Half a month later.
In the fort.
Fu Zhang listened to the people below reporting on last month's income.
Thanks to the chaos in Dahefang some time ago, some low-level talismans that can be cast instantly are extremely popular among casual cultivators.
Therefore, there was a net profit of three thousand spirit stones last month.
Fu Zhang was not very satisfied with this number.
There are more than fifty monks in the Fu family, and there are also five people like him who are at the ninth level of Qi refining.
The resources consumed by the overall practice are undoubtedly extremely huge.
The most important thing is, if this continues, in what year and month can he earn a Foundation Establishment Pill?
And if the foundation is not established, the so-called foundation-building family name of the Fu family will be completely removed in less than ten years.
"Fortunately, we have been assigned to the Poshan Gang's monster business, so we can save a lot on the cost of talisman skins and talisman ink."
After the skin of the monster is tanned, it can be used as a good talisman.
The demon blood of demon beasts has been mixed with several mineral materials and is also a high-quality talisman ink.
Having these two businesses is more cost-effective than giving the Fu family a few pieces of land.
Fu Zhang put away the account book, and his bad mood eased a little.
"I heard that the business of the shops in the inner city has been getting better and better recently. Dozens of customers come to the door every day. It seems that the talisman-making skills of my Fu family have also been recognized by the casual cultivators of Dahefang!"
"In that case, let's..."
Just when he was about to give some instructions, the third brother Fu Jue, who was in charge of the inner city shop, walked in nervously.
"Third brother, what's wrong? You're so flustered, you're not like your usual calm self." Fu Zhang said with a smile.
Fu Jue took a deep breath and asked directly: "Brother, before my ancestor died, did he have the art of drawing blood talismans?"
"Blood Talisman?" Fu Zhang was stunned for a moment.
The other Fu family monks in the hall also looked puzzled.
In the world of immortality, there is indeed a theory of blood talisman.
But how could his Fu family know that?
Seeing his eldest brother's unfaithful look, Fu Jue said anxiously: "The business in the store has been very good recently, but there are always people asking about blood talismans. This is a magic talisman seal, and my Fu family doesn't know how to do it."
“Even if I could, I wouldn’t dare to make it!”
Fu Zhang's forehead unconsciously wrinkled into the character "Chuan".
"Someone is throwing dirty water on my Fu family!"
"Yes!" Fu Jue said immediately, "I think so too."
Fu Zhang said: "Who could it be?"
For a time, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, and suspicious candidates came out of their mouths one by one.
When it comes to the skills of making talismans, it's not just the Fu family in Dahefang.
Among other things, the Chen family, their former allies, had dabbled in the art of making talismans.
The biggest suspect is Shenfu Pavilion.
Because the Fu family's talisman seals were cheap, it really squeezed a lot of Shenfu Pavilion's business.
As a large sect shop in the outer domain, the other party cannot take action against the local forces.
But there is no harm in spreading rumors.
After thinking for a while, seeing that the words were getting more and more confusing, Fu Zhang raised his hand and pressed down.
The patriarch's majesty made everyone quiet down.
"I still need to give an explanation for this matter."
"First of all, let's announce to the outside world that the Fu family has absolutely no blood talisman drawing skills."
"Secondly, please pay attention to safety when letting the tribesmen in and out."
"Finally, hold a banquet for me at Zhong Ding's house and invite the head of the Chen family and Deacon Cui of the Shenfu Pavilion. I will talk to them first."
After the three decisions were made, the Fu family monks couldn't help but nod.
The head of the family is the head of the family after all, and he can always make the right decision when encountering problems.
After the ancestor of the Fu family, Shouyuan, passed away, it was the Fu Zhang family who led the whole family to move from the fiercely competitive Tianlan Fairy City to Dahefang, despite all objections.
Although this place is remote, it is rich in resources and has huge potential.
Give the Fu family a few more decades, and they might not be able to return to the list of true foundation-building families!
…
I don’t know when, such a legend spread in Dahefang.
Among the five major foundation-building families, except for the Duan and Li families at the beginning, the three newly moved families have their own strengths.
The Chen and Fu families did not have foundation-building monks, but they were able to join the three families as foundation-building families because they each had powerful means.
The Chen family has a blood inheritance magic weapon, even if Chen Haoran, the genius of the Chen family, died in the Battle of Qingjiang Long Street.
But after recovering the blood successor magic weapon, the Chen family still has high-end combat power that can support their appearance.
But besides being good at making talismans, how could the Fu family from Tianlan Fairy City be ranked alongside the other four families?
You know, the talisman and seal business has always been time-consuming, high-cost, and low-profit.
It's okay to support a family with daily expenses, but if you want to stand up a facade, it's more or less useless.
Gradually, an insider revealed a piece of news.
The reason why the Fu family has the confidence to maintain the appearance of the Jiji family is because in addition to the ancestral talisman, they also mastered the art of blood talisman!
The talisman is not long-lasting, and although it is powerful, it has a limit on the number of times it can be used.
But the blood talisman is different. This talisman uses human skin as the talisman paper and the monk's essence and blood as the ink. With special means, the monk's strength can be exploded instantly.
If the human skin essence and blood of the ninth-level Qi Refining monk is used as the raw material, the blood talisman is drawn.
Its power is no less powerful than the Great Perfection blow during the Qi Refining Stage!
The most important thing is that it can be drawn on a large scale.
As soon as this news came out, countless casual cultivators in Dahefang were shocked.
Not only are they worried about the Fu family arresting casual cultivators to skin them and draw their blood to draw a blood talisman, but they also long for a blood talisman as a trump card.
For a time, the Fu family's shops in the inner city were bustling with people.
Even the Fu family monks have repeatedly stated that they do not have the skills to make blood charms and do not sell any blood charms.
But the casual cultivators still don’t believe it.
Especially in Dahefang, monks would die from time to time, leaving no trace of their bodies.
This made the casual cultivators even more suspicious of them.
The Fu family has no choice but to let it go. They believe that as time goes by, such nonsense will slowly dissipate.
At least, no one has seen the blood talisman, right?
…
Has no one seen it?
No, someone has seen it!
Xianyue Valley, among the rows of stone houses against the mountain, is where the Zhantang lives.
In a secret room, Luo Chen looked at the bloody talisman in Wang Yuan's hand in surprise.
"Is this the blood talisman?"
Wang Yuan shook his head, "Strictly speaking, this is not a blood talisman."
He explained: "This is just a superficial application of the art of qi and blood by the body refiner. It will take me ten days to continuously inject huge amounts of qi and blood into this human skin."
"How powerful is it?" Luo Chen was more concerned about this.
Wang Yuan chuckled: "It's okay. Although it's not as good as a foundation-building blow, within a radius of a hundred meters, once activated, it will have 50% of my power."
Hearing his description, Luo Chen couldn't help but lick his dry lips.
This is already strong!
Wang Yuan has entered the second stage of body refining, which is comparable to the foundation building stage.
Although his attack methods are not as good as those of Foundation Establishment, his strength is enough to crush all Qi Refining Stage monks.
The attack range of a hundred meters in radius cannot threaten the monks in the foundation building stage at all.
But the normal attacks of monks in the Qi Refining Stage are only one or two hundred meters away.
If it is any further away, without the release of spiritual consciousness, the pulling technique cannot control the magic weapon freely.
In other words, Luo Chen has the Dzogchen traction technique, which makes him an outlier.
"This way, I can make a big fuss!"
Luo Chen said something and stretched out his hand to get the fake blood charm.
But the hand twitched but did not pull out.
Wang Yuan looked at him puzzled, "Why target the Fu family so much?"
"It's not against the Fu family, but against the five major families, and against Miao Wen." Luo Chen patiently explained: "I need to break the situation."
"Breaking?"
"The trap that has trapped me, Luo Tianhui, can only be broken if this force can truly help us practice!"
Wang Yuan's hand relaxed.
Luo Chen received the talisman and said sadly: "If a new force does not experience war, everyone will ignore them, despise them, or even not put them on an equal footing."
"If I am willing to be Miao Wen's money-making tool for the rest of my life, that's it."
"But you know, I also aspire to live forever, so how could I be willing to be subordinate to others for the rest of my life?"
Wang Yuan was thoughtful.
He looked at Luo Chen's face, which was filled with sadness and a hint of confidence.
He nodded immediately.
"I understand, Luo Tianhui needs a war!"
Luo Chen smiled brightly, "Yes, it's a war that doesn't cover that much, and the Fu family is the best target."
"Then just go ahead and do it. I will fully support you. The Fu family can only blame them for being too weak."
In the world of immortality, the weak eat the strong.
Wang Yuan understands this point more clearly than Luo Chen.
Luo Chen held the talisman between his arms, with a stern expression on his lips:
"What's more, the person who besieged Xieyue Valley at the beginning was Fu Zhang. I will never forget this hatred!"
…
Zhenlong Black Market!
This is the second time Luo Chen has come here.
Condensing his aura, changing his disguise, and using the hydrangea as a certificate, he entered.
Familiar Tianxingzi, familiar auction links.
A large number of magic weapons appeared at the auction.
Many of them are magic weapons left behind by dead monks after the chaos some time ago.
Nowadays, with a slight change of hands, it can be sold at an auction for a good price.
Luo Chen's alias was Murong Yuan, and he also took photos of many good things.
Among them, there is the elixir of gold and jade liquid.
When Wang Yuan was still the master of Jiao Hall and developed the Taishanfang market for the Poshan Gang, he once brought a bottle back to Luo Chen.
At that time, Luo Chen did not realize the benefits of this magical medicine.
Later, from Wang Yuan, I learned about the specific realm divisions of body refiners and the key points of practice at each stage.
Only then did he realize how mysterious the golden jade liquid was to the body refiner.
It can both temper your body and move towards the Vajra body.
It can also subtly improve the bones and make them move towards jade bones little by little.
Therefore, even if Luo Chen doesn't practice physical training, he will buy this kind of elixir if he encounters it.
It's very expensive. At auction, one bottle costs two to three hundred spirit stones!
But, well worth it.
The stronger the body, the greater the chance of success when it comes time to break through the foundation building.
After the first auction session ended, the second individual auction session for casual cultivators came.
This time, Luo Chen did not choose to stay until the end.
He immediately crossed the crowd and walked up.
"I want to auction a first-level talisman seal with a starting price of one thousand spirit stones."
The hoarse voice resounded throughout the audience.
As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of ridicule broke out in the vast hall.
"You dare to take a thousand spirit stones with a first-level talisman seal. Are you crazy because of your poverty!"
"Today is an eye-opener."
"I have never heard of a first-level talisman and seal being sold at such a price. Let alone a thousand, I would weigh it even if it were a hundred."
"What kind of talisman is it? Let's take it out and have a look!"
Amid the commotion, a talisman as red as blood floated in the air.
An extremely surging wave, like the fluctuation of fresh life, came from the talisman seal.
The powerful pressure caused even Tian Xingzi, who had closed his eyes to rest, to open his eyes.
"Huh?"
But after taking a closer look, he shook his head in disappointment.
No one noticed this scene because everyone's attention was on the talisman.
Luo Chen had been quietly observing Tian Xingzi, and when he saw the other person closing his eyes again, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
As expected, such clumsy methods cannot be concealed from the foundation-building monks.
This is the best!
At least, the other party won't be thinking about auctioning.
Of course, even if the other party takes the initiative to buy it, it won't be a big problem.
Anyway, with the help of the black market, he could just let the news of the appearance of the blood talisman out.
Now that the other party is not tempted, there is even more room for maneuver.
"hiss!"
"What kind of talisman is this? Why is there such a strong smell of blood?"
"It feels so strong!"
"I have reached the ninth level of Qi refining, but I still feel the slightest threat under this talisman. If it is fully activated, I'm afraid I will have to be careful."
Facing the commotion of the crowd, Luo Chen remained calm.
"The first-level blood talisman comes from an anonymous ninth-level Qi Refining monk from the Fu family!"
Everyone was stunned, the ninth-level Qi Refining monk of the Fu family who did not want to be named?
What kind of anonymity is this?
The Fu family only has five ninth levels of Qi refining in total!
Everyone has a name and a surname. If you randomly exclude two people who are not good at making talismans, the suspects will be those three people.
"This talisman is made from the entire back skin of a ninth-level Qi Refining monk. After being tanned five times, only one talisman skin can be obtained."
"Among them, ten drops of his own essence and blood were mixed with a large amount of rhinoceros horn powder produced in Tianlan Fairy City as a talisman."
"I won't go into too much detail about anything else. Anyway, you can feel its power."
"After activating this talisman, it can deliver a blow comparable to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining."
"The starting price is one thousand spirit stones. Please give me your bid!"
As soon as he finished speaking, bids started to come out one after another.
one thousand!
One thousand and five!
One thousand and eighty!
two thousand!
Finally, the transaction price was two thousand three hundred and fell into the hands of a monk shrouded in black robes.
A first-level talisman seal was sold for 2,300 yuan, which is an absolutely high price!
Luo Chen was very satisfied and left without participating in the third round of free trading.
In the hall, Tian Xingzi opened his eyes, looked at his back, and frowned slightly.
…
North Street Three Lanes, under the shadow of the eaves.
Two figures stood there like dead trees.
"Brother Wang, you are becoming more and more proficient in the Breath Condensation Spirit Art. You are almost as good as me."
"hehe."
"Well, although you are still far away from me, it is no longer a problem to hide it from the Qi Refining monks."
"Cooperating with my own Five Qi Guiyuan, the foundation-building monks should not be able to see through my reality without exploding with all my strength."
"Five Qi Returning to the Origin" is a martial art that Wang Yuan learned in his early years.
He once mentioned to Luo Chen that this skill can restrain the huge energy of a martial arts master to the maximum extent.
The so-called five qi are heart qi, liver qi, spleen qi, lung qi and kidney qi.
Only those who have reached the innate level of martial arts can practice this technique.
Wang Yuan combined it with the "Bi Xi Ling Jue" and became more and more familiar with the method of restraining the bloody aura.
As the two of them communicated, time passed by minute by minute.
Suddenly, Wang Yuan's eyes moved and he looked northeast.
Luo Chen also noticed it immediately and asked subconsciously: "Qixing Slope?"
"Yes, you seem to have guessed wrong."
"That's not wrong. That's where the robbery cultivators are most likely to ambush after the black market auction."
Luo Chen smiled slightly and jumped up, swept by the strong wind, like a roc flapping its wings.
Wang Yuan's mind moved, and he took one step and was ten meters away.
The update will be a little later. The dog author wants to block time and get a premium badge, hehe.
At 3:30, three chapters will be released one after another. Friends who stay up late can wait.
Brothers who have to go to work, go to bed early.
Good night
(End of chapter)
