni, we want to find a monster."
"I understand, there are no monster-seeking spiritual beasts, right?" Lao Ni waved his hand to signal Qianqiu not to continue.
Qianqiu nodded.
Lao Ni stood up, walked behind a table, searched for it for a long time, took a small black cloth bag, walked over and handed it to Qianqiu.
"What is this?" Qianqiu asked doubtfully.
"You'll know when you open it and take a look."
Qianqiu opened the small cloth bag, which contained a contract talisman.
"Boss Ni, what is this?" Qianqiu asked again.
Lao Ni smiled and said: "This is a contract talisman for a first-level spiritual beast. Of course, this spiritual beast is not given for free, and must be exchanged for something."
Yang Xian asked doubtfully: "Boss Ni, don't spiritual beasts have to manifest themselves? Also, if you want to contract a spiritual beast, the magician must make the contract on the spot. How can a spiritual beast be parasitic in the contract talisman?"
Lao Ni looked at Yang Xian and said with a smile: "You kid is too stupid to study. Who told you? The spirit beast must manifest itself? Your companion has at least a second-level spirit beast Blade Horse, and you... The young man’s spirit beast doesn’t even have fur, so why do you have such doubts?”
Qianqiu was shocked: "I didn't bring the knife out, how did he know? Is he another expert?"
Lao Ni looked at the confused expressions of these two boys and said, "Don't look at it. I'm not a cultivator, I'm just an ordinary person. I'm just familiar with the smell of spiritual beasts."
He thought for a while and continued: "The kind you are talking about that must be contracted on the spot are combat spirit beasts, and there are many other types of spirit beasts with many functions. Functional spirit beasts do not have combat capabilities. , there is no offensive nature, so you can conquer them first, and then sign a contract. They use the lowest contract talisman, and they don’t need cultivation supplies. To put it more simply, they don’t take up space. However, if you want to contract with them, it depends on fate."
Yang Xian and Qianqiu nodded, so that's what happened.
"What kind of spiritual beast is this, Boss Ni?" Qianqiu continued to ask.
"First-class earth-type sniffing rat."
"Sniffing rat?" Yang Xian confirmed in surprise.
Lao Ni nodded and began to hum his unknown ditty.
Qianqiu looked at Yang Xian and asked, "Old Yang, the Sniffing Rat is only a first-level spiritual beast. Why are you surprised?"
Yang Xian scratched the palm of his hand with a fan and explained: "Brother Qian, you don't know something. Although the Sniffing Rat is only a first-level spiritual beast, I heard that it is the most sensitive to evil spirits among all spiritual beasts, and can It can distinguish any monster, and for this reason, the sniffing rat is actually a very precious spiritual animal. To exaggerate, it can be said that it is rare to find. I didn’t expect to see it at Boss Ni’s place today.”
"You mean it can even surpass level 10 spirit beasts in terms of hunting monsters?" Qianqiu confirmed.
"I said you are not as smart as him." Lao Ni pointed at Qianqiu, "This little brother is quite knowledgeable. Do you think a tenth-level spirit beast still needs to hunt for monsters?"
Lao Ni continued: "I said you can't take this spiritual beast for free. I took out the sniffing rat for the sake of senior Li Yu. But you must exchange it for something."
"May I ask the boss, what good things do you need in exchange?" Qianqiu asked.
"A Penglai piranha!" said Lao Ni.
"Where should we go to get this thing? Penglai Island? That's too far." Qianqiu said in embarrassment.
"You don't have to go get it now. When you go to Penglai Island, just remember to bring one back to me." Lao Ni comforted Qianqiu.
Qianqiu thought to himself: "Although I don't know what the purpose of this piranha flower is, but if I want to get the sniffing rat now, I have no choice but to agree."
He vowed and said: "Boss Ni, I am very happy that you trust us so much. I, Qianqiu, promise you that I will definitely do it!"
"It's okay, you young people who love to make troubles will always go to Penglai Island once, just don't forget it then." Lao Ni seemed to be particularly tolerant at this time, no longer like the previous boss who was greedy for money.
Just as Lao Ni was about to see off the guests, Qianqiu suddenly thought of something and turned around and asked, "Boss Ni, can I ask you something? It's about spiritual beasts."
"If you are asking about spirit beasts, tell me everything you know." Lao Ni had a proud look on his face. Nicknamed the spirit beast know-it-all, he had never been afraid of this kind of question.
"I want to add my spirit beast to the contract talisman!" Qianqiu said.
"I thought it was a big deal. When you made the contract with your Blade Horse, did you insert the contract talisman into your forehead?" Lao Ni asked.
"Um."
"In fact, after you make a contract with the spirit beast, you can use a contract talisman with its spiritual energy to cover your forehead, and it will connect with your mind. At that time, the spirit beast will naturally hide in the contract talisman and station in the place. Your cultivation base is in the pool. In fact, the reason why the contract talisman is called a contract talisman is that one for each person is called a contract. You contracted the blade horse, but your blade horse did not contract you in the strict sense!"
When Qianqiu and Yang Xian heard this, they suddenly realized that this was the case.
Qianqiu finally understood why he couldn't call the knife sometimes. It turned out that the contract was only half completed.
"Boss Ni, do you have any contract talismans here? Can you sell us a few." Qianqiu raised his eyebrows at Lao Ni.
Lao Ni looked at Qianqiu and said with a smile: "One tael of gold a piece, no counter-offer."
Yang Xian and Qianqiu were not short of money now, so they quickly paid and bought some contract talismans.
"Boss, why are they all gray low-level contract talismans?" Yang Xian asked.
"Do you think I, a person with no cultivation level, will have blue, red, and gold mid-to-high-level contract talismans?" Lao Ni asked back, feeling that the two boys in front of him knew very little. "This contract talisman is Things need to be refined by yourself, gray contract talismans are common, but high-level contract talismans depend on your own refining."
"Thank you, Boss Ni." The two of them were very happy and hurriedly thanked them.
After sending the two of them out, Qianqiu specially gave Lao Ni a big ingot: "Boss Ni, the tea is delicious. We will definitely try it more in the future."
"Welcome again." Lao Ni took a bite of the gold ingot and waved to the two of them.
The two said goodbye to Boss Ni and returned to the inn.
Qianqiu was actually a little worried in her heart. She was worried that Bie Ling's injury would relapse, so she was a little anxious. Unexpectedly, when she entered the inn door, she bumped into someone she knew.
