Chapter 102 The Master of Spirit Runes (4 updates, for 580 months)
"Eh?"
The shop owner, who was in his forties and already somewhat bald, was stunned. Two thoughts flashed through his mind. Did this teacher really have no money? Or was he bargaining with the price of retreat?
But judging from his age, he is only about twenty years old. He must not have learned the bargaining skills that only an old dog like himself can master, right?
The shop owner's eyes fell on Sun Mo's feet involuntarily. If he was bargaining, his pace would definitely slow down a little, waiting for him to take the initiative to lower the price and call him.
But no!
"Yes, you are really poor!"
The shop owner was depressed, but he still hurriedly chased after him. He was not an antique seller, so he only expected to sell one item to last for a year.
Tools like Spirit Pattern basically mean small profits but quick turnover, making hard-earned money.
"Teacher, let's look at other things. I dare say that there are no more than three stores on this street that have better spirit pattern equipment than my store."
The shopkeeper laughed.
"I thought you would say you were number one!"
Sun Mo joked.
"You are also a teacher, so you will definitely go shopping in other stores. If I brag, won't I be exposed?"
The somewhat bald shop owner would not despise doing things like belittling others and promoting oneself, not to mention the person in front of him is a teacher.
If you are a teacher, you will have students. If the teacher also uses the tools of his own spiritual pattern shop, it will be a real advertisement.
"You are a teacher, I can give you a 20% discount. If it exceeds one thousand taels of silver, I will give you a 30% discount!"
The shop owner is smiling and has great business acumen.
"I want some bargains!"
Sun Mo didn't feel embarrassed. Anyway, it was enough to complete a thousand spirit gathering patterns. There were no requirements on the ink and spirit pattern paper used!
Only a fool would spend a lot of money to buy high-quality products!
"You want to practice, right? Any of these spiritual pattern pens are fine, and they're not expensive. They only cost a hundred taels of silver at most."
The shopkeeper took five pens and handed them to Sun Mo.
Almost all are made of bamboo.
The shop owner, with his old-dog eyes trained in society, could tell that Sun Mo liked spirit pattern pens with this type of shape and material.
Sun Mo took it and tried to feel it.
The shopkeeper took a spiritual pattern and placed it on the table. He opened a bottle of used ink and called to Sun Mo: "Teacher, try drawing a spiritual pattern!"
Sun Mo was not polite and stood beside the table, picked up a most convenient spirit pattern pen and dipped it in ink. After pouring spiritual energy into the spirit pattern pen, he drew the first stroke on the spirit pattern paper.
The master's skill in depicting the spirit-gathering pattern made the complex pattern of the spirit-gathering pattern imprinted on Sun Mo's mind, and it had become instinctive.
Sun Mo didn't have to think at all, he just drew it, and it was the most perfect arc.
"pretty!"
As the owner of a spirit pattern shop, this forty-year-old bald man had seen many spirit patterns. When he saw Sun Mo starting to do it, he couldn't help but praise him.
As soon as the expert takes action, he will know if there is any!
Sun Mo's posture is elegant, chic, and pleasing to the eye. You can tell he has practiced it many times just by looking at it!
In fact, Sun Mo has never practiced before, but what is a 'master level'?
A master is one who has been immersed in a certain field for decades, has profound attainments, has his own insights and gains, and can open a school to teach disciples.
To be called a master already means that this person is almost at the top in this field. If you are higher up, you are a grandmaster, an even rarer existence.
Sun Mo actually just wanted to try the pen, but once he started drawing, he felt so happy that he didn't want to stop.
Sun Mo's current state is like finishing the questions to a great level. He can solve any difficult problem without any lag at all, so he can't stop at all.
One stroke at a time!
Moving clouds and flowing water!
Enjoyable!
More than a quarter of an hour later, a pair of spirit gathering patterns was completed.
Just when the last stroke was finished, as Sun Mo raised his pen, there was a bang, and the spirit-gathering pattern suddenly lit up with golden light.
The surrounding spiritual energy immediately surged over, forming a tornado more than ten centimeters high that was visible to the naked eye.
"This this……"
The bald shop owner was so shocked that he almost bit off his tongue.
This spirit-gathering pattern is probably at the fifth level, right?
Just like the same kind of fruit, because of different quality, the selling price is also different, things like spiritual patterns naturally have high and low values.
Spirit patterns are divided into nine levels based on quality, with level one being the lowest and level nine being the highest.
The first to third levels are low-end goods sold in various roadside spirit pattern shops, and the price is not too expensive. The fourth to sixth level spiritual patterns are beyond the reach of ordinary people, at least.
Only a well-off family will do.
As for spirit patterns above the seventh level, they are no longer common on the market. Even if they exist, they are only available in some large spirit pattern shops, and the price is naturally quite expensive.
If you don’t have a mine at home, don’t even think about buying this kind of spiritual pattern.
The spirit gathering pattern is the most common basic spirit pattern. Its effect is to gather the surrounding spiritual energy to form a space with a radius of several meters with a relatively high concentration of spiritual energy, allowing practitioners to practice with half the effort.
The spirit-gathering pattern drawn by Sun Mo actually triggered a tornado of spiritual energy when it was completed. This shows that the spirit-gathering pattern gathers spiritual energy very quickly and in large amounts.
Gudu!
The shop owner swallowed a mouthful of saliva and couldn't help but look at Sun Mo carefully.
The phenomenon of spiritual energy cyclone is a unique phenomenon that only occurs when spiritual patterns of level five or above are formed, and this kind of spirit-gathering spiritual patterns can be sold for five hundred taels of silver.
Ding!
Favorability from the shopkeeper +15, reputation turned on, neutral (15/100).
"Is it okay?"
Sun Mo admired his first work, and he was actually a little happy inside.
The knowledgeable owners of the spiritual pattern shop have contributed favorability points, which means that the painting of the gathering of spiritual patterns is really good.
"Okay! Pretty good!"
The shop owner hurriedly praised me. This was not a compliment, but a real compliment.
"I want this pen. I can choose any kind of ink. I want this kind of spiritual pattern paper."
Sun Mo chose the tools.
"ah?"
The bald shop owner was shocked and stopped talking.
"What's wrong?" Sun Mo frowned: "Is it out of stock?"
"No...it's not..." The shop owner pointed at the ink and then at the spirit pattern paper: "Is this the one you use?"
"I told you, I am a poor man!"
Sun Moxin said that if I want to upgrade to a higher-end one, I have to afford it!
"Teacher, may I ask your name?"
The owner's attitude was very respectful.
"Sun Mo!"
This is nothing to hide.
"Teacher Sun, to be honest, these papers are not worthy of your spirit pattern painting skills. No, they are simply a waste!"
The paper the bald shopkeeper took out was not the cheapest, but it was not much more expensive because Sun Mo had no money.
This is because you, Sun Mo, are a teacher. The bald shop owner wants this repeat customer, otherwise he will give him the worst spirit pattern paper to try.
Even if it's the worst, don't look down on it, because when students come to buy it, the paper they try out is simply white paper for ordinary writing.
There is no way, the cheapest spirit pattern paper costs 20 to 30 yuan.
This money is enough to buy two drawers of steamed buns. The day laborers who carry the steamed buns at the dock earn only so much after working so hard for a day.
"I have no money!"
Sun Mo shrugged his shoulders.
"Hey, the spirit-gathering patterns you drew have reached this level, and you still say you have no money? Really..."
The bald shop owner shouldn't have commented on it, especially when his eyes fell on the soul-gathering pattern on the table, he regretted it and wanted to slap himself.
If I had been more generous just now and took out a bottle of good ink and a piece of high-quality spiritual pattern paper, wouldn't this be a sixth-level spiritual pattern?
A spiritual pattern of this level can easily be sold for one thousand taels of silver!
The height of the spirit pattern grade is not only related to the level of the spirit pattern master, but also related to the material. After all, if the material is too poor, it will not have much effect.
But having said that, who would have thought that this young teacher could just draw such a high-grade spirit-gathering pattern casually!
etc!
Is he just painting casually?
Thinking of this, the shop owner looked at Sun Mo with a hint of shock.
Because he is engaged in spiritual pattern work, the son of the bald shop owner has been exposed to spiritual patterns since he was a child, and he also likes spiritual patterns. This kind of gathering spirit pattern is the first spiritual pattern that his son learned. He has been painting it for ten years now, which can be regarded as
A small success.
But now it takes him nearly half an hour to paint a picture.
This Teacher Sun picked it up easily and it only took more than a quarter of an hour. It was three times faster than his own son, and his grade was so good...
"I thought that brat was very talented in spiritual patterns!"
The bald shop owner was so shocked that he decided to give his son a good beating to vent his anger when he came back in the evening.
"You want to buy my spirit-gathering pattern?"
Sun Mo understood what the shop owner meant.
"Do you want to sell it? I can provide you with the best spiritual pattern equipment, and for each spiritual pattern of this level, I will give you two hundred taels!"
The shop owner directly set the price.
"Two hundred taels?"
Sun Mo was a little surprised. He didn't expect the spirit pattern to be so profitable?
I have worked hard for several days to write Journey to the West, and even if it sells well, I will earn tens of thousands of taels of silver in royalties, but painting 200 spirit-gathering patterns will only amount to 20,000 taels.
Of course, it takes a few days, but this is money earned by relying on your own skills!
"Sun Mo, you have overlooked one issue. Your spirit-gathering pattern drawing technique is at the master level. It would take at least twenty years for ordinary spirit pattern masters to reach this level. By the time they reach the master level, they will have already become famous.
Now, do you still need to make money by painting spirit-gathering patterns?"
The system despises: "Can't you pursue something a little bit? The system gives you the spirit pattern technique, not for you to make money."
"Too!"
Sun Mo agreed with this point of view. If a master-level spirit pattern master accepted some random students, the tuition fees alone would probably be too much for him.
"Teacher Sun, your Soul-Gathering Patterns are of very good quality and can be sold for a large price. However, the market is not big. After all, there are not many students who can afford such expensive Spirit-Gathering Patterns!"
The shop owner tells the truth.
"Too little!"
Sun Mo spoke frankly.
"Two hundred and fifty taels!"
The shopkeeper increases the price.
"Do you think I'm two hundred and fifty?"
Sun Mo frowned.
"Don't dare! Don't dare!"
The shopkeeper quickly apologized, gritted his teeth, and quoted a price: "Three hundred taels!"
Sun Mo was silent.
"Teacher Sun, no matter how much you make, I won't even be able to earn much of my hard-earned money. After all, I provide all the materials, and I am responsible for sales. I can't even take a sip of the soup."
The shop owner cried and said that the price was actually very good.
"I'll go to other spiritual tattoo shops and ask!"
Sun Mo is leaving.
In fact, after listening to the system's words, Sun Mo had already figured out that he wanted to become a famous teacher, and he wanted to be famous all over the world, not to make a lot of money.
Think about it, cultivating a spear saint who can leave a mark in history is more powerful and gives you a sense of accomplishment than making a lot of money.
However, who would think that money is too little?
At least if I earn a few hundred taels more, I can upgrade Papaya Girl's food to a higher level.
"Three hundred and thirty taels!"
The shop owner really made a sincere offer this time.
Rather than making money, he decided to build a good relationship with Sun Mo first. If his son could secretly learn a few of his spiritual patterns, that would be more important than making money.
"Can!"
Sun Mo was satisfied.
"Teacher Sun, let me agree first that I will only acquire the spirit-gathering pattern if it is of this level."
The shop owner quickly added: "The number of defective products and accidental loss of materials must be controlled below 10%."
"definitely."
Sun Mo didn't plan to fool the shop owner yet.
Seeing that Sun Mo did not make excuses, but agreed without hesitation, the shop owner breathed a sigh of relief. This teacher was easy to deal with, but then he rubbed his hands again.
"that……"
The shop owner hesitated to speak.
"explain!"
Sun Mo ordered calmly.
"Can you draw another one?"
The shopkeeper said, and immediately brought the spirit pattern pen that Sun Mo liked, and took out the best ink and spirit pattern paper, and respectfully placed them neatly on the table.
Sun Mo didn't care. He picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, injected spiritual energy into the spirit pattern pen, and began to draw the spirit pattern.
"Well!"
The shopkeeper's heart trembled violently, don't you need to think about it? The materials this time are very expensive. If the painting is wrong, hundreds of taels of silver will be wasted.
However, as Sun Mo described it, the shop owner realized that he was overthinking.
Just like before, it only took Sun Mo more than a quarter of an hour to complete the Spirit Gathering Pattern, and during the entire process, Sun Mo's posture was freehand and freehand, without any stagnation or reflection.
It seems that drawing the spirit-gathering pattern has become as instinctive as drinking water and eating.
Because the materials used were better, a larger tornado was born than before. Even if the concentration of spiritual energy was too high, some flashing spots would appear, like stars in the night sky.
"pretty!"
"it's beautiful!"
Apart from this sentence, the owner cannot find any other praise.
Ding!
Favorability from the shopkeeper +20, neutral (35/100).
Sun Mo put down his pen.
The shopkeeper looked at the spirit-gathering pattern on the table and subconsciously reached out, wanting to take it in his hand and appreciate it carefully, but then stopped again.
He was worried about getting the spiritual pattern dirty.
"Sixth level, this is definitely a sixth level spiritual pattern, it can be sold for at least one thousand taels of silver!"
The shop owner was very excited.
"Are you ready? You should pack up the spirit pattern equipment first. I have something to do later, so it's time to leave."
Sun Mo didn't want to waste time.
The shop owner did not dare to neglect, and immediately packed up the best ink and spirit pattern paper in the shop and placed them in front of Sun Mo.
“I don’t have money to pay the deposit!”
Sun Mo reminded.
"What deposit do you need to pay?"
The shop owner was very generous.
He actually wants it, but what if he offends someone? He won't meet such a powerful spirit pattern master for several years, and even if he does, they won't cooperate with him.
Therefore, the shop owner mainly serves Sun Mo.
Besides, Sun Mo is a teacher at Zhongzhou University. You can find out by asking yourself. Anyway, a monk who can escape cannot escape from the temple.
Sun Mo took the things and left.
After the shop owner saw him off, he couldn't wait to return to the shop and carefully admired the spirit-gathering pattern. This was simply a work of art!
A student walked in and saw the spiritual energy tornado on the table that had not completely dissipated. His eyes lit up and he immediately rushed over.
"I want this spiritual pattern!"
Look, this is a rich person who never asks the price and just buys it!
The shop owner was filled with emotion.
If he usually met this kind of customer, he would have served him with a smile, but not today.
"Sorry, not selling!"
The shop owner refused.
"Why?"
Fang Yan was puzzled and reached out to touch the spirit gathering pattern.
Just seeing the size of the spiritual energy tornado, Fang Yan had already determined that it was a good spirit gathering pattern. Now that he looked closer, he realized how superficial his evaluation was.
The direction, arrangement, and thickness of each spiritual line are simply pleasing to the eye and full of beauty. If Fang Yan got it, he would definitely not be willing to use it. Instead, he would frame it and hang it on the wall for appreciation.
"I want to keep it for my son!"
The shop owner bluntly said that he made money to support his family and to train his son to become a talented person. Now that he encountered such a good spirit-gathering pattern, he would definitely give it to his son first.
"You...you...you are such a waste of resources!"
Fang Yan was almost furious.
You actually want to use such a beautiful spirit pattern? Do you know that you will be punished by God?
When the shop owner saw the angry Fang Yan, he took a few steps back in shock.
There was no way around it, this guy was over two meters tall, with gnarled muscles and was as strong as a huge iron tower. Once he got angry, he felt like he was going to tear his enemy alive and devour him.
"Make a price!"
Fang Yan urged.
"I said I won't sell it!"
The shopkeeper rolled up the spirit pattern paper as quickly as possible and hid it behind his back. He was worried that Fang Yan would snatch it, so he gave a warning.
"Looking at your school uniform, it must be from Zhongzhou University. If you dare to mess around, I will go to your Principal An and file a complaint!"
"hehe!"
Fang Yan was very happy, but when he saw the shop owner's appearance, he also knew that he might not be able to buy this spirit-gathering pattern.
Oh, I’m really unwilling!
"My store will have spirit-gathering patterns of similar grade to this one in the future. If you want them, I can keep them for you."
The shopkeeper was very cunning. He didn't say sell, but said keep it, so that it would appear that his goods were very popular.
"At my level, why do I need spirit-gathering patterns?"
Fang Yan shook his head and laughed.
The spirit-gathering pattern is a spiritual pattern that can be used by practitioners in the early stages of the body-forging realm and the god-refining realm. No matter how high the realm is, the little spiritual energy gathered by the spirit-gathering pattern is simply a drop in the bucket. It will be used up after a few breaths.
The reason why Fang Yan wanted this spirit-gathering pattern was purely because he liked the spirit-pattern technique. He fell in love with this spirit-gathering pattern and planned to keep it as a collection.
use?
Reluctant to part with it!
“It’s for collection!”
The shop owner suddenly understood, and then remembered Sun Mo's understatement when he painted this spirit gathering pattern. If he was serious, he should have painted better than this one, right?