City Primordial Witch King

Chapter 77 Turtle Shell
The art of witchcraft and divination originated in the age of ancient mythology and was passed down among the great witches of the witch clan. Then Fuxi began to draw gossip and spread the art of divination to the human race.

Later, the Xia Dynasty had "Lianshan", the Shang Dynasty produced "Guizang", and the Zhou Dynasty performed "Book of Changes". The technique of divination has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has become more and more systematic and regularized.Lao Tzu came out in the Spring and Autumn Period, and a "Tao Te Ching" opened the door of Taoism.

To this day, there are many kinds of divination techniques in Taoism, and the methods are different, but in general, they still cannot escape the word "fate, luck"!
As the ancestor of divination, witchcraft is quite different.

First of all, witch divination needs tortoise shells!
Why use turtle shell?Taoism emphasizes that everything in the world has animism, and every flower and leaf can be used for divination. Why does witchcraft only use turtle shells for divination?
Wei Xiao has read a record in the "Witch Code", which talks about the creation of the shaman script by the ancestor shaman.It said: When the ancestor witch used the tortoise shell for divination, after the tortoise shell was calcined, the tortoise shell exploded with a sound, and water was sprinkled on the burnt tortoise shell, and cracks appeared, which were like words, conveying the meaning of heaven and earth.So Zuwu created Wuwen based on the cracks on the tortoise board.

Wuwen is the writing used by the Wu clan to communicate with the world, and the Wuwen is derived from the cracks of the tortoise shell, so divination with the tortoise shell is a direct communication with the world, and you can naturally know everything you want to know if you are talking with the world.

It’s not like Taoism, which needs to be deduced through luck, probability, etc. The results obtained are not accurate, so you have to guess ambiguously.

It's a pity that Wei Xiao's realm is not enough after all, and he can't talk to the world directly, but it's easy and enjoyable to find one or two people.

After telling Luo Mengqing that he was preparing to perform witchcraft, Wei Xiao didn't explain too much, but went to the next Chinese medicine store.

Luo Mengqing didn't ask, she knew that everyone had secrets, especially a person like Brother Xiao, who must have countless secrets, she didn't know, and there were advantages to not knowing.

In the fifth Chinese medicine store, Wei Xiao finally saw a complete tortoise shell.

"Boss, how do you sell this tortoise shell?" Wei Xiao tapped the tortoise shell in the box with his hand, listening to the sound.

He is choosing a turtle shell.

The choice of tortoise shells is also very particular. As a serious activity, not all kinds of tortoise shells can be used for divination.

Choose tortoise shells, the larger ones are better, and the smaller ones are not.Yellow, white and bright are the best colors, gray ones are not used for dark ones, and old and decayed ones are not used.The sound should be low and dull, and the louder the sound, the more useless it will be.

"You want to buy this?" The boss was obviously startled by his question, and asked, pointing at the big tortoise shell.Usually people want to buy tortoise shells, and they usually buy them as traditional Chinese medicine, so the shops sell tortoise shells that are ground into powder, but now it's good, Wei Xiao wants to buy the whole piece, and it's the biggest one!

"Yes." Wei Xiao nodded.

"My tortoise shell hasn't been ground yet. If you want to buy powder, I still have it at the counter!" The boss reminded again kindly.

"No need, I want this whole piece!" Shaking his head, declining the boss's reminder, Wei Xiao gently picked up the largest piece of tortoise shell and looked at it.

The tortoise shell is big enough, the color is bright yellow and white, and the knocking sound is low, it is a good tortoise shell.He nodded in satisfaction, and hugged the turtle shell directly in his arms, meaning that he wanted to buy this one.

"Oh, okay! This turtle shell is still in one piece and has not been processed. Even if you buy it for 500 yuan, it will be fine!" the boss said with a sigh.

500 yuan?The market price of such a big tortoise shell is usually around 200 to 300 yuan. The boss offered 500 yuan as soon as he opened his mouth. It really is black enough!
Wei Xiao secretly sighed in his heart, but it seems that in the whole market, he is the only one who sells the whole piece. The few shops he passed by before were all ground into powder. It seems that this piece of tortoise shell can’t be bought. !
I thought he was a conscientious businessman before, but it seems that all the crows in the world are really black!
Just when Wei Xiao was feeling emotional, his eyes suddenly fell on the bottom of the box containing the turtle shells. A small black turtle shell was lying quietly on the bottom of the box. As for the boss using it to press the bottom of the box.

Wei Xiao glanced again calmly, and after confirming, he slowly said: "Boss, 500 yuan is too expensive! The market price of this kind of tortoise shell is only more than 200 yuan, how come you doubled it?" gone?"

"Bring up the price, and pay back the money when you land! You can give me a price as much as you think is suitable!" The boss smiled and did not deny it.

However, from his words, Wei Xiao still heard the implication: Anyway, I am a lion, if you think it is not suitable, you can counter the price, if the price is too hard, I will not sell it to you!
Wei Xiao also smiled, since you are unkind first, don't blame me for being unrighteous.

"I don't want to bargain anymore, just give me another piece of small one, just treat it as if I bought two pieces!" Wei Xiao retreated, the boss asked him to bargain, but he just refused to return it, and directly offered to give one piece as a gift. .

"Okay! You can pick whatever you want, as long as it's small!" Seeing Wei Xiao being so forthright, the boss was so generous, he waved his hand and let him pick whatever he wanted.

Wei Xiao went straight to the tortoise shell with one hand, and after taking it in his hand, he looked left and right for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, I want this one!" Then he took out five red notes Pass it to the boss.

When the boss saw him moving quickly and heading straight for the small black tortoise shell, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, thinking it was a bad idea.Judging from his many years of experience in opening a shop, he obviously went for this turtle shell, and his purpose was very clear!
Just when the boss was in a daze for a while, Wei Xiao's 500 yuan was stuffed into his hand, and he subconsciously took it.

"This... oops!" After receiving the money, the boss realized that he slapped his thigh, his face full of remorse.

Wei Xiao looked at the remorseful look of the boss, and smiled unkindly.

Paying the money and delivering the goods, the money has already been collected, and the goods naturally belong to Wei Xiao.

"Hey, I lost the uncle this time, young man, can you tell me what this is?"

The boss saw him smiling like a fox who stole a chicken, so he understood immediately, but he still knew the principle of paying money for goods, and didn't want to deny it.

The black and small tortoise shell was given to him by a farmer who sold tortoise shells when he was collecting tortoise shells in the countryside. Now that he was giving it away as a gift, he didn't feel much distress, but life is like a play and it all depends on acting. On the surface, I still have to pretend to be distressed.

Now he just wants to know what's so special about that small black tortoise shell!

"keel!"

After Wei Xiao quietly left these two words, he strode away, leaving behind the shop owner with a confused face.

What is a keel?
The keel is the bones of ancient large mammals such as elephants, three-toed horses, rhinos, deer, and cattle. It is a fossil formed after being buried underground for thousands of years. It can not only be used as a traditional Chinese medicine, but also Greater collection and research value, and hundreds or thousands of times more expensive than turtle shells!
This unremarkable tortoise shell turned out to be an extremely precious keel?And it was taken out by him as a gift!
Thinking of this, the boss couldn't help but get dizzy and leaned against the wall weakly.

(End of this chapter)