"Old man, what's selling here?"

Picking up a transparent bottle from a stall set up by an old man, he looked at it carefully, ignoring the well-trained 'people' with calluses on their hands gathered around him, and asked:

"The bottle has a strange appearance, and the stopper is hook-shaped, but it reminds me of some pleasant memories."

"When I bought it, the man said that this was a seal to contain the town spirit, and if there was fate, he would summon the legendary town spirit, but this thing is a story and legend, and it was given to me as a gift by the trader."

The old man wiped his reading glasses with one or two scratches, knocked on his legs, and slowly stood up with his stall, and said with a smile:

"If the young people like it, give it to you, and put it in the old man's place at most as a prop to tell the children about the town spirit, but now children don't like to listen to this, they prefer to read fairy tales, which is the one that has become popular in recent years."

"Compared to those of us who have been passed down from generation to generation and can only listen to verbal descriptions and fantasize stories, those fairy tale books have beautiful illustrations, how much children like them! And it can also help with literacy, Collei looks at this. ”

The old man shook his head embarrassedly, "It's hard to keep up with the trend of this era." ”

"Town Spirit? This one is indeed an ordinary glass bottle. ”

A drop of crystal clear water appeared on the tip of the index finger and wiped it on the surface of the bottle, and found that the bottle in his hand did not tremble, or tried to break free.

"I can't take advantage of it in vain, old man, you have a lot of good things in this stall, I can buy them from Mora, and it just so happens that I am still hesitant about the meeting gift."

"Good stuff? Old man, I'm just at the age of retirement, buying some weird things to set up a stall, where can I get any good things? The old man looked at the knick-knacks on his stall and his eyes lingered on a strange-looking leaf label.

Isn't this young man in front of him a novel artist? …… He thought to himself.

Zhishui didn't say much, just picked up a dark stone on the stall and gently wiped it, a wisp of glazed luster exposed to the sun, "The interior is pure and free of impurities, it is a good jewelry material, and generally experienced craftsmen will choose to sculpt it into a necklace." ”

"Hey~ It looks weird and good-looking, but the old man doesn't understand the stone, it's a small business, or young man, you look at it and give it some?"

Fingers raised his reading glasses, looked closer for a while, the old man shook his head, "Young man, your face looks good, you must be a blessed person, old man, I believe in you." ”

Zhishui pondered: "The glass crystal without impurities is very rare, it is a rare thing, if you let a famous craftsman carve it, the price has to be doubled." Well, I'll give the old man this number. ”

"Five ......"

80,000 Mora? This is also a windfall, and it can add a lot of things to the stall in the future.

"That's right, one and a half million."

It used to be a little more than seven months' salary for a high-risk worker, but after it was returned to the shogunate, it was no longer private, and the salary rose a lot, about a little more than four months.

After all, it is intelligence work, and the salary is naturally more generous.

"Ahem, ahem—"

Covering his mouth and coughing violently twice, the old man asked in disbelief: "Just such a transparent crystal is worth so much money?" ”

Zhishui nodded, "The materials are cherished, and the craftsmen are crafted, I haven't counted an illusory gorgeous story, or it has to be related to love, and it will cost at least 1.2 million yuan to buy it at the auction in Liyue." ”

"Why is it less and less?"

"Because Liyue has no shortage of such cherished glass crystals, the price will have to fall without a story, and the price I offer is the price that the other six countries also have no story to set off."

"I see, young man, you are really kind!" The old man smiled.

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"Dirty grown-up deals."

Paimon crossed his arms over his chest and leaned in front of the traveler and whispered, "Huacheng and the Chasm are next to each other, how is it impossible for this old man to know the preciousness of the glass crystal?" I think I must have recognized the clothes of Zhishui, and I was worried that the price quoted in Sumeru would make Zhishui lose the mind to buy. ”

"It's dirty, but Paimon's clever remarks surprised me." Ying carefully looked at the little mascot floating beside her, and looked up and down at her, carefully confirming that she had not been replaced, and her face instantly showed a look of disbelief.

Paimon stomped his foot angrily, "Travelers, don't take Paimon for a fool!" ”

"But if you're not a little fool, you won't be scared by me in the morning."

"It's not because you're so scary! What human being is still alive when hung up by a rope? And Zhishui also helped you, saying that he would definitely not be breathing if he was hung by the neck. ”

"You are stupid, you don't think about it carefully when you listen to this, it must be difficult to breathe when your neck is covered by a rope, and it is not a species that needs to breathe when you stop water, of course you will stop breathing."

"Hmph~ Anyway, this incident doesn't mean that Paimon is stupid, I can only say that Traveler, you old youkai who don't know how many years old, have two brushes on your body......"

With his head twisted to the side, Paimon muttered a small mutter, his wandering gaze finding the big fluffy tail that swayed, and in an instant his body shook, and he hid behind the traveler with lightning speed.

"Brigade... Brigade...... brigade..."

"Ears and tails."

Following Paimon's previous gaze, Glow's face grimaced, observing the shape of the two furry parts of the visitor.

"The two ears can first eliminate the pit of the donkey's ears, and with such a fluffy tail, I can only think of a creature like a fox, which is the Sumeru version of Yae Miko!"

"Travelers must be vigilant!"

Paimon swallowed, "If you look at this guy's smile, you can tell that it is put on to deceive people, exactly like Miko, this one is definitely a black heart." ”

"Be careful when talking to him, don't step into his trap, Paimon has to remember that you can't let your guard down even if he brings out the food."

"Mmmmmm~ Paimon doesn't want to be played by foxes."

The two whispered and discussed for a while, restrained the vigilance on their faces, looked at the Sumeru version of Yae Miko who stepped over, and said in unison and neatly: "The local fox is too rude, just met and didn't get acquainted with it, thinking about pitting people, your hateful face has long been seen through by us!" Don't try to extract any information from us. ”

“…… Yes? ”

Tighnari, who was caught up by Collei to explain the situation clearly, snorted in confusion, glanced at the wooden box beside the blonde stranger with a vague gaze, and said, "Hello, I'm Tighnari, the forest patrol officer of Huachengguo, and I just want to get to know the two of you this time." ”

"It turns out that this is the person who is in charge of Huachengguo."

"Yae Miko is also the head of the house at the Narukami Taisha Shrine."

Ying and Paimon whispered.

"The characters are very overlapping."

"Don't think about it, this is the fox we're going to fight!"

Paimon was worried that he wouldn't be able to beat him.

"I've been able to fight, and I haven't heard that this forest ranger is an old guy on the way here, so it must be a newly appointed young man, much easier to deal with than Yae Miko! We can't think we're going to fail before we even start, Paimon! ”

"The traveler is right, it's just a little young fox, how can it compare to us who have gone through the tribulation of the Son of God?"

Seeing the two tourists in front of him turn around and have a confident smile on their faces, Tighnari hesitated and said, "Do you two have something to discuss?" I can withdraw ...... temporarily"

"Ha~~ I want to retreat and relax our vigilance."

"Hmph~~ Make an empathetic appearance again, so that Paimon, who is dumbfounded, thinks that you are very gentle."

"Huh? Paimon's mind doesn't stay tuned! But the traveler is right, that's what you've got in mind! ”

"Heh—do you know that these methods are outdated? I don't think you know, so let us tell you now, there's a pink-fured fox on that distant island who is more clever than you! ”

"So don't think about those crooked ways! …… Why do you feel a little cold in the back all of a sudden? ”

"Paimon, you're too timid, be bold, don't be afraid, face the difficulties bravely!"