Chapter 118: The Kicker Has Arrived!

  "Hey, Miss Green Willow, are you opening up shop?"

  Suddenly, several people rushed in from outside, led by a oily-faced man in brocade clothes, who grinned and said: "What are you selling? Let me take a look!"

  He looked to be in his early twenties, wearing brocade clothes and a jade belt, with a sword at his waist and a wooden plaque hanging from his belt, representing his identity as an outer disciple. Although he looked handsome, there was a hint of evil energy between his eyebrows.

  Upon seeing this person, Green Willow's face immediately fell and she angrily shouted: "Get out! You're not welcome here!"

  The man in brocade clothes smiled and said, "I'm a guest! How can Green Willow treat her guests like this? Bring out all the things in your store, I'll buy them all!"

  His tone was amazingly arrogant, seemingly a lavish big spender, but Qin Yun saw from his mocking gaze that the other party absolutely wasn't there to buy anything.

  More like kicking the scene!

  There are hundreds and thousands of shops in Xuanwu City, competing fiercely with each other. Although the Sword Sect is in charge above, implicit business conflicts often occur.

  Normally, as long as you don't go too far, Jian Zong won't bother with it either.

  Qin Yun still didn't understand the other's background, nor was he clear about what conflict existed between the brocade-clad man and Green Willow, so before things escalated further, he decided to observe from a distance with a cool eye.

  In any case, Qin Yun would never let Lü Liu suffer a bit of loss.

  Upon hearing this, Green Willow's face suddenly revealed a sarcastic smile: "You bought them all? Boss Gu is really lucky, I just received a batch of top-quality talismans today. Since you want them all, I can clear out the stock and have a good New Year!"

  She lifted the outer cloth of the package placed on the counter, and the talismans piled up inside were immediately presented to everyone.

  Green willow smiled coldly and picked up a stack of talismans, slapping them on the table: "Top-grade Gathering Fire Talismans, one hundred pieces, cheap for you at eight blocks of spiritual jade!"

  She absolutely has a big mouth and uses words to bully others.

  Bang!

  Another snowfall!

  "Top-grade protective talismans, one hundred pieces, ten pieces of spiritual jade!"

  Bang! Bang!

  A bundle of symbols slapped on the table, and the face of the brocade-clad man changed instantly: "You, where did you get this stuff from? Isn't your family's young lady in seclusion at Chasing Cloud Peak?"

  He also does the same talisman business, so at a glance, he can see that these talismans are all genuine, although they may not be all top-notch as Green Willow said, but absolutely not rough and inferior goods.

  "That won't trouble you, Boss." Green Willow raised her chin high, the mocking look on her face growing thicker: "Since Old Guo has taken care of everything, I'll calculate the total for you. Considering we're all in the same line of work, I'll give you a 9.5% discount!"

  "Haha" The man in brocade clothes chuckled a few times and said, "Miss Green Willow, I was just joking earlier. My store is busy with business, let's talk again next time!"

  His face is extremely thick, being slapped in the face without blushing, speaking lies with his eyes not blinking, and immediately finding an excuse to leave with his subordinates.

  "Pshaw!"

  Green willow spat a mouthful of saliva behind him, revealing his true nature without a doubt.

  Qin Yun couldn't help but ask: "Sister, who is this person?"

  "What a heartless guy!" Green Willow said with hatred.

  It turned out that this brocade-clad man was named Gu Li, an outer sect disciple of the Sword Sect. Three years ago, he opened a Dan symbol shop across from Shui Xin Dan Fu Fang.

  The two families have business competition, usually don't interfere with each other. Gu Li is a shrewd and skilled communicator, doing better business than Shui Xin Dan Fu Fang.

  It's not clear why, but recently, the Guli Dan symbol shop has become very restless and has started a small movement against Shui Xin Dan symbol workshop, with price competition, poaching people, spreading rumors about Shui Xin Dan symbol workshop and so on, as if determined to bring down Shui Xin Dan symbol workshop.

  "A few days ago, I contacted a talisman master and he agreed to provide us with a batch of talismans. Unexpectedly, Gu Li found out about it and actually raised the price and snatched them away!" Qing Liu said, also feeling frustrated: "He already has three talisman masters in his own household, can he still make money by snatching prices like this?"

  Low-level talismans are disdained by high-level talisman masters, and ordinary talisman makers have issues with success rates, so the profit from selling them in stores is very low.

  "This guy, still thinking..." She pursed her lips and didn't continue speaking.

  However, Qin Yun saw something from her shy and annoyed expression, so he said in a low voice: "Master sister, we don't have to be afraid of him. In the past few days, I will make more talismans for the shop, even if it's not profitable, we can't let the other party get away with it!"

  "Good!" Green Willow smiled: "This is my good brother, and with the big package of yellow talismans you brought, business should be fine for the next few days."

  She instructed the shop assistants to arrange all the symbols according to their types on the counter, and assigned another assistant to shout for business at the door.

  As she said, it's not about fighting for mantou, but about saving face. We can't let the guy opposite us laugh at us!

  The clerks in the shop are ordinary people, but they have a keen eye for business and soon started shouting.

  "Hurry up and take a look, Water Heart Dan Fu Fang has just arrived with medium-grade yellow talismans. Twenty pieces of Gathering Fire Talisman, Ice Water Talisman, and Calming Mind Talisman are on sale for one piece of Ling Jade. Protective Talisman and Fire-Avoiding Talisman twenty pieces for two pieces of Ling Jade, and get five more as a gift!"

  Buying talismans usually requires payment with spiritual jade, and yellow talismans are the cheapest. Although some shops also accept silver coins, the prices are often very expensive and not very welcome.

  These talismans are mainly sold to ordinary disciples within the Sword Sect. When they go out for travel, mining and hunting, having a talisman with them will make them much safer. In some places, not bringing a protective charm makes it impossible to enter.

  On this side, they shouted and immediately had a passing sword sect disciple walking in, starting to select the talismans placed on the shelves.

  Due to the fair price, a lot was sold out quickly, and tens of thousands of spiritual jade were earned. Green willow was so happy that her eyes narrowed into slits as she busied herself back and forth helping to entertain the guests.

  But soon she couldn't laugh anymore.

  "Green Willow Sister is in trouble, the Gulidan Symbol Shop across the street is having a price war!"

  The shop assistant at the door stopped shouting and hurried back to shout to Green Willow: "Their prices are even lower than ours!"

  "Hurry up and take a look, Gu Lidan's special medium-grade yellow talismans, twenty pieces of Gathering Fire Talisman, Ice Water Talisman, and Calming Mind Talisman for one block of spiritual jade, with two free pieces of Protective Talisman and Fire-Avoiding Talisman; twenty pieces of the latter two talismans for two blocks of spiritual jade, with seven free pieces!"

  The two shops are separated by a main street. The shouting of the partner's voice can be clearly transmitted into the store, and customers immediately leave.

  Why not buy the cheaper one with the same quality?

  The talismans sold at Shuixin Danfu Fang are not expensive, and even the mid-range yellow talismans like Juhuo Talisman only cost one lingyu for 100 pieces, with very thin profit margins.

  The price of Guli Dandan shop is even lower than this, that's absolutely a vicious competition at all costs.

  Moreover, the other party's targeting is too strong, whatever Shui Xindan Fang sells, they will shout about it, which is absolutely despicable.

  "Bastard!"

  Green willow was so angry that her eyes turned red, and she bit her lip tightly, unable to utter a word.

  How dare you!

  Qin Yun's sword-like eyebrows shot up, and he was also furious: "Then we'll lower our prices too. They're not giving away two tickets for twenty, are they? We'll give away three or eight, I don't believe we can't beat them!"

  "But," said Green Willow, pinching her skirt in distress, "this way we'll be at a loss, and that Gu Li is very despicable. He's sure to wait for us to lower the price, then send people to our store to buy in large quantities."

  "They have a lot of capital, we are small business owners, it's no use competing with them like this. We might as well let them be arrogant for now. Anyway, these talismans will still be unsellable in the future, and they won't always be able to maintain this price!"

  "No need!" Qin Yun shook his head, and his tiger eyes flashed with cold light: "I think the other party won't give up easily. If we admit defeat, they will only become more arrogant and domineering. We'll just lower the price, and let them come to buy it if they dare!"

  "Sister Master, how much spiritual jade do you have on hand? Take it all out to help me buy the materials for making talismans. I'll stay here for the next two days to refine the talismans!"

  "They want war, then let's go to war!"

  The green willow stared blankly at the young man in front of her.

  She suddenly found that she actually knew very little about Qin Yun, and at this moment, the strong and unyielding courage revealed by Qin Yun was like a big hammer hitting her heart heavily.

  "Sister, what's wrong?"

  Seeing the green willow's stunned expression, Qin Yun couldn't help but scratch his head: "You're not scared, are you?"

  Green willow pretty face suddenly turned red, shaking her head said: "No, no"

  She lifted her spirits and swung her small fist: "Alright! Let's listen to you, we'll also lower the price and compete with them. I'm going to buy materials right away!"

  Refining yellow talismans requires high-quality paper and cinnabar ink, both of which are quite expensive. A single failed refinement can result in a loss of several dozen taels of silver. However, due to the large number of people who can refine yellow talismans, the selling price of well-refined talismans is not high.

  Normally, twenty pieces of cloth would be a loss at three taels and eight cents, but Qin Yun was different.

  Because he now has a success rate of 80% to 90% in refining Yellow Talismans, let alone sending three and eight, even sending five and ten would not be a loss, and competing with his opponent is naturally very confident!

  This is a level that only a handful of exceptional symbol masters can achieve, and it's absolutely impossible for Qin Yun, who has just recently started learning, to accomplish.

  But Qin Yun was different from ordinary people.

  First, he was diligent enough and had countless opportunities to practice and experiment in the small world of Qiankun. No other symbol master could afford to waste materials as freely as him without paying a price, and he also had ten times the time to squander!

  What's more important is that Qin Yun discovered that after activating the Wisdom Illuminating Divine Ability, his perception of the cave's ability to sense holes had greatly increased. The success rate and quality rate of the talismans he refined with his Heart Spirit 7 Refining Technique were also higher, almost every one of them was of medium quality.

  He still had a killer move, and when he brought it out at the crucial moment, it would definitely be able to deliver a fatal blow to his opponent.

  With this capital and confidence, since it was the opponent who took the initiative to come to the door to provoke him, Qin Yun absolutely had no reason to be afraid and retreat.

  Not only will he not retreat, but he also wants to give his opponent a lesson that will last a lifetime!