bookbashuk Chapter 17 The Goods Are in Hand
Chapter 17 The Goods Are in Hand
Although there are patrol teams stationed throughout the market, they only protect the shops of powerful families and rarely come to these lawless areas.
Unless someone dies.
The blue-robed rogue cultivator in front of him looked rather timid, clearly someone who had been bullied by other rogue cultivators.
Ignoring the strange looks from the surrounding rogue cultivators, Zhang Lingyu asked:
"Don't worry, with the market patrol team around, no one will dare to touch you."
"I see that you are about my age, how about we address each other as fellow Daoist? I am Zhang Lingyu from the Zhang family of Qingya."
"Du Hao, a mere rogue cultivator."
This rogue cultivator didn't trust the patrol team. He had suffered so many injustices but they hadn't stood up for him. The reason the people around him didn't come up was because they were wary of Zhang Lingyu in front of them.
Seeing that the other party seemed to have no ill intentions, he gradually lowered his guard and began enthusiastically introducing his company's goods:
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, my cultivation is low, and I probably don't have anything that would catch your eye... However, I do have some good items, please take a look."
The stall had very few items. Apart from the jade pendant, all that was left were two yellowed copies of "A Brief Explanation of Talismans" and a few low-grade first-tier talismans.
It can be seen that this is all of Du Hao's belongings.
Zhang Lingyu first flipped through the "A Brief Explanation of Talismans" in front of him and found that the types of talismans inside were quite complete, even better than the one he had in his hand, so he asked:
"Fellow Daoist Du, I'll take this book. What's the price?"
Seeing that he was interested, Du Hao said happily:
"This was compiled by my elders, but only rubbings are available. I'll accept thirty spirit stones from you."
"The price isn't expensive."
Zhang Lingyu didn't rush to pay. While placing the rubbing, he casually glanced at the jade pendant and asked:
"Fellow Daoist Du, what is this jade pendant?"
"Oh, this thing."
Seeing his interest in the item, Du Hao pointed to the jade pendant and said:
"This item was passed down from my ancestors. I don't know what it's used for. It's neither a magic weapon nor a spiritual object. Even when I try to infuse it with magic power, it has no effect whatsoever."
"Many of our ancestors wanted to sell this item in the past, but they kept it because it had been passed down from generation to generation."
After saying that, he gave a self-deprecating laugh:
"By my generation, the family was destroyed, and all the good things were taken away. In my panic, I only managed to escape with these few items."
"Ancestors? Could they also have a distinguished lineage?"
Zhang Lingyu's heart tightened. This matter concerned his own destiny, so he had to question him carefully.
Fortunately, Du Hao was inexperienced and had lowered his guard, so it seemed easy to get information out of him.
"I don't think you're from Yingchuan County."
"good."
Du Hao nodded vigorously and continued:
"My family is from Qianfeng County. We've only been around for two hundred years. We're just an insignificant Qi-refining family. Demonic cultivators often cause trouble in the county, and that's how my family was attacked. Alas."
My condolences, fellow Daoist.
Zhang Lingyu felt very sorry after hearing this. It was common for demonic cultivators to cause trouble. Their traces had also appeared in Yingchuan County, but fortunately they were all wiped out.
For Du Hao, a mere Qi Refining Level 2 cultivator, to escape from the clutches of a demonic cultivator is already considered incredibly lucky.
"Then where did your ancestors get this jade pendant from?"
Du Hao looked completely bewildered after hearing this, racking his brains for any memory of the item. After a long while, he still couldn't recall anything and awkwardly laughed:
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, I'm so sorry, I really don't know."
"This item has existed since the founding of our clan. We don't know where our ancestors obtained it from, and they never told their descendants about its origin."
"All right."
Zhang Lingyu was somewhat disappointed. He took the Heavenly Jade Pendant in his hand and examined it carefully. It was bluish-gray in color, with towering mountains on one side and an endless sea on the other. Apart from that, there was nothing else that stood out.
The next moment, he tried to inject his magic power into it, and as expected, the magic power sank to the bottom of the sea and had no effect.
If it weren't for its hard texture, others would probably have mistaken it for an ordinary object.
"Could it be that this thing will only react when the Heavenly Plume Palace appears?"
Zhang Lingyu secretly wondered what was going on, then looked at Du Hao in front of her and said:
"Fellow Daoist Du, I enjoy collecting antiques. I find your jade pendant to be of a simple and elegant style, and quite pleasing to the eye. I wonder if you could reluctantly part with it?"
"I'm glad you like it, fellow Daoist. After all, it's an heirloom. Here's fifty yuan."
"Forty dollars is fine too!"
Although this jade pendant was passed down from Du Hao's ancestors, if the price is too high, he feels no one will buy it; if the price is too low, he feels he is letting down his ancestors' possessions.
But if he doesn't sell it, it's questionable whether he can even survive in the cultivation world with his current wealth.
"Alright, fifty spirit stones it is."
Upon hearing Zhang Lingyu's clear answer, the rogue cultivator immediately smiled and said gratefully:
"Thank you, fellow Daoist. Thank you, fellow Daoist."
After paying the spirit stones, Zhang Lingyu was about to leave when her gaze inadvertently fell upon the few rogue cultivators around her. She then kindly offered a reminder:
"Fellow Daoist Du, I don't see many people buying anything anymore. Aren't you leaving?"
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, I plan to stay here a little longer... I still have quite a few things that haven't been sold yet."
Du Hao didn't even lift his eyelids, happily counting the spirit stones, when he casually replied. Fortunately, he immediately realized his mistake, quickly packed up his belongings, and said gratefully:
"Thank you for the reminder, fellow Daoist. Let's... let's go now."
These rogue cultivators had bullied him quite a bit before, and now that they had made such a big profit, they were just waiting for Zhang Lingyu to leave so they could snatch it away.
In that case, we'll truly lose both our money and our loved ones.
"Not too stupid."
Zhang Lingyu watched him hurriedly finish packing his things and continued:
"Since Fellow Daoist Du is also leaving, why don't we travel together?"
"That's exactly what Mr. Du intended."
Du Hao quickly nodded in agreement. Zhang Lingyu seemed to be a member of some powerful organization, so the rogue cultivators around here shouldn't do anything to him. Following behind was the safest option.
The two chatted idly along the way, and once they left Qingxi Street, the wandering cultivator hurriedly made an excuse to say goodbye and disappeared somewhere.
Zhang Lingyu didn't pay much attention to this, as he had already done his best for him.
Whether or not one can keep their belongings afterward depends entirely on their own fate.
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When Zhang Lingyu returned to the Zhang family shop, he found that Zhang Lingyu and the others had already returned and were gathered together, discussing something intensely. Upon seeing him return, they immediately surrounded him, laughing and saying:
"Nineteenth Brother, you didn't come with us this morning, so you missed a great show."
"The scene was awful! Wanbaolou was almost smashed to pieces by that guy! Haha, let me tell you about it."
"it is good."
Zhang Lingyu knew what everyone was discussing; it was nothing more than the intelligence from that morning. Although he already knew about it, he couldn't refuse since his brothers wanted to share it with him.
We could only listen as they recounted the events in a roundabout way.
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