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"Young Master, it's useless--" Zhou Qi put down the broken knife and spread his hands helplessly.There was a pungent smell in the room, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and nitric acid were placed on the table next to it, enough to ruin the face of a group of people, and there were four or five knives of various kinds, almost all of which were broken.

Shao Jing frowned.The piece of white jade was placed in the middle of the table, and there was a talisman of trapping animals drawn in cinnabar on the jade, and the table was surrounded by lit candles, as if facing an enemy.

"It would be great if the Black Tie Wujin Knife was here..."

"Black Tie Wujin Knife?" Zhou Qi's ear was sharp, and he heard it all at once, and was very surprised. "Is there really such a knives? Where is it?"

"It's gone." Shao Jing said angrily, "If there is, I still need these scraps of iron?"

Zhou Qi scratched his head: "This thing is really -- it doesn't dissolve in sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid, and it can't be carved with a knife. It's so strange."

Shao Jing shook his head: "It's nothing strange. Jade itself is a hard thing, fragile and not easy to carve. The white tiger is gold, the quality of gold and jade, harder and harder. And the trapping beast traps Qiongqi in it, this kind of ancient fierce The beast is invulnerable to swords and guns, and it is estimated that it is also insoluble in acid and alkali. With its spirit, it is normal that this piece of jade is difficult to get."

Zhou Qi stroked his chin and pondered: "I remember there is a kind of paint that can penetrate three inches when painted on gold and jade. It is made of Hushi and dragon saliva, but unfortunately we don't have it."

Mai Mai asked, "What is Hushi?"

Zhou Qi scratched his head: "It's the name of a plant. Its fruit is red. When rubbed with ambergris, the color is red, which means it's bright red."

"What does it look like?"

Zhou Qi spread his hands: "I don't know. There are still paintings in the Yao and Shun era, but unfortunately there are no records in later generations. No one knows what it looks like."

Mai Mai was disappointed: "It's the same as not saying it..."

Zhou Qi was dissatisfied: "Maizi, why is it the same as not saying it? Anyway, it's a way."

"What's the use? I don't know what Eshi looks like, and besides, where can I get the dragon's saliva?"

Shao Jing studied the piece of jade, and said casually, "Dragon Saliva can be obtained, and it can be found in the sea market. It's just that I haven't heard of anyone seeing it for many generations, and I don't know its appearance. There is really nowhere to find it."

Mai Mai looked at the piece of jade worriedly: "Then what should I do? This thing--" looks like a ticking time bomb in my hand.

Shao Jing didn't care too much: "Leave it alone, at worst, make up the Beast Trapping Talisman every day."

Mai Mai had a sudden thought: "Since fire overcomes gold, how about burning this piece of jade?"

Zhou Qi laughed: "It is true that fire can defeat gold, but this piece of jade itself is made of stone, how can it be burned?"

Shao Jing got annoyed after tossing all night, and threw the broken knife in his hand: "Forget it, forget it, and go to rest. You have dark circles under your eyes, Mai Mai, go to sleep."

Mai Mai yawned, seeing that it was already dawn: "I have to go to the store."

"What kind of store are you going to, you need to catch up on your sleep." Shao Jing directly pulled him up from the chair, "Go to sleep."

Mai also felt that his eyelids were heavy.It was a very tossing night, just now I was only thinking about how to get this piece of jade, but I didn't feel it, but now that Shao Jing said that, he was really sleepy.He stood up and took two steps towards the bedroom when his cell phone rang. It was Gui Zier: "Maizi, I have asked Sister Sanxiu to come over. Where is Young Master Zhang? Why are you here?"

When Shao Jing drove to the store, Cao Sanxiu was watering the potted plants.Shao Jing was looking for a parking space outside, and Mai Mai walked in first: "Doctor Cao."

Cao Sanxiu turned her head and smiled: "Mr. Mai, your flowers and plants are growing well."

Wheat smiled.Cao Sanxiu has a beautiful appearance and a graceful figure, and her gestures are completely classical beauty. Mai Mai always has an invisible pressure in front of her, and she dare not talk or laugh nonsense, for fear of being rude.Cao Sanxiu seemed to like the pot of asparagus bamboo very much. After watering it, he touched it lightly with his hand and said with a smile, "I didn't expect Mr. Mai to have a treasure here. I haven't seen it for hundreds of years. Where did it come from?"

Wheat was puzzled, wondering what a treasure that hadn't been seen for hundreds of years, this pot of asparagus?What are you kidding!Or those cacti?Could it be that Cao Sanxiu has never seen a cactus before?However, it is also possible that the cacti are said to have been brought in from Mexico, but they certainly did not exist in ancient China.

Mai Mai thought in a mess, and said hey twice: "No, I just bought it from the flower market."

Cao Sanxiu showed a slightly surprised expression, and was still touching the pot of asparagus: "In the flower market? I didn't expect that Binhai is such a beautiful place. Even such treasures that haven't been seen for hundreds of years can be produced. It really is a good place."

The more Mai Mai listened to it, the more confused she became. She looked at the pot of asparagus bamboo again and again, but couldn't tell the difference between it and ordinary asparagus bamboo.Just thinking about it, Shao Jing hurried in: "Doctor Cao."

Cao Sanxiu nodded politely: "I heard from Zi'er that Master Zhang is looking for me?"

"Please sit down." No matter how anxious Shao Jing was, he was still calm on the surface, and pulled the chair away in a gentlemanly manner, "I do have something I want to discuss with Dr. Cao."

Cao Sanxiu sat sideways: "Please tell me something, Mr. Zhang."

"Then I'll just say it straight. I heard that the thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum has the effect of prolonging life, so I want to ask Dr. Cao for a real body."

Gui Zi'er's mouth opened wide all of a sudden: "Young Master Zhang, what did you say?"

Shao Jing didn't change his face: "I said to ask Doctor Cao for a piece of real body."

"What! Sister Sanxiu is a ganoderma lucidum, not a plant. You can't give a leaf a fruit, a piece of real body? That is--" Before Gui Zi'er finished calling, Cao Sanxiu waved his hand and smiled slightly: "Mr. This sentence is a bit exaggerated. I am not the spirit of plants and trees, so I am afraid that this real body cannot be given."

"Doctor Cao," Shao Jing leaned forward slightly, "I know that this sentence is a bit difficult, so I have to make up for it. Doctor Cao must know that I will be the head of the Zhang family in the future. If Doctor Cao can agree to my request, I owe Dr. Cao three favors."

Cao Sanxiu was slightly moved: "Three favors? Who did Young Master Zhang ask for? He is willing to make such a big bet."

Shao Jing waved his hand: "Doctor Cao doesn't care who I begged for, anyway, does Doctor Cao think it's worth it?"

Cao Sanxiu was silent.Gui Zier was so excited that he jumped beside him: "Young Master Zhang, what are you doing? You, who are you begging for? Sister Sanxiu, what are you going to do?"

Shao Jing wanted to cover Gui Zi'er's mouth, but because Cao Sanxiu was here, he couldn't be violent, so he could only stare at her.Cao Sanxiu thought about it for a while, but still shook her head: "Young Master Zhang, it is said that you have already said your favor, if I don't agree, I will offend the Zhang family. But... Young Master Zhang has never seen my real body, I- - It's a single-born Ganoderma lucidum."

Mai Mai didn't know that single-born Ganoderma lucidum was a joke, but seeing Shao Jing's face suddenly darken, it must not be good news.Cao Sanxiu looked at Shao Jing apologetically: "I've been practicing these years, I want to cultivate immortality, I don't dare to damage my real body, please forgive me, Young Master Zhang."

Shao Jing's face was ugly, but he still stood up and sent Cao Sanxiu out: "Does Dr. Cao have any comrades?"

Cao Sanxiu understood what he meant as soon as he heard it, and nodded: "I will inquire. But our clan is not the only one that has the effect of prolonging life, at least the ginseng clan also has this ability, Mr. Zhang, maybe you can try it?"

Shao Jing reluctantly nodded: "Thank you."

When Cao Sanxiu walked to the door of the store, he suddenly remembered something, turned back to Mai and said, "Mr. Mai, this plant in your store is really rare, you must take good care of it, if—"

Mai Mai's eyes widened: "What are you talking about? What is it?"

"Huishi--" Cao Sanxiu realized now that Mai Mai's answer just now was pretending to understand, "Why, Mr. Mai doesn't recognize Huishi?"

Mai Mai asked stupidly: "Isn't this asparagus bamboo?"

Cao Sanxiu covered her mouth and smiled: "It turns out that Mr. Mai doesn't know what he bought..."

Mai Mai honestly admitted: "I really don't know, isn't this asparagus?"

Cao Sanxiu laughed enough before letting go: "Of course asparagus is asparagus, I'm talking about this grass, this is the real picture."

Mai Mai took a closer look, and it turned out that Cao Sanxiu was referring to the grass that grew out of the asparagus pot. It turned out that what she just reached out to stroke was not asparagus at all, but this grass: "This, this is Huishi?" It's just grass, is this the famous painting reality?

Cao Sanxiu nodded: "Huishi has not been seen in the world for hundreds of years, so it is natural that Mr. Mai does not know it."

Wheat now really has a feeling that there is nowhere to find it, and it takes no effort to get it: "Well, when the real fruit is ground with ambergris, can the color penetrate an inch of gold and jade?"

Cao Sanxiu said with a smile: "Yes, but because the painting has not been seen in the world for hundreds of years, this kind of paint is very rare now."

Mai Mai hurriedly went to see the Hushi plant. After a few days passed, the small flower buds cracked again, revealing red petals. The color was indeed different from ordinary flowers. The bright red was dazzling: "This, when will it bear fruit? ?”

Cao Sanxiu also came back and looked at the Hushi plant with fondness: "Huishi flowering period is ten days, and the fruit only hangs on the branch for one day before it withers and falls off. It must be picked off and ground in time to make pigments. Look at it like this, it will take another three days." It will be solid."

Mai Mai immediately wanted to hold the potted flower in her arms: "Only hang on the branch for a day..." Baby!It will take another year if it is delayed, but that Qiongqi can't keep it at home for another year!

Seeing his baby's appearance, Cao Sanxiu couldn't help laughing, nodded and said, "Take care of it, I'm leaving first, if you don't know how to take care of it, you can come to me again."

As soon as Cao Sanxiu left, Mai Mai pounced on Shao Jing: "Huishi, Hushi! This is actually Hushi! It's really great!"

Shao Jing felt a little depressed, so he nodded casually.Mai Mai was surprised: "Are you unhappy? Didn't you say that you can get the dragon's saliva, but Huishi doesn't have it. Now that we have it, let's hurry to get the dragon's saliva!"

Shao Jing stroked his hair, but said nothing with a sullen face.Mai Mai understood, put his arms around his shoulders and shook: "I see, Dr. Cao is not willing, we can think of other ways."

Shao Jing sighed: "You think the Millennium Ganoderma lucidum is so easy to find—forget it, you're right, let's think of another way."

Mai Mai recalled Cao Sanxiu's words: "What is Ganoderma lucidum?"

Shao Jing was still thinking about his thoughts, and replied casually: "Ganoderma lucidum that grows only by one plant is called solitary ganoderma. Some ganodermas have one big ganoderma with several smaller ganodermas growing beside them, which are called cluster ganoderma. If Cao Sanxiu is a cluster ganoderma, She just needs to give me a small one, but it's a pity that she is a single-living Ganoderma lucidum!"

"She said she wants to cultivate immortals, are there really immortals?"

Shao Jing replied gloomyly: "Haven't you seen Fu Lu Shou and Calamity Star?"

Mai Mai shook him: "Don't be so stern, I'm not going to die tomorrow, come, come, see Huishi and be happy."

Shao Jing really couldn't be happy.There are many treasures that have the effect of prolonging life, such as Ganoderma lucidum, such as the thousand-year-old ginseng that Cao Sanxiu just mentioned, but if you can find it, the chances are very small.After all, there was Cao Sanxiu, who was so unlucky that it was a single-born ganoderma...Compared to Hushi, it was a trivial matter, not enough to make him happy.But he also knows that it is useless to always pull his face like this. He will only remind Maimai that he will not live long, so he forced a smile: "You are really lucky, you can actually buy a picture when you buy potted flowers." Said When he said this, he felt uncomfortable again—if he was really lucky, how could he be short-lived?

"I think so too." Xiaomai happily ran to look at the Huashi plant again, and wanted to dig out the asparagus bamboo, but there was no flower pot for the time being so he couldn't do it, "Go buy a flower pot."

"I'll go later." Seeing his energetic appearance, Shao Jing finally showed a smile on his face, "Isn't there still three days left? Go and prepare first, get the dragon saliva, then you can grind out the paint. Otherwise, the fruit is useless without ambergris."

It was only then that Mai Mai remembered this question: "Where can I get the dragon's saliva? This dragon's saliva is the dragon's saliva?"

"Otherwise what do you think it is?"

Mai Mai's expression was a little weird: "Okay, Nana, where can I get the dragon's saliva?"

Shao Jing turned his head and looked at the sky: "The most convenient way to get dragon saliva is to go to Haishi."

"A sea of ​​mirages?"

"The sea and the mirage are two different things. The sea is the market place of the sea people, and the mirage is the illusion formed by the breath of the mirage. It's just that they look similar from a distance, so they are confused."

Mai Mai couldn't imagine: "The market of the Sea Clan? What is the Sea Clan? Fish essence?"

"Mermaids, dragons, and sea monsters are all sea clans. Of course, all sea spirits belong to sea clans, and fish spirits are of course the most."

"Mermaid?" "The Daughter of the Sea" was the first thing that popped into Xiaomai's mind, "Is there really a little mermaid?"

Shao Jing said angrily: "Of course there are. The so-called mermaids are what the Chinese call mermaids, but there is also a problem of blood, the hair and eyes are different colors. You can see them all when you go to Haishi."

"Then how?"

"To enter Haishi, you must have a sea order, or a token of the Haizu. Of course, you must find a place where the Haishi opens."

"What is a sea order? Do you have one?"

"Of course." Seeing Mai Mai's excited appearance, Shao Jing said helplessly, "It's not bad, fortunately I carry it with me."

"Then you often go to Haishi?" Mai Mai was indeed a little excited, you know, this is something you have never heard of or seen, he is just an ordinary person, so it's no wonder he is not excited.

"Who goes to the sea market? There are a lot of good things there, but the sea people have weird tastes. You can't get what they like, and you can't get what you want. Moreover, the opening time of the sea market is uncertain. Staying in the sea market for too long, once the sea people suddenly leave, the sea market will immediately turn into a sea of ​​sea water, and you may not even have a chance to board the boat. Whenever the sea market opens, there are also people who drown because of greed and staying in it for too long The floating corpses found at sea, if there is no shipwreck or other shipwreck, most of them are people who drowned in the sea city."

Mai Mai opened his mouth wide and listened, before exclaiming for a long time: "This is too——then what shall we exchange for the dragon's saliva? And will there be a sea market within three days? Where is it? Can we find it?"

"The sea area from Binhai to Penglai is a common place for sea markets in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, because it has something to do with ocean currents and wind directions. At this time, it is the time for the sea market to open. Within three days, there must be a sea market. Get something in exchange for this—"

"What do the sea people like?"

"Most of the Sea Clan like things that emit light, and what they trade are also things like gold and gems."

Mai Mai laughed: "Then how about we take a light bulb?"

Shao Jing flexed his fingers and lightly chiselled him on the head: "You want to be beaten! Decades ago, you could really get a pile of gold with a light bulb, but now it's no longer possible. The family doesn’t know how to use electricity?”

Mai Mai became curious again: "Sea people also use electricity? Electric lights, telephones?"

"Strange? You don't know about submarine cables? You don't know about tidal power?"

Wheat blinked his eyes, and began to imagine an underwater city, filled with glowing light bulbs, and countless gold and gemstones: "Is the legendary Atlantis the residence of the sea people?"

Shao Jing was taken aback for a moment: "...I don't know about this."

"Is there really a Dragon Palace?"

"Yes. But it shouldn't be the kind of house that people generally think. For the sea people, it's most comfortable to use the original body in the sea. The so-called Dragon Palace should be called the Water Palace, which is a cave suitable for the water people to live in."

"Then there is always talk about building a dragon palace in the legend, and what kind of crystal palace is it. Isn't the crystal palace a house? Since it is called a palace, it must have the appearance of a palace, right?"

Shao Jing was a little embarrassed: "...I don't know."

Mai Mai was speechless, and rolled her eyes: "Then what do you know?"

Shao Jing was furious, and a vicious tiger rushed at the sheep and pushed him down on the table next to him: "I don't know anything! It's against you, how dare you roll your eyes at me!"

Mai Mai kicked him: "You don't know anything, and you dare to be so arrogant! Get up, and Zi'er will see you later! By the way, last time you said you could teach me a little Taoism, when will you teach me?"

Shao Jing coughed dryly and let him go: "Let's talk about this..."

"What do you mean talk again!"

"Just talk about it later."

"When is the future? Hey," Wheat figured out some tricks, "You won't be--you won't teach people, will you?"

Shao Jing was hit on the sore spot again: "Nonsense! If you want to learn, I will teach you, but... at least you have to get busy with Haishi first, right?"

"That's right." Mai Mai was a little worried when he said this, "What are we going to exchange for dragon saliva? I don't have any gold or gemstones."

Shao Jing couldn't figure out what to take.Although the Zhang family has a lot of assets, his stepfather is also a man with some money, but he has never been interested in gold, silver and jewelry, so naturally he doesn't have any in his hands. Come.After thinking about it for a long time, he was also very helpless: "I can't think of it either. If it really doesn't work, let's go to the sea market and have a look."

"How about it! Otherwise, let's go to the handicraft store to see if there are any bright and beautiful gadgets to buy and take with us?"

"You think you're setting up a stall to do business..." But the sarcasm is sarcasm, Shao Jing had to admit that Mai Mai's idea is not bad, "All right, let's go buy it later."