6. Chapter 6 Competition
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Xu Ziyan sighed slightly in his heart, when he first came to Zhongdu City, he thought that with his own ability, there should be no problem in supporting his parents, but he didn't expect that after coming here, he found that five taels of silver, which was a lot of money in his eyes, couldn't afford anything at all, and he didn't have the capital to make alchemy and talismans at all. So Xu Ziyan is also very helpless now, she knows in her heart that she needs the Xu family's job as an elder of Keqing, if there is no job, I am afraid that the future life will be unsustainable, this is the sorrow of the poor!
Thinking of this, Xu Ziyan turned his gaze to Lin Pinghai, just in time to meet Lin Pinghai's disdainful and mocking gaze. Xu Ziyan's heart sank, in her previous life, she was the pinnacle of the archaeological world, and she was a very proud person, and this pride had seeped into her soul for many years. Even if her future is full of difficulties, she is not willing to let go of her pride. If he turned around and left at this time, wouldn't it be tantamount to admitting that he was a liar in Lin Pinghai's mouth. But if he revealed his talisman making skills in this situation, he would also fall behind, as if he was in a hurry to recommend himself to the Xu family.
But now the atmosphere in the room is very weird, Xu Haoran is silent, with expectation in his eyes, and Xu Haobo is helpless. Xu Ziyan knew that these two people couldn't speak, and said in his heart, it seems that only he can solve this matter. Since you Lin Pinghai are so arrogant, let's see who is more arrogant.
Xu Ziyan, who had thought everything through, turned around, focused his eyes on Lin Pinghai's face, looked at him lightly, and said nothing. The gaze is very quiet, very heavy, very steady, like a superior looking down on his subordinates. Xu Ziyan was originally a pinnacle-like figure in his previous life, and he naturally had the aura of a superior on his body, but now he consciously released it, which instantly changed the faces of the three people in the room.
Xu Haoran's eyes flashed with wisdom, and the thoughts in his heart flashed: Who is she? This temperament is definitely cultivated after occupying the pinnacle position in a certain field for a long time, where does she come from? Which big family is it? Or a disciple of which sect? This kind of temperament is definitely not something that can be cultivated by a casual cultivator!
Lin Pinghai was looked at by Xu Ziyan's gaze at first, and thought that Xu Ziyan couldn't stand his pressure and was about to beg for mercy from himself, but his eyes couldn't help revealing more mockery, and he just wanted to ridicule the other party a few more words, but he saw the scrutinizing eyes of the superior from the other party's eyes. I was stunned for a moment, and immediately a wave of anger rushed to my chest, seeing that it had been so long since I came in, and I had said so much, but the head of the family didn't say a word of support for him, and I couldn't help but complain a little bit about the head of the house, so I turned to Xu Haoran and said:
"Please, patriarch, punish this liar."
Listening to Lin Pinghai's words, Xu Haoran was feeling embarrassed, but he heard Xu Ziyan's cold voice sound:
"Patriarch, who is this person?"
"Oh, this is the worship elder of our family's talisman hall, Lin Pinghai, a first-grade talisman maker." When Xu Haoran saw Xu Ziyan asking him, he had a bad premonition in his heart, but he still replied gently.
"Oh~~" Xu Ziyan pulled a long tone, and then said lightly: "A first-grade talisman maker? Is he worthy? ”
At the beginning, when he heard the patriarch introduce himself as a first-class talisman maker, Lin Pinghai also straightened his chest proudly, he did have proud capital. On this continent, in addition to those sects, among the various families, the first-grade talisman master is the master. But before he finished his proud posture, he heard Xu Ziyan's voice in his ears:
"Is he worthy?"
Lin Pinghai immediately had a feeling that he was about to vomit blood, his face immediately turned red, and the patriarch Xu Haoran, who was sitting on it, couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart, it seems that this Xu Ziyan is preparing to fight with Lin Pinghai.
"Little liar, what do you say?" Lin Pinghai jumped and pointed at Xu Ziyan and scolded.
"Oh, you didn't hear clearly? Do you want me to say it again? Xu Ziyan had a serious expression and said word by word: "What I just said is: you! Match! Is it? ”
"You...... You...... Do you dare to say it again? Lin Pinghai's body began to tremble.
Xu Ziyan put on a sympathetic expression, and her tone suddenly became gentle: "Alas~~, I didn't expect your ears to be bad, it turned out to be a person with a disability." Alright then, I'll tell you again, you! Match! Is it? ”
"Boom~~"
Lin Pinghai's body burst out with an angry aura, and the cultivation of the fifth layer of the Qi Refining Period instantly rose to the peak, and his body rushed towards Xu Ziyan as soon as he moved. At the moment when Lin Pinghai's momentum exploded, Xu Ziyan also raised her cultivation to the peak of the first layer of her Qi refining period, but she sadly found that her cultivation was too far from the other party, and under the pressure of the other party's momentum, her body was unable to move even a bit.
"Did you just die here?" Xu Ziyan thought sadly: "This Lin Pinghai is too self-righteous, even if I die, I can't weaken my momentum." ”
Thinking of this, Xu Ziyan's gaze looked directly at Lin Pinghai, his eyes full of mockery and disdain.
A figure suddenly inserted in front of Xu Ziyan's body, and heard a "bang" sound in his ears, and then Xu Ziyan saw Lin Pinghai's figure staggering back two steps, looking at Xu Haobo who was blocking Xu Ziyan with a face full of disbelief, and said in a trembling voice:
"You...... You ......"
"Lin Xianfeng," Xu Haobo said in a deep voice: "Even if you want to teach this little girl a lesson, it is because she doubts your talisman making skills, and you have been accusing this little girl of being a liar, so the contradiction between the two is to question each other's talisman making ability, I think the only way to solve this problem is for the two of them to show their own hands, compare, isn't everything clear?" ”
Xu Ziyan's move was to force Lin Pinghai to try it with her, so that he would not be there to make talismans like a disciple, but Lin Pinghai would be there like a master to examine. Although the final result is that his talisman making skills will definitely conquer everyone here, but in that case, his posture will be very low, and I am afraid that he will be bullied in the Xu family in the future. You must know that although Xu Ziyan is higher than anyone in the Xu family in talisman making, he is still a rookie in cultivation. Since he decided to join the Xu family as an elder of Keqing, in order for himself to have an easier life in the Xu family in the future, he must fight for his own status.
Now that he saw that Xu Haobo was finally forced to say what he expected to Lin Pinghai, he was naturally very happy in his heart, but his expression still remained disdainful, looking at Lin Pinghai lightly, stimulating the other party's emotions, adding more oil to the fire, hoping that Lin Pinghai would agree.
Sure enough, Lin Pinghai did not disappoint Xu Ziyan, listening to Xu Haobo's words in his ears, and looking at Xu Ziyan's mocking gaze in his eyes, Lin Pinghai felt very aggrieved and angry at this time. The grievance is that he is completely a good heart for the sake of the family, and he is afraid that the family's desire to recruit talents is too urgent and he will fall for the liar. Angry, the patriarch and the hall master clearly didn't believe their words, but instead protected the little liar in front of them. There was a surge of blood in his chest, and he burst out of his mouth:
"Okay, I'll draw a talisman right now, if that little liar can draw a better talisman than me, no! As long as it's the same paper note as me, no! As long as she can draw a piece of paper, I will kowtow to her and worship her as a teacher. If she couldn't draw it, she would kowtow to me and climb from here to the street. ”
"Good!" Xu Ziyan answered categorically. She had been looking forward to this moment for a long time, for fear that Lin Pinghai would regret it, so she immediately spoke out to put the matter to rest.
There was silence in the hall, so quiet that you could hear the heartbeats of people. The atmosphere was depressed and dignified, and Lin Pinghai and Xu Ziyan stood on both sides of the main hall. Under Xu Haobo's instructions, a disciple in the family immediately set up a table in front of Xu Ziyan and Lin Pinghai, and then placed rune paper, rune pen and cinnabar on the table.
Xu Ziyan and Lin Pinghai glanced at each other, at this time Lin Pinghai, who picked up the talisman pen, had regained his calm, he had made a lifetime of paper talismans, as soon as he picked up the talisman pen, he would immediately forget everything and devote himself to the realm of talisman making.
Seeing Lin Pinghai, who had completely calmed down on the other side, Xu Ziyan's heart couldn't help but nod secretly, and his eyes revealed appreciation. Although the person in front of him is arrogant, he does have something to be proud of. Retracting his eyes looking at Lin Pinghai, Xu Ziyan took a deep breath, his heart immediately became unwavering, he gently picked up the talisman pen on the table, dipped it in cinnabar, and evenly penetrated the aura in his body into the talisman pen, and then evenly penetrated from the tip of the pen.
Gently put down the talisman pen and looked at her work, Xu Ziyan was very satisfied, she found that her level had improved again, and she faintly had the realm of breaking through the first-grade talisman technique to reach the second-grade talisman master. Smash it, smash it, and nodded meaningfully, before looking up at Lin Pinghai opposite.
At this time, Lin Pinghai also happened to put down the talisman pen in his hand and raised his eyes to look over. Seeing Xu Ziyan standing there for a long time, with a faint smugness in his expression, he couldn't help but be stunned:
"She's done? Does she really know how to make talismans? ”
Xu Haoran saw that both of them had put down their talismans, so he asked softly, "Are the two of you done?" ”
Xu Ziyan and Lin Pinghai glanced at each other, and then both nodded.
Xu Haoran stood up from his seat, and out of respect for Lin Pinghai, he still came to Lin Pinghai's table first. Although he already knew the level of Lin Pinghai's talisman making, he still looked at it seriously, then nodded lightly before turning around and walking towards Xu Ziyan, with a trace of expectation flashing in his eyes with his back to Lin Pinghai.