Chapter 11: Forced Sale
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"The guy in the talisman shop is right, it really can't be done without a talisman pen. β
Zhou Shu threw the brush in his hand aside and sighed.
There are more than a dozen brushes scattered on the ground, all of which he has made in the past two days. In the past, he was very familiar with brushes, and they were quick and good to make, and in the old world, these were considered to be the best of the brush, but in the drawing of symbols, they were of no use at all.
Because they simply can't accept spiritual power.
The brushes are all ordinary materials, and they can't communicate spiritual power, just like a blocked water pipe, and spiritual power can't flow through, so how can it be used to draw runes, communicate rune ink and rune paper?
Zhou Shu was a little frustrated.
The drawing method of the thunderstorm talisman has been deduced thousands of times in his mind, the rune is deeply engraved in his heart, and all the points are clear, he has eighty percent certainty that the first time he draws the talisman will be successful, but there is no talisman pen, and he can't start the pen.
"I can only try my luck in Fang Market again. β
Passing through the center of Fang, Zhou Shu walked towards the free stall area.
In addition to large and small merchants in Qingxiafang City, there are many small vendors, including casual cultivators and mortals, most of whom are concentrated in the corners of the market to sell goods, similar to a bazaar. There are a lot of fish and dragons here, and you can occasionally find some good things, but the order is also very chaotic, and a casual cultivator like Zhou Shu in the Qi Refining Realm may be intimidated by fraud at any time.
If it weren't for the fact that there was no way, he wouldn't have come here.
In a place like Sanyuanzhai, the cheapest talisman costs a hundred medium-grade spirit stones, and it is impossible for him to afford it, but here, he still has a little possibility to buy it.
But after turning around for half an hour, I didn't find anything, and the talisman pen is really not so easy to find.
Suddenly, Zhou Shu walked a few steps quickly, and his eyes stopped on a spread yellow cloth and did not move.
On the yellow cloth, there is a large stack of rune paper, several bottles of rune ink, and nearly ten pens of various kinds are placed on the side.
The pen seemed to be hidden by a blinding formation, revealing only a small part, and it was dimly impossible to see clearly.
Although it may seem strange that so many runes are so many, it is worth stopping and looking at a place like this, as long as there is a 1 in 1000 chance.
When the stall owner saw the guests, he immediately got up and greeted warmly, "Hey, this little brother, come to me, it's right, whatever you like, pick whatever you like!"
The stall owner is about thirty years old, and he has cultivated to the third level of the Qi Refining Realm, with a loyal face and a courteous demeanor, but there is a hint of treachery in the corners of his eyes.
"Thanks, I'll just look at the rune pen. β
Zhou Shu nodded, ready to take a talisman pen to see.
"Waitβ"
The stall owner stretched out his hand to cover the talisman pen, and said with a smile, "Little brother, don't blame me for being verbose, these talismans are magic weapons, they are very precious, and it will be difficult for the little brother to accidentally break them." β
Zhou Shu looked up at him, "Don't worry, shopkeeper, I'll just take a look, and it won't be broken." β
"Okay, little brother, just look, the ugly words are ahead, if it really breaks, you will have to pay for it. β
Lao Zhu moved his hand, with a faint smile on his face, and secretly said, I have to make money today.
Where are these pens talismans, but they are ordinary brushes that are disguised, and he also set up some ingenious mechanisms in the pen, as long as Zhou Shu enters the spiritual power test, the brush will immediately be broken and broken into several pieces, and then he will take the opportunity to claim it.
He has used this trick many times, and from time to time there are novices who are fooled, and Zhou Shu in front of him is obviously a newcomer, and it seems that he is also a casual cultivator, so it is best to deceive.
However, Zhou Shu picked up the talisman pen, really just looked at it, and put it back.
Lao Zhu's face was stunned, "Little brother, don't you try? If you don't try the rune pen, you can't see whether it's good or bad." β
"No, I don't. Zhou Shu stood up, shook his head and smiled.
The stall owner's expression, he looked at it one by one, and he had already noticed the strangeness, and when he picked up the talisman, he almost laughed dumbly. This is almost no different from what he made himself, even the material is the same, the green bamboo on the side of the mountain, the most common wolf hair, there is no need to try it at all.
That trick is completely used to deceive people.
"Hey, little brother, this talisman pen only sells for five medium-grade pens, and if you don't buy it, you will lose a lot!"
Worthless things, the opening is five medium-grade, and the hearts of profiteers are really not ordinary black.
Lao Zhu saw that Zhou Shu was leaving, and his heart suddenly became anxious, and he waited for several days to finally wait for a newcomer, but he was not fooled, how can this work. He grabbed the talisman pen that Zhou Shu had taken, entered a trace of spiritual power, snapped, and the pen was immediately broken into three pieces.
"Why is it broken? It must have been broken by you just now, compensate me for the spirit stone!"
Lao Zhu strode in front of Zhou Shu and shouted menacingly.
A chill flashed in Zhou Shu's eyes, and he looked at Lao Zhu indifferently, "If you can't deceive it, can you just use it to rob it?"
Lao Zhu had a ruthless face, staring at Zhou Shu deadly, and the spiritual pressure was unabashedly released, squeezing towards Zhou Shu.
"Lao Tzu's talisman pen was made by the master of refiners, but it was damaged by you like this, and you still want to leave?
There were already a bunch of people around, pointing at the two of them.
"Lao Zhu, who is black-hearted and rotten, is bullying newcomers again, he is really used to it. β
"I'm betting on that kid, at most I'll ask for mercy after five breaths. β
"Seeing that he looks poor, he doesn't have much oil and water, Lao Zhu is really hungry. β
The spiritual pressure came to his face, Zhou Shu's body was uncomfortable for a while, and the force surged from all directions, he was like a boat in a storm, blown to the ground.
But he tried to persevere.
He knew that although it was very chaotic here, it was not that no one cared about it, and Lao Zhu didn't dare to really kill people here, at most he was pressuring and intimidating.
Persistence will lead to a turnaround.
Lao Zhu was a little annoyed and angry, every time like this, the newcomer couldn't stand the spiritual pressure, and begged for mercy and lost money in a few breaths, but this kid is really hard.
It seems that more spiritual power is needed.
Lao Zhu almost used all his strength to activate his spiritual power, and the spiritual pressure suddenly increased several times.
The air in front of the two of them seemed to be a little distorted, like transparent smoke rising and becoming blurred.
Zhou Shu's forehead began to ooze beads of sweat uncontrollably, and an irresistible force desperately squeezed into his body, and his body seemed to be torn apart, which was extremely uncomfortable.
Lao Zhu's face was a little smug, and he shouted, "Call you hard, no matter how hard you are, you have to lie down for me!
But Zhou Shu's expression was still indifferent, he was as stubborn as a bamboo, and he would rather bend than bend, and he would not be indomitable.
In the past, he would not have taken it seriously to the opponent of the third layer of the Qi Refining Realm, but now he was powerless to resist, and this humiliation made him very uncomfortable.
A pair of eyes with a chilling coldness, staring at Lao Zhu indifferently, a few words quietly popped out of the corners of his mouth, "I won't give one." β
Old Zhu Dengshi's whole body was cold, like falling into an ice cave, and a cold that penetrated his heart and spleen seemed to drill directly into the bone marrow. He involuntarily took a step back, but soon stepped forward again, his face flushed and roared, "A kid at the first level of the Qi Refining Realm, he can't even withstand the spiritual pressure, and he dares to say no shame, Lao Tzu will abolish you now!"
He raised his hand.
At this moment, he was not completely bluffing, but really had a hint of murderous intent. Because from Zhou Shu's eyes, he saw not only unyielding and hatred, but also an indescribable feeling, like a ghost and god, which made him feel deeply afraid.
"What are you doing here?"
Several blue-shirted cultivators patrolled over, their eyes slashing through the crowd like knives, and said coldly, "I gave you a place so that you can set up a good stall, and you are still making trouble here?"
Lao Zhu hurriedly withdrew his hand and bowed to several cultivators, "It's okay, it's okay, we're just joking, how dare we make trouble?"
"The consequences of daring to violate the law in Qingxiafang City, you know. β
The crowd of onlookers also quickly dispersed, not daring to stop for a moment, they knew that these blue-shirted cultivators were all law enforcement disciples of Qingxiafang City, although their cultivation was only in the Qi Refining Realm, but they could not be provoked.
In a huge place, only Zhou Shu was left alone.
His clothes were soaked with sweat, as if they had been soaked in water, and there were traces of sweat on the floor.
Zhou Shu glanced at the departing Lao Zhu, thinking in his heart, he also clearly felt the previous killing intent.
A cold light flashed in his eyes.