Chapter 110

"It has nothing to do with us; let's go wander on our own."

Sun Miaoshu said.

The group shook their heads and left.

Afterwards, he suggested, "Let's separate and have fun on our own. We'll meet at the restaurant earlier tonight and stay together. Tomorrow, the 30th, Kong Que City will have a street parade all night, so we don't need accommodation. The afternoon of the day after tomorrow, which is the 1st, we'll go down."

Everyone agreed and dispersed.

Cheng Xinzhan picked up a map in a pavilion by the road; the map was made very exquisitely. His gaze swept over it casually, and suddenly four characters caught his eye:

Bohai Sea Market.

He put away the map and walked toward the Bohai Sea Market. The woman in white fur at the restaurant earlier said that eating sea fish was good for Sanmei's eyes, and he was thinking of asking around after going down. Now that there was a sea market in Kong Que City, there must be sea fish.

The Sea Market was in the northeast corner of Kong Que City, and he had entered the city from the west gate, so they were far apart. High-speed flight was not allowed in the city, so he had to travel by footwork.

He had learned the footwork of the Green Dragon Cave, and after returning to the sect, he learned some of the Stone Forest's Snow-Treading Plum-Seeking footwork. He added some wind techniques from Mount Mingzhi, and created a footwork of his own, which he called:

Heavenly Gang Shift-Dipper Footwork.

This footwork was good at dodging, easy to change, light and silent, and he was quite satisfied with it.

He held Sanmei and walked with the wind, and Deng Ge'er could also keep up.

Speaking of which, after the cat and dog ate Qi, he, the owner, discovered that Sanmei was inclined toward the Gold and Fire elements, while Deng Ge'er was inclined toward the Earth, Gold, and Wind elements. So when they played, he would also transfer some corresponding spiritual power to them, just like he did for "Gao Zhen," which had become extremely smooth.

Deng Ge'er was naturally good at running, and after eating Qi, he possessed the Wind element, making it very easy to follow his owner.

The Sea Market looked like a huge paddy field at first glance, but the ridges were exceptionally wide and paved with bricks and stones. The water was extremely deep, appearing blue and a bit fishy.

"Guest, are you here for a sea bath or to buy some aquatic products?"

Cheng Xinzhan looked at the pool for a while, and a waiter immediately came up to greet him.

He was very surprised that there was even a sea bath, but he didn't have much interest in it, only saying: "Buying some aquatic products."

The waiter heard this and said, "Then look at what you want. Look, this water, these fish, are all taken directly from the depths of the Bohai Sea every day. Absolutely fresh, absolutely diverse."

He then asked, "May I ask if you have six-bearded loaches and dragon-fish loaches?"

The waiter clapped his hands upon hearing this, "Guest, you are indeed an expert. These two are specialties of our Bohai Sea, both are dragon breeds among fish. The taste is the most delicious, can be stewed or fried. If used for viewing, they also look like swimming dragons. But if you want to eat them, you should buy small loaches; if you want to raise them, you should buy large loaches. I wonder which you...?"

"To eat."

"Please follow me."

The two walked on the ridge. Along the way, Cheng Xinzhan saw all kinds of fish. In a huge pool, he even saw a sea snake with a silver ring on its head that had already grown a fleshy tumor. Once the horns grew out, it could be called a dragon.

Finally, they arrived at a pool where all kinds of sea loaches were swimming. These sea loaches were not large, all about three inches long, and colorful.

"How are these sold?"

He asked.

The waiter smiled and said: "We sell these by the piece. There are twenty or thirty kinds of sea loaches in this pool, and the prices are all the same. You can specify six-bearded loaches and dragon-fish loaches, or you can take a mix. Fifty for one gold; there are gifts if you buy more."

His eyebrows jumped. Sure enough, as Daoist brother Miaoshu said, everything here started at one gold.

The Daoist asked again: "I wonder if it's possible to barter?"

The waiter's smile didn't change, "Naturally, it is possible. I wonder what the guest wants to exchange? We only take what we need; we don't accept things that are too miscellaneous."

The Daoist thought that the most popular and best things he had were talismans and talisman arrows. However, he hadn't made new talisman arrows since returning from the Miao Border. But because making talismans allowed him to comprehend the meaning of the law, he was still drawing them, so he said: "This poor Daoist has some talismans here. I wonder if they can be exchanged?"

The waiter nodded; talismans were hard currency everywhere, "Then guest, please come this way, let's take a closer look."

There was an elegant pavilion for rest not far along the way. In each room, there were more than two maids waiting. The waiter reached out and invited the Daoist to the nearest pavilion. Upon entering, he said to the two maids, "Serve tea to the guest."

After saying this, he turned back and said to the Daoist: "I am just a guide; the matter of appraising talismans depends on our shop's consultant. Please drink tea and wait a moment."

He naturally had no objections and nodded, saying okay.

"I am a mortal with clumsy eyes; I don't know what level of talismans the guest is using to exchange."

"First level."

The waiter nodded and said to the maid, "Invite Consultant Wang."

A maid nodded, picked up a strangely shaped magic tool, and whispered into it.

Before long, the consultant surnamed Wang arrived. He was a man, looking to be forty or fifty years old.

As soon as Consultant Wang entered, he cupped his hands at the Daoist, "Guest, sorry for the long wait."

The Daoist smiled and waved his hand.

"I wonder if the guest drew these talismans himself or collected them?"

"Self-drawn."

"Oh." Consultant Wang nodded.

At this time, the Daoist took the initiative to ask: "I wonder which attribute of talismans you prefer?"

Consultant Wang was stunned upon hearing this. This was usually him asking the guest which attribute of talismans they wanted to sell. It was the first time he had heard someone ask him to choose first. He didn't know if this first-level young man asked this because his five elements were messy or if his five elements were all refined. Looking at the young face opposite him, he leaned more toward the former, smiled, and said,

"My family has many people and many businesses; we need all five elements. Whatever the guest has, as long as they are suitable, we will take them all."

The Daoist nodded and asked again: "Then regarding the categories of attack, defense, enhancement, and prayer, I wonder which one your shop prefers?"

Consultant Wang felt a bit unhappy, thinking this young man was getting carried away, but his face was still smiling as he repeated what he had just said, "My family has many people and many businesses; as long as they are suitable, we will take them all."

The Daoist nodded and began to take them out one by one.

"This is the Sanshan Demon-Suppressing Talisman, Earth-attribute attack type;

This is the Connecting Earth Screen Mountain Talisman, Earth-attribute defense type;

This is the Treading Earth Rooting Talisman, Earth-attribute enhancement type;

This is the Fertile Earth Harvest Talisman, Earth-attribute prayer type;

This is the Great River Mountain-Breaking Talisman, Water-attribute attack type;

This is the Crossing River Weak Water Talisman, Water-attribute defense type;

This is the Morning Dew Clear Spirit Talisman, Water-attribute enhancement type;

This is the Small Cloud Fine Rain Talisman, Water-attribute prayer type"

……"

Consultant Wang remained calm and examined them one by one. As he examined, his expression gradually became lively. These were all ordinary yellow rattan paper, using the most common cinnabar and pine ink, but why did these talismans look different? Why were the talisman head, deity name, talisman belly, talisman gallbladder, and talisman foot connected so smoothly? Why was the meaning of the law on them so abundant?

Seeing the consultant opposite him frowning tighter and tighter, the young Daoist felt a bit strange. He knew his own level; it should be considered quite good at the first level, unless this shop didn't think much of first-level ones, or perhaps the five-element talismans were a bit ordinary.

Thinking about it, he took out some more, "Actually, I also drew some wind and thunder talismans, but they might not be as complete as the five-element talismans.

"Take another look. This is the Silver Light Truth-Breaking Talisman, Thunder-attribute enhancement type; this is the Earth-Piercing Awakening Talisman, Thunder-attribute attack type; this is the Great Cave Thunder-Drawing Talisman, Thunder-attribute prayer type. There are indeed no defense-type thunder talismans. This is the Spring Breeze Fatigue-Removing Talisman, Wind-attribute enhancement talisman; this is the Golden Wind Killing Summer Talisman, Wind-attribute attack type……"

Consultant Wang listened and suddenly let out a long breath. He put down the fire talisman in his hand and looked at the Daoist with a smile, "Please wait a moment longer, guest."

He turned his head and said to the waiting maid, "Invite Consultant Hu and Consultant Shen."

Turning back to the Daoist, he said: "I only have a rough involvement in the five elements and know a little about fire methods; I know nothing about wind and thunder. I have to ask other consultants to take a look. This has delayed the guest's time, so we will give the guest a discount later."

The Daoist nodded, thinking that this sea market was large and had many businesses, but their attitude toward people was really good.

Consultant Wang asked the waiter at this time, "What does the guest want to exchange the talismans for?"

"Exchanging for some sea loach food."

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Consultant Wang nodded and said to the Daoist, "These talismans of yours can exchange for quite a lot of sea loaches. I wonder how many sea loaches you intend to have? Actually, our other seafood is also excellent, or we can exchange with gold and silver for the guest."

The Daoist felt somewhat moved. He drew talismans originally to comprehend the meaning of the law, and he couldn't use them all himself, so most of the time he would take them to the Eastern Heaven Dao to sell.

There were many in the sect who hadn't opened their own mansions, and because they couldn't store too much magic power in their bodies, they couldn't cast spells continuously, so they really needed first-level talismans. Therefore, most of the talismans he drew for practice were sold to them at cost price, only collecting some paper and ink money. Now, many people in Small Wan Mountain called him Cheng Yifu.

"Then I wonder how you collect them? I have quite a lot here."

Consultant Wang smiled even more happily, "Just wait for Consultant Hu and Consultant Shen to come over. Guest, rest assured, we definitely won't let the guest suffer a loss."

Soon, a few more people entered the pavilion. However, the first one to enter was a woman draped in white fur, followed by two old men, who should be Consultant Hu and Consultant Shen.

The Daoist was somewhat surprised to see the woman; this person was exactly the woman who pointed out for him to buy sea fish in the restaurant.

The woman was also somewhat surprised to see Cheng Xinzhan and took the lead to smile and say, "So it's you. Are you here to buy sea fish?"

The Daoist nodded.

The woman thought that this young Daoist really listened to advice; she had just spoken, and he had come looking for her. So she said: "This sea market is my family's. It wouldn't be good to make you think I was blowing my own business to make you buy sea fish. How about this: no matter what you want to buy, I'll give you a half-price discount on everything."

Cheng Xinzhan smiled upon hearing this, "My Sanmei loves eating fish, so letting her eat sea fish to taste something fresh has nothing to do with you blowing anything, fellow Daoist. Consultant Wang here has already said he would give me a discount."

The woman nodded, let the two consultants behind her come out, and went to sit at another table herself.

Her coming to Kong Que City this time was also an arrangement by her family. From now on, this Bohai Sea Market would be registered under her name, which could be considered an coming-of-age gift from her family. She was currently winning over the consultants in the sea market. After meeting the Sword-Master Consultant and the Water-Master Consultant, she had just returned from eating and drinking outside to the shop of the Eye-Master Consultant, only to find that three Eye-Master consultants had been called away in succession. She asked for the reason and followed to take a look, just to see the eyesight of the consultants.

She didn't expect to meet the person who was holding a three-flower civet cat in the restaurant but was drinking two pots of wine with six other people.

It was quite interesting.

She saw Consultant Hu and Consultant Shen finish looking at the talismans one by one, and then she heard the older Consultant Hu ask the man,

"May I ask if the guest is from Yu Zhang or Jin Ling?"

"From Yu Zhang."

Consultant Hu stroked his beard and smiled, "Then this old man will be bold and guess that the guest is from Mount Gezao."

But he didn't expect the young Daoist to smile and ask back, "How did the consultant guess?"

Consultant Hu said confidently, "The guest is so young and has such high attainments in talisman techniques; you must be from the Sanshan of Talismans. Since you are from Yu Zhang, it can only be Mount Longhu or Mount Gezao. However, Mount Longhu's thunder talismans are the best in the world. Please forgive this old man for being blunt, but although the guest's thunder talismans are high and wonderful, they are not higher than your five-element talismans, so you shouldn't be from Mount Longhu. Therefore, this old man says the guest is from Mount Gezao."

The woman nodded slightly. This Consultant Hu was speaking with evidence; his annual salary was not taken in vain.

But he didn't expect the young Daoist to shake his head.

"Why, are you not a high disciple of Mount Gezao?"

Consultant Hu was somewhat surprised. The reason he asked this was to leave an impression on the new boss. Could it be that he had stumbled?

The woman only heard the Daoist smile and say, "There is another mountain in Yu Zhang. I can't say how powerful the talisman technique is, but they know a little bit of everything."

What kind of riddle was he playing?

The woman didn't understand.

But fortunately, Consultant Hu reacted quickly and said, "So the guest is a high disciple of Mount Sanqing."

Only then did the Daoist nod.

"No wonder, no wonder. Excuse me, excuse me."

Consultant Hu said repeatedly.

The woman was somewhat puzzled upon hearing this. She knew Mount Sanqing; it was a top-tier great sect. She just didn't expect that a disciple of such a great sect would only drink the cheapest wine when coming to Kong Que City. It was strange.

But how could she know that Mount Sanqing didn't have coin-casting furnaces or copper mines like Mount Longhu, nor did it have lower sects to offer filial piety and offerings like other great sects. Mount Sanqing never asked for filial piety from lower sects, nor did it ever consider itself the upper sect of other sects that advocated "Ten Thousand Laws Inter-referencing" cultivation. Everyone was just a traveler on the same path, and they had just walked a few steps further.

Therefore, although Mount Sanqing had the name of the ancestral court of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect, its actions were more like a hidden sect.

Seeing Consultant Hu's eyes looking toward her, she naturally knew what she should do.

She stood up, walked to the Daoist's side, and bowed,

"I have met the guest from Mount Sanqing. I am Xiao from the Xiao family of the Eastern Green City of White Jade Capital. I am currently doing business in Kong Que City. I am the eleventh in the clan, and everyone calls me Eleventh Lady."

Eleventh Lady saw that the Daoist seemed somewhat surprised and also bowed to her, his hand still pinching an incantation gesture. It looked very ancient, unlike her, whose bow was very conventional.

Sun Miaoshu breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterward, he led the group to fly toward the east.

After flying for a while in the boundless, vast sky, something different finally appeared in everyone's eyes.

He Jiyuan rubbed his eyes, looking at the object that was gradually enlarging in his vision. He couldn't believe it.

"What is that?"

Cheng Xinzhan was also stunned, looking at the object before him, not knowing if it was an illusion or a mirage.

That... seemed to be a city?