Chapter 16: The Little Princess
The girl in the plain skirt ignored the surrounding gaze, reached out and picked up a soil escape talisman, looked at it for a moment, and there was a trace of doubt in her starry eyes. Obviously, she didn't recognize the rune structure on the top either.
It's strange that the texture of this talisman is smooth and natural, the ink marks are well-proportioned, and the brushwork is precise and agile to a very high level, how can it be a fraud?
The girl in the plain skirt was aroused by her curiosity, and said crisply: "Boss, do you mind if I try the power of this talisman?"
Zhang Dayong was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "Girl, don't try, I have run this small shop for 30 years, and I have handled countless talismans, how can I not distinguish the authenticity of the talismans, you have also seen that the rune structure of these earth shield talismans is completely wrong, and it is useless to try." ”
"Yes, yes, Uncle Zhang is right, the talisman made by this guy Chen Xi today is definitely a trick thing, isn't it. ”
The surrounding talisman apprentices echoed in unison, their status was low, where had they been in close contact with such a beautiful girl, so they naturally seized every opportunity to show their courtesy.
"If you don't give it a try, how will you know if it's true or not?"
The woman in the plain skirt smiled shallowly, like the first bloom of the lotus after the rain, beautiful and elegant. As she spoke, she had turned around and came to a clearing, and with a wave of her hand, a stream of pure true yuan poured into the rune paper.
An astonishing scene appeared, and the talisman suddenly turned into a rich earthy yellow soft light tumbling endlessly, condensing into a huge shield in the shape of a turtle, with a spiritual light, revealing a thick and solid aura.
Brush!
The disbelief in everyone's eyes instantly turned into a color of disbelief, and they looked like they were alive and dead.
Zhang Dayong couldn't help but be stunned, it turned out to be really an earth shield talisman? Could it be that he was dazzled just now?
And so it was!
As if the guess in her heart had been confirmed, the plain skirt girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and without hesitation, her left hand wrapped the thick true yuan, and slammed her palm on the turtle-shaped shield.
Bang!
With a dull loud bang, a violent ripple ripple appeared on the surface of the turtle-shaped shield, and it quickly returned to its original state.
Changed to an ordinary earth shield talisman, it can't resist his own palm power at all, this strange earth shield talisman is really powerful!
Seeing this, the plain-shirted woman's eyes became brighter and brighter, and she once again agitated Zhenyuan, and with a flip of her jade hand, she struck the surface of the shield with a piercing whistling wind.
Rushing!
The tortoise-shaped shield fluctuated violently, and the aura diffused on it became dim and abnormal, and it was close to the edge of collapse.
Can you resist 20% of my palm power?These basic talismans are enough to rival the power of second-grade talismans!
The girl in plain clothes was stunned for a moment, and then a look of excitement welled up in her eyes, and she casually crushed the turtle-shaped shield that was no longer vulnerable, came to the counter, and said, "Boss, I want all these earth shield talismans!"
Zhang Dayong was already stunned by the series of changes in front of him, and suddenly woke up when he heard the words, but he was silent.
Through the test of the girl in the plain skirt just now, he has seen that the power of the earth shield talisman made by Chen Xi this time is far stronger than that of ordinary people, and it can even be comparable to the second-grade talisman, what is the price...... Shouldn't it be improved?
The girl in the plain skirt frowned and said unhappily: "Boss, don't make a false offer, I will give you a yuan stone at most for an earth shield talisman." ”
Zhang Dayong was seen through his thoughts, but he didn't hide it, and said with a sneer: "Girl, it's okay to sell you this earth shield talisman, but you can't sell it all to you." As you know, the runic structure of the Earth Shield Talisman has been perfected over the years, and the runic structure has already reached the most perfect level, and it is simply impossible to correct it. And the appearance of these earth shield talismans in front of me is tantamount to a miracle, in this case, I naturally want to leave some behind, so as to completely start the reputation of this store!"
"Think about it, the advent of a new rune structure should be a sensational thing for the entire rune industry?
The more Zhang Dayong said, the more excited he became, and his eyes burst with infinite longing, as if he had seen the future of beauty.
The girl in the plain skirt wrinkled her nose, had no choice but to compromise, and finally bought fifteen earth shield talismans at the price of fifteen yuan stones.
"Uncle Zhang, what you said won't be ...... Is it true?" a Fu apprentice stepped forward, his face full of astonishment.
"Yes, how can the earth shield made by Chen Xi be as powerful as you said, isn't it a basic talisman, how can it be called a miracle?"
Other talisman apprentices also spoke, and the talisman that was originally equivalent to fraud suddenly became a miracle that could cause a sensation in the entire talisman industry, and for a while, they only felt that their heads could not turn.
What's especially important is that these earth shield talismans are made by the broom star Chen Xi, so doesn't it mean that this guy will also rise with the tide?
Zhang Dayong glanced at everyone and said coldly: "I know, you think that Chen Xi is a broom star, he deserves to be worse than you, and he deserves to be ridiculed by you, right?"
"But I want to tell you, if you want to work here with me, don't let me hear a trace of bad things about Chen Xi in the future, otherwise you will leave me!" Zhang Dayong's voice suddenly became cold and unusual.
The crowd was silent.
Zhang Dayong still felt angry, not annoyed by these Fu apprentices, but annoyed that he almost misunderstood Chen Xi.
Well, when Chen Xi comes back tomorrow, he must give him a raise!
Zhang Dayong made a decision, and then he remembered the girl in the plain skirt just now, and always felt as if he had seen her somewhere.
Syllable!
After thinking silently for a long time, Zhang Dayong slapped his head violently and muttered: "No wonder it's familiar, the broken jade palm she used just now is the famous and peerless knowledge of General Qin of the General's Mansion, she should be the little master of the General's Mansion - Qin Hongmian!"
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"If you want to become a qualified spiritual chef, you must master the eight major parts of ingredients, knife work, stove, spiritual fire, utensils, spices, water, and methods. Among them, ingredients, knife work, and spiritual fire are the top priorities, and the others are not much important. ”
"This "Atlas of Ingredients in Vientiane" records tens of thousands of spiritual grasses, fruits and vegetables, grains, demon birds, beasts, etc. that can be used to make ingredients, which can be described as all-encompassing and all-encompassing. All you need to do is familiarize yourself with the different levels of ingredients, their properties, tastes, colours, and what they are all about, so that you can cook delicious dishes that are full of energy and have different effects. ”
According to the different ingredients, different spiritual fires need to be used when cooking, so that the dishes can achieve the best effect. ”
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When Chen Xi returned home, she was stopped by Bai Wanqing and explained to him in detail the skills that the spirit chef needed to master, which showed how much she cared about Chen Xi's affairs.
Chen Xi naturally would not refuse Bai Wanqing's kindness, and listened attentively, with a meticulous expression.
"As for the knife work, you have already passed the assessment of Old Man Ma, just follow him to practice. Bai Wanqing smiled and asked, "Do you have any questions?"
Chen Xi thought for a while and asked, "Yesterday at Qingxi Restaurant, I heard that Old Man Ma and the other two are both Clover Spirit Chefs, and the profession of Spirit Chef is also divided into different levels?"
Bai Wanqing replied: "This is natural, in the final analysis, the spirit chef still serves the monks, and the dishes he cooks are also divided according to the realm of the monks. The dishes cooked by the First Leaf Spirit Chef are extremely beneficial to the monks of the Acquired Realm, while the Second Leaf Spirit Chef can cook the dishes needed for the Innate Monks, and then go up to the Eight Leaf Spirit Chef, and the dishes cooked can already be infinitely useful to the Destroying Earth Immortals, comparable to the Heavenly Rank Spirit Pill!"
Heaven-level elixir?
Chen Xi couldn't contain a trace of shock in his heart, as far as he knew, the elixir was divided into four levels of heaven and earth Xuanhuang, and each level was divided into four grades: lower, middle, upper, and best. The Heavenly Rank Spirit Pill is the most cherished and rare, and looking at the entire Great Song Dynasty, it can also be called a rare existence.
At this time, hearing that an eight-leaf spirit chef could cook dishes comparable to the Heavenly Rank Spirit Pill, how could he not shock Chen Xi?
"However, it is more difficult for the Spirit Chef to advance than the Alchemist, not to mention the Eight Leaf Spirit Chef, in the entire Great Song Dynasty, there are only a few Seven Leaf Spirit Chefs. ”
Bai Wanqing looked at Chen Xi and chuckled: "Don't be discouraged, as long as you persist, there will be hope, but after all, the spirit chef is an auxiliary profession, and when you earn enough yuan stones, don't waste a lot of time on it, so as not to delay your cultivation." ”
Chen Xi nodded, he learned talisman making and cooking skills in order to be able to survive himself and his younger brother, and the ultimate goal was to cultivate more and become stronger.
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For the next few days, Chen Xi had been practicing penance.
During the day, he made talismans and practiced the "Vientiane Food Illustrated Book" and "Spiritual Fire Collection", and at night, he led Geng Venus to refine his body and practice "Zixiao Gong", until he went to bed in the early morning, and then used the little time left to enter the sea of knowledge to visualize the statue of Fuxi.
The days are abundant, and they can even be described as stressful.
His nerves have been tense, and he didn't dare to relax for a moment, since the day his grandfather Chen Tianli was killed, his heart has been filled with a strong sense of crisis, forcing him not to waste a little time.
What makes Chen Xi happy is that he has made seven or eight basic talismans with different attributes again these days, although the rune structure is completely different from the past, but the power is comparable to that of a second-grade talisman, when he got it to Zhang's grocery store, he sold a three-yuan stone, and the price increased by nine times, making him make a lot of money.
However, his progress in refining his body and qi was still extremely slow, and the fundamental reason for this was that he lacked a large amount of spiritual power to support him.
The way of cultivation pays attention to the four characters of "wealth and law". Wealth is the first, but the wealth here is not gold and silver, but spirit stones, spirit pills, fairy grass, etc., if you want to practice martial arts, you have to eat a full stomach, if you want to cultivate, you have to exhale spiritual power, and treasures such as pill spirit stones are indispensable help.
"Couple" is the second place, can be a Taoist couple, but the most is the master-apprentice relationship, with the guidance of the teacher, you can take many detours, far less than your own groping to save much effort.
The so-called "Fa" is the supernatural power and the magic formula, and the superior exercises can not only shorten the cultivation speed, but also avoid falling into bottlenecks to a large extent, and then go mad.
"Land" refers to some so-called blessed lands of immortals, and the places established by the sects must be in the place of spiritual power condensation, and practicing here is naturally much stronger than those mountains with poor spiritual power.
Those who are really from famous families may have started practicing at a very young age, eating some rare elixirs, cultivating high-grade exercises, occupying the blessed land of spiritual vein condensation, and with the earnest guidance of the elders of the sect, their cultivation speed is by no means comparable to that of ordinary monks.
Chen Xi has no elixir, no blessed land for cultivation, no teacher for guidance, and among the four characters of the wealth and law, he only accounts for one of the words 'law', and he has to make talismans every day to earn yuan stones to make a living, how can his cultivation progress progress progress advance by leaps and bounds?
"Today, we must ask Old Man Ma to accept himself as an apprentice, after becoming the apprentice of the spirit chef of Qingxi Restaurant, he will definitely be able to earn more yuan stones, and if he is careful in his calculations, he can completely buy some elixirs for himself to cultivate!"
Chen Xi silently recalled the "Vientiane Ingredients Atlas" and "Spirit Fire Collection" in his mind, and after making sure that there was no omission, he got up and walked out of the house.
"Let's go, future Great Spirit Chef. ”
Outside the door, Bai Wanqing smiled brightly, she had been waiting for a long time.