Chapter 13: The Runic Pen

Zhiyan Bizhuang is a traditional pen village with a history of 150 years, the faΓ§ade decoration is quaint, the store is very particular about the placement of all kinds of brushes, inkstones, strip ink, rice paper and other things in the study, the whole store wafts a scholarly and quaint atmosphere.

Many of the shoppers in the store are elderly people, wearing gray gowns and goatees, adding a bit of quaint bookish atmosphere to the pen village.

When those shopping guides saw Yu Ziqing leisurely walking into the pen village, a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes.

Unlike some stationery stores, they sell all the things they sell in the study room with a certain collection value, and only those real literati and ink writers will come to the door and buy them at any cost. Ordinary people who want to learn calligraphy or something will never come here to buy it. Therefore, there are basically some old customers who come here, and there are many old scholars who are older. Young and unfamiliar customers like Yu Ziqing rarely come a year.

"I wonder what this gentleman wants to buy?" asked an elderly shopping guide with a smile.

"I want to buy a high-quality wolf's hair, inkstone, cinnabar and yellow table paper. Yu Ziqing replied.

Yu Ziqing's words attracted the attention of an old man who was coming down the stairs from the second floor.

The old man's face was thin and yellow, but a pair of eyes that should have been old flashed brightly from time to time.

The shopping guide led Yu Ziqing to a wall cabinet where wolf hair brushes were placed, pointed to the antique brushes hanging on the wall, and said proudly: "Here are all high-grade wolf hair." ”

Yu Ziqing's eyes swept slightly, shook his head, and said, "I don't want a brush made of weasel hair, I want a brush made of real steppe wolf hair." ”

A trace of surprise flashed in the shopping guide's eyes, and he was just about to speak, when the old man's voice sounded behind him.

"Lao Zhang, you go and do something else, this gentleman will be entertained by me. ”

"It's the boss. The shopping guide known as Lao Zhang shook slightly when he heard this, and the look of surprise in his eyes became even stronger. Except for a very few customers who have a background, even if it is a big customer, their boss will not come forward to greet them. It is more appropriate to say that he is a businessman than that he is a hermit. Unexpectedly, he took the initiative to greet this young stranger in person.

When the old man approached, Yu Ziqing fused the powerful spiritual power of the two people and felt a trace of aura change, but the change in aura was a little dull and not mellow and smooth.

Yu Ziqing's eyes flashed away, but the surface was silent.

"The contemptible Shangguan Mingyuan is the owner of this pen village. I heard that sir, you want to buy a real steppe wolf brush, and some cinnabar, inkstone, and yellow table paper?" Shangguan Mingyuan said with a smile, and a sharp light flashed when his eyes swept over Yu Ziqing.

But he didn't see anything special about Yu Ziqing, this is not to say that Yu Ziqing's cultivation is much higher than Shangguan Mingyuan, but because Yu Ziqing's cultivation from the beginning is the highest immortal family martial arts Tongtian Yuqing Xuangong, and the true qi in his body is condensed like a line, unless the power causes a change in the aura around his body, or the other party's cultivation is much higher than Yu Ziqing, otherwise he wants to see through his bottom line.

But because of this, Yu Ziqing became unfathomable in Shangguan Mingyuan's eyes.

Yu Ziqing nodded and said: "Exactly, boss, if you have a really good wolf, please take it out and take a look, the price is easy to say." ”

With nearly 70,000 yuan in his pocket, Yu Ziqing finally swept away the shyness of his pocket.

"There are really good wolf hairs in this store, but there are people here, so it's better to go upstairs, it's quieter above, and I'll take it for you to pick slowly." Shangguan Mingyuan smiled.

"That's fine!" Yu Ziqing said lightly, and followed Shangguan Mingyuan to the second floor.

"I don't know what Mr. is called?" Shangguan Mingyuan asked seemingly casually.

"My name is Yu Ziqing. Yu Ziqing replied with a smile.

The upstairs is indeed quiet and elegant, with a few landscape paintings hanging appropriately on the walls, and the melodious guzheng floating like a clear spring and flowing water.

Shangguan Mingyuan led Yu Ziqing to sit on a bamboo chair by the window, personally brewed a cup of high-quality Longjing tea for Yu Ziqing, and then said, "Mr. Yu, please wait a while, I'll go get some high-grade wolf hair." ”

Soon, Shangguan Mingyuan personally held seven antique wooden boxes.

Shangguan Mingyuan opened the boxes one by one, and there was a wolf pen in each box.

Yu Ziqing's eyes swept slightly, and he couldn't help but show a trace of disappointment, these inverted branches are all wolf brushes, and the workmanship is also very fine, if it is used for calligraphy and painting, it should be regarded as the top grade, but the quality of wolf hair still does not meet Yu Ziqing's minimum requirements.

You must know that the talisman is one of the spells of the immortal family, and when drawing the talisman, you not only need to have no distractions, and the spiritual platform is empty, but also you need to use the talisman to release the mana at the end of the pen, so that the talisman is attached to the talismana, so that it can be completed in one go.

Once the talisman of the immortal family is cast, it can trigger the qi of all things and attract the energy of heaven and earth. Some truly powerful talismans can overwhelm mountains and seas and destroy the world. Like those Jianghu warlocks who draw indiscriminately on the rune paper, it is just a ghost drawing rune, and it is definitely not a fairy talisman.

Therefore, the pen of the drawing talisman is the most exquisite, because the mana of the calligrapher must finally fall on the talisman through the talisman pen, and the talisman pen is poor, not only the mana transmission is a problem, but also the person who writes the talisman needs to consume a lot of additional mana.

In the past, the talisman pen used by Yu Ziqing was at least the tail hair of the 10,000-year-old wolf demon, but now he can only use ordinary wolf hair, but he didn't expect that it was still unsatisfactory. If his mana is high, he can barely use it, but now that his mana is pitifully low, such a talisman cannot draw a real talisman.

Could it be that he has to go and catch the wolf king himself, and he can't make it himself? Yu Ziqing shook his head secretly.

Shangguan Mingyuan had been secretly observing Yu Ziqing, and when he saw a flash of disappointment on his face, he said, "Could it be that these still can't get into Mr. Yu's eyes?"

Yu Ziqing raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and asked, "Could it be that Boss Shangguan still has a good wolf pen that hasn't been taken out?"

"I do have a private collection, which is said to be made from the tail hair of an arctic wolf king, but I keep it at home, if Mr. Yu is interested, I can go back and get it. Shangguan Mingyuan said.

Yu Ziqing was a little moved when he heard this, but he knew that Arctic wolves were extremely rare, and the Arctic Wolf King was even more terrible, I was afraid that his 70,000 yuan was not enough at all, and this was Shangguan Mingyuan's private collection.

"As long as Mr. Yu can take a fancy to it, money is not a problem, and I can be regarded as making friends with you. Shangguan Ming said from afar.

Yu Ziqing was finally a little moved, staring at Shangguan Mingyuan with burning eyes, as if he wanted to see through Shangguan Mingyuan's internal organs.

Facing Yu Ziqing's gaze, Shangguan Mingyuan felt uncomfortable for the first time in his life, as if that gaze could shoot into the depths of his soul, so that all his thoughts had nowhere to escape.

"No merit is not worth it, so be it, whether I look down on your wolf or not, I will help you get through this difficulty. Yu Zi said lightly.

Shangguan Mingyuan was shocked when he heard this, his eyes burst into two incomparably bright lights, and he said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Yu, please wait a while, I'll go home and get it." ”