"It took ten years, and I still haven't been able to raise the Immortal Sword Technique to the fifth layer."

"Sure enough, as the exercises continue to improve, the difficulty naturally increases."

Zhao Ping'an silently sensed the immortal mana in his body and whispered to himself.

Over the years, whether it is the realm or the improvement of the exercises, his progress has become quite slow.

You must know that Zhao Ping'an has the blessing of his previous life cultivation experience, as well as the help of the Spirit Gathering Formation, which is equivalent to having multiple external superpositions.

But even so, after ten years of hard work, he only improved a small realm at the level of the foundation building period, which shows that the further the cultivation of the "Immortal Sword Technique" goes, the slower the progress becomes.

Of course, the advantages are also quite prominent, that is, Zhao Ping'an's current appearance, instead of becoming old with the passage of time, has become younger, and even his skin has become shiny, as if he is as tight and elastic as a newborn child.

The most important thing is that as the immortal mana becomes more and more powerful, Zhao Ping'an's blood and qi become more and more vigorous, and the aura becomes longer and deeper.

"In a short period of time, my cultivation and exercises should not be able to achieve significant improvements."

"I still need to put some effort into the talisman."

"Now it's time to try making a third-order talisman."

Zhao Ping'an's eyes were shining.

Over the years, in addition to cultivating the "Immortal Sword Technique", he would also put part of his energy into studying the talisman, and his talisman attainments have been significantly improved compared to before.

Not to mention the ordinary second-order mid-grade runes, even the success rate of making second-order high-grade runes can reach fifty percent.

It means that for every two second-order high-grade runes that Zhao Ping'an makes, one can be successfully made, even if it is placed among the second-order runes, it can be regarded as a top class.

But that's not enough.

Zhao Ping'an knows very well that in the world of cultivating immortals, only by constantly strengthening one's own means and strength can one go to the end steadily.

"The difficulty of making a third-order rune is far more than ten times that of a second-order rune."

"With my current cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building, the only talisman suitable for me to try to make is the Phoenix Spirit Talisman."

Zhao Ping'an raised his eyebrows slightly and said softly.

The phoenix talisman, a third-order low-grade talisman, a kind of defensive talisman.

The threshold for making is relatively low, and runes in the foundation building realm can also try to make them, and once this kind of rune is activated, it can easily block the full force of the strong in the later stage of foundation building.

If Zhao Ping'an can successfully make this talisman, it is equivalent to an additional means of saving his life.

"The Phoenix Talisman is a third-order talisman after all."

"Ordinary high-quality rune paper and cinnabar can't withstand the terrifying spiritual power contained in the third-order rune, so we need to purchase better high-grade rune paper and purple ink cinnabar."

Zhao Ping'an was thoughtful and continued: "It seems that I still need to go out." ”

High-grade rune paper and purple ink cinnabar are extremely precious production materials, even if they can't be provided in the Sword Sect Fu Pavilion, so Zhao Ping'an plans to go to the foot of the mountain to visit the city again.

……

Since the establishment of the Fang City at the foot of the Sword Sect Mountain, its scale has been expanding, and it was originally just a town-like gathering place, but after so many years of development, it is now a small and magnificent city.

In addition to the dazzling array of shops, there are also all kinds of monks shuttling through the bustling streets.

Although there is a large flow of people, the Fang City is not as chaotic as it was at the beginning, and there has been no murder and treasure grabbing in recent years, thanks to the high-level leaders of the Sword Sect who have made up their minds to govern the Fang City in recent years, and arranged for many sect disciples to intensively inspect the inside and outside of the Fang City to maintain order.

There were even two senior foundation building realm elders who had been specially arranged to sit in Fang City in person, and once someone nearby started fighting, there would be a Sword Sect disciple who would rush to stop it as soon as possible.

Zhao Ping'an changed his breath and face, disguised himself as a dashing scholar and walked towards the most lively and prosperous area of Fang City.

"Come and see, the tortoiseshell animal skin that was just shipped can be refined into personal armor, and it only needs fifty spirit stones."

"What is intimate armor? Everyone, come and see, I have the ancestral bullwhip pill here, just take one piece, you can make people's blood surge, and transform into a perpetual motion piledriver, known as a necessary medicine for male cultivation! One Bao Dan only needs ten spirit stones! ”

……

Some people sell refining materials, some sell ancestral secret pills, and some people hang signs of divination and fortune telling, beckoning past monks to explore the destiny of heaven!

"These people have no sect to rely on, so they can only continue to cultivate immortals on their own, and casual cultivation is really not so good."

Zhao Ping'an stopped and went, but never found a suitable stall for selling talismans.

"Huh? Rare Pavilion? ”

Soon, Zhao Ping'an paused and found that he had walked to a shop he had been here again.

This is where he bought the azurite jade necklace in the first place, and he found a formation diagram here, which is suspected to be related to the sword array he has obtained.

In the past ten years, the scale of the shops in Zhenyi Pavilion has become larger, and the gate is full of people coming in and out.

"Well, just go in and have a look."

Zhao Ping'an hesitated slightly, and walked inside.

"Welcome guests to our Rare Pavilion."

"I don't know how I can help you?"

As soon as he walked into the Zhenyi Pavilion, he was greeted by a young and beautiful woman with a graceful figure.

The woman smiled, her lips red and her teeth white, and she was quite enthusiastic.

"High-grade rune paper and purple ink cinnabar, do you have them in your store?"

Zhao Ping'an said straight to the point.

"High-grade rune paper and purple ink cinnabar?"

Hearing Zhao Ping'an's request, the woman was a little surprised, glanced at the former, and then said: "Naturally, there are, but these are the materials for making high-level talismans." ”

"Are you a talisman?"

She asked cautiously tentatively.

"You shouldn't ask, don't ask so much."

"Take me to see it."

Zhao Ping'an was expressionless and said lightly.

"Okay, this way, please."

The woman's smile was a little embarrassed, but she still motioned for Zhao Ping'an to come with her.

Soon, under the leadership of the woman, Zhao Ping'an came to the second floor of the shop.

"Guest, inside this brocade box is what you need."

The woman walked to a cabinet in front of her and opened two silver brocade boxes, revealing a roll of golden rune paper and a box of cinnabar emitting purple light.

"High-grade rune paper and purple ink cinnabar are extremely precious talisman materials, even if many immortal cultivation sects do not have such materials."

"These two talisman materials were also obtained by this shop with a lot of effort not long ago."

The woman explained with a smile.

Each of the items that can be sold in the Treasure Pavilion has a precious value.

Zhao Ping'an looked at the high-grade rune paper and purple ink cinnabar, nodded slightly after a while, and said, "It's okay, how many spirit stones do the two add up?" ”

"Four hundred spirit stones of high-grade rune paper, and six hundred spirit stones of purple ink cinnabar." The woman smiled charmingly and responded.

It adds up to a thousand spirit stones, which is a little expensive for Zhao Ping'an, but it is still within the acceptable range.

He was ready to take out the spirit stone and buy two precious talisman materials.

"Guest, wait a minute."

"If I'm not mistaken, you should be a talisman master who is proficient in talisman making, right?"

At this time, the woman hesitated for a moment and asked again.

"Yes and what, and what is not?"

"When do I need to identify myself when I buy goods at Zhenyi Pavilion?" Zhao Ping'an was a little displeased and asked rhetorically.

"You're mistaken." Seeing that Zhao Ping'an was a little angry, the woman was afraid that the other party would misunderstand her, so she hurriedly explained: "Guest, that's the case, if you are a talisman master, the little woman can take nothing from these two precious talisman materials." ”

"All you need is your help us make a talisman."