Shang Xia's new talisman is only a second-order, and it is not worth dozens of silver dollars when it reaches the sky.

However, under the circumstances, Shang Xia made the new talisman three hundred silver dollars, which seemed to have multiplied several times, but it was a great deal of face for the elders of the Sword Gate.

After Yu Chengjin said goodbye and left, although Yu Chengjin had already asked just now, Shang Ke couldn't help but ask again: "Is it really a new talisman?"

Shang Xia smiled: "It's really a new talisman!"

Shang Ke hurriedly asked, "I heard from your Uncle Quan that you have been able to make second-order martial talismans, and now you have made new talismans, how efficient is it?"

Shang Xia smiled bitterly: "Without affecting his cultivation, Sun Er will be able to make a second-order martial talisman in about ten years. However, the key now is not how fast the grandson can make talismans, but that there may not be enough talismans. ”

Shang Ke sighed when he heard this: "Indeed, the biggest provider of rune materials in Tongyou City is the Yun family, especially the production of rune paper, that is, Tongyou Academy needs a considerable part of the Yun family's supply every year. Although our merchants can also make rune paper, they can only achieve the second order at most, and they are far inferior to the Yun family in terms of quality and quantity. ”

These are all gaps in the background, don't look at the rapid rise of the business, and now in the eyes of outsiders, there are two fourth-order martial artists.

But in fact, the merchant's own industry is very shallow, just like the previous merchant made a lot of money in the two realms of war, but most of the extraordinary raw materials, the merchant can only do the most rudimentary processing.

The merchant's apthecary can only repair sharp weapons at most, but he is unable to make sharp weapons; the pharmacists trained by the merchant themselves can only configure potions below the second order at most; the merchant's talisman master currently has the highest achievement is Shang Xia, a second-order talisman master.

Weapons are a threshold in sharp weapons, and most of the other potions, talismans, formations, etc., are based on the third order as a threshold.

Aside from his personal martial arts practice, the merchant's achievements in other aspects are lackluster.

Compared with the other three major families in Tongyou City, the merchant is really not a family lineage.

Shang Xia hesitated for a moment, diverted the topic of martial arts, and asked, "Uncle, has there been any progress in the mastermind behind the Battle of Long Street that day?"

Shang Ke shook his head and said: "It's confusing, everyone is suspicious, but everyone has alibi evidence, and the water in here is very muddy." ”

Shang Xia thought for a moment and asked, "Now that the people of the four academies are gathering in Tongyou City, what do they want to do?"

"It's just a piece of the pie!"

Shang Ke smiled, and then instructed: "Your most important task now is to prepare for the advanced martial arts, and don't worry about other things yet." ”

After Shang Xia came out of the inner hall, he returned to his small courtyard.

Although he had been in retreat for a period of time, and the fifth uncle was obviously reluctant to reveal more of the inside story to Shang Xia, Shang Xia could feel the treacherous situation in Tongyou City from Shang Ke's words.

From the inner hall to the small courtyard that Shang Xia belonged to, if you want to go closer, you need to pass through a martial arts arena surrounded by green trees.

This is a place where the children of merchants who have not yet stepped into the extraordinary martial arts are used to build their muscles and bones and lay a solid foundation.

Any merchant child who is over ten years old, if he has nothing to do on weekdays, he will spend most of his time in this martial arts arena, and Shang Xia was no exception.

"Sixth Young Master!"

"Six less!"

When Shang Xia passed through this martial arts arena, many merchants along the way would greet Shang Xia.

In the past, Shang Xia would always respond with a smile, but today it was because he had something in his heart, so he just nodded slightly and left quickly.

Among the descendants of the merchants, the merchants ranked sixth in his generation.

However, in fact, Shang Xia rarely saw other brothers and sisters of his generation, and some of them he didn't even know.

But just as Shang Xia was about to leave the martial arts arena, a ray of cold light suddenly flashed from Shang Xia's afterglow.

Shang Xia was alert in his heart, and he heard a slightly panicked voice coming from not far away: "Hey, third sister, slow down!"

Shang Xia snorted coldly, and with a twist of his fingers, a two-inch-wide and four-inch-long talisman flew out of his sleeve.

As soon as this yellow paper talisman flew out, it turned into a bright yellow flame, and the yellow brilliance expanded outward from the flames, turning into a golden light barrier in front of Shang Xia's body.

This is the only kind of talisman that Shang Xia has successfully made among the second-order martial talismans recorded in the "Zhu's Runic Sutra" - the Golden Lantern Barrier!

Almost as soon as the golden light barrier appeared, a ray of cold light cut through more than two feet of it, but in the end, due to exhaustion, it stagnated only three inches away from Shang Xia, and could not advance an inch.

The stagnant cold light is a short sword one foot eight inches long.

Shang Xia's gaze swept over the short sword that was frozen in front of him, and finally landed on a woman about the age of Double Ten a few feet away from him.

At this time, the woman was struggling to pull the sword finger, as if she wanted to take back the short sword imprisoned by the golden lamp barrier.

But no matter how hard she tried, the short sword that was stuck in front of Shang Xia couldn't even move.

And beside this woman stood a young man of the same age, the man's face was very similar to the woman, but compared to the woman's slightly restless and struggling expression at this time, the young man's expression looked slightly embarrassed.

However, this man is obviously not the one who has just spoken up to stop the woman's attack.

Shang Xia's gaze turned again, and fell on another young man who had just arrived at the martial arts arena and looked a little anxious.

Although this person Shang Xia has not seen him for a long time, Shang Xia is familiar with him.

This person is the grandson of the fifth uncle Gong Shang Ke, the son of the ninth uncle Shang Yang, Shang Fu, who ranks seventh after Shang Xia among the third generation of the merchant's descendants!

However, Shang Xia's gaze still did not linger on Shang Fu's body for long, but passed over the man and woman standing side by side with similar faces, and landed on a woman with a mature temperament in a strong suit behind the two.

The woman met Shang Xia's gaze with a smile, and a faint hint of coercion made Shang Xia feel a hint of threat.

"Third-Order Martial Artistic Conception Master!"

Shang Xia's eyes were slightly condensed, but he noticed that this woman was holding a sheathed long sword in her hand, which seemed to be a little familiar, and she didn't know where she seemed to have seen it.

From the young woman's sneak attack, to Shang Xia's use of martial arts talismans to imprison the short sword of the sneak attacker, it was only a split second of effort, and the other Shang clan disciples in the martial arts arena were already alarmed, and they all shouted and cursed, and some shouted warnings.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"There are assassins!"

"Six young beware!"

“......”

There are those who are bold and reckless, and even pick up the guys on the martial arts arena, and they are going to hit the woman who made the shot.

Seeing this, Shang Xia hurriedly waved his hand, stopping these ordinary family children who had not yet stepped into the Wuyuan Realm.

"Who are you?"

Shang Xia knew that the other party would not appear in the merchant's martial arts arena for nothing, and then thought of Shang Fu's shout just now, and vaguely guessed the identity of the person in front of him.

But this does not mean that Shang Xia will give the other party a good face, after all, he was attacked by someone for no reason, and if he didn't fight back on the spot, Shang Xia was already raising his noble hand.

"Six, sixth brother, let me introduce you to ......"

Shang Fu said with some embarrassment.