Beast Taming·Chapter 25: Talisman Carving
Hua Ruo, on the other hand, still showed no sign of expressing her opinion and just sat quietly drinking tea.
Tang Xi's group looked at Tang Xi in confusion, asking what to do next. Tang Xi also shook her head. This girl was young, but she was very good at being stubborn. Her group had been talking for a long time, and even she felt it was noisy, but Hua Ruo was still like nothing had happened.
Finally, Tang Xi stood up and said, "Master, don't you think you should give us some explanation?"
"Explanation?" Hua Ruo slowly stood up, her eyes like swords, scanning the surroundings. Wherever her eyes passed, it was like a flame burning through the land, causing a burst of burning heat.
Even Tang Xi was defeated by her gaze.
She suddenly smiled sweetly. This abrupt smile was like a ray of colorful clouds that suddenly dispersed from the sky covered by thick dark clouds, half of which disappeared into the river breeze and half into the clouds, and the lingering sound was in the fragrant mist, endless.
"What I said and did is an explanation!" She looked at everyone present with a smile. Her voice was sweet, but there was an irresistible aura.
The sound was not so pleasant to everyone's ears. They felt as if they had suddenly fallen into the Far North, and they couldn't help but tremble all over.
When they came to their senses, Hua Ruo had already left. Not even a trace of warmth remained in the empty seat, as if she had never been there.
When Hua Ruo flew back to Liusu Courtyard, the ancestor Canglan was standing on the roof, looking up at the moon. Although the moon was only a ray of light hanging in the sky like a curved eyebrow, it was easy to miss if you didn't look carefully, but Canglan still looked at the moon. His brows were slightly locked, as if locking up the sorrow that would not dissipate.
"The scenery remains the same, but the people are different." Canglan chanted softly, shook his head sadly, and disappeared on the roof.
Hua Ruo knew that he was recalling the past events in Liusu Courtyard.
This Liusu Courtyard is where the founder Liusu once lived. For more than 800 years, none of the masters who lived there have made any changes to it. No wonder Canglan is so distressed.
She sighed slightly, looked up at the starry sky in a daze, and suddenly smiled slightly, whispering, "Time..."
On the second day, more and more cultivators from Huajian Sect came, most of them were cultivators who came to watch the fun. Today was the first day of the Huajian Sect's disciple selection competition, and everyone wanted to see what the person who would impress the sect leader would look like.
The Huajian Sect did not become chaotic because of the influx of cultivators. The disciples of the Huajian Sect shuttled among them, and the reception and arrangements were in an orderly manner.
Nothing major had happened in Zimu Liuhua Territory for a long time, so a contest to recruit disciples within the sect attracted so much attention.
The attention of these people is different from that of the top leaders of various sects. They are just here to watch the fun.
Look, all the best restaurants near Huajianpai are already full.
Linglong Huajian is the best restaurant near the Huajian Sect. It is also well-known in the entire Zimu Liuhua Region and is an asset of the Huajin Mansion.
It was built on the hillside of the front peak of Huajin Mansion. There was a spiritual vein underground, and 52 caves and 18 valleys were opened up for guests to live in. There were all kinds of daily magic tools inside, and the spiritual energy in the caves was rich. Passing cultivators liked to rest and regulate their breath here.
However, its price is also quite high, requiring fifty second-grade spirit stones a day.
This is also one of the most profitable industries in Huajin Prefecture, bringing unimaginable huge profits to Huajin Prefecture every year.
The Linglong Flower Stream, which was usually half full, was now full, and the daily rental fee soared from fifty second-grade spirit stones to three-grade spirit stones. But even so, there was no empty house, and it was filled with cultivators from all over the Zimu Liuhua Region.
Since most of the people in Huajin Mansion are professional monks who specialize in studying various necessities of life, the wine and food they produce are quite popular among the people.
This is also one of the signature dishes of Linglong Huajian.
However, the biggest reason why everyone loves Linglong Huajian is because it is adjacent to the Huajian Sect, and one can see the beautiful disciples of the Huajian Sect passing by every day.
In the center, there is a huge gathering place. Generally, monks who do not like to stay in caves and valleys often like to hang out here.
And at this moment, this place has become a huge trading place.
Today's match list has been drawn on the huge match table, and each match has a corresponding handicap.
While inspecting, Yu Xinxia also left a small amount of spirit stones in the hope of making a small profit.
"Brother, how confident are you that you can win?" Yu Qitong followed behind him and asked curiously.
"Don't worry, I'm 80% sure about your brother!" Yu Xinxia smiled proudly, revealing a glittering golden ring.
"Ah!" Yu Chitong exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my God, brother, I didn't expect Dad to give you the Golden Sword Steps. No wonder you are so confident this time!"
Yu Xinxia smiled proudly. Although this golden sword ring was not a high-level magic weapon, it was practical. It was made by a disciple of Huajin Mansion who was good at refining weapons. It contained three flying swords, which could be shot out by urging spiritual power, causing great damage.
He hesitated in front of several odds, all of which were relatively safe, but his pocket was really short and he could not place another bet.
He couldn't help but think of the more than 20 second-grade spirit stones that were cheated yesterday, and his heart ached. "Damn Shi Yan, I will definitely get back at you!"
Yu Qitong looked at the battle list and suddenly saw a familiar name in the corner, Shi Yan!
"Ah, brother, look!"
Yu Xinxia turned around and said unhappily, "What are you looking at? Did you see that I'm busy?"
Yu Chitong pointed at the battle list and said, "Brother, look, Shi Yan has also joined the battle!"
Yu Xinxia thought she had misheard at first and looked at the battle list with suspicion, but the two words "Shi Yan" were definitely written on it.
After making sure that he was not seeing things, he was in disbelief at first, and then he was overjoyed, "This loser is actually planning to participate in the competition, humph, he really overestimates his own abilities. But this is also good, I will humiliate you severely in the competition arena, in front of everyone!"
But Yu Chitong didn't think so. She didn't laugh at him, but admired Shi Yan. Although his cultivation was only at the third level of Huamai, he bravely stood up to compete with others.
In Yu Chi Tong's eyes, this was a completely heroic performance.
However, Shi Yan is not as great as she imagined. He is now worried about this competition.
This sect leader is really something. If he wants to accept him as a disciple, why not just do it directly? Why does he have to have a competition?
When he looked at the battle list today, he felt disappointed.
There are a total of one hundred people participating. How long will the fight last?
Moreover, Shi Yan saw that there were no less than fifty people in the foundation building stage, and even ten people in the Qi Condensation stage. Wouldn't this cost him his life? This was not the way to go through the motions. He was a cultivator at the fifth level of the Meridian Transformation Stage, facing a group of cultivators who were several levels higher than him. Wouldn't this cost him his life?
There was no other choice, so he turned out all his belongings, hoping to find something useful among them.
After searching through the books, he found nothing except a Kanshui Sword Control Technique, a spirit beast egg, and a few transformation talismans.
Although these things are useful, they are not suitable for last-minute cram. Not to mention the spirit beast eggs, hatching is a long process. As for the sword tactics, you can learn them, but even the most talented genius cannot learn and master them in one day, and Shi Yan doesn't have a flying sword yet!
With this calculation, we can only rely on the transformation talisman.
Shi Yan's state of mind has reached the stage of mind, where he can engrave three kinds of shape-changing talismans, and there are exactly three kinds of shape-changing talismans in his hands, namely a sword, a bow and flying wings.
Shi Yan first took out a shape-changing talisman, which had extremely complex patterns on it. It could be vaguely seen that these patterns were the shape of a bow.
Only then was Shi Yan able to take a closer look. This shape-changing talisman seemed to be made of a special kind of paper as its base material. The patterns painted on it were of varying colors, and it seemed as if it were alive. Although he was only at the fifth level of Transformation Realm, he could still clearly feel the special energy fluctuations contained in this small talisman.
“It’s really a good thing!”
The mind guided the spiritual power upward from Dantian, and the spiritual power accelerated when it passed through the right shoulder and rushed to the palm. The palm immediately released a layer of misty ice mist under the injection of spiritual power, and a strong sense of power instantly swept through the body. Shi Yan did not dare to neglect it, and pulled up the sleeve of his right hand with his left hand, and grabbed the shape-changing talisman with his right palm.
The moment his palm touched the scroll, Shi Yan felt a huge suction force coming from the shape-shifting talisman, and the spiritual power in his body suddenly poured out like a galloping horse. Shi Yan's face suddenly turned pale, and he couldn't adapt for a while. The small air mass in his dantian quickly rotated, and with a whoosh, it spit out cold fire. The cold fire flowed along with the spiritual power to his palm, and immediately wrapped up the shape-shifting talisman.
Shi Yan felt that the outflow of spiritual power slowed down, and his complexion recovered a little. At this time, all the patterns on the transformation talisman instantly lit up, shining brightly, and a special strange feeling instantly spread throughout Shi Yan's body. It was as if a special force was devouring his spiritual power while sweeping over his whole body. He trembled all over, and his mind seemed to be pulled out.
When your state of mind is cultivated into intention, a small space will appear. This space is like a new world, with nothing in it.
At this moment, the space of mind was filled with cold fire, burning fiercely.
Above the cold fire, the shadow of a bow is looming. If you look carefully, you can tell that the shape of the bow is exactly the same as the shape engraved on the transformation talisman!
The transformation talisman disappeared the next moment, and turned into a stream of light that whirled wildly from Shi Yan's palm and rushed in. In Shi Yan's mind space, the shadow of the bow slowly took shape. Not long after, in the mind space, an illusion of a longbow appeared above the cold fire. The illusion was much thicker than before, like a real object. Even so, the shadow of the bow still exuded a strong fierce aura.
Nice bow!
Shi Yan thought about it.
But his mind was distracted, his breath became disordered, and the shadow of the bow scattered and disappeared.