mortal clerk

Chapter 53 Iron Sword Awakening
Li Qingniu saw that Lao Shen sat up straight suddenly, staring at the Xue Lingzhi introduced on the stage, thinking, is Lao Shen interested in this?

Seeing the starting price of [-] gold coins quoted on the stage, Lao Shen was the first to shout, "I'll offer [-] gold coins!"

"Old Shen, is your soul damaged?"

Someone on the third floor also bid seventy, and Lao Shen stood up without hesitation, adding another hundred gold coins.

Seeing that Lao Shen didn't have time to talk to him, Li Qingniu could only watch from the sidelines.In the end, Old Shen spent two hundred gold coins to get the snow ganoderma, and returned to his seat satisfied.

"Old Shen, is it true that your soul is damaged?"

"What are you talking nonsense, kid? How could my soul be damaged?" The satisfied old Shen continued to answer with his glass.

"Then why did you buy it? As far as I know, you have been away as a guard for more than a year, and you are only paid less than three hundred gold coins!"

Lao Shen didn't answer directly, he just asked Xiao Er to serve the wine, and then drank three full glasses before answering.

"What do you know, kid? This money can be earned slowly, but this elixir to heal the damaged soul is hard to come by! You just have to watch the fun."

Seeing that he was unwilling to answer directly, Li Qingniu did not force him.If it was in the past, I would definitely break the casserole and ask the end, but now, who doesn't have any secrets in their hearts.

Immediately, he continued to watch the excitement, and poured himself a glass of "Danglouchun".

After photographing a few more items, Li Qingniu felt that it was meaningless, and prepared to call Lao Shen to leave.

But I heard: "The following lot is an ancient book..."

When Li Qingniu heard that there were books, he became interested.

"This book is written in the ancient characters of the Yufu Kingdom. Due to its long history, our appraiser can't recognize the specific content, but its material is made of rhinoceros leather. The starting price is [-] gold coins!"

Hearing about twenty gold coins, Li Qingniu felt a headache. He only had sixty gold coins on his back, and such a book would cost one-third of his property, which was unreasonable no matter what.But thinking that the "Guao Qi Jue" that Qingniao gave him was also an ancient text of the Yufu Kingdom, he gritted his teeth and planned to take a picture of it.

Others also saw that although the book was made of rhinoceros leather, the appraiser couldn't understand it, and they were not interested.Li Qingniu thought to himself, it seems that it must be me, and he was about to speak.But that Mr. Xuan on the third floor spoke up.

"I'll give you twenty gold coins!"

Li Qingniu followed the voice and found that he was indeed a scholar, and he didn't care about other things, so he called out: "25".

Unexpectedly, there was a burst of ridicule, Lao Shen hurriedly grabbed Li Qingniu.

"Boy, you're crazy, paying 25 gold coins for such a broken book! Besides, the price increase here is at least ten gold coins each time!"

"Huh? So expensive!"

Hongyan on the high platform saw Li Qingniu's plain clothes and a new face, and replied with a standard smile:
"This guest, it's the first time to visit our Weiyue Tower. We increase the price by at least ten gold coins every time! Do you want to increase the price?"

Li Qingniu gritted his teeth, regardless of Lao Shen's stop.

"Then thirty gold coins!"

He never thought about Mr. Xuan upstairs, and without even looking at Li Qingniu, he added fifty gold coins all at once.Li Qingniu still wanted to increase the price, but Lao Shen firmly held him down and covered his mouth.

"You kid is really crazy!"

"Fifty gold coins once, twice, three times. OK, deal! Congratulations, young master!"

Seeing the ancient book slipping away from his eyes, Li Qingniu could only shake his head helplessly.

Old Shen let go of his hand, and said a lesson: "You boy, you only have a few days to celebrate your birthday! You dare to use all your wealth for such a broken book! Even if it is an ancient text of the Yufu Kingdom like your Qi Dao Jue, if you buy it You can't understand either!"

Li Qingniu thought about it, yes!Now I can't even understand my Qi Dao Jue, so it's useless to buy it again!Immediately, he smiled awkwardly, with lingering fears in his heart.

"That's right! Old Shen, it's a good thing you stopped me, otherwise I'd be penniless again!"

"Hey! You kid, I spent so much money on books along the way, I really don't know if it's good or bad!"

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Mr. Xuan on the third floor across from the second diagonal also glanced at Li Qingniu at this moment.I thought, is it possible that this kid is also a scholar who loves books?It can be seen that his clothes, words and deeds are more like a wild boy who does not know etiquette.Immediately turned his head away, and continued to read the book indifferently.

The other heroic young man looked at Li Qingniu and said to the scholar:
"Mr. Xuan, that kid is the one I said just now that he looks like he has never eaten in eight lifetimes! You buy books, but he still makes trouble. Hmph!"

But the scholar said indifferently: "Xiao Rui, don't judge people by appearances, since you are a book lover, even if your words and deeds are loose, your essence must not be bad!"

"That's right! Mr. Xuan, I'll help you talk, you're here to teach me a lesson!"

After saying that, I'm going to pinch Master Xuan's arm...

Li Qingniu just sighed, but fortunately, Lao Shen held him back, otherwise he would be impulsive, and the money for meals would be gone. This ghost gate Nantong Inn only costs two gold coins for one night, and he doesn't know how it will be when he arrives in the county!Good luck!
Then he looked unwillingly at the two people on the third floor diagonally opposite, and happened to see them fighting.I thought to myself, this kid, what the hell are you doing grabbing my book!Really, money is great...

After another half an hour, the auction finally ended.

Lao Shen paid two hundred gold coins, and got the Xuelingzhi as he wished, and took Li Qingniu downstairs, but just as he went out, he saw the two people who had snatched the books with him coming downstairs.

The young man with the sword made a face at Li Qingniu, raised his sword and swung it across his chest.

"You wild boy, make trouble!"

Li Qingniu didn't want to provoke him at first, but he was young at heart after all, so he took his bamboo stick to retort.

"You little girl, you are amazing just because you have money! Hmph!"

"Hey! You're looking for a fight, aren't you?"

Seeing that the two of them were about to use force, Mr. Xuan hurriedly grabbed the sword-wielding boy and left!
Seeing this, Li Qingniu thought to himself, he really is a no-nonsense person, the little girl didn't respond when I scolded him, if it was put on Wang Ergou and others, most of them would have to fight before they would stop.

Old Shen drank some wine, seemed to have something on his mind, and also seemed very happy.He also didn't notice that Li Qingniu was arguing with the two, and after walking for a while, he found that Li Qingniu was still at the door.Hurry up and say hello back.

Li Qingniu originally wanted to go forward and reason, but after thinking about it, he still listened to his second father and didn't cause trouble.Depressedly, he followed Lao Shen back to the inn.

When the two returned to Nantong Inn, it was already late at night, Li Qingniu felt dizzy as soon as he entered the room.After all, it was the first time that he drank so much wine. When he first drank it, he felt refreshed, but he never thought that the wine had such a strong aftertaste that he couldn't get up when he was lying on the bed.

In a daze, some patterns and symbols flashed in his head.For example, the ancient Yufu language on the Daoqi Jue, even though everyone still knows everyone, but perhaps because of the alcohol, the characters twisted.

Sometimes it looks like a person dancing, sometimes it looks like some tadpoles swimming in the body of a figure with a silvery white tail, and sometimes it turns into some wild animals and plants.

Immediately, Fu Lingxin Zhizhi meditated on each character in the order of the symbols he watched on weekdays.After meditating for more than ten words in a row, I was really sleepy, and gradually fell asleep!

When Li Qingniu fell asleep during meditation, in the dark night, there was a faint cyan aura floating on his body from the window, and entered the body with his breath, and went straight to Dantian. The trajectory of swimming in the body.

The rusty iron sword in the bamboo stick at the side seemed to be affected by this spiritual energy, and it also emitted a little light, and then the cold light flashed, broke through the bamboo board, and stood suspended in the air.After spinning a few times, he absorbed spiritual energy from Li Qingniu.

When Li Qingniu's spiritual energy dissipated, the iron sword also fell to the ground with a "wow".But Li Qingniu himself knew nothing about it.

.........

Under the peach blossom tree on Canglongfengding in the eastern region of Shenzhou, a gust of sea breeze blew, and a middle-aged Taoist with a scruffy body and unkempt face slowly woke up from the stone table.

"Hey, old dragon, your wine is very mediocre!"

Before he finished speaking, he found that the scenery in front of him had changed drastically, and even the jade cup on the table was covered with dust!

Shocked, he quickly counted.

"I'm going! It's been 12 years?"

　Thanks for the book friend's suggestion!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)