This morning, Li Yuan organized Talisman what he had saved in the past few days.
Thirty-one Fireball Talisman, eight Heart-Locking Talisman, five Qi Gathering Talisman, six Rejuvenation Talisman, one stack each of Cleaning Talisman and Warding Talisman.
I didn't take all of it, but took half of it out. I went to the buying shop where I sold Talisman last time and sold Spirit Stone for 43 yuan.
After coming out of the acquisition shop, Li Yuan walk north along the main street.
Walking to the north of the middle section of the main street, there are several shops selling Spirit Herb next to each other. Li Yuan slowed down and glanced at the price tags at the door of the shops.
The price of Green Spirit Herb has dropped again. Last month, a bundle of Spirit Stone cost three yuan, but now you can buy it for two and a half yuan.
Li Yuan was about to turn into a Spirit Herb Shop to replenish some materials, when he glanced at the door of a shop diagonally opposite.
A monk was coming out of the shop.
He appeared to be in his mid-twenties, with a medium to thin build, a fair complexion, and was wearing an inconspicuous gray-brown short robe. He was holding a cloth bag in his hand, the mouth of the bag was tightly tied, and there was something bulging inside.
Qi Refining, Fourth Layer.
The aura is not very high. This kind of cultivation is everywhere in Yunyang Marketplace, so there is nothing to pay attention to.
But Li Yuan took another look.
The signboard of that shop reads "Wanbao Spirit Materials". It is one of several shops on the main street that specializes in selling high-grade Spirit Herb and Alchemy accessories. The price is more than twice as expensive as ordinary Spirit Herb Shop. Most of the customers coming in and out are Qi Refining Late Stage monks or Alchemy Hall purchasers.
A Qi Refining, Fourth Layer monk came out of this kind of shop, still carrying something in his hand.
Not impossible, but less common.
Li Yuan did not follow, but walked into the Wanbao Spirit Material Shop first.
The clerk behind the counter was arranging the porcelain bottles on the shelf and raised his eyes when someone came in.
"What do you want to see, fellow Daoist?"
"What did the guy who went out just buy?"
The clerk was stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved his hand.
"It's not convenient to say that."
Li Yuan nodded and did not ask any further questions.
He stood in front of the counter for a while, his eyes scanning the various Spirit Herb and auxiliary materials displayed on the shelves.
He could see a label behind the barrier, with a name and a price written on it.
Crimson Glare Grass, twenty Spirit Stone for one plant. Mystic Spirit Sand, fifteen Spirit Stone for one plant. Soul Condensing Dew, thirty Spirit Stone for one bottle.
They are all auxiliary materials of Foundation Establishment Dan.
They are also the three things Wang Lu mentioned before.
There are other medicinal materials, but they can already arouse certain suspicion.
Li Yuan came out of the shop and glanced in the direction where the monk in short gray-brown robes left.
People were coming and going on the main street. The figure in a gray-brown short robe had walked more than twenty feet and was walking southward along the main street.
Li Yuan followed.
Instead of following closely, we separated about fifteen feet and blended into the flow of people on the main street, maintaining the same direction and speed.
Aura Concealment suppresses his aura to about the level of Qi Refining Fifth Layer, so he doesn't stand out among the crowd.
The man in front walked slowly, but in a clear direction. He did not look around or stop in front of the stalls or shops on the roadside. He never let go of the cloth bag he was holding.
After walking south along the main street for about three hundred feet, the man turned a corner at an intersection and entered a side street.
Li Yuan followed to the intersection, slowed down and glanced towards the side street first.
The side street is not long, with only a few shops and two or three houses on both sides. There are many fewer people on the street than on the main street, and it is too conspicuous when walking past.
Li Yuan did not enter the side street, but stood leaning against a stone pillar at the intersection, his eyes passing from the side.
The man walked along the side street to the end and stopped in front of a single-family house.
The courtyard wall is not high, and there is a bronze plaque nailed on the lintel.
Li Yuan recognizes that house.
Alchemist He's yard.
The monk in short gray-brown robes stood at the door for two breaths, then opened the door and walked in.
The door is closed.
Li Yuan stood at the intersection for a while.
About a quarter of an hour later, the man walked out of Alchemist He's yard. The bag in his hand was gone, his hands were empty, and his pace was faster than when he came.
Instead of returning along the original route, he turned out from the other end of the side street and disappeared from sight.
Li Yuan took his eyes back from the side street, turned around and walked back along the main street.
When we returned to the inn, Wang Lu happened to be in the corridor.
The two entered Wang Lu's room and closed the door.
"There are two things."
Li Yuan first told what he heard about the Li Family possibly asking Alchemist He to refine Foundation Establishment elixir. The reply he received was that Wang Lu was clear about it.
Then Li Yuan recounted what he just saw from the beginning.
The monk Qi Refining, Fourth Layer came out from Wanbao Spirit Material Shop, carrying his things, and walked along the main street to the courtyard of Alchemist He. He went in and stayed for a quarter of an hour before coming out empty-handed.
Wang Lu leaned against the wall and was silent for a few moments after listening.
"What does it look like?"
Li Yuan described the facial features of the man. He was in his mid-twenties, medium to thin, with a fair complexion and a short gray-brown robe.
Wang Lu took out a small book from his sleeve and flipped through it, pausing on a certain page.
"It matches the description of the person who bought the auxiliary materials before."
He closed the book and put it back in his sleeve.
"I will check more closely in the next few days."
He looked at Li Yuan, took out another small Token from his sleeve and placed it on the table.
Made of copper, one size smaller than a palm, with a word "congratulations" engraved on the front and smooth on the back.
"From now on, you can go and deliver Talisman yourself. Take this, and the people over at Senior He won't stop you."
Li Yuan picked up Token, looked at it, and put it into the storage bag.
"There's one more thing." Wang Lu put his hands back in his sleeves and spoke in a calm tone.
"For this mission, the above has given extra incentives. If you continue to investigate, if you can finally help take down the Bandit Cultivator leader of Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement, it is not impossible for Breakthrough Pill in the future."
"You have a chance to break through to Qi Refining Seventh Layer."
Li Yuan raised his head and glanced at him.
Breakthrough Pill. Medicinal Pill, who assists in breaking through the realm. For monk Qi Refining Stage, the value of this kind of thing goes without saying.
"Why do you attach so much importance to a Bandit Cultivator?"
Wang Lu's eyes paused on Li Yuan.
"My family can't bear to take this breath."
His tone was calm, as if he was saying something normal.
"Herb Garden was rushed in and washed. Several rare medicinal plants were uprooted, two of which are the main ingredients of Foundation Establishment pill. This is not a matter of losing a few pieces of Spirit Stone, but a matter of face."
He took his hand out of his sleeve and tapped twice on the table.
"And if those medicinal herbs are really refined into Foundation Establishment elixirs, it will be no small matter for the Wang Family to have one more Foundation Establishment monk."
Li Yuan hummed and did not ask any further questions.
Wang Family can't swallow this breath, which is one reason. The loss of medicinal materials may increase Foundation Establishment's combat power to the opponent, which is another reason.
There are probably other reasons, but Wang Lu won't tell them, and he doesn't need to know.
Breakthrough Pill's motivation is really enough.
Wang Lu left after explaining.
Li Yuan left the inn and walked along the alley back to his yard.
He closed the courtyard door and entered the main room.
There are still a few pieces of Golden Talisman Paper spread on the table, which are left over from drawing Spirit-Refining Talisman before going out in the morning. Li Yuan put them aside and spread out Green-Veined Paper again.
Picked up Talisman Brush and dipped it in Spirit Ink.
Gold Blade Talisman.
When Gold Blade Pattern started to write, the spiritual energy rushed out along a straight path. Compared with the first time I drew Gold Blade Talisman a few days ago, the deviation in the straight line transmission almost disappeared. The spiritual energy went straight from the starting point to the end point, without any shaking in the middle.
Sharpness-Gathering Pattern keeps up. The cross section of Spirit Power Line is pressed into a flat blade shape by Precision at the end, and the amplitude and speed of deformation are just right.
A layer of cold silver-white luster floated on the surface of the rune.
It's done.
Then draw the second and third pictures.
Three finished products were produced in a row, and none of them was scrapped.
Li Yuan put down Gold Blade Talisman and replaced it with Rejuvenation Talisman. Herb Talisman Paper was spread out, and the wooden system Spirit Pattern was spread out one by one.
Then Qi Gathering Talisman, Heart-Locking Talisman, Detoxification Talisman, Breath-Concealing Talisman.
Draw six types of Talisman in turn, draw three to five pictures of each type, and then switch to the next type.
Switching between different types has a much greater pull on the total Tier 1 Talisman Crafting Art Proficiency degree than specializing in one type. The progress accumulated in Yunyang Marketplace intensive Talisman Making these days, coupled with the addition of the new variety Gold Blade Talisman, the total Proficiency degree has been pushing up.
In the second half of the night, Li Yuan rolled out the last Green-Veined Paper.
The picture is Fireball Talisman.
The moment Spirit Pattern finished the six steps, Li Yuan's hand stopped.
It's not something wrong.
It is the process from the beginning to the end of the whole talisman that gives me a different feeling than before.
In the past, when drawing symbols, even Fireball Talisman at the Minor Accomplishment level, there was more or less a very short switching process between each Spirit Pattern. After the previous line was closed, the wrist had to make a very small adjustment, and the direction of the spiritual power had to be realigned with the starting point of the next line.
This switch is extremely short, so short that you can hardly notice it at ordinary times.
But it does exist.
Now the switch is gone.
It's not that it's shorter, it's completely gone.
The connection between the six lines Spirit Pattern becomes different stages of the same continuous movement. The wrist starts to rotate from the starting point of the first line to the last line and is collected into the heart of the symbol, without any pause, adjustment or realignment process in between.
It's like going from writing six characters to writing one character.
Panel popped out.
[Tier 1 Talisman Crafting Art: Minor Accomplishment(0/1600)]
Li Yuan puts Talisman Brush aside.
Minor Accomplishment.
He picked up the Fireball Talisman he had just finished and looked at it. There was no obvious visual difference between the layout of Spirit Pattern and the previous Minor Accomplishment finished product, but the touch was different. The spiritual energy deposited on the surface of Talisman Paper was more even, and there was no thicker or thinner part.
Li Yuan folded the finished product and placed it on the corner of the table, took out Monster Meat from the storage bag and baked it.
After eating, I sat cross-legged on the bed, took two Fiend Essence Pill, and started running Iron Ox Technique.
Qi and Blood and Fiend Qi flush alternately between the internal organs.
The progress of the Major Accomplishment stage continues to move forward.
It was already dark outside the Yunyang Marketplace outside the window. The courtyard wall blocked most of the sounds in the alley, and the main room was so quiet that only the sound of Li Yuan's even breathing and the occasional very slight hum made by the Qi and Blood inside the body were running.