In order to see what he would gain from this trip, Lu Zhong made a special trip to the acquisition shop.
"Is there something you want to appraise? There is a fee of one spirit stone per time here. If you sell the thing to us, it will be waived. Is this acceptable to fellow Taoists?" Chao Feng stretched himself behind the counter and said with a yawn.
Lu Zhong nodded when he heard that the price was similar to the market price.
With a wave of his hand, he placed the items to be identified on the counter.
"This is a five-year-old red corn grass. Our purchase price here is six spirit stones." Chao Feng mentioned the pair of crystal mirrors with flashes of spiritual light and began to identify them one after another. "This piece of rusty iron
The 90% fine iron is mixed with 10% spiritual iron. It should be a fragment of some low-grade magic weapon. It is rusted to this extent... I think it is useless."
He picked up the black stone again, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Hey, it's actually Mo Jingtie?"
"I picked this thing up in the south. Is there anything wrong with it?" Lu Zhong asked curiously.
"No, no problem, I just remembered some past events." Chao Feng put down the ink crystal iron in his hand and said with emotion: "I think on the first day I entered the industry, the first appraisal object I encountered was this kind of ink crystal iron.
Crystal Iron, I didn’t expect that after so many years, I would encounter this kind of precious spiritual iron again.”
Subduing the nostalgic look on his face, Chao Feng continued with a smile: "As for the purchase price of Mojing Iron, we can only offer a purchase price of 175 spirit stones. If fellow Taoists are not satisfied with this price,
You can sell it to the weapon refining workshop in Qihuan. This kind of spiritual iron is of great use, or you can entrust them to refine it into a magic weapon."
"Thank you." Lu Zhong said with cupped hands.
Since the other party was so kind, he naturally wanted to show his kindness, so he sold the red cork plant here.
The purchase price of the red corngrass was six spiritual stones, minus the appraisal fees for the rusty iron pieces and the black crystal iron. In the end, Lu Zhong received a total of four spiritual stones, which was actually higher than his usual profit from making talismans.
"Isn't this too high?" Lu Zhong exclaimed.
He could no longer imagine how much profit he would make every time he went out to search for spirits after he had trained the spirit-seeking rats.
With such an excellent talent for making money, it is no wonder that the ghost rat has such a great reputation.
"Be careful." Lu Zhong secretly increased his vigilance.
He didn't want people to find out that he was carrying a spirit-seeking rat, and then he would be faced with a lot of trouble.
Walking down the winding mountain road, you soon come to the workshop area full of the smell of charcoal fire.
Different from the Central Third Ring Road, not only is the air here obviously polluted, but there is also a thick layer of white fly ash falling on the buildings. Passers-by walking on the street look dull and have a look of hard work on their faces.
Walking through the low-rise shantytown next to the workshop, you can hear quarrels coming from inside from time to time. The content of the quarrels is all related to spiritual stones. They are either complaining about spending money lavishly, or they are complaining about the lack of monthly money.
Occasionally, I can hear a few heavy sighs, worrying about the inability to pay for next month's rent.
The only ones here who can be called hopeful are the children running around in the streets.
Although they are all dirty and wear ordinary clothes that have been washed until they turn white, there is still innocence in their eyes. Seeing Lu Zhongchao may seem timid to him, but he will also respond with the etiquette taught by adults.
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Lu Zhong smiled and nodded at them, and continued walking towards the weapon refining workshop.
At this time, a monk came out of the alley next to him.
He was wearing a wrinkled cotton coat, his head lowered, and he looked like he was walking in a hurry.
When he passed by Lu Zhong, a pair of fine tweezers slipped out of the man's hand, and he stretched his arms to Lu Zhong's waist very naturally. The target was the exposed storage bag.
Needless to say, this man must be a pickpocket.
If it had been someone else, he might have succeeded.
It's a pity that this person met Lu Zhong today. He had just become more vigilant because of the ghost-seeking rats. He had always used the qi-gazing technique along the way, and he had already discovered that something was wrong with this person.
The other party was hiding behind the corner, and his prying eyes, which he thought were very secretive, were completely exposed to the vision of the Qi Watching Technique.
By the way, Lu Zhong also passed the malice detection test, and there were indeed warning signs in his heart.
Naturally, there was nothing to say after that, and a blue sword shadow passed by.
"Ah!" screamed.
The palm of the pickpocket's left hand was completely broken off, and blood gushed out like a spring.
The Chi Yang Magic Sword in his hand slowly dissipated, and Lu Zhong, who gave him a slight punishment, gave the man a cold look and continued walking towards the weapon refining workshop.
But he never thought that he would be surrounded by three people after just a few steps.
According to the results of the Qi Watching Technique, among the three people, there are two monks who are in the early stage of Qi Refining. The tall and thin one is at the third level of Qi Refining, and the thick one is at the second level of Qi Refining.
The tattooed man at the head was at the fifth level of Qi Refining.
The above is Lu Zhong’s judgment based on experience.
"Why, are you with him?"
Surrounded by three people, the expression on his face did not change at all. Instead, he questioned the tattooed man.
"Of course, he is our brother!" The tattooed man looked at the robe on Lu Zhong's body with a smile on his face, and continued: "Master Lu, we know that you are very rich, and now you have ruined my brother.
Shouldn’t he also pay for some decoction and medicine for his hand? You see, he won’t be able to do anything in the future.”
"Yes, yes..." The ashen-faced pickpocket responded tremblingly after hearing this.
"Ha, what if I say no?" Lu Zhong sneered.
He knew what the tattooed man was thinking, and he probably thought that the talisman makers were weaklings with extremely weak fighting skills and could be manipulated as he pleased in order to make a fortune.
It's a pity that the other party will miscalculate this time.
Although I don't want to cause trouble, it doesn't mean I will be afraid of it.
"In this case, Master Lu Fu, you won't be able to leave this street." The tattooed man's words contained a threat, and there was a faint flash of spiritual light in his sleeves, and the hidden meaning was self-evident.
Seeing that the atmosphere became tense, the two sides were about to start a fight.
At this moment, a shout came from the front.
"stop!"
After hearing this, Lu Zhong thought to himself, isn't this Huang Shuyuan's voice?
I looked up and saw that Huang Shuyuan was walking towards this side with a group of people on the other side of the street.
"Mo Laosan, what do you mean?" Huang Shuyuan asked with a cold face.
The tattooed man known as Mo Laosan glanced at the group of people following Huang Shuyuan, and then at Huang Shuyuan who was leading them. He stretched out his hands hidden in his sleeves and responded lazily:
"It's not interesting, I just came here to take a look."
After speaking, he looked deeply at Lu Zhong, his eyes seemed to contain deep meaning.
He immediately waved his hand and led the people away.
"Strange, how could Fellow Daoist Lu conflict with him?"
Huang Shuyuan looked at Mo Laosan leaving with a look of confusion on her face.
But now is not the time to talk about this. She signaled Lu Zhong to wait a moment, turned around and looked at the group of people behind her, "Okay, as we just said, come and collect the money one by one."
The first level of Qi Refining costs five Talisman coins per person, the second level of Qi Refining costs ten Talisman coins per person, and the third level of Qi Refining costs twenty Talisman coins per person.
In this way, Huang Shuyuan gave out a total of two talisman coins.
Lu Zhong saw it and said nothing, but secretly remembered it in his heart.