Chapter 13 (1/2)
”Ten spirit stones are too few. Why don't you add some.”
”These are all miscellaneous notes and essays. There are no substantive things. Besides, your ancestors have been dead for nearly 200 years. God knows if the place where these records are still there, so you are chicken ribs.”
”But there are too few ten holy stones. You can't afford a bottle of pills. Do you think you can add some more?”
”That's all. Do you like to sell or not?”
……
As soon as Shen Ruiling came to the front hall, he heard a loud noise,
”What are you doing here?”
The man saw Shen Ruiling coming and said with a flattering face:
”The man came to the store to sell two ancient books. They were all miscellaneous notes. There was no substantive content. He thought there were too few ten spirit stones...”
Shen Ruiling looked at the man. He was forty or fifty years old. His cultivation was only five layers of poor Qi practice. He held two ancient books in his arms and looked sad.
Seeing Shen Ruiling looking at him, the man hurriedly said:
”Steward, although my two books are not useful for cultivation, they were also written by my ancestors during the foundation period. Do you think you can charge a higher price?”
”Show me the book.” Shen Ruiling said expressionless.
The man respectfully handed over two ancient books.
Shen Ruiling looked at the two books in his hand, one is the travel notes of xiaoyezi and the other is the notes of Liangxi. Both books are made of second-order monster skin. The handwriting inside is very clear and has not faded because of the age.
Shen Ruiling looked at the book in his hand, looked at the man's accomplishments and said:
”How about fifteen spirit stones?”
”Fifteen dollars...” the man whispered, as if thinking about something.
Shen Ruiling looked at him like this, then returned the two books in his hand, and turned around to leave.
Seeing this scene, the man immediately got worried, ran up and grabbed Shen Ruiling and shouted:
”Sell! Sell! ”
Shen Ruiling then stopped, took out 15 inferior spirit stones from the storage bag and handed them to him.
After taking the fifteen crystal stones, the man looked like a treasure, quickly hid in his sleeve and left in a hurry.
The man next to him looked puzzled and wondered why he would spend so much money on useless books.
Shen Ruiling ignored the strange eyes of the man next to him, put the two books in his sleeve and walked towards the cave.
……
Back in the cave, Shen Ruiling did not immediately close the door to break through the eighth floor of Qi practice, but took out the two books he had just received.
These two books record some strange things that have happened in offshore waters. This is also the reason why Shen Ruiling spends a lot of money.
Shen Yucang came out of Qingyun gate to create the Shen family in Linhai county. The Shen family has always been an inland family, and the store in Hushang square was opened only ten years ago. So the Shen family doesn't have much secret information about offshore waters.
Family records are things that ordinary people know. Shen Ruiling can recite them long ago. After buying these two books, Shen Ruiling wants to know more about them. He can rely on them when he goes out in the future.
The so-called ”travels of xiaoyezi” was originally written by a master of casual cultivation in the foundation period 200 years ago. The master of the foundation period was a mortal scholar. By chance, he embarked on the road of cultivation and became a monk in the foundation period.
After he became a monk in the foundation period, he felt that he was no longer refined, so he began to travel in the offshore waters.
Each island went for a walk and recorded in detail the secrets and legends he knew during his travels. Then he called himself ”xiaoyezi” and wrote ”xiaoyezi's travels”.
Some of the above contents are about xiaoyezi's own experience, while others are just hearsay. There are mountains and rivers, strange flowers and plants, and rare animals. Even some of them are secret stories never spread by the offshore Xiuxian family, and I don't know how xiaoyezi learned it.
……