Chapter 173 Disguise

This street is called the Fairy Street because the shops on both sides of the street sell talismans, magical instruments, pills, medicinal herbs and other things related to spiritual practice.

Of course, there are also paper-making, coffin-making, blacksmithing and other shops here.

Every time there is a big fair, both sides of the street will be occupied by a group of independent cultivators, who will share the things they brought, just like a flea market.

Among these, the most popular and best-selling items are actually medicinal materials, and some pills and powders that are easier to distinguish.

For example, gold wound medicine is the most popular and its price has a fixed range. No matter whether it is the buyer or the seller, neither will suffer a loss nor be cheated.

So as soon as Miaohe's medicine powder was put on display, people asked for its price.

The other person smelled the scent of the golden wound medicine and his eyes lit up slightly. He recognized it as a good medicine powder. It smelled similar to the high-quality golden wound medicine sold in the pharmacy.

He looked at the other medicine bottles and asked, "Were these all made by the same pharmacist?"

Miaohe nodded, "Yes, they were all made by the same pharmacist."

The other party immediately said: "I want them all!"

Miao He was so happy that she wanted to pack all the bottles for him immediately, but Pan Yun stopped her and said, "No, each person can only buy three bottles."

The other party's expression froze and he asked, "Why?"

"Because good things should be shared with more people, how can we let you enjoy them alone?" Pan Yun said: "You choose, which three bottles do you want?"

He was not convinced. "I saw it first, so I bought it. Good things should be enjoyed by myself. Why should I share them with others?"

"Because now the things are mine, not yours," Pan Yun said, "If I say share, then share. When it becomes yours, you can enjoy it exclusively according to your own wishes."

He narrowed his eyes and looked Pan Yun up and down. "Little Taoist friend, you are a student of the Longhu Mountain Academy, right? Let me tell you, I am familiar with the head of your academy, Zhang. I..."

"I have a rift with Dean Zhang."

The other person's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked her up and down again. After a moment, he silently selected three bottles of medicine.

Miao He immediately said, "Thank you for the eight taels of silver."

He took out a five-liang silver ingot and three one-liang treasure notes and gave them to her.

Pan Yun pushed the treasure notes back and only accepted silver ingots, "Either silver or silver notes from the four major banks."

guest:……

Pan Yun looked at his face, took a step back and said, "You can pay with banknotes, but you have to pay double."

The guest jumped up and shouted, "You are robbing me! You want six taels of paper money?"

Pan Yun spread his hands and said, "What can I do? This treasure note is not valuable. I am not sure whether the bank here will exchange it for treasure notes. If not, I will have to walk a long way to the county town to exchange it."

"You don't have to change it."

"If you don't change it, it will become waste paper. Just shout, who in the whole Shangqing Town sells things and accepts treasure notes?"

The guest started to grumble, and counted out three silver notes of one tael each and gave them to them again, "I was also cheated, how could I know that the treasure notes could not be spent…"

Pan Yun didn't believe him.

The young man who would come to the stall to buy things, who knew how to choose, who wore old shoes and had calluses on his palms, was obviously a poor man like them. How could a poor person not know that banknotes were worthless?

You know, the first victims after the massive devaluation of Baochao are the poor people.

How could someone who has suffered a big loss not remember it?

Nowadays, Baochao has basically no credibility among the people. She felt that he came here deliberately to cheat them, thinking that they were young and didn't understand.

Pan Yun arranged the remaining medicine bottles. Miao He was actually quite puzzled. "Master Junior, since he wants to buy them, why don't we just sell them to him?"

Pan Yun: "If we only do this one business, of course it's fine, but we will come again in the second half of the month or the next half of the month when we have a holiday."

She said, "It's not every time that I can meet such generous customers, so I'll sell the medicine to a few more people this time. After they use it, they'll know how useful it is, and they'll come back to buy it next time."

"This will ensure that the medicine we sell out quickly each time we ship it out. Having only one regular customer is not a guarantee. Besides, it's not certain whether he is a regular customer or not."

Miaohe suddenly realized.

Pan Yun looked at his talismans that no one wanted, sighed and said, "There are too many talismans in Longhu Mountain. It's a bit difficult to make money from this. Maybe I haven't found a way. I will prepare some medicine next time."

Miaozhen: "Me too."

Miaohe: "I'll help you."

"Miaohe, now that you have money, you can buy some herbs and make pills yourself. You can sell them next time. You don't have to take them from your classmates' homework. After all, we have only learned a few herbs now, and they may not be popular."

Miaohe agreed, "My favorite medicine to make is the digestion pill."

Miao Zhen's face darkened, "Please make less, or it won't be enough for you to eat."

Pan Yun burst into laughter.

Before the laughter stopped, a middle-aged Taoist stopped in front of their stall and asked, "Little Taoist friend, how much is this medicine?"

Pan Yun paused for a moment, glanced at him and said, "What medicine do you like, fellow Taoist?"

The middle-aged Taoist priest selected five bottles in one breath.

Pan Yun said: "One person can only buy three bottles."

The middle-aged Taoist priest did not make any distinction and directly selected three bottles.

Miao He happily calculated the money, "Twelve taels."

"It's too expensive, six taels."

Miao He's eyes widened. "You...you...you cut it in half. No, at least twelve taels. This is the actual price."

The middle-aged Taoist priest said: "Nine taels! My friend, look around this street and see who doesn't bargain. You're not bargaining at all. You're not being honest."

Miao He said with a conflicted look on his face: "Then I'll give you one tael less, eleven taels."

"Ten taels, let's each take a step back and get an even number."

Pan Jun was about to speak, but Miao He nodded first and said, "Okay, ten taels." Pan Jun swallowed his words and watched the other party take out the money silently.

The middle-aged Taoist priest took the medicine and left.

Pan Jun hummed softly, and the black cat lying at her feet also hummed softly.

Miao and Miaozhen turned to look at her, "Uncle Master, what's wrong with you?"

Pan Yun: “Nothing.”

Miao He did not ask any more questions, but Miao Zhen frowned and asked, "Little Master, do you also think that person's face is a little strange?"

Pan Yun said faintly: "It's more than just strange~~"

Just as she was about to explain in detail, an old Taoist priest with a white beard came over, glanced down at the medicine bottles on their stall and asked, "How much is this medicine?"

Miao He immediately began to warmly entertain the guest, "One person can only buy three bottles a day, the prices are different, which medicines do you like?"

The old Taoist priest picked three bottles of medicine.

Miao He said, "Twenty taels!"

Pan Yun's eyes widened suddenly, and he immediately swallowed his words back, looking at the old Taoist priest with a sharp gaze.

The old Taoist's body froze. The price he wanted to bargain for suddenly became too hot for him. He opened his mouth twice before he tried to bargain: "Ten taels?"

Miaohe was straightforward and generous, "Fifteen taels!"

The old Taoist priest said helplessly: "Let's each take a step back and take twelve taels."

"Okay!" Miaohe nodded decisively and was about to wrap it up for him happily.

Pan Yun reached out and held her hand, and said to the old Taoist priest: "You are going too far. It's ok to buy makeup for the second time, but you actually came for the third time."

"Huh?" Miao He leaned over to look at his face, barely finding some traces of a young Taoist priest on his face, and widened her eyes, "He, he, he... are they the same person?"

The old Taoist stroked his beard and smiled, "What you see with your eyes may not be true. If you feel it is not true, then it is not true. Little Taoist friend, you have already made an offer and I have agreed to it. You will not regret it, right?"

Miaohe frowned, not very happy, "You are one person."

"You only said one person can buy three bottles a day, but I am the me of the day after tomorrow, the previous one is the me of tomorrow, and only the first one is the me of today, so you didn't make a mistake."

Pan Yun: “Absurdity!”

"How can you say that, fellow Daoist? I just spent three days in one day. I am short on time and have to be an angel for three days in one day."

Pan Jun's eyes swept over him inch by inch, and suddenly he leaned in close and asked in a low voice, "Daoyou, are you selling this disguise technique?"

The old Taoist priest glanced at her, and after a moment's silence, he said, "If the price is right, I am willing to sell it."

Pan Jun: "How much?"

The old Taoist priest stretched out a finger.

Pan Yun considered and asked, "Ten taels?"

The old Taoist priest said: "One thousand taels, what are you thinking of ten taels?"

"One thousand taels? Do you know how much a house in Longhu Mountain costs?" Pan Yun scolded him, "You can buy ten houses with this prescription. If you are not sincere, don't make an offer."

The old Taoist priest was unhappy when he heard this. "How can I be insincere? This is a skill. Isn't a skill worth... ten houses?"

He felt a little guilty when he said this.

Pan Yun said: "I'm just curious and want to learn it, but I don't expect it to make money. Since it's not a recipe for laying golden eggs, how can it be worth so much money?"

She waved her hand and said, "Forget it if you don't mean to sell it. Miaohe, give him the medicine."

"Oh." Miao He gave him the medicine and held out her hand to him, "Don't come here again. My junior master can recognize you, but he just can't bear to expose you."

Miao Zhen: "So, your disguise skills aren't that great. My junior uncle saw through it at a glance."

The Taoist's eyes widened slightly, and then he reacted, "Yes, how did you recognize me?"

Pan Yun said: "I recognized it at the first sight."

The Taoist priest became anxious, "How did you recognize me at first sight? My disguise skills can deceive even the best martial arts masters."

But she is a first-class master.

Pan Yun raised his chin and said, "That only proves that I am better than them. Don't you believe it? That means there is a flaw in your disguise technique."

The Taoist priest was unwilling to admit that his disguise skills had flaws, but he also didn't think Pan Yun could be as good as a first-class master. After this deduction, he concluded that there was something wrong with his disguise skills.

He frowned and didn't even want to buy medicine anymore. He just kept asking Pan Yun, "How did you recognize me?"

Pan Yun: "I recognized it at a glance."

She has a mind with five senses and can see through all illusions. It's just a disguise trick. If she can't see through it, how can she survive in the future?
Alas, how can I tell him that it’s not his disguise skills that are flawed, but that she is gifted like this?

Because there were always people at this stall, some people were attracted to come and have a look.

Someone picked up the medicine bottle and smelled it, and thought the smell was stronger than the ones sold in the pharmacy, so he spent money to buy it.

Some people also took a fancy to the talismans sold by Pan Yun and bought them after some bargaining.

When the Taoist saw that there was not much medicine left in the bottle, he realized that he had wasted too much time.

So he paid for the medicine, and after a moment's hesitation, he said to Pan Yun, "One hundred taels, for one hundred taels I will sell you the disguise technique."

Pan Yun agreed immediately, "Okay, let's trade here and now tomorrow."

The young man raised an eyebrow, "You don't have money now?"

Pan Yun said calmly, "My money is in the academy. I don't have it with me. I have to go back to get it."

The young man lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before nodding, "Okay, my name is Chen Ziwu, may I know what your name is?"

"Pan Yun."

(End of this chapter)