Sorcerer

[The first volume of Xiqu]

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5

I don't know if it's the ingenuity of the planners of the barbarian ditch or God is deliberately joking, but from the air, the shape of the barbarian ditch looks like a high-spirited bull.The Daxingdian occupies the most unique site - Niutou.At the cow's neck is the comprehensive artistic conception college directly under the Barbarian Goulian - the front courtyard.The cow body and belly behind it is the most prosperous place in the entire northwest region - Xiaman.

The history of Xiaman is very ancient. According to legend, Jiang An, one of the nine sages of Yumen, married here in his later years and finally sat down here.If this legend holds true, then Xiaman has a history of nearly 3000 years, nearly twice as long as Yuxing.

There is also a very absurd saying that the reason why the Barbarian Goulian has such a strange terrain is that a great master once cast a huge iron plow, and plowed here for 30 years, the purpose is to find the future shore heritage.

It was already dusk when we came out of the Feilong post at the cow's hip, and the dusk was falling. Several flying dragons circled and landed in the dark sky.

Following the flow of people to the north for less than 200 meters, they walked onto a lively street, crowded with people, the cries of merchants and the heroic laughter of the monks intertwined and clamored on the street, hanging in various places. The border lights in front of the shop gradually turned on, illuminating the majestic and ostentatious plaques, emitting a dazzling light.

As a corpse exorcist who has been walking alone for decades, Wu Maxi resisted this suffocating bustling, and tried to choose a dark route, like a gray wild mouse walking on the edge of the bustling.

Due to the existence of the Daxing Temple next to it, Xiaman has become a city of Jingxiu. The hundreds of shops on this street, without exception, are all related to the artistic conception. There is a short road in front of the post, and there are plaques after plaques. , the word artistic conception frequently appears in it.

In the street there is an artistic material store called "Qi Cai Dian".

"There are so many wonderful materials in the Hall of Wonderful Materials~"

"There are so many wonderful materials~"

"Don't miss it when you pass by~"

"Don't miss it~"

"Pick up a pole and weigh two baskets, it's not cheap~"

"Stupid goose oh~ oh hey~"

……

The voices of the two were loud and clear, and the songs were catchy, which attracted many onlookers.

Regarding the bustle, Wu Maxi's attitude has always been to avoid the crowd. In order to avoid the crowd of onlookers who blocked half of the street, she made a detour and passed under the streetlight on the opposite side of the street.

A man rushed towards him in a hurry, holding his trouser belt and running wildly along the street.Wu Maxi made way to the left, and the man rushed over while wiping himself.

Wu Maxi watched his back for a moment, and suddenly heard shouts of killing coming from behind.

Turning his head, he saw six or seven big men charging towards Wumaxi like wild horses on the street. The first one raised his big knife and pointed in Wumaxi's direction, shouting, "It's that bastard!"

Wu Maxi's heart tightened.

"If you don't eunuch, your father will take your surname."

Wumaxi stood sideways with concentration, ready to strike, but saw the seven men rushing past him like a tide, chasing after the trouser-carrying guest in front.

Right and wrong place, should not stay for a long time.

Wu Maxi turned around and wanted to leave, suddenly felt her sleeves being pulled tightly, and a loud voice sounded from the left side: "Xiaoguo, do you count your fate?"

Wu Maxi turned her head, and saw a brightly colored hood waving in front of her eyes, on which were four crooked characters that looked like earthworms crawling, "The Immortal Guides the Way", and looking down, the person carrying the hood was a little mouse-like old man.

The old man was three sizes smaller than ordinary people, with a pair of thin eyes smiling like a weasel, tugging on Wu Maxi's sleeves, and said in a strangely ups and downs voice: "Xiao Guo, it's a hidden grudge!"

What dialect is this...?

Wu Maxi pondered for a long time before she realized that what the old man was talking about should be "marriage".

Having lived with the old liar for such a long time, Wu Maxi has already understood the connotation of fortune-telling, and it is nothing more than tricking one to count the other.

According to the legend, in ancient times, there were some strange people who knew life and death without yin and yang. In the records of them in unofficial history, the general vocabulary is "immortal demeanor, Tao bone, profound and unpredictable".And the little old man in front of him, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and a stock market shrewdness all over his body, obviously has nothing to do with that kind of strange person.

Wu Maxi ignored him and continued to move forward.

"Xiao Guo, I think you are full of peach blossoms, is it a hidden grudge?" The little old man was still persistently entangled.

Because of the old swindler, Wu Maxi didn't have a bad impression of the "skilled job" of swindlers, so she took out a gold coin and threw it to him, then turned around and went into a nearby Yijing material store.

The little old man wanted to follow in under the guise, but was stopped by a big-armed guard with a big hand, and he was carried out like a chicken.

The little old man dared not speak out, he lowered his head and walked out dozens of steps. When he reached a safe distance, he turned around and cursed in a low voice: "A dog's eyes look down on people!" After he said that, he spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm that could drown a mouse , quickly merged into the flow of people under the guise, looking for the next customer.

It is a very annoying attribute to look down on people with a dog's eyes, but most of the shops with this attribute are not low-grade, such as this one.

This store is called Jinyoulou, a very confident name.

The entrance is a bright and elegant lobby, the decoration is very simple, the light brown walls are all bare, and only a few valuable objects are hung in a few clever places, which immediately adorns the whole lobby with style extraordinary.Wu Maxi has a good eye in the past two years, and after glancing at the ornaments on the wall, she knows that this store has a lot of heritage, which is much higher than those in Xiqu.

Wu Maxi had a complete purchasing plan early this time, took out a purchasing list from her bosom, handed it to the beautiful receptionist who just came over to talk, and preemptively said: "Give me a quotation based on this list, Give it to me tomorrow morning."

After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for the other party to talk nonsense, and went straight out of the store and went straight to the next material store.

Most of the material stores in Barbarian Goulian are concentrated near the southern cow buttocks. Wu Maxi spent about two hours picking out more than a dozen good-sized material stores, handed out the same list, and then found an inn nearby. Rest your feet.

Barbarian Goulian is a city that never sleeps, and the hustle and bustle lasted until the early morning before it gradually quieted down.

After Wu Maxi's practice was over, she sat quietly leaning against the window, looking at the sleeping city.

The sesame in the cup is surrounded by a faint white mist.

There are gentle fluctuations floating in my mind, which are the fluctuations of Ling Shile's cultivation mood.

Wu Maxi once watched Ling Shile's cultivation artistic conception. It was an octopus-like structure with [-] claws. The weaving style was very similar to that of the sky. It mostly used long and gentle arcs. Only some small details used a unique Fold shock.

He has roughly analyzed the structure of this artistic conception. Although it is not as ingenious as Xia Yeying's words, it can be regarded as a good artistic conception. The entire structure is rigorous and accurate, and the interference and traction are handled very skillfully.

However, Wu Maxi always felt that there was something wrong with this artistic conception. She couldn't tell the specifics, but it could only be attributed to the fact that Scorpio's sixth sense is far superior to that of ordinary people.

In the early morning of the next day, Wu Maxi went to those material stores to collect quotations.

The types of materials he wants to buy this time are relatively complicated, there are more than [-] kinds, and all kinds of commonly used materials are purchased.In addition to arranging the arrays that have already been prepared, the main thing is to make some material reserves.

For a Jingcai store, his purchase volume is actually not large, but he couldn't stand it. He added a zero after the quantity of materials, so the entire purchase order became quite considerable, and several Jingcai stores sent out The heavyweights personally entertained and treated them with great hospitality.Wu Maxi didn't linger too long, and quickly returned to the inn with the quotation, and spread out several documents on the table for comparison.

Nine out of more than a dozen material stores gave quotations, and they were all relatively close, with only some minor discrepancies.Jinyoulou's quotation is considered to be moderately high, but considering the speed of shipment and service reputation, Wu Maxi still plans to set the purchase price at Jinyoulou, but must lower the price with them.

In these quotations, three materials are marked as out of stock, among which borers can find substitutes, and setting sun dyeing is not urgently needed, but the withered fingers of the god of death are the necessary materials for swinging the stars, and they cannot be missing.Xiaman is the city in the center of the Northwest, gathering the essence of the Northwest. Materials that cannot be found here may not be easy to find.

Wu Maxi felt a little regretful, it seems that the array of dangling stars must be abandoned.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk."

There was a knock on the door with a clear rhythm, and Wu Maxi heard the cold front approaching in his ears, making him wake up instantly.

He is unaccompanied in the northwest, and he has already told Xiaoer not to disturb him, so who will be outside the door?

Wu Maxi put away her things, slowly approached the window, and looked under the window.

Outside the window is a narrow and winding street, and next to the street is a messy building complex.When she checked in yesterday, Wu Maxi had already looked at the lights below and made three or four escape routes, and now she confirmed it again with her eyes.

"Old Han Zhizong, I have something to discuss, please spare a moment, sir." A calm voice came from outside the door.

"Han Zhizong?" It was a very unfamiliar name. Wumaxi thought for a while, but didn't open the door immediately, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The old man accidentally learned that the young master is purchasing Jingcai, which happens to be one of the main businesses of our account, so he came to the door specially, and hope that the young master will not blame the old man for being presumptuous."

Selling environmental materials?If you buy some materials, you will be approached by the material dealer.

Wu Maxi still didn't dare to ignore it, and asked, "What's the name of your shop?"

"My name is 'Huizhen Pavilion'. I'm old and not talented, and I occupy the position of the third treasurer."

"Huizhen Pavilion" Wu Maxi only had these three words echoing in her mind.

Two years ago, if it weren't for Huizhen Pavilion's shit-stirring stick, the fight in Xiqu might not have been possible.Although all the troublemakers died in the end, Wu Maxi still had a shadow of hatred for Huizhen Pavilion in her heart.

He let go of his clenched fist, and asked with a cold face: "Small Dan, why bother shopkeeper Han to come to the door in person?"

It's not surprising that the list made by Wumaxi attracted a few small material merchants, but why would a big merchant like Huizhen Pavilion come to them in a humble manner?

"Young Master, you are joking. How can an order of hundreds of thousands of gold coins be considered a small order?" Han Zhizong said in a calm and sincere tone, "A big client with potential like Young Master is exactly what we want to cooperate with."

Wu Maxi sneered, and was about to scold the old salesman away when she changed her mind and went to the door and opened it.

Standing outside the door was an old man in his early fifties, wearing a dark blue robe, of medium build and appearance.

Wu Maxi's impression of the shopkeeper of Huizhen Pavilion was still on Chen Cangman's tacky big gold teeth and Si Ying's sexy long legs. Looking at this old man with a mediocre figure, appearance and tone, he finally found out after looking at him for a long time. invited him in.

"I'm taking the liberty to visit, and I hope you don't take offense." As soon as he entered the door, Han Zhizong once again said modestly, a very good gentleman.

"It doesn't matter. But some of you don't understand very well. Huizhen Pavilion is a well-known big business in Tianshu. Why do you care so much about my small order?"

"My son is too famous, how can Tianshu dare to be famous?" Han Zhizong smiled bitterly.

In the past, Huizhen Pavilion could barely be regarded as well-known in Tianshu, but now, it is even more famous now, but it is only because of the bad reputation gained by the Cha family.

The original Huizhen Pavilion was firmly located in the Central Plains and set foot in the Southwest, and its development momentum was very good. However, affected by the Xiqu incident, the business in the Southwest was forcibly divided and swallowed by the Cha family. The business is also greatly affected, which can be described as a serious injury.

Although the relationship with the Cha family has eased a little over the years, it is unthinkable to go to the Southwest to do business again.

Therefore, the senior management of Huizhen Pavilion formulated a new development plan - to attack the Northwest.

In the northwest, the resources are a little barren, and the folk customs are tough, and the local forces are strong xenophobic. The original Huizhen Pavilion was really unwilling to set foot in it, but after losing the southwest, Huizhen Pavilion had to find a new market and development soil, so So he had to march into the Northwest with great fanfare, and opened ten branches in Xiaman in one day, and the Manhou branch was one of them.

Han Zhizong laughed a few times in embarrassment. Seeing that the other party looked at him silently, he knew that he could not pass the ambiguity, so he said: "Our store opened last month. At the beginning of everything, we need a group of capable and sincere partners. The young master does business simply and neatly. , the purchase potential is huge, and it is exactly the partner our store needs.”

After Han Zhizong finished speaking, he took out a list from his sleeve, handed it to Wuma Xi and said, "Young Master's list is fortunate to have seen, and I specially drew up a price list, Young Master, please have a look."

Putting the storage bag in the sleeve is a unique habit in the Central Plains.

Wu Maxi didn't say anything, she looked away from the other party's sleeve, took the quotation and looked at it.

The quotation of Huizhen Pavilion is relatively low, the average price is [-]% lower than that of Jinyoulou, and the year and place of production marked are also very detailed, which is indeed very sincere, and there are more sunset dyes and borers on this list than other merchants, some people It is enough to demonstrate its strength.

With sincerity and strength, if you really want to do business, Huizhen Pavilion is obviously the best partner.

"As for the withered fingers of the god of death mentioned on the young master's list, the whole barbaric merchants probably don't have any stock in stock, but this old man knows where to buy this kind of material." Han Zhizong took out a brochure from his sleeve and handed it to Wuma. Xi, "Two days after tomorrow, Huizhen Pavilion and several colleagues will hold a large artistic conception auction in Manrengoulian. Death God's withered finger is one of the auction items. If you want to participate, I can arrange for you."