Chapter 317: Broken Books

Qin Xin looked at the brightly lit streets of Falling Star City, the bustling crowd, and from time to time pairs of monks walked past him hand in hand.

Although he had read the book for a long time, he did not feel sleepy at all at this time, but in the torrent of people coming and going, there was an inexplicable feeling of loneliness in his heart.

At this time, it would be great if Miao Xue could walk around this lively Falling Star City with him, she would definitely shout, hold his hand, and rush into the crowd without looking back.

Like a child, I think this is fresh, I think that it is also fun, if you encounter food that you have never eaten or super spicy wine and meat, you will definitely be hungry when you can't walk, and then you must find a tavern and eat a full meal first.

Now he is alone, praying silently in his heart, hoping to find alchemy here, so that he can resume cultivation as soon as possible, as long as there is hope, even if it is difficult, he must condense the Yuan Infant before Miaoxue is married.

After the prayer, he began to walk slowly from bookstore to bookstore, and as long as there were books related to alchemy, he would stay for a while, read carefully, and leave disappointed until he was sure that he was of little use to himself.

In this way, until dawn he could not find a really useful book, because he only read it and did not buy it, and suffered a lot of stares and cynicism, but he did not stop because of it.

For the next three days, he wandered around the streets north of Falling Star City without sleep or food.

On the fourth day, I saw that I was about to go further to the city wall of Beicheng District, and there were only a few small bookstores left here.

For a few days, he didn't eat or drink and didn't find what he wanted, so he couldn't help but be a little frustrated, since he couldn't find any books on alchemy here, he was in no mood to try any luck in the other urban areas, and it was too late in time.

Knowing that this trip is really going to be fruitless, it seems that all hope can only be pinned on the largest auction venue in Falling Star City, the Star Picking Tower.

He was in a small bookstore thinking nonsense as he casually flipped through books that seemed to be related to alchemy.

The shopkeeper was a fourth- or fifth-level monk in his fifties and sixties with a goatee, and his eyes the size of a bean grain had not been removed from Qin Xin's body since Qin Xin came in.

As if he was afraid that Qin Xin would take the book and run away, seeing Qin Xin absentmindedly flipping through the book, he really couldn't help but ask: "Guest officer, I see that you have selected some crude martial arts books that can only be used by mortals, so I want to ask, are you a monk?"

Qin Xin was slightly stunned, he knew that there were many mortals in the city, but he didn't hide his cultivation, how could the other party not be able to tell if he was a monk or not? ”

"Oh, do you have any spirit stones?" the shopkeeper asked again, suspicious.

Only then did Qin Xin understand that the other party really regarded himself as an ordinary mortal, so he patted the storage bag lightly with one hand, and when he raised his hand the next moment, there were already a few more low-level spirit stones of different colors in his hand.

After the shopkeeper saw the spirit stone, as if he had changed someone, a smile appeared on his originally tense face, grinned, showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth, and said with a smile: "Hehe, it's easy to talk about the spirit stone, guest officer, what kind of books do you need? Although the shop is small, the types of books are very complete, and even the ordinary martial arts of mortals are included here, if you need them, I can find them all for you." ”

"I'm looking for some physical exercise books, the older the better, I don't know if you have them here. Qin Xin didn't have much hope for this kind of small shop at all, so he asked casually.

"Yes, of course, there are books for exercising your body, presumably you are preparing them for your nephews in the next life, you wait a minute, I will find it for you. Of course, the owner of the bookstore didn't think that the monk would be able to practice anything, so he began to rummage through the counter as he spoke.

Not to mention, the shopkeeper is not young, and his hands and feet are quite nimble, and it didn't take long to find seven or eight manuscript books and three jade slips and say, "These are all books for exercising the body, do you think these are appropriate?"

Qin Xin looked at the cover of the manuscript, the eight books basically don't need to be opened, there are seven books just by looking at the name, he knows that he has seen them in other bookstores, and there is one book left, and he only flipped a few pages to know that the records in this book are also very ordinary mortal martial arts.

Shaking his head, he picked up the jade slips again, and after scanning the three jade slips quickly, he shook his head in disappointment and said, "I have read these books and these jade slips, and they are of no use to me, is there anything else?"

"Have you seen it all? Alas, that's gone, that's all. The shopkeeper thought about it and said with a look of embarrassment.

"That bothered. Qin Xin said disappointedly, turned around and was about to leave.

The shopkeeper saw Qin Xin turn around, and suddenly said, "By the way, the guest officer said that the older the better, there should be another copy, but ...... That book is full of ancient characters, which ordinary people can't understand, and it's still a fragment, I don't know if the guest officer wants to take a look. ”

"Ancient characters, do you also know ancient characters?" Qin Xin asked with a stir in his heart.

"Hehe, although I don't know everything, I know a little bit about it. The shopkeeper said with his eyes rolling.

Qin Xin looked at his expression, and really didn't think he knew any ancient characters, but anyway, he had read so many books, and he didn't care about this one, so he said happily: "In this case, you can bring it to me to see." ”

"Okay, wait a minute, I remember it seems to be in this place...... Huh, why is it gone? Did you put it there...... Huh? Not at all...... Where have you gone?" the shopkeeper rummaged through the boxes and cabinets for a long time but couldn't find it.

Qin Xin looked at the sky and saw that it was almost night, so he said impatiently: "Since you can't find it, then forget it." ”

"Hmm...... Not...... I'm really sorry, guest officer, I don't know where to put that book, I really can't find it. The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered apologetically, "Couldn't you run away with your long legs?" ”

"It's okay, farewell. Qin Xin waved his hand indifferently and said, then strolled towards the outside of the bookstore.

I didn't get far yet, and before I got to the door of the bookstore, I heard the voice of the shopkeeper from behind: "Hey, why are you here...... Guest officer, wait a minute, you are here, do you still want to see it?"

Qin Xin turned his head, and the shopkeeper was bending down to pick up a tattered book under a small square table in the bookstore, and it turned out that the book he was looking for was padded at the foot of that table.

The shopkeeper took the book out from the foot of the table, patted the dust on it, and said, "Guest officer...... Hehe...... I didn't expect it to be here...... It must have been my damn mother-in-law who used it for the table legs. ”

Qin Xin looked at the book in the shopkeeper's hand indifferently, but as soon as he glanced at it, he couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement in his heart, because he could see that the words on the cover of the book that the shopkeeper was holding were extraordinarily thick, and the strokes were quite cumbersome, which was the same ancient script that Uncle Ouyang taught him and the same ancient characters as on the "Taiyi True Scripture".

He strode up to the shopkeeper and eagerly took the book, which was not made of the paper used now, but like some unknown animal skin, soft and smooth to the touch, and even smelled a faint smell of blood.

He looked at it fixedly, there were four big characters written on the cover of the book, Qin Xin only knew that the top two words were "immortal**", and the remaining two words were seriously damaged, and he couldn't tell what the words were.

This book, both from the words on it and the material, exudes a desolate atmosphere, which rekindles a glimmer of hope in his heart.

With excitement, he opened this book, and the words in it were indeed all the ancient characters that Uncle Ouyang had taught, but although his memory was quite good, there were still many words that did not appear in the "Taiyi True Scripture", and he didn't remember it very clearly.

But he didn't have to worry about it, because the translation jade slip of the ancient characters that Uncle Ouyang gave him was on him, and even if he couldn't understand it, he could buy the book back and study it slowly.

Reading it line by line, although it can't fully understand the meaning of the book, but you can also see a rough idea, this book not only has a detailed method of refining the body, but also really has a method to expand the meridian and expand the veins, and the most important thing is that this book actually has a method of how to strengthen the divine consciousness.

The more Qin Xin read it, the more excited he became, the more he felt that this book was exactly the book he was looking for, if he guessed correctly, this book should really be the refining book of the ancient period, haha...... It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

However, looking at it, he was a little worried, because it was a pity that the book was so broken and incomplete, and it was obvious that a few pages in the back had been torn off, and he didn't know if he could cultivate it.

When Qin Xin read half of the book, the boss stretched out a hand that was as thin as a dry firewood stick, "snapped", closed the book with his palm, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, I really didn't expect you to know ancient characters, hehe...... It's just that...... The guest officer has been watching it for a long time, so you can't just watch it and not buy it, right?"

"Oh, boss, don't worry, this book is just right for you, I don't know how many spirit stones this book costs?" Qin Xin was looking at it, and said directly without thinking about it.

"The book has to be at least two ...... Three hundred low-rank spirit stones. The shopkeeper took the book in his hand, stroked it a few times, and said hesitantly.

He didn't expect Qin Xin to really know this kind of ancient characters, but he had been doing business for decades, so he was naturally cunning and cunning to see Qin Xin's serious expression when he read the book clearly, he saw through Qin Xin's thoughts, and knew that he would definitely use this book, so he directly sat on the ground and opened a sky-high price.