Chapter 31: The Five Layers of Qi Training
Meng Zhou puffed up all the remaining talismans and made them into talismans.
Twenty-five talismans were obtained, twenty-five points of experience were added, and the entry-level cleaning talisman was promoted to the beginning and rose a level.
More of the talisman making inspiration for the cleaning charm came to mind.
"Previously, I was able to make five sheets per hour, and now, I should be able to make about six sheets per hour."
Meng Zhou really wanted to try it, but unfortunately, there were no more runes to buy a rune pen and give away for free.
Meng Zhou stopped making talismans and took out two rubbing stone carvings.
One of them was the only one that succeeded under the guidance of the rope spirit.
The other is the simplest of all the rubbings.
The former is the only rubbing stone carving that he knows the complete steps to solve the problem, and through repeated speculation on it, it can also provide him with some useful ideas when deciphering other rubbing stone carvings.
Meng Zhou even felt that this was not a cracking direction.
And the more stone carvings you crack, the easier it will be to crack those unknown rubbings.
Now, he's trying to see them through the eyes of a talisman, and it's really giving him something new.
He untied the straw rope that had been wound around his wrist into a bracelet, and slowly knotted it according to his train of thought, until he stopped at the fifth intersection of the two threads, and at this point, his thoughts were like a crumpled ball of threads, and he could not figure it out.
However, he was not depressed, but a little happy.
Because in the previous attempt, he only walked three steps at most and it was difficult to continue.
And now, he's taken two more steps forward!
This shows that the idea of using the road to solve the problem is correct.
In the evening, Meng Zhou finished his exploration and began to practice.
These days, although he has tilted too much time on the introduction of cleaning charms and the cracking of stone carvings, he is also squeezing the cultivation time of martial arts.
The cultivation of water nourishing and moisturizing the body is not stopped day by day.
Moreover, because he turned three meals a day into spiritual rice, it could provide him with some extra spiritual energy every day, plus the spiritual tea helped to relieve the physical burden accumulated in his cultivation, which made his daily cultivation progress a little extra added.
Originally, he could only practice the exercises for twenty weeks a day, but he also had two extra weeks.
The next day, when Meng Zhou finished his cultivation, his cultivation progress was stable +6, and his exercise experience was stable +22.
【Qi Cultivation 4th Floor: 78/100】
【Water Nourishment and Moisturizing Formula: 427/600】
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"There's no rice."
Meng Zhou poured the last bit of spiritual rice into the casserole, added water, and slowly boiled it on the stove.
While waiting for the meal to be cooked, Meng Zhou fought a fierce warm-up battle with both hands.
These days, although he has somewhat abandoned the cultivation of martial arts, he still invests some time in it every day, fighting left and right, thousands of hands, and the Wind and Rain Sword still has ten or twenty experience improvements every day.
Yesterday, the cleaning charm was successfully introduced, and it was verified that this direction was effective for cracking the stone carvings, and Meng Zhou's mood was relaxed.
After looking at the progress of several martial arts, I decided to finish them all in one fell swoop today.
Near noon, the three martial arts broke through one after another and advanced to perfection.
Fighting left and right seems to be a boxing technique that violates conventional common sense, but in essence, it is a special kind of thinking training.
When this martial art is promoted to perfection, the improvement of boxing is secondary.
Meng Zhou's most vivid feeling is that he can observe the world with two visions and two thoughts at the same time.
Meng Zhou believed that when fighting against the enemy, this would also bring people a wonderful feeling.
Whether it's yourself or your enemy, it must feel wonderful.
Thinking of this, Meng Zhou couldn't help but be a little eager to try.
The next step to perfection is the Thousand Hands, and the ten fingers of both hands become freer and more flexible, as if they have become a refinement.
At the same time, in his thinking, the inherent concept of the ten fingers of both hands that he had shaped from childhood to adulthood had been fundamentally broken, and the process was natural and not rough at all.
Finally, there is the Torrential Wind Sword, when it reaches the consummation, the most significant change is fast, and the martial art, which is known for its speed, has become faster.
It can be quickly become a line of sword light, or it can quickly become a sword curtain.
When he held the sword in his hand, he could even feel the touch of the sword at every point where it met the air.
He could clearly feel the flow of air and the impact of the chaotic power of the fast sword dance on the sword body, and he could take advantage of the situation, making the sword faster, more strange, and more elusive, and not following any inherent sword moves.
An illusion arose in Meng Zhou's heart, the space seemed to have turned into a volatile and choppy sea, and the long sword in his hand was like an elf swimming in the sea.
Afternoon.
Meng Zhou walked out of the Sitting Forgetting Hall, exerted a thousand miles of magic under his feet, and went to the Warm Cloud Valley Market.
These days, going back and forth between Zahakan and the market every day, the experience of Wanli Shenxing is also steadily improving, and it is also approaching the threshold of consummation.
At one point, as he took another step forward, the strange feeling that had arisen when the Rain Storm Sword was perfected hit his heart again.
Space becomes a substantial sea, and he becomes a fish swimming in the sea.
His body senses its "tidal changes" and cleverly uses force to multiply its speed.
"Unleashing the Rain Storm Sword at such a speed must be incredibly fast."
After entering the bazaar, Meng Zhou came to the shop where he bought Lingmi Lingcha last time, bought twenty catties of medium-sized Lingmi, and added one or two medium-sized Lingcha.
"Benefit eight lower-grade spirit stones." The other party obviously still had an impression of Meng Zhou, and said with a smile.
Meng Zhou didn't pay immediately, but looked at the pile of neatly stacked silver bricks in the corner.
Seeing him like this, the other party smiled and said, "But the guest still needs silver charcoal?" ”
"Free?"
The shopkeeper grinned and said, "The guests are laughing, but this silver charcoal is durable and cheap, has a lot of firepower, has no peculiar smell, and does not take up space."
You can buy one hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones, which is enough for you to use for a whole year, which is definitely a good deal! ”
Meng Zhou felt that he had been tricked, and the last time he came to buy Lingmi Ling tea, he received two sets of exquisite kitchenware and tea sets here.
It contains a small and delicate stove, because the hearth is too small, and the other party also thoughtfully comes with ten pieces of silver charcoal that are also small and resistant to burning.
At that time, he didn't think much about it, and he received the freebie.
Only now did he recall the other party's routine, Meng Zhou gave a thumbs up to the shopkeeper and praised: "Boss, good means." ”
He didn't say anything about the silver charcoal, but leaned closer and asked, "Did you buy the talisman?" ”
The shopkeeper was shocked when he heard this, "Do you have a talisman to sell?" Are you a talisman? ”
Meng Zhou smiled but said nothing.
The shopkeeper looked at him and looked much more respectful and asked, "How many?" ”
"Forty."
The shopkeeper's smile became more and more sincere, and after greeting him, he pulled Meng Zhou into the back room and discussed with him carefully.
A quarter of an hour later, the two of them walked out of the back room, both with smiles on their faces.
Of the forty talismans that were traded out this time, except for the twenty-five cleaning talismans made yesterday, the other fifteen were all trophies.
In addition to preserving the first-order high-grade Flying Escape Talisman, the other talismans had no need to be preserved in Meng Zhou's opinion, so he simply took this opportunity to clear them all.
Among the forty talismans, thirty-five are first-order low-grade ones, and five first-order middle-grade ones, and if they are sold in bulk, they are worth forty-five to fifty low-grade spirit stones.
But he sold it in a package, and after some bargaining, he finally sold it for forty lower-grade spirit stones, which was sold at a nine-percent discount.
On the surface, this shop does not deal in talisman trading, but in the past few days with Chu Zheng and Yu Peng's master and apprentice, Meng Zhou learned that businesses such as talismans, pills, and magic weapons, from the source of materials to the output terminals of talisman makers, alchemists, and refiners, are mostly monopolized by several major forces.
It's not that other stores don't want to operate, but they lack channels, but because of this, it's more cost-effective to package and sell to such small stores.
If he packaged these talismans and sold them to those big merchants, it would be good if he could sell them at a discount.
"Deal with forty, Lingmi Ling Tea will deduct eight, give you thirty-two, you order ......"
The shopkeeper pushed a handful of spirit stones from the counter to Meng Zhou, but Meng Zhou didn't take it, but looked at the pile of silver charcoal and asked again, "Is there a free gift?" ”
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, first shook his head with a wry smile, and then nodded helplessly.
"Send, send, send!"
Meng Zhou's thoughts were finally understood.
Then, Meng Zhou went to the residence of the True Rune Pavilion in the bazaar.
Spent fifty low-grade spirit stones to purchase a spirit sealing box, this box looked the same size as the half-scrapped spirit sealing box, but its internal space was nearly ten times larger when the special rune array was drawn.
Then, he spent fifty lower-grade spirit stones to buy one hundred basic runes.
Walking out of the True Rune Pavilion and looking at the only twenty-eight lower-grade spirit stones left in his pocket, Meng Zhou shook his head and said in his heart, this spirit stone is really unflowered.
When passing through the square, Meng Zhou's heart moved, and he turned around and walked in.
After turning around twice, Meng Zhou stopped in front of a middle-aged monk's stall and asked, "How do you sell these talismans?" ”
The middle-aged monk hurriedly said, "Three parts of a low-grade spirit stone!" ”
Meng Zhou pouted and said, "Are you sure?" ”
The middle-aged monk hesitated and didn't speak, and Meng Zhou said:
"Look at your rune paper, the size and texture are different, and the raw materials used, to say the least, there are four different sources, right?
There is also this rune ink, red red, green green, there may be many kinds of material sources! ”
The middle-aged man argued, "But I can guarantee that their quality is no worse than the talismans provided in the True Rune Hall!" ”
Meng Zhou sneered, "Are you fooling me that I don't understand, or are you fooling me that I haven't been to the True Rune Pavilion?" ”
As he spoke, there was an extra pile of rune paper in his hand, and a hundred sheets were neatly cut, like banknotes, and it was a pleasure to pinch them in his hand alone.
He shook it in front of the other party and said, "I just came out of the True Rune Pavilion, so, don't fool me with layman's words, you give me a real price!" ”
The middle-aged man said: "Four parts of a low-grade spirit stone!" ”
But Meng Zhou was still unmoved, and he finally gritted his teeth and said:
"Four and a half parts, it really can't be more! You're going to let me earn some money, right? ”
Meng Zhou said: "That is, nine parts of two lower-grade spirit stones, right?" ”
The middle-aged man's cheeks twitched, but he still nodded: "Yes!" ”
Meng Zhou pointed out twenty lower-grade spirit stones: "Give me ninety copies!" ”
When the middle-aged man saw that he bought so much at once, his face finally eased a lot, and he took it as a small profit and quick turnover.
After completing this transaction, Meng Zhou did not delay at all, and rushed back.
Back in the stone room of the Sitting Forgetting Pavilion, Meng Zhou took out five copies of the two talisman materials.
Two hours later, Meng Zhou rubbed his wrist and looked at the ten cleaning charms that had all been successfully drawn, and muttered:
"It seems that the problems that plague other talismans don't have any effect on me."
In terms of quality alone, the rune paper and rune ink he bought at the ground stall were no worse than those of the real rune hall.
However, for the talisman maker, one of the most important factors affecting the success rate of their payment is the stability of the rune paper and ink.
Not to mention the different materials used to make rune paper and ink, it is the different origins of the same material, the different producers, and the subtle spiritual differences reflected in the final product.
This difference has nothing to do with the quality, but it does affect the success rate of the symbol.
A big force like the True Rune Pavilion, with a stable material origin and a fixed technological process, finally achieved strict control of quality, as well as the complete crushing of middle-aged men who made personal rune materials.
……
After this big purchase, Meng Zhou stayed at home for a few days.
Make talismans during the day, crack the rubbing stone carvings.
Practice at night and work hard every day.
On the evening of the fourth day, when Meng Zhou sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, he began a new day of practice.
The progress of cultivation is already "96/100 on the fourth layer of Qi training".
As the water nourishing body of the Dacheng Realm ran over and over again in the body, the mana increased little by little.
Soon, the abundant mana broke through a layer of obstacles.
Practice the five layers of qi and break through.
Meng Zhou did not stop, and continued to cultivate until the mana of the Water Nourishment Body Technique was in the body for twenty-two weeks.
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[Name: Meng Zhou]
[Lifespan: 51/70 years] (+3 years)
【Status:Sub-health】
[Realm: Fifth Layer of Qi Training: 1/100]
[Exercise: Water Nourishing and Moisturizing Formula: 515/600]
【Skills:
Martial arts: Perfection of water steps, perfection of finger sword palms, perfection of turtle and snake strength, perfection of crane control hands, perfection of shrinking bones and easy appearance, perfection of phantom steps and dragons, perfection of thousands of miles of divine travel, perfection of left and right fighting, perfection of a thousand hands, perfection of rain and wind sword
Spell: Breath Perfection
Talisman: Cleansing Talisman Dacheng 40/200
Introduction to 100 knots: 1/100】
[Oath: Rope Spirit First Order: 1/100]
【Occupation:
Knotger's 1st Order: 1/100
Talisman Maker 1st Tier: 15/100