The translucent Kunlun jade was placed on several cases in the hall of the Cao Mansion.

River Drum stared at the jade intently, and Antares looked at the short and fat merchant opposite.

"I thought you really regarded wealth as your life, but I never thought that you were really hungry and anxious, and buns were still more precious than Baoyu. ”

The stocky merchant was clutching a vegetarian bun in one hand—something that Hegu Er had prepared from the street for the Southern Dipper Star Monarch in the Soul Mortal Body, but now he was enjoying it.

"It tastes good," the fat merchant stuffed his mouth with food, still not forgetting to comment, "It's rare that the vegetarian stuffing can have such a fresh fragrance." However, it would be better if it was minced meat......"

Antares slapped the table!

The fat merchant immediately stopped all movements, and looked timidly at the two immortals opposite him with round eyes.

"Okay, you fat-headed and big-eared profiteer, you eat me and drink me, and you don't even mention the word 'thanks', and you dare to pick and choose here?"

"Thank you Immortal, thank you Red-clothed Immortal. The merchant smiled and said, "I just don't know, can I have another pot of hot tea?"

"Hey, you've got to get an inch, right?" The red-clothed immortal almost didn't lift the table, but fortunately he was held down by the river drum sitting next to him.

"Antares," Xingyuan's voice came from the jade again, "Mortals are stupid, don't worry too much, let's discuss the plan to explore the Purple Cloud Tower again tonight as soon as possible." ”

He Gu Er said: "Didn't you say that there is a way to recover the body of the Southern Dipper Star Monarch?"

Antares calmed down and nodded, "If Xingyuan's body is still in the Eye of the Array, we can use this piece of Kunlun Jade to break even the retrograde Liangyi Sanyao Array of Nalaoshzi." ”

The merchant swallowed the last bite of the bun and said: "In the end, the fairy knows the goods, if my Kunlun jade is sold to others, the price starts at five hundred taels, if you want, you can give three hundred taels, and I should pay fifty taels for the travel expenses......"

"Presumptuous!" Without waiting for Antares to get angry, Hegu Er first said angrily to the merchant: "You still dare to do business with the gods, believe it or not, we ate you?"

The fat merchant was so frightened that he immediately stopped talking, and he didn't dare to take a breath again.

Antares patted Kawaguer's shoulder, "You kid, you learn things very quickly." ”

He Guer smiled honestly, and then turned his face at the merchant again, "Tell you, the immortal lord is now rewarding your light and wants to requisition this piece of jade ......."

"And you. Antares added.

The fat merchant didn't dare to say more, so he just looked at the two immortal masters in a daze...... There is also the Kunlun jade on the table that once belonged to him and then suddenly spoke again.

Xingyuan asked from the jade, "Antares, the jade boss outside is a mortal, if you take him to the murder array, it is too dangerous. I have seen the mortal women in the Purple Cloud Tower bewitched by that array of eyes, and even lost their spirits and withered bodies......"

When the merchant heard this, he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Kunlun Yu has a point, I can't have an accident, I have to ...... for our owner."

"Shut up, did you let you speak?" Antares knocked on the table and said to Hoshigaki again, "It's because he's a mortal that he's safer than us." ”

Hoshigaki: "What do you mean by that?"

Antares: "The one in the northern heavens and your body are in their hands, we have been to the Purple Cloud Tower twice before, it is impossible for the evil spirits to be unguarded, maybe they are still waiting for you to throw themselves into the net." ”

River Drum Er echoed: "There was a celestial anomaly as a warning before, and there was a demon miasma against the spirit just now, all of which show that the other party has already made a move, in case the message for help sent by the Northern Heavenly Guixing to the Southern Dipper Star Monarch is also known to them...... The development is even worse. ”

Antares continued: "So we need this humble fat businessman, let him bring this crystal clear Kunlun jade, and mix it in the group of guests who enter and leave the land of fireworks tonight, and then you can naturally bring your spirit god in;

"It's not that simple. Xingyuan said: "If the Su Sheng Curse can recall those undead spirits, how could I be in the eyes of the formation at that time?"

River Drum Er said, "But, Nandou Xingjun, your power of life can even repair the timeline, but how can you not help those group of dead spirits?"

Xingyuan sighed in the jade, "I am the star of the Lord's life, and I can't die for the Lord." At the beginning, the time fault at the junction of mountains and seas was distorted and broken due to the curse of the living soul, and those living souls were filled with resentment when they were full of vitality to form a curse, although this curse was vicious, but it could eventually find a way to resolve it; ”

When Hegu Er heard this, he looked back at the couch in the middle of his eyes, "Is it like this, this Cao Letai son?"

"I don't think so. Antares said: "If Cao Letai's spirit god has died, how can you spy on his memories when Xingyuan is in the soul?" I can see everything, and my foreknowledge can tell me that you are the key to dissolving the death qi of the world!"

Xingyuan was silent for a while, and then Fang said, "The power of Su Sheng is indeed unable to recall the extinct spirit god. If I have the power to die, I can still get rid of its state of disappearance, and in a way, it can be regarded as resurrection. It's a pity ......"

"It's a pity that the power of the Lord's death is the law of demon fall. Antares looked at the Kunlun jade in front of him with dark eyes, and the meaning of his eyes was unclear.

"Isn't there any other way?" asked Kawaguji reluctantly.

Xingyuan said: "I used the spirit manifestation map method to find out the state of the living beings in Shimen City, and those gray light spots in Shimen City are all souls in a dying state; ”

"So, how sure is it?" Antares asked.

"I don't know. Hoshigaki replied.

There was silence in the room.

Leaning less, Antares suddenly spoke: "Stop, where are you going?"

The short and fat jade merchant immediately paused at the door and smiled awkwardly, "I...... Aren't I just going to do something for a few immortals, hehe......"

"Don't use these to fool us," Antares looked at him with a smirk, "I haven't told you what to do, and you're going to act on your own, don't you want to send a message to some evil creepy?"

"Shangxian is serious, how dare the villain!" The jade merchant grabbed the Kunlun jade in his hand, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "It's just that I heard you say something about life and death just now, and it's a demon and a curse, and the villain is really scared......"

Antares rubbed his swollen head, "If you are really greedy for life and afraid of death and want to run for your life, leave that piece of jade behind." ”

"This ...... This really won't work!" the merchant mustered up his courage and replied very simply, "This piece of jade is like my life, unless it can be sold for five hundred taels of silver, otherwise even if you eat me, I will not be able to give up this treasure." ”

River Drum Er smiled from the side, "This guy really loves money like life, it seems that the obsession of mortals is indeed not to be underestimated." ”

"Obsession is a double-edged sword, depending on the situation. Antares folded his arms and spoke helplessly.

Xingyuan's voice sounded in the jade again, "Dare to ask what this merchant friend who has never met is called?"

The merchant realized that this beautiful voice in the jade was talking to him, and hurriedly replied: "My surname is Miao, and everyone calls me Miao Shopkeeper, this ...... I hope you will remember the hard work I have brought you down from the extremely cold Kunlun Mountain, and leave with me. I'm not greedy, I just want to exchange five hundred taels of silver, as long as I have five hundred taels of silver, it's enough......"

Xingyuan was puzzled, "You've been emphasizing five hundred taels of silver, do you have any special use for these silver taels?"

Shopkeeper Miao sighed, "I want to use this as a basis and go to Hongming Money Village to cash out some cash." ”

"What do you say, Qian Zhuang?"

When Hoshigaki asked, Antares and River Drum also glanced at each other and stepped forward.

Seeing their troubled appearance, the shopkeeper Miao wanted to speak and stopped, "I'...... I didn't say anything, it's just some business business, and I'm afraid that you immortals will be confused and misunderstand important things. ”

Antares sneered from the side, "What a flamboyant guy." Aren't you just afraid to tell the doorway, but let us capable immortals take the lead and share your profits?"

Shopkeeper Miao was stunned, "How do you know what I'm thinking?"

He Gu Er followed and struck while the iron was hot, "We have already been clear about the little Jiujiu in your heart." If you really want to take advantage of this, will we still spend so much time with you here, and now we are asking you one by one, in fact, we want to save you!"

"I'm not in any danger, why don't you rescue the immortals?" the Miao shopkeeper muttered quietly.

"If there's a danger, you'll be just like him. Antares pointed to Cao Letai, who was lying in the room.

Shopkeeper Miao glanced in, "That's the son of the richest man in Shimen City who has suffered from soul disorder?"

"What do you say?" Antares raised his chin at him.

The shopkeeper Miao looked at him for a while, and finally said, "That's it, I'll tell you." There is a Hongming money bank in the west of the city, which is originally a storage and lending business. Ten taels of principal into shares, on time can roll out 30% of the usury, and this usury can also be advanced in advance to turn over urgently. If I have five hundred taels of silver, I can multiply it several times when I change hands, and you say, 'Can I miss such a good opportunity?'"

"But what are you doing with the money in a hurry?" Hoshigaki asked.

"Immortals, let me start with you. The shopkeeper began his own narrative: "I am a traveling merchant, specializing in exchanging treasures for our host. A few years ago, I picked a large piece of treasure jade from Kunlun Mountain, and then I heard that there is a fairy painting in Shimen City, and you can be in the fairyland when you look at it. After many inquiries, I learned that the fairy painting was hung in the living room of the bustard mother and the cloud mother in the Ziyun Building......

"Mother Yun's living room?" Xingyuan, Antares and River Drum Er said in unison.

Shopkeeper Miao stopped talking and looked at them.

Antares waved his hand, "It's okay, you continue." ”

Shopkeeper Miao continued: "I found the best craftsman in Shimen City, and used the Kunlun jade I obtained to carve a fine statue of the Southern Dipper Star, and I found Ziyun Tower, wanting to exchange that immortal painting with Mother Yun. ”

Hoshigaki asked, "Why did you carve the statue of the Southern Dipper?"

The shopkeeper Miao said: "Because the people of Shimen City mostly believe in the Southern Dipper Star Monarch who has the power of the Lord's life, I can also be regarded as following the customs of the villagers and doing what they like." But what's the matter, although Mother Yun loves this Xingjun jade statue, she refused to exchange the painting with me, and sent me away for only five hundred taels of silver. I was unwilling, and then I looked for her a few times, but the woman was finally annoyed, so she offered me a sky-high price of three thousand taels of silver. ”

"Three thousand taels of silver?" the three star officials couldn't help but exclaim at the same time - although the celestial star officials didn't have much concept of the silver in the world, judging from the number alone, they also knew that this was indeed a bit ridiculously high for mortals.

"And what happened later?" said Hoshigaki.

Shopkeeper Miao picked up the Kunlun jade in his hand, "Later, I was going to give up, but just when I was packing my luggage and preparing to leave Shimen City, I found that when I carved the statue of Xingjun, there was still a small piece of material left, that is, your one." It's just this small piece, how can I exchange the remaining two thousand taels of difference, I can only think of borrowing interest from Hongming Bank. ”

"So you did everything you could to sell jade just for a painting?" Antares sighed and shook his head, "I said that you underestimated the jade in your hand and the immortals in this jade......"

Shopkeeper Miao hurriedly denied it, "Where does this start, I, I never thought that there would be immortals in this jade, and I hope you don't have to be surprised." ”

"Then are you still planning to sell this jade for five hundred taels?" asked him.

The shopkeeper Miao bowed his head and was silent.

Xingyuan said: "Shopkeeper Miao, we don't want you to be embarrassed, and we don't want you to take risks for me." To stay with you, we don't do it reluctantly. ”

"Hoshigaki, you ......"

"Antares, you let me finish my sentence. Xingyuan said: "Shopkeeper Miao, I just want to remind you that even if you leave here, you can't pursue any kind of loan and trade with high interest and double the price because of greed for a while." Everything in the world follows the path of one another, and you need to know that everything you gain has a price, and when you only care about feeding your empty desires, you may have already sold your soul......"