mtl008 Chapter 54 Communication Treasure
Chapter 54 Communication Treasure
Shen Yao looked at them for a while. There were many kinds, but none of them suited her aesthetic taste.
Seeing that the fairy looked at it for a while without saying anything, the waiter began to introduce it: "Fairy, please take a look at the third and fourth styles in the first row. They are both classic styles of our store."
Shen Yao took a look and saw that both tokens were engraved with different forms of the perched phoenix tree, a classic design that many cultivators must be using.
Shen Yao shook her head. No.
The waiter then introduced other styles: "Fairy, look at the fifth style in the third row. The high-level sects in Qiwu City all ordered this style from us for their disciples."
Shen Yao looked at it and saw an octagonal jade pendant with a circle of flowers engraved on it. It looked quite pretty, but she didn't know what kind of flowers they were. In the center of the circle of flowers was a very simple rune.
Shen Yao asked, "What kind of flower is this? What are these runes for?"
The waiter said, "Is the fairy a guest from out of town? This flower is the Qiwu flower. It's not the season for Qiwu flowers to bloom now. If the fairy stays in Qiwu City for half a month, the Qiwu tree will bloom."
Shen Yao nodded: "These flowers are quite beautiful."
The waiter was delighted to hear the outsider praising the local flowers and then introduced them, saying, "These runes can only be carved by a fifth-grade, top-level immortal with six spiritual roots. If you have these runes on your communication token, you can save 30% of your spiritual energy when sending messages."
Shen Yao didn't care how much spiritual energy she consumed, since she had a divine-level spirit recovery technique and didn't lack spiritual energy at all.
She was just asking out of curiosity and had no intention of wanting this product. It was something that disciples of major sects were all using, and she didn't want it.
Judging from what she saw hanging on the wall, Shen Yao said, "Show me your best items."
Upon hearing this, the waiter glanced at the steward, and seeing that the steward ignored him, he opened the cabinet door by the wall. Inside the cabinet were trays filled with many communication tokens.
The waiter casually took out two plates, placed them on the counter, and said to Shen Yao, "Fairy, please take a look at these."
Shen Yao took a look at the salted fish and found that its texture was indeed better than those hanging on the wall.
He casually picked up a piece and asked the waiter, "How much are these?"
The waiter said, "Fairy, these without runes are worth 800 coins each, while those with runes are worth 1,000 coins each."
Shen Yao then asked, "What about the ones on the wall?"
The waiter said, "Those on the wall, those without runes, are three hundred coins each, and those with runes are six hundred coins each."
Shen Yao mentally calculated that the ones on the plate were only slightly more expensive than those on the wall, and she immediately became a little unhappy.
He placed the communication token on the plate and raised his voice slightly: "Immortal Master, you don't seem to understand what I mean."
The manager and the shop assistant both looked this way.
The waiter, thinking the fairy was picking a fight, immediately replied, "Fairy, what do you mean by that?"
Shen Yao said, "I told you, I want to see the best in your shop. Do you think I don't know what's good?"
The waiter choked, at a loss for words. He saw that the two fairies were not dressed in fancy clothes, but in plain brocade robes, each costing no more than a hundred coins. He thought to himself that they wouldn't buy anything expensive, but he didn't expect them to be so discerning.
The steward approached Shen Yao and asked, "What level of communication token does the fairy desire?"
Seeing that the steward's attitude was gentle, Shen Yao said to him, "Immortal Master, of course I want the best in the world."
The steward's expression changed; in Qiwu City of Rongzhou, there was no better place in the world.
Shen Yao then said, "If you don't have the best in the world, then bring out the best you have in your shop."
The steward laughed in exasperation. Fine, take it out and show it to her. If she can't afford it, beat her up and throw her out.
Moreover, the person in charge is a fifth-grade low-level six-spiritual-root, so he is not afraid of three juniors of the seventh grade four-spiritual-root coming to rob the shop.
The steward gave a forced smile: "Fairy, please wait a moment."
Seeing the manager go to fetch the best communication device in the shop, the waiter tactfully invited the three guests to sit in the VIP area on the second floor.
The steward arrived quickly with a communication order.
The steward carried an exquisitely carved tray, covered with a pale gold silk handkerchief with thin, lustrous threads.
The steward placed the tray on the table and gently lifted the silk cloth: "Fairy, please look, this is our best communication artifact."
Three communication tokens were placed side by side on the tray. All three appeared to be made of jade, and their bottoms were engraved with more intricate and exquisite runes.
The one on the left is circular, with openwork patterns on the outer ring and a koi carp swimming pattern carved on the inner ring.
The middle piece is square-shaped, with a semicircle at the top and a square at the bottom, engraved with a landscape painting depicting the sun and moon shining together.
The one on the right is also round, and it also uses a hollowed-out technique to carve layers of auspicious clouds.
Shen Yao thought the middle part was very interesting.
On Earth, the simultaneous appearance of the sun and moon is considered extremely auspicious, but in the world of cultivation, the sun and moon are not visible to each other, and cultivators consider the simultaneous appearance of the sun and moon to be inauspicious.
And on this communication token, the words "the sun and moon shine together" were engraved.
Shen Yao didn't know what the sculptor was thinking, but she felt that ordinary immortal cultivators wouldn't carve such a pattern.
No other sculptor would carve this; it must be unique, one-of-a-kind, and she likes it.
The salted fish clearly had its eye on the left side as well. The koi fish, playing in the water, had its eyes fixed on the communication token and hadn't looked away.
Shen Yao whispered to the salted fish, "Do you like that koi fish swimming in the water?"
Xianyu also whispered to Shen Yao, "I like it very much."
If you like it, then buy it.
Shen Yao said to the steward, "I'll take all three pieces."
The steward didn't move, and his brows furrowed.
Shen Yao asked, "What's wrong? Did you pick one that was chosen by another cultivator?"
The steward said, "No, it's just that these three pieces were carved by Feng Yuxian, a member of the Feng family."
Shen Yao: "Does this sculptor have some strange quirk? Is it that you can't buy three pieces at the same time?"
The steward emphasized, "Fairy, this sculptor is Feng Yu, the Immortal Saint of the Feng family."
Shen Yao: "Just tell me, can you sell it or not?"
The steward thought that these three fairies were all guests from outside Rongzhou, probably from some small county or town. It was normal that they hadn't heard of Feng Yu Immortal Saint's reputation.
These three probably aren't here to cause trouble; they genuinely want to buy good things, but perhaps they're from a small town and don't know the value of good things.
Having figured it out, the steward explained to her, "Fairy, Immortal Saint Feng Yu is the best sculptor in our Qiwu City, and also the direct descendant of the Feng family, the largest family in Qiwu City."
“Fairy, look at the runes at the bottom of these three communication tokens. These runes are a secret of the Feng family’s direct lineage. When using a spiritual treasure engraved with these runes, the spiritual power consumption can be reduced by 80%.”
"I dare not say that these three communication tokens are the best in the world, but they are certainly the best in Qiwu City."
"The price is naturally not cheap; one communication token costs 30,000 Ten-Perfect Stone Coins."
After the steward finished speaking, he crossed his arms and waited for the three guest cultivators to back down.
Dongcheng Accessories is owned by the fairy partner of Feng Xuanxianfan, the grandson of the current head of the Feng family's sister.
Because of Feng Xuan Xianfan's persistent pestering, Feng Yu Xiansheng would make a few spiritual treasures every now and then for him to sell in his shop.
These three spiritual treasures were just delivered this morning. I originally intended to keep them to sell to the shop's regular customers, but I was very busy this morning and hadn't spread the word yet. The manager saw that this female immortal was really arrogant, so he took them out to broaden her horizons.
The manager had never seen any ordinary cultivator spend 30,000 Perfect Stone Coins to buy a communication token.