Chapter 86 Preparations before departure
After that, no matter how Nan Wang asked, Du Xueling refused to talk about the Qiqi Huajin method anymore.
In order to discourage Nanwang from exploring, she even specifically emphasized that the content of the Qiqi Huajin Method was too "dry and boring". She just flipped through it and burned it, without leaving any impression at all.
I don’t know whether she believes these words or not, but Nanwang doesn’t believe them anyway.
Judging from Du Xueling's performance, she knows the Qiongqi Huajin method 100% and is very impressed.
However, for some reason, Du Xueling seemed very reluctant to talk about the Qiongqi Huajin Method, as if the Qiongqi Huajin Method was some kind of terrible monster.
The more Du Xueling spoke like this, the more curious Nan Wang became about the strange method of transforming energy.
He felt that he should thoroughly investigate what the Qiongqi Huajin method was. Not only would it make the Hehuan Sect send undercover agents to get it back, but it would also make Du Xueling shudder at the mere mention of it.
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Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, Nanwang finally learned how to use the sword, although he was not very proficient, it was not a big problem. His requirements were not high, as long as he could use it.
The skill of sword control is also related to the quality of the sword. Nanwang's Guantian Sword is the best of the best, and its quality makes up for some of Nanwang's technical shortcomings.
Nanwang has not yet made the Guantian Sword his natal sword, because even though the Guantian Sword has been inspected by several true disciples, Nanwang is still worried that Muyuan Rumor has tampered with the Guantian Sword.
It stands to reason that Nanwang's defensive attitude would make it impossible for him to gain the approval of the spirit sword. However, the magical thing is that the Guantian Sword is actually an immortal sword without any living creature.
It is not difficult to give a sword a living being. Even a low-grade spiritual sword may have the potential to have a living being. However, the so-called sword living being here is nothing more than a trace of spiritual consciousness. If you want to condense it into a physical sword spirit, you must have a fairy sword.
Who could have imagined that the Guantian Sword, a half-step divine weapon, had no living creature in it?
However, no matter how confused he was, for Nanwang, the Guantian Sword without any living creatures was much more useful than the Guantian Sword with living creatures.
The most straightforward point is that sometimes Nanwang's sword skills are not good enough and he gets hung on a tree branch with his sword accidentally, but this will not make Guantian Sword unhappy.
Since learning the sword, Nanwang has never ridden the fairy crane again.
How can I not show off the skills I have learned with great difficulty?
So, recently, the disciples of the sect have seen Nanwang almost every day, with his body wrapped in talismans and passing over people's heads like a fairy scattering flowers.
The same is true today.
Seeing the spells flying through the sky like sparks from a blazing fire, the disciples on the ground were discussing:
"Fourth Senior Brother is here again, riding on his Guantian Sword..."
"Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, Fourth Brother."
"Rest in peace, Fourth Brother."
"Looking at the direction Fourth Senior Brother is heading, he should be going to Fifth Senior Sister's place today, right?"
"Hurry up and send a message to Qi Zong that the fourth senior brother has passed away."
Before Nanwang arrived at Qi Sect, many disciples were already waiting for him at the door.
Lingzhi was among them, and when he saw Nanwang, he started to chatter: "Fourth Senior Brother, your token messaging method is really useful, much faster than a carrier bird."
"That's great."
Nan Wang happily jumped off the sword and landed smoothly in a very handsome posture. He sheathed the sword, and the talismans in the sky disappeared immediately.
The special effects of the Guantian Sword being unsheathed and put back into the sheath are extremely eye-catching. Nanwang only uses it in the sect. If he really goes to the demon world, he would never dare to run around with the Guantian Sword.
Lingzhi complained, half-truthfully, "Fourth Senior Brother, why didn't you send me a message when you were coming? I still knew about your coming from someone else."
Nanwang said calmly, "I was testing you to see if the speed of information circulation here meets my expectations."
Lingzhi smiled and said, "Then did we pass the test of our senior brother?"
Nanwang said: "It passed naturally."
Ever since Chu Songping returned victoriously half a year ago, Nanwang's communications plan has begun in full swing.
With the help of Lingzhi and Chu Songping, Nanwang quickly completed the token upgrade for the first batch of disciples, making communication between disciples extremely easy.
With people taking the lead in trying something new, subsequent promotion will be much easier.
Soon, all the inner disciples of Qingyun Sect became users of convenient communication, and the outer disciples and relatively wealthy menial disciples also joined in.
I have to say that Lingzhi was right to bring Chu Songping into the partnership.
After Chu Songping solved the Ten Thousand Bees Secret Realm, he became famous and was almost worshipped as a god in the sect. If he were in modern times, he would be an opinion leader of varying sizes. No matter whether what he did was good or bad, there would be people who would learn to do it, rush to do it, and rush to do it.
After all the disciples of Qingyun Sect upgraded their disciple tokens, the immortal sects around Qingyun Sect took the initiative to come to the sect, hoping to join Nanwang's communication plan to achieve convenient communication across sects.
Of course, one has to do business that comes to the door. Even though Lingzhi has worked hard and finally upgraded the disciple cards of his own disciples, he still has to take orders from other sects.
Fortunately, the upgrade and refining method of the disciple card is not too difficult. Lingzhi mobilized all the inner disciples of the entire Qi Sect to suspend all activities and concentrate on making communication disciple cards.
Where there is business, there will naturally be profits. In just half a year, the amount of spirit stones that Nan Wang received was very considerable, and it was getting more and more considerable. Just recently, he achieved a balance between income and expenditure for the first time, and finally he no longer had to overdraw spirit stones from his senior brother's Tiangong card.
Speaking of the senior brother, Nanwang’s business of consigning talismans to him for sale was quickly stopped.
Because his talismans had not yet gained the approval of the major immortal sects, they were completely intercepted by the Demon Cult.
After the members of the Demon Cult discovered that the talisman produced by Nanwang could be driven by both spiritual energy and demonic energy at the same time, they immediately purchased this talisman at a high price. The Demon Cult's level of talisman driving was far higher than that of the immortal sects, so their strength increased greatly in a short period of time, and they won a great victory in the many small-scale battles between immortals and demons that broke out.
Although Tiangong is a neutral organization, it has a young master who belongs to the Xianmen. It cannot watch the evil cult rise to the top of the Xianmen, so it can only urgently remove these talismans.
Therefore, Nanwang’s extra income was gone, and now all his income depends on the communication plan. Fortunately, the communication plan does make a lot of profit, which can temporarily solve his urgent needs.
Of course, Nanwang’s gains also included the concessions made by Lingzhi and Chu Songping.
In addition to the most basic material costs, Lingzhi only charged a small processing fee, which was distributed to the disciples of the Qi Sect according to their contributions, and the remaining profits were all given to Nanwang to make talismans.
Her actions seemed like those of a capitalist exploiting his subordinates. However, as the "exploited" subordinates, all the disciples of Qi Zong were grateful to Ling Zhi and were willing to work for her day and night.
After all, cultivators in the world of cultivation are different from the workers in reality. Refining equipment is a skill that requires initial investment. The original disciples of the Weapon Sect did not have so many opportunities to refine equipment or learn how to do it. Even the former spiritual branches had the experience of being ordered by the elders to stop refining equipment because of many failures.
Although the upgrade and refining of the disciple card is simple, it is also a precious opportunity for the new disciples of the Weapon Sect to refine weapons. Many people want to do it even if they have to pay for the materials out of their own pockets. Now, not only can the material costs be reimbursed, but they can also get some rewards after refining... There is actually such a good thing in the world?
For a time, the identity of a disciple of the Weapon Sect became a hot commodity in the entire Qingyun Sect. In a short period of time, Lingzhi received applications for transfer from disciples of various branch sects. Even after Du Xueling expressly prohibited disciples from contacting the elders of his sect privately, she still received applications secretly sent to her.
It's even better with Chu Songping. He has plenty of money, so he doesn't want any share of the spirit stones. He just wants Nan Wang to go to his class as usual.
Yes, Chu Songping didn’t care about Nanwang’s communication plan at all, he only cared about his teaching plan.
Nan Wang sometimes even suspected that Chu Songping was deliberately making fun of him, because he would be beaten thirty or forty times by Zhijing in just one class.
Chu Songping had clearly said more than once that he hated rotten wood the most, but facing this broken and rotten piece of wood, Chu Songping did not give up or abandon him. Every day, he instilled profound knowledge into his wooden head while beating him in a stable mood.
Today is Chu Songping's rare day off. Nan Wang finally got some free time and came to Qi Sect to chat with his fifth junior sister.
Lingzhi happily took Nanwang to the inner hall of elders where they often went.
After the two of them sat down, Nanwang spoke, but what he said was not good news:
"Fifth Junior Sister, at the beginning of next month, I will leave Qingyun Sect and go to the Northern Territory for training."
Lingzhi was stunned for a moment, then said, "I will go with my senior brother."
Nanwang shook his head: "Junior sister, I have to go alone this time."
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
The training of a monk usually has an uncertain return date. How long he will be gone, where he will go, and whether he can come back are all unknown.
The two looked at each other in silence for a moment, and Lingzhi was the first to break the silence:
"Last month I received an order for a defensive magic weapon. The materials provided by the person were good, so I accepted it. Now that the magic weapon has been refined, I will give it to Fourth Senior Brother first."
Nanwang said: "Ah, is it still possible?"
Lingzhi shrugged: "Of course not, but cultivating immortals is to go against the will of heaven and fight for the secrets of heaven. If you are restrained even in such matters, then there is no point in cultivating immortals."
With these high-sounding words, this act of borrowing flowers to send to Buddha was made to sound extremely justified.
Nan Wang's mouth twitched as he said, "Well, then I'd like to thank Fifth Junior Sister..."
Lingzhi added, "There are many secret realms in the Northern Territory recently, and Qingyun Sect will also send many disciples to provide support. If Fourth Senior Brother encounters any problems during his training, feel free to ask for help from the sect disciples."
The so-called sect disciples naturally include true disciples.
Compared to ordinary inner disciples, true disciples are the main force in conquering secret realms.
The only problem is that the secret realms in the Northern Territory are limited, and the number of places to practice secret techniques is also limited, and she may not be able to compete with her senior brothers and sisters.
Abominable.
We have to think of a solution.
Nanwang: “…”
Didn’t he say he would go and experience it alone?
By then, there won’t be familiar faces everywhere, right?