Chapter Seventy-One: Different Chances
Lu Xiaoling didn't open her eyes to the sky, so naturally she couldn't see the flow of true qi on my rune book. But after I explained the order of strokes to her, she tried to draw a symbol, but failed less than halfway through.
"Impossible!" She said unconvinced. "With your true energy, how can I not?"
If the true qi of the simplest meditation talisman is used as a criterion, then I am about two points, and Lu Xiaoling is as high as six to seven.
This is the result of years of diligent practice by her.
The amount of true qi that a monk gathers in the sea of qi after refining qi is not like playing a game, and the quality of his physical and mental state, the degree of concentration, and even the different exercises used, the degree of familiarity, and the understanding of the Tao may lead to changes in the growth rate of the true qi. According to Master Lu's notes, if you have doubts about the path you have chosen or even if your faith collapses, the true qi that you have worked so hard to cultivate may even collapse and become nothing.
According to Lu Xiaoling's recollection, Master Lu's True Qi should be forty to fifty, of course, because of his decades of penance and study of Taoism, while Master Cao's is not easy to judge, because he rarely draws talismans, and rarely uses his True Qi to the point of exhaustion.
According to this theory, Lu Xiaoling should be able to draw at least two soul search talismans, but we conducted several experiments, and each time we almost failed due to lack of breath when we were nearly halfway through the stroke.
"Draw it for me!" Lu Xiaoling couldn't face up to such a result, she obviously thought that either the method I taught her was wrong, or I was simply bragging, and I didn't know where I got the talisman drawn by a certain senior, pretending to draw it myself.
I decided to slap her in the face with reality, so I calmed my mind as much as I could, adjusted my state to the best, and then picked up the pen she had dropped on the ground and calmly began to draw the talisman.
With Lu Xiaoling watching, my pressure was extremely great, but this soul search talisman was unexpectedly successful, and when I finished the last stroke, the originally dull yellow paper suddenly seemed to be given life and became vivid.
"What! How is this possible! Lu Xiaoling shouted loudly.
Strange to say, the first time I drew the Soul Searcher I felt like my head was going to explode, but after many attempts, it became weaker and weaker.
Although you still feel exhausted after drawing a sigil, the time it takes to recover and the feeling of drowsiness decreases.
Could it be that this method can also allow one's true qi to increase rapidly?
I was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly told her about my experience, but no matter how I tried, Lu Xiaoling couldn't enter my kind of state, and after her true qi was exhausted, she couldn't hold on no matter how hard she tried.
She suddenly sulked.
It's no wonder that she has always considered herself a genius, and the situation in front of her is probably something she has never encountered.
Master Lu successfully cracked the drawing method and taught her that among the charms he taught her was the Soul Searching Talisman from the Fu Gong Sect, and she was also very proficient in using it, but the effectiveness of that talisman was far less than the one I knew.
Not to mention anything else, the phantom that would imprison them after summoning the souls was the kind of soul-searching talisman she had originally knew, not to mention, they could also restrain or attack the imprisoned souls according to my wishes.
This is not just a soul search talisman, but more like a means of attacking souls.
I have no doubt that if I think about it, its power will definitely destroy the ghosts I have summoned.
The only restriction is that you must know the other party's name, place of origin and birthdate, otherwise this talisman will be too powerful.
One of the drawbacks brought about by this experiment is that Lu Xiaoling drew a lot fewer offensive charms this day than usual, if it weren't for the fact that she usually had a lot of accumulation when she was idle and had nothing to do, she would be blind tonight.
This is where the talisman is more powerful than ordinary Dao techniques, except for the fact that it consumes more True Qi to draw talismans in an emergency, in most cases, the True Qi consumed by using talismans is less than one-tenth of what is needed to draw talismans. If it weren't for the fact that the power attached to the talisman would slowly weaken over time, or even completely become ineffective, a disciple of the Fu Gong Sect could really overwhelm his opponent with the accumulation of a large number of talismans over a long period of time.
After nightfall, we quietly infiltrated the Lu family's mansion under the leadership of Huang Dou and hid in a bush in the northeast corner of the ruins of the Lu family's mansion.
Thanks to the fire at the Lu family's mansion, most of the members have moved elsewhere, so the security work here has been relaxed.
It's no wonder that the masters are gone, and who would come to the ruins to steal? As a result, the number of patrols and dogs that were usual has not only decreased, but the frequency of patrols has also been greatly reduced, and they hardly come to the fire.
Huang Dou closed his eyes and practiced, while Lu Xiaoling was still silently reciting the drawing method of the soul search talisman unconvinced, she insisted that the difference between the two of us only existed in the familiarity with it, and decided to use this method to solve the problem.
I looked at her angrily and funny, but I felt a little proud in my heart.
Did the fate that Master Lu once said to me mean that I was different from her?
Just a soul search talisman has such amazing power, so what kind of power will those more complex talismans have later?
I looked at Huang Dou and suddenly felt that I might not be able to surpass him in a few years.
Suddenly, a car drove in through the front door, and I gently nudged them both to alert them.
The car came straight to the mansion and stopped on the porch, which had been blackened by the fire.
Four people got out of the car, Huang Qihu, his two apprentices, and a person who looked like a bodyguard. His two apprentices each held some magic weapons in their hands, while Huang Qihu was in the air.
Huang Qihu looked nearby and was the first to walk into the fire, followed by his two disciples, and the bodyguard stood outside the house.
Lu Xingming did not appear This is a bit unexpected by us, this may be because Lu Xinghua's accidental death made him more cautious, but this does not affect our actions, after listening to Lu Xinghua's explanation, Lu Xiaoling and I formed a simple consensus: the root of all tragedies is Huang Qihu, without him, although Suhe Group is likely to have gone bankrupt a few years ago, but the Lu family will never cause such a tragedy of brothers killing their fathers with their sons and fathers.
It's better if Lu Xingming doesn't show up.
"When to act?" Huang Dou asked in a low voice.
"Wait a little longer." Lu Xiaoling said in a low voice.
We waited anxiously among the trees, and after about five minutes, the attic on the roof of the Lu family's mansion was lit up.
Where are they going to set up the circle?
Lu Xiaoling nodded to us, and we quietly walked in through the side door that had been completely deformed and damaged by the fire.
The floor was in shambles, most of the things were no longer visible, and even the corridors were littered with garbage that had been burned to the ground in a strange shape. We carefully illuminate our way with a deliberately prepared glimmering flashlight, stepping over something that might make a sound.
There are three staircases and an elevator in the mansion, and we follow the staircase on the east side carefully upward, and after reaching the third floor, we follow the corridor to the staircase leading to the attic.
There were some small debris that I couldn't step over, and the soft creaking sound of my shoes stepping on them made me scared for fear of being discovered.
Huang Dou, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Lu Xiaoling, who was following him, asked softly.
"There's something wrong up ahead." Huang Dou replied.