Chapter 405: Black Sky (2)
In the city of Tern, in the 'Fair Court' of the Ouyang clan.
A middle-aged man came out from the back of the pawnshop, stood next to the old official, with his hands behind his back, and looked at the pearl carefully.
A servant brought a big chair over and respectfully asked the bald man to sit down. He then set up a small table and served him a cup of tea and two kinds of dried fruits.
In a pawn shop, this kind of treatment is only for top VIPs.
Although, people who can go to a pawn shop to make temporary payments are not considered expensive... However, this pearl is precious. Such a precious pearl...
Wow, it's a dragon turtle that came from the deep sea climate for tens of thousands of years. Only this kind of big creature that has been in the deep sea climate but has never been able to open its spiritual intelligence and become a spirit, when its natural lifespan is exhausted, the tremendous life energy in its body invades the ribs inside the turtle shell, and it is washed by the undercurrent in the deep sea for another 10,000 or 20,000 years before it can condense and temper these twelve 'turtle beads'.
This bead is extremely good at prolonging life.
If ordinary people wear it on their bodies, they can live for a thousand years.
If a woman wears it close to her body, no matter how old she is, she can maintain the appearance of a beautiful young lady until she dies.
For cultivators, these tortoise beads that are tens of thousands of years old are the main ingredients for refining the top-grade longevity elixir 'Turtle Dragon Transformation Pill'. One Turtle Dragon Transformation Pill can allow a cultivator in the Illuminating Void Realm to extend his lifespan by another 360 years!
For a cultivator in the Zhaoxu Realm, once his lifespan is exhausted, there is no hope in this life.
However, as long as one breaks through to the Half-Step Heavenly Man Realm, one can naturally extend one's lifespan by ten thousand years. If one reaches the Heavenly Man Realm, then one only needs to consider the major matters of overcoming tribulations, ascending to heaven, and attaining immortality, and longevity will no longer be a problem!
Therefore, a Turtle Dragon Transformation Pill is the boundary between life and death.
Among those top cultivators, a turtle bead, the main ingredient of the Turtle Dragon Transformation Pill, which is sufficient for the climate, has no normal market price and can only be used as a trading item among top forces.
Fortunately, this kind of turtle pearl is not extremely rare. As long as you are willing to sacrifice your life and go to the deep sea to hunt for it, you can always catch one or two old turtle shells every dozens or hundreds of years and get a few precious pearls from them.
However, you can't stand the fact that there are too many old antiques from the top forces. There are too many old antiques who can shine at the peak of the void but can't touch the threshold of the heavenly realm. Their demands for the longevity pill are endless!
It’s easy to deal with those big forces near the sea, they just send people to search the deep sea from time to time...but what about those big forces that are not near the sea?
Therefore, although this kind of turtle bead is not very rare among the top forces, its price has not come down.
Probably, a turtle bead with sufficient weather is worth 20,000 Zhaoxukongjue.
That is, for a cultivator in the Void Realm with standard qualifications, talent, comprehension, and standard cultivation methods, all the cultivation gained after 20,000 years of hard practice is equal to the price of a standard tortoise bead.
The price is expensive, but not unacceptable.
Especially for those old monsters whose lifespans are about to end and death is imminent, it is common practice to spend most of their savings to get a few turtle beads to prolong their lifespan.
But twenty thousand Zhaoxukongjue... do you want to exchange them into silver money in the secular world?
So, the bald man got a seat here and enjoyed some refreshments, but if it were anyone else, you would forget about it.
The old Chaofeng looked at the middle-aged man standing next to him and laughed dryly: "Boss?"
The middle-aged man coughed lightly. He looked at the bald man with a flickering gaze and bowed, "Master, please have some tea."
The bald man smiled, picked up the tea, took a sip, and nodded, "Thank you, thank you. Is there something wrong with this bead?"
The middle-aged man nodded and said frankly: "Indeed, there is a small problem... According to the rules of the industry, we should not ask about the origin of this bead, but... it is too valuable, and I am afraid that this small shop cannot afford it."
The bald man was stunned and looked at the middle-aged man in astonishment.
"I live in a hut outside the city. Although I don't go out often, I have heard of Gongpingdang's reputation. The Ouyang family's huge assets..." The bald man smiled, meaning that he had heard about who the owner behind Gongpingdang was.
The Ouyang clan dominated Yanou City, and there was no rival within a thousand miles.
With a territory of thousands of miles, the wealth accumulated by the Ouyang clan in the past three hundred years is like a mountain of gold and silver... Can't they afford a small bead?
The bald man was a little puzzled.
He looked at the beads in the old monk's hand and couldn't help wondering, could it be that the fat monk really stole a box of precious treasures?
The bald man was a true ascetic monk. All his skills were accumulated bit by bit through his own hard work. He had never used any panacea or touched any rare treasures.
Even though he strictly abided by the precepts, he was too lazy to listen, ask, or learn the list of all the rare treasures in the world.
Therefore, he did not recognize this extremely precious tortoise pearl.
How can I recognize it if I have never seen it?
As for the great life energy contained in this gem, it was too weak for the bald man, so he didn't bother to care about it. Therefore, he didn't think this gem was that precious.
Slowly standing up, the bald man clasped his hands and bowed to the old court official and the middle-aged man: "This young monk, I just want money for a meal. How precious is this pearl? The things in this world are nothing but foreign demons and evildoers. This young monk does not care. I just want a meal."
The bald man's idea is simple.
With a feast of wine and meat, he could trick the fat guy from his own small temple into leaving. He didn't want him to lead his disciples and followers astray, and he wanted to keep his own nameless small temple peaceful.
How much is this gem worth? How much is it worth...Does it have anything to do with him?
The middle-aged man looked at the bald man, gritted his teeth, and bowed to him: "Master, please wait a moment and sit down to have some tea. I will go and arrange money for you... Although my family's savings are not as much as this bead, but since you said so... I can't let you suffer too much."
The bald man was stunned for a moment, and waved his hands hurriedly: "Little monk..."
The middle-aged man hurriedly said, "That's settled. As for the wine and food, we have aged wine in our cellar. We will send it to your temple later."
The bald man was silent for a while and slowly sat down.
The fat guy in his own temple is a unreasonable person, and the bald man can't beat him.
If the food and wine you buy are too simple, he might find fault with them... So, if there is good wine and good meat, then go for it.
The bald man picked up the cup of tea again and took a big sip.
The old pawnbroker was guarding the bead, lying on the counter, chatting with the bald man with a smile. All the old pawnbrokers in the pawnshop were very smart. He was also familiar with Buddhist scriptures. He talked about Zen, Dharma, and the magical powers of Buddhism to exorcise demons. The bald man was very interested in talking to him.
The middle-aged man turned to the back and left the pawnshop in a hurry, probably to collect money.
Gongping had a good reputation in Tern City and had never been accused of bullying the weak or forcing people to buy or sell things... Even if he had, the bald man wouldn't care.
So, he sat steadily in the pawnshop, chatting with the old eunuch with a smile.
After a while, another servant came out, placed an incense burner on the small table next to the bald man, and lit three fragrant incense sticks.
The three incense sticks made the bald man take a second look.
In fact, the production method of these three incense sticks is extremely consistent with Buddhist rules and regulations, and the spices used are also of the highest quality and cleanest quality. The fragrance is pure and clear, and they are good materials for offering to Buddha.
It is said that the incense sticks that the bald man used to worship Buddha in his own small temple were all made by him personally, but the materials he used and the final products were far inferior to these three incense sticks.
Although his cultivation is extremely powerful.
But what he is good at is his extremely powerful cultivation.
Apart from this, he is an idiot in all other aspects, whether in daily life or in the various skills of cultivation.
The incense sticks he made for offering to Buddha can only be said to be extremely "strong and durable", other than that, there are no other benefits.
The bald man's attention shifted to the incense sticks. He leaned over the aroma, breathing gently, savoring the aroma bit by bit.
After sniffing for a while, the bald man sighed and said, "If it's money or something, that's fine. How many incense sticks do you have? I want as many as you can, okay?"
Without waiting for the old court official to answer, the bald man sighed again: "I never thought that this humble monk would be moved by external things. My state of mind is not good enough after all... I am ashamed, ashamed!"
The old Chaofeng laughed.
He smiled and nodded: "That's fine, but it smells good. After all, it's not something precious."
Light footsteps were heard, and a handsome young man in a washed-out gown walked in with his head held high, followed by a skinny servant.
The young man walked calmly, looking like a young master from a wealthy family, but there was a small, inconspicuous patch on his cuff.
He entered the pawnshop and first coughed: "Ah, today, cough!"
He glanced at the old official behind the counter, blushed slightly, then looked around and talked about something else, took two steps straight to the bald man, and said with a smile: "This master has a very elegant taste. Hmm, this fragrance is not bad."
There was incense on the handsome young man's body.
The bald man raised his head, glanced at the other person, and involuntarily inhaled the faint fragrance from the other person.
As soon as the aroma of the incense entered the nose, the aroma of the tea, the aroma of the incense, and the incense on the young master's body mixed together. A fierce medicinal smell like a dragon appeared out of thin air and quickly spread throughout the body along the nasal cavity.
A terrible feeling of paralysis came over me.
The bald man's face suddenly turned pale, his body swayed, and his legs could hardly support his body. His body, which was originally sitting on the chair, slid down along the chair.
The young master let out a long roar, and his hands shook, turning into two bony claws that fiercely grabbed the bald man's neck.
The servant behind him screamed and opened his mouth suddenly. A long scarlet tongue turned into a red light and pierced the bald man's chest fiercely.
"Puff! Bang!"
The long tongue was smashed to pieces, and blood splashed all over the place.
