I Am Xianfan

Chapter 59: Lou County Branch

   Of course, in the past six months, Su Chen hasn't been completely without gains in spiritual materials.

   He often goes out to perform various handyman tasks, he needs to travel between counties, wading through the mountains, and once crossing a small river, he stepped on a small rock with blue water aura in the stream.

  Once again, while resting in the small woods, he accidentally touched a small piece of dead sycamore wood from nowhere, and discovered magically that there was a faint green wood aura in it.

  The spiritual energy they contain is very weak, but after all, it is also a spiritual reaction, not a dead object such as a dead stone and dead wood without aura.

   These are purely passing by, accidentally picked up, and they were simply caught off guard by surprises.

   In the past six months, Su Chen has been surprised to find that Wu Jun actually has a small amount of aura materials. It's just that the naked eyes of mundane mortals can't distinguish between spiritual materials and non-spiritual materials, and they don't know anything.

   Even if the master has extraordinary perception, he may not notice their existence.

If Su Chen hadn’t obtained "Xiaoyaoyou" and knew that immortals really existed, and began to pay special attention to spiritual materials, and would often use extraordinary perception to probe things that he encountered, I am afraid that he would not know at all, in this mountain. Between the wilds, a small amount of spiritual material can actually be found.

   The only thing he regrets is that these unintentionally obtained spiritual materials are too fragmented and fragile.

   If the aura is too weak, the aura cannot be retained.

   Su Chen tried to make a piece of spiritual ink from the sycamore wood, but after grinding it into powder, the spiritual energy inside actually collapsed and disappeared.

   A few other pieces of spiritual materials are like small pieces of water spirit stones, but they are not a complete set of charm systems, and they cannot be made into a charm at all, and they are of little use to him temporarily.

   This surprised Su Chen with a few more regrets.

"Collecting these spiritual materials is too difficult. How long will it take to collect a set of magical equipment? I used to hear people in the rivers and lakes saying that the real man Hanshan rarely stays in the Taoist temple. gallant.

   At that time, I always felt that the life of real people was very leisurely. Thinking about it now, it's not the case at all, I'm afraid I'm too tired, running around thousands of miles around, busy collecting materials for magic charms, and there is no spare time to play.

   And this matter has to be done by yourself. Others can't see the spiritual material, so they can't help at all. "

   Su Chen couldn't help but sigh.

   If he hadn't personally experienced this half a year and knew how difficult it was to obtain spiritual materials, he would not have thought of the suffering of the real person Hanshan traveling all year round.

  ...

   On this day, Su Chen came to Lou County, hundreds of miles away from Gusu County, and a shopkeeper of a medicine shop under the name of the Wang Gang sent a letter and a batch of cheap dried herbs.

   Lou County is one of the thirteen counties in Wu County. It is a bit far away from the prosperous water commercial road of the North-South Transportation Canal. Naturally, it is not as lively and prosperous as Gusu County, which is much quieter and more peaceful.

   Su Chen was about to go back to Gusu City after finishing this handyman duty. Walking on a quiet old alley street in Lou County, he accidentally saw an old pen shop with a very old plaque.

   This old pen shop is hidden in Yijiaochang in Laoxiang. If you don't pay attention, you will miss it. You will not notice it at all.

  Su Chen came to Lou County several times, and it was the first time he noticed this inconspicuous old pen shop.

   "Li's Pen Shop!"

   "Ancestral to five generations, a century-old horn!"

   Su Chen looked at the plaque of this old pen shop, and his heart moved.

   "Spirit pen, spirit ink, spirit paper, and spirit inkstone" are the four major pieces for writing and drawing a magic talisman, but it is too difficult to collect, almost all depends on luck. I don't know if this century-old pen shop has what he wants.

   Su Chen did not enter immediately.

   It's nothing more than looking for spiritual materials in the wild mountains, and they won't be seen.

   However, he was very cautious when looking for spiritual materials in such a man-operated shop, and could not leave traces that could trace him so as not to be caught by others.

   Su Chen turned to another street, found an uninhabited corner, changed into a linen gown, and put on a bamboo hat. He lowered the edge of the hat, and then walked into this century-old pen shop.

   This is not a big one, even in a decadent old pen shop. In front of the counter, there is a middle-aged shopkeeper who is fiddled with an old abacus, calculating the incoming and outgoing accounts of the last few days.

   "Shop, can there be talisman pens here?"

  Su Chen covered his face with a hat, preventing the shopkeeper from seeing his face clearly, and his voice became much lower.

"Brother is the talisman pen used by Taoist priests? Our shop is the oldest pen shop in Lou County. It has been passed down for five generations. It is best at making all kinds of pens, including various colored brushes used by talented scribes, and rune pens used by Taoist priests. There are judge pens used by Jianghu warriors. They are all displayed at the counter of the small shop, and the guest officials can pick them at will!"

   The middle-aged shopkeeper didn't lift his head, and asked casually.

"Oh!"

   Su Chen nodded, and walked through several front counters.

   The cabinet is filled with talisman pens of various colors, which are very cheap. The worst grades only require ten copper plates, and the better ones only have forty or fifty copper plates.

   He read it carefully and was not satisfied.

   Just look at their category and color. They are some of the most common vulgar bamboos. Rune pens made of rabbit hair, chicken hair, pig bristles, etc. are far from the magic pen he was looking for.

   Whether this material is spiritual material or not, ordinary people can't see it, nor can it tell.

   But Su Chen has been exposed to a small amount of spiritual materials in the past half a year, and he has more experience, and his natural eyesight has also developed a bit. Basically, you can see that it is 30% sure at a glance, and you can completely determine whether it is spiritual material by touching it again.

   Su Chen could easily see that these talisman pens on the counter were too far apart, and they weren't the kind of pen he wanted.

   The middle-aged shopkeeper saw that Su Chen was a bit picky, and he couldn't help but look down on ordinary goods, so he couldn't help but get excited.

He put down his abacus and ledger, raised his head and smiled and asked, "This little brother is quite eye-catching. This talisman pen is really not for ordinary people. Only Taoist priests can use it when drawing talisman. Isn't it true? Our new brothers from the White Lotus Sect, are you ready to learn to draw the White Lotus Taoist Talisman?"

   "Huh... the store, is also the White Lotus Taoist priest?"

   Su Chen was stunned by the shop owner's question.

  He has been in the arena for more than two years, and he often comes to Lou County to deliver letters and deliver goods. Naturally, he knows that Lou County is the site of the Bailian Sect. The rudder of the Bailian Sect is on an island in Dianshan Lake in Lou County. He is quite influential on the rivers and lakes, but he is low-key.

   This white lotus religion believes in the King of Light and the unborn mother, and is not welcomed by the government. It has always been mysterious and low-key in Wu County.

   The Hanshan Taoist temple outside Gusu City believes in the Sanqing Immortal Venerable. This is the orthodox Taoist sect recognized by the Tang court, which is naturally very different from the Bailian religion.

   The rivers and lakes of the thirteen counties in Wu County were divided by the five big gangs in Wu County.

  Only in Lou County, the White Lotus Sect is the strongest local power. It operates an ordinary railroad, and it is impossible to spill oil or water into it.

   With the strength of the five major gangs in Wu Jun, they would not get in, and any resident sub-rudder would be eradicated by the White Lotus Cult. The Yaowang Gang can only operate a pharmacy and sell medicinal materials here, and cannot develop sub-rudder and disciples.

   Even Wu Jun’s prestigious Hanshan Taoist Temple has not much appeal in Lou County.

   There are most people in Lou County who believe in Bailian Buddhism in private and regard themselves as Bailian Taoists.

  The Yaowang Gang warned his disciples that when walking in Lou County, you must not offend the Taoist priests of the White Lotus Sect.

  Su Chen has always been low-key and never dealt with disciples of the Bailian Sect. As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help being silent, did not answer that he was, nor did he deny that he was not.

  "You don’t need to be nervous, my fellow disciples of the Bailian Sect, often go to the Bailian Repentance Hall in Dianshan Lake to listen to the teachings of Master Mao!

   Our Bailianjiao brothers are all in the family, and Bailianjiao brothers often come to our shop to buy talisman pens. What kind of talisman pen you want, let me sell it to you at a cheaper price! "

   The middle-aged shopkeeper may think that Su Chen is a more vigilant young disciple who is new to the White Lotus Sect, so he could not help being kind, and said quickly.

   "The store, don't you have a better talisman?!"

  Su Chen doesn't want to talk about the White Lotus ~www.NovelMTL.com~ so as not to show flaws.

  The middle-aged store happily took out a few boxes of high-end pens from under the counter.

  The material grades of these rune pens are more exquisite in workmanship, and they are mostly made of red sandalwood wood, wolf hae, and weasel hae. Of course, the price is much higher, ranging from five hundred copper plates to one or two silver.

   This is already the high price in the talisman pen.

   After all, is there anyone in Lou County who has enough food and is all right, who will buy a month's income, buy a talisman that can only draw Taoism, but no other usefulness?

   Many of the bottom disciples of the Bailian Sect are ordinary people, and most of them are not well-off and will not spend the wrong money.

   Su Chen took these talisman pens in his hand and used his own perception to perceive, but there was no induction, and he couldn't help but shook his head and said: "It still doesn't work, is there no better?"

   He was a little disappointed. It seems that the so-called century-old pen shop in Lou County couldn't find the magic pen he wanted.

   "This grade, you can't even look at it?"

  The middle-aged store owner would be surprised, and couldn't help but ponder: "If you want to be better, then I am afraid there is only a small store's treasure of the town! But the price is quite expensive, can I afford it?"

   "First take it and see if it is the talisman I want. The price will be stated separately. Even if the money is not enough now, I will save enough money later and come back to buy it again."

   Su Chen said.

"Ok!"

  The middle-aged shopkeeper quickly took out a golden rune pen from an old iron-locked wooden box under the cabinet, and showed it to Su Chen.

   This golden talisman pen is very exquisite. The barrel is made of gold stone and the nib is a bunch of unknown golden animal hair.

   Su Chen took the golden talisman pen in his hand, and was surprised to feel that it was as heavy as a stone of coldness, and he probed it in with his extraordinary perception. The golden beast hair on the pen nib seemed to flicker as a melting golden light.

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