Chapter 31: Pride
The reason why Wu sells talismans is called Wu Selling talismans is because he has sold so many talismans and seals in his life that even he can't count them.
Since he began to practice when he was a teenager, Wu Sellfu also longed for immortality and daytime ascension, but as he grew older, he gradually understood what talent was and what life was.
He began to understand that his life was like this, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and he couldn't twist his destiny. So he gave up those unrealistic fantasies, and began to honestly set up a stall in the bazaar of Congzongyuan, writing and selling talismans every day, and gradually saved a lot of money, married a wife, had children, lived a peaceful life, and was ready to enjoy his old age in peace.
But everyone has ambition in their hearts.
This kind of ambition, no matter what age it is, no matter what kind of environment it is in, it has already taken root in the bones with the scenery of childhood, and it will not change no matter how time passes, no matter what the world changes.
Unless a person dies and his bones turn into spring mud in the soil, he will probably disappear completely.
Wu sells Fu also has such ambitions in his bones.
This ambition, he once hung on his lips when he was young and frivolous, buried it in his heart when he grew up, and buried it deep in his bones after recognizing his fate, thinking that it was a tribute.
Remembrance, naturally, is not forgetting.
Occasionally, when dreaming back in the middle of the night, Wu Sellfu would turn over and sit up, pick up the books handed down by the master, and silently draw the talismans behind him.
It was a talisman that he couldn't draw anyway, and that was because of cultivation, because of talent, and because of all kinds of fate. But, these things. He'd seen it countless times, so he recognized it.
recognized it, and was even more stunned.
When the astonishment reached the extreme. Instead, he fell into an inexplicable calm.
Wu Maifu looked at the little girl in front of him. She is only sixteen or seventeen, she is not good-looking, and she is a little thin, but she is quite ...... in temperament I can't say whether it's good or bad, but it feels very hard, not as soft as an ordinary woman, but it's not the vulgarity of a strong servant woman in the market.
The girl in front of you. It's more like a sharp sword, tucked away in its scabbard, but still emitting a faint light. It's just that she's quiet. It's very restrained, this kind of light, if you don't look carefully, I'm afraid there is no way to detect it.
Her face was a little pale. It seems to be pathological. But he still straightens his waist, which is a kind of bearing.
And when she stretched out her right hand and drew the incomplete talisman seal in mid-air, it was like a dusty sword being swept away from the dust, and a non-dazzling but bright light hit Wu Mai's chest directly.
It wasn't necessarily Cupid who hit the chest, but it could also be some kind of ambition in his bones, which was suddenly revealed in front of him in such a way.
Xie Xiaoman only half-painted before stopping. She clutched her chest and coughed softly.
Impaired aura. There's not much she can do. But in order to make Wu Sellan understand that he can not only draw it, but also really give it aura, there is only one way.
She had only observed for a long time, and there were actually not many middle-level talismans in this bazaar, and it could even be said that there were very few.
Including the stall where Wu sells talismans, there are only primary talismans.
Xie Xiaoman used his spiritual sense to investigate, if he didn't guess wrong, Wu Selling Fu should stop here, and the intermediate Fu Seal was probably impossible for his cultivation.
So she showed her hand, not for anything else, but simply to hint at her own meaning, and by the way, it didn't hurt to deter
Xie Xiaoman drew half of the fire talisman in front of Wu Sell's eyes.
However, to Xie Xiao's satisfaction, after Wu Sellfu saw Xie Xiaoman's half of the talisman seal, he did not show too much excitement, but calmed down, unusually calm.
So Xie Xiaoman frowned and coughed again.
"Girl, you...... No! Girl, please move this way! When Wu Maifu spoke again, his voice was a little hoarse.
Xie Xiaoman saw his eyes, and there were too many things mixed in them for a while, which made her a little unable to see clearly.
"I don't have any malicious intent, and I'm not going to rob other people's business here, but I have a fate with you, Brother Wu, so I want to use your booth to do a little thing." Xie Xiaoman said this, always paying attention to Wu Selling's expression, but found that the other party had been calm and couldn't see anything.
Frowning slightly, Xie Xiaoman continued: "Then I'll say it directly, don't delay your time, big brother." I have some talismans in my hand, and they can be supplied regularly, since Brother Wu's talismans here are not enough to sell, I guess I won't refuse the supply. I don't need much, you sell a primordial fire talisman for two hundred yuan, I want one hundred and fifty yuan, and the remaining fifty yuan, even if it is the cost of selling it on behalf of Brother Wu, how about it? Also, as I just showed, I'll have some mid-level sigils, but not much, and if necessary, we can negotiate the price later. What do you think? ”
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When Xie Xiaoman returned home, smoke had already risen in the alley.
Xianglan was busy in the room, and the aroma of chicken soup came faintly, and the index finger of the hook moved.
In the Dan room on the other side, Xu Zhefeng is still trying to calm down, but it still doesn't seem to be improving.
Xiaobai had long been attracted by the chicken soup, wandering around the room, from time to time with his paws on the front door, his ears moving, looking pitiful.
said hello to Sister Xianglan, and stuck out his tongue at Xiaobai, Xie Xiaoman entered the Dan room.
Xu Zhefeng opened his eyes, and when he saw Xie Xiaoman, his eyes were slightly dull, and his eyes were bloodshot.
Seeing this, Xie Xiaoman frowned and comforted: "Why are you doing this, there is no such practice method in cultivation." Three thousand avenues, not every road can be successful only by hard work, you are so desperate, but it will make the mood more and more restless, how can you successfully enter the country. ”
Xu Zhefeng was slightly silent, and asked thoughtfully, "I originally wanted to ask, is there only one way to cultivate?" ”
Xie Xiaoman shook his head: "Guo Pu said that many things can be turned into cultivation. Absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, breathing, merit, and so on, but the premise of all of this is meditation. ”
"If you can't enter meditation, you'll never be able to cultivate, right?" Xu Zhefeng's face turned pale.
"As far as I know, but, you know, I know very little." Xie Xiaoman sighed slightly, "Actually, why are you too persistent and have to cultivate?" I know you want to repay the favor, but people like Guo Pu...... To be honest, whether he remembers you or not is another story. ”
"Would you go in and steal your master's things just because he's not at home?" Xu Zhefeng asked rhetorically.
Xie Xiaoman shook his head and said, "I know what you mean, it seems that you like to raise things to the level of morality." But it's tiring, and in my opinion, you're going too far. ”
Xu Zhefeng didn't talk about this topic anymore, but asked, "If you don't enter meditation, what will happen if you just eat those pills of yours?" ”
"Not being able to enter meditation is equivalent to the body not having a carrier of aura, even if you eat more pills, it is no different from eating fried beans. The aura is ingested from the mouth, then emitted from the body, and that's it. Xie Xiaoman shrugged.
Xu Zhefeng didn't say a word when he heard this.
Xie Xiaoman looked at him worriedly, and after a long time, he spoke again.
He smiled at Xie Xiaoman, although his face was pale, there was still a kind of confidence in his smile.
In the eyes of others, this kind of self-confidence seems to be a little too blind, but Xu Zhefeng firmly believes it.
"Don't worry, I'll be quiet." He looked up and smiled proudly, as if to say he would go to dinner tonight.
Looking at his proud smile, Xie Xiaoman's heart tightened, and he thought to himself, Guo Pu did not save the wrong person.
However, these things are not worth talking about for Guo Pu. A hundred Xu Zhefeng is probably not as good as a spring breeze with Xianglan.
Well, it must be so.
Thinking like this, Xie Xiaoman couldn't help laughing.
"What's going on, so funny, don't tell me about it." Xianglan walked in the door, talking and laughing.
Xie Xiaoman patted the bag on his waist and said with a smile: "I have gained a lot today, and I am happy, just waiting to drink the chicken soup made by Sister Xianglan, thinking that I would celebrate." ”
Xianglan smiled: "All of them are puppy noses, and if you don't cook, you won't go home." Once the family made delicious food, I rushed back from all the busyness, and I don't know if I learned any magic skills of pinching my fingers. ”
In a word, everyone is happy and happy.
While eating, everyone talked about what Xie Xiaoman encountered in the sect today. Naturally, the matter of arguing and fighting with others was omitted, and Xie Xiaoman only talked about the scenery, the market, and the agreement with Wu Selling.
"I roughly calculated, the pills he sells there are not expensive, and a primary pill is almost the same as a talisman. I use the difference in the price of the rune seal to exchange, and four rune seals can be exchanged for one pill. The primary talisman seal is relatively easy to write, how can you write thirty or forty sheets in one night. In other words, one night's labor can almost be exchanged for ten pills, which is still very cost-effective. Xie Xiaoman said with a smile, "My alchemy level is really poor, I can only practice one in a night, it's not as good as buying and selling like this." ”
Xianglan nodded when she listened, but just persuaded: "You don't have to work too hard, you have to pay attention to your body." Today, I see that your face is extremely pale, do you want to rest for a few days before going to the sect courtyard? ”
At the mention of the problem of his face, Xie Xiaoman couldn't help but touch his nose with some embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Sister Xianglan, I'm also a measured person." It's this Xu Zhefeng, I think, Sister Xianglan, when you are usually at home, you should look at him more, this person is the real desperate. Before the leg injury was healed, he practiced desperately every day, but he turned out to be sick and crooked, which was really too much. (To be continued......)