Chapter Twenty-Four: The Ancient Book of Cowhide
The antique Lingqing Town is full of people coming and going, dressed differently, although it is not prosperous, but it is very popular in the world.
The town is very lively, and the bluestone paved roads are lined with vendors selling their stalls, and all kinds of stalls are full of strange things, everything to eat and drink.
When Yuan Fan and Chen Ling first entered the town, they suddenly felt that time had been reversed, and in a trance, they had the illusion of coming to ancient China.
Everything here is unfamiliar, and it is very different from the way of life on earth, and the two of them wandered around and walked in as they passed a shop that specialized in clothes and silks.
"Two guest officers, buy clothes or bedding and satin, if you don't choose the right one, the small shop can also tailor it."
As soon as the two of them walked into the store, they were greeted by a young man, twenty-three or four-year-old, with a delicate face, dressed in brocade clothes, with a professional smile, and looking very enthusiastic.
Yuan Fan looked around, finally looked at him and asked, "Are you the owner of the shop?" ”
The man smiled happily, nodded again and again, looked at Yuan Fan and Chen Ling, and saw that the two of them were dressed strangely and their clothes were delicate, and they suddenly smiled even more happily.
"I'm the owner of this shop, do the two guest officers need to make clothes or bedding?"
Yuan Fan didn't respond in a hurry, but pointed to the fabrics on the shelves and said, "I don't know how those fabrics are sold?" ”
The man hesitated for a moment and said, "These fabrics are all of the highest quality, and it takes five gold coins and two feet for soaking the spirit tree leaves, and ten gold coins for the fur of the spirit beast." It's just that the cloth made of the fur of the spirit beast has been sold out. ”
Yuan Fan nodded slightly, and asked again: "Then if it is tailor-made for me and my wife, how much will it take to use spirit beast fur fabric?" ”
When Chen Ling heard Yuan Fan call her a "wife", his little face was slightly red, he pinched Yuan Fan's arm fiercely, and stood behind him with his head slightly bowed, looking very shy.
The man glanced at Chen Ling, slightly stunned, seeing such a beautiful woman for the first time, he couldn't help but look a little stupid.
After a while, the man reacted and sneered: "Guest officer, if you use spirit animal fur and order it together, you will need two hundred gold coins. ”
Hearing this number, Yuan Fan thought that he had misheard, and asked uncertainly: "Two hundred gold coins!" Why is it so expensive? ”
Hearing Yuan Fan say "expensive", the man's face changed, he squinted his eyes and looked at the two of them again, and then changed his face, and said with a strange yin and yang and some jealousy: "Guest officer, if you are too expensive, you can buy the spirit tree leaves concocted, why bother to be ambitious?" With such a good-looking girl, are you afraid of spending money? ”
Chen Ling was a very simple woman, and she also whispered: "Fan, forget it, we don't have many gold coins, so there is no need to spend money in vain." ”
When the man heard Chen Ling's words, he continued to say in a weird manner: "That's it, this girl knows the times, don't be ambitious if you don't have gold coins, and the girl next to her will run away with someone one day." ”
Yuan Fan listened a little harshly, and said loudly: "Why do you feel like you have a barb stuffed in your mouth, and your speech is so ugly?" ”
"It's ugly, you have the ability to shave the fur on the spirit beast yourself! There's no gold coins and you're still here to pack chicken feathers, so get out of here. The man was no longer yin and yang, and directly chose to mock.
When Yuan Fan heard this, his face twitched with anger, and his anger rose from his heart, isn't it just two hundred, and the flowers will be spent. It's just that when he was about to take out the cloth bag containing the gold coins, he was stopped by Chen Ling in time.
"Fan, let's go, there's no need to be angry with him."
After Chen Ling finished speaking, he pulled Yuan Fan out, and during the period, the man did not forget to mock behind his back, saying that Yuan Fan should not wear the best clothes without gold coins, and run all over the street with his big stomach.
The man's words were so bad that Yuan Fan was so angry that he wanted to touch the two broken swords behind him and cut him two swords, but these were stopped by Chen Ling in time.
"Ling'er, that person doesn't know how to do business at all. As soon as I said that it was expensive, he immediately changed to another face, faster than the Sichuan opera on the other side of the starry sky! ”
Walking out of the shop, Yuan Fan complained again and again, sighed, and felt powerless. It turns out that where there are businessmen, there must be snobbery, and the saying is still true. "Money is not everything, but no money is everything."
Seeing him like this, Chen Ling covered his mouth and snickered, and said, "Okay, don't we have the cultivation exercises given by Mr. Qingfeng, when the practice is completed, go to the mountains to kill a few and come back, and make your own clothes." ”
"It's good to have a beautiful woman by your side! If you hadn't stopped me, I would have either spent two hundred gold coins in a hurry, or I would have broken my sword and fight him, and we would have drunk the northwest wind in the future. ”
Yuan Fan teased, and Leng Buding kissed Chen Ling on the forehead, which made her blush and look even more beautiful and moving.
"Don't make a fuss, someone is watching."
The streets of Lingqing Town were bustling, on the other side of the starry sky, Yuan Fan and Chen Ling had an illusion that they were separated from each other, and their clothes looked out of place with everything around them, and they didn't hang out much after that, and went out of town to buy some snacks or use.
Outside Lingqing Town, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the grass and trees are green, there is a stream interspersed between the mountains, the river water is crystal clear, you can see a lot of fat fish, when entering the town before, Yuan Fan took a fancy to a small courtyard built on the riverbank.
There is a distance from the town, the scenery is beautiful, behind the small courtyard is a big mountain, shaped like a turtle, in front of the courtyard is the stream. Yuan Fan likes quiet places close to nature, and does not want anyone to disturb his life with Chen Ling.
"Ling'er, look at how this small courtyard is, we will live here in the future."
This hillside courtyard covers an area of 16 zhang, the fence wall is covered with green vines, it is clean and tidy, and a lot of ornamental flowers and plants are planted, it can be seen that the owner here likes flowers and plants very much, Yuan Fan took a look, and was very satisfied and liked.
"It's good, it's good, but it costs a lot of gold to buy it, right?"
Chen Ling's eyes blinked, looking at the small courtyard in front of him, his heart was happy, but when he thought that he would spend his time with the man next to him in the future, he couldn't help lowering his eyebrows and lowering his eyes, and his expression was twisted.
At this time, an old man slowly walked out of the small courtyard with a hammer, as if he was going to go to the field to farm, and when he saw Yuan Fan and Chen Ling, he asked with some confusion: "Who are you two?" ”
Yuan Fan looked at the old man, guessed that it was the owner of the small courtyard, immediately saluted respectfully, and said with a straight smile: "Uncle, I don't know if your small courtyard is sold, I will pay a high price." ”
"Buy my little yard?" Hearing Yuan Fan's words, the old man carrying the hammer was even more puzzled, and said with a smile: "Oh, young man, this place is leaning on the mountain, and there will be wild beasts in the mountain from time to time, which is not suitable for you and this girl to live in, so let's go to the town and buy it." ”
When Yuan Fan and Chen Ling heard this, they glanced at each other, the two of them had faced even huge beasts in the forbidden land of Fan Sword, and now they were naturally not afraid of any beasts.
Yuan Fan thought for a while, and said affirmatively: "Uncle, she and I both like to be clean, what beasts won't be afraid of, just sell me this small courtyard?" ”
The old man saw that Yuan Fan really wanted it, and sighed lightly: "Young people don't know the height of the sky, so let's sell it, but I won't sell it without a good price." ”
"Don't worry, the price is good, a hundred gold coins plus a stone of this kind, can you sell it?" Yuan Fan said, taking out the gold coins and the kind of stone that glowed green from the cloth bag.
"This is, Spirit Stone!" Although the old man is an ordinary person, he has seen people and can see the origin of the glowing greenstone at a glance.
"Uncle, you said that this kind of stone is a spirit stone?" Yuan Fan was puzzled, it turned out that this thing was called a spirit stone, and he thought it was a luminous stone used to act as a light bulb, no wonder it was cold and cold in his hand, making people feel light.
"You don't recognize this stone?" The old man glanced at Yuan Fandao suspiciously.
"I just met, it's called Lingshi."
The old man glanced at the two of them, and was speechless for a moment, then looked around vigilantly, and whispered: "Young man, let me tell you that this kind of stone is used by immortal cultivators to improve their cultivation!" Among them, it is full of aura, if ordinary people wear it, they will not get sick for a lifetime, and they can prolong their lives, where did you pick it up, tell the old man about it? ”
When Yuan Fan and Chen Ling heard this, they were both surprised, and their faces gradually became solemn, it turned out that this kind of stone was so precious. If it is so precious, why did Mr. Seifu give it to himself?
"Young man, why don't you speak, and why don't you buy a small courtyard?" The old man found Yuan Fan stunned in place, and asked urgently.
Yuan Fan came back to his senses and said, "Buy, why don't you buy it." ”
The old man was overjoyed, and no longer asked Yuan Fan where he picked up the spirit stone, and immediately said: "Okay, I don't need gold coins or anything, I just need that spirit stone, how about it?" ”
Yuan Fan nodded slightly, seeing that the old man was very fond of spirit stones, but he still handed over a hundred gold coins.
Soon, the old man turned and went into the house in high spirits, and after a while he had packed up his clothes and left. When leaving, in order to thank Yuan Fan for giving more gold coins, he also gave a gift of an ancient cowhide book that he picked up, saying that he had not invited Mr. Teacher when he was a child and was illiterate, and then repeatedly told Yuan Fan and Chen Ling that they must be careful, there are really wild beasts in the mountains.
Regarding the existence of the beast, Yuan Fan and Chen Ling directly chose to ignore it. The two of them cleaned up the courtyard again. When the first sun set and the second sun rose, the two moved out of the wooden chairs and leaned against each other in the small courtyard, flipping through the strange ancient cowhide book.
"Fan, the book that the old man picked up is somewhat interesting, and it is somewhat similar to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" on the other side of the starry sky." Chen Ling's waist is slender, the jade is soft and soft, and the slender jade legs occupy almost the entire wooden chair.
"It's true that there are some similarities, but, Ling'er, can you move over there, my hands are numb." Chen Ling's little bird was half lying in Yuan Fan's arms, and as he spoke, he changed his other hand with difficulty to wrap around, and then continued to flip through the ancient books in his hand.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is a strange book, the sea is inclusive, and it records everything from ancient times to ancient times. Whether it is a fable or legend in a mythological story, or a flower, a tree, a fish and an insect, a mythical beast, a fierce beast, a spirit beast, a strange beast, a monster, and a beast are all described, which can be said to be an encyclopedia.
"Spirit-eyed beasts can spread their hidden wings and fly, a hundred miles like the wind, and a thousand miles like rain."
"Shangling Ancient Wolf, black gold hair, recorded in ancient times 10,000 years ago, where the sword is forbidden."
"Fan, isn't this what we're talking about is the alien beast cubs we ate in the Mortal Sword Forbidden Land?"
Looking at the ancient cowhide book in their hands, the two of them were fascinated and surprised. This ancient book actually recorded the Forbidden Land of the Mortal Sword, although there were only a few words, but it made both of them fall into deep thought, and their hearts could not be calm for a long time.
"It's incredible that this ancient book existed 10,000 years ago." Chen Ling exclaimed quietly, his face was charming, lying in Yuan Fan's arms, his long jade legs were as white as ever, which was very eye-catching.
Yuan Fan couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he saw it, but he didn't think much about it, he continued to flip through the ancient cowhide book, and said thoughtfully: "Ten thousand years ago on the earth belonged to the ancient era, could it be a coincidence that this life source star was also called the ancient era at that time?" How many years did antiquity exist? ”