Xiao Hua naturally had a plan to pacify matters, wondering whether they could be settled with spirit stones and the like. Yet the news he had gathered left him uneasy. The Yun Lan Sect had inherited an ancient art of talisman-making, with deeper roots than even the Fu family of Jinhua Mountain or the Seven Wonders Sect Xiao Hua knew of. So why had it declined to such a state? Setting aside the reasons, Xiao Hua only knew that the present Yun Lan Sect, like the Fu family of Jinhua Mountain, survived by selling yellow talismans and crafting simple spirit talismans. That Cloud-Gathering and Rain-Making Technique... was the Yun Lan Sect's bread and butter! They would not let it go so easily! It was rather laughable, really. Though Xiao Hua had not investigated too deeply into the Cloud-Gathering and Rain-Making Technique Fan Yunxiao and the others had mentioned, it seemed... similar to a yellow talisman of the Yun Lan Sect known as the Rain Condensing Talisman.
Depending on the cultivator's magical power, this Rain Condensing Talisman could gather the water-attributed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a certain area. Its offensive power was not even comparable to an Ice Thorn Talisman or the like. Yet such a worthless spirit talisman in the eyes of cultivators had become the means by which the Yun Lan Sect wrested food from the mouths of nearby mortals. Of course, cultivators would occasionally hire Yun Lan Sect disciples to gather clouds and make rain near their own cave residences, preserving the scenery around them.
At this moment, several Qi Refining disciples were standing guard on Qingyun Mountain. One young disciple muttered, "Senior Brother, no one ever comes to our Qingyun Mountain. What are we standing guard for? We might as well take Rain Condensing Talismans