Chapter 68 Mortal Skills (3/3)

Author: Bamboo City Little Overlord

Chapter 68 Mortal Skills (33)

After leaving home, Chen An headed straight to Fangshi.

While passing a path along the river, I saw a familiar figure squatting by the river, looking down at the wind-rippled water below me in a daze.

He is Mo Lifang’s son, Dabao.

When he saw this little figure squatting alone by the river in a daze, Chen An felt mixed emotions.

He calmed down, walked to Dabao's side and asked with a smile:

"Dabao, do you still remember me?"

"Well, remember, you are Uncle Chen Alchemist who lives diagonally across from my house."

Dabao said with a dull expression.

Chen An sat down next to him, smiled and asked:

"Dabao, why are you squatting alone by the river in a daze?"

"I'm waiting for my mother to come find me."

Dabao answered innocently, but he didn't know that his mother was dead and the person who killed his mother was sitting next to him.

Chen An looked at Dabao beside him, then looked up at the sky, feeling an indescribable melancholy in his heart.

At this moment, an elderly voice suddenly sounded from the front.

"Dabao!"

"What's wrong with you kid? Why do you keep running to the river?!"

"You didn't drown last time. It was the old man and me who met your fate. Do you still expect the old man and me to save you every time?"

Following the shouting, Chen An saw an old monk walking over.

He looked very old, with a stooped body, lack of color, and many age spots on his face. He looked very old.

Chen An knew this old monk. He was a small vendor living in Beixiang who made a living by catching spiritual fish. He had met him several times before when he set up a stall in the market.

"Master Chen, why are you here?"

The old monk saw Chen An, showed his old yellow teeth that were about to fall out, and smiled with wrinkles on his face.

Chen An smiled and said: "I was planning to go shopping in Fangshi. When I passed by, I saw a kid I knew squatting by the river alone, so I came over to see what was going on."

"That's it..."

The old monk nodded.

Chen An saw that the old monk cared so much about Dabao, so he started chatting with him.

Ask him what his relationship is with Dabao, and get to know him by the way.

After some small talk.

Chen An learned that Dabao was now adopted by an old monk.

The old monk's surname is Hu. When he was young, in order to achieve foundation building, he always stayed away from women and concentrated on spiritual practice.

However, after practicing for decades and reaching the seventh level of Qi refining, he could no longer go any further.

When he realized that his path to immortality had come to an end and wanted to return to the mortal life, marry a wife and have children, he found that his body was too old and he was destined to have no future.

With no other choice, he can only continue to live alone until his life is almost over.

While fishing the day before yesterday, the old monk saw Mo Lifang ruthlessly pushing his son, Dabao, into the river.

The old monk, who was not surprised by this kind of thing, knew that the female monk was overwhelmed by life and wanted to throw away her tardiness and remarry.

So after Mo Lifang left in a hurry, the old monk fished out the big treasure.

Seeing that Dabao was still young and could be raised well, I thought of taking him back and raising him as my son.

It's good that someone will take care of you when you die.

After learning this from the old monk, Chen An's guilt eased a lot, and she felt that Mo Lifang deserved her death.

He took out a few bottles of Qi-nourishing pills from his arms and handed them to the old monk with a smile to make peace, saying that he would keep fresh spiritual fish for him in the future.

Then he turned around and left, heading to the Treasure Shop in Fangshi again.

Qi-nourishing pill is a pill for novice monks. It can help novice monks introduce qi into their bodies.

Giving this elixir to the old monk is actually equivalent to giving a great treasure to the old monk's adopted son.

From then on, this cause and effect ended.

…

Fangshi, Treasure Shop.

As soon as Chen An walked in, shopkeeper Liu inside greeted him warmly.

"Master Chen, you are here to sell pills again."

"No, I'm here to buy something this time."

Chen An smiled and said.

Upon hearing this, shopkeeper Liu couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he joked with a smile on his face: "Master Chen seems to have made a fortune quietly, and he has saved a lot of money."

"I haven't saved much, just enough to live on."

Chen An kept a low profile and didn't want to be too public.

Shopkeeper Liu stopped joking and asked, "I wonder what Alchemist Chen wants to buy?"

Chen An took a step forward, leaned closer, and lowered his voice: "Shopkeeper Liu, is the copy of "Mandarin Ducks Flying Together" that I came over about a year ago to inquire about the price still for sale?"

"Yes, yes. Master Chen, please come with me."

Shopkeeper Liu also lowered his voice and said.

After saying that, he took Chen An into a small compartment dedicated to storing this kind of exercise, took out the copy of "Mandarin Ducks Fly Together" that Chen An had been thinking about, and said with a lewd smile:

"Hey, Master Chen, this is the book "Mandarin Ducks Fly Together" you want."

"1,000 pieces of low-grade spiritual stones, right?"

"Yes."

"Shopkeeper Liu, because I often supply elixirs to the treasure shop, please give me a discount on this book "Mandarin Ducks Fly Together"."

Chen An started haggling.

Shopkeeper Liu looked embarrassed: "Master Chen, it's not that I don't want to, I'm just an agent shopkeeper, just a bookkeeper, and I have no right to make price adjustments."

"That's it..."

Chen An pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Forget it, I won't embarrass Shopkeeper Liu. I'll go check it out elsewhere."

After saying that, he turned around and left without any hesitation.

"Hey wait a minute, Master Chen, wait a minute!"

Shopkeeper Liu was anxious, and quickly stepped forward to stop Chen An, and said to him with a smile: "Although I don't have the authority to adjust the price according to regulations, as long as I keep a low profile and do it privately, there won't be much of a problem."

Chen An smiled and said, "Then I wonder what the maximum discount shopkeeper Liu can give?"

"The most you can get is 95% off."

"Thirty percent off."

"Master Chen, you are too..."

"Then 60% off."

"Thirty percent off, just thirty percent off, take it!"

Shopkeeper Liu threw the copy of "Mandarin Ducks Fly Together" to Chen An and asked him for 700 pieces of low-grade spiritual stones.

Chen An gave Shopkeeper Liu 4 pieces of medium-grade spiritual stones and 300 pieces of low-grade spiritual stones.

Afterwards, he thought of his little wife at home and asked shopkeeper Liu:

"Shopkeeper Liu, do you sell any exercises that can be practiced by ordinary people?"

"Yes, yes, there must be!"

Shopkeeper Liu became enthusiastic again.

Chen An further asked: "I wonder what skills they have?"

"There are "Exercise Techniques" for strengthening the body, "Meditation Techniques" for calming the mind and refreshing the mind, and "Health Preservation Techniques" for prolonging life. Currently, there are only three exercises that mortals can practice in the store, and they all cost 20

A piece of low-grade spiritual stone."

Shopkeeper Liu took out three books of exercises and introduced them with a smile.

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PS: Set the bowls, please recommend monthly tickets!
Chapter completed!