Ever since Li Shiming successfully made his first talisman, he began an unstoppable career in talisman making.
After coming to this world of cultivating immortals from a world where everyone was equal, the more he understood this world, the more he felt the threat to his security.
This threat comes from insufficient firepower, which is a fear deep in the soul and comes from the racial talents of the previous life.
If he wanted to be an ordinary person, then he wouldn't have to worry too much. With his family background and the knowledge he had mastered, he would be able to achieve success in officialdom or in any other industry.
But after knowing the world of immortal cultivation, how could he be willing to be ordinary?
Talismans allowed him to make up for his lack of spiritual power and small number of spells, so for a long time, he spent all his daily spiritual power on making talismans.
When making the 'Primary Gengjin Talisman', he succeeded after failing eight times. When making the 'Primary Fire Bomb Talisman', he failed five times.
By February 10th, not counting his weapons, only the talismans he made himself included 20 'Elementary Light Body Talismans', 30 'Elementary Fire Bomb Talismans', 30 'Elementary Geng Metal Talismans', and 10 'Elementary Exorcist Talismans'.
The 'Primary Light Body Talisman' he made was 20% faster than the seized 'Primary Light Body Talisman', and was considered the most special talisman he made.
After taking inventory of the talismans, he decided not to make any today. On the one hand, the talismans he had were enough. Recently, making talismans had slowed down his cultivation and he consumed too much spiritual energy every day.
On the other hand, the Spring Examination is about to begin, and students will enter the examination hall on February 15th.
He decided to enter the world of immortal cultivation, but before leaving, he still had to fulfill his original body's wish, whose greatest wish was to pass the imperial examination.
This can also be regarded as a farewell to his original body. Without the emotional obsession, he can better devote himself to cultivation.
In order to respect the exam, he began to prepare for it in the remaining few days.
The market in Zhongdu City was successfully held twice. All the immortal cultivation families and interested cultivators were very satisfied. The profits were also greater because of the safer environment and the increasing number of cultivators.
Among these monks, only the Hao family is still investigating the murder of family monks.
"Fourth Brother, have the results of the investigation been verified?" asked old monk Hao in a deep voice.
The information in his hand surprised Old Monk Hao, but it also seemed reasonable.
"Clan leader, I used some favors to get this information from the royal family!" The Hao family cultivator known as the fourth elder replied in a deep voice.
"Clan leader, no matter whether Li Shiming is the murderer or not, just kill him. Do we still need evidence?" Another cultivator from the Hao family was obviously a little anxious.
In the world of cultivating immortals, there is no need for evidence; as long as there is suspicion, action can be taken.
"According to the intelligence, that kid rarely goes out. It seems there is really something wrong with him!" said old monk Hao, nodding slightly.
Before attending the meeting, Li Shiming used to go out of town to a private residence every day, but since the meeting, he has not left the town again.
The information in hand shows that Prince Shun was burned to death by a strange flame, along with many of his confidants, including Li Wenfeng.
The conflict between Li Wenfeng and Li Wenyuan was very deep, and the death of Li Shiming's mother was related to Li Wenfeng.
When Li Shiming first arrived in Zhongdu, he was attacked, and it was suspected that it was related to Li Wenfeng and Prince Shun.
The royal family had suspected Li Shiming, but Li Shiming had a good relationship with Gu Jiagong, so without evidence, the royal family could not conduct an in-depth investigation into Li Shiming.
The most crucial thing is that Worshiper Gu Jia went to the scene where Prince Shun was killed and confirmed that there was no fluctuation of spiritual power at the scene.
At the scene where the two cultivators of the Hao family were killed, there was also no flame with any fluctuations of spiritual power. This similarity made Li Shiming the biggest suspect.
"Clan leader, even though Gu Jia is in Zhongdu City, killing a cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining won't cause too much fluctuation in spiritual power. I can do it alone!" The fourth elder requested in a deep voice.
"Be careful, don't act unless you have a chance. Take these two 'Escape Talismans' to make things easier!" Old Monk Hao said after a moment's hesitation.
It was a rare occasion for Li Shiming to read late at night, and he used this method to calm his mind and get back into the state of reading.
He took a sip of the spiritual water. After this big test, his original body's years of hard study would be completely cut off. He was experiencing his last days as a mortal.
A soft "buzzing" sound brought him out of his reading state.
He was suddenly startled. It was the eye mask that sounded the alarm. At night, as long as a moving target entered the monitoring range, the eye mask would vibrate slightly.
With his five senses connected to IBM z15, the vibration was enough for him to know whether he was sleeping or practicing.
He put on the blindfold, and the second camera probe captured a thermal imaging figure just climbing over the courtyard wall.
He immediately switched the camera's mode to normal mode.
There are also many lights hanging in the yard at night, and that place is illuminated by the lights.
But after switching to normal mode, there was nothing where there should have been a human figure.
He switched the mode to infrared thermal imaging again, and this time he saw the thermal imaging figure again.
"It's a cultivator!" Li Shiming looked grim.
He didn't expect that after so many days, a monk would still come to find him.
Only monks have this ability to hide their bodies and make them invisible to the naked eye.
Of course, this state of invisibility is for mortals, and monks have corresponding means to break through this invisibility.
But this does not include Li Shiming. He has only touched the threshold of a cultivator, and he does not have many abilities that normal cultivators possess.
If it weren't for the infrared thermal imaging probe, perhaps the monk could have approached quietly without anyone noticing.
Li Shiming touched his waist and took out ten 'Primary Gengjin Talismans'. With the strength of the second level of Qi Refining, the maximum number of talismans that could be activated at one time was five. He needed to activate them twice in a row before he could send out the talismans in his hand.
The fourth brother climbed over the wall and after entering the yard he knew that this assassination was too easy.
This Li Shiming didn't have any skills of a cultivator. He didn't set up any defensive formation in the yard, and he didn't even place any warning talismans.
Defensive arrays may be too expensive to purchase, but warning talismans are essential when traveling outside.
Family cultivators like the fourth brother don't need warning talismans. The family's defensive formation is enough and safer than warning talismans.
But when a monk is outside, only by placing warning talismans can he ensure that he will not be approached. You must know that if a monk is not on guard, even mortals can kill him.
The fourth brother glanced over and sensed the location of the two guards on duty.
He gave a silent cold smile. If he didn't want to alarm Gu Jia, he would have directly used his magic weapon to kill the guards and Li Shiming in the room.