Chapter 4 The Value of Books and Rhizomes
When the guard saw Xu Mu take out a book, his face immediately changed slightly, and even the alchemist Feng Lao on the side also looked sideways, and Bi Fang's eyes became hot.
Listening to the medicine refining guy of the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion, he asked cautiously:
"Sun Tzu...... The Art of War, this name doesn't seem to be very auspicious, dare to ask what grade of Taoism cheats this is, I can judge its value. ”
"There is no rank." Xu Mu thought for a moment, and then replied.
"Uh...... No grade? The little guy was stunned.
"Yes, this is not a book that teaches people to cultivate the Dao Fa." Xu Mu said.
Guy:
"Could it be that what is recorded in this book is the art of controlling beasts?"
Xu Mu shook his head.
The little guy scratched his head: "That's the formation." ”
Xu Mu shook his head again.
The little guy frowned: "Teach people to alchemy?" ”
Xu Mu shook his head again.
The alchemist was a little crazy, he had seen a lot of difficult villains, and he had already summed up a series of countermeasures, but he really didn't know what to do with a guest like Xu Mu, so he could only be patient and asked again in an unkind tone:
"So what the hell is this book for, can you explain it all at once?"
"He who teaches men to march and fight."
"On this, there are thirty-six strategies, which are based on the historical experience of the ancients in thousand-year-old imperial wars, condensed into writings." Xu Mu smiled gently and said slowly.
"I haven't heard of it." The guard shook his head, and then, somehow, suddenly, his eyes widened:
"You're kidding me!"
"I didn't fool you." Xu Mu said seriously.
The guard gritted his teeth and glared at Xu Mu:
"Did you kid come here on purpose to find trouble, how can there be a military book to teach mortals to fight in this era, and even if there is one, you want to treat an unknown thing like you as five hundred taels of gold? You're not kidding me for anything! ”
When Xu Mu heard this, he remembered the turmoil that those people had set off in Lanxing using "The Art of War", shook his head slightly, and spoke seriously again:
"Five hundred taels, some are less."
"Add 10,000 words, it's barely okay."
"I think you're poor and crazy!" The guard laughed angrily, and impatiently blasted Xu Mu away:
"Let's go, don't get in the way and delay our Wanbao Pavilion business!"
"Okay." Xu Mu reluctantly took back the "Art of War", did not pay too much attention to the other party's rudeness, but did not listen to the other party's words, and after a second, he saw that the book in his hand disappeared, and there was a dark red plant rhizome.
"Since you don't recognize the book, this thing can always be used." Xu Mu took the rhizome cut from the other side flower and said confidently.
Seeing that Xu Mu actually took out something like a medicinal herb, the little medicine refining guy took a closer look with a gloomy face, and then immediately spoke in disgust, his voice was sharp:
"What a broken wood beard!"
"I warn you, if you don't leave, if you make trouble here again, I will ask the law enforcement team to put you in prison, believe it or not!"
The little guy was completely angry, because his master Feng Lao was next to him, and someone making trouble would make him feel very embarrassed, so the ups and downs of his emotions were much greater, but he didn't know such a performance, but the old man couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
"Young people nowadays are impetuous."
……
"You don't know how good or bad this thing is, I can understand it, but won't you judge it carefully and analyze its value?"
Xu Mu calmly asked the little guy.
"Hmph, I think you're just a swollen face and a fat man, what is the value of a dyed broken woodbeard, boy, if you don't go away, I'll call the law enforcement team!" The little guy shouted loudly, thinking that Xu Mu was here to make trouble.
When Xu Mu heard this, he was no longer interested in talking to him, but just said with emotion:
"The gold and silver firms are the same all over the world."
"Obviously I don't have that strength, but I have to pretend to do some kind of entry restrictions, and you don't know you when you take out good things, what's the difference between them and those surnamed Jin, it's really embarrassing."
"Boom!"
As soon as these words came out, they immediately set off an uproar in front of the door of Wanbao Pavilion, because they were not afraid
There are many forces in Wanbao Pavilion, and there are also many forces that are on an equal footing with the gold and silver merchants behind them, but the young man in cloth clothes who blocked the door of Wanbao Pavilion and mocked the gold and silver merchants was the first one they had ever seen.
This kind of person is either a fool, or the background is as big as the sky, ordinary family disciples don't have this kind of courage, and Xu Mu has been repeatedly ridiculed and is very calm, although he is dressed in tatters, but he doesn't look like a poor person when he talks and talks......
Everyone couldn't help but speculate about what kind of identity Xu Mu was, and even Shang Yuantang of the Shang family frowned.
"Brother Xu, ...... you" The guard Bi Fang was also dumbfounded, he couldn't believe that Xu Mu would say such a thing, and in front of so many people, isn't this looking for death!
"You!" The medicine refining guy was pale, and he didn't know what kind of psychology it was, so he was so angry that he trembled.
Xu Mu's words were not sharp, but the words pierced his heart like a knife, so he was angry, pointing at Xu Mu's head and his teeth chattered, but he didn't know what to say.
After Xu Mu finished speaking, he carefully observed the changes in the expressions of the people around him, and then stayed on the old man for a moment, and then turned around and left without stopping.
The medicinal materials he wants can be bought anywhere, but Wanbao Pavilion is closer and more convenient.
Since someone didn't let him in, he didn't want to make any more efforts, so he didn't want to enter.
Xu Mu slowly walked out of the crowd without looking back.
"I want to leave after making trouble, how can there be such a good thing!" After a few seconds, the little guy finally relented, and with a gloomy face, he took out a bell from his bosom, and said to Xu Mu:
"In Black Horn City, no one dares to run rampant in front of my Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion."
"I'm going to call the law enforcement team to send you to jail!"
As the little guy spoke, he was about to ring the bell in his hand, but at this moment, the alchemy master Feng Lao, who had been silent, stopped him:
"Eryun, take the bell back!"
The little alchemist looked puzzled and said in a daze:
"Master Feng, but he ......"
"Not so much, but, you're out of sight!" Feng Lao's voice was stern, the furrows between his eyebrows were swaying, and a pair of old eyes seemed to contain endless wisdom.
……
Swish!
The medicine refining guy named Eryun, his face turned white even if he was fierce, and he looked at Xu Mu's figure without speaking.
Feng Lao said softly to Xu Mu:
"Little brother, the things in your hand are too far away, can you lend me a closer look?"
Xu Mu, who walked five steps away, smiled slightly in his heart, stopped, and then asked:
"Look, you know?"
"I don't necessarily know it, but I can roughly judge the value." Feng Lao replied.
Xu Mu's eyes looked at the pharmacy more than seven hundred meters away, and he felt the pain in his chest, frowning slightly, so he said to the old man:
"If you can stop me, it means that you have recognized the value of this thing, why look at it again? Just let me in. ”
As soon as these words came out, not only Feng Lao, but also the other people in the audience couldn't help but admire his cheek, but Xu Mu didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this, and took Bi Yi to enter the Wanbao Pavilion.
The little guy's face was blue and white for a while, and he didn't know whether to stop it.
"But I have to know what it is." When they went up the stairs and were about to enter the door, Feng Lao put his hands together and spoke.
"If you want to watch it, watch it quickly, don't waste time." Xu Mu pretended to be impatient and spread his hand flat, and the rhizome of the flower on the other side appeared in front of the old man's eyes.
The latter leaned closer, and after a slight sniff, his face suddenly became solemn, and in the next few seconds of observation, the old man's face became even more solemn and strange, as if he had seen some new species.
"I've never seen anything like this."
"It can be determined that it is the rhizome of a certain plant, but it is neither the root of a tree nor the root of a flower, nor is it the kind of demon medicine that has been polluted and mutated, and the elixir that gathers the aura of heaven and earth is not like ......" The more Feng Lao spoke, the more frightened he became, he could sense the faint feeling of suffocation coming from this thing, and the more he paid attention to observing, the stronger the suffocation sensation became, as if someone was pinching his throat and making him die!
"I don't know." Feng Lao didn't care about the dignity of the so-called alchemy master, and directly looked at Xu Mu with a solemn face, and his breath was rough:
"Little friend, forgive the old man for taking the liberty of asking, what is this thing and where did it come from?"
"Naturally, my master gave it to me, as for what it is, I can't tell you, you just need it to be worth five hundred taels of gold." Xu Mu turned his hand, took back the rhizome of the flower on the other side, and then walked into the gate of Wanbao Pavilion without looking back.
Feng Lao thought about the peculiar rhizome, as if there were ants crawling in his heart, and when he hurriedly caught up with Xu Mu's figure, and the two crossed the high threshold at the same time, he opened his mouth and asked:
"With such a strange elixir, who is the little brother's master, could it be that it is a powerful senior from the Medicine King Valley?"
Xu Mu looked at him and shook his head slightly:
"Don't say."
"Master, he is an old man, and he doesn't want me to mention his name, but if you have more contact with him in the future, you may have a chance to know."
When Feng Lao heard this, his heart itched even more:
"Little brother, although my Feng someone's realm is a little worse in this aspect, I am still quite proud of the matter of 'reading medicine', because I have developed thousands of pharmacological pills myself, so they call me a master of alchemy."
"I thought that I had already read all the miraculous medicines that could be seen in the world, and the rest of the things that could not be seen because of the realm were also consulted through ancient books, but I didn't expect that in my lifetime, I would still be able to encounter medicinal materials that I had never seen or heard of!"
The old man's face was ruddy, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became, and his beard began to rise:
"This kind of mood, I'm afraid you can't understand it, so please Xiaoyou, you must solve the old man's doubts, it will be the old man's request for me to die!"
Hearing this, Xu Mu nodded and said:
"I may be able to understand your feelings, but I can't help you, because I have urgent things to do and medicine to buy."
"If you don't want to introduce this Wanbao Pavilion to me, please take the trouble to call someone over."
Xu Mu's eyes said calmly, but the old man's face froze.
Then, Feng Lao shook his head and smiled, not angry because of his attitude, but more respectful, he smiled and said:
"Little brother is the first time to come, how can you use a guest of your level, I will introduce you in person."
With that, he really began to introduce:
"This Wanbao Pavilion is divided into four layers, and the things in the first layer are pills, herbs, and elixirs, all of which are high-quality products of the previous year, and the types of pills are also very complete. The second layer is a special place for weapons, swords, swords, halberds, armor, magic weapons, etc., everything. ”
"On the third floor, there is a huge auction hall, separated from the first and second floors, and there is a big auction today, if you want to participate, you can go and see it."
"What about the fourth floor?" Bi Fang couldn't help but ask.
"The fourth floor is a separate auction room specially prepared for distinguished guests, where there is a strong ability, a good environment, and a variety of wonderful services......" Feng Lao said, with a smile on his face, and once again led the topic back:
"Little brother, as long as you are willing to give me half of that stem for research, I promise you, in the future, this Wanbao Pavilion will not only be subtracted from the cost of buying things, but even the noble separate auction room will be provided to you for free without restrictions, what do you think?"
"Just waiting for your words." Xu Mu muttered in his heart when he heard this, and at the same time a smile appeared on his face, and he bargained:
"Seven folds, give you a piece of thumb rhizome."
"This ...... Seven folds is too much, and I may not be able to be the master. Feng Lao's face was a little embarrassed, although he was the only third-stage alchemist in Black Horn City, but the right to buy a seven-fold discount permanently, the loss might be too great for Wanbao Pavilion, and he needed to report to that person to decide, he was far from qualified as a guest......
"In this way, nine percent off, I will personally cover all the consumption of the elixir and herbs you want to buy today, and you give me half of that thing, how about it?"
"Eight-fold, the size of an index finger." Xu Mu said.
Feng Lao's face was embarrassed, and he seemed to want to bargain, but he heard Xu Mu speak again:
"This thing is extremely rare, it was brought back from the forbidden area desperately by the master, you are just studying, and the size of your index finger is enough."
"Okay." Feng Lao gritted his teeth, "For the sake of the old man's pharmacopoeia research, eight percent off is eight percent off, and it doesn't matter how much you lose!" ”
Xu Mu thought about the bundle of firewood-like rhizomes of the other side flowers in his space ring, and couldn't help grinning:
"Deal!"