"Old man, how much does this cost?" I absorbed the spiritual energy inside and then woke up and carefully looked at the object in my hand.

This thing should be carved from ordinary river stones, with a lot of mud on it. The carving is rough and you can barely recognize it as a turtle. There is a natural bulge on the turtle shell, which is carved into a dull little snake. Judging from its appearance, this thing is really hard to attract attention.

If it weren't for the reminder of the Golden Dragon Scissor, I wouldn't have used my spiritual sense to detect it at all.

Turtles and snakes intersect... Xuanwu?

It is recorded in the idle books I read some time ago that Xuanwu is one of the gods guarding the mountain gates of Taoism. It is called the "Four Symbols" together with the Qinglong, the White Tiger and the Vermillion Bird, and is also called the "Four Spirits".

However, the image of this Xuanwu is a bit miserable, with a bumpy appearance and no mighty momentum at all.

"It's not worth it. If you want it, just give it five dollars. I went to the river to pick up a rotten pot of pottery, and it was filled with this thing." The old man obviously didn't know the value of this thing, so he said casually.

I didn't bargain, so I took out ten yuan and handed it over, and the other party got five yuan back.

"Hey, let me show this thing?!" At this moment, a middle-aged man walked out of the shop next to me. When he passed by me, he screamed in surprise and reached out to grab the Jiangshi.

"What are you doing?" I quickly shrank and almost instinctively took two steps back. Habits became natural, so I couldn't help but use the Bagua Zhang stake.

The person who came was dark and thin, with a scar on his eyebrows, extending to his ears, looking a little ferocious.

What surprised me even more was that his body was covered with a faint red light, and there was also a black evil spirit mixed with it. It was more than three feet away from the other party, and even without the spiritual sense to explore it, I could still clearly feel that his body was emitting a cold and gloomy aura.

No, another monk... When did monks be like cabbage in the vegetable market, with a big bundle of one dollar?

Without catching me, the scar man also showed a look of surprise on his face. Then he stared at Jiang Shi in my hand and looked at him twice. Instead of continuing to force his request, he rushed to the old man sitting on the ground and said, "Old man, sell me the things in his hand to me, it's twenty yuan."

"No selling" the old man probably thought he was unspeakable and glared at him.

"Fifty, how about I'll pay fifty?" The scar man continued to increase the price.

The dispute between the two of us has attracted the attention of many idle people on the street. At this moment, when he heard his price increase, everyone knew that it was fun to watch and surrounded him.

The old man was obviously tempted by the fact that he had nothing worth in his eyes. He opened his mouth and sighed, "You came five minutes earlier, this thing is yours. Now it's sold. If you want to buy it, just ask this young man."

I feel a little respect for this old man. In this materialistic society, there are few people who can resist temptation but not go back on their word.

After hearing what he said, the scar man immediately changed his object: "Little brother, the thing in your hand used to be my ancestor, but it was lost later. How about selling it to me now? It's fifty dollars,"

"No," I refused straightforwardly.

In fact, until now, I still haven't seen any strangeness in the Xuanwu carved by Jiangshi. I only know that it's full of spiritual energy inside. As for the nonsense that the scar man said, I guess even the child doesn't believe it. He should also feel that Jiangshi is abnormal, so he offers such a high price.

"One hundred dollars" Scarface spoke again.

The crowd of onlookers let out a low voice, and many people focused on the river stone in my hand, wanting to see where the strangeness was.

"I really don't sell it, it's nothing, I'm going home." It feels very uncomfortable to be watched, as if I'm playing a monkey, and I don't have the patience to keep going.

The scar man seemed to have this feeling. He looked at the people around him a few times, then took out a business card from his pocket and handed it over: "Little brother, there is my phone number on the business card. If you don't want this thing, you can call me at any time. I'll buy it for 100 yuan."

I nodded and took it, and threw it into my pocket of clothes.

Seeing that I had put away my business card, the scar man didn't say anything anymore, turned around and left, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

Although one of the parties left, people's curiosity had been completely aroused, and they all wanted to know what kind of cultural relics this was, which actually caused the scar man to raise the price.

"Young man, can you show it to me?" said a chubby man wearing glasses. He was the owner of the store behind him. The scar man came out of his store just now.

I reached out and handed it over. So many people were watching it, not afraid of him cheating. In addition, I also wanted to know what this was.

The man in glasses picked up Jiang Shi and looked around, then buckled the mud on the top with his fingers, rubbed the clothes a few times. Finally, he shook his head depressedly, "I can't understand, nothing is it, it's carved with Jiang Shi?"

"Let me see" someone is going to go over again.

The black trunk stone sculpture was almost passed on to everyone's hands, but in the end they were shaking their heads.

It’s nothing, it’s too ordinary, just like a rural child who is playing with a carving of a river. I really don’t know what scar face is going crazy, and he will be attracted to such a broken play.

After walking around, the thing returned to my hands.

After arriving at home, I brought a basin of clear water and placed the black trunk stone carving inside to clean it.

But I knew that the sludge on it dried for too long, and it was difficult to wash off even with water.

In desperation, I had to take out a knife and scrape it lightly, scraping the mud on the surface bit by bit.

The Xuanwu is dark gray, and it is indeed carved from Jiangshi. Even I can see that the knife skills are clumsy and dull, without any fresh air.

It's strange, how could there be so much spiritual energy inside it? I looked over and over again.

Until the light in the house dimmed, I still couldn't see any so.

When I got up and turned on the light, I slapped my head suddenly. I was so confused, why not use my spiritual sense to sense it.

Without any effort, the spiritual consciousness penetrated into the river stone.

It was indeed strange!! I immediately sensed something stuck inside the river stone, with a faint spiritual energy on it.

Retracting his spiritual consciousness and looking at the Jiangshi again. The crack under the turtle's abdomen became different in my eyes. Because of the clever connection, there was no flaw at all before.

I dug the crack with a knife twice, but it didn't move at all, but the tip of the knife was broken.

I was quite curious about what was hidden inside, so I was anxious, so I simply grabbed Jiang Shi and threw it hard on the ground a few times before smashing the Xuanwu.

An object as big as a thumb, shining with a faint light, fell out of the river. I squatted and picked it up, and found that it looked like a black jade, with dense lines carved on it. The lines were thinner than hair, and if I hadn't used my spiritual sense to sense, I could hardly see clearly.

This line is a talisman... I was a little surprised to detect a trace of weak spiritual energy remaining inside.

Who is so capable that he can carve talismans on such a small stone? You know, there was no magnifying glass in ancient times.

I used my spiritual sense to sense it for a long time, but I still didn't know what the talisman above was for.

The only thing that is certain is that it can condense spiritual energy, similar to my green-skinned gourd.

As for other functions, it cannot be studied for the time being.

Anyway, this is a good thing, and there is time to study it in the future.

I found a red rope to pass through the small hole in the middle, hang it around my neck, and then took it as a peace talisman.

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I thought this chapter was written soon, but I didn’t know how to check the information. I was not careful and it was already past four o’clock. For the sake of staying up late, I hope everyone will vote for more recommendation votes to support it.

In addition, yesterday is the Little New Year, I wish you all a happy New Year!
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