The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 310 The New Year Begins (7)

Qian Xiaoyi could guess why this store held such a strange welcome ceremony. It was simply to give a warning so that those with ulterior motives would not dare to snatch the goods here. After all, if so many evil spirits were released at the same time, it would definitely be a disaster.

Then, it is to give the newcomers an initial impression. So many evil spirits have been subdued. Presumably, the goods sold in this store must be extraordinary. With this impression, how dare the newcomers who have just arrived bargain?
Although this little trick is useless against Qian Xiaoyi, it can be used to scare Inuyama Heita.

It's not that Qian Xiaoyi has any bad taste, but there hasn't been any decent commissions recently, and because of the holiday, Heitaro seems to have relaxed a lot, so Qian Xiaoyi let him wake up and keep him vigilant.

He didn't want to have to save people at the critical moment, because if that happened, there would be no point in having an assistant, so at least he had to make this guy more alert so that he wouldn't fail in some small places.

"Okay, boss, let's continue talking about business." Xingchang Rang said, "Do you want a cursed item? Or some material? As long as I can get it, I will try my best to get it for you. Or do you have anything you want to sell?"

"Can you still sell things here?" Qian Xiaoyi asked with interest.

"Of course." Xingchang Rang played with the dreadlocks hanging down his neck and said, "I'm too lazy to go out and take commissions, so I can only collect junk and then make them into props and equipment to sell to others~ So as long as it's related to supernatural items, I'll take it here."

"I see." Qian Xiaoyi nodded and glanced at the shelf behind him. There were all these little things that made people uneasy. Qian Xiaoyi's eyes suddenly lit up. He pointed at a severed hand covered with black hair and said, "That thing looks interesting. Can you show it to me? That arm."

Xingchang turned around and took a look, and said in surprise: "You have a good eye, boss. This is my masterpiece - the Monkey's Paw. But it's not easy to make. You have to be careful."

He took the arm off and placed it on the table. In the eyes of Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita, the arm exuded an astonishingly ominous aura, which made people feel a little nauseous just by looking at it.

The moment it was put down, the arm actually moved on its own. Its fingers gradually stretched out, and then three fingers were extended.

"Monkey's paw, three wishes..." Inuyama Heita couldn't believe it: "Is this really the monkey's paw that can grant three wishes in the legend?"

The story of the monkey's paw is well known. This paw can grant the owner three wishes, and a finger will curl up for each wish. It sounds like a weird version of a wishing lamp. But it should be noted that in the story, these wishes are often fulfilled in a very twisted way.

For example, making a wish to get rich, but the way you get rich turns out to be that someone in your family dies in an accident and you receive compensation or something like that. In short, it's not a good thing.

"But... isn't that something fictional in a novel?" Inuyama Heita asked, "How did it appear here?"

Xingchang Rang said proudly, "Didn't I tell you? I made it myself. It's very easy to use. Just hold this thing and make a wish, then bless the target. Then the vengeful spirit in the monkey's paw will "help" the target to realize his wish in a twisted way. Although it can only be used three times, it can be used in many places. How about it? Want to buy it? It's only 300,000 yen now."

"Three hundred thousand..." Inuyama Heita looked at the monkey's paw. In fact, this was equivalent to a cursed item that cost 100,000 yen per use. Fortunately, the Star Field only did business with exorcists, otherwise if this thing fell into the hands of ordinary people, who knows what kind of tragedy would be caused.

Qian Xiaoyi stroked his chin and looked at the monkey's paw, saying, "Seal the shredded vengeful spirit inside, and then use the vengeful spirit's hatred for the world to achieve the function of locking the target and the specified effect? ​​I have to say, it is indeed very creative."

Not only that, this thing also uses the cognitive characteristics of the legend of [Monkey's Paw] to enhance the effect. Because everyone knows the legend of this thing, the effect must be good. It's just like...

——It's like a man-made urban legend. "You are indeed an expert." Xingchang became interested, sat up, gave a thumbs up, and praised: "You can see through the details of this prop at a glance."

Qian Xiaoyi stretched out his hand and lightly touched the monkey's paw. It trembled and retracted two fingers, leaving only the middle finger exposed, as if it was cursing Qian Xiaoyi.

"Hmm...I see." Qian Xiaoyi said.

"Hey, what did you do?" Xingchang Rang quickly picked up the monkey's paw, then looked around and found that all the evil spirits sealed in his arm had shrunk, as if they were very afraid of something outside.

Qian Xiaoyi said: "Although the idea is very clever, as long as other negative emotions are stuffed into it, the vengeful spirits inside will collapse on their own, so it is still a bit unstable. The materials are not good enough. The hands of a person who died suddenly cannot withstand too many high-level vengeful spirits. In addition, the sealing method needs to be improved. It is still too rough."

"Have I been seen through? This is indeed a failed product." Xingba Rang scratched his head and put the arm back on the shelf.

Then he turned to look at Qian Xiaoyi and said, "You are not only powerful, but also have a wealth of knowledge in making spells? I was wrong. I actually brought out this kind of thing to embarrass myself... Wait a minute, since you know what's good, I won't fool you with ugly things. For an exorcist of your level, I think only a few of my treasures can catch your eye."

He bent down, took out a long sword covered with spells from under the counter, placed it on the table, and said with shining eyes: "The demon sword [Blood Sakura] can absorb the resentment of the people it kills. Once it is unsheathed, it must see blood, otherwise it will not be able to calm down. Whether it is beheading people or demons, it can exert great power...

It was made by my ancestors. No one has been able to conquer it for decades. Maybe you can do it. I will only take it out if a powerful guy comes. Ordinary people are not even qualified to buy it. How about it? Do you want to try it? "

"No." Qian Xiaoyi said with empty eyes. He didn't even want to ask the price. This thing was an antique and it must cost a lot of money. He also didn't want something that would devour its owner at a critical moment. It was too extreme.

"Isn't that your style? That's right, no one is fighting with knives anymore. It doesn't matter, there are other options."

Xingchang changed his previous laziness and behaved very attentive. In his opinion, a capable guy like Qian Xiaoyi must not be short of money, so maybe he could clear out those tricky things that had been stockpiled in the warehouse for decades. Even if only one was sold, it would be a big deal!

But he didn't expect that Qian Xiaoyi couldn't afford any of the treasures he took out.

"This! The flesh-and-blood Buddha of the ancient great monk! Do you feel it? The enormous telekinetic power contained in it!" Xingchang opened the shrine behind him, revealing a dried corpse Buddha statue inside. He introduced it excitedly: "As long as you can suppress the resentment of the great monk who could not become a Buddha, you can use this power at will."

"No, it's too ugly. It will scare customers if you put it in the store."

"Ugly... It's okay. What about this? The Eighteen Bones Rosary was made by a carving master more than a hundred years ago during the Edo period. Each rosary is carved with a picture scroll of hell! This is a super magic weapon for sealing evil spirits... But the space inside the rosary is full. As long as you can clean out the evil spirits inside, you can use it. I see that you and I get along very well. Take it for a friendship price of 18 million yen."

"The price is not expensive, but I don't have the time to save so many evil spirits. You know, I still have to go to work at the TV station."

"Tsk~ Not satisfied? Then change another one..."

(End of this chapter)