Chapter 21: Trapped
"Oops, hey......!" Seeing that the other party was walking so simply, the Taoist priest was anxious, and hurriedly stopped them: "Daoist friends are impulsive, the price is negotiable!" ”
Duan Kun stopped, turned his head and said, "I say a number, it's okay, if you don't do it, you can continue to wait for someone who is destined." ”
"Fellow Daoist, please speak."
"Twenty gold coins."
"How much!?"
This time it was the Taoist priest's turn to be dumbfounded.
I've seen bargaining, but I've never seen such a bargain. This is a bargain, it is clearly a cut of life!
Seeing that the Taoist priest didn't speak, Duan Kun made a gesture and wanted to leave.
"Oops, hey......!" The Taoist priest stopped him again, rubbed his hands and said, that look is no different from a philistine, "That...... Can you add more? ”
"Nineteen gold coins."
The Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had misheard.
"Fellow Daoist, are you mistaken? The poor road is to let you add more, not less. ”
"Eighteen gold coins."
Judging from the performance of the Taoist priest, Duan Kun also understood that 100,000 gold coins was just the other party's sky-high asking price, and it was estimated that the price of the token in his heart was only about twenty gold coins. Since this is the case, Duan Kun naturally will not let go of the opportunity to bargain.
"Are you the devil!?" The Taoist priest shouted.
"Seventeen gold coins."
"You're here to smash the field!" The Taoist priest was furious, "Don't ask where the Taoist master is mixed up!" ”
"Sixteen gold coins!"
"Fellow Daoist, do you really want this? Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning? ”
"Fifteen gold coins!" This time, without waiting for Duan Kun to speak, Duan Xiaowu jumped out and said first.
"Bear kid get out of the way, adults talk, don't make trouble!" The Taoist priest scolded.
"Fourteen gold coins!" The little fat man was in high spirits, as if he had found a fun game.
"Little brat, if you make trouble again, believe it or not, the master will open your ass and flowers!?"
"Thirteen gold coins!"
"Little cub, don't force Daoye, Lao Tzu started a fire and even I was afraid!"
"Twelve gold coins!"
"Damn! I ******" the Taoist priest scolded, spitting fragrant mouth.
However, the more he scolded, the more excited the little fat man became. Every time he said a word, the little fat man would lose one gold coin, and in the end, he owed the little fat man twenty gold coins.
In the end, even Duan Kun couldn't stand it, he stopped the little fat man who was full of interest, and then said to the Taoist priest: "The child is not sensible, and the Taoist chief should not be angry." It's not that we're deliberately finding fault, it's that we really don't have that much money on us. ”
"You can tell by the way we dress, like rich people?"
"Let's open the skylight and say something. Something we really want, but we really can't afford the price you said. ”
"Twenty gold coins is already our limit, if the Dao Leader thinks it is okay, let's trade it immediately. If we are not satisfied, we will leave immediately, so as not to delay the business of the Taoist. Duan Kun said to the Taoist priest.
Hearing this, the Taoist priest fell into deep thought.
This token was actually found by accident in the tomb of a big demon in Demon Continent, and he thought he had picked up a treasure, but later found that this token was just a virtual appearance, and it was useless.
He also commissioned some great powers to identify this object, but without exception, the results given by those great powers were all two words.
Litter!
That's why he's going to sell it.
However, there were very few bidders, and the conspicuous crack in the token directly dissuaded many people, and no one wanted to put a bet on a token that looked like it would split in half at any moment.
In the end, the Taoist priest weighed the pros and cons and decided to agree to the deal.
Now that Duan Kun and they are interested in taking over, it is a good time to make a move, otherwise I am afraid that the token will really be smashed in his hands at that time.
"Hey...... Your sincerity touched the poor road. Obviously picked up a big bargain, but the Taoist priest showed a big loss on his face, and sighed and said: "Twenty gold coins is twenty gold coins, and you should have a good relationship with Taoist friends." ”
"However, once the treasure is traded, it cannot be reversed. This is the rule of the poor road, are you okay? The Taoist priest added.
"It's nature." Duan Kun nodded.
So, Duan Kun gave the money, the Taoist priest handed over the treasure, and the buyer and seller completed the transaction in a friendly atmosphere.
But as soon as he got the token, Duan Kun's face changed.
He used his spiritual power to try to urge the token, but there was no response, he tried several more times, but the result was still the same.
It can't be urged, which means that this token is no different from scrap metal!
It's out of the eye!
At this moment, Duan Kun's heart sank to the bottom.
Seeing this, the Taoist priest showed a gloating smile.
Seeing Duan Kun looking over with a gloomy face, he hurriedly put away his smile again, made an expressionless look, and said, "I just said that once you make a deal, you can't go back." Is Daoyou trying to cheat? ”
Duan Kun calmed down his emotions and said in a deep voice: "Duan is not that kind of person. This time I'm looking away, I admit it, we'll have a date later! ”
With that, he hugged his fist at the Taoist priest and left straight away with Duan Xiaowu.
The little ones also knew that they had been pitted, and they were like defeated roosters, following Duan Kun in frustration.
They are angry, but they are not vexatious. This matter was originally a willingness to fight and a willingness to suffer, but now that they are gone, they can only blame their bad luck and blame no one.
In Baibaofang, being cheated is a norm, and situations like theirs, they don't know how many times a day, but compared to others, they can't afford this price.
The direction in which the people left was the city's foundry.
Now, they have one last solution: that is, to repair the crack on the token, and then find a big wrongdoer to take over.
But when he arrived at the foundry, when the master caster saw the token, he waved his hand directly, indicating that he could not do anything.
"Not long ago, a sloppy Taoist priest also took this token to ask the old man to repair it, but the material of the token is very peculiar, which the old man has never seen before, and it can't be fused with other materials at all, and the old man has tried all the methods to no avail."
"If you want to fix it, you have to find the same materials."
The words of the master of the caster workshop extinguished the last hope of the people in Star Village.
Leaving the foundry, the group returned to the inn in a depressed mood.
Duan Xin, who was left behind, had just finished feeding Erya with the medicinal juice, and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, when he saw Duan Kun and them coming back, he hurriedly ran forward and said with a worried face: "You guys are finally back, go and see Erya, her injuries seem to be more serious!" ”
Everyone rushed in, and saw that Erya's face was even more haggard than when they went out in the morning, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and his clothes were soaked with cold sweat.
Duan Kun touched her forehead, as hot as if she had been doused with boiling water.
"Let's go out first, let Erya have a good rest."
After pouring an aura into Erya's body again, Duan Kun said with a heavy heart, and there was a worry between his eyebrows that could not be concealed.
Among the children from Xingcun this time, in addition to Erya, there were two little girls, and he asked the two little girls to stay and help Erya change her clothes, and then left the room with the others.