Up until now, I have only one word for my enlightenment and practice: poor.
When I went to the outer world, I first took shelter in the Demon Realm's Tiger Clan and soaked up the spiritual energy. Then I followed the Heavenly Demon to the residence of the Great Zhou Envoy and also soaked in the spiritual energy. Therefore, many times, I subconsciously thought that it was that place in the human world.
Generally speaking, although sunshine, air and water are indispensable, they are readily available. Natural human rights are ordinary, but the matter of earning spiritual stones has been completely forgotten.
If we talk about cultivation resources, the Nine-Leaf Green Lotus Lamp has turned into a Green Lotus Spirit Fire at this moment, the Haiyin Snail has been forcibly borrowed, and there are also the Yin Yang Stone that we just got, and the unknown one that seems to be the Xuanyang Star.
Fire beads of things. Oh, by the way, there are also some Xingyun Bamboo. In addition, there are some cultivation techniques.
.On that day, I practiced the exercises in the Mandala Dharma Realm, the Vajra Indestructible Hidden Exercises, and the Buddhist salvation techniques. These were acquired in the human world. When I arrived in Heaven, I obtained the Green Lotus in the Troubled World to save all living beings at the Ci'en Temple in the capital city of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The other method is the Tathagata Tathagata's Blazing Palm Technique obtained from the Yihui Treasure House.
But Wuxu didn't dare to reveal these easily, especially in this demonic land. One was that Wuxu realized that these were not ordinary things. If he revealed them rashly, he might attract people to covet them. The other was that he didn't know the market price.
, If, as the World Honored One said in Journey to the West, if a disciple chants sutras for three days and only gets three measures of gold, he will be slaughtered.
Wuxu couldn't help but look at Zhu Yuanzhang. To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang has always been a bit unclear to Wuxu, whether it was his cultivation or family background.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw Wuxu looking at him, smiled bitterly, and shook his head slightly.
Li Mingshan outside, already a little impatient, asked again, "How many spiritual stones or equivalent items can you two fellow Taoists give me?"
Seeing that Wuxu and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't answer, Li Mingshan thought for a while and asked Lu Zixu, "But I wonder how much that Qilin Armor is worth?"
Lu Zixu pondered for a moment, "The Qilin Armor is a special prize established by our store. It is originally made from the skin of the Qilin and refined with many precious treasures. According to the current market price, it can be valued at half a million spiritual stones."
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Five hundred thousand spirit stones! Li Mingshan obviously didn't expect it and fell silent. Wuxu and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but widen their eyes. Five hundred thousand spirit stones? It's enough for ordinary people. A family of three can stay in the capital of Zhou Dynasty all their lives. It's leisurely.
It's time to relax. Wu Xu thought about it secretly. He had been using spiritual energy before, and he had been focusing on his physical body in practice. Did he have any other ideas?
Li Mingshan was silent for a moment, and then said, "I wonder if I don't want the Kirin Armor, but the spirit stones of equal value? And according to what the two shopkeepers said, those items such as the blazing sun stone, ethereal liquid, and rosewood are worth one hundred thousand spirit stones.
.Will you buy four more True Spirit-level psychic pills from your store?"
Shopkeeper Qian smiled and said, "If we buy back the Qilin Armor from our store, we can only buy it back for 400,000 spirit stones."
What a profiteer! Wuxu and Zhu Yuanzhang shouted angrily at Li Mingshan in the Dharma Realm, telling her not to accept such a harsh buyback.
Who knew, Li Mingshan asked back, "This Qilin Armor belongs to Li, what does it have to do with these two fellow Taoists?"
Wuxu and Zhu Yuanzhang were instantly angry.
But at this moment, Lu Zixu spoke again, "These nine psychic pills, in fact, our store has regulations and cannot be divided and sold."
Li Mingshan was stunned, "Why is this?"
Seeing Li Mingshan ask this, Lu Zixu also seemed to smile bitterly, "Fellow Taoist, you should know that now the Great Zhou Dynasty has expelled all my branches of Duobao Pavilion. Nowadays, although Duobao Pavilion is not allowed to exist in Demon Realm and other places,
, but the future situation is uncertain. Therefore, we hope to do some big deals with some powerful monks."
"Fellow Daoist Li, it seems that all the Duobao Pavilions in the Great Zhou Dynasty have been expelled. If there is something urgently needed by Daoist Li here, the poor monk thinks that he can buy it first. As for the psychic pill, I can't think of a solution later.
Too late." Wuxu thought and suggested to Li Mingshan.
"I'm afraid things are not that simple." Zhu Yuanzhang whispered from the side.
Sure enough, Li Mingshan didn't know whether Wuxu's words were valid or not. She just smiled at the two shopkeepers of Duobao Pavilion in front of her and said, "I am so frightened to receive such favor from the two great shopkeepers. But I don't know what's going on, so please tell me clearly."
"Since Taoist friend mentioned this, we won't beat around the bush anymore." Lu Zixu said with a smile, stroking his hands.
Shopkeeper Qian took out a tea set on the side, and with his hands flying, he had three cups of fragrant hot tea.
Lu Zixu, holding the teacup in his hand, nodded slightly towards Li Mingshan.
Li Mingshan was not afraid, and immediately raised the tea cup that flew over to Lu Zixu and returned the courtesy, and took a sip of tea gently.
"Fellow Taoist, do you believe in luck?" Lu Zixu asked casually after having a drink with Li Mingshan.
Li Mingshan seemed not to have expected that Lu Zixu would ask this question. She held up the fragrant tea cup, pondered for a moment, and replied, "I don't believe it. How can we, the devil cultivators, believe in luck? If we believe in this, how can we talk about defying heaven?"
, Tiancan, great freedom?”
"But fellow Taoist himself has excellent luck." Lu Zixu said with a smile, "About three years ago, fellow Taoist was poisoned by a strange poison and was hunted by others. He fled to our store and won the first prize at that time.
The prize was the detoxifying elixir Qingxu San, which enabled me to escape from death. Today, Taoist friend entered the store and won the special prize of Qilin Armor."
Li Mingshan put down her tea cup and stood up slowly, holding the Purple Sun Sword in her hand, "Is it possible that your store suspects Li of cheating?"
Lu Zixu smiled and signaled to Li Mingshan that there was no need to be nervous, "This store has absolutely no intention of doing so. Taoist friends should not have such suspicions."
Li Mingshan sat down again and asked in a deep voice, "But I wonder what happened to these two fellow Taoists?"
"Fellow Taoist, please listen to Mr. Lu speak slowly." Lu Zixu still smiled, "Fellow Taoist Huo Dong, the lord of the gambling city, you should have heard of his name, right?"
Li Mingshan nodded.
"Not long after the Great Zhou Dynasty reformed the system, City Lord Huo, who seldom takes action now, comes to my Duobao Pavilion every few days to have a few gambling games with us, and he wins a lot every time." Lu
Zixu spoke eloquently, but his tone couldn't help but become a lot colder.
Li Mingshan was stunned for a moment, and then asked hesitantly, "Two shopkeepers, do you think Li is so lucky that you want Li to help you fight against the gambling king Huo Dong?!"
Shopkeeper Qian glanced at Lu Zixu with hesitation in his eyes.
Lu Zixu still smiled, but did not give a clear answer. He just said, "The so-called gambling, in the final analysis, one relies on gambling skills, including gambler's psychology and tricks, and the other relies on gambling."
Luck. The former is skill, and the latter is almost Tao. The gambling king Huo
Dong, his gambling skills are unparalleled, and he seems to be close to the Tao. In this Duobao Pavilion, no matter how hard we rack our brains and make countless calculations, we will lose completely in the end. So, the only way to win against him is,
Just find someone with great luck and win over him with luck!"
When he said this, he was firm and decisive, but also had a sense of all-or-nothing.
Li Mingshan was even more stunned by what Lu Zixu said. She was silent for a long time and then replied, "The last time I won the first prize was three years ago. Today, Li was just lucky and won the special prize.
Fellow Taoist, is there something wrong with thinking this way?"
Lu Zixu seemed to have expected what Li Mingshan would say. He sighed and said word by word to Li Mingshan, "To be honest, the lottery tickets on the counter today should not have special prizes at all. Because that one can win the special prize."
The lottery ticket has always been carried and kept by Lu."
Li Mingshan's expression changed after hearing this, "Does that mean Li cheated?! He stole the lottery ticket that shopkeeper Lu kept on his person?"
Lu Zixu waved his hand, "Just before Taoist friend entered the store, Lu came to the front counter on a whim for some unknown reason, so he took this opportunity to check the lottery tickets. After confirming that they were correct, he went back
Back to the back hall. But then I found that the special prize lottery ticket was no longer with me. Lu was summoning shopkeeper Qian. At this time, Taoist friend Li came in and won the lottery ticket. This is Taoist friend's luck.
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Li Mingshan was silent, as if she didn't know what to say.
I heard Lu Zixufu continue to say, "The theory of luck has been around for thousands of years, but it is all vague and unfounded. Just like becoming an immortal and attaining the Tao, how many of us monks can see someone becoming an immortal and attaining the Tao?"
?But it cannot be denied that some people are born with
Wealth and destiny, some people are born with good luck, doing things smoothly, getting twice the result with half the effort, or making the impossible possible, creating many miracles. Demonic monks go against the will of the heavens, but in fact, go against the heavens and pay more attention to luck.
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Li Mingshan remained silent, seemingly unable to accept these views for a while.
Until Lu Zixu came up with specific conditions, if Li Mingshan could compete with Huo Dong on behalf of Duobao Pavilion, no matter whether he won or lost, he would make the decision with shopkeeper Qian to spend the one million things, such as the Fiery Sun Stone and the Void Spirit Liquid,
Be it red sandalwood or nine psychic pills at the true spirit level, all were given to Li Mingshan as a reward for gambling.
So good? Wuxu was a little doubtful and immediately summoned Li Mingshan to remind Li Mingshan that it would be okay if he won, but what if he lost?
Zhu Yuanzhang also sent a message to Li Mingshan, but told her that she could agree first.
Li Mingshan, who was assertive, seemed to have taken Zhu Yuanzhang's suggestion for granted, and asked Lu Zixu, "If these two fellow Taoists really want Li, a so-called man with excellent luck, to come forward to have a bet with Mr. Huo, they should respond."
You two have to prepare your gambling money. And you must pay the reward to Li first."
Lu Zixu and Lu Zixu looked at each other and nodded. But the shopkeeper Qian smiled and said, "Since he is so big, if you don't mind, Daoyou Li, would you like to have a gambling fight with Qian first?"
Li Mingshan replied impatiently, "That's fine. If we lose, I won't have to wade through this muddy water."
Shopkeeper Qian seemed to be a skilled gambler. Hearing that Li Mingshan agreed to gamble with him, he couldn't help but perked up. He raised his hand and made an invitation gesture, "I wonder what you like to gamble with?"
Li Mingshan thought for a while and said, "I actually don't know how to gamble. Shopkeeper Qian should set the rules."
Shopkeeper Qian also thought for a while and then said, "In ordinary gambling games, in this Duobao Pavilion, there are actually suspicions of cheating. Why don't we bet on God?"
Betting on God? Li Mingshan and Na Lu Zixu both looked at Shopkeeper Qian.
Shopkeeper Qian smiled and raised his middle finger, "Let's bet on what color the sky above will be after three breaths."
Li Mingshan, without saying anything, stretched out her hand and held the sword, "Purple!"
"Okay!" Shopkeeper Qian shouted softly, "Silver!"
The casino has a defensive formation, which in addition to attack and defense, also simulates day and night effects. However, Duobao Pavilion has its own mysterious restrictions. From the beginning to the present, the sky above Duobao Pavilion has always been filled with silvery light like a river.
, regardless of whether it is black or white in the casino.
Of course, it is also possible that the city defense formation is operating at full strength, and Duobao Pavilion's restrictions have some accidents or are unwilling to conflict with the city defense formation, then the sky above Duobao Pavilion may also be black or white.
But no matter what, in this case, the purple Li Mingshan cannot be counted as a winner. If it cannot be counted as a win, then it is equivalent to a loss. She does not have that much luck.
But now after the gambling fight, the three breaths have arrived, and the sky above Duobao Pavilion turned out to be really purple.
Lu Qian and Lu Qian looked solemn.
"It can't be such a coincidence, right?" Shopkeeper Qian murmured to himself, "What a coincidence, an emergency order came from the headquarters."
"Junior Brother Qian, please stay with fellow Taoist Li. I'll come as soon as I go." Lu Zixu said to the astonished shopkeeper Qian, while waving his hands, he sent all the boxes suspended behind him to Li Mingshan.
In the Dharma Realm, Wuxu and Zhu Yuanzhang were also astonished. Is this Li Mingshan really lucky?