Chapter 285 I left my son without a penny!
Chen Ye followed the calling and found that it was a stone on the corner of the stall that was trying to trick people into buying vases that was calling him.
Chen Ye had an idea, so he walked to the stall and pretended to be very interested in the goods on the stall, constantly admiring and pondering them.
The stall owner was an old man who looked like an immortal, but he was quite eloquent. He described the things on his stall of unknown origin and use in a very exaggerated way, as if they were all divine treasures.
Chen Ye picked up a ring with spiritual light at random and asked the stall owner, "How much is this?"
The stall owner said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist, you have good eyesight. This treasure is the Qiankun Golden Jade Ring. It is said to be a spiritual tool that gave birth to a treasure spirit. It was damaged in a battle, and the treasure spirit fell into a deep sleep. The Qiankun Golden Jade Ring also became dim, with only some spiritual light left. But as long as fellow Daoist is willing to spend resources on it, it will not be a problem to make the Qiankun Golden Jade Ring shine again..."
Chen Ye didn't believe a word of the stall owner's exaggerated words. It was estimated that even the name of this so-called 'Qian Kun Gold Jade Ring' was made up by the stall owner.
He said directly: "Don't talk about those empty words. This is a magic weapon that failed to be refined. It's just luck that some spiritual light and charm remain. If you ask a master to refine it again, it can still be successfully refined. But to brag about it being a spiritual treasure is simply fooling fools."
Although Chen Ye was born in a small mountain village, he used to have the remnant soul of Qi Shen parasitizing on him, and he was also friends with Sheng Yunqi, the young master of the Sheng family. His knowledge was also increasing, so he could not hide the stall owner's little trick from him.
Seeing that Chen Ye was so knowledgeable about refining and magic tools, the stall owner smiled awkwardly, but was not too embarrassed. After all, in this line of work, one had to be thick-skinned and quick to run away in order to fool people and make money.
The stall owner calmly changed the topic and said, "You know so much about magic weapons, you must be a master of refining weapons. You should know that this Qiankun Golden Jade Ring only needs a little refining to become a top-grade magic weapon. You will definitely make a fortune if you buy it back..."
The stall owner didn't care at all that Chen Ye looked young and was just an apprentice in refining equipment. He directly praised Chen Ye as a master of refining equipment and flattered him one after another. His purpose was to make Chen Ye pay the spirit stones and buy the ring at a high price.
This is also what Chen Ye is best at, so he was not moved at all and firmly stuck to the central principle of bargaining for a low price.
After the two of them pushed and pulled back and forth for three hundred rounds, the stall owner knew that he had met his match, so he had no choice but to agree. After all, the price offered by Chen Ye was a bit low, but his ring had no cost, so it would be pure profit if he sold it. It would be a waste not to sell it, as even a small amount of money still counts.
The stall owner gave in. Chen Ye had an uncomfortable expression, as if he agreed to my price so quickly. It seems I still have to pay less. I'm at a loss. He looked left and right and casually pulled the stone that was padding the corner of the stall over. "Then you have to give me a little bit of money. Otherwise, I think the price can be reduced by another ten spirit stones."
The stall owner was startled, then a half-smile appeared on his face. He reached out and pulled the stone that was padding the stall over, and said lightly: "Then I will give you ten less spirit stones."
This time it was Chen Ye's turn to be stunned. He could never have imagined that the stall owner would rather have ten less spirit stones than give him the stone that had a mysterious calling to him.
Chen Ye couldn't help but grit his teeth and asked, "Why would you rather lose ten spirit stones than give me that stone? Isn't it just a stone to pad the corner of the table?"
The stall owner sneered, "You also know that this is a stone for table legs, not a commodity on the stall, but you insist on using this stone. Do you really think I don't know what you are up to? Without saying anything else, I will sell this stone to you for ten spirit stones. Will you pay me?"
Chen Ye was speechless, because he was really willing to pay these ten spirit stones.
Then the question arises, if this stone is really just an ordinary stone used to support table legs, then why would he be willing to pay ten spirit stones to buy it?
The stall owner put all the stones used as table legs into his storage ring while packing up and preparing to close the stall. "Do you really think I can't see your little trick? You went there just for my precious stone. You bought the ring to avoid attracting my attention and find an excuse to take the stone away. Your real target is this stone you called a stepping stone. You think you can fool an experienced old man with this little trick? Haha."
Chen Ye's face flushed a little, because he was indeed thinking about this. After all, he wanted to pick up a bargain, and he couldn't be noticed by the stall owner, otherwise he wouldn't be able to pick up the bargain.
He could do this, but he would still feel very embarrassed if someone exposed him in front of him.
The stall owner packed up and left. "Don't show off your cleverness. I've been here for a long time, and I've seen countless people like you who are trying to do something stupid. You want to pick up a bargain? Do you really think there's a bargain for you to pick up? The things on our stall that we don't recognize have already been sent to the appraisal pavilion for appraisal. Even the things that the appraisal pavilion can't identify are all treated as treasures. This precious stone is just a means for me to attract customers."
After saying these words, the stall owner slipped away without hesitation.
Chen Ye's face turned pale and blue. He could only say that it was a good thing that the stall owner had cast a soundproof barrier when bargaining with him, so other people could not hear their conversation.
However, although the other people around could not hear what the two were saying, they could see their actions. So when they saw the stall owners packing up and running away, the other stall owners around could not help but look at Chen Ye in surprise.
I don’t understand what happened that caused the business that was about to be completed to be cancelled and the stall owner to just run away?
Chen Ye left with a gloomy face.
The fleeing stall owner turned from an old man with a sage-like appearance into a young man with regular features. He quietly ran back to the Sheng family. As soon as he got back to the Sheng family, he was stopped by a voice transmission: "Sheng Zi, come here."
The young man named Sheng Zi came to the top of Shengjia Lingshan Mountain with a depressed look. Because Si Yuan had already made arrangements, he had a smooth journey up.
When Si Yuan saw Sheng Zi, he couldn't help but look at him more. He really didn't expect that the Sheng family actually had a boy who delivered treasures.
The laws of nature in this world really take advantage of the Sheng family's children's luck.
Sheng Zi is a descendant of the Sheng family's side branch, not a direct descendant, and his cultivation is not outstanding. He looks like a young man in his twenties or thirties, but in fact he is over a hundred years old. However, he is still only a cultivator in the late foundation building stage.
As a descendant of a side branch and having lost both his parents at a young age, he grew up successfully thanks to his family. However, his aptitude was not very good, so naturally the cultivation resources allocated by the family were not too many.
Sheng Zi spent all of his parents' inheritance before he was promoted to the foundation-building stage. He was able to cultivate to the late stage of foundation-building thanks to his ability to set up stalls and cheat people.
However, it is a common practice for these stall owners to cheat customers who hope to get a bargain. After all, if you want to get a small bargain, you naturally have to accept the risk of being cheated.
In order to avoid exposing his true identity and being retaliated against, Sheng Zi was very good at disguising himself.
If Si Yuan had not been keeping an eye on Chen Ye and noticed that Chen Ye had set his eyes on Sheng Zi's stall, and out of curiosity had not carefully examined the items on Sheng Zi's stall and Sheng Zi himself, and had sensed traces of the Sheng family's practice of martial arts from the stall owner Sheng Zi's body, Si Yuan would not have realized that Sheng Zi was actually a member of the Sheng family.
However, Si Yuan also discovered that a certain stone that Sheng Zi used to pad the corner of the table contained a sleeping Nascent Soul soul.
When Chen Ye and Sheng Zi were bargaining and preparing to make a deal, Si Yuan sent a message to Sheng Zi to remind him.
Sheng Zi just realized that a certain stone he used to support the table legs of his stall was actually a treasure. He then looked at Chen Ye who was trying to trick him into giving away the treasure as a gift, and naturally he felt very displeased.
He has always been the one who deceived others, when did it become others' turn to deceive him?
Sheng Zi couldn't help but expose Chen Ye, but he was also worried that the night would be too long and he would have more trouble, so he packed up his precious stone and stall and ran away, planning not to set up a stall here again in the future.
After all, the master of his family had already told him that Chen Ye was a good friend of his young master.
As soon as Sheng Zi returned to Sheng's house, he was summoned by Si Yuan.
Si Yuan looked at Sheng Zi and asked, "Do you know what is hidden in your stone?"
Sheng Zi asked nervously and expectantly: "I don't know, please teach me, Patriarch." Could it be a great treasure that even the Patriarch in the Nascent Soul stage would be jealous of?
Si Yuan chuckled and said, "What is hidden inside is the soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator whose physical body has perished. It is just in a dormant state. If you wake it up secretly, you might be possessed by the soul of this Nascent Soul."
Si Yuan was very sure that in the original plot, the hero Chen Ye did not encounter a second Nascent Soul. It seemed that this was the second golden finger of the same type that the world's heaven gave to Chen Ye as compensation after Si Yuan solved the residual soul of Qi Shen, the hero Chen Ye's early golden finger.
And because Chen Ye is now in the foundation-building stage, the new golden finger equipped for Chen Ye is stronger than the original remnant soul of Qi Shen - the Nascent Soul soul in this stone is complete, not defective, but has fallen into a deep sleep. If it adjusts its state slightly after waking up, it can immediately start a life of possession.
Sheng Zi originally thought that he had encountered some great opportunity, but when he heard Si Yuan say that, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.
Thinking about how he had been setting up the stall for so many days and had been with this stone day and night for so long, if he had not been lucky enough that the owner of the house noticed the problem with the stone, he would have been the first person to be possessed by the Nascent Soul in the stone if the soul woke up one day.
Seeing Sheng Zi's frightened look, Si Yuan comforted him, "You don't have to be too scared. Your aptitude is average. Even if the Nascent Soul wants to take over another body, it will choose a body with good aptitude." After all, the Nascent Soul soul has to cultivate the body again after taking over another body. If the aptitude of the body is too poor, it may be difficult to recover to the Nascent Soul stage. So Sheng Zi really doesn't need to worry too much about being taken over by a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Moreover, this Nascent Soul soul was prepared by Heaven for the male protagonist Chen Ye. Whether it is a golden finger for Chen Ye or a hardship for Chen Ye on the road to becoming stronger, this treatment is not something that an ordinary child of the Sheng family like Sheng Zi can have.
Sheng Zi was at most a one-time treasure-delivering boy chosen by heaven, and he was of a similar nature to Sheng Yunqi, the cannon fodder.
After listening to Si Yuan's consolation, Sheng Zi said: "..." The consolation was very good. Master, please don't comfort me next time. I am very strong and can adjust my mentality. I don't need you to make things worse. QAQ
Sheng Zi immediately took out the stone containing the soul of the Nascent Soul that could possess other bodies from his storage ring and respectfully presented it to Si Yuan with both hands: "Please help this disciple, Master."
Si Yuan was familiar with the experience, so he raised his hand and pulled out the Nascent Soul soul sleeping in the stone just like he did with Qi Shen before.
This action awakened the sleeping Nascent Soul, but no matter how this unknown Nascent Soul struggled, it could not escape from Si Yuan's palm.
Sheng Zi looked at the little Nascent Soul struggling in the palm of the patriarch and his face turned pale with fright - it was actually a Nascent Soul that could take over another body!
The impact of Si Yuan's verbal statement and his seeing it with his own eyes was different.
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