Return to Fangshi.
In order to see what he would gain from this trip, Lu Zhong made a special trip to the acquisition bank.
"Is there something you want to appraise? The fee is one spirit stone each time. If you sell the thing to us, it will be waived. Is this acceptable to fellow Taoists?" Chao Feng stretched out behind the counter and yawned.
Lu Zhong nodded when he heard that the price was similar to the market price.
With a wave of his hand, he placed the items to be identified on the counter.
"This is a five-year-old red corn grass. Our purchase price here is six spirit stones." Chao Feng mentioned the pair of crystal mirrors with flashing spiritual light and began to identify them one after another. "This piece of rusty iron It's 90% fine iron mixed with 10% spiritual iron. It should be a fragment of some low-grade magic weapon. It's rusted to this extent... I think it's useless."
Picking up the black stone again, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Hey, it's actually Mo Jingtie?"
"I picked this thing up in the south. Is there anything wrong with it?" Lu Zhong asked curiously.
"No, no problem, I just remembered some past events." Chao Feng put down the ink crystal iron in his hand and said with emotion: "I think on the first day I entered the industry, the first appraisal object I encountered was this ink crystal iron. Crystal Iron, I didn’t expect that after so many years, I would encounter this precious spiritual iron again.”
Subduing the nostalgic look on his face, Chao Feng continued with a smile: "As for the purchase price of Black Crystal Iron, we can only offer a purchase price of 175 spirit stones. If fellow Taoists are not satisfied with this price, You can sell it to the weapon refining workshop on the Seventh Ring Road. This kind of spiritual iron is of great use, or you can entrust them to refine it into a magic weapon."
"Thank you." Lu Zhong said with cupped hands.
Since the other party was so kind, he naturally wanted to show his kindness, so he sold the red cork plant here.
The purchase price of the red corngrass was six spirit stones, minus the appraisal fees for the rusty iron pieces and the black crystal iron. In the end, Lu Zhong received a total of four spirit stones, which was actually higher than his usual profit from making talismans.
"Isn't this too high?" Lu Zhong exclaimed.
He couldn't imagine how much profit he would make every time he went out to search for spirits after he had trained the spirit-seeking rats.
With such an excellent talent for making money, it’s no wonder that the ghost-seeking rat is so famous.
"Be careful." Lu Zhong secretly increased his vigilance.
He didn't want people to find out that he was carrying a soul-seeking rat, and then he would be faced with a lot of trouble.
Walking down the winding mountain road, you soon come to the workshop area full of the smell of charcoal fire.
Unlike the Central Third Ring Road, not only is the air here obviously polluted, but there is also a thick layer of white fly ash falling on the buildings. Passers-by walking on the street have dull expressions, and their faces are filled with the look of hard work.
Walking through the low-rise shanty town next to the workshop, you can hear quarrels coming from inside from time to time. The content of the quarrels is all related to spiritual stones. They are either complaining about spending money lavishly, or they are cursing that the money has become less.
Occasionally, I can still hear a few heavy sighs, which are worrying about the inability to pay for next month's rent.
The only ones here who can be called hopeful are the children running around in the streets.
Although they are all dirty and wear ordinary clothes that have been washed until they turn white, there is still innocence in their eyes. Seeing Lu Zhongchao may seem timid to him, but he will also respond with the etiquette taught by adults. .
Lu Zhong smiled and nodded at them and continued walking towards the weapon refining workshop.
At this time, a monk came out of the alley next to him.
He was wearing a wrinkled cotton coat, his head lowered, and he looked like he was in a hurry.
When he passed by Lu Zhong, a pair of fine tweezers slipped out of the man's hand, and he stretched his arms to Lu Zhong's waist very naturally. The target was the exposed storage bag.
Needless to say, this man must be a pickpocket.
If it had been someone else, he might have succeeded.
It's a pity that this person met Lu Zhong today. He had just become more vigilant because of the ghost-seeking rats. He had used the Qi-gazing technique all the way, and he had already discovered that something was wrong with this person.
The other party was hiding behind the corner, and what he thought was a very secretive peek was completely exposed in the vision of the Qi Watching Technique.
By the way, Lu Zhong also passed the malice detection test, and there were indeed warning signs in his heart.
There was naturally nothing to say after that, and a blue sword shadow passed by.
"Ah!" screamed.
The palm of the pickpocket's left hand was completely broken off, and blood gushed out like a spring.
The Chi Yang Magic Sword in his hand slowly dissipated, and Lu Zhong, who gave him a slight punishment, gave this person a cold look and continued walking towards the weapon refining workshop.
But he never thought that he would be surrounded by three people after just a few steps.
According to the results of the Qi Watching Technique, there were two monks in the early stage of Qi Refining among the three people. The tall and thin one was at the third level of Qi Refining, and the thick one was at the second level of Qi Refining.
The tattooed man at the head was at the fifth level of Qi refining.
The above is Lu Zhong's judgment based on experience.
"Why, are you with him?"
Surrounded by three people, his expression did not change at all. Instead, he questioned the tattooed man.
"Of course, he is our brother!" The tattooed man looked at the robe on Lu Zhong's body with a smile on his face, and continued: "Master Lu Fu, we know that you are very rich, and now you have ruined my brother. Shouldn’t he also pay for some decoction and medicine for his hand? You see, he won’t be able to do anything in the future.”
"Yes, yes..." The ashen-faced pickpocket responded tremblingly after hearing this.
"Ha, what if I say no?" Lu Zhong sneered.
He knew what the tattooed man was thinking, and he probably thought that the talisman makers were weaklings with extremely weak fighting skills and could be manipulated at will, hoping to make a fortune.
It's a pity that the other party is going to miscalculate this time.
Although I don't want to cause trouble, it doesn't mean I will be afraid of it.
"In this case, Master Lu Fu, you won't be able to walk out of this street." The tattooed man's words were threatening, and there was a faint flash of spiritual light in his sleeves, and the hidden meaning was self-evident.
Seeing that the atmosphere became tense, the two sides were ready to fight.
At this moment, a shout came from the front.
"stop!"
Lu Zhong thought after hearing this, isn't this Huang Shuyuan's voice?
Looking up, I saw Huang Shuyuan leading a group of people on the other side of the street, walking this way.
"Mo Laosan, what do you mean?" Huang Shuyuan asked with a cold face.
The tattooed man known as Mo Laosan glanced at the group of people following Huang Shuyuan, and then at Huang Shuyuan who was leading them. He stretched out his hands hidden in his sleeves and responded lazily:
"It's not interesting, I just came here to take a look."
After saying that, he looked deeply at Lu Zhong, his eyes seemed to contain deep meaning.
He immediately waved his hand and led the people away.
"Strange, how could Fellow Daoist Lu conflict with him?"
Huang Shuyuan looked at Mo Laosan leaving with a look of confusion on her face.
But now is not the time to talk about this. She signaled Lu Zhong to wait a moment, turned around and looked at the group of people behind her, "Okay, as we just agreed, come and collect the money one by one."
The first level of Qi Refining costs five Talisman coins per person, the second level of Qi Refining costs ten Talisman coins per person, and the third level of Qi Refining costs twenty Talisman coins per person.
In this way, Huang Shuyuan sent out a total of two talisman coins.
Lu Zhong saw it and said nothing, but secretly remembered it in his heart.
