"My younger brother was rude and caused trouble for Shopkeeper Ma," Bai Xiaotian said to Shopkeeper Ma as a trace of helplessness flashed across his face.
"Young Master, please don't say that. Otherwise, I don't deserve it. May I know what you're here to buy today? "Shopkeeper Ma was whispering to his daughter to retreat to the back hall. He hurriedly waved his hand and inquired.
"It's not that I want to buy anything. I just want to introduce you to a friend, Shen Luo. This is Shopkeeper Ma," Bai Xiaotian said as he introduced Shen Luo and Shopkeeper Ma to each other.
"So it's Young Master Shen. Since you're Young Master's friend, please tell us what you need. Our store's products are absolutely authentic, "Shopkeeper Ma said as he turned to Shen Luo.
"I'm ashamed to say that I didn't have a specific item that I wanted. I wanted to see what kind of spiritual materials your store had so that I could prepare myself for a rainy day," Shen Luo said.
"Young Master, you've come to the right place to see spiritual materials. Although our store isn't big, we're famous for having a complete range of spiritual materials in Jianye City. The hundred treasure grid is marked with names. Take a look and see if there's anything you're interested in, "Shopkeeper Ma said with a smile.
Shen Luo's attention had been focused on Bai Xiaoyun, so he didn't pay attention to the store's furnishings.
Now that he looked, he noticed that there was a densely packed hundred treasure grid nailed to the opposite wall. It looked like the medicine cabinet in his medicine store. There were also small slips of paper pasted on it with the names of the goods.
His gaze swept across the top of the hundred treasure grid and found that he had seen many of the names in the "Hundred Immortal Spirit Herbs" before. He knew a thing or two about their medicinal uses.
"Shopkeeper, may I ask, how old are the ginseng written on the hundred treasure grid? What's the price? "Shen Luo's heart skipped a beat as he asked.
"The ginseng sold in our store is fifty years old. According to the price, one gram of ginseng is worth a hundred taels of gold," Shopkeeper Ma replied.
As he spoke, he took out a long box from the hundred treasure grid, placed it on the counter, and opened it.
Shen Luo leaned over to take a look. Excluding the roots, it was only the length of a pinky finger. There wasn't even a single line on it. It was a far cry from the thousand-year-old ginseng he dug up in the Hundred Grass Valley of Fangcun Mountain.
This ginseng looked like it was only worth three or four taels of gold, but it was worth three or four hundred taels of gold. Seeing this, Shen Luo couldn't help but be secretly speechless. If he could take out that thousand-year-old ginseng, wouldn't it be worth a few million taels of gold?
"It's really a good treasure." Shen Luo praised and gently pushed the long box back to its original position.
Seeing this, Shopkeeper Ma's eyebrows twitched slightly, but the smile on his face didn't fade.
Shen Luo continued to look around. Suddenly, his eyes flashed as he saw a familiar name: Floating Image Jade.
This was one's Talisman Ink. Talisman, Talisman..
Shen Luo's eyes moved back and forth on the hundred treasure grid. Soon, he found "Blue Lightning Stone" and "Golden Scallop". He couldn't help but feel happy.
If he bought these materials, he could try to draw a high-level Talisman – the Talisman Talisman.
The Talisman Talisman released during the battle at the Village of Longevity was still fresh in his memory.
"Shopkeeper, how much are the Floating Jade, Blue Lightning Stone, and Golden Scallop?" Shen Luo asked again.
"These materials are commonly used in the Talisman Ink. They aren't expensive. The Golden Scallop and Blue Lightning Stone are ten taels of silver each. The Floating Jade is a little more expensive, fifteen taels of silver each," Shopkeeper Ma said.
"They are indeed not expensive …" Shen Luo muttered.
He calculated for a moment. He still had some loose silver on him, but it was only a few dozen taels. Even if he used all of it to buy these things, he wouldn't be able to buy much.
"Young Master Shen is interested in these things. Are you a Talisman Master?" Shopkeeper Ma thought of something and asked with bright eyes.
Bai Xiaotian heard this and looked at Shen Luo with some doubt.
"Shopkeeper Ma, you must be joking. How can I be considered a Talisman Master? I'm just casually drawing. Whether it succeeds or not depends on God's will," Shen Luo said with a smile.
"Young Master Shen is too modest … Business is business. If Young Master really has the ability to draw Talismans, I might as well tell you that this shop doesn't only sell Spirit Materials and Talisman Weapons. It also buys Talismans and other magic tools. The price is absolutely fair," Shopkeeper Ma said as he observed the change in Shen Luo's expression.
"Shopkeeper Ma's words really make my heart itch. If I really have a completed Talisman in the future, I'll bring it to you to sell here. I hope you won't dislike it, "Shen Luo's eyes lit up when he heard this.
"Of course," Shopkeeper Ma said as he patted his chest.
Bai Xiaotian was dumbfounded. He had clearly brought Shen Luo here to broaden his horizons. Why were they chatting as if they were going to do business with each other?
"If that's the case, I'll take five pieces of each of these three items," Shen Luo said after pondering for a while.
"Alright, I'll pack them up for you right away." Shopkeeper Ma had already turned around to pack them up as he spoke.
Shen Luo looked at Bai Xiaotian and threw him a pleading look.
Bai Xiaotian was slightly stunned at first, but he immediately understood. He said, "Shopkeeper Ma, just put the items Shen Luo buys on my account."
"Alright," Shopkeeper Ma replied without turning his head.
"Generous … I'll contact my family in a few days and pay you back." Shen Luo gave him a thumbs up and smiled.
"Don't be so courteous with me for such a small amount of money. Don't treat me as a friend." Bai Xiaotian slapped Shen Luo's thumb away and scolded him with a smile.
"Young Master Shen, we still have high-quality Blue Frost Talisman Paper and Purple Cloud Talisman Paper in our shop. Would you like to take a look?" Shopkeeper Ma asked tentatively as he put the Floating Image Jade and other items on the counter.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Shopkeeper Ma." Shen Luo was immediately interested when he heard the words "Purple Cloud Talisman Paper".
In the jade slip he obtained from Mount Fangcun, it was clearly indicated that several high-level Talismans needed Purple Cloud Talisman Paper as Talisman Paper in order to form a Talisman Paper.
Among them, only the Thunder Talisman could be replaced by other Talisman Papers.
Shen Luo didn't understand what was so special about the Purple Cloud Talisman Paper at that time, but now he could clear his doubts.
Soon, Shopkeeper Ma took out two wooden boxes from the hundred treasures compartment and placed them on the counter. His movements were ten times more careful than before as he slowly opened the two wooden boxes.
Shen Luo looked over and saw a palm-sized stack of green Talisman Papers in the wooden box on the left. The Talisman Papers were fine and smooth, and there were no grass spots on them like the yellow Talisman Papers. Only some white particles could be vaguely seen, like frost and snow.
In the wooden box on the right, there was also a stack of Talisman Papers. They were the same size as the green Talisman Papers, but the Talisman Papers were thicker. The Talisman Papers were dark purple in color, and on the surface, there were faintly visible patterns of dark clouds.
"Shopkeeper Ma, may I ask what's the difference between these two Talisman Papers?" Shen Luo asked doubtfully.
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