Chapter 227 Business Two, Business Three and Business Six
A new talisman from Shang Xia is only of the second level, and it is not worth dozens of silver dollars even if it holds up to the sky.
However, under the circumstances, Shang Xia priced the new talisman at 300 silver dollars, which seemed to be several times higher, but it greatly gave the elders of Jianmen a lot of face.
After Yu Chengjin said goodbye and left, Shang Ke couldn't help but ask again, even though Yu Chengjin had already asked him before, "Is it really a new talisman?"
Shang Xia laughed and said: "What a new talisman!"
Shang Ke quickly asked: "I heard your Uncle Quan say that you have been able to make second-level martial talismans, and now you have made a new talisman. How efficient is it?"
Shang Xia smiled bitterly and said: "Without affecting his cultivation, my grandson can make a second-level martial talisman in about ten days. However, the key now is not how fast my grandson can make the talisman, but that there may not be enough supply of talisman materials."
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Shang Ke sighed after hearing this: "Indeed, the largest provider of talisman materials in Tongyou City is the Yun family, especially for the production of talisman paper. Tongyou College needs a considerable part of the Yun family's supply every year. Although our merchants can also
They can make talismans, but they can only reach the second level at best, and both quality and quantity are far inferior to those of the Yun family."
These are all gaps in foundation. Despite the rapid rise of the merchant, in the eyes of outsiders, they now have two fourth-level warriors.
But in fact, the merchant's own industry is very shallow. Just like the merchants who previously made a lot of money in the two worlds, merchants can only do the most rudimentary processing of most extraordinary raw materials.
At best, the merchant's weapon masters can only repair sharp weapons, but they are unable to make them; the merchant's own pharmacists can only prepare second-level medicines at most; the merchant's talisman master is currently the most accomplished, the second-level Shang Xia.
Just a level talisman master.
Weapons are a threshold in terms of sharp weapons. Most other medicines, talismans, formations, etc. have a threshold of level three.
Apart from personal martial arts practice, the business's achievements in other areas are lackluster.
Compared with the other three major families in Tongyou City, the merchants are not really from a family background.
Shang Xia hesitated for a moment, changed the topic of martial arts, and asked: "Uncle, is there any progress on the man behind the battle of Changjie that day?"
Shang Ke shook his head and said: "It's complicated and confusing. Everyone has suspicions, but everyone has evidence of alibi. The water here is very muddy."
Shang Xia thought for a moment and then asked: "People from the four colleges are now gathered in Tongyou City. What do they want to do?"
"It's just a piece of the pie!"
Shang Ke smiled and then said: "
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Your most important task now is to be prepared to advance to the martial arts realm, and don’t worry about other things for now.”
After Shang Xia came out of the inner hall, he returned to his small courtyard.
Although he had been studying in seclusion for a period of time, and the fifth uncle was obviously unwilling to reveal more inside information to Shang Xia, Shang Xia could feel the treacherous situation in Tongyou City from Shang Ke's words.
If you want to take a shortcut from the inner hall to the small courtyard exclusive to Shang Xia, you need to pass through a martial arts field surrounded by green trees.
This is a place where merchants' disciples who have not yet entered extraordinary martial arts can strengthen their muscles and bones and lay a solid foundation.
All merchant children over ten years old would spend most of their time in this martial arts arena if they had nothing to do, and Shang Xia was no exception.
"Sixth Young Master!"
"Sixth Young Master!"
When Shang Xia passed by this martial arts arena, many businessmen along the way would say hello to Shang Xia.
In the past, Shang Xia would always respond with a smile, but today, because he had something on his mind, he just nodded and left quickly.
Among the merchant's direct descendants, merchant ranks sixth in his generation.
However, in fact, Shang Xia rarely saw other brothers and sisters of his generation, and he did not even know some of them.
But just as Shang Xia was about to leave the martial arts arena, a ray of cold light suddenly flashed through Shang Xia's peripheral vision.
Shang Xia felt a warning sign in his heart when he heard a slightly panicked voice coming from not far away: "Hey, Third Sister, wait!"
Shang Xia snorted coldly, twisted his fingers, and a two-inch wide and four-inch long talisman flew out from his sleeve.
The yellow paper talisman turned into a bright yellow flame as soon as it flew out. The yellow brilliance expanded outward from the flame, turning into a golden light barrier in front of Shang Xia.
This is the only talisman of the Shang Xia that was successfully produced among the second-level martial talismans recorded in the "Zhu's Talisman Classic" - the golden lamp barrier!
Almost at the moment when the golden light barrier appeared, a ray of cold light cut into it for more than two feet. In the end, due to exhaustion, it stopped at a position only three inches away from Shang Xia, unable to move forward an inch.
The stagnant cold light is actually a short sword one foot eight inches long.
Shang Xia's eyes passed over the dagger frozen in front of him, and finally fell on a woman about ten feet away from him, who was about ten years old.
At this time, the woman was struggling to move the sword finger, as if she wanted to pull the golden lantern away.
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The dagger imprisoned by the barrier was withdrawn.
But no matter how hard she tried, the dagger frozen in front of Shang Xia couldn't even move.
Next to the woman stood a young man of about the same age. The man's face was very similar to the woman's, but compared to the woman's slightly anxious and strenuous look, the young man looked slightly embarrassed.
However, this man was obviously not the one who just spoke to stop the woman from taking action.
Shang Xia's eyes turned again and fell on another young man who had just arrived at the martial arts arena and looked slightly anxious.
Although Shang Xia had not seen this person for a long time, Shang Xia was familiar with him.
This man is the grandson of the fifth uncle Shang Ke, and the son of the ninth uncle Shang Yang, Shang Fu. Among the third generation descendants of Shang, he ranks seventh after Shang Xia!
However, Shang Xia's eyes still did not linger on Shang Fu. Instead, they looked past the man and woman who stood side by side and had similar faces, and landed on a woman behind them who was dressed in smart clothes and had a mature temperament.
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The woman looked into Shang Xia's eyes with a smile, and a faint pressure made Shang Xia feel a little threatened.
"Third-level martial arts master!"
Shang Xia's eyes narrowed slightly, but he noticed that the woman was holding a sheathed long sword in her hand. She looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before.
From the time when the young woman made a sneak attack, to when Shang Xia used martial arts to imprison the attacker with the dagger, in just a split second, the other Shang disciples in the martial arts field were already alerted, and they exclaimed and cursed one after another, and some even shouted.
Warning.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"There's an assassin!"
"Young Master Six, be careful!"
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Some were so bold and reckless that they even picked up the guys on the martial arts field and started to hit the woman who struck.
Upon seeing this, Shang Xia quickly waved his hand to stop these ordinary family members who had not yet entered the Wuyuan Realm.
"Who are you?"
Shang Xia knew that the other party would not show up at the merchant's martial arts arena for nothing, and thinking about Shang Fu's shout just now, he vaguely guessed the identity of the person in front of him.
But this does not mean that Shang Xia will give the opponent a good look. After all, he was attacked without any reason. If he did not fight back on the spot, it would be Shang Xia's arrogance.