Changsheng Xiuxian: I can see through everything

Chapter 24: Sword Breaks All Laws (Please Read)

Chen Xuan continued to stroll around the market.

Ever since he acquired the divine power of clairvoyance, he has become much more sensitive to fluctuations in spiritual energy than ordinary people.

Maybe, I can find a bargain!
However, today is not a good day.

After shopping for two hours, I didn't see anything worth the money.

There were some old magical instruments that were indeed cheaper than the market price, but he had no use for them and he wouldn't make much spirit stones by reselling them.

Chen Xuan finally squatted in front of a stall selling talisman-making supplies.

His eyes fell on an old talisman pen.

It is only three inches in size, small and exquisite, with fine workmanship, and the pen surface is tea green, dark green and slightly yellow.

"Eye of the Sky!"

Through the power of divine vision, Chen Xuan saw the structure of the talisman pen.

The entire talisman pen is carved from a piece of spiritual sacred wood, but the tip of the talisman is embedded with the core of a thousand-year-old sacred tree, which makes the conduction and control of magic power more precise.

A very good talisman pen, at least a top-grade first-grade one.

However, due to the lack of careful maintenance for a long time, the spiritual energy has dissipated and the quality has dropped, and it is only of the first-grade medium quality.

"Fellow Daoist, how many spirit stones does this old talisman pen cost?"

"Take the thirty spirit stones!"

"Expensive!"

Chen Xuan smiled and said, "Tell me a fair price. I'm willing to buy it."

The stall owner looked up at Chen Xuan.

"Talisman Master?"

"Soon. In just this month."

The stall owner's eyes lit up.

"What's your surname, fellow Taoist?"

"My surname is Jiang."

"Master Jiang, my name is Li Chengdao. My ancestor was once a talisman master! Besides the talisman brush, do you need some cinnabar and talisman paper?"

This is a long-term business.

It is worth making friends with people who can make you earn less in the long run.

The quality of cinnabar and talisman paper is slightly lower than that in the sect’s shop, and the price is 20% cheaper.

If he is an apprentice in talisman making, it can be barely accepted.

But Chen Xuan bought the top-grade talisman pen with the intention of improving his talisman-making skills and making fine talismans.

The quality of these cinnabar and talisman paper did not meet his requirements.

"I need fine talisman paper and top-grade cinnabar."

"Is that so!" Li Chengdao rolled his eyes.

"Fine talisman paper and top-grade cinnabar can also be obtained, but they are not cheap!"

"How much cheaper than the sect shop?"

"Twenty percent!" Li Chengdao said with a wry smile, "Master Jiang Fu, this is the lowest price. Don't bargain. I'm just a middleman, and I don't make much profit."

"What about the quality? Can you guarantee it?"

"Exactly the same."

Chen Xuan nodded.

Obviously, Li Chengdao has contacts with someone inside a sect's store.

"This old talisman brush, twenty dozen fine talisman papers, and two bottles of high-quality wood-attribute cinnabar. How much is it in total?"

"Twenty-five spirit stones for the talisman pen, sixteen spirit stones for twenty dozen fine talisman papers, and eight spirit stones for two bottles of high-quality wood-attribute cinnabar, for a total of forty-nine spirit stones."

Chen Xuan was doing the math in his mind.

The depreciation of the talisman is not calculated for now.

Generally speaking, a good talisman pen can be used for three to five years without any problem.

Twenty-four spirit stones are needed as materials for making talismans. If there is a 20% success rate for making fine talismans, then there will be forty-eight fine talismans.

The market price of a fine talisman is one spirit stone.

But if you want to sell it to others, you will definitely have to give a discount.

At a 20% discount, it would be about thirty-eight spirit stones.

The net profit is fourteen spirit stones.

In other words, if your magic power can keep up, you can earn about 0.7 spirit stones by making a dozen talismans a day.

That’s twenty spirit stones a month.

This kind of income is already very good.

As far as he knew, the annual salary of a cultivator family in the late stage of Qi training was only two or three hundred spirit stones.

It doesn't necessarily mean he earns more than making talismans.

Moreover, they are bound by the constraints of their cultivation families, have no freedom of movement, and may even have to participate in family wars, putting their lives in danger.

As for whether he could produce a high-quality talisman and guarantee a success rate, Chen Xuan was not worried at all. With the Wordless Daoist Scripture and the divine power of the Sky Eye, it was only a matter of time for him to advance.

He was confident that as his experience increased, the success rate of his fine talismans would far exceed 20%.

The speed of earning spirit stones will only get faster and faster in the future.

"Forty-five spirit stones!"

Chen Xuan bargained as usual.

Li Chengdao had a bitter look on his face. He packed up his stall and asked him to wait there for a while.

About half an hour later, Li Chengdao handed the talisman pen, twenty dozen fine talisman papers, and two bottles of high-quality wood-attribute cinnabar placed in the jade box to Chen Xuan one by one.

"Don't worry, Master Jiang Fu, my goods are guaranteed to be of both quality and quantity."

Li Chengdao carefully put away the forty-five spirit stones and said with a smile, "Master Jiang Fu, if you want to sell your exquisite talismans, I can help you."

"Oh. How much?"

"85% off. The sect shop only takes 30% off when buying talismans!"

"Well, I'll consider it."

Chen Xuan didn't say anything final.

After buying a talisman pen, talisman paper, and cinnabar, Chen Xuan bought two defensive talismans as gifts, considering that he would go to visit Mrs. Gu's house and it would be bad to go empty-handed.

Golden shield talisman, a medium-grade defensive talisman, costs three spirit stones.

Earth Shield Talisman, a medium-grade defensive talisman, costs four spirit stones.

Only bought two.

The mid-grade defensive talisman is really too expensive.

This is in the market. The price in the sect’s shop is even higher by one spirit stone.

The gift of seven spirit stones is worthy of Madam Gu!

He is reluctant to use it!

Chen Xuan has selfish motives.

I heard that Madam Gu's husband is a sword practitioner at the sixth level of Qi training. I'll ask for his advice on sword training to make up for the pain of this heavy bleeding.

With Madam Gu by their side, Jiang Yingxue and Hu Mei's safety was greatly improved.

There are still twenty-one spirit stones left on him.

I don’t have much money left, so I’m going home.

That night, Chen Xuan and Jiang Yingxue took Hu Mei to visit Mrs. Gu's house.

As soon as he entered the door, he handed over two medium-grade defensive talismans.

Madam Gu knew what was good, so she quickly put it away and handed it to her husband Zhang Shuling.

At critical moments, this talisman can save your life!

Zhang Shuling had a thin face, wore a dark blue robe, a Confucian scarf on his head, and a sword case on his back. His face was slightly weathered, and his hands were slender and strong.

He doesn't look like a swordsman, but more like a scholar who is well-read in poetry and books.

Yu Qingsong said that Madam Gu's husband was a gold-attribute swordsman at the sixth level of Qi training. He had a somewhat stubborn personality and didn't know how to adapt.

However, he has a good character, keeps his promises, and would not do anything to cheat or deceive.

"I heard from my wife that you've been learning swordsmanship recently?"

After sitting down, Zhang Shuling asked straight to the point.

"Just started. Just barely getting started."

"Let's practice and see."

"it is good."

The two came to the backyard, Chen Xuan slowed down his movements and performed the Qingling Sword Technique.

"The sword technique is good, but the attack power is a little lacking."

Zhang Shuling has practiced swordsmanship for forty years and is proficient in sword techniques. He taught Chen Xuan some tips on how to control the sword with luck on the spot.

By analogy, Chen Xuan gained a lot.

[Qingling Sword Technique: Getting Started (36/100)]

In the Wordless Taoist Scripture, the skill points of the Qingling Sword Technique increased rapidly, more than his ten days of hard training.

"Your sword technique is different from what I practice. It focuses more on defense and endurance."

As expected of a swordsman who is proficient in sword techniques, he can see the skill characteristics of the Qingling Sword Technique at a glance.

[Skill Characteristics: Perseverance]

It consumes less mana and has built-in recovery function. It is not as sharp as the gold-attribute sword, but it is more durable.

The two chatted about sword techniques and practice.

Chen Xuan discovered that Zhang Shuling was not as difficult to get along with as he had imagined, he was just straightforward and unwilling to flatter others.

This kind of person is rarely seen among the lower-level casual cultivators.

Chen Xuan guessed that Zhang Shuling might have another origin.

Otherwise, people who have always lived at the bottom of society will have their personalities and tempers smoothed out by reality.

(End of this chapter)