Chapter 54: Horror in the Sea (Part I)
Beihai Sea City is different from what Changning imagined, she originally thought that the sea market should be on the island, but she didn't want them to go to this place is still composed of nine majestic and luxurious boats, connected by the golden cableway in the middle, the palace is built in the boat, the palace is upstairs, and the pavilion is built outside the building.
Everyone is taking Changning's boat, although it is not an idle thing, but in the place where the wealthy merchants gather in the sea market, it is not very conspicuous, many people in the Taoist children are the first time to come to the sea market, see such a rare dragon boat, can not help but discuss, Changning looked at the bow of the boat, and found that the carving of these boat heads is not a dragon's head, but a snake head.
He Wanran saw her doubts, "The dragon clan is the royal family in the sea, and most of the items in the sea market must be avoided by the dragon clan. "No matter how luxurious the dragon boat is, it is also for people to control, how can the dragon clan tolerate someone carving their own shape on these utensils.
Changning knew that this was the same as ordinary people on land who wanted to avoid the emperor's name. Everyone waited for the boat to dock, one by one couldn't wait to visit the market, He Wanran floated around the mist, her appearance changed in the mist, and after a while she changed her appearance, this familiar and smooth technique made people look sideways. He Wanran explained embarrassedly: "I have been here a few times with my senior brother and elders, and I am familiar with several people inside, so I want to change my appearance." β
Changning looked at her disguise technique curiously, "Ah Ying, can your spell blind the divine consciousness of a high-level monk?" β
"It stands to reason that we have deceived a monk who is one rank higher than us, but there are exceptions, and I have never deceived Senior Brother." He Wanran said regretfully, reciting a passage of hundreds of words of tricks, and everyone kept the mantra in their hearts and prepared to go back and ponder it carefully.
Only Changning stood and thought for a moment, and there was a mist floating on her body, and when the mist dissipated, she became a delicate girl. He Wanran said with a smile: "He'er is so perceptive, it took me half a month to learn this disguise transformation technique proficiently. β
"This spell is similar to the illusion I learned before, so I can learn it so quickly." Changning said that the illusion technique she said was the multi-treasure trick, which was similar to the disguise change, of course, the disguise change was much simpler than the multi-treasure trick.
The rest of the Taoist children saw that the two senior sisters had changed their clothes, and they also changed their sect clothes, and brought their masks, and the purpose of everyone was different, and the markets they visited were also different. There are still a lot of things that Changning wants to buy, from everyone in Qingxu Palace to relatives of the Shen family, she even wants to buy some wedding gifts for Shen Sanniang, she is about to get married, right? It will be a short time before she gets from here to Middle-earth.
Qi Yao followed behind her, he also put on a mask, his mask was somewhat similar to Changning Yirong's appearance, the two walked side by side like a pair of brothers and sisters, Changning asked, "Senior brother, what do you want to sell?" β
Qi Yao said: "I want to buy some medicinal materials to nourish the body. β
Changning thought of the frail and sickly He family, and said, "I heard that there is a kind of sea cucumber here that is specially used to nourish the body of frail monks, and the senior brother can buy that kind of sea cucumber." "This kind of sea cucumber has enough aura, ordinary people don't eat much, He was a monk before, and this aura is okay for her.
Qi Yao bowed slightly, and the two of them walked towards the medicine pavilion where medicinal herbs were bought and sold, and before they got started, they could smell a strong smell of medicinal herbs, and as soon as they entered the pavilion, they could see countless stalls with medicinal herbs, and most of the medicinal materials on the stalls were piled up, making people feel a little dizzy. The two of them were just little dolls in their early teens, and they didn't attract anyone's attention after entering the cabinet, and the vendors sat lazily and chatted.
Most of the small vendors who can come here have some cultivation, but they are not profound, unlike Middle-earth that is controlled by various sects, overseas areas are vast and sparsely populated, and there are often scattered cultivators who are slightly higher in cultivation occupy the island as the king, and pass on their own inheritance in the island, so the inheritance of Taoism here is much more relaxed than that of Middle-earth, and ordinary people have a few hands. From time to time, people come overseas to hunt for treasures, and inexplicably find an island cave, and they have to inherit the legends of their predecessors.
Of course, these legends Changning doesn't believe in it, and if you get a secret book, you can achieve great success and be invincible in the world, that's a novel. Not to mention the secret book of cultivation, even if you get an ancient book at random, you have to think and study it repeatedly before you can decipher the contents of the book. Not to mention the complicated cultivation cheats, there are too many specious hidden words in the Xuanmen.
The Tao Te Ching has been passed down for thousands of years, how many translations are there? Why did the ancients go on and do this repetitive work? Not everyone has a different understanding of the Tao Te Ching. Changning itself has a Dao pattern inheritance, and can visualize Dao patterns, and sometimes dreams of cultivation methods in dreams, and they still need guidance from the master and brother from time to time. It can be said that every person who has attained the Tao of immortality basically has an excellent guide, and it is impossible to cultivate to the last step by completely self-study, which is why the scattered cultivators want to enter the great sect with their heads sharpened.
"Senior sister, do we want to go shopping at home?" Qi Yao felt his scalp tingle when he saw so many stalls, how long would it take for them to buy something that suited them if they really went to the house.
"No, let's go to the second floor." Changning said that the first floor is full of small stalls, so the second floor should be a shop? If it's a cute gadget, she doesn't mind wandering around the stalls, and the medicinal herbs are still forgotten, she doesn't have such a high interest.
The second floor is indeed a shop with different decorations, one of the richly decorated shops pΓΉ in the red coral tree, no more than a few feet high, but the color is bright and clear, Changning's heart moved, this coral tree is very suitable for both birthday gifts and wedding gifts, she couldn't help but walk into the shop.
When the shopkeeper saw a pair of little brothers and sisters coming in, he stepped forward with a smile and said, "What do you like about the two little Taoist friends?" β
Changning pointed to the red coral and said, "Is there still such a coral?" β
"Xiaodao friendly eyes, this coral is what we just harvested, a total of three strain, this plant is the best, and full of aura, for the secret room is equivalent to a small spiritual vein, as long as it is properly preserved, two or three hundred years of spiritual energy will not be dissipated." The shopkeeper said.
After the death of the spiritual object, the spiritual energy in the body will be released, especially the spiritual plant is not easy to decay, as long as it is properly preserved, it is equivalent to a spiritual vein, and many monks who do not have a spiritual vein at home love to buy spiritual plants to assist their own cultivation. The Shen family is in the eastern country, and the place where the Shen Mansion is located itself has a spiritual vein, but this spiritual vein is from the Taishang Sect, they can enjoy the spiritual energy, but they can't move the spiritual vein, and the disciples in the family rely on the spiritual beads to form a spiritual array, and the spiritual energy in the spiritual beads is far worse than the coral tree.
"I want this one, is there anything else? I want to see it. Changning wanted to buy a few more, "Do you have any new and delicious spirit fruit seedlings here?" "The fruit seedlings are for Senior Sister Bai.
As soon as the shopkeeper heard the tone of this little girl, he knew that he was coming to a big business, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and while ordering someone to go to the warehouse-like coral tree, he took the list in Changning's hand, "Little Daoyou, most of the items on your list are available in small shops, and if you don't have them, I can ask the guy to buy them for you." β
"Then there's Shopkeeper Lao." Changning smiled politely and sat down to drink tea with the shopkeeper into the inner hall.
Qi Yao also took the opportunity to give his list to the shopkeeper and asked the shopkeeper to purchase on his behalf, he definitely didn't have Changning as much on hand, but it was much better than before in the world. Taishangzong gave him a small courtyard, and his mother divided the small courtyard into two, half of which they lived in and half rented out. After he entered the Qingxu Palace, the Qingxu Palace would also give him a lot of subsidies every year, just these two items were enough for him to use, he had no worries, and his mind was basically focused on cultivation.
"Senior sister, don't you want to buy something you like?" Qi Yao noticed that Changning was bought for others.
"I don't need anything." Changning said that she might have bought some trinkets before the change, but now that she spends most of her time on cultivation, she is much less interested in other things.
At this time, the shopkeeper came in with a smile on his face, and he was holding a tray with an invitation card on it, "Little Daoyou, we will have an auction on the fifteenth of next month, if you have time, you can come and have a look, maybe there is something you like." β
"Thank you, shopkeeper." Changning accepted the invitation, his eyes fell on the dozen or so coral trees that were carried in by the guy behind the shopkeeper, red, white, pink and purple, the quality is not as good as the red coral, it can also be called a treasure, and the aura is also very strong, Changning nodded with satisfaction, and gave the token given by the senior brother to the shopkeeper, "I want it." β
When the shopkeeper saw the token handed over by Changning, the smile on his face became more attentive, "It turned out to be a little Taoist friend of the Taishang Sect, it's really slack!" "This is a token only owned by the head of the five veins of the Taishang Sect, and the head of the five veins may not be high in cultivation, but the real power in his hands is comparable to that of the head of an ordinary medium-sized sect.
While the two were talking, they suddenly heard someone ask: "Shopkeeper, how do you buy these coral trees?" β
The shopkeeper hurriedly rushed out to apologize and said, "These coral trees have been sold in the shop, I'm really sorry." β
The visitor asked, "Do you still have coral trees in your store?" β
"The coral trees in the shop have been sold out for the time being, and new coral trees will come in about half a month." Said the story.
The man was a little disappointed when he heard this, "Shopkeeper, we passed by here, and learned that coral trees are a specialty here, and we want to bring a few back as birthday gifts, we will leave tomorrow, do you know that there are other places to buy this kind of coral tree besides your store?" β
"If the guest officer wants to buy coral trees, there are all kinds of coral trees here, but there is only one small shop for coral trees that can be used as spiritual veins." The shopkeeper said that this kind of coral tree is a specialty of the Dragon Palace, and only one of them sells it in the twelve sea markets nearby, and because their boss has a beautiful sister who is the concubine of the second prince of the Dragon Palace in the North Sea.
The man pondered for a moment and asked, "Shopkeeper, these coral trees are still in your shop, have they not been taken by the buyer?" Can you wait for the buyer to come and introduce me, my mother is about to celebrate her 90th birthday, I want to buy two plants back for her birthday, I want to ask the buyer to be accommodating, even my two plants, I am willing to pay double the price. "The man looked to be in his early thirties, and he spoke elegantly, and his eyebrows were so good that he couldn't feel bad.
"This-" The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed, then that little female cultivator was the token of the head of the Taishang Sect, and he didn't know what his identity was, anyway, he would definitely not be short of money, if he rashly introduced it, what if this person tried to do wrong?
At this time, a young servant came over to salute the two, "This guest officer, the guest officer who bought the coral tree said that except for the red one, the rest can be transferred, and the price does not need to be doubled, and your original price is minus." β
The man was overjoyed, "Thank you, guest officer!" Can you take me to show me, I will also thank you in person. β
"The guest officer said no, just a gesture." The servant said that after the man had selected the coral tree, he would put the rest into a storage bag and send it to Changning in the inner room.
Changning bought all the things he needed to buy, and said to Qi Yao: "Senior brother, you continue to walk around the market, I will be on the boat first." β
"Won't you play for a while?" Qi Yao asked.
Changning shook his head, "Today's battle touched me a little, I want to go back and think about it." "I bought the things that should be bought, and she didn't have the interest in shopping, she wanted to take advantage of the current impression to recall the scene of today's battle, this is also her first official battle, and the previous few times were not complete.
Qi Yao said: "I'll go back with my junior sister." "He doesn't like to go shopping.
"Okay." Changning out of the store, the extreme eyes of the waves, lingering green and white, outside and the sky, making people happy, she couldn't help but take a deep breath of the sea breeze, and when she cultivated, she must be the same as Ah Weng, go to the open sea to see.
When the two returned to the dock, the boat was empty, and everyone had not come back, Changning and Qi Yao each went back to their rooms to rest and realize, Changning returned to his room, and was about to go to the clean room to wash, but saw a palm-sized black shadow rushing towards her. She raised her hand slightly, and pointed at the center of the black shadow's eyebrows, and the black shadow stood still, five small cotton balls behind her swayed angrily, and her small mouth opened wide as if she were demonstrating, revealing a mouthful of small broken teeth like rice grains. Changning tugged at the five small cotton balls with a bad heart, "I have already sued Senior Brother SΓΉ that you bite me, and Senior Brother said that if you dare to do it again, let me smooth your teeth!" β
Achi's big glass-like eyes were full of shock, it couldn't believe what it heard, it must be this stinky girl who lied to herself!
The little cotton ball felt unusually good, and Changning couldn't help but twitch it again, "If you think I'm lying to you, you can ask Senior Brother." β
Ah Chi snorted twice, turned his head and didn't look at Changning, it didn't believe the words of this little liar!
Changning saw its fleshy little fart, and couldn't help but pull its tail lightly, Ah Chi jumped up all of a sudden, grinning at Changning, but this time it didn't dare to bite Changning anymore, just wanted to stretch out its claws to scratch, but didn't dare to hurt her, and finally sat on the table in anger, pressed the five cotton balls under the fart, looked up at Changning, and looked at Changning, see how you pull my tail!
Changning was amused by Ah Chi and laughed, she knew that it would be better to attack Ah Chi from the side of the senior brother!
"Snort-" The gentle laughter came, Changning and Ah Chi were shocked, all the hair on Ah Chi's body exploded, and his body was about to arch subconsciously, but he didn't want to be dark in front of him, his body was paralyzed on the table, Changning was shocked, and he wanted to touch Ah Chi, but his body was soft, he couldn't even move his fingertips, and he wanted to call people but only made a weak sound in his throat, her eyes rolled slightly, trying to see who was plotting against her.
"Little girl, don't be afraid, we'll just borrow your cabin to hide for a while, and we'll leave in a while." A gentle voice sounded, Changning only felt that this voice was somewhat familiar, she reluctantly raised her eyes, and saw a handsome man in his early thirties standing in front of her, this person was the person who wanted to buy a coral tree before! Changning's face changed slightly, did this person intentionally appear in front of him just now? But she obviously didn't show up just now. The man didn't know Changning's thoughts, so he only coaxed the little girl in front of him in a gentle voice, "We are not bad people, and we won't hurt you." β
Changning made a timid look on his face, but he secretly pouted in his heart, who wouldn't say good things? When this happens, fools don't believe that you are good people.
Seeing that Changning lowered his head and didn't speak, the man breathed a sigh of relief, and reached out to help her to the couch, but before his hand touched the corner of Changning's clothes, Changning was grabbed by a pair of hands and stuffed into the corner, and she hit her head on the corner of the wall, and couldn't help but snort sullenly.
"Young master!" The man let out a low exclamation.
"Nothing." A cold voice sounded, a luxurious white gold-patterned robe appeared in front of her, the slender and graceful palm stretched out, straightened her head, made her lie more comfortable, and gently rubbed the place where she hit, Changning raised his head and faced a pair of light-colored phoenix eyes, there are very few people in the cultivation world who are not good-looking, and this man is no exception, the so-called handsome and beautiful, but in general, the man in front of him has a superb demeanor and a noble bearing, and anyone who sees this person at first sight will be impressed by this person's demeanor.
When Changning saw the man's appearance clearly, his face turned white for a moment, the man's original expression was indifferent, but when he saw the little girl, his face turned pale with fright, and he smiled at her slightly, "Remember me?" The man's seemingly gentle phoenix eyes seemed to be dyed with a boundless haze in a smile, and the darkness seemed to engulf the whole world.
Changning's mouth opened slightly, the man read her lips, a thick smile appeared on his face, he gently combed Changning's sideburns, and said softly: "Be obedient, I still remember that you gave me a lamp to keep warm, what a good boy." β