Although Yang Yitian was fascinated by his son's abilities, from drawing talismans and climbing walls to refining elixirs, he still carried him to bed and put him to sleep.
Qi Zhiheng looked at Sanbao, who was playing with the little flower, and Dabao, who was staring at him with wide eyes, and patted their heads, saying, "You two should go to sleep too."
Sanbao wasn't really interested in alchemy, so he nodded and went to sleep with Yang Yitian.
Da Bao pulled Qi Zhiheng to continue studying.
Qi Zhiheng looked at the studious Da Bao, picked him up, and kissed him on the cheek: "You're so diligent." Unlike the other two, who act on a whim.
The next day, having learned nothing and fallen asleep after listening for a short while, Erbao got up feeling very aggrieved and ran to where Qi Zhiheng was cultivating.
He used to never get up this early.
Qi Zhiheng, who was meditating, noticed the person's arrival immediately.
When Erbao saw Qi Zhiheng open his eyes, he immediately threw himself into his arms: "Father, why didn't you wake me up when I was asleep!"
Qi Zhiheng carried the person onto the bed and said, "You little rascal, you're quite good at turning the tables."
Erbao was completely confused: "What does 'blaming the victim' mean?"
Qi Zhiheng: "You clearly did something wrong, but you still tried to frame me."
Erbao wiped his nose a little guiltily, and said with a self-righteous but not entirely innocent tone, "I'm still a baby, you have to be tolerant of me."
Qi Zhiheng laughed: "Looks like you didn't waste your time at school. You've only been there for two days and you've already learned to be glib."
Erbao said with a stern face, "Be serious, I'm talking to you about something important! Why didn't you wake me up to study?"
Qi Zhiheng was absolutely furious with the little guy. He scooped him up and slapped his little bottom: "You're really the one who's accusing others first."
Erbao felt wronged and let out a few dry cries, but Qi Zhiheng had already used his soul power to envelop the surroundings, so the sound wouldn't carry outside. Then he just looked at Erbao with a half-smile.
Erbao's solo performance quickly ran out of steam. He glanced at Qi Zhiheng and saw Qi Zhiheng looking at him with a hint of mockery.
Erbao hugged Qi Zhiheng tightly, acting spoiled and starting to act like a spoiled child.
Qi Zhiheng had been wondering about this yesterday. The child was doing well in drawing talismans, so why did he suddenly want to learn alchemy? He gently shook Erbao, who was pretending to be dead in his arms: "Erbao, tell your father, why do you suddenly want to learn alchemy?"
Erbao glanced at Qi Zhiheng, and seeing that Qi Zhiheng didn't intend to continue beating him, he regained his energy: "Refining pills can earn spirit stones."
"That's it?" Qi Zhiheng was a little incredulous. Such a simple reason?
Erbao nodded his little head: "That's it."
Qi Zhiheng said, "But you can also earn spirit stones by learning to draw talismans, and the cost is even lower." Alchemy still requires spirit herbs, and spirit talismans are much cheaper than spirit herbs.
Erbao was a little confused. Selling talismans could earn spirit stones? Xi Zhuoyu hadn't told him that!
Seeing his confused look, Qi Zhiheng knew that this child had acted on impulse without finding out the facts.
"Then I'm going to find Daddy!" Erbao said, and ran off towards Yang Yitian's room.
After learning that drawing talismans could earn spirit stones, Erbao betrayed them again and started learning talismans from Yang Yitian again.
Yang Yitian felt the child was too young to succeed, so he used ordinary paper and ink for him. This method mainly focuses on the drawing order and shape of the attribute talismans. Once the child memorizes the drawing order and shape of the runes, and his spiritual power and soul power catch up, he will be able to start drawing talismans directly.
The next day, Da Bao rented his flying belt to Xi Zhuoyu again and received two low-grade spirit stones in return. Er Bao and San Bao then spent all their spirit stones.
A few days passed, and Yang Yitian still used ordinary paper and ink for Erbao.
Erbao was very dissatisfied that Yang Yitian wouldn't let him draw talismans with talisman paper: "Daddy, I want to draw them with talisman paper and talisman liquid."
Yang Yitian naturally disagreed: "It would be a complete waste for you to draw talismans now."
During this time, Erbao made some friends through snacks and learned how to deal with her parents. She immediately came up with a trick: charm!
"Daddy, you're the best, the most handsome, the most dashing daddy in the world! Just let your little one try it out!"
Yang Yitian pinched his cheek: "Not bad, your spoken English has improved a lot. You can say such long sentences in one breath."
The second child, with pleading eyes, asked, "Daddy, do you agree?"
Yang Yitian took out three talisman papers: "Since you've been so sweet-talking today, I'll let you give it a try. But if you fail three times, you'll have to obediently practice on Xuan paper, understand?"
Erbao happily accepted the three talismans and vowed, "I will definitely be obedient!"
Yang Yitian handed him the talisman liquid as well. Erbao was very excited. He picked up the talisman paper and spread it on the table. His chubby little hands held the talisman pen in a very professional manner.
Yang Yitian praised, "Not bad, not bad, it looks quite imposing."
Erbao was quite pleased with himself; all that practice these past few days hadn't been for nothing.
Momentum is one thing, success is another, but Yang Yitian did not discourage his son.
Another reason he didn't use talisman paper or liquid on Erbao was that using such formal materials might consume spiritual energy. If Erbao didn't have the awareness to use spiritual energy, it would be fine, but if he did, his spiritual power might be drained. Excessive draining would harm the cultivator, which was something Yang Yitian didn't want to see.
As expected, Erbao was excited about the road to wealth, but he didn't even realize he was using any spiritual energy. The talisman he drew was completely useless, lacking any spiritual energy.
Unfortunately, Erbao was unaware of this and happily boasted to Yang Yitian, "Daddy, look at the talisman I drew!"
Yang Yitian shook his head and said, "This painting of yours is ruined. It has no spiritual power. Draw another one." He asked Erbao to try to activate the talisman. Erbao was originally a little unconvinced. He picked up the talisman and tried to activate it in a very serious manner, just like an adult. However, the talisman, which had no spiritual power, did not react at all.
Undeterred, Erbao tried again. This time, he was smarter and started using spiritual power. Unfortunately, he couldn't control his spiritual power well, and the power died down halfway through drawing the talisman. The entire talisman spontaneously combusted, turning into ashes that scattered in all directions.
This time, it startled Erbao, who jumped back a huge step! He broke through his previous limits.
Yang Yitian's unscrupulous father laughed heartily at his son's embarrassing state.
Erbao rolled his eyes at Yang Yitian, then picked up the last talisman and began to draw it.
However, controlling spiritual energy wasn't so easy. After failing three times, Sanbao put the talisman brush on the table, went to Yang Yitian's feet, and hugged Yang Yitian's thigh tightly with both hands, trying to coax him: "Daddy, Daddy, you're the best, the most handsome and dashing! Draw me another one, I'm going to succeed on the next one!"
Yang Yitian wasn't going to listen to his nonsense. He had seen Erbao's skill level firsthand. Even if he drew several more, it would be the same result. Erbao had already used up most of his spiritual energy and was simply not enough to complete the drawing of a single illumination talisman.
Erbao heard that clinging to someone's leg is a way for children to get adults to give in, and he learned it very quickly.
Yang Yitian tried to move his leg, but he couldn't actually throw his son away, so he could only reason with him. He said seriously with a stern face, "Qi Boyue, what did you just promise me? You said that if I failed three times, I would use a blank sheet of paper. How can a man go back on his word?"
Erbao rubbed his little face against Yang Yitian's leg a few times in a spoiled manner: "I'm not a man, I'm still a baby, and babies can break their promises."
"Who taught you this rubbish? Go practice!" Yang Yitian glared at him, and he could strip someone of their clothes, but he was afraid that doing so would make his son no longer close to him.
"No~" Erbao cried out twice more, but didn't shed a single tear.
Yang Yitian felt that his son was changing every day. Just a few days ago, the child didn't talk much and didn't understand many things. But in just a few days, he has learned to be so good at cheating.
Faced with Erbao's persistent and unreasonable behavior, Yang Yitian had no choice but to back down and promise to give her one talisman if she drew one hundred blank sheets of paper.
Erbao finally gave in.
As a result, after Erbao spent an hour practicing drawing a hundred talismans, Yang Yitian gave him one talisman.
Erbao was a little confused: "Daddy, where's the talisman brush? Where's the talisman liquid?" Without the talisman brush and talisman liquid, how could he draw talismans?
Yang Yitian also acted shamelessly, saying, "What talisman pen and talisman liquid? I said I would give you one talisman paper if you practiced a hundred times, I didn't say I would give you talisman paper!"
"Daddy, you're cheating!" Erbao was furious and ran over to hug Yang Yitian's leg again, as if he wouldn't let go until Yang Yitian agreed.
Yang Yitian said somewhat shamelessly, "I'll give you the talisman brush after you practice another hundred, and I'll give you the talisman brush and talisman liquid after you practice two hundred."
Erbao tried to plead, but Yang Yitian wouldn't agree no matter what, threatening, "If you dare to cheat again, I won't give you the talisman brush and talisman liquid even if I draw two hundred."
Erbao pouted, huffing and puffing, intending to continue practicing. However, Yang Yitian made him go to bed; it was already quite dark, and such a young child should be asleep.
After being threatened by Yang Yitian, Erbao had no choice but to go to sleep with Dabao and Sanbao.
The next day at school, Erbao looked sullen.
Seeing that her friend was unhappy, Xi Zhuoyu asked her what had happened.
Erbao recounted everything that happened yesterday, complaining, "If they won't let me draw talismans with talisman paper, how am I supposed to succeed! If I don't succeed, how will I get talismans? Without talismans, how am I supposed to sell spirit stones? And without spirit stones, I can't enjoy playing the game!"
Xi Zhuoyu had been getting along well with the triplets lately, and when she heard his troubles, she offered advice: "It's not a big deal. If your father won't give it to you, you can buy it yourself."
Although Erbao thought it was a good idea to buy it, he only had one spirit stone on him, which he used to play with his flying belt.
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