4. Chapter 4 Bright Skills (Revised)

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Xu Ziyan's eyes swept over the talisman, her expression was stunned, and she clearly saw that the talisman in the middle-aged man's hand was just a first-grade paper talisman. Such a talisman is worth five hundred taels of silver, and it is not the top paper talisman among the first-grade talismans, and can only be barely counted as superior. Since he had the inheritance, he didn't know how many times he had copied the Dao in his consciousness, and he had completely comprehended the Yipin Talisman Technique. Although he has not made a talisman by himself because he has no talisman pen and rune paper, Xu Ziyan firmly believes that with his own comprehension and thousands of copies in his consciousness, he will definitely be able to make a talisman stronger than the one in front of him. So when Xu Ziyan saw the paper note clearly, Xu Ziyan couldn't help but purse his lips, his eyes showed disdain, and he said lightly:

"Do I need to steal such a paper talisman? I'll do it myself. ”

Xu Ximei, who was kneeling on the ground, was furious when she heard this, raised her head and scolded: "What kind of atmosphere is blowing, and I am not afraid of the wind flashing my tongue, do you know that only my second uncle can make such a talisman in the entire Zhongdu City!" ”

The second uncle was amused by Xu Ziyan, "hehe" smiled and said: "Girl, if you can make a first-class paper talisman, you don't have to be better than mine, as long as it is a first-class one, even if it is inferior, I will admit that you are not a thief." ”

"Okay, untie me!" Xu Ziyan said briskly.

"Untie!" The second uncle said lightly.

The two people who had been standing beside Xu Ziyan untied Xu Ziyan with a sneer, Xu Ziyan moved his numb arm a few times, and suddenly remembered that he didn't have a talisman paper and a talisman pen, and stood there dumbfounded. Xu Ximei saw Xu Ziyan's appearance in a daze, and she was even more convinced in her heart that Xu Ziyan couldn't make talismans and was lying there, so she said sarcastically:

"What? Do you want to prepare rune paper and rune pens for you? ”

Xu Ziyan nodded awkwardly, and said weakly to the second uncle: "I don't have rune paper and rune pen. ”

The second uncle's expression did not change in the slightest, but he waved his hand towards Xu Ximei's fourth uncle and said:

"Fourth brother, prepare talisman paper and talisman pen for her."

Of course, the Xu family's shop sells rune pens and blank rune paper, and the fourth uncle didn't say a word, entered the counter, took out a rune pen and a blank rune paper and put them on the counter, and then looked at Xu Ziyan lightly.

Xu Ziyan slowly walked to the front of the counter, smoothed the talisman paper on the counter with both hands, then lifted the talisman pen, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and slowly calmed down his mood. In his consciousness, he replayed the process of making talismans that were cooked and could not be cooked. When I opened my eyes again, my eyes were clear. The aura in the body was evenly transported to the tip of the pen, and the pen walked the dragon and snake, without the slightest pause, and a talisman was instantly drawn by Xu Ziyan. There was a faint aura flowing on the paper talisman, and the brilliance flickered. Xu Ziyan sighed softly, and checked it silently, making a one-grade paper rune consumed one-tenth of the spiritual energy in his body, and with his cultivation at the first level of the current Qi refining period, he could only make ten one-grade spiritual runes a day.

Xu Ziyan was still there sighing dissatisfiedly, and the eyes of the second uncle, who was originally indifferent, almost fell off at this time. He is a master of the Xu family's talismans, others don't know the goods, how could he not recognize that Xu Ziyan made a top-notch paper talisman?

With trembling hands, he carefully picked up the paper talisman on the counter, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and finally decided that this was a top-notch paper talisman. looked up at Xu Ziyan who was standing in front of him excitedly, took a deep breath, gently put the paper talisman in his hand on the counter, and then bowed to Xu Ziyan very politely:

"Master, below is Xu Haobo, the master of the Fu Hall of the Xu family, dare to ask what the master is called?"

"Seniors, juniors don't deserve the title of masters." Xu Ziyan waved his hand again and again and said, "The junior is called Xu Ziyan." ”

When Xu Haobo heard Xu Ziyan's name, his eyes lit up, he looked Xu Ziyan up and down, and asked suspiciously:

"Your surname is Xu? But the people of our Xu family? Which house is the descendant? How come I haven't seen you? ”

"I'm not from your Xu family."

Xu Ziyan immediately denied Xu Haobo's words, she didn't want to selflessly dedicate herself to the Xu family when she didn't have the slightest ability to protect herself. Besides, she didn't know the Xu family yet, and she didn't want to return to the family in a daze. She feels that sometimes, the identity of an outsider is much freer than the identity of the family.

"That'...... Where is the master fairy town? ”

"Far away!" Xu Ziyan replied ambiguously.

"Oh~~" Xu Haobo is old and sophisticated, and he doesn't delve into it, but is still very polite, and said with respect in his tone: "The master is ready to settle in the middle capital?" ”

"Originally, I had this plan, but now it seems that it is not safe to settle in the middle capital." Saying this, Xu Ziyan's gaze swept over Xu Ximei, who was still kneeling on the ground, and a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes.

At this time, everyone present knew that Xu Ziyan was a talisman master for them, how could a master who could make a top-level talisman like this steal paper talismans, and Xu Ximei, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but shake, and her face turned pale in an instant. She knew very well in her heart that she had framed Xu Ziyan just now, and gave Xu Ziyan a slap in the face, and she didn't understand that this was someone else taking revenge on her. Thinking that he had lost fifty pieces of the family's first-class paper talismans, he fainted with a bang.

Xu Haobo glanced at Xu Ximei, who had fainted on the ground, then turned his head and glared at the fourth uncle, who was weak-hearted, and snorted coldly, and the fourth uncle's body trembled, and cold sweat flowed on his forehead. Hurriedly bowed to Xu Ziyan and said:

"Master, I offended the master just now, and begged the master for forgiveness."

"You seem to have ordered me to be tied up, right?" Xu Ziyan said angrily.

"Master," Xu Haobo said with a deep salute: "Where our Xu family offended just now, our Xu family is willing to make compensation, can the master consider staying in our Xu family as a guest?" ”

Xu Ziyan looked up at Xu Haobo and saw a complicated gaze in his eyes. In his heart, he was a policeman, and he quickly calculated in his heart, it seems that in the middle capital, this kind of talisman maker is an extremely scarce profession, looking at Xu Haobo's meaning, he is willing to spend a lot of money to keep his own, and at the same time, if he refuses the other party, I am afraid that the other party will not let his talent be recruited by other families, and he will kill himself if he can't.

Thinking of this, Xu Ziyan couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart, the little people who have no strength have a lot of helplessness and sorrow. Xu Ziyan, who knew everything, knew that she had to join the family, but she didn't want to agree to the other party so easily, in fact, she had no resistance to joining the family, she didn't have any impression of her family at all, the reason why she didn't want to return to the family was just that she didn't want to be restrained. Now that he sees that he is bound to join the family, he wants to get as much freedom as possible. So, pretending not to see Xu Haobo's complicated gaze, he said lightly:

"How are you Xu family going to compensate me?"

Xu Haobo heard that Xu Ziyan's tone showed signs of loosening, and hurriedly spoke:

"Master, Xu Ximei, this dead girl, will be handed over to you, and you can dispose of it as you like. As for my fourth brother Xu Haomiao's kidnapping of you, our Xu family is willing to pay 50,000 taels of silver to ask for your forgiveness. ”

At this time, Xu Ximei, who had fainted on the ground, had already woken up, and when she heard that the second uncle handed herself over to Xu Ziyan to dispose of at will, her heart had sunk to the bottom, and she trembled with fright, she knew in her heart that for a little person like her who lived at the bottom of the Xu family, even if Xu Ziyan killed her on the spot, the Xu family would also dispose of her like a dead dog. struggled to get up from the ground, waved his two hands and kept slapping his face, while kneeling in front of Xu Ziyan and pleading:

"Master spare your life! Master spare your life! ”

Seeing that Xu Ximei's face had been turned purple by herself, and blood was already flowing from the corners of her mouth, Xu Ziyan frowned in disgust, stretched out her index finger and hooked it towards Xiang Lu. Xu Ximei stopped blankly, stood up from the ground, and looked at Xu Ziyan pleadingly. Xu Ziyan rounded his right hand, slapped Xu Ximei in the face hard, and pulled Xu Ximei in a circle and fell to the ground. Then he shook his hand lightly and said lightly:

"It's better to do it yourself!"

Xu Haobo's eyes shrank, and he seemed to have some understanding of Xu Ziyan's character, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit of gain and loss in his heart. He really wanted Xu Ziyan to join his family, if Xu Ziyan joined his family, then the strength of the Xu family would immediately increase to a higher level. For a family, a top-level talisman master not only means the improvement of combat strength, but also a lot of financial resources. At the same time, if Xu Ziyan joins other families, it will also mean a huge threat. In Zhongdu City, there is not only the Xu family, but also the Xiao family and the Wu family. Moreover, the Xiao family and the Wu family have just been married, which faintly reveals the momentum of joining forces to suppress the Xu family. Xu Haobo secretly made up his mind in his heart that if he couldn't recruit Xu Ziyan, then he would kill her, and he would never let her join the Xiao family and the Wu family.

At this time, Xu Ziyan's eyes looked at Xu Haomiao, Xu Haomiao's heart was tight, and there was fear in his eyes. Xu Ziyan's gaze swept over Xu Haomiao, looked at Xu Haobo and said lightly:

"Do you think I'll be short of money with my skills?"

Xu Ziyan is short of money now, very short of money. But she can't show it, she has to be stronger, so that she can fight for the greater good for herself. Hearing Xu Ziyan say this, Xu Haomiao's heart became even more nervous, for fear that Xu Ziyan would also beat him in public, and his face would be embarrassed. Xu Haobo's heart was also very embarrassed, let the fourth brother be beaten by Xu Ziyan in public, even if it was just a slap, he couldn't accept it in his heart, after all, it was his fourth brother, and the relationship between the two people has always been good. The two of them glanced at each other, and Xu Haobo thought about whether to fight to lose Xu Ziyan's talent and kill her here. Xu Haomiao was thinking about whether he slapped himself twice and asked for Xu Ziyan's forgiveness. The two of them were in a dilemma, but they heard Xu Ziyan's voice sound again:

"If you want me to join the Xu family, it's not impossible!"