In the small red clay stove on the low table, the snow-smoke charcoal was burned to a bright red luster, and the purple clay teapot placed on the stove kept spewing out smoke-like white water vapor from the burner mouth.
The sound of drizzle hitting the banana leaves could be heard outside the window. In this quiet and elegant hut, Du Kang and Chai Guiling sat across the table across from each other. There was a scent called Jingyi flowing in the air.
"The guests know my name and they seem to be well prepared!"
"I'm asking for news about Mr. Chai. I just don't want to know anything about the owner of Guiling Pawnshop. I took the liberty of coming to the door and interrupting Mr. Chai. Please forgive me."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
After a while of customary greetings, Du Kang got straight to the point and stated his intention.
"Sir, you are a highly respected person in Canglan City. I won't show off in front of you. I came here for the piece of Kunlun jade that your store collected a few days ago. I don't know what kind of price it would cost you.
Object."
At this time, the water in the teapot on the table was boiling. Chai Guiling picked up the teapot, poured out the tea leaves in the tea cups in front of them, and said while looking at the green tea leaves floating in the boiling water.
"As the guest said just now, I am an old man. I have lived for hundreds of years, and although my cultivation has not improved, there will always be some other gains. I have saved a small amount of pension money. I opened this shop.
Not to make money, just to collect some things that I like."
"Don't worry, Mr. Chai, the price I offer will definitely satisfy you."
Asking prices all over the place and paying back the money while sitting on the floor are common tricks in the business world. At this moment, Du Kang thought that the other party was raising the price of his goods.
"I'm not short of money. I like that Kunlun jade very much and have no plans to sell it. The reason why I came to meet the customer is not because I want to do Kunlun jade business, but because my shopkeeper told me that the customer has a close relationship with me.
Thousands of pearls and gems of various colors, would the guest be willing to die to give them to me?"
Du Kang called him "good guy" in his heart. These words directly transformed him from a buyer to a seller. He stared closely at the old man's ravaged face and asked.
"Is the old gentleman serious?"
"What I say is true. Here are ten thousand taels of gold. They can prove my financial strength. If the money is not enough during the formal transaction, I can add more money."
Chai Guiling took off a palm-sized blue conch hanging from his waist, pointed the mouth of the conch at the tatami and tipped it over. Immediately, gold bars with dim golden light poured out from the mouth of the conch, clattering into a high pile.
pile.
Ten thousand taels is five hundred kilograms. Such a large amount of gold was placed directly in front of Du Kang before he saw the goods, telling him what it meant to be truly wealthy.
This also means that Du Kang's plan to spend money to buy Kunlun jade went bankrupt.
As for the transaction mentioned by the other party, Du Kang didn't take it to heart at all. The pearls and gems in his hand were all spiritual objects, materials that could be used for magic practice. It would be okay to exchange them for Kunlun jade. If they were simply exchanged for gold, he would
is unwilling.
Putting the teapot on the stove again, there was a sound of boiling water. Du Kang looked at the old man in front of him with a faint look. It was only then that he took a serious look at the old man's appearance.
His silver-white hair was meticulously combed back, and his wrinkled face was framed by a pair of bright dark eyes. He didn't look like four turtle children at all.
The turtle shell on his back is not the green color commonly seen among practitioners of turtle shell art, but a black as deep as the ocean. The exposed arms are strong and powerful. Du Kang can clearly hear the powerful sound of the strong heart in his body.
It proves the strength of this body.
In the spiritual eyes of the other party, the rich demonic power is like a bottomless abyss, making it impossible to tell the depth.
This old man who has lived for at least six hundred years is not a weak man. If he makes a move here and makes too much noise, it will attract the demon soldiers of the Shengbai family. If he wants to take him down by force, Du Kang only has a few chances.
.
Once he failed, Du Kang had only one way to escape from Canglan City. Before that, he wanted to make one last attempt.
"Kunlun Jade is the key to my magic practice. I am willing to pay a 30% increase to purchase it. Does Mr. Chai really not consider this profitable business?"
"Money is not what I want. Let's continue talking about the sale of pearls and gems."
Seeing that Chai Guiling was still unmoved, Du Kang picked up the tea cup on the table and toasted Chai Guiling as if he was toasting.
"What a coincidence, the old gentleman and I have the same temperament. I don't want money, and I don't want to sell the things in my hands. It seems that today's two transactions cannot be completed."
"As the saying goes, a gentleman will never win someone's love. Since the business cannot be concluded, let's make friends with our guests during today's meeting."
Chai Guiling also raised the tea cup and touched it lightly with Du Kang who was raising his cup. He still had a smile on his face and could not see the slightest hint of unhappiness that the business was not concluded.
boom!
From the contact point of the tea cup, there was a crisp sound of the porcelain clinking, but maybe Du Kang used too much force, and some tea splashed out of the cup, making Chai Guiling's fingertips wet.
Then, the sound of putting down the tea cup, Du Kang's apology, and the sound of taking out a silk scarf and wiping it all came from the room, making the two guards outside the door nervous.
A moment later, the door of the hut opened with a creak, and both of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"If the business cannot be concluded today, it is already an interruption. The elder does not need to see you off in person. The younger generation will leave first."
"The guest is so kind. You and I had a great chat today. It's just that as we get older, we don't remember things. It was only when we were saying goodbye that I remembered that I hadn't asked the guest his name."
"Junior Lin Chun, I have been harassing the elder for a long time today. I will definitely come to visit you again someday."
Chai Guiling carried the huge turtle shell to the door of the house to see it off in person. He stood in front of the door with a kind look on his face. Du Kang refused many times before letting him stop at the door.
He slowly left the courtyard with Qingdai, and the moment he closed the door of the small courtyard, Du Kang's smile suddenly turned cold.
Just now, Du Kang wanted to follow the usual practice of using the panel to find out the information about Chai Gui's age and then force the transaction, but the other party's hundreds of years were indeed not in vain. The spell information displayed on the panel directly made Du Kang give up his plan.
With the power the opponent has, let alone being easily defeated by Du Kang with just a few moves, even if the clone of Yaizhen and the Five Elements Demon Boy go into battle together and attack with all their strength, it will still take a big battle to determine the outcome.
【Name】:Chai Guiling
[Turtle Shell Technique]: Briefly
Level: Level 1
Skills: Turtle Demon Transformation, with Hard Armor (Sixth Level), Great Strength (Sixth Level), Entering Water (Fifth Level)
Xuanming True Water (sixth level)
The boundless sea (sixth level)
Longevity and longevity (sixth level)
Fortune telling and fortune telling (fourth level)
Advanced conditions: This spell has been practiced to the top level.
[Xuanyin Snake Transformation Technique]: Take a young Xuanyin snake, peel off its tail skin alive and connect it to the human spine, fuse the flesh, blood and bones, and replace its heart with your own heart to get a Xuanyin snake tail.
Level: Level E
Skill: Invisible True Water (Fifth Level)
Snake head and tail (fifth level)
Snake Body Spine (fourth level)
Xuanyin Snake Eyes (fourth level)
Advanced conditions: Use the Xuanyin Snake Tail to swallow a large, peak water-type monster alive, and successfully advance the spell after it is completely digested and absorbed.
bless:
[Haiyuan Town God Formation]: The formation master arranged thirty-six medium-grade clam beads and three demonic dragon tendons on the turtle shell.
1. This array has two states: passive and active. The passive state operates continuously for twelve hours a day, swallowing the external water aura into the turtle shell and storing it for later use.
Second, after being actively turned on, the area within a hundred feet of the turtle shell will be transformed into a field where only water aura exists. Attacks from other attribute spells will be greatly weakened, and the upper limit of the monster power output of the turtle shell bearer will be increased by ten to a hundred times. (
The intensity of the increase is related to the quality and quantity of the demonic power of the bearer)
Third, carrying this array on your back all year round can transform the majestic demon power to warm and nourish the physical body, maintain the vitality of the physical body at its peak state, and slightly slow down the flow of the Yin God's vitality.
As seen above, the Haiyuan God-Suppressing Formation controlled by Chai Guiling is good at creating big scenes. Du Kang could only leave first, thinking of coming up with a perfect plan after returning.
Du Kang led Qingdai and walked in the narrow alley thoughtfully. Qingdai behind him held an umbrella for him to block the drizzle from the sky.
At this time, a tall and strong man turned into the alley not far away. There were no forks in the alley, and there was only a door in the backyard of Guiling Pawnshop behind him. Seeing how he walked in without hesitation, he must also be going to the pawnshop.
of.
"You're not here to buy Kunlun jade, are you?"
Such thoughts appeared in Du Kang's mind, and he couldn't help but laugh to himself. The world is very big, and many things happen every day. How could such a coincidence happen to him?
When the man saw someone in the alley, he couldn't help but be startled, but after frowning, he continued walking inside.
The narrow alley was not long, and the man soon came face to face with Du Kang. Du Kang was a man who did not want to cause trouble. He stepped sideways and made a gap for people to pass. He also showed a kind smile and faced the man.
Nod slightly.
"Thanks for letting me pass by."
The man nodded in the same way, and a stiff smile appeared on his indifferent face, then he passed by and continued walking inward.
"Roar--"
Just at this moment, a loud and rough dragon roar sounded in Du Kang's consciousness. The Yin Fish Dragon, which had been silent since he got it, suddenly burst out with a strong black dragon energy and became violently agitated.
The unexpected encounter was originally just a passing fate, but Du Kang and Hanzi stopped at the same time. They turned to look at each other, their eyes full of surprise and wariness.
Although they have never experienced it, both of them are convinced that the scene just now is definitely the resonance of yin and yang, fish and dragon.
Du Kang felt that his idea just now was wrong. There are such coincidences in the world, but this coincidence did not occur on the Kunlun Jade, but on the meeting of yin and yang, fish and dragon in the vast sea of people.
Qingdai was wary of everyone approaching Du Kang. At the moment of this unexpected incident, she thought that it was because of her wealth that she wanted to intercept her on the way, so she directly ejected her claw blade and was about to take action.
The man glanced at Qing Dai's paws and Du Kang behind her, and hurriedly roared, his muscles and bones all over his body immediately began to squirm and proliferate, causing his clothes to explode.
Yellow and black striped hair sprouted from the body, the tiger-headed head turned into a real tiger head with dragon horns, and the hands turned into a pair of ferocious tiger claws with thick flesh pads, with sharp claws emerging from the flesh pads.
It popped out, flashing with a sharp cold light.
The transformation process of the mid-level master is extremely fast. In less than one breath, the man turns into a nine-foot-tall, half-human, half-tiger tiger who blocks the narrow alley.
[Nine methods of transforming dragons·Biuan method]
Looking at this image, it is clear that he is the monk who threw the Yin Fish Dragon to Qingdai during the dragon world gathering, causing trouble to the east.
Qingdai also recognized him and was about to rush forward, but at this moment Du Kang put a hand on her shoulder and said without any murderous intention.
"My friend, is there any misunderstanding between us? Why did you suddenly draw swords on the two of us?"
This monk who practiced Bi'an magic looked at Du Kang who seemed to have no intention of doing anything, and was not sure what he wanted to do for a moment.
But at first glance, this woman is a monk who has cultivated the Yajuan method to level D or above, and there is also a man whose strength is unknown. A good man will not suffer the loss in front of him. The man's tiger eyes stared at the two of them closely, and the tiger claws under his feet took the opportunity to take a step.
Step back.
It wasn't until he retreated to the back door of Guiling Pawn Shop that he jumped up and landed silently into the yard.
Seeing this scene, Du Kang took Qingdai and quickly left the alley, merged into the flow of people on the street, and walked out of the city.
"Sir, the monk just now is the one I met in the Dragon Realm. He must have..."
"I know that he just entered Chai Guiling's yard. We might as well make a bold guess that stealing Xue Yingjun's yin and yang fish dragon was ordered by Chai Guiling. As for the yin fish that I have brought to my door,
Dragon, they will never let go. It is not convenient to do it in the city. Let's go out of the city now to choose a good battlefield for the next battle."
Du Kang's heart was full of joy. He was just worried about how to get the Kunlun Jade. Now that he had the Yinyulong bait in hand, Chai Guiling would bring it to his door.
…
The backyard of Guiling Pawnshop.
The shopkeeper, who was about to return to the shop in the front hall, couldn't help but look happy when he saw the tiger man climbing over the wall.
"You are finally here. The story of the Yin Yang Fish Dragon being stolen has been spread everywhere by the people of the Hidden Dragon Society. Some people say that you were all killed after stealing the treasure, while others say that you did not succeed at all.
Yes, I feel relieved to see you come back alive. Have you got the things?"
"Let's not talk about this for a moment. Who are the man and woman who came out of the yard just now?"
Hu Xin stared at the low wall in the backyard of the pawn shop with lingering fear, as if he was worried that the two people would come in.
"Don't worry about the two customers who came to redeem things. Those two people don't know anything."
"I want to see your boss. There is something very important that I need to tell him right away."
…
A moment later, it was still the same small room where Du Kang had just stopped, and the same tea table. The difference was that the people drinking with him became Chai Guiling and the tiger-headed man who had returned to human form.
"I understand. In the Dragon Realm, you only got a piece of Yangyulong. The remaining piece of Yinyulong fell into the hands of the man who just went out by chance."
Chai Guiling took a sip of hot tea and sighed.
The man sitting opposite took out from his arms a piece of magatama that was as white as jade, with a little black fish eye dotted on it, and covered with dragon scale-like patterns, and looked at the gold bars piled up into a hill on the tatami.
"This is the piece I got. According to the agreement, if we get the complete Yin Yang Ichthyosaurus, you will give us ten thousand taels of gold. I killed more than a dozen brothers to get half of it. Please also pay me half of the agreed reward.
Bar."
"Everything can only be sold at a price when it is complete. I said that a complete Yin Yang Fish Dragon can be exchanged for ten thousand taels of gold, but half of it is only worth three thousand taels. Give me the jade, you
Take the money and leave."
"This jade was obtained with the lives of more than a dozen of my brothers, and now you are going to break your promise. Besides, I also told you the whereabouts of the other half of the jade. You know that man, and with your strength, you can just snatch the jade back."
That’s all right, why ruin your reputation as a layman because of two thousand taels of gold?”
The strong man secretly resented that if his more than a dozen brothers were still alive, this old man would not dare to be greedy for their hard work.
"Reputation? Does such a thing really exist in this world?"
Chai Guiling's voice became hoarse in vain, as if a demon was whispering.
"If it hadn't been for that auction, I wouldn't want to offend Xue Yingjun, the young master of Xinglong Company, and this fat job could fall into the hands of a petty gang like you."
The turtle shell on Chai Guiling's back began to emit a rich black light, and his whole skin was dyed black with ink, making him look like he had turned into a big black turtle.
The strong man felt that all the aura around his body was squeezed away by the water aura as thick as a mountain. Under the squeeze of the rich water aura, his body was pressed in place and almost unable to move.
Chai Guiling stood up and walked up to the strong man, snatched the Yangyulong from his hand, and said hoarsely in his ear.
"Now I will give you a choice. Either take the three thousand taels and leave, or bring back the remaining half of the jade. I will keep my promise and give you all the ten thousand taels of gold."
The man was like an insect solidified in amber, with only his eyes still barely able to move. He looked at Chai Guiling, who was like a demon, and his heart was full of regrets. He regretted that he had misjudged the opponent's strength and was alone with him.
Seeing the result, I fell into such a predicament.
As for the two options mentioned by the other party, the strong man felt that neither option was reliable.
He had a vague understanding in his heart that if he chose to take the money and leave now, he would be killed on the spot, which would save Chai Guiling a sum of money in hiring someone. Only by taking the initiative to test the man for him could he have any chance.
A glimmer of hope for survival.
At this time, the pressure on the strong man's mouth suddenly disappeared, and he immediately spoke.
"I choose the second path. I will kill the man and get the jade back."