Flying Flowers Light as a Dream

Seeking the Dao in the Mortal World!

"Alright, let go of me first. Feeling sour while hugging a club, don't you think you're being utterly stupid?" Liu Su said, "If Li Qingjun sees you, she'll probably think you have some special fetish, and your good fortune will be ruined."

Qin Yi sat to the side, placing the Wolf Tooth Club across his lap. "Originally, when I went out without you by my side, I felt uncomfortable all over. If something really happened to you, I probably wouldn't know how to live."

Liu Su was silent for a moment, then sighed without speaking.

The dark body of the club, the boundless netherworld. Its soul power was weak, and it could only control the club's body within a few feet. It couldn't go far, nor did it dare to. The lonely courtyard was quiet, filled with endless solitude.

It would have been fine to be eternally lonely in Immortal Trace Mountain, but once it tasted the flavor of the mortal world again, it never wanted to experience that feeling again.

The moment the outsiders climbed over the wall, even though it was confident that the formation wouldn't have any problems, a fleeting sense of helplessness arose in its heart, hoping that Qin Yi was by its side.

Qin Yi said, "From now on, even if I go to meet the king, I will take you with me, otherwise I won't go."

Liu Su chuckled, "Then will you let me possess you?"

Will you let me possess you, not are you afraid I will possess you.

Liu Su did indeed want to possess him; this was the biggest knot between the two of them.

Qin Yi knew that, at least during the time they first met, Liu Su definitely harbored the thought of possession in its heart. This wasn't him being overly suspicious, but an inevitable fact. Liu Su itself had never tried to explain anything, because it did indeed want to possess him and disdained to lie and defend itself.

Qin Yi's body had an unusual bloodline, which was useful to it.

They had been wary of each other until now, and neither of them knew what kind of relationship they had.

"You..." Qin Yi sighed softly, "Do you really want to kill me?"

Liu Su was silent for a long time.

After a while, it slowly changed the subject. "These people are very low-level cultivators. They avoided the Royal Palace guards and climbed into the backyard. I think they are mostly from the Donghua Sect, taking advantage of your meeting with the king to come and find out your background. The sudden appearance of a cultivator who can debate with him is probably more alarming to Dong Huazi than anything else."

Qin Yi tacitly listened to its slightly rambling change of subject, not continuing the previous question. After listening slowly, he asked, "What kind of sect is Tianshu Divine Palace First Hall?"

Liu Su was stunned for a moment. "Never heard of it."

Qin Yi tapped his head. That's right, Liu Su had been in the mountains for countless years. How could it know about the rise and fall of so many sects in the world?

He probably had to find another way to understand the common knowledge of the current cultivation world.

"Minghe is from this sect. Listening to the king's tone, this sect should be very famous in this world... like how people feel when they hear about the Heavenly Court or the Jade Pool in the Journey to the West story."

"I expected as much." Liu Su said, "What, is she really on Dong Huazi's side?"

"At least she's against Li Qinglin. This is the biggest variable. If it's not resolved, Li Qinglin's calculations will be useless."

"When there is an absolute power gap, mortal wisdom is insufficient." Liu Su said lightly, "I suggest you be prepared to run away at any time. Making Swift Travel Talismans is today's lesson."

Running away... Qin Yi pursed his lips and didn't respond.

"Can't bear to leave Li Qingjun?" Liu Su saw through his thoughts at once and laughed. "What did the king say?"

Qin Yi's face also turned a little red, but he still honestly said, "He said he would reconsider, but I think he mostly has a tendency. This is not a king who values state affairs. The reason he wants a Marriage Alliance is probably to prevent the Western Wilderness from invading and disturbing his cultivation. Since he is this kind of person, the attraction of my pills to him will probably be more important than whether the enemy country attacks or not."

Liu Su fell silent again.

Qin Yi asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing much... At this point, you're on both Dong Huazi's and Mang Zhan's kill lists. It's best not to go out if you don't have to."

"I don't go out much anyway."

Liu Su didn't reply to that. Instead, she suddenly began to softly chant a song: "Heaven obtains one and becomes clear, Earth obtains one and becomes tranquil, the valley obtains one and becomes full, man obtains one and gains longevity..."

Qin Yi was stunned for a moment, but he heard Liu Su continue chanting as if without pause, going on for hundreds of characters without finishing.

He seemed to understand something and silently memorized it.

"Dan, meaning single, one, meaning single. Only the Dao has no equal, hence it is called Dan," Liu Su concluded. "This is the most basic Inner Core Dao. I can't guarantee there are no hidden backdoors, practice it or not as you wish."

Qin Yi was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Okay."

Whether or not he practiced the Inner Core Dao, it wasn't something that could be achieved overnight. What could truly be quickly mastered right now was the Swift Travel Talisman. Even if he didn't use it to escape, it would give him a bit more security.

Qin Yi ate a simple lunch and began making talismans.

Yellow paper, cinnabar. Things he completely disbelieved in another world, now he not only believed in them but was also doing them.

He learned talisman making even faster than alchemy. When he first learned pharmacology, he had no foundation and relied solely on his decent intelligence to force himself to learn. However, his profession in his previous life was painting and calligraphy. The sketches in the old house in Immortal Trace Village were just done casually. In reality, he was proficient in various styles of calligraphy and painting. This basic skill, when applied to drawing talismans, was simply a gift from heaven.

Without magical power, the most important thing in making talismans is absolute precision in the lines. There can't be even the slightest error; a difference of a hair's breadth can lead to a thousand miles of deviation. And talismans are inherently extremely complex, engraving the most profound laws of heaven and earth. How easy is it to draw them with absolute precision?

Just with this foundation, if someone who had never been exposed to it tried, it would probably take several months to make even the lowest-level talisman.

But when Qin Yi first learned the Floating Talisman a few days ago, he only ruined three sheets before succeeding once.

"Tsk, there's even 'flying white' here. What a pain in the ass. How can the flowing threads of 'flying white' be absolutely precise?" Qin Yi helplessly threw away a ruined talisman. The patterns Liu Su carved on the ground with the Wolf Tooth Club had many places that couldn't be perfectly matched with paper and brush, so Qin Yi had to draw while she explained and corrected. This Swift Travel Talisman had been ruined seven or eight times and still wasn't finished.

"Be content. You have so much cinnabar and talisman paper to waste. You couldn't do this back in Immortal Trace Village. Otherwise, the first thing I would have taught you back then would have been talisman making, not medicine making. These things are quite expensive, especially this Yellow Celery Paper and this Crimson Spirit Cinnabar. They both come with spiritual power, and their production is probably very scarce and hard to find," Liu Su said with a teasing smile. "Work hard to become a consort, and things will be easier in the future."

"Bah, if I had that kind of thought, Qing Jun wouldn't like me."

Liu Su chuckled, "Acting without acting, is this the realm of cultivation, or is it also the realm of hooking up with young girls? Is this what's called invisible hooking up, the most fatal kind?"

Before she finished speaking, Li Qingjun's voice came from outside the door: "Qin Yi..."

Her voice didn't have the usual fiery and straightforward spirit, but rather a hint of hesitation.

Qin Yi turned his head. Li Qingjun stood gracefully outside the door, looking at him quietly, her gaze like water.

"Uh, the funeral is over?"

"Mm..." Li Qingjun lowered her head slightly and whispered, "I heard rumors in the palace... someone said..."

"What?"

"You said that even with ten thousand beauties, you only want Qing Jun." Li Qingjun clutched the corner of her clothes and asked in a low voice, "Is that true?"

Qin Yi's brush paused on the talisman paper, leaving a black smudge. His heart suddenly began to beat faster.

The air suddenly became very quiet. A gentle breeze swept through the courtyard, entering the room, causing Li Qingjun's skirt to flutter slightly. The discarded talisman paper on the ground drifted gently, like flying flowers.

The fiery and impulsive girl stood with her head lowered, her cheeks flushed. As Qin Yi watched, he suddenly remembered the way she kicked open the courtyard door on the day they first met. Comparing that to now, it felt like a dream.