Once in a Millennium Summoning Talisman
Chapter 51
After Grain Rain, the weather turned hot. It wasn't even noon yet, and the disciples whose cultivation hadn't reached the Golden Core stage were already getting restless. "It's so sunny—how can it be so hot! No, no, I need to go find a herbalist to get some cooling pills."
"No way! I heard those old alchemists are really ripping us new disciples off! One cooling pill is worth more than my entire month's salary!"
The reputation of medicine repair was damaged.
Sang Tian, who was in the back row preparing to sell summer heat relief pills, silently withdrew her small hand.
She sold everything she owned to finally get three of them, but can someone tell her how these idiot beginners suddenly became smart?
While Sangtian was still hesitating, his fellow disciple had already started selling, "Hey, how about some cooling pills?"
"Expensive? Not expensive at all. I'm telling you, this is the market price. But since we're from the same sect, I can give you a discount."
"What kind of discount? A broken leg, of course!"
"Hahaha, of course I'm joking with you, but if you really think I'm joking, I do know a little bit of martial arts."
After glancing at his fellow disciple who had quickly sold three pills, Sang Tian took a deep breath, mentally cheered himself on, and patted the shoulder of the person in front of him, only managing to utter one word, "Dear..."
The man hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I am an inner disciple."
"Okay!" Sang Tian smiled, but tears were silently streaming down his face.
She turned to look at her fellow disciple in pink sitting in front of her, just about to ask a question, when the seemingly cold beauty glanced at her expressionlessly, "I have reached the Golden Core stage."
Customer again -1
Heartbroken, Sang Tian decided to change his selling location, as the current location had bad feng shui.
After speaking, the beauty turned her gaze back to the water mirror, "Sister Zhenzhen, can a Fu Xiu also play the main offensive position?"
Ye Zhenzhen swallowed the curse words that were about to come out of her mouth and said coldly, "Very rare, maybe one every few hundred years."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yulin, reflected in the water mirror, threw the talisman at the monster as it pounced. The rapidly burning paper fragments unleashed a powerful destructive force, instantly blasting the monster into dust.
Seeing such a ferocious stance, Chu Wangsu swallowed hard and turned to look at Ye Zhenzhen, who was equally dumbfounded. "Sister Zhenzhen, has the period of several hundred years arrived so quickly?"
Ye Zhenzhen reacted quickly and regained her composure, saying calmly, "It's probably just our imagination. It must have been that swordsman who helped her. You see, that swordsman may seem ordinary, but he must be a hidden master to be able to complete such a powerful move in the blink of an eye."
The scene outside was silent and the view was limited, so few people believed that such a powerful attack could be achieved by the talisman drawn by Zhou Yulin.
Chu Wangsu nodded as if he understood, "Oh, I see."
Ye Zhenzhen immediately followed up with a lecture, "So you should focus your energy on cultivation! Only by constantly improving your spiritual power can a talisman cultivator draw higher-level talismans, and you won't earn less money than that medicine cultivator from before."
"Wow! Really? Then do you have a super powerful talisman, as lethal as that swordsman's strike just now?"
Hearing Chu Wangsu's question, Ye Zhenzhen was somewhat lost in thought. "Of course there are, but no one in this world can draw a summoning talisman anymore."
No sooner had Ye Zhenzhen finished speaking than Chu Wangsu pointed at the water mirror and exclaimed, "Sister, look! It's the Vermilion Bird!"
"Zhu what?" Ye Zhenzhen was about to advise her junior brother not to look so naive, but her mind worked faster than her mouth. "Zhuque! You mean that Zhuque!"
Chu Wangsu looked at his enthusiastic senior sister and pointed at the water mirror, saying, "That's right, I saw that in the book, it's the Vermilion Bird."
Ye Zhenzhen looked at the No. 12 water mirror in the corner, rubbed her eyes in disbelief, and it really was the ancient divine beast Vermilion Bird! An invisible burning pain spread across her face. She cleared her throat and said defiantly, "This must be that healer's pet. And even if it is a real summoning talisman, so what? Maybe it was given to her by some reclusive master."
"A summoning talisman is common, but summoning four divine beasts is genius."
Chu Wangsu didn't correct his senior sister's incoherent words, but instead rested his chin on his hand and earnestly reminded her, "Oh? I think there's more than one divine beast in the water mirror."
Ye Zhenzhen opened her eyes; the formation had already reached the fifth level. Seeing the White Tiger, Azure Dragon, and Black Tortoise flash by in the water mirror, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted. "Sister Zhenzhen! Sister Zhenzhen, what's wrong?" Just then, a small hand reached out as if seizing an opportunity. "Um, how about a cooling pill?"
In the water mirror, Yu Yao'er, who was preparing to sleep until the end of her life, suddenly flew into a rage, shouting, "Zhou Zhao, quickly take back that firebird of yours!"
The summoned Vermilion Bird, with its iridescent, five-colored feathers, was now focused on pecking at Yu Tao'er. Yu Tao'er had no choice but to take out a few worms from her bag and toss them aside. Seeing the Vermilion Bird scurry away, she reverted to her vicious womanly demeanor, saying, "Let me tell you, I released these Gu worms out of kindness, afraid you'd really die, not to feed you, you stinky bird! They crunched away with every bite, and tears streamed down my face the moment I opened and closed my eyes."
Zhou Yulin felt a little guilty and chuckled awkwardly. Just as she was about to try to brush it off, she heard some complaints from the other side.
"Spit it out now!!!" It was Tu Ya's voice. He was gripping the neck of the miniature Azure Dragon with both hands, his eyes bloodshot. "That book is the heirloom of our Tu family, passed down from generation to generation. I can't let it end with my family line!" With that, Tu Ya knelt on the ground, took out his sword, and was about to commit suicide.
Seeing this situation, Yu Yao'er stopped worrying about settling accounts and watched the show with interest, arms crossed. "That's right, this is Xiao Ya's family heirloom. Look at the mess this has made." She was clearly speaking up for Tu Ya, but her words couldn't hide the instigation.
"I have some vomiting medicine here, you'll feel better once you throw up." The honest Zhou Yulin took out a pill from her sleeve, and before she could even blink, Tu Ya had already fed it to Qinglong.
Of the four, the most serene and peaceful were probably Baihu and Xuanwu, who were gnawing on chicken legs next to Gu Shuangshuang. When Gu Shuangshuang noticed that everyone's eyes had suddenly fallen on her, she wiped her mouth a little embarrassedly and said shyly, "Why are you all looking at me all of a sudden?"
"Hey, wanna have a leg?"
Yu Yao'er's mouth twitched, and she couldn't help but ask, "Brother, tell me the truth, how many roast chickens did you bring?"
“I forgot, I save three roast chickens every day, and I’ve been doing this for a year now.”
Zhou Yulin glanced at the white tiger that had dug more than a dozen pits, stood up and reminded it: "The next wave of demonic beasts is coming. You can prepare. From the fifth level onwards, the demonic beasts will reach the late Foundation Establishment stage."
Yu Tao'er stared at that seemingly ordinary face, yet she felt that this woman possessed a mysterious aura that made her involuntarily submit to her.
"I don't want to join the inner sect, but since my teammates are so helpful, I don't mind doing my part." Yu Tao'er spread her hands, and the Gu worms crawled out from her sleeves.
Tu Ya smoothed out the books covered in unidentified liquid, put them back into his Qiankun bag, walked in front of everyone, drew his sword, and said, "Lin Bing Dou Zhe Jie Zhen Lie Qian Xing."
With a heavy sword, Zhou Yulin severed the head of a demonic beast. Seeing the ten demonic beasts quickly pounce on him, he used his hand as a pen and shouted, "Heavenly Net, Bind!"
Chains descended from the sky, halting the demonic beast's advance. As Tu Ya rushed forward, the Gu worms on the ground quietly clung to the enormous demonic beast in the center. Tu Ya raised his heavy sword, and with the help of the talisman written by Zhou Yulin, his already slow speed increased considerably. However, a demonic beast in the southeast corner broke free of its restraints and was about to pounce when a rain of fiery red arrows pierced the sky.
Yu Tao'er raised an eyebrow, looked at Gu Shuangshuang who was shooting an arrow behind her, and whistled at her, "Not bad!" Gu Shuangshuang's eyes became extremely determined, and she drew her bow and pulled the string, so fast that it was almost impossible to catch.
As the fiery red spiritual energy descended, Zhou Yulin took advantage of the break to redraw the summoning talisman.
"The sixth layer of the formation is activated."
"The phoenix cries, summoning the divine beast—the Vermilion Bird."
The summoning rune burned out, and a sharp screech pierced everyone's eardrums.
She stood in the center of the firelight.
*
At the end of the day, the exhausted elders gathered at the Orchid Pavilion.
"There are quite a few promising talents this year."
The first to speak was Elder Zhou Chang, who was in charge of admissions this year.
"I think they're just so-so." Elder Murong always liked to contradict Zhou Chang, and the other elders were used to it. "They're all ugly and incompetent. If you ask me, each generation is worse than the last."
"No, no, in my opinion, the Qingyun Sect will probably produce another genius who will be the champion of the Five Spirits Platform this year." When it came to the champion of the Five Spirits Platform, the elders all had different expressions.
Li Fenghong chuckled lightly, "What, you haven't even entered the inner sect yet, and you're already thinking about the Five Spirit Platform? I remember that three years ago, the leader of the Five Spirit Platform was Zhou Yulin from the Xuanling Sect, and six years ago it was Chen Muyao from Xiaobie Mountain. This generation may be geniuses, but don't forget, the geniuses of their previous generation are not all dead yet."
"You can't say it like that..." You can't say it so harshly.
The elder standing nearby, fearing the man's ruthless methods, ultimately kept silent.
"I'm just telling the truth."
"Alright, alright," Zhou Chang said, trying to smooth things over. "The Five Spirit Platform is still a long way off. Today we're here to discuss entering the inner sect selection."
"Among today's performances, the best team in the first round was Team 20, which reached the 25th level. The best team in the second round was Team 16, which reached the 28th level. The best team in the third round was Team 2, which reached the 31st level." Zhou Chang finished reading the results, stroked his beard, and said with a smile, "These twelve people are a sure thing to be selected for the inner sect. However, what surprised me was not only these geniuses, but also the hidden talents from other teams."
Elder Murong snorted, "Oh, you look down on geniuses. Elder Zhou Chang is quite idle, trying to pick the tallest among the short."
"No, no, Elder Murong, you're short-sighted." Yin Hong waved his fan away. "A genius isn't necessarily matched with perfect teammates. Perhaps there are overlooked talents outside of other teams, who knows..."
Elder Murong didn't take it seriously, saying, "Only those who are not strong need teammates. If someone is strong enough, it's not impossible for them to lead an entire team on their own."
"Yes, there are," Li Fenghong said lazily, "and quite a lot."
"Elder Murong, it seems you're getting old and your eyesight isn't good."
"You!" Elder Murong glared at Li Fenghong, who casually looked away.
"Alright, when you go back, you can give me a candidate in your hearts who you think is suitable for exceptional entry into the inner sect. That's all for today."
After the event ended, three or four elders walked in groups, while Li Fenghong walked slowly behind them alone. He heard whispers from the front, "That person can't stand the words 'Five Spirits Platform'."
"I think it's not that she can't stand to hear it."
"She's perfectly healthy; she's just afraid of upsetting her little lover!"
Shh—the person is right behind us.
Elder Murong turned around and sneered, "I was afraid she wouldn't hear me."
It was as if they wished they could speak even louder.
Li Fenghong ignored the former's provocation and broke off a pre-ripened maple leaf from the branch. For Li Fenghong, "Five Spirits Platform" was indeed an unspeakable, forbidden word.
Autumn is here, and another year is almost over.
It has been almost four years since she died.
The girl's decisive and ruthless demeanor was still imprinted in her mind.
With a gentle squeeze, the maple leaf fell into the pond. Watching the red carp gather around, Li Fengye sighed. It was a pity that such a talented person was envied by heaven.
"Sister."
She looked at the person who had come, her expression softening considerably.
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