Chapter 42: The Qing Ning Small Shop

  Riding on the crane, it took half an hour to arrive at Fang City. Luo Yu patted the crane's head: "If you're willing, just wait for me here, I'll be back in the evening."

  The crane flapped its wings and nodded in response. Luoyu happily fed it a spiritual fruit.

  If he were to go back himself, it would take two hours, so Luo Yu left the immortal crane behind, and other low-ranking Tianxuan Sect cultivators did the same.

  Entering the market town, Luo Yudong looked around and finally chose a medium-sized shop called "Qingning Small Shop", a simple name indeed!

  As I stepped into the store, the shelves were fully stocked with products. The Danqi arrays occupied an entire shelf each, ranging from first to third grade (the grade of the Danqi array is similar to that of the symbols). It's truly a case of "small but complete", with all five internal organs present.

  "What would you like to buy, little Taoist friend?" asked the middle-aged man behind the counter.

  This person is in his later years of practicing internal energy, with a 30 or 40-year-old appearance, ordinary looks, but with sharpness shining through his eyes.

  "I'm not buying anything." Luo Yu waved her hand, "I have some symbols here, can your store accept them?"

  "If it's good, we'll definitely take it." The middle-aged man nodded, "You bring a sample for me to see."

  Luo Yu took out a mid-grade fireball scroll and handed it over.

  The middle-aged man carefully examined the symbol with his spiritual sense, and after a while, he raised his head and looked at Luo Yu, saying: "This is a mid-grade fireball symbol, however..."

  His pause made Luo Yu a bit nervous, she had checked it over and there shouldn't be any problem.

  "But its effect should be close to a first-class product." The middle-aged man smiled, "Looking at your expression, this symbol must have been drawn by you yourself!"

  With a sigh, Luo Yu relaxed her breath. It turned out that they had been waiting for her here all along. However, she hadn't planned on hiding it either. She wasn't a completely inexperienced young nun after all, so why would she worry about others plotting against her for these small benefits? It seemed that this outer sect disciple's uniform was looked down upon.

  "Is it painted by myself? Can your store collect it?" Luo Yu asked with a smile, but in her heart, she knew the answer must be yes.

  "We'll take it, how can we not take it! You have so much and we'll take that much." The middle-aged man nodded non-stop, "The external sales price of an ordinary first-class medium-grade talisman is 1 piece of spirit stone per piece, a first-class high-grade one is 5 pieces of spirit stone per piece. Your talismans are between the two, so our purchase price will be set at 2 pieces of spirit stone per piece, how about it?"

  Luoyu thought for a moment. The estimated selling price of her symbol to outsiders was about 3 ling stones per piece, and he bought it from her at 2 ling stones, which was a very honest price.

  "Alright, I agree." Luo Yu took out all the symbols, "There are 100 first-class medium-grade symbols and 3 first-class high-grade symbols. You calculate it yourself."

  The middle-aged man looked down and checked for a while: "There are three kinds of symbols in total, 100 pieces of first-class medium-grade symbols, worth 200 spiritual stones; 3 pieces of first-class high-grade symbols, we set the price at 5 blocks of spiritual stones, how is it?"

  "Good!" Luo Yu nodded, with a spacious storage bag, she didn't mind having a few more or fewer spirit stones.

  "Adding 15 more spiritual stones, a total of 215 spiritual stones. Fellow Taoist, please take it." The middle-aged man handed over a storage bag.

  Luoyu poured the spiritual stones inside into her own storage bag and then returned it.

  Last time in Lanxi Fang City spent 50 pieces of Ling Shi to buy materials, this time earned back four times as much, it's really not bad!

  "I'd also like to buy some talismans and third-tier demon beast blood, do you have any in stock?"

  "How much exactly do you need?"

  Luo Yu thought for a moment: "Ten dozen mid-grade talismans, one bottle of blood from each of the three stages of gold, water and fire system's Yao beasts. How many spirit stones do you want?"

  The upgrade of the demon beast blood product should help to draw a higher-level talisman, so Luo Yu prepared to stabilize his skills at the first-class level and replaced all the demon beast blood with third-class ones.

  "In total 100 and 3 pieces of Ling Stone, wipe out the zero head, collect 100 pieces of Ling Stone from you."

  The transaction ended, and Luoyu's purse was half empty again.

  She was about to leave when a middle-aged man called out to her: "Fellow Taoist, wait!"

  Luo Yu turned around, but saw the middle-aged man wanting to speak but hesitating. What's going on?

  "I think your technique of making talismans is quite good. If possible, the owner of our shop should be very happy to make friends with you. What do you think?"

  "Who is the owner of your store? May I know his name?"

  "This can't be said," the middle-aged man smiled mysteriously, "I can only tell you that he is your fellow disciple's uncle, if you can leave behind your transmission token, he will contact you when it's convenient for him."

  Who is this person? Wanting to make friends with her but hiding and revealing, it's really inexplicable! Can't be that this middle-aged man is teasing her, right?

  "I don't have a Sound Token on me, if he's really all-powerful then he'll find me himself. I'm Huang Luoyu, an outer disciple of the Dawn Cloud Peak, just ask around at the Dawn Cloud Peak and you'll be able to find my residence." She was now a celebrity, although not exactly with a good reputation, more like infamous.

  Luo Yu finished speaking and turned around to leave.

  "I think you'll regret letting young master come to your door, hehe!" The middle-aged man's expression was sinister, unfortunately Luo Yu didn't see it.

  After leaving the store, Luo Yu was a bit unhappy, but soon she became happy again because she saw the Ling Food Store that she had been to before. She walked into the store and ordered two dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, and ate alone with relish.

  At this time, Song Ning and Chu Yang, this old partner, walked into the Qingning small shop.

  "Wen Shu, what did you gain today?" Chu Yang asked the middle-aged man, who was a lifelong servant of the Song family.

  "Today's accounts are similar to those of previous days, but I received some symbols, young master can take a look."

  As he spoke, Wen Shu took out a storage bag from the counter and handed it to Song Ning.

  Song Ning took out the talismans, but saw that they were just some first-class talismans. He raised an eyebrow and looked at Wen Shu, but saw him nodding. It seemed that these talismans had some secrets.

  Half a minute later, Song Ning raised his head and rushed towards Chu Yang: "You come and take a look at these symbols."

  "Goodbye," Chu Yang said with a shake of his head as he leaned back in his chair, "You know I'm only skilled at refining elixirs, and average when it comes to talismans. If you have any opinions, just say them directly."

  Even if it's just a general first-order symbol, it can still be understood! Song Ning was speechless about his laziness.

  "This batch of paintings was created within a month, with 103 pieces in total, all bearing the same handwriting. From ordinary first-class to top-notch first-class, it can be seen that his skills have been improving step by step. This doesn't seem like the work of an old hand, but rather like a newcomer's practice piece. If so, this person is very talented." Song Ning's voice was filled with excitement.

  Chu Yang was also slightly moved, he looked at Wen Shu: "Can you see the person who made the token, how old is he?"

  "I've seen him, he looks about 10 years old." Wen Shu replied.

  Song Ning and Chu Yang exchanged a glance, this time they had struck gold, he must be a genius at creating symbols, hurry up and let him sign an exclusive sales contract.

  "Wen Shu must have left his transmission token." Chu Yang's tone was affirmative. Wen Shu had always been meticulous in handling matters.

  "Marquis Chu was wrong, this person did not leave a transmission token." Wen Shu shook his head regretfully, successfully seeing the disappointed and disheartened expression of Chu Yang.

  Turning his face, he saw the young master's disappointed expression. Wen Shu no longer teased: "But she left a sentence saying that her name is Huang Luoyu, an outer door disciple of Chaoxia Peak, and as long as you go to Chaoxia Peak to ask around, you can find her residence."

  "Huang Luoyu? A outer door disciple of Chao Xiafeng, is this person famous?" Song Ning looked at Chu Yang.

  Chu Yang thought for a moment and suddenly shouted: "It's her! The mother nightwalker of the Huang family in Qingzhou!"

  "What's going on? I've never heard of any Mother Nightwalker." Song Ning was puzzled.

  Chu Yang was excited and pulled Song Ning, recounting the rumors from three months ago from start to finish.

  Chu Yang spoke non-stop for two quarters of an hour and was getting thirsty, so he turned to Wen Shu to ask for tea. However, he saw that Wen Shu had a hesitant expression as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

  "What does Wen Shu want to add? You've seen her, you say she's got a green face and fangs, with a fierce look on her face." Chu Yang had an expression of gossip, and forgot about his thirst again.

  At last he spoke up, and Wen Shu let out a breath of relief: "The young master of Chu is wrong, this little girl has a clear brow and bright eyes, she's very pretty, not at all like the Mother Nightwalker."

  "Are you sure you didn't mishear or missee her name? Huang Luoyi sounds very similar to Huang Luoyu, but Huang Luoyi is actually quite talented and beautiful." Chu Yang was clearly skeptical.

  "Wen Shu wouldn't make such a mistake, and Huang Luo Yi is already 15 years old, Wen Shu's eyesight may be failing but he wouldn't misrecognize her." Song Ning said helplessly, "Those rumors are just hearsay, not trustworthy! You should spend less time on these gossips, who knows, your cultivation might catch up with mine."

  "Cut it out, what are you insinuating!" Chu Yang was nonchalant, "However, I heard that this rumor originated from Huang Luo Yi, and she's the older cousin of this little girl."

  Chu Yang let out a cold snort, "Another scene of sisters hurting each other, I really want to see this little girl. Otherwise, we'll go tomorrow morning!"

  Song Ning nodded in agreement, but her mind was actually pondering the matter of sisters hurting each other.

  As for what Chu Yang and Wen Shu said, he absolutely believed it, so the one who was wrong must be Huang Luo Yi. He originally thought that Huang Luo Yi was a bit different, so he had been in contact with her quite often recently, but unexpectedly she also turned out to be two-faced. It seems that from now on, he will have to distance himself from her.

  Later, Huang Luo learned about the truth of Song Ning's estrangement from her and regretted it, but also hated Luo Yu even more.