Chapter 18: The Fish Monster II

Yuhua stood in place, Tan Shaobai's departure made her heart full of loss, but she had already remembered every word Tan Shaobai said when she was leaving, turned her head to look at her sister, and secretly swore that no matter how hard it was, she must find the Qingyun Mountain in November.

Away from the mountain village, Tan Shaobai calmed down, remembering the appearance of Yuhua just now, he couldn't help but be afraid for a while, and thought to himself, it seems that it is better for him to show his skills in front of people less in the future. Otherwise, I'm afraid the same situation will appear again, but it seems that my cultivation is not useless, at least the fish spirit that bluffs is one by one. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly feel proud. Looking up at the sun in the sky, he unfolded his body and continued on his way. Finally changed into clean clothes, although there were patches on them, Tan Shaobai still cherished them very much, and he was a lot more careful in moving forward. Half a day later, under his full speed gallop, he had already driven two hundred miles, and a majestic city appeared in front of him. This is the first time Tan Shaobai has seen the appearance of the city, and he can't help but be slightly stunned. When he was a child, he and Tan Jinxuan often fantasized about being able to develop in a big city in the future. In this serendipity, I finally came to the big city of my dreams, and I couldn't help but feel like I was in a different world. The big city in front of him is about 30 meters high, with flags waving on the top of the city, and groups of patrolling soldiers are constantly cruising back and forth. Below, the gates of the city, which were seven or eight meters high, were wide open, and many civilians were busy coming and going, and there were about thirty defenders standing straight on both sides of the gate, and they often checked the passing merchants.

Tan Shaobai dusted off the dust on his body and strode towards the city gate. His heart was full of excitement now, and he really wanted to see what the city was like.

"Stop. As soon as he walked to the city gate, Tan Shaobai was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city, and a person came up, looked at him a few times with some doubts, and said, "Where are you from? What are you doing in our Tongyuan City?" Tan Shaobai looked at the soldier in front of him who was much taller than himself, and said: "I am from the Western Regions, I came to the Central Plains to do business, and after the matter is done, I will naturally return to the Western Regions." It's just a passing by. May I ask the eldest brother, how far is it from the Western Regions?" The soldier glanced up and down at him a few times, and said with some disdain: "It turned out to be a foreigner, no wonder it looks rustic." It's still far from your Western Regions. It's thousands of miles to the west. Remember, you can't make things happen casually in the city, otherwise, don't blame us for not being emotional, you know?"

Tan Shaobai pretended to grovel, but reluctantly agreed, and the soldiers let him go, allowing him to enter this Tongyuan City. Tan Shaobai was in a very good mood now, and he didn't care about the contempt and disdain of the soldiers, and walked quickly into the city he had longed for. As soon as he entered the city, Tan Shaobai was startled by the hustle and bustle in the city. The wide street is lined with all kinds of shops selling all kinds of goods, and some young people who look like men are constantly hanging out in front of their shops to attract customers.

"There are so many people! I've never seen so many people before, and it's a big city. What kind of country does this Tongyuan City belong to? No, I'm going to ask someone. While thinking, he walked to a shop on the side of the road, and the guy outside the store was shouting, "Come and see! Tan Shaobai stepped forward and said, "Big brother, I want to ask you something." ”

The guy glanced at Tan Shaobai, looked at his patch, pursed his lips, as if he didn't hear his greeting, and continued to sell. When some well-dressed people came to the front of the shop, he immediately approached and enthusiastically introduced them to the various medicines in their shop. Tan Shaobai paused for a moment and asked the same thing again, but the guy still ignored him. The anger in his heart gradually rose, and Tan Shaobai said slightly angrily: "Are you deaf, don't you, I called you, can't you hear me?"

The guy turned around sharply and said angrily: "What the hell is shouting, don't affect Lao Tzu to greet guests." Don't pee on your own appearance, just your shabby appearance, you don't deserve to ask me about it. Get out of the way, or don't blame me for being unkind. Tan Shaobai's left hand tightened, and he almost urged the power of blood gossip in the case of anger, took a deep breath, barely suppressed the anger in his heart, and said lightly: "It's really a dog's eyes and looks down on people, how do you know that I won't go to your store to buy things and look down on people? I want to go in and buy some today." With that, he strode into the pharmacy.

The guy froze for a moment and hurriedly chased after him, but Tan Shaobai walked very fast, and when he caught up, he had already entered the store. The shop was a large shop, surrounded by a circle of counters, behind which four or five young girls were entertaining customers, and against the walls, all of them were tall medicine cabinets with various labels.

"Stop, you kid get me out, this is not the place you should be. The guy grabbed Tan Shaobai's shirt and wanted to pull it out. Tan Shaobai's eyes flashed coldly, he stood there standing still, his mana flowed, and he shook his right hand slightly, which immediately shook the guy aside. The guy stumbled and almost fell, and suddenly hit him angrily, and said angrily: "You kid is here to find fault, isn't it?" "Raise your fist and make a move to Tan Shao. Tan Shaobai's few surnames have long been worn out, and he was about to teach him a lesson, but he heard a somewhat old voice say: "Little San'er, what's the matter? Do you want to do it here." Hearing this voice, the guy immediately became honest, and hurriedly smiled: "Shopkeeper Li, I, I just want to pull this kid out." ”

The man who was called the shopkeeper Li was an old man of about sixty years, he was wearing a clean thick robe, and he didn't know when, he was already standing inside the counter. He snorted and said, "What are you talking about, as long as there are guests who come to the door, how can we casually go out? Don't you understand the truth that the door is a guest? Even if people don't buy things, it's the same." Go, go out and keep shouting. Under the majesty of the shopkeeper, the young man Xiao San'er had to glare at Tan Shaobai hatefully, and continued to go out to do his solicitation plan.

Shopkeeper Li's words won the favor of all guests, including Tan Shaobai. There were smiles on the faces of those who were shopping. Shopkeeper Li said to Tan Shaobai with a pleasant face: "Little brother, what do you want to buy? What can I do to help you? The medicine we have here is absolutely genuine, of course, the corresponding price will be more expensive." Tan Shaobai paused for a moment, he just wanted to ask for directions before, and entering the pharmacy was just a momentary mood, but when he heard someone ask, he couldn't help scratching his head in embarrassment, and said, "Actually, I'm not here to buy something." Shopkeeper Li smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't buy it, just take a look." If you need anything, just let our service staff know. ”

Tan Shaobai's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered something, and said, "Shopkeeper Li, thank you for relieving me just now." Do you accept medicinal herbs here? I happen to have some medicinal herbs that I want to sell. ”

The shopkeeper Li shook his head and said with a smile: "Where do we open a pharmacy that does not accept medicinal materials, what medicinal materials does the little brother may wish to take to the old decay, I have been infringing on silver in this road for decades, and I still have some vision for medicine." Tan Shaobai nodded, stretched out his hand into his arms, and the Qiankun ring in his hand led out a piece of yellow essence under his urging, which he picked to satisfy his hunger because he was hungry in the mountains not long ago. "It's not a good medicinal herb, it's just a little yellow essence. As he spoke, he handed over the palm-sized piece of yellow essence that had just been taken out.

Yellow essence is an extremely common medicinal material, and the price of ordinary yellow essence is low, so Shopkeeper Li didn't care much, especially when he saw that Tan Shaobai only had a small piece, he secretly shook his head.

A faint aroma came out of the crystal clear yellow essence, and the shopkeeper Li's eyes lit up, and he sent the yellow essence to his eyes, and he was shocked. "This, this is not an ordinary yellow essence!"

Tan Shaobai said, Huang Jing is still his masters pointed out to him to know, in the mountains and forests, he was because the appearance is similar to that in the Qingyun Mountains, so he picked and ate it, and now when he came to the city, he was penniless, and this is a medicine shop, so he thought of selling some Huang Jing in exchange for some silver flowers. He was very smart, and when he heard Shopkeeper Li say that this was not an ordinary yellow essence, he immediately hit the snake with the stick, and said proudly: "Of course it's not an ordinary yellow essence, Shopkeeper Li, you have to look carefully!" The guests also smelled the fragrance on the yellow essence, and couldn't help but gather over, most of them are long-term guests of this medicine hall, including many wealthy businessmen, of course, they know what a precious medicinal material means, it is definitely a good product that can prolong life!

Shopkeeper Li looked at Huang Jing and was already a little out of shape, and muttered: "This, this is the imperial essence, this is the imperial essence! You all see, so crystal clear, containing a hundred dark lines, is the best of the yellow essence - the imperial essence, I am talking about the emperor's emperor." This piece of yellow essence has almost the same effect as a thousand-year-old ginseng, and its medicinal surname is peaceful and easier to absorb, which is really a rare treasure. ”

After listening to the words of the shopkeeper Li, the guests immediately made an uproar, and one of the chubby guests came to Hailong's side and said with a smile: "Little brother, I think you can sell me this fast emperor essence." How much does it cost you to open. "The merchant has always been very shrewd, of course he knows that if this piece of imperial essence is bought by the pharmacy and then sold, I am afraid that the price will rise a lot, and Tan Shaobai looks like he is just a hairy boy, and it will naturally be much cheaper to buy it from him. There are not a few people with the same wishful thinking, and as soon as they heard the businessman's words, they immediately surrounded Tan Shaobai and expressed their desire to buy this piece of imperial essence.

Tan Shaobai hid the excitement in his heart, neither agreed nor vetoed, just looked at the imperial essence in the hands of the shopkeeper Li. When Shopkeeper Li heard the words of these guests, he was already anxious, and hurriedly said: "Everyone, uncles, thank you very much for your support to our pharmacy, but after all, this piece of imperial essence was first promised by me to this little brother to buy, and I am ready to keep it for my own use, please don't fight, thank you, I thank you." Of course, the guests knew the status of Shopkeeper Li in the medical world of Tongyuan City, and when they heard him say that he wanted to use it for his own use, the sound of scrambling suddenly became even louder. "Stop. Tan Shaobai's voice that didn't sound very loud rang out in everyone's ears, and all the noise disappeared almost at the same time, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on him.

Tan Shaobai smiled slightly, and said pleasantly: "Everyone, please listen to me, before, when that guy embarrassed me, it was Shopkeeper Li who relieved me of the dilemma, and later, it was he who said that he was willing to buy the medicine I brought." It is reasonable for me to sell this piece of yellow essence to him. All I can say is sorry. Shopkeeper Li, so be it. You set a price, with your familiarity with the drug, I believe that your price must be very fair. As long as you offer it, I will never make a counteroffer. If you dig up yellow essence in the future, I will give you priority to supply it at the same price. How?"

Shopkeeper Li knew that his family background was far inferior to these rich businessmen, he thought that he had no hope, but he didn't expect Tan Shaobai to say this, and he was immediately overjoyed and said gratefully: "Little brother, you are really a believer." You can rest assured, the price offered to you by the old decay is absolutely fair. So be it, one hundred thousand taels, one hundred thousand taels of silver. That's already the price of two millennial ginseng plants. ”

Although Tan Shaobai knew that this imperial essence must be worth a lot of money, he didn't expect it to be so much, so he said angrily: "Okay, in a word, this piece of yellow essence is yours." ”

The surrounding guests saw that Tan Shaobai had already sold the imperial essence, and immediately sighed and dispersed. Shopkeeper Li hurriedly said: "Please be disappointed, distinguished guests. Although I was going to keep this piece of imperial essence for my own use, I used to get a recipe based on imperial essence, combined with a variety of precious medicinal materials, to be able to refine a rejuvenation pill. This rejuvenation pill has the effect of rejuvenating the appearance and maintaining health, this piece of yellow essence is enough to refine dozens of pieces, the so-called seeers have a share, when the time comes, the old decay will definitely sell one pill to each of you at the cost price, what do you think?" Hearing this, these guests suddenly became emotional again, and thanked the shopkeeper Li one after another. Tan Shaobai said in his heart: "This shopkeeper Li is really good at doing business, and the so-called cost price is not up to him, so not only can he make money, but he can also not offend people, which is really a double win." ”

After shopkeeper Li was polite to the guests, he immediately led Tan Shaobai to the back hall of the store, he personally poured a glass of water for Tan Shaobai, and then went to the back to withdraw the money.