After having Liu Yu's help, Shi Changming's speed in drawing magic talismans every day increased significantly. As expected, he was able to produce four or five more magic talismans every day than before.
Shi Changming also kept his promise and saved one or two talisman materials every day for Liu Yu to practice his talisman-making skills.
Strictly speaking, Shi Changming's behavior violated the religious rules, but Shi Changming had served in Qianfu Tower for nearly 20 years and was senior. He would retire back to his hometown in two years. In addition, with Liu Yu's relationship, Huang Jian, the deacon of Qianfu Tower, Just open one eye, close one and pretend you didn't see it.
Mr. Shi will be nearly 100 years old next year. He has the dual spiritual roots of water and wood. He reached the Great Perfection of Qi training forty years ago. He has taken two foundation-building pills and retreated to open up the Taoist Purple Mansion twice, but all ended in failure. .
After being disheartened, he began to concentrate on making talismans. After several twists and turns, he arrived in Beiluan City and became the "full-time talisman master" of Qianfu Tower.
Shi Changming was born into a medium-sized cultivator family, but it was only a sideline. All his children were ordinary people. He had a biological granddaughter named Shi Yunfei, who had mixed spiritual roots. Shi Changming spent a lot of spiritual stones to find connections before she entered the Huang Sheng Sect and became a member of the Huang Sheng Sect. An ordinary sect disciple.
Almost all the spiritual stones Shi Changming earns from making talismans every year are sent to Shi Yunfei to help her improve her cultivation. Although Shi Yunfei has mediocre qualifications, he has a large number of spiritual stones to support him. He now has the ninth level of Qi training and will soon be able to advance to the tenth level.
Shi Changming's health has been deteriorating in recent years, and he knows his end is coming, and he only has four or five years left to live.
The energy and soul energy required to draw the talisman every day can't keep up. The reason why Shi Changming ignored his face and took advantage of loopholes was to leave more spiritual stones for Shi Yunfei before he died.
Before you know it, the New Year has arrived. Housewives get up early in the morning and sweep away the overnight snow. Adults and children all get busy, changing peach charms and hanging spring stickers. In the blink of an eye, Beiluan City has taken off its thick layers of snow. The snow clothes were replaced by festive red clothes.
The streets and alleys are filled with a strong sense of celebration, with gongs and drums playing, lanterns and colorful decorations, lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, stilt walking, etc., and there are huge crowds of people, making it very lively.
The shops under the Huangsheng Sect, such as Zhenqi Pavilion, Huangsheng Yaolou, Qianfu Pavilion, etc., were only open for half a day and closed their doors early. The disciples of the sect ran to the street to play, watch plays and watch the excitement.
At Youshi, hundreds of disciples from the sect gathered in the dining hall of Huangyi's courtyard. The spacious lobby was festively decorated, with tables and chairs arranged neatly in a circle, a circle inside a circle, and a magnificent stage set up in the middle. The dinner The chef of Baixianglou personally takes charge of the dishes, and the back kitchen is busy, and bursts of aroma are wafting out.
The lobby was bustling with laughter and laughter. Everyone sat down casually. Friends who met each other on weekdays sat down in small groups at a long table. There were various fruits and new year's goods on the table. Liu Yu, Xiao Jun and Shi Changming were sitting together. Several Talisman masters sat side by side, chatting and waiting for the New Year's Eve dinner to begin.
Shangguan Ming walked onto the stage in a festive auspicious cloud robe and said with a smile on his face: "The end of the year has just arrived, and good luck is coming from the east. I only wish us health, peace, happiness, and joy!"
Shangguan Ming's cheerful congratulations attracted applause from the whole house.
Shangguan Ming raised his hand to signal everyone to be silent, and then said: "All the apprentice nephews have been ordered by the sect to come to such a bitter and cold place to serve. As the New Year is approaching, the sect will send a gift as a token of condolences."
Shangguan Ming's words once again aroused heated applause. Xia Houhe, Huang Jian and other sect foundation management officials were seen handing out an exquisite brocade bag embroidered with the word "Fu" to each sect disciple from front to back.
"Senior brother, what is inside?" Liu Yu asked Xiao Jun who was standing aside curiously.
Xiao Jun said cheerfully: "Spiritual ticket! What else can there be?"
It turns out that at the New Year's Eve dinner every year, the sect would distribute blessing packages to every disciple in Beiluan City. Inside were eight green spiritual tickets and a message of blessing written by Shangguan Ming himself. It was already considered a tradition. .
Shangguan Ming shouted loudly again: "Now, Junior Sister Lingxue will bring you a "Fairy Dance of Colorful Clothes". Please make your eyes wide open, Junior Sister Lingxue is very rare to be so elegant."
I saw Taoist Lingxue wearing a silver-patterned cicada gauze dress and a jasper Zan phoenix hairpin stuck in her bun. With countless delicate petals falling from the sky, her clothes were fluttering like a Lingbo fairy, stunning everyone. , the young sect disciples all stared with bated breath, unable to take their eyes away.
At this time, the sound of the piano sounded as clear as water, Lingxue danced gracefully, her skirt was flying, her body was as light as a swallow, as soft as cloud catkins, her arms were as soft as boneless, and she transformed into a fairy in the clouds.
The sound of the piano moves forward slowly with the dance steps, and the steps follow the heartstrings of the sound of the piano. The flowing light is flying, and lotuses grow at every step. The whole person is like a flower separated by mist, hazy and misty, like gurgling water, like the round dew on the tip of a lotus leaf.
As soon as the song was over, everyone felt like they were drinking fine wine. They were intoxicated for a long time before they came back to their senses. There was thunderous applause in the hall, and there were endless sounds of surprise and praise.
The banquet officially began immediately, with groups of attendants slowly entering the room carrying exquisite delicacies.
On the stage, the female disciples of the sect came on stage one after another, stretching out their moving dance postures. Although they were not as fairy-like as Taoist Lingxue, they were still light and gentle, which made people's eyes bright.
At this time, thousands of households in Beiluan City gathered together to share their family life. The large households played gongs and drums and opera, and the thunderous sound of firecrackers resounded throughout the world. The falling snow in the sky was colorfully reflected by countless fireworks.
Just as the banquet was in full swing and everyone was changing cups and cups, Shangguan Ming strode onto the stage and said: "The old is sent away and the new is welcomed. At this time when the Yuan Dynasty is beginning and everything is renewed, I would like to invite a few sect elites to come on stage to receive awards. , they are either working conscientiously, or they are trying to bring glory to the sect and enhance its prestige."
"The first one is Baixianglou Wang Chenglin. Master Wang's superb cooking skills have attracted many diners, making Baixianglou full of seats all year round. The sect will award five thousand spiritual stones and a contribution value of one thousand points. The delicacies of today's banquet They are all handled by Master Wang,"
"The second one is Guo Jingfei of Zhenqi Pavilion. Master Guo's nephew works as a sales clerk of Zhenqi Pavilion. He treats customers with integrity and courtesy and has great achievements. The sect rewards him with one thousand spiritual stones and two hundred points of contribution."
"The third person came to Huangsheng Medicine House, Fang Zheng'an. Deacon Fang has been in charge of the warehouse of the medicine house for nearly twenty years. The warehouse has not been short of a single elixir. He has devoted himself to his duties and worked hard without complaint. The sect has given him a special reward, ten thousand spiritual stones, and a contribution value of 10,000. one thousand points
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"Liu Yu, the last member of Qianfu Tower, not long after Liu Yu first arrived in Beiluan, he achieved good results in the Mid-Autumn Festival Soul Control Competition, revitalizing the sect's reputation, and then uncovered the sect's traitors and eliminated the remaining evildoers. The two achievements were combined into one, and the sect became special. As a bonus, after Liu Yu returns to the sect, he can enter the Treasure Pavilion to choose a technique, and he will also be rewarded with three thousand spiritual stones and a contribution value of three hundred points."
After Shangguan Ming finished speaking, there was an exclamation of exclamation all around, and all the disciples were filled with envy. The reward Liu Yu received was too tempting. Not to mention the spiritual stones and generous contribution value, the Treasure Pavilion is a place that all sect disciples dream about.
When we talk about the Treasure Pavilion, we have to talk about the Sutra Pavilion, which contains millions of volumes of various types of books, various exercises, experiences, illustrations, etc., including everything.
There are six floors in the Zongmen Sutra Pavilion. The first four floors are open to the public. As long as you have enough contribution points, you can freely read, debit, and copy. The fifth floor of the Sutra Pavilion is an important area of the sect, and even if you have a large number of contribution points, you are not allowed to enter.
The exercises, experiences, spells, etc. collected on the fifth floor of the Sutra Pavilion are all top-notch products. Only those who have made significant contributions to the sect and made meritorious deeds will have the opportunity to enter, that is, sect disciples. The so-called "Treasure Pavilion".
