There are only two materials needed to create a body tattoo spiritual pen. The main material is Spirit Crossing Cold Iron, and the other material used in very small quantities is called Spirit Silk Feather.
This spiritual silk feather mainly comes from the armpit down of birds of the fourth level and above. It is not easy for low-level monks to obtain, but it is not difficult for high-level monks.
Moreover, this item was not expensive to sell at the Dongling Chamber of Commerce, so Lu Li had already prepared it.
So, after meditating for a while, Lu Li started to get busy again. Although he hadn't found a suitable blood essence to carve body lines yet, it wouldn't be a bad thing to create a spiritual pen first.
As soon as he thought, the snow-white beads scattered all over the ground flew into the air one after another, and gathered together under the wrap of Lu Li's true energy, forming a ball with the diameter of a small bowl.
Lu Li urged the Qingyan to heat up again, letting it melt and condense together again, and then separated out a ball of essence as big as a baby's fist to use to create a spiritual pen, while the rest was thrown aside by him.
Next, there is the tedious process of shaping and rune outlining.
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Zhang Yang is an ordinary inner disciple of the Taiyuan Sect, and his three spiritual root talents are below average. But fortunately, the Taiyuan Sect has abundant resources. As long as he is willing to work hard, his cultivation speed is not bad.
Now he is only three hundred years old, and he has already reached the early stage of Jindan cultivation.
Moreover, because of his family, he also got some conveniences in Taiyuan Sect. Just like now, ordinary people can't get such a good job as guarding the Soul Locking Tower.
This kind of task, which is neither dangerous nor delays the practice, is rarely released publicly in the Taiyuan Sect. It is all done by people appointed by the higher-ups.
And this time it was his turn, all because he had a senior from the Zhang family who served as the leader of the Taiyuan Sect. Otherwise, with his early stage of Jindan cultivation, he would not be involved in such an important occasion.
The words "Soul Locking Tower" sound like a place where something mysterious is being held.
But that's not the case. There is no danger at all here. The two-story tower is located on the top of an isolated peak, and the surrounding area is very clean.
The first floor of the tower is where Zhang Yang meditates and rests on weekdays.
The second floor of the tower is the centerpiece of the Soul Locking Tower. The key to unlocking the Soul Chamber is stored there. It can be said that this is an extremely important place for the sect.
However, the entrance to the second floor is extremely restricted, so I don’t have to worry about anyone trespassing.
Therefore, Zhang Yang's job is relatively easy. He only needs to go up from time to time to see if the ten key boxes stored on it are intact.
Speaking of which, Zhang Yang has not been to the second floor for half a month because he is too devoted to practice.
On this day, he suddenly came to his senses from practicing, got up and walked towards the stairs on the second floor.
Thump thump thump...
After a while, Zhang Yang came to the top of the stairs, and a transparent barrier with fiery red light appeared in front of him.
This barrier is offensive. If there is no special token, even if you reach the god level, you will be seriously injured.
Zhang Yang didn't have such a token. All he had to do was check outside the barrier.
Not far behind the barrier is a blue stone wall. You can clearly see through the barrier. There is a row of square stone grooves on the stone wall, no more, no less, exactly ten.
Inside each stone trough is an exquisite carved jade box. These jade boxes are called life boxes.
The life box is usually recognized by the sect leader and the top elders. As long as the owner of the life box is alive, others cannot open it. Once it is opened by force, the key inside will be destroyed.
Zhang Yang's gaze swept from left to right, and the life boxes in front were surrounded by flowing lights, overflowing with auras.
But when he saw the last life box, Zhang Yang's expression suddenly changed. He saw that the life box was dull and full of cracks!
"Ruined!"
Seeing this, Zhang Yang's heart suddenly jumped and he ran downstairs in panic.
Arriving on the first floor, Zhang Yang crawled to a rune stone pillar and slapped the mechanism at the top of the stone pillar hard.
Suddenly, the stone pillar flashed with light and buzzed.
After doing all this, Zhang Yang seemed to have drained all his strength and sat down on the ground.
This matter originally had little to do with him, but he neglected his duty. He had not gone up to check for a full half a month when he was supposed to check three times a day. If this was investigated, he would definitely be held responsible.
call out! ! !
While Zhang Yang was waiting in agony, a blurry shadow suddenly flashed over. The shadow quickly solidified, and finally turned into an old Taoist wearing a yellow crane cloak and a lotus crown on his head.
"Greetings, hello to the sect master!" Seeing the visitor, Zhang Yang hurriedly stood up and bowed to salute.
Needless to say, this old man with lotus crown is Nie Dongyang, the famous leader of Taiyuan Sect in Southern Ming Dynasty, known as Dongyang Old Weird.
"What happened?" Nie Dongyang looked at Zhang Yang with a slight frown.
"yes..."
Zhang Yang was about to answer, but at this moment, several more piercing sounds suddenly sounded, and then, several elderly people of the same age arrived on the first floor of the tower.
After counting carefully, there were actually six people, and all of them had strong auras. At first glance, they were not simple people.
The six people saluted Nie Dongyang one after another, and then looked at Zhang Yang in confusion.
Zhang Yang then said with great anxiety: "Yes...it was the ninth elder's life box that was broken."
"What!"
Hearing this, Nie Dongyang and others were shocked when they heard the words, and flew upstairs without saying a word, but the restriction at the door did not mean to stop them at all.
"Why...!"
Looking at the gray and lusterless jade box on the right, several people couldn't help but sigh secretly, and looked at Nie Dongyang one after another.
Nie Dongyang let out a long breath, then carefully opened the jade box, took out a jade talisman engraved with runes, and said in a deep voice: "Taiyuan Hall is discussing matters."
Then, he went downstairs without looking back.
A moment later, the bell rang three times deep in Taiyuan Gate! The senior officials of various ministries moved in unison and gathered in the direction of Taiyuan Hall, while those with low status had blank expressions on their faces.
"The high-level summons order! I have been in the industry for two or three hundred years and I have never heard it. Could it be that... something big happened?"
"Yeah, I've never heard of it either. I'm afraid something big has happened."
"..."
Although it is the first time for ordinary disciples who have just started to hear such bells in person, the sect manual clearly states that the three ringings of the Hong bell represent summoning all the hall masters and above in the entire sect to discuss matters in the hall. .
Taiyuan Hall.
An hour or two later, people were already standing on both sides of the broad hall. The closer you got to the depths, the more oppressive the atmosphere became.
Nie Dongyang's eyes were closed, and he sat cross-legged on the futon in front of the incense table without moving. There were three elders on the left and right, and the same was true.
Zhang Yang stood alone in the center of the hall, looking particularly awkward. Feeling the looks from the people on his left and right, he felt even more tormented in his heart.
At this time, Nie Dongyang finally slowly opened his eyes, glanced around at everyone, and said calmly: "Where are the people in Dingshui Valley?"
