Chapter 23: When the Sword Repays the Debt

The two handymen were holding hemp ropes and wanted to tie people up again, but the Taoist suddenly reached out and pulled out the black divine sword behind his back, which frightened them to retreat with white faces. The Taoist waved his hand and said, "Don't be afraid. It is necessary to repay debts, the little apprentice's sword is not valuable, but my sword is valuable. I will go and exchange money for you. Xiao Er didn't look like he was lying, so he said, "Okay, as long as we can get money, we won't embarrass you." ”

The Taoist walked over, picked up the demon-slaying sword on the ground and handed it to Xuanyi, and touched her head so fondly, "My precious apprentice is angry again." Merchants seek profits, and the value of money is all in their minds. Don't follow their habits, don't use money to measure the value of things, and don't look at things with a reluctant heart. As long as you are happy every day, no matter how big the disaster is, the master can afford it. "It's better to be a master!" Hmph, these businessmen are snobs, and I will stay away from them in the future. Xuanyi hugged the Taoist and hummed.

The two handymen followed the Taoist to pawn the sword, walked half a street, and returned to the "Chengjia" pawnshop.

The old shopkeeper in green shirts and a kind face, seeing the Taoist and his party, came over. muttered in his heart, isn't it that the Taoist priest thinks that the golden dagger was sold cheaply in the morning, and wants to redeem it? Or if you steal something and you are caught by the owner, you want to come and get dirty. There were all kinds of suspicions in his heart, but he still greeted him with a smile on his face, "The little Taoist priest is here again, I don't know what happened this time?" Xuan Yi preemptively raised the demon sword in his hand, and said hatefully: "Shopkeeper, how much silver do you think my demon sword can be used for?" Give a price of conscience. The old shopkeeper picked up the sword and glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Oh, the ordinary demon-subduing iron sword can be used as two taels and five coins of silver." I'm a child, and I give it all the real price. ”

"I'm convinced, master or you should come." Xuan Yi pursed his lips and said.

The Taoist handed over his usual divine sword to the counter and said, "I'm bothering the shopkeeper again." We owe money in the restaurant, so we had to come back to the house. This sword is my personal treasure, and I will deposit it with you, and I will redeem it with silver within half a month. The shopkeeper was suspicious, this Taoist priest only took more than 200 taels of silver in the morning, why did he spend it so quickly. But as long as you don't want the golden dagger back, it's fine. I looked down and took a closer look, but I saw that the whole body of this sword was made of black obsidian, and the sword was three feet nine inches long and six inches seven centimeters wide. The blade of the sword has no sharpness, the hilt of the sword is also a stone handle, and the gauntlet is carved with black lotus petals, but it is not fine. In this way, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a rough hand-carved toy, how can it be a baby?

The old shopkeeper couldn't understand it, so he could only shake his head again and again. Reaching out to pick it up, he realized that this sword actually had a thousand catties. Gritting his teeth and holding his hands with enough spiritual power, he can pick it up. He put the sword down, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and gasped: "I didn't expect that the little Taoist priest was a divine power, and he could walk around with such a heavy sword on his back." It's just that I looked at it for a long time, and I couldn't see the benefits of this sword. A sword is a weapon, and the more powerful it is, the rarer the material, and the higher its value. But your sword seems to be carved from stone, it is not sharp, but it is too heavy, so I don't know what the value of the sword is? ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't know the treasure, the Taoist picked up a round and smooth pebble from the pine bonsai on the side. Hold the sword up and let the stone fall naturally from above the blade. Without a sound, the pebbles fell on the blade of the sword and were split in half. Everyone was horrified when they saw this, and the old shopkeeper also thought that he was dazzled, rubbed his eyes, picked up two halves of pebbles and checked, and the section was as bright as a mirror. Immediately ecstatic shouted: "Good sword! Good sword! No, it's Excalibur! There was no sound of splitting stones, I had never seen a sword like this. Good baby, good baby! I don't know how much silver the little Taoist priest's sword wants to be? ”

"This sword has a spirit, and it will confess the Lord. If it weren't for the one it recognized, it would be like wood, without any edge. If you confess the Lord, it will not be difficult to split the heavens and the earth. I think it's just to understand the difficulty of the moment, a hundred taels is enough. Within half a month, I can redeem it with double silver. "Good! Okay, one hundred taels will be one hundred taels, and I will help the Taoist priest save it, and you will come back to redeem it when you have the money. Oh, I'm really blind, the little Taoist is a master, and there are so many divine weapons on his body. The shopkeeper was overjoyed, hurriedly opened the pawn ticket, and took the silver to deliver.

The Taoist handed over the arrears to the miscellaneous servants of the "Mobai" restaurant, and then took the apprentice to continue on the road.

Waiting for the Taoist to leave, the old shopkeeper began to study the Excalibur again. I tried to chop dozens of times with my hands up, but I really couldn't even cut the wood. sighed again and again, and he had no chance with the sword. Xiao Er saw that the shopkeeper was so attentive, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, he came to redeem it in half a month." Even if it's a treasure, you can't keep it, so let's put it aside. The old man sneered and said, "Redemption? Hehe, such a divine sword is worth at least 100,000 gold, but he is stupid to only take a hundred taels of silver, so how can I let him redeem it. When he comes back, he just shirks the sword and is stolen. That one hundred taels is considered to be a compensation for him! ”

"But what if this little Taoist priest makes trouble with the yamen?" "Trouble? He is a poor and stinky Taoist priest, what can he do. It is to make trouble with the yamen, and you say that the yamen believes in me or in him. In this way, he can only suffer this dumb loss in vain, and I can count it as a return to his heart. "The shopkeeper is really smart! Unexpectedly, this poor Taoist priest was actually a noble man who was in charge of the shopkeeper, and he sent you two huge sums of money in one day. The young man gave another thumbs up. That's right, buy some meat tonight and let's have more food! The old shopkeeper stroked his beard and laughed.

Leaving Tongshan Town, Xuantian was puzzled and asked, "Master, you have so many skills, it is not difficult to turn stones into gold, and it is easy to send gods to detain yin." You just want to detain a mountain of gold, but it's just a matter of effort. Why do you need to take the Excalibur you have with you? Xuan Yi smiled and said, "Hey, brother, why don't you understand." Divine powers can act on the world, but they naturally have an impact on the world. If you detain the wealth of other places, there will be less in other places, and the balance of yin and yang cannot be destroyed at will. Besides, the master is a master, and it is impossible for him to use the Tao for personal reasons. Since we walk in the world, we must do things according to the rules of the world. It is necessary to use a pair of industrious hands to get every penny. Isn't it, master? ”

"Genichi has a point." Taoist. Xuan Yi sighed again: "However, I'm a little worried. Master, that old shopkeeper doesn't seem to be a good person. You gave him such a valuable sword, but I am afraid that he will become greedy and sell the sword, and then he will not be able to find it back. The Taoist smiled slightly and explained, "Xuanyi." Nothing in this heaven and earth can belong to anyone, not even our body, it is just a temporary borrowed shell. If the Excalibur belonged to me, it would naturally not be able to escape. If it falls into the hands of someone else, it is someone else's chance. In this way, there is no joy or pity for gains and losses. ”

"Master, you really want to open up. Since you don't care, then I'll take care of it too. Where are we going to leave Copperhill now? "In the morning, the copper beads sold by the woman are the magic weapons of the ancient town demon, there must be an ancient demon in Dongfang Tong Lake, I will go to subdue it, so as not to destroy the living beings."

"Ahh Ancient Demon, that must be powerful. Master, now that you have no demon slaying sword, how can you subdue it? Xuanyi said worriedly. Hehe, sister, our demon-slaying sword is not here, the master will use it. Xuantian smiled and raised his demon-slaying sword. Brother! That's an ancient demon, our broken sword is afraid that even the monster can't cut a single hair, and we still need the master's Molian Divine Sword. "Wow, that's it! I knew that if I didn't buy this Demon Sword, I would be tired for a day. Xuantian said with annoyance.

The Taoist touched Xuantian's head and said with a smile: "Hehe, Xuantian is not worried. The master subdues the big demon, and there is no need for a demon subduing sword. This ancient demon is very powerful, if it is a strong enemy, it is useless to be afraid of Mo Lian. However, it has been sealed in Tonghu for tens of thousands of years, its mana has been lost, and its divine consciousness is chaotic, so I can take the opportunity to use the method of cleansing the soul to bring it back to the light. ”

"Yes. Masters rarely do it directly, and generally use some ingenuity. But master, now that we have left Tongshan Town, you and I can still remember the bet! Say, "I will be deceived three times today." But I think I've only been deceived twice today. The green toad boss of the Ruiqi Divine Arsenal deceived me once, and the fat monk restaurant lied to me a second time. In this way, I still won! In this way, you want me to eat roast chicken for ten days and live in a ten-day inn, and the Taoist priest can't play tricks. Xuan Yi suddenly shouted happily.

"Huh. Who said you were deceived twice, and once, you were deceived and didn't know it. The Taoist smiled slightly. Ah, how can there be a third time? I'll hear you what you say. Xuanyi stopped laughing and asked puzzled. The third time was me. I bet you to lie to you. Even if you win the bet, there is no roast chicken, and there is no inn for you to live in. So, it's not counted three times. The Taoist smiled.

"Ahh Taoist priests can also deceive people! Master, master, how can you deceive a child, you are a Taoist! According to your logic, I will lose! I don't care, I don't care, it's just that I won. Xuanyi jumped to the back of the Taoist and shook vigorously.

"Okay, okay, you win. It's not that there are dozens of taels of silver left, and I'll hand it all over to you. In the future, Xuanyi, you will replace the master in charge, what we eat and where we live depends on your mind. That's satisfying. "Really? The master is not allowed to repent, then I am in charge, we want good food, good drink and good accommodation! Brother, what do you say? "Good! The master is the wisest, my sister is in charge of the house, and I can eat delicious food with me! Xuantian jumped to his feet and slapped his face with joy.

"Everything was fine. It's just that if the master finds out that you are lazy in your cultivation, he will still beat you up! ”