Mortal Mage

The middle-aged man slowly stood up, stared at the spirit stone in horror, and shook his head; "Stop joking, Immortal."

"Well, this old man is at least half immortal."

Zhang Mingxuan winked at Li Xucheng, who nodded slightly. "Shopkeeper, we just want to have a meal and ask you to find some clothes for us. We are not begging for mercy, so don't panic."

The middle-aged shop owner glanced at Li Xucheng.

This old man has a kind face and doesn't seem like a bad person.

He nodded, bowed and went back to the backyard.

Soon, two sets of coarse blue clothes were brought out. "My God, these are what I usually wear. There are no other clothes in the house."

"Thank you."

After taking the clothes, Zhang Mingxuan put them on directly.

Li Xucheng also put on the prison uniform.

"Can you ask the shopkeeper where this place is? Isn't it the upper realm?"

After tidying up his clothes, Zhang Mingxuan took out another tael of gold from the ring.

"This is just an ordinary area, but there is an immortal sect in the nearby immortal mountain, it is said to be called Dust Wind Sword Sect. Except for the immortals who come down the mountain to look for spiritual roots every hundred years, in most cases, they will not come to mortal areas like us."

"If a child with spiritual roots is born in that family, he will be taken away by the immortals." The middle-aged shopkeeper stared at the ingot of gold that Zhang Mingxuan placed on the table and swallowed his saliva.

"Here."

Zhang Mingxuan threw the gold to the shopkeeper and asked, "How do I exchange it for silver in this world?"

The middle-aged shopkeeper took the gold, his expression was extremely excited, he fell to his knees again with a plop, and continued almost in tears: "When the immortal takes a child away, he often leaves a hundred taels of gold to the child's parents, and the family will be blessed with wealth.

Here, one thousand copper coins can be exchanged for one tael of silver, and one thousand taels of silver can be exchanged for one tael of gold. An ordinary family can only earn two taels of silver a year. The immortal is so kind and generous, and I, a commoner, cannot repay him. I will leave my name in the immortal's memory, and I will worship him in my lifetime!"

Zhang Mingxuan looked slightly stunned. He bent down and stuffed the storage ring deeper into his socks.

I accidentally gave this mortal shopkeeper 1,200 taels of silver. Even if I had money, I couldn't do this.

He looked at Li Xucheng with embarrassment, and Li Xucheng gave Zhang Mingxuan a kind smile in return.

This master always regarded money as dirt. He used one tael of gold to buy two sets of second-hand clothes made of coarse cloth.

"Forget it, there's no need to leave your name, let's get something to eat."

Zhang Mingxuan swallowed back the words "Give me back the gold" and gave the order awkwardly.

The middle-aged shop owner left happily, and then the two heard the sizzling sound of cooking in the kitchen.

At this time, Zhang Mingxuan put the dragon robe into the storage ring.

Soon, eighteen or nineteen chickens, ducks, fish, meat, and various mountain game filled the table with greasy dishes.

It is early in the morning.

"My god, this is the fine wine that my family has treasured for ten years!"

The middle-aged shopkeeper brought another jar of fine wine.

"Is there any...porridge...?"

Zhang Mingxuan tilted his head slightly and asked tentatively.

The shop owner was stunned for a moment, then nodded frantically and rushed to the kitchen again.

By the time Li Xucheng's Zhang Mingxuan drank the porridge, it was already noon.

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The street corners and alleys of Taihe City.

In a bare tile-roofed house, a young woman was breastfeeding a baby.

"Dangdang."

There was a gentle knock on the door in the courtyard.

The young woman put the baby on the bed, walked out of the main room with an expectant look on her face, and opened the gate of the courtyard.

There were four people standing outside the door, a young official, a eunuch, and two red-robed feather guards.

"Li Meijiao, right?"

The leading young official held a document in his hand and looked up at the young woman.

The young woman trembled slightly and nodded gently.

"Your husband died in the war. Here is the pension from the Ministry of War, one hundred and fifty taels of silver. I heard that you have a baby, so the Ministry of Revenue will also subsidize you with fifty taels of silver as social maintenance fee, a total of two hundred taels. Take a look at it and sign it if there is any problem." The young official handed a document to the young woman Li Meijiao.

Li Meijiao looked at the crowded boys and shook her head slightly.

"Well, you can't read, right?"

Li Meijiao nodded.

"Then give me a fingerprint."

After the matter was done, the young official took a jingling cloth bag from the young eunuch and handed it to Li Meijiao. "This is the money your husband bought with his life. Take it. If you are worried, you can go to West Street and deposit it in the Taicang Empire National Development Bank. The interest rate is quite high."

After saying this, the four of them turned and left.

"Master..."

Li Meijiao seemed to muster up a lot of courage and shouted with a little loss of voice.

The four of them turned around at the same time.

"My son has no father. Can you help him come up with a name?"

The leading young official hesitated for a moment and asked, "How old is your child?"

"Today is a full moon."

"Then let's call it a full moon."

The young official asked the eunuch who was accompanying him to take out an old piece of paper and wrote two words on it.

"Full Moon"

He blew the ink dry and handed it to Li Meijiao.

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