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The whole mountain is verdant, evergreen in all seasons, the peaks are surrounded by mountains, the winding path is secluded, win with seclusion, the scenery is excellent, since ancient times, there are many literati and saucy visitors to come to pay homage to the ancients, it is a good place to send affection to the landscape.

Under the scorching sun, the dew on the mountain road had not yet evaporated, and a teenager had already walked down with a medicine basket on his back.

The young man had clear eyebrows, but his body was thin, and he looked slightly weak, wearing a green shirt with patches but clean pulp, his hair was a little messy, and his face was slightly sweaty.

He walked briskly to the city at the foot of the mountain, and was confronted by a pharmacy with flags waving.

"Yo, Sioux City is here." The apprentice in the shop greeted.

The young man smiled and nodded, patted the dust on his body, raised his head and walked into the pharmacy, and said, "Uncle Li, business is here!" ”

The shopkeeper of the pharmacy was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a tall crown and an extraordinary bearing, and he raised his head and smiled when he heard this:

"What herbs have you picked today?"

Su Cheng didn't speak, took off the medicine basket on his back, and carefully took out the medicinal materials inside.

"Well, it's Dendrobium again, you kid went to climb the cliff again?" Shopkeeper Li muttered, "Even if you have some ability, you have to be careful, you don't have the means to use the weapon now, if you accidentally fall off the cliff, how can you be good?" ”

Dendrobium is a traditional Chinese medicine, has the effect of clearing heat and reducing fire, mostly grows on the cliff or the old tree, the flowers are of different colors, there is a flowering period throughout the year, but there is no planting technology in this year, all rely on the herb pickers to climb to pick, because of the perennial climbing cliffs, many herb pickers just reach middle age, they will suffer from various diseases, and every year there are missed herb pickers fall off the cliff, fall to pieces of the news.

Su Cheng smiled, "Uncle Li, don't worry, I just climbed a tree to pick it." ”

"You." The shopkeeper shook his head, his hands were not slow, and he quickly counted them, "A total of twenty-three dendrobiums, a total of eight taels and three coins of silver." ”

"And there's more." Su Cheng smiled and took out something that looked like a black plot stem.

"Well, it's Poria cocos, it is estimated that it is nearly a hundred years old, but you can stew a bowl of Poria paste." Shopkeeper Li smiled, "It's just that Poria cocos is not as valuable as ginseng, so how about you count it as thirty taels of silver?" ”

Su Cheng hurriedly nodded, "Thank you, Uncle Li." ”

The shopkeeper ordered the silver and handed it to Su Cheng, who was surprised: "Uncle Li, did you give two taels of silver?" ”

"This is the money I used to buy candy for Xiao Nannan."

"How does this make ......"

"Could it be that I still miss those two taels of silver?" The shopkeeper glared.

Su Cheng clenched his fists and bowed, "Thank you, Uncle Li!" ”

Watching the young man walk out of the store, an apprentice asked curiously: "Shopkeeper, what are you doing to him so well?" ”

Shopkeeper Li took a sip of tea and closed his eyes, "They are all neighbors, so what's the harm in helping." ”

Of course, the reason is not this, he is not a Buddha who cuts meat and feeds eagles, no matter how little money he earns, who is willing to give it to others for nothing? It's just that this kid can cultivate to the third level of Qi cultivation in just half a year, and he obviously has good qualifications.

……

Su Cheng walked out of the pharmacy, looked at the increasing number of pedestrians on the street and the blue sky, and breathed a long sigh of relief: "With this silver, plus the silver taels saved before, I can buy a copy of the Fu Seal Daquan,...... Well, by the way, I bought two more rock sugar gourds for my sister. ”

If he had changed it before, he suddenly saw the "huge sum" of dozens of taels of silver, and he would have been so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, maybe he would have to get up in the middle of the night, learn from the ancients to fill the silver with a wine jar, and then bury it under the old tree in the courtyard, so that he can feel at ease, but for Su Cheng, who has embarked on the road of practicing qi, dozens of taels of silver are not so favorable.

When he was a mortal, he thought that the masters of the Dao were all characters who lived high in the clouds and did not eat the fireworks of the world, until the way of Qi cultivation became popular, he knew that cultivators also had to fight, compete for cultivation resources, fight for caves, and fight for elixirs. Moreover, the outcome of the battle is even more cruel, and if you are not careful, you may die.

As a famous saying goes, cultivating immortals is like crossing a river, thousands of troops and horses compete for sails, and there is really no need to be lazy and lazy.

"In the past, I only heard that 'poor literature and rich martial arts', if the children of the poor family want to get out of the barrier, they can only change their fate by studying, but the children of the rich family have the opportunity to practice martial arts diligently, or do chivalrous battles, or fight on the battlefield." Su Cheng muttered and walked towards the Xuanwu Tower, the tallest and eye-catching building in the city, "It's just that this cultivation is more expensive than practicing martial arts." ”

Learning martial arts requires a hard body, eating bran and drinking thin chaff is naturally not good, no matter how bad it is, you have to have meat every day, otherwise you can't even hold dozens of pounds of weapons, and you can't talk about going into battle to kill the enemy.

As for qi cultivation, you need to eat less grains and more spiritual valleys and elixirs full of spiritual energy, so that you can advance by leaps and bounds.

"Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer medicinal materials on the mountain, and unless you can dig up thousand-year-old ginseng, you can only be hungry, but you need to find a new livelihood......

Su Cheng has learned that in addition to the most basic qi refining practice, there are several "side jobs" to choose from, such as talisman making, alchemy, refining, formation, etc., and cultivators will often master one or two of them, and the two complement each other and promote each other, which will be of great benefit to the path of cultivation.

Among them, alchemy and refining tools have existed in ancient times, while talisman making and formation have only recently been promoted.

In Su Cheng's opinion, refining tools is actually similar to the work of a blacksmith, but he is thin and weak, but he doesn't have that physical strength, he is quite interested in alchemy, and once tried to refine alchemy with the iron pot at home one day, the result is obviously easy to see, only got a pot of black and suspicious soup, he didn't dare to drink it, and felt that it was a pity, so he fed the little yellow dog at home, so the little yellow dog lived up to expectations for three days, and now he sees Su Cheng's legs still shaking......

Later, I learned that alchemy must first have a special Dan furnace, which is a prerequisite, and then it must be cultivated to achieve the foundation, which can release the Dan fire, and no matter how bad it is, you have to use the flame of the center of the earth, in short, ordinary firewood is absolutely impossible.

"I'll have to go and see if I can make a talisman." Su Cheng muttered in his heart, "I heard that if you can make a successful talisman seal, you can exchange it for a lot of silver, there are more and more people who collect medicine, and it will only become more and more difficult to pick in the future, and the little sister will be able to go to a private school to study immediately, and she will also start practicing qi, money, money!" ”

In addition, he himself did not have the desire to become stronger, he can now use the water cup on the table of the True Qi Imperial Envoy, although he can only hold on for a while, and he is far from the flight of Edgeworth, but he is very happy and happy on this road, and he always needs a goal to work hard for in life.

Su Cheng once heard others say that the way of cultivation pays attention to the four words "wealth and law".

"Couple" is ranked second, referring to the most master-apprentice relationship, anyone will need the guidance of seniors, with the guidance of seniors, it is far more labor-saving than groping around.

"I heard that soon, there will be a real person from Qingyunmen who will come to the town and teach the Fa every half a month, so I can't fall too far behind."

Thinking like this, Su Cheng had already come to the outside of the Xuanwu Tower.

This building has not been built for a long time, and it is not magnificent, but only majestic and solemn, and it is the tallest building in the city.

At this moment, there are many people lined up in two teams outside the door, busy but orderly to buy the Fu Seal Daquan, and there are people from the Xiuzhen Alliance next to them to demonstrate the way of the Fu Seal.

As soon as the vajra talisman was patted, the body surface of the talisman seemed to be plated with a layer of steel, and someone next to him was holding a sword and chopping, only listening to the clanging sound, but only leaving a little white mark, and even the skin could not be broken.

Vitality charm can make up for vitality, a man cut a knife on the arm, the skin opened the flesh, the blood was dripping, the Tsing Yi guy next to him used the aura to urge the talisman seal, a slap up, not long after, I saw that the blood stopped, the wound contracted, only a red mark remained, causing an exclamation.

There is also a hundred-mile magic talisman, and when you pat it on your leg, it is an old man of sixty or seventy years old, who can also walk like a fly, and you can easily go around the city with a cup of tea.

The eyes of the crowd were fiery and they became more and more excited.

"I have never dreamed of such a scene before, and I can't imagine that I can see such a scene when I am old and old."

"Hey, Lao Tzu has already practiced qi on the second floor, and when he reaches the sixth layer, he will be able to fly with a weapon, and he will also experience the taste of flying around."

"You can buy a flying sword!"

"It's all thanks to Xiao Gongzi's blessing."

"yes, yes."

Su Cheng listened to the discussion, and remembered the man who appeared in the vast dark night surrounded by wolves and killed hundreds of wild wolves with one sword, and couldn't help but worship in his heart, men should be like this!

Soon it was Su Cheng's turn, took out most of his savings to buy Fu Seal Daquan, and was about to leave, when Xiao Er suddenly said:

"Little brother, go slowly."

"What's wrong?" Su Cheng asked with a little apprehension.

The guy laughed:

"Every noon from now on, there will be a real human chief to explain the basics of talisman making, if the little brother has time, you can go over and listen."

Su Cheng pinched the shriveled purse, and subconsciously shook his head, Xiao Er said with a smile:

"It's free."

Su Cheng slapped his thigh, "That's a good feeling!" ”

“……”

He was in a hurry, but he didn't have to go back, and came directly to a huge square outside the Xuanwu Building, at this moment, a middle-aged Taoist with a long beard fluttering, was sitting cross-legged in the air, sitting down was a lotus altar, and opened his mouth gently, the voice was not loud, but it was clearly ringing in everyone's ears.

"The art of talisman making, is the way rather than the art, there is great power, the most basic of which is the most basic things, the first is the rune paper, take the pine rune paper as the best, but also need a good wolf pen......"

"The second is the way of drawing, you need to hold your breath and concentrate, one stroke, and you must not ...... intermittently"

Su Cheng listened attentively, and unconsciously, half an hour passed, and he could be regarded as having a basic understanding of talisman making. This way is indeed broad and profound, even if it takes a lifetime of hard work, it may not be able to reach the extreme, he can only be regarded as a little understanding of the surface now, and he is not even a beginner.

The middle-aged Taoist said calmly: "About the way of talisman making, there is only so much I know, there is no end to learning, there is no end to the Tao, you should study diligently, don't waste this great opportunity." ”

The crowd agreed.

"There are two other things to inform you and so on." The middle-aged Taoist said, "I cultivate the true alliance to widely purchase all kinds of talismans, the price is fair, Tong Su is not bullied, in addition, the priority is to buy fighting talismans, if you are successful in making talismans, you can come to Xuanwu Building to exchange contribution points or gold and silver." ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and many down-and-out scholars who had no long skills were already bright-eyed, and they couldn't help but want to try their skills.

"The second thing is that anyone who has practiced qi above the third level can go to southern Xinjiang, and a month later, the southern Xinjiang development plan will be officially implemented."