Rong Jing was born with spiritual abilities, capable of changing the heavens and earth and deciding the nation's fate with a wave of his hand. He was the Grand Imperial Preceptor of the Great Z...
Fifteen million is a huge sum of money for an ordinary person, but Rong Jing took it out so easily.
Xie Xuan lowered his eyes slightly and looked at his delicate and smooth profile, then responded with a low "OK".
At this point, the matter has been barely resolved.
Lan Qinghong took the three soul-restoring talismans with a smile, and did not leave immediately. Instead, he stayed, and his words showed that he was quite apologetic for hiding the secret from the Lan family.
Upon seeing this, the Heavenly Masters decided not to blame him any more and they all dispersed.
Lan Qinghe: "Cousin, these two magic weapons..."
Lan Qinghong had a smile on his face, but his tone turned cold. He gritted his teeth and said, "Of course I have to put it away carefully. I will use it to repair the formation when I return."
Of course, Lan Qinghe also heard the unwillingness in his words -
But, as a member of the Lan family, who can be willing to do this?
They had clearly controlled the spread of the corpse qi, but Rong Jing only said a few words and forced them to put back the magic weapon that they had paid a huge price to obtain. The deaths of their two cousins were in vain.
Lan Qinghe felt resentment in his heart, but he also knew that his family's actions had indeed angered the public. Pursing his lips, he reached out and carefully packed up the two magic weapons. He couldn't help but look up and glanced at Rong Jing's departing back from a distance.
Many of the Heavenly Masters who had previously glared at their Lan family followed him, and when they faced each other, they all had respectful and friendly smiles on their faces.
The other party stepped on the reputation of their Lan family and became the most popular person in this metaphysics exchange event.
But, why?
"Pack your things and go back." Lan Qinghong also noticed the scene, clenched his fists, and still spoke calmly.
The wound on his palm was still bleeding, and when his fingernails dug into it, it hurt so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.
Lan Qinghong felt the pain in his palms and memorized the humiliation bit by bit.
One day, when the Lan family has accumulated enough wealth...
"Let's go." Lan Qinghong came back to his senses and said again.
Lan Qinghe also withdrew his gaze and responded softly.
"Yes, cousin."
The Lan and Huang families came with great fanfare but left quietly.
Although many of the Huang family members did not understand why things suddenly turned out like this, seeing the patriarch's solemn expression, they did not dare to say anything and could only leave with him.
Rong Jing had just returned to his position at this time. Feeling the fluctuations of the formation outside, he raised his eyes slightly to take a look, then retracted his gaze.
"Master Rong, what I just said is true. I wonder if you still have the Fuling Talisman? I'm willing to pay five million for one." A master who specialized in talismans followed Rong Jing closely and asked without giving up.
That was the long-lost Soul Restoring Talisman! Just looking at the attitude of those Heavenly Masters who had worked with the special department towards Rong Jing, and thinking about the abilities that the other party had shown before, this talisman was most likely the real thing!
Although spending five million to buy a talisman sounds like a spendthrift act, but think about it carefully, what if they can use the talisman to figure out the trick of drawing the Soul-Restoring Talisman?
——Even if they cannot copy it, they can buy a long-lost Soul-Restoring Talisman with five million as a foundation to constantly ponder the mystery of it. For these heavenly masters who specialize in the art of talismans, it is also a profit.
There were many people who had the same idea as him, even Taoist Master Miaoyin joined in and looked at him expectantly.
Rong Jing, who had initially only wanted to stop the Lan family from seizing the magical weapon: "..."
It’s not that there isn’t.
He didn't bring many talismans with him this time, but he also brought quite a few. He "sold" three Soul Restoring Talismans to Lan Qinghong, and now Rong Jing still had two Soul Restoring Talismans in his hand.
However, there are far more than two Heavenly Masters who want the Restoration Talisman. If it is traded through bidding, it may easily cause trouble.
Rong Jing thought about it and simply took out all the talismans he had brought and placed them casually on the table.
"That's the Soul Restoring Talisman!" A quick-eyed and quick-handed Heavenly Master quickly took the Soul Restoring Talisman on top, his eyes fell on the intricate runes on it, his expression infatuated, "It's full of spiritual power, and the aura is mysterious. It's really extraordinary..."
This guy's hands are too fast!
The other Heavenly Masters who failed to grab the talismans glared at him, and then turned their attention to the other ten or so talismans that Rong Jing took out.
The Yin-suppressing Talisman, the Evil-breaking Talisman, the Six Ding and Six Jia Talisman, the House-suppressing Talisman, the Soul-trapping Talisman...
Familiar and unfamiliar talismans are put together, and their auras both repel each other and blend with each other faintly, exuding an extremely powerful and mysterious feeling.
Even an ordinary person like Xie Xuanqing, who was not very sensitive to metaphysics, could not help but take a step back when he saw the dozen or so talismans, especially the evil-breaking talisman among them, so as not to be accidentally injured by the spiritual power emanating from the talismans.
The amplitude of his movement was not really too big. Rong Jing was sitting among a group of people, but he subconsciously glanced over there.
Xie Xuanqing noticed his gaze and couldn't help but smile faintly.
here we go again.
Rong Jing frowned slightly, and that tingling feeling in his heart came again.
After circulating the spiritual power in his body, Rong Jing suppressed this strange feeling and then retracted his gaze.
Seeing this, Xie Xuanqing smiled slightly, but didn't say anything.
The moment their eyes met, the dozen or so talismans that Rong Jing took out had already been taken by the surrounding Heavenly Masters, one for each of them.
At this time, there was no time to ask for another soul-restoring talisman. Someone hurriedly asked, "Master Rong Tian, what do you want to exchange for this Yin-suppressing talisman? Or how much does it cost?"
"I'm willing to pay one million in exchange for this Yin-suppressing Talisman!"
The Yin-suppressing Talisman can be said to be one of the most frequently used and most abundant talismans among the Heavenly Masters. In every previous metaphysical trade fair, it was always in great demand.
But no matter how easy it is to exchange, the price won’t be as high as “one million per ticket”.
A Taoist priest who happened to be passing by heard someone shouting out a price like that and almost thought it was some new comer who got cheated or some wealthy family who got ripped off.
Otherwise, who would spend this kind of money to buy a common Yin-suppressing Talisman? !
However, when he looked closely, he discovered that the Heavenly Master who was holding a talisman and looking at the talisman's owner nervously was actually a Heavenly Master who specialized in the art of talismans and had extremely high cultivation!
This is incredible! Is there something special about that talisman?
Out of curiosity, the Taoist priest couldn't help but take a few steps forward. He didn't see the true appearance of the Yin-suppressing Talisman, but when he turned around, he saw a house-suppressing talisman that was carefully held in the hands of one of the Taoist priests.
The cinnabar is rich and the strokes are neat, but the most shocking thing is that it carries an aura of spiritual power that is two to three times stronger than that of ordinary house-guarding talismans!
In other words, the range and duration that this house-guarding talisman can protect are twice as large as those of an ordinary house-guarding talisman.
Who drew this talisman? Even if the current Maoshan Daochang took action, he would not dare to say that the evil-breaking talisman he drew could have such a performance.
Could it be that the Zhen Yin Talisman is also of the same quality?
But even so, the price of one million for a Zhen Yin Talisman is still a bit too much.
Frowning, the Taoist priest couldn't help but want to take a closer look.
He continued to move forward, and the contents on the house-warding talisman became clearer and clearer.
The runes drawn with cinnabar are complex and mysterious, bearing traces of ordinary house-guarding talismans, but are more exquisite.
After a pause, the Taoist priest finally thought of something and looked up at the location.
really!
It is indeed the work of Master Rong Tian!
He not only changed the rune composition of the evil-breaking talisman, but even improved the house-guarding talisman.
Then are the other talismans he took out for exchange also...?
If they could get one of them and carefully study his ideas for improving the rune, could they also follow suit and improve other runes?
The Taoist priest was startled and joined the bidding.
Seeing that more and more people gathered around, Rong Jing lightly tapped the table with his fingertips, and the dozen or so talismans flew out of the hands of the heavenly masters and fell back in front of him.
Upon seeing this, everyone suddenly became quiet and waited for him to speak.
Rong Jing didn't really care how much these talismans could be exchanged for.
However, he took a look at the things that these heavenly masters could offer for exchange, and most of them were not very attractive to him. Instead of exchanging talismans for those things, it would be more useful for him to exchange them directly for money.
After thinking about it, Rong Jing simply arranged the talismans according to the difficulty of drawing them and set a price for each one.
Talismans that many people need, such as the Zhenyin Talisman and the Zhenzhai Talisman, cost five hundred thousand each.
The Six Ding and Six Jia Talismans were not too difficult to draw, but their function was rather simple, so they only cost four hundred thousand.
Rong Jing asked for two million for talismans such as the Soul-Trapping Talisman and the Soul-Restoring Talisman, which have long been lost.
Although it is still a bit expensive, it is much more affordable than the price of five million per ticket offered by the Lan family.
The surrounding Taoist priests saw that he not only did not take advantage of the popularity to sell the talismans at high prices, but instead set a very reasonable price for each talisman, and they couldn't help but feel a lot of favor for him.
One Heavenly Master even advised, “Rong Tianshi, you don’t have to deliberately lower the price. To be honest, after we buy these talismans back, we will naturally study them carefully. Once someone figures out the secret…”
The price offered by Rong Jing is just giving money away for free.
Miaoyin also felt that Rong Jing was embarrassed to make money from everyone.
But the Tianshi group makes extremely huge profits. Even those Tianshi who cooperate with special departments will most of the time take orders from some aristocratic families. The profit can be as little as 500,000 or 600,000, or even over a million at a time.
Miaoyin doesn't have much wealth now, but a Fuling Talisman costs five million, so she can still afford it by gritting her teeth.
Someone spoke up, and the other Heavenly Masters didn't want to take advantage of the situation, so they also followed suit and said a few words of advice.
However, Rong Jing, who was sitting in his seat, shook his head, his expression as indifferent as usual: "The price is this price, but if the Heavenly Masters get the talisman and think it shouldn't be so cheap, you can donate the extra money to those in need."
As he said this, he raised his eyes and glanced at Miaoyin.
There was a faint golden glow of merit on the other person, and he was obviously someone who often did good deeds.
Although they had not had much contact, everyone knew that Master Rong Tian had always been aloof and seldom spoke. It was a bit surprising that he spoke such a long speech at this time.
Xie Xuanqing had vaguely guessed Rong Jing's thoughts when he set the price. Now when he heard him say it out loud, he was not as shocked as the others. Instead, he couldn't help but look down at his drooping brows and moved his fingertips.
I really want to... touch his Mr. Rong.
Miaoyin also couldn't help being shocked, but then she suddenly came back to her senses.
She didn't have much money, but it was more than two million, which was more than enough to buy a Soul-Restoring Talisman.
After taking a deep look at Rong Jing, Miaoyin, holding a whisk in her hand, performed a Taoist salute to Rong Jing.
If this money is traded from them to Rong Jing, and Rong Jing then donates it, it would be a merit.
But the other party did not choose this method, but put the decision into their own hands.
If you wish to accumulate merit for yourself, then follow your heart and donate the extra money. If you don’t want to, that’s fine too.
However, Rong Jing's approach ensured that if someone could figure out a clue from the talisman in the future and could completely copy and draw the talismans he had improved, the price would not be raised endlessly.
No matter how much they wanted to sell it at a high price, at least on the surface, they didn't dare to offer a higher price than Rong Jing's, otherwise it would be a bit embarrassing.
Rong Jing's plan was laid out in the open, and many Heavenly Masters quickly figured out Rong Jing's intention after they came to their senses.
But even so, few people dare to say the three words "unwilling".
On the contrary, they felt that Rong Jing's character should not be underestimated, and they became more and more interested in the talismans he took out.
However, there were at least twenty or thirty Heavenly Masters surrounding Rong Jing. Even if each person could only trade one of the dozen talismans, there would definitely be someone who would not be able to get one in the end.
Several Heavenly Masters who arrived later could not help but raise this doubt. If Rong Jing wanted to trade according to the order in which the bidders arrived, then they would definitely have no chance at all.
Fortunately, although Master Rong Tian looked cold and distant, he was actually quite easy to talk to, so they asked.
This is indeed a problem.
Glancing at the people waiting to trade talismans, Rong Jing seemed to be thinking about something, and then he remembered -
He had not used up the yellow paper and cinnabar he had bought from the paper man before, so now was a good time to take them out.
Seeing this, how could the Heavenly Masters not guess Rong Jing's intention?
Delighted, the Taoist priests lined up on the spot and carefully and respectfully expressed their wishes for what kind of talisman they wanted.
Rong Jing: “…”
Although the Soul-Trapping Talisman and the Soul-Restoring Talisman are both long-lost talismans and are extremely tempting, more people want to exchange them for more commonly used talismans such as the Suppressing Yin Talisman and the Breaking Evil Talisman.
But this is not surprising.
After all, each person can only choose to trade one talisman. Compared with more advanced and complex talismans such as the Soul-Trapping Talisman and the Soul-Restoring Talisman, the heavenly masters are more familiar with common talismans such as the Evil-Breaking Talisman and the Yin-Suppressing Talisman, and it is easier for them to comprehend them.
Only those Heavenly Masters who have been immersed in the art of talismans for a long time, have extremely profound cultivation, and have already done some research on improving talismans, would want to challenge themselves with higher difficulty in exchange for the long-lost Soul-Restoring Talisman and Soul-Trapping Talisman.
When seeing Rong Jing take out cinnabar and yellow paper, the heavenly masters were mentally prepared.
However, they still did not expect that, obviously, talisman-making was extremely energy-consuming, not to mention that some of the talismans drawn by Rong Jing himself were extremely complex talismans such as the Fu Ling Talisman. It was very likely that the talisman-making would fail due to the exhaustion of spiritual power in the middle of the process.
However, Rong Jing kept writing one talisman after another. The quality of each talisman was extremely perfect, and his aura did not seem to be weak at all.
——How profound is his cultivation to be able to handle things with such ease?
As his pen fell, Rong Jing's spiritual power flowed, and faintly, a light golden light flowed from his fingertips into the talisman, improving its quality to even more perfection.
Numb. Almost all the Taoist priests present were numb.
Pretending to be calm, they took the talismans they had requested, and then took out their cell phones and transferred the money to Rong Jing.
When there were only two sheets of yellow paper left, Rong Jing finally finished drawing the talisman that the Taoist priest who had gathered around him wanted.
Dozens of text messages notifying of bank card deposits had been received on his mobile phone. Rong Jing took out his mobile phone, took a look at it, and then put down the Huzhou pen covered with cinnabar.
But he didn't expect that there was actually a Taoist priest who wanted to buy the cinnabar yellow paper Huzhou pens he had used.
"……?"
A rare look of doubt appeared on Master Rong's face.
The Taoist priest looked to be about 28 or 29 years old. He was not very handsome, but there was a righteousness in his expression, and he seemed extremely calm.
Seeing Rong Jing looking at him in confusion, he lowered his head to look into Rong Jing's beautiful amber eyes that were like a clear lake, and smiled calmly: "To be honest with Master Rong, I am a bit superstitious in my life. These things have been used by Master Rong. Maybe when I use them to make talismans in the future, I can also get a hint of inspiration left by Master Rong when he drew the talismans?"
A Taoist priest said that he was a bit superstitious...
Rong Jing didn't know what to say for a moment.
However, the remaining yellow paper, cinnabar and the pen are not valuable items. Since someone wants them, Rong Jing will naturally not refuse to give them.
Just before he nodded, a hand gently pressed the Huzhou pen.
Xie Xuanqing looked at the Heavenly Master calmly with his deep eyes, and then whispered, "Didn't Mr. Rong promise to give me this Huzhou brush?"
Master Rong: When did I say that? How come I don’t know?
However, Xie Xuanqing said this with true feelings, and his deep, magnetic voice fell softly into his ears, as if with a hint of accusation, making people unable to help but indulge.
Frowning, Rong Jing finally did not refute.
The Heavenly Master's face froze a little when he saw this, then he smiled and said, "Is that so? I didn't expect that the Heavenly Master Bi Rong from Huzhou had already made arrangements. Then what about the cinnabar and yellow paper..."
Xie Xuanqing didn't want to keep all these things.
However, the look in the other party's eyes when he looked at Rong Jing seemed a little wrong. Patriarch Xie had an idea and did something childish.
Now that he had calmed down, Xie Xuan glanced at the Heavenly Master and stopped talking.
Rong Jing didn't know about the eye contact dispute between them. Seeing that Xie Xuanqing didn't seem to have any objections, he nodded: "Master Han, please do as you please."
Hearing this, Master Han smiled, took the cinnabar and yellow paper that Rong Jing had placed on the table, and put them away carefully.
Before leaving, Master Han Tianshi suddenly turned around and called out.
"Master Rong."
"?" Rong Jing raised his eyes and looked over indifferently.
Master Han looked at Rong Jing's expression, which was so calm that it was almost alienated. He swallowed back the words he wanted to say. In the end, he just looked deeply at him and Xie Xuan behind him and said, "Nothing... I just want to thank Master Rong for his generosity again."
"The money and goods have been paid, and the cause and effect have been resolved. Master Han, don't worry about it." Rong Jing said lightly.
Sure enough, the answer was similar to what I imagined... Han Tianshi sighed in his heart, and then smiled again, "Rong Tianshi is right, I just thought too much."
After saying that, Master Han Tianshi bowed to Rong Jing, then took the things and left in a leisurely manner.
Xie Xuanqing looked at his departing figure quietly. After a few seconds, he slowly withdrew his gaze, then lowered his head and picked up the Huzhou pen.
At that time, Rong Jing just wanted a pen to demonstrate in public. The Huzhou pen sent by the paper man was naturally not made by any expensive master, but the material was relatively solid, so it would not block the flow of spiritual energy when drawing talismans.
Xie Xuan lightly stroked the rounded bamboo joints on the pen with his fingertips, and suddenly said, "I thought Mr. Rong would directly give this pen to that Han Tianshi."
After all, he had never really asked Rong Jing for this pen before. Even if Rong Jing directly gave the pen to Master Han, Xie Xuanqing could not say much.
At most, my mood is a little... complicated.
As soon as he finished speaking, Rong Jing glanced at him indifferently, then lowered his eyes and said, "Don't you want it?"
Xie Xuan paused when he heard this.
Then he couldn't help but smile slightly, and a rare smile appeared in his deep eyes: "...Yes, I want it very much."
"Hmm." Rong Jing hummed softly, his long and thick eyelashes trembled, and he replied calmly, "Then take it."
His expression was as indifferent as ever, but Xie Xuanqing vaguely sensed a slight difference.
Holding the Huzhou pen in his hand, Xie Xuan lowered his head slightly and added another two million to Rong Jing's donation amount.
His actions did not avoid Rong Jing, and Rong Jing naturally took the amount of 2 million into account.
He frowned, and before Rong Jing could say anything, Xie Xuanqing had already put away his phone, lowered his eyes and looked at him deeply, and spoke.
"Mr. Rong cares about the people. As his... friend, I should naturally do my part."
With a slight smile, Xie Xuan said, "Mr. Rong, we should be friends, right?"
Rong Jing: “…”
The other party had just given him an extra two million, so it seemed a bit too much to say no.
And...from his own heart, he can't say it's not the case.
Rong Jing lowered his eyelashes and did not refute, which was considered as his consent.
However, Xie Xuanqing had clearly seen something from his expression, but at this moment, he mischievously pretended to know nothing, and continued to lower his voice and asked, "Mr. Rong?"
Rong Jing felt inexplicably irritated, but still answered seriously: "...Yes."
Xie Xuanqing's smile deepened when he heard this.
"Well, I also think that Mr. Rong and I should be friends."
The head of the Xie family was wealthy and powerful, so he just spent money and exchanged a sandalwood box with the Taoist priest nearby, and then carefully placed the Huzhou pen in it.
Rong Jing, who was standing by, felt that this was a little strange.