Chapter 185: Subduing Demons and Evil Spirits
The representatives of the sects were greatly encouraged, and they all stood up with smiles on their faces: "Master Shenqi, it's really hard for you to meet us in your busy schedule."
"Good evening, Master Shenqi."
Zhang Ye's reaction was flat. He sat on the main seat, glanced at everyone, and found that the representative of the Tianbing Pavilion had some bruises on his face. He asked knowingly: "Senior of the Tianbing Pavilion, I haven't seen you for a few days. You look a lot fatter."
The representative of the Tianbing Pavilion was not fat at all, it was obvious that he was beaten and swollen, but he didn't dare to say anything, and laughed awkwardly twice.
Zhang Ye smiled and asked everyone: "The envoys of the sects present here, some of them look unfamiliar..."
The previous representatives of the sects, because they used counterfeit cracking talismans, many of them fell into the city guard's mansion, how can these people who come now not look unfamiliar.
Everyone lowered their heads in shame. The Shenqi Taoist recommended the genuine cracking talisman to them before, but they didn't buy it one by one, and they were cheated by the Tianbing Pavilion. After going around in circles, they still had to come back to beg him.
"Master Shenqi, please stop laughing at us. Here are twenty low-grade immortal stones. I want to order twenty decryption talismans."
"My sect wants to order ten."
Earlier, the sects were reluctant to give up the immortal stones, but now they are scrambling for them, fearing that they will be out of decryption talismans if they are slower than others. After all, their sects have been arrested by the City Guard House, and they urgently need decryption talismans to rescue people in the City Guard House.
Zhang Ye looked at the immortal stones on the table, waved his sleeves, and there was not a single immortal stone left. Then, Zhang Ye waved his sleeves again, and the corresponding number of decryption talismans were placed in front of everyone's table.
The monks felt distressed. These few pieces of torn yellow paper were too expensive. They had to save them later.
However, Master Shenqi said that the decryption talisman could only be effective for three days, and it would be invalid if it was not used. It was really impossible to save it.
The monks looked painful, but they had to keep smiling: "Thank you, Master Shenqi."
Zhang Ye nodded: "If you need decryption talismans later, just come to me." Then he was ready to get up and leave.
But at this moment, a sect representative exclaimed: "Master Shenqi, the number of cracking talismans you gave me is not right, right? You said earlier that one low-grade immortal stone is enough for one, and I spent twenty low-grade immortal stones, so there should be twenty cracking talismans. Why did you only give me ten?"
Hearing this, other monks also checked their cracking talismans, which were half less than expected, and asked one after another.
"Oh, one low-grade immortal stone is enough for one, which is the price on that day. Now that prices are rising so fast, what's wrong with me taking two low-grade immortal stones for one?" Zhang Ye was so confident, "If you don't want it, at most you can return the cracking talisman and I will refund you the money."
The monks looked like they were eating shit, and they couldn't take advantage of the fire to rob like this! To be honest, they really wanted to withdraw, but what could they use to fight against the city guards?
Seeing that no one was talking, Zhang Ye pressed them, "I'll ask you one more question. Do you want to return the goods? Don't accuse me of forcing you to buy or sell!"
The monks had tears in their eyes and almost squeezed out a sentence from their teeth: "Master Shenqi is fair in his work. I admire you!"
"I don't deserve it. We all shed our youth and blood for Tiandao City." Zhang Ye said modestly, which made the monks of the sects even more angry.
After Zhang Ye left in a swagger, a monk suggested, "Why don't we ask Master Yuxu again? The problem of the immortal rope has been solved, but the fee is too expensive!"
An elderly monk sighed, "Do you think Master Yuxu doesn't know that Master Shenqi charges so much? It's just a matter of a few hundred low-grade immortal stones. How can he care about it when he is busy with all kinds of things? Let's save it..." The elderly monk paused and corrected, "Try to use it up within three days."
The representatives of the sect sighed. Although they were unwilling, they could only accept the reality.
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In the following days, Tiandao City was in chaos. The various sects broke into the prison of the City Guard Mansion and rescued the cultivators who had been captured in the past with the help of a talisman that could resist the immortal binding rope. For a time, people were panicked and the City Guard Mansion fell into a crisis of trust.
The sects and the City Guard Mansion achieved the balance that Tiandao Palace wanted. Zhang Ye's transfer order also came, and he was promoted to the guardian. This promotion was faster than the escape technique, and the cultivators of Tiandao Palace were envious.
The only flaw was that this guardian had an empty title but no real power. Elder Dingyuan comforted him: "You are now responsible for the production and issuance of the decryption talisman. After a period of time, you can be promoted to a deacon elder. You don't have to go to other departments at that time. One of my elders is about to retire soon. When the time comes, you will take over his job and become my right-hand man."
The elder system of Tiandao Palace is more complicated than that of ordinary sects. The youngest elder is the deacon elder, who is responsible for one or two tasks. There are department elders above him, such as Dingyuan, who is the head of the Law Enforcement Hall. Above the department elders, there is the chief elder, which is the goal of Elder Dingyuan.
"When I become the chief elder, I will hand over the Law Enforcement Hall to you!" Elder Dingyuan did not forget to paint a pie for Zhang Ye.
Zhang Ye knew that it was impossible to reach the sky in one step, so he thanked him immediately.
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After the problem with the Immortal Binding Rope, the guard attached great importance to it and went to the blacksmith shop to find Zhang Ye as soon as possible, but Zhang Ye refused to open the door. This made him jump up and down in a hurry, wanting to force a breakthrough in the blacksmith shop, but he found that the defense of his mother's blacksmith shop was stronger than that of the City Guard House, and he could not break through at all, so he had to wait outside the door.
On this day, Zhang Ye used the excuse of going to Tiandao City to experiment with the decryption talisman. After many twists and turns, he confirmed that no one was following him, transformed into Zhang Ye, entered the blacksmith shop through the secret passage, and collected the puppet pretending to be himself.
"Master Zhang, don't hide inside and keep silent. I know you are at home. There is something wrong with the Immortal Binding Rope. Please help me find out what's going on!" The Guard knocked on the side door and begged.
Zhang Ye held back his smile. He came back to help the City Guard House. He immediately opened the door: "Master Guard, Zhang has been practicing in seclusion recently. I don't know what happened. Please come in quickly."
Zhang Ye finally opened the door. The Guard quickly talked about the Immortal Binding Rope and the Breaking Talisman. Because he was a little excited to see Zhang Ye, he spoke incoherently. If Zhang Ye hadn't been the initiator, he really didn't know what the Guard was talking about.
Zhang Ye pondered for a while: "You mean that the Tiandao Palace sent people to take away several Immortal Binding Ropes and developed a Breaking Talisman that can restrain my Immortal Binding Ropes? Do you have a Breaking Talisman in your hands?" He pretended to study the Breaking Talisman first.
"Yes, yes!" The City Guard House fought with the sects many times and seized several Breaking Talismans. The Guard immediately handed the Breaking Talisman to Zhang Ye.
Zhang Ye pretended to study it and said, "This decryption talisman interrupts the connection between the city defense formation and the Immortal Binding Rope, making the Immortal Binding Rope ineffective. It is indeed a method of the Tiandao Palace!" When Zhang Ye said this, the guard nodded repeatedly.
Zhang Ye returned the decryption talisman to the guard: "There is no problem with the Immortal Binding Rope itself. This is not within the scope of after-sales service. Please go back, Guard."
Guard was stunned and begged, "You warned me not to let the Immortal Binding Rope fall into the hands of the Tiandao Palace, but many masters came at that time, and there was really no way. I know this is not a problem with the Immortal Binding Rope, but Master Zhang, you must save the City Guard Mansion!"
The Immortal Binding Rope cannot take effect. The City Guard Mansion is like a tiger with its teeth pulled out. It no longer has deterrence. Five or six years of hard work will come to nothing. How can Guard Mansion not be anxious?
Zhang Ye was silent for a moment: "Well, for the sake of our acquaintance, I will fight with the Tiandao Palace!"
The Guard was so moved that he wanted to give Zhang Ye a banner of good citizen, but Zhang Ye didn't buy it: "I can make a new batch of immortal ropes that can ignore the cracking talisman, but the cost is high, so..."
The Guard knew that Zhang Ye wanted money, and he gritted his teeth: "Just name your price, I'm willing to pay any price!"
Zhang Ye actually felt a little sorry for the City Guard, but his ultimate goal was to deal with the Tiandao Palace, so the money from the City Guard was used to sponsor Zhang Ye's career.
As for how much money Zhang Ye received, outsiders didn't know, anyway, when the Guard walked out of the blacksmith shop, his feet were a little light.
After killing the sects and the City Guard, Zhang Ye decided to kill the sects after killing the City Guard. But when he counted the immortal stones in the Qiankun bag, he looked dissatisfied, because the life-saving function of the system required 10,000 high-grade immortal stones to activate. Zhang Ye wanted to save money to buy his life, but he had a long way to go.
Zhang Ye remade a batch of immortal ropes for the City Guard House, and did not return to the Tiandao Palace immediately, but opened the door to do business for a day. It took time for the new version of the immortal rope to ferment, and it also required Zhang Ye to show his face from time to time.
Speaking of which, Zhang Ye's charges for ordinary customers are still the same as when he first came to Tiandao City, 100 high-grade spirit stones per order. Although he can slaughter the sect and the City Guard House, he cannot slaughter ordinary customers. It is his principle and sentiment.
Of course, it does not mean that Zhang Ye will always charge like this. When he starts the immortal weapon forging business, the price will naturally increase. You get what you pay for.
Zhang Ye has not opened the door for business for a long time, and he also enjoys it. He opened the door for business for the first time until late at night, and then he was ready to close the door.
"Master Zhang, please, can you finish the last order?" A young monk looked unwilling and begged bitterly.
Zhang Ye sighed. Principles are important. In the past, he worked from sunrise to sunset. No one forced Zhang Ye to work overtime. But today he took a few more orders. It's endless, right?
Zhang Ye refused: "I have to take a break, right? Tomorrow, I will definitely open tomorrow!"
Hearing that Zhang Ye would continue to open tomorrow, the monks who had been waiting for many days cheered. They were even happier than picking up money.
Zhang Ye was about to close the door, but the young monk blocked the door: "Master Zhang, please, I have waited for you for six years. Human life is at stake. Please help!"
The monks made up all kinds of excuses to ask Zhang Ye to help. Zhang Ye was unmoved. He was about to order the city guards standing guard at the door to help pull him out, but the young monk knelt down with a plop.
"I belong to a family of cultivators in the mortal world. For generations, we have taken it as our duty to subdue demons and monsters. A few years ago, the Demon Locking Tower that my family has been guarding was struck by lightning, and a crack appeared, causing the demons inside to resist. If the demon king is allowed to be born, he will surely slaughter the world and cause great suffering to all living beings. I would like to ask Master Zhang to help repair the Demon Locking Tower!"