Chapter 157: Using the body as a talisman, new skill...virtual and real talismans

"Xiao Lu, do you think that sister can win?"

"Which sister?"

"That senior from Shangqing Daoyuan."

Lu Chen glanced at Zuo Qiuzi, then glanced at Xu Yangyang in the distance.

He calmly analyzed, "In terms of cultivation, Zuo Qiuzi from Shangqing Daoist Academy is at the fourth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, while Fellow Daoist Xu Yangyang from Shanhai Division is at the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage. Fellow Daoist Xu is even better."

“Besides that, although I don’t know the quality of Fellow Daoist Xu’s foundation building, judging from the aura she exudes, she is at least at the sixth level of authentic foundation building.”

"And Senior Sister Zuo Qiuzi should be similar to her, both of them are of authentic quality in foundation building."

"So judging only from their cultivation, the two of them should be on par with each other."

"But these are just appearances. In my opinion, even without using the strange beasts of the mountains and seas, it is difficult for Senior Sister Zuo to be a match for Fellow Daoist Xu."

"After all, fighting is not just about cultivation, experience, and the mastery of magic. Magical weapons, talismans, elixirs, etc. are all the key to victory or defeat."

"On this point, I think Fellow Daoist Xu has a considerable advantage."

"So this battle... should be one-sided."

Hearing Lu Chen's high evaluation of Xu Yangyang, Mu Xiaoye nodded in understanding.

Because she didn't know how Lu Chen made these judgments.

But Mu Xiaoye felt that since Lu Chen said so, there must be a reason for it.

Of course, Lu Chen was not shooting in the dark.

In reality, he cannot directly observe the stranger's panel like in the game.

But this doesn't mean that he has no way to judge the strength of strangers.

His method was also very simple, which was based on the number of 'Green Lotus Marks' on the stranger's body.

Although this judgment may not be accurate, after all, the Green Lotus Mark only represents the number of weak points in the enemy's spiritual power.

The number of weaknesses cannot accurately measure a person's overall strength.

But Lu Chen felt that the more powerful a cultivator was, the more attention he would pay to his own weaknesses.

It is reasonable to use this as a basis for judging the enemy's strength.

At first glance, Lu Chen could only see five weaknesses on Xu Yangyang's body.

But on Zuo Qiuzi, he could see more than ten.

It is easy to tell which side is stronger and which is weaker.

Therefore, Lu Chen was not optimistic from the beginning whether Zuo Qiuzi could defeat Xu Yangyang.

However, he felt that Zuo Qiuzi would have no problem passing the third level of the trial.

After all, the requirement for the third level of the trial is to persist in the formal mountain and sea walking for more than five minutes.

As long as Xu Yangyang gives him some slack, I think Zuo Qiuzi will still be able to pass the trial.

In the venue, Zuo Qiuzi took out his magic weapon with confidence amid the curious gazes of everyone.

It was a spiritual sword with a rather special appearance, which seemed to be made of some kind of spiritual wood using special techniques.

Zuo Qiuzi said as he held his magic weapon, "This sword is called Purple Peach. It is made of thousand-year-old purple peach wood using a special technique."

"In addition to being immune to water and fire, its greatest function is actually to increase the power of my talismans."

As he spoke, Zuo Qiuzi loosened the hilt of the Purple Peach Spirit Sword and used the sword-controlling technique to make it float beside him.

"You are a talisman cultivator, and so am I. I think you'd better release your mountain and sea beasts, otherwise I don't think you will be my opponent."

"After all, in addition to my family's inherited talismans, my swordsmanship is also considered to be in the upper middle level even among the Shangqing Taoist Academy where many swordsmen gather."

"Although I am not as strong as those monsters in the top ten of the academy, I am still much stronger than the average person."

Ten Seats, this is a unique title in the Taoist temple.

Refers to the ten most powerful people in an academy.

Currently, Jiang Dongliu is the first among the ten seats in Shangqing Taoist Temple.

Although Zuo Qiuzi is not one of the ten seats, she is also absolutely confident in her own abilities.

This is not her arrogance, but the strong confidence she has built up through battle after battle.

As for Zuo Qiuzi's words, Xu Yangyang just said calmly: "You don't have to worry about me, just go all out."

Although her words were very calm, they did not sound so pleasant to Zuo Qiuzi's ears.

Because she felt that Xu Yangyang didn't take her seriously.

Otherwise, she would never be so arrogant as not to release even the strange beasts from the mountains and seas.

Thinking of this, the arrogant Zuo Qiuzi prepared to let Xu Yangyang take a good look at the strength of his Zuo family disciples.

"wind!"

Zuo Qiuzi waved her right hand, and a series of special purple talismans were immediately thrown out by her.

After these talismans appeared, they immediately wrapped around the Purple Peach Spirit Sword.

An invisible gust of wind immediately began to sweep across the venue with Zuo Qiuzi as the center.

"fire!"

As another stack of talismans were thrown out, a large number of talismans turned into talisman fire and began to gather on the Purple Peach Spirit Sword.

It soon combined with the strong wind in front and turned into a vortex of fire.

The scorching air waves spread out, causing some of the monks watching to step back a distance.

But some people were not affected.

In addition to Yu Tianqi and others, there are also Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye.

Lu Chen has a special talent: the Immortal Lotus Embryo.

So much so that the sparks that approached his body immediately turned into pure spiritual power and directly entered his body without any effect.

Mu Xiaoye, because of his innate magical power of 'Red Flame Phoenix Tribulation', is immune to most fire damage.

So he didn't take Zuo Qiuzi's talisman fire seriously at all.

At this time, Zuo Qiuzi in the venue had not yet finished his talisman technique.

"Mountain!"

Under Zuo Qiuzi's control, another huge stack of talismans surrounded the Purple Peach Spirit Sword and quickly condensed into a small hill of seven or eight meters.

"Forest!"

When the last stack of talismans flew out of Zuo Qiuzi's hand, a large number of special trees grew on the Flame Mountain in mid-air.

Wind helps the fire, wood increases the power of the fire, the mountain is its shape, and the sword is its root.

Although it was just an opening talisman technique, Zuo Qiuzi had already demonstrated her powerful strength in front of everyone.

There is no doubt that Zuo Qiuzi's evaluation of Xu Yangyang is not as light-hearted as she said.

He went all out almost right from the start.

This 'Wind, Fire, Mountain and Forest' talisman combination technique was obviously something Zuo Qiuzi had practiced for a long time.

Faced with Zuo Qiuzi's aggressive combination of talismans, Xu Yangyang, who had been standing still, finally took action.

She took out a goat hair pen from her bosom and began to sketch in the air.

Soon, lines of talismans appeared around Xu Yangyang.

However, unlike ordinary talismans drawn in the air, the talismans drawn by Xu Yangyang did not directly transform into special spells.

Instead, they were like posters, floating around Xu Yangyang, forming a unique wall of talismans.

Seeing this, Lu Chen seemed to have discovered something interesting and immediately began to read it carefully.

After all, this was the first time Lu Chen had seen such a special talisman technique.

Just after Xu Yangyang drew a wall of talismans, Zuo Qiuzi, who was not far away, finally launched his attack.

"fall!"

Under Zuo Qiuzi's control, the Flaming Mountain fell from the sky and smashed directly towards Xu Yangyang.

The earth-shaking scene surprised the other trial participants around.

Because they put themselves in their shoes.

If they switched places with Xu Yangyang, would they be able to withstand this terrifying Talisman Flame Mountain?

And the conclusion they came to was that even if they could hold on, they would be seriously injured even if they didn't die.

This also made them sigh with emotion.

They are worthy of being students of Taoist Academy, any one of them has such amazing strength.

And she was just an ordinary student in the Taoist academy, not one of the so-called "Ten Seats".

If someone from the 'Ten Seats' took action, the noise would be even more terrifying than what Zuo Qiuzi is causing right now.

Boom! As Zuo Qiuzi's talisman Flame Mountain fell, the ground was instantly crushed and a large amount of rubble was produced.

When these pieces of gravel were contaminated by the fire of the talismans on the Flame Mountain, they immediately turned into dangerous flaming gravel.

Once again, he forced back the ordinary trial participants around him.

Some less powerful trial participants were forced to use their magical weapons to resist.

This is to prevent himself from being affected by the remaining power of Zuo Qiuzi's talisman.

Lu Chen seemed very relaxed about this.

He just casually drew a line in the air, and a talisman barrier instantly appeared in front of him and Mu Xiaoye.

Blocked the incoming fire and debris.

When the aftermath faded, the trial participants began to discuss the matter.

"Then, that examiner named Xu Yangyang should be injured, right?"

"With such a terrifying talisman, I don't think it's possible for her to be unscathed."

A trial participant looked at Xu Yangyang who was engulfed by the Flaming Mountain not far away and couldn't help but speak.

As for his statement, the other trial-takers nearby nodded in agreement, thinking that Xu Yangyang must have suffered a great loss this time.

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But soon, they were shocked by the scene before them.

Snap!

As a crack appeared from the bottom of the Flaming Mountain.

More cracks began to appear from here and eventually spread to the entire body of Talisman Flame Mountain.

Boom! Xu Yangyang's body walked out of the Flame Mountain, unharmed.

At this time, Lu Chen also noticed something strange about Xu Yangyang.

I saw a large number of mysterious talismans all over her skin, which not only gave her specific bonuses, but also gave her terrifying resistance to spells.

This method of using one's own skin as talisman paper to paint talismans on the body really opened Lu Chen's eyes.

Zuo Qiuzi seemed to recognize this special talisman method and asked in surprise: "Liuzhou Xu family?"

Hearing this, Xu Yangyang nodded, indicating that he was indeed a disciple of the Liuzhou Xu family.

After receiving this reply, Zuo Qiuzi immediately said seriously, "I have always heard from my elders that the talisman method of the Xu family in Liuzhou is very special, and can make one's body become a talisman, but I have never met a cultivator from the Xu family, so naturally I have not been able to experience your body becoming a talisman. Today I finally have the opportunity."

In response to this, Xu Yangyang, who doesn't like to talk much, spoke up.

"Three minutes. You still have three minutes."

Zuo Qiuzi waved his hand and summoned his spirit sword back into his hand.

She held the spirit sword in her hand, pointed it at Xu Yangyang who was not far away and said, "In three minutes, I will definitely force out your mountain and sea beasts."

As he spoke, Zuo Qiuzi's aura changed instantly.

Then a sword force was released from her body.

Just as Zuo Qiuzi said, in addition to her excellent skills in talisman techniques, her swordsmanship is also quite good.

The sword intent of entering the realm of Tao, this is Zuo Qiuzi's confidence.

Facing her sword intent, Xu Yangyang calmly raised the brush in his hand.

The next second, her brush turned into a special spear in a flash of light.

With the spear in hand, Xu Yangyang's aura suddenly changed.

A sharp spear intent was also released from her body, and began to confront Zuo Qiuzi's sword intent.

Zuo Qiuzi's sword intent seemed to be related to autumn, and a silent, desolate mood surrounded her.

Xu Yangyang's gun intent seemed to be related to "illusion", and his whole body was filled with strange seven-colored light, like colored glaze.

"The spear intent of the Dao realm, I thought you only knew the art of talismans?"

After hearing what Zuo Qiuzi said, Xu Yangyang said calmly: "My main job is to practice talismans, and I also work as a gun repairer part-time."

Hearing this, Zuo Qiuzi remained silent.

After all, besides the art of talismans, she is also proficient in swordsmanship.

Without wasting time in greeting, both sides quickly started fighting after releasing their sword intent.

Although they are both talisman cultivators, their fighting skills are almost the same as those of physical cultivators.

Every move is powerful and forceful.

Watching the fight between the two, the surrounding trial participants fell silent.

Because they found that even just holding out for five minutes from Xu Yangyang and Yan Lei was not an easy task.

This is based on the assumption that they do not use strange beasts from mountains and seas.

If they release the strange beasts from the mountains and seas again, they will not be able to hold out for five minutes against these two men.

Perhaps he would be defeated by the two of them in one encounter.

Thinking of this, many trial participants have already felt that their trial journey may have to end here.

However, there were two trial participants who were not intimidated by Xu Yangyang's strength at this time.

And these two people are Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye.

Mu Xiaoye looked at Xu Yangyang who was fighting, his eyes full of fighting spirit and he looked eager to try.

Lu Chen is a little different from her.

Because Lu Chen's entire attention was now focused on the talisman on Xu Yangyang's skin, and he was obviously learning something.

After all, before today, Lu Chen had never thought of using his skin as talisman paper to allow the power of the talisman to better remain on his body.

This was equivalent to opening a whole new door to talismans for Lu Chen.

Many new ways of using talismans emerged in my mind.

Lu Chen was even thinking, since this talisman can stay on the skin, is it possible that it can also stay on the appearance of magical powers?

You should know that in addition to studying swordsmanship, Lu Chen has also been studying his own "Five Spirits Divine Art" during this period.

Because he felt that his Five Spirits Divine Art, in addition to being used as a form of divine power to attack, should have more potential to be tapped.

Or it would make the magical power of this technique even more powerful.

Or, integrate more methods into this technique.

One of the attempts Lu Chen made when he was going through the tribulation was to use his magical powers to perform the Mountain Shaking Fist.

The effect was very good, allowing his Mountain-Shaking Fist to exert power far beyond its normal capabilities.

The special talisman technique that Xu Yangyang was performing now also allowed Lu Chen to see similar potential.

If he could carve these talismans on the image of his own magical power, perhaps he could change the weakness of the image of his magical power that would break at the slightest touch.

Under Lu Chen's careful observation, he gradually understood the essence of Xu Yangyang's special talisman method, and his right hand subconsciously began to draw in the air.

At the same time, a special message appeared on his game panel.

[You observed a special talisman technique, and you learned a new skill... Virtual and Real Talismans]

[Virtual and Real Talismans: Getting Started 1/2000]

[Effect: After casting, you can make the 'virtual talisman' stay on your body or magical power for a long time. If you master it, you can refine a semi-permanent 'real talisman'.]

"suspect?"

Zhong Yaojun, who was watching the fight between Xu Yangyang and Zuo Qiuzi, noticed something strange about Lu Chen and immediately became suspicious.

Because he saw a hint of the Xu family's talisman technique from Lu Chen's subconscious actions.

Although Lu Chen's movements were still clumsy, he seemed to have really learned some of the essence of the Xu family's talisman technique from Xu Yangyang.

Is this child's comprehension so terrifying?

Thinking of this, Zhong Yaojun immediately began to observe Lu Chen's movements carefully.

I found that his movements in drawing talismans were becoming more and more skillful.

This is reflected on Lu Chen's panel as...

[Your understanding of the 'Virtual Reality Talisman' has improved, and your skill proficiency has increased by 100 points...]

[Your understanding of the 'Virtual Reality Talisman' has improved, and your skill proficiency has increased by 75 points...]

Looking at Lu Chen's increasingly sophisticated talisman-drawing skills, Zhong Yaojun couldn't help but ask Yu Tianqi beside him, "Old Yu, has the kid you brought here learned the art of talismans before?"

"ah?"

Yu Tianqi was stunned, and then subconsciously said: "I don't know, has he learned the art of talismans?"

Hearing this, Zhong Yaojun was speechless.

Didn’t you say that you watched this kid grow up? How come you don’t even know whether he knows the art of talismans?

You are not lying to me! Seeing Zhong Yaojun's disbelieving look, Yu Tianqi was really confused.

Because he really didn't know if Lu Chen had ever learned the art of talismans before! After hearing Zhong Yaojun's words, Yu Tianqi immediately looked in the direction of Lu Chen.

Looking at Lu Chen's skillful way of drawing talismans, Yu Tianqi was stunned.

No, when did you learn the art of talismans? Swordsmanship, alchemy, and now the art of talismans, where did you learn so many things? PS: The 40th day of the daily 10,000 is completed, and I am asking for monthly tickets!

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