After the news of the fight between the Wang Family and Li Family spread, the atmosphere in the city has been tense.
Li Yuan Talisman Making Practice as usual, the rhythm has not changed much.
What changes is the people around you.
Of course, it is impossible for me to stay in my residence all day without patrolling, and I will go out to patrol for a while from time to time.
This morning, after Li Yuan inspected half of East Street street, when he turned to the door of Patrol Squad Station, Zhao Hu and Sun Liang were squatting in the yard talking.
Neither of them looked very good-looking.
When Zhao Hu saw Li Yuan come in, he stood up and said just one sentence.
"Deputy team, have you heard? A group of people have been transferred from the mining area."
Li Yuan sat down on the wooden pillar next to him.
"Where has it been transferred?"
"I don't know, I just distributed the supplies and left." Zhao Hu rubbed his hands.
Sun Liang leaned against the wall, with his hands in his sleeves, and his voice was much lower than that of Zhao Hu.
"Go and fight Li Family."
Zhao Hu glanced at him.
Sun Liang suppressed his voice for another half minute.
"I know a person in the mining area who told me before I left. They were given supplies for two months, and Law Artifact also replenished them, and asked them to go to the area where the two families meet."
"It's called assisted defense, but everyone knows what assisted defense means."
Zhao Hu's expression changed.
"Then let's Patrol Squad..."
"Patrol Squad didn't move for the moment." Sun Liang tightened his sleeves. "But Guard Squad also slapped someone over there."
Li Yuan didn't answer, waiting for them to finish.
Sun Liang muttered again.
"And not only are they transferring people, they are also recruiting Rogue Cultivator outside. East Street posted a notice two days ago, recruiting Rogue Cultivator who are willing to sign a short-term contract. The salary is not low."
"Invite Rogue Cultivator to fight?" Zhao Hu said.
"It's not that Rogue Cultivator is sent to the front line, it's to make up for the lack of patrols and guards." Sun Liang shook his head. "Wang Family's own people and the old guards are the ones who are serious about fighting. Rogue Cultivator came in to fill the holes in the rear."
Zhao Hu wanted to say something else, but Sun Liang suddenly glanced left and right and changed the topic.
"Anyway, you can't avoid this. If you signed the contract, you have to go if Lineage asks you to. Essence Blood is already dripping, can you run away?"
Zhao Hu made a muffled hum and fell silent.
Li Yuan Stand up.
"Did you say to what extent it was beaten?"
Sun Liang thought for a while.
"I heard that Yuanyang Sect is suppressing the two families over there to prevent too much noise. So neither side dared to really fight. They just went back and forth on the border to test. Small groups of people would fight when they encountered each other. After the fight, they would retreat."
"But people are dead."
"A lot of people died." Sun Liang's voice was muffled. "But the people on the periphery died more. I, Lineage, am a noble person and I didn't go to the front very much."
Li Yuan nodded, turned around and left Station without asking any more questions.
When passing an alley in the southern section of East Street on the road, Li Yuan's footsteps slowed down a bit.
There is an extra shop next to the alley entrance.
This is not a temporary shed Rogue Cultivator, but a serious shop. The door panel is painted, and a brand new wooden plaque hangs on the lintel, with three words engraved on the plaque - Yuanyang Hall.
The handwriting is correct and the paint surface is shiny. It looks like it has just been hung up.
There were two monks in light yellow robes standing at the door of the shop. Their auras were Mid Qi Refinement, and their faces were calm, not like Rogue Cultivator.
Li Yuan took another look.
The door is half open, and a few rows of shelves can be vaguely seen inside, with some porcelain bottles and Talisman on display. The quality is much better than what is found at most stalls in the market.
Less than a hundred steps further, there is a similar shop on the opposite side of the road, with the same plaque of the Yuanyang Hall hanging on the lintel, but this shop sells mineral materials and Law Artifact accessories.
Yuanyang Sect's store.
Li Yuan walked into Wu's Talisman Materials shop and bought the materials. After he came out, he met Rogue Cultivator who was closing the stall on the roadside.
Li Yuan asked casually.
"East Street When did those two stores Yuanyang Hall open?"
Then Rogue Cultivator pursed his lips in the direction of the alley.
"The day before yesterday, there were more than two stores. North Alley also opened one, specializing in Medicinal Pill."
"Yuanyang Sect people drove it themselves?"
"No." Rogue Cultivator muttered as he put the last few pieces of ore on the stall into a cloth bag.
"I saw that the shop owner took the storage bag from monk Wang Family. I heard from others that Wang Family paid for it. He didn't charge rent, but in turn had to pay Spirit Stone, begging him to open a shop here."
He threw the bag over his shoulder.
Li Yuan hummed and didn't ask any more questions.
Wang Family spent Spirit Stone to invite Yuanyang Sect to open a shop, not to do business, but to use Yuanyang Sect's name to stabilize the market.
Yuanyang Sect suppressed Wang Family and Li Family to prevent them from making a big fuss, so Wang Family brought Yuanyang Sect into the market as a signboard. Even if there are only a few shops, Rogue Cultivators can feel a little more at ease when they see the three words Yuanyang Sect.
Li Yuan carried the materials back to his residence.
Talisman Paper is spread on the table, Spirit Ink is polished, and Talisman Brush is set aside.
Li Yuan did not start writing immediately, but first sat down cross-legged and started running Nurturing Origin Technique.
Talisman Making consumes a lot of energy these days, but the practice has not stopped. Spirit Guiding Art and Hundred Meridians Origin Return Art are running alternately, Meridian Soothing Pill is also taking continuously, and the spiritual power in the Dantian is thicker than half a month ago.
On the ordinary Cultivation Method side, Iron Ox Technique hasn't moved much since arriving at Mastery, but Nurturing Origin Technique has been moving around.
Qi and Blood runs along the route of Nurturing Origin Technique, round and round.
The fine perception brought by Soul Enhancement has helped a lot these days - several key nodes of Nurturing Origin Technique used to be visited based on body memory. Whether and how much to adjust Qi and Blood when you go there depends on experience. Now there is a layer of clearer perception. The Qi and Blood status of each node can be seen more clearly, and the timing of retracting and releasing can be more accurately grasped.
Once, twice, three times.
In the second half of the fourth time, Li Yuan felt a change.
When Qi and Blood passed the last loop of Origin Return Form, the few strands of Qi and Blood that originally needed to be actively guided suddenly closed up on their own.
It's not tightening, it's fusion.
Several strands of Qi and Blood scattered in the limbs, chest and abdomen seemed to have found the same beat. They no longer needed to be pulled one by one by Cultivation Method, but gathered together on their own and slid into the Blood-Qi Sea near the Dantian along the meridians.
After Origin Return Form finished walking, Li Yuan did not stop the exercise immediately, but performed the complete five postures again.
This time is different from all previous operations.
There is almost no gap in the connection between each form. Qi and Blood goes from Qi Gathering Form to Origin Return Form. The five stages in between are like a complete river with no breakpoints. In the past, every time at the connection between one form and the next, there was always a moment of pause for Qi and Blood to adjust the direction. No longer, Qi and Blood knows where to go by itself.
Li Yuan slowly stopped the exercise and opened his eyes.
[Cultivation Method: Nurturing Origin Technique-Major Accomplishment(0/3200)]
Major Accomplishment.
Li Yuan clenched his fist and then released it.
When clenching the fist, the muscles from the fingers to the forearm contract extremely simply, without unnecessary jitter. When releasing the fist, each finger spreads out in turn, at a uniform speed, as if it is precisely controlled.
It is one step thinner than Mastery.
It's not that my strength has gotten stronger, it's that my control has gotten better.
In the past, when I picked up an object, the strength of my fingers was enough. It didn't matter if it was more or less. Now I can more clearly feel how much force my fingers exerted, which finger was too heavy and which one was too light.
Li Yuan reached out and picked up Talisman Brush on the table.
Holding the pen barrel in your hand, with your fingertips touching the pen body, the touch is more distinct than before.
He dipped in ink and put the first stroke on Talisman Paper.
The difference was immediately apparent.
The rotation of the wrist is more stable when putting down the pen. In the past, when drawing the superposition of Fire-Gathering Pattern, there was always a little room for shaking in the fine adjustment of the wrist. This margin is very small, so small that it does not affect the finished product most of the time, but occasionally it will make the edges of Spirit Pattern a little uneven.
Now this margin has almost disappeared.
Wherever your wrist turns, it will stop, no more, no less.
After drawing a piece of Fireball Talisman, the Spirit Pattern on the rune surface is more even than before.
It's not all the fault of Nurturing Origin Technique. Soul Enhancement is in the front and Nurturing Origin Technique Major Accomplishment is in the back. The superimposed effect of the two is stronger than either one alone.
Soul Enhancement improves perception - you can see the state of spiritual power at the pen tip more clearly.
Nurturing Origin Technique Major Accomplishment What improves is control - after you can see it clearly, you can do it more accurately.
Li Yuan Fold the finished product Fireball Talisman and put it on the corner of the table.
Roll out the new Talisman Paper and continue drawing.
I painted it all night, and there was a thick pile of finished products on the corner of the table.
Li Yuan put down Talisman Brush, moved his wrist, and glanced at Panel.
[Fireball Talisman: Proficiency(349/400)]
Proficiency of Fireball Talisman has increased the fastest and is not far from Mastery.