Mortal Mage

Zhang Mingxuan first looked at the body of the dwarf old man in front of the horse's hoof.

Although this dwarf old man was covered in dust and dirt, his clothes were torn and his beard was like a clump of weeds, he was still in good shape. He should not be a beggar who couldn't even get enough food, but more like a person who had been wandering for a long time because of his poverty.

But he had no interest in the old dwarf.

If this old man is indeed a "technical talent" of the Song Dynasty, then the Song Dynasty's "technical blockade" of Liang State must first block the talent. Only in this way can the Song Dynasty form a complete monopoly in jade carving skills and thus obtain high profits in the long term.

However, for Zhang Mingxuan, who has lived two lives, this kind of thing is commonplace and does not arouse much interest in him.

He just couldn't understand. Even if he was a technical talent, he was, after all, an ordinary person with no cultivation. Why could he make this group of people who had just reached the initial stage of foundation building fight so hard for him.

Moreover, the two extremely beautiful twins in front of him were actually willing to take out a second-level soul-returning pill to save this mortal.

The second-level soul-returning pill has the effect of bringing mortals back to life, and its market price among cultivators is at least three to five hundred low-grade spirit stones.

"What use do I have for him?"

Zhang Mingxuan moved his gaze from the dwarf old man to Ye Die's face.

"He is a jade carving craftsman from the Song Dynasty!"

Ye Die seemed unable to understand Zhang Mingxuan's question and just answered something that Zhang Mingxuan had already guessed.

"so what?"

"so what?"

Ye Wu interrupted Ye Die, her nose twitching, her tone fierce; "You are such an arrogant young man!"

Zhang Mingxuan had some doubts on his face as he waited for Ye Wu's next words.

Ye Wu narrowed her eyes, took a breath, and snorted coldly, "It doesn't matter if you haven't seen us, but you should have heard that there are two sisters named Shuang Feng Huan Wu under the command of General Fan of the Hidden Guards of Changjiang City." A sinister smile appeared at the corner of her lips, "Young Master, tell me, so what?"

"Double Phoenix Dance?"

Zhang Mingxuan's eyes narrowed, and he once again looked at the twins in front of him, shook his head and added, "I haven't heard of it."

He naturally saw that Ye Wu had almost revealed her identity, but he did not want to get involved in the affairs of the court.

Once the twins are rescued, they will inevitably be involved in this matter. If they are involved in such a situation, it will be difficult to get out of the quagmire.

But he changed his mind and thought again that if he could use the help of the twins to change himself into an ordinary person in Song State, it would be of great use in the future.

Because both the Liang Kingdom and the Song Kingdom had strict native place systems, "illegal residents" like him who came from other places would be easily targeted by the local court.

"That's all, sister."

Ye Die stared at Zhang Mingxuan with sharp eyes.

Obviously seeing that the other party was pretending to be stupid, he simply skipped the topic and explained to Zhang Mingxuan, "According to the laws of the Song State, if you capture a jade carving craftsman from the Liang State, you will be rewarded with 500 spirit stones."

"This jade carving craftsman is just a mortal, why is he worth so much money?"

"Although the jade carving craftsmen have six elements of cold and useless spiritual roots, the jade artifacts produced by them can draw spiritual power. The reason why our Great Song Kingdom was able to drive Sheng Zhou to the north is that we rely on selling jade artifacts to the immortal gates to supply the army." She closed her eyes, as if holding on to the last glimmer of hope, and said slowly; "If these jade carving craftsmen are poached by Liang State, our Great Song Kingdom will also be finished."

Hearing this, Zhang Mingxuan's eyes suddenly lit up. He got off his horse, walked quickly to the twins, and asked, "Can these people carve blank jade slips?"

"Can"

Ye Die opened her eyes again. "But the jade carver still needs to add spiritual power." Her eyes became lonely and cold. "What are you going to do?"

"I can save you two, but you two have to work for me in the future."

Zhang Mingxuan quickly turned the ring on his finger to suppress his inner joy.

If it is true as the twins said, that these jade carving craftsmen can make these mortal objects attract spiritual power, then the rest will be much easier.

Of course, he also felt that the twins seemed to be very loyal to the 'Fan Dutong' of the 'Hidden Guard Division', so he did not expect them to help him wholeheartedly.

As long as you can help yourself.

He could still afford five hundred spirit stones per person.

"I can only do one thing for you!"

"Hear me out."

Zhang Mingxuan interrupted with a wave of his hand, and said solemnly, "I have a way in Yujin Port. It's very risky, but the profit is very high." He slowly walked to the twin girls and looked down at them. "Whether it's a jade carving craftsman from Liang or Song, you help me catch them. I won't be picky." He put his finger on the ring and a space fluctuation appeared. Then six more middle-grade spirit stones appeared in his hand. "For each craftsman, I will give you one middle-grade spirit stone." He threw a spirit stone in front of the two girls. "This is a prepayment."

The twin girls looked at the remaining five middle-grade spirit stones in Zhang Mingxuan's hand in shock, and looked at each other; "No, every one of the 1,201 jade carving craftsmen in Song State is registered and supervised by the 'Hidden Guard House'..."

"Then we will take care of the 'Hidden Guard House'."

Zhang Mingxuan interrupted again, and then threw another medium-grade spirit stone in front of Ye Die Ye Wu.

"With your level of cultivation, aren't you afraid that we won't do anything with the spirit stones?"

Hearing Ye Die say this, Zhang Mingxuan shook his head meaningfully; "Oh?" Then he moved his gaze to Ye Wu behind Ye Die, and said lightly; "I always pay first and you deliver later, I don't need these two spiritual stones." He took a deep breath, secretly mobilized Dong Huazi's longevity secret, felt the density of the spiritual energy around him, and smiled; "But if you don't have a lot of spiritual stones to assist in your practice, with the current density of spiritual energy in this area, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you two to make significant progress in your cultivation in the future, right?"

As soon as Zhang Mingxuan finished speaking, expressions of despair appeared on Ye Die and Ye Wu's faces at the same time.

He was right.

With Haofen by his side, he was not worried at all that the twins would commit murder or robbery.

To trust this kind of relationship, one party must be willing to take risks.

If the other party is dishonest, he will just lose two spirit stones.

But if the other party is honest, then the 100,000 jade pieces of martial arts in his hand will be completely cracked in a short time.

Seeing Ye Die nod, Zhang Mingxuan immediately uttered two words; "Pills."

Ye Die reacted, took out a gray porcelain bottle from her arms with difficulty, and handed it to Zhang Mingxuan.

Zhang Mingxuan poured a red pill from the porcelain bottle and put it into the dwarf old man's mouth. Then he lifted the dwarf old man up and slapped him on the back, sending the pill into his stomach.

This red pill is naturally the 'Second Transformation Soul Returning Pill'.

There was a faint negative spiritual energy pulling around the dwarf old man who had taken the elixir, and a trace of ethereal soul breath floated nearby.

After a moment, the dwarf's face gradually turned red, and his little finger twitched slightly unconsciously.

"In..."

The dwarf old man took a deep breath, and then started coughing non-stop.

"What are your injuries? How can I save you?"

Zhang Mingxuan ignored the dwarf old man and looked at Ye Die Ye Wu again.

Hao Fen can use his demonic power to treat the disease, but the aura of the fox demon will remain here.

Zhang Mingxuan would not let Haofen take action unless it was absolutely necessary.

"Lingyin Temple's six-pointed sword formation is a wind-attributed external injury. My sister and I have sword energy all over our bodies. We need trauma medicine."

Ye Die wanted to help her sister Ye Wu up, but every time she moved, it felt like a knife cutting her. She could only hold her breath and endure the severe pain, saying, "The Jade Emperor's Book of Liang is a magic weapon of earth attribute. It caused blockage in my sister's Dantian. We need medicine to regulate our breathing. It's an internal injury."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mingxuan probed his spiritual sense into the storage ring, took out a bottle of healing pills and heart-clearing pills and threw them to Ye Die Ye Wu.

These pills were some common pills that he and Yun bought in Zhou City. They could only relieve minor external injuries and unstable breathing.

For Ye Die and Ye Wu, who were seriously injured, it can be said that this is better than nothing.

After Ye Die and Ye Wu took the pills and adjusted their breathing for a while, Zhang Mingxuan ordered Hao Fen to help them onto the horses. Then he pulled the dwarf old man onto the horse's butt, looked around, and finally his eyes fell on the two large pieces of jade rough stone more than ten steps away.

Although these two pieces of jade raw materials were not as huge as the ones that the people encountered on the way through the mountains, they were still more than one person tall. They should have been transported by the group of soldiers. However, the other horses and soldiers around were killed by the aftermath. Zhang Mingxuan regarded them as free and put them in his ring. Then his eyes fell on the blue-robed official who was buried under the rubble and still had a trace of breath. He asked Xiang Yetie, "Do you two want to get rid of him?"

Ye Die lay on his horse and shook his head weakly. "If he dies, Liang will transfer officials with higher cultivation to Qingyan City, and it will be more difficult to deal with him then."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mingxuan thought that Ye Die was indeed scheming.

He thought again and immediately realized that Ye Die Ye Wu was just doing his job after all, and he was dealing with a familiar opponent, so he was obviously able to control the situation.

Since Ye Die said so, Zhang Mingxuan would not help them kill people.

The group walked towards Yujin Port.

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