Sanxiu City. Liang Mansion.
Brother Liang took several talismans handed over by the butler and observed them carefully:
"Are these all new talismans for sale at Yunfu's new store?"
The butler hurriedly took two steps forward and respectfully introduced the information he learned:
"Reporting to my young master, these are the talismans that I bought from Yun Mansion's new store. They are called bamboo talismans."
"Young Master, Yun Mansion's promotional activities are very effective. The whole city is almost deserted, and both those who want to buy and those who don't want to buy go to join in the fun. Should we also take some corresponding promotional measures?"
Because of the Liang family's skills in robes, when it was still one of the four major cities for cultivating immortals, Xianhe City led by the Liang family was the first of the four major cities for cultivating immortals.
Most responsive to business.
Although the Yun Mansion is backed by Jin Dan, the Lingxiao Sect encourages fair competition among families. For this reason, as long as extreme measures are not taken, there is no need to worry about offending Chen Ping. Besides, there is also a peak master standing behind the Liang family.
Brother Liang carefully groped for these talismans.
I found these talismans to be of really good quality.
When he touched an evil-killing talisman, he was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but focus on observing it.
The quality and drawing methods of this kind of talisman became more and more familiar as he looked at it. Subconsciously, it reminded him of the time when the Lingxiao Sect fell and everyone succumbed to Luoyue City. He once bought thousands of evil-killing talismans from a monk. .
The evil-killing talisman in my hand obviously cannot be compared with the evil-killing talismans I bought back then.
However, the techniques used to create the patterns on the talismans clearly have the shadow of those techniques used to draw evil-killing talismans.
"Young Master?" Before Brother Liang could reply, the housekeeper called softly again.
"Huh? Is something wrong?" Brother Liang raised his head.
The housekeeper was slightly startled. The young master in front of him always acted calmly and steadily, but for some reason he was a little distracted at this moment?
The steward suggested:
"The old slave is saying that we, the Liang family, can imitate the Yun family and carry out a series of promotional activities, especially the Xixi activity. With the business background of the Liang family, I will not be weaker than the Yun family."
Brother Liang looked at the talisman again and shook his head:
"No need, promotion is just a means, not the essential reason for the popularity of bamboo charms."
“High quality is what matters.”
"Furthermore," Brother Liang combined the circumstances of the situation and guessed that the person he met who was selling evil-killing talismans must be Chen Ping. He sighed and said, "Furthermore, in terms of quality, no matter how hard we try, we can't. Maybe surpass the Yun family."
If only these talisman masters from the Yun Mansion were outstanding, then the Liang family would still have a chance to come back. But if the cause of all this can be traced back to Chen Ping, and the level Chen Ping achieved decades ago is already the ceiling, that means there is no chance of a comeback.
"Why?" The housekeeper was shocked.
Giving up before even competing is not the style of my young master.
Why?
Because these talismans are far from Chen Ping's level, as the Yun family acquires more and more talented talisman masters, the level of bamboo talismans will only get higher and higher.
Unsurpassable heights.
Brother Liang put down the talisman:
"We can't surpass this quality. Let's gradually close the talisman shop we're waiting for."
The butler hesitated again.
He is not a talisman master, so he cannot see how big the difference is in the quality of talismans.
But these few talismans in front of him made the young master so desperate?
Brother Liang stopped talking.
For him, the most important thing in running a business is decisiveness. Before the other two families have fully reacted, they may give priority to withdrawing from this most competitive field, and perhaps the losses can be minimized.
The days are as ordinary as water.
Chen Ping spends his days busy.
To his surprise, bamboo charms occupied the high-end market much faster than he expected.
What made him even more unexpected was that not long after the bamboo talisman opened, the Liang family's official talisman store was the first to announce its closure.
Since then, the development has been very smooth.
Members have done a lot of things.
More than three years passed slowly.
It has been five years since he returned to Xiaozhu Peak, and his golden elixir technique 'Five Qi Chaoyuan Tianzhang' has gone a step further and reached the level of 'mastery'.
The soul defensive spell 'Pluto Soul Splitting Technique' has been practiced to the second level of 'proficiency'.
now.
In the backyard of Xiaozhufeng, two piles of fire burned quietly.
As Chen Ping disappeared from one fire and escaped from another in an instant, a happy smile appeared on his face.
The fire escape technique was finally perfected.
'Try the effect. '
Chen Ping thought about this and shouted:
"Lanhua, bring some black char ore."
"Okay, Master." A clear voice came.
After a while, a little maid with two dragonfly braids jumped over holding a small bag of black coal ore.
This is the new maid on Xiaozhu Peak.
The three maids Xiaohong bought back in Tianyan City are now old and have become nuns, and they no longer have the energy to take care of Xiaozhu Peak.
It is not convenient to serve Chen Ping anymore.
Therefore, Yun Haitang transferred the three of them to Yun Mansion to do some lighter things, and then transferred three more trained maids to settle in Xiaozhu Peak.
Orchids are one of them.
When Orchid placed the black scorch ore, Chen Ping used his full-level Dragon Flame Technique to ignite it.
Black scorch ore is an ore with a very high burning durability. Even if it is burned by a full-level golden elixir spell such as Dragon Flame, a pile of black scorch ore can keep burning for an hour without being extinguished.
After the flames were lit, Chen Ping flew out of Xiaozhu Peak with several bags of black coke ore, went west to the forest two thousand miles away, and ignited a pile of black coke ore. Then multiple fires are lit in different areas within a range of 3,000 to 5,000 miles.
Finally, I returned to the fire two thousand miles away.
Touch the flame with one hand.
I miss Xiaozhu Peak.
"Fire Flame Xuanzhen, help me escape from the fire."
With a curse, Chen Ping immediately disappeared from the scene. At the same time, Chen Ping appeared out of thin air in the backyard of Xiaozhufeng.
'Sure enough, after the Great Consummation, you can accurately point to point to fire escape. '
Chen Ping was overjoyed.
Originally, the biggest feature of Fire Release was its 'uncontrollability'.
Fire escape is random. It doesn't matter where you want to escape. You may want to escape to Xiaozhu Peak, or maybe to other places with fires.
There are hundreds of thousands of households in Sanxiu City at the foot of the mountain. It is already night and most of the homes are brightly lit. This means there are countless distractions.
If you are not proficient in Xixiu, you will most likely escape into someone else's home, and you may be greeted by a massacre.
But he accurately reached Xiaozhu Peak.
'How about trying it again at a longer distance? '
He tried to escape into the forest again.
After several experiments, we came to the conclusion that the maximum distance of fire escape is about four thousand miles.
The greater the distance, the worse the accuracy.
When Chen Ping tried Four Thousand Miles for the last time, he could no longer escape to the target fire, but escaped to other nearby places.
The general direction and area are still controllable.
The farther away the fire escape is, the stronger the backlash will be.
For a distance of four thousand miles, he could escape with fire three times in a row at most. When he escaped with fire for the fourth time in a row, not only did his accuracy drop significantly, but his body and soul also suffered great damage and backlash.
But this is an escape technique, not for rushing. Three times is enough.
He has reached the full level. For other practitioners, just one or two times is already a huge challenge.
…not bad.
...In terms of means of escape, it is more practical than other escape techniques.
After leaving the backyard to the maid, Chen Ping returned to the quiet room and continued to practice the 'Seven Injury Technique'.
This spell is an ancient spell.
It is much more difficult to understand than current spells.
Therefore, the practice will be much slower.
More than three years have passed, and he has only reached the 'Grandmaster' level.
Because she had not reached Consummation, Chen Ping rarely let Xu Ruyan out, not once or twice a year, for fear that he would be in contact with evil spirits for a long time and suffer backlash.
At this moment, Xu Ruyan was rarely released, lying on the window of Chen Ping's quiet room and looking out.
She has been coming to Xiaozhufeng for three or four years, but she has never been to a place other than this quiet room.
Full of curiosity about the outside world.
"Want to go out?"
"think."
"Then practice the Seven Injury Techniques carefully. Once you are proficient in it, you can go out."
Xu Ruyan jumped off the window edge and glanced at her mouth.
How can the Seven Injury Technique be so easy to practice?
Over the years, she has figured out where that sense of epiphany that comes from time to time comes from?
It came from his master Chen Ping.
If it weren't for the connection with Chen Ping, she might not have reached half of the progress of the Seven Injury Technique.
But even with Chen Ping's insights, she would not be able to keep up with Chen Ping's progress if she didn't work hard. So over the years she has done nothing but spent all her time practicing the Seven Injury Technique.
is really all the time.
Because besides the Seven Wounds Technique, she had nothing else to do or anywhere else to go.
She came over and squatted next to Chen Ping, holding her face in her hands, looking up at Chen Ping, and said curiously:
"Master, are there many powerful monks in Lingxiao Sect?"
"Many, each of them carries a large number of evil-killing talismans." Chen Ping didn't look at her and answered as if nothing had happened while flipping through the files.
Xu Ruyan shrank her neck:
"Then, is it much more powerful than the master?"
"There are a lot of them. There are seven more who are as powerful as me." Chen Ping said calmly:
"What? Want to go out and see something?"
"I don't want to, I don't want to." Xu Ruyan waved her hands repeatedly.
Seven is too many.
Moreover, other monks carry a large number of evil-killing charms, which is too dangerous.
Chen Ping turned his head and glanced at her squatting next to him, and said with interest:
"How do evil creatures like you usually improve your strength?"
Ghost cultivation is a forbidden art, and it is basically rare to find such books, at least not in the Lingxiao Sect.
Therefore, Chen Ping knew very little about evil spirits.
"You're evil, Yan'er knows that you humans call us that." Xu Ruyan curled her lips and said as if she didn't care:
"Swallowing the remnants of souls, sucking in filthy gas. These can make us grow continuously. Before Yan'er entered the master's magic weapon, her consciousness was chaotic. It was the same with most other similar people, so it is impossible for us to practice martial arts and evil arts. Well, they all grow on their own.”
"All consciousnesses are chaotic?" Chen Ping thought of the flower demon he met on the way from Lianyun City to Yunzhong City during the Qi Refining Period.
"The same is true for the same kind transformed from residual souls. But the evil spirits transformed from certain natural essences may be different. At least this is what Yan'er understands. It is also possible that Yan'er has too little experience and limited understanding." Xu Ruyan said.
Chen Ping nodded.
Xu Ruyan's understanding is indeed not necessarily complete.
You still have to find an opportunity to learn about this information.
Xu Ruyan's strength is still too weak. If she can reach the third level of strength, then she will be truly valuable.
"By the way, master, do you want to catch another evil spirit and imprison it in this magic weapon? Yan'er knows one of the same kind, he is very powerful." Xu Ruyan said with a smile.
"You want a companion, right?" Chen Ping rolled his eyes at her.
This guy is also shady.
In order to get a chat partner, he actually took the initiative to betray his own kind.
"No way? Yan'er is thinking about her master." Xu Ruyan's face turned red as her thoughts were revealed. Then he said with a smile: "That evil spirit is one level more powerful than Yan'er."
"Third level? Then you can't go." Chen Ping was speechless.
He had reason to suspect that his ghost wanted to harm his master.
And there is evidence.
Xu Ruyan was also speechless.
My master was so powerful that he had captured her with one hand, but he was not very willing to go out.
"Hurry back and practice the Seven Injury Technique." Chen Ping rushed people.
"Oh." Xu Ruyan pouted.
Walking back with a graceful posture.
Because of the evil spirit itself, she had a sense of charm about her, and her round buttocks twisted as she walked.
Another three years passed like this.
The Seven Injury Technique has finally reached the level of 'Grand Master: 921/1000'.
One step away from Dzogchen.
At this level, when Xu Ruyan goes out, she will basically not leak any foul air and will not be sensed by Fu Lu and the monks.
Similarly, because he was proficient in evil arts and was one step away from the Great Consummation, Chen Ping did not suffer any obvious backlash even though he often came into contact with Xu Ruyan.
There is no trace of evil in him.
In addition, the 'Qingmang Sword and Shield' has also been practiced to the 'Grandmaster' level.
This spell and the 'Qingmang Sword Technique' are companion spells.
One is for attack and the other is for defense.
The properties are also similar to the 'Green Glow Sword Technique'. Under the current 'Grandmaster' level, he can already summon more than 300 green glow swords to form a dense green glow defensive shield.
The difference is that the 'Green Glow Sword Technique' is a foundation-building spell, while the 'Green Glow Sword and Shield' is a golden elixir spell.
After practicing this magic, your life-saving methods will be greatly improved.
This day.
Chen Ping walked out of Xiaozhu Peak and went to the General Affairs Hall to receive the peak leader's salary over the years.
The peak master's salary in the foundation building period is 300 middle-grade spiritual stones for one year, and after the golden elixir is upgraded to 8 high-grade spiritual stones for one year.
In addition to the income from spiritual plants, talismans, etc. over the years, consumption is deducted.
He now has a total of 1,660 high-grade spiritual stones in his hand.
That night.
After the exercise, Chen Ping and Yun Haitang put forward their own ideas:
"In a few days, I'm going to go out to Tianyan City."
On the one hand, I haven’t seen my eldest daughter-in-law in more than eight years since I came back from Canglan Grassland.
What's more important is that he has almost mastered the spells and the like in his hands. He needs to learn more things, but the Lingxiao Sect doesn't have them, so he can only go out.
Moreover, he was still not at ease with the demon invasion of the human world, and had to find out more information in order to prepare for a rainy day.
I received a letter from Yu Lingchun some time ago, saying that Xiyue should be released from quarantine in the near future.
Now is the best time to go.
"Well, when are you going?" Yun Haitang lay in Chen Ping's arms.
She knew very well that the resources of Lingxiao Sect were far from enough for the Golden Core cultivators, and they had to go out frequently.
This is the troublesome part of the small sect.
Chen Ping hugged her delicate body, thought for a while and said:
"It will take a few days. This time I am going to go out and get through the Yun family's usual transfer point in Tianyan City at the same time. I want to take Yun Lingshan with me."
Qingyun Domain is too remote and not suitable for external trade.
But Tianyan City is different. It is the center of the Western Wasteland. Almost all large caravans will pass through there to purchase and ship goods.
If you want to expand your business territory, Tianyan City is a city that cannot be avoided.
"Okay, if this channel can be successfully opened, the cost of our business will be greatly reduced. Now that we have Yun Lingtian, it won't be a problem for Yun Lingshan to be out for a while." Yun Haitang heard what Chen Ping said , immediately agreed.
High transportation costs have always been an important reason why the Yun family has not dared to expand its business.
The Yun Lingtian he mentioned was a disciple of the Yun family who was newly promoted to Foundation Establishment a few years ago.
Since then, three foundation-building monks have appeared in the Yun family, and the pressure on management has been greatly reduced.
Having said this, Yun Haitang looked up at Chen Ping slightly, smiled and said:
"Why don't you accept Yun Lingshan as your disciple? She has a good talent for cultivation, and she is also smart and studious. She can endure the days of hard training."
Chen Ping was slightly startled when he heard this.
Yun Lingshan herself never mentioned this matter.
He himself had never thought of it before.
After thinking for a moment he said:
"What does she think?"
Yun Haitang smiled:
"Can she still think like this? This girl admires you the most. If she had the honor to become your teacher, I'm afraid she would be happy already. It's just that she is too embarrassed to mention it because of my existence. She still has to do it for me, my aunt. She came forward.”
Chen Ping actually never thought about taking on a disciple.
However, if Yun Lingshan made this request, he would not refuse it than himself.
Now he and the Yun family are one, and Yun Lingshan is busy with him, and he occasionally gives her some guidance on her practice. Although she is not a master and disciple, she is almost a master and disciple.
At most, it’s just one more status.
"That's okay. I'll ask her what she thinks then."
"By the way, how is your cultivation going? Are there any signs of great enlightenment?" Chen Ping asked with concern.
Since returning to Lingxiao Sect, Chen Ping has brewed a large amount of nameless wine, and has also taught Yun Haitang to start practicing the Ice Body Divine Canon.
These are all preparations for the golden elixir.
However, there was no physical feedback after practicing the Ice Body Divine Code. If he had not had the panel, he would not have known to what extent he had practiced, let alone how to judge Yun Haitang's progress.
"How can it be so fast? It's still early." Yun Haitang smiled.
It has actually been several years since she entered the ninth level of foundation building.
However, the ninth level of foundation building and the first to eighth levels of foundation building are a completely different concept. She actually doesn't have high hopes for whether she can form a pill.
Although Chen Ping, the golden elixir husband, provided the Ice Body Divine Code and experience, provided spiritual wine, and also provided a 'golden elixir', and also provided a 5.5-level spiritual land with excessive spiritual energy, he used his power to block all opponents. She has the potential for trouble.
But forming an elixir does not just require resources.
A large number of monks can be blocked by just one 'big insight' which all depends on the individual.
This was actually the reason why she took the initiative to push Yun Lingshan towards Chen Ping. It was the same when she asked Yun Lingshan to put down other things in the family to take charge of the talismans, and it was the same now when she proposed that Chen Ping accept Yun Lingshan as his disciple.
This is her little idea.
Thinking of this, she sighed softly.
Chen Ping noticed her slight depression and hugged her into his arms:
"Now that the Yun family has an additional foundation building, in my opinion, you should share the trivial matters in the family as much as possible. The ninth level of foundation building is the most critical moment, and you can focus all your attention on cultivation. As long as If you can successfully realize it yourself, you don’t have to worry about the resources for forming the elixir later.”
This is not just talk.
Chen Ping is ready to make all preparations for Yun Haitang's pill formation.
In addition to one golden elixir that has been given to Yun Haitang, another one has to be taken.
The Five Elements Liquid will also do its best to prepare everything for her.
"Yeah, I know." Yun Haitang felt warm in her heart.
After a pause, she raised her head again and said:
"Do you like this girl Yun Lingshan?"
"Um?"
Chen Ping hesitated and thought for a moment that he heard wrongly. It wasn't until he saw Yun Haitang biting his lip and smiling that he realized that this was what Yun Haitang said:
"What? I'm her uncle."
"Huh? You dare to tease your husband, right?"
There was a clear sound when a certain part of Yun Haitang was slapped by Chen Ping. She pushed Chen Ping's hand away and said with a smile: "Are you joking? I'm just asking. Don't"
"Ask a question? I think you are energetic again."
Chen Ping turned over and pinned her down.
"Don't, don't, I don't have the strength...um..." The voice then became intermittent.
In the bedroom next door.
The two little maids had their heads covered with quilts.
"Aunt Hong has reminded us to go to bed early at night, otherwise we won't be able to sleep. It's all your fault, Hehua, for having to drag me to chat."
"How can you blame me for this? You eavesdropped with your ears straightened up."
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The next day.
Chen Ping summoned Yun Lingshan to Xiaozhufeng.
"The 'Ten Thousand Soul Beast Demon Crystal' and 'Frost Milk' Lingshan that the seniors were looking for have been found." After the ceremony, Yun Lingshan carefully took out the two boxes and handed them to Chen Ping.
Chen Ping was delighted.
After obtaining these two things, you can start to transform the talisman and draw rarer talismans such as the Soul Melting Talisman and the Ice Bird Talisman.
As for the cost, just ask Yun Lingshan to deduct it directly from his talisman share.
"Thank you." Chen Ping smiled.
"Senior, you're welcome." Yun Lingshan smiled.
She then reported on the development of bamboo talismans.
Over the years, the Talisman Store has been operating stably and has completely captured the high-end market of Lingxiao Sect's casual cultivation city. The official Talisman stores of the other three families have been closed one after another or have been greatly reduced in size.
Fu Lu shop is a labor-intensive industry, so the commission collected by Chen Ping is not very large, ensuring everyone's enthusiasm for labor as much as possible.
And in order to take into account everyone's cultivation issues, he didn't squeeze a lot of everyone's time.
The talisman master does not spend a long time drawing talismans every day.
Even so, the net profits from 50-90 high-grade spiritual stones are now recorded every year.
The current Talisman Master team has more than 40 people.
"We cooperate well with the caravans that we often visit. Nearly 30% of the talismans are sold to them. This is mainly because we don't have enough talismans. We only have so many. But the price sold to the caravans will be lower. There are a lot of costs for them to take out..."
Chen Ping put away the 'Ten Thousand Soul Beast Demon Crystal' and 'Frost Milk' and said:
"It is precisely because of this matter that I called you here. I plan to open a shop in Tianyan City, which can be used as a transit point for foreign trade. You are ready to go together. The affairs of Yun Mansion are handed over and we will set off in three days. "
"Well, I met my aunt today and she mentioned it to me. Lingshan is already doing the handover." Yun Lingshan heard some news from Yun Haitang, so she was not surprised at the moment.
Talking about 'meeting her aunt', she looked at Chen Ping:
"My aunt also mentioned about accepting a disciple. I wonder if Lingshan is lucky enough to have Senior Chen as her teacher?"
When she said this, Chen Ping saw her chest rising and falling even more.
Obviously a little nervous.
In fact, Yun Lingshan met Chen Ping when Chen Ping was in his twenties.
She knows Chen Ping very well.
But the more I get to know Chen Ping, the more I realize that it is difficult to become Chen Ping's apprentice.
Because Chen Ping doesn't like troublesome things, and prefers to clean up his own cultivation.
Over the years, countless people have wanted to become Chen Ping's apprentice, but Chen Ping politely declined.
She actually wanted to become Chen Ping's apprentice, but because she knew Chen Ping, she was afraid that bringing it up would cause Chen Ping to be in a dilemma, so she never mentioned it.
Until my aunt also expressed this meaning.
Of course, another aspect is that she has finally locked up her heart, and to some extent she does not dare to get too close to Chen Ping.
But over the past few years, she found that due to work reasons, she inevitably had to have frequent contact with Chen Ping.
Whether you accept a disciple or not doesn't have much impact anymore.
"Your aunt has many ideas. You don't have to listen to her on everything. What matters is what do you think?" Chen Ping looked at her.
"Lingshan naturally hopes to become a disciple of Senior Chen." At this point, Yun Lingshan no longer concealed her heart and said quickly.
Chen Ping said 'hmm':
"In this case, you and I will officially form a master-disciple relationship."
Yun Lingshan immediately knelt down in front of Chen Ping and saluted:
"Disciple Yun Lingshan has met the master."
Chen Ping quickly helped her kowtow:
"Don't worry about these red tapes. You and I don't need to hold any apprenticeship ceremony. Just keep everything simple."
"Yes, Master."
Yun Lingshan's face was flushed with excitement.
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After chatting for a while, Yun Lingshan took her leave and made the final handover.
Chen Ping continued to practice.
(End of chapter)
