Chen Xi silently walked on the way home, thinking about his thoughts.

The departure of his grandfather and younger brother did not make him too sad, as far as he knew, the Thousand Swords Sect in Longyuan City was quite famous in the entire southern Xinjiang, and the various schools opened in Songyan City could not be compared with the Thousand Swords Sect at all.

For thousands of years, with the improvement of the cultivation system, all kinds of new things have appeared in cultivation, and academies are one of them.

These schools were set up in towns and hired knowledgeable practitioners to teach all sorts of basic spiritual knowledge and earn money from it.

There is no limit to the number of people targeted by the school, whether you were a mountain man, a slave, a wealthy merchant, or a hawker, as long as you pay enough yuan stones, you can enter the school to study.

There are also various types of schools, which are divided into different schools according to their names.

For example, the various schools opened in Songyan City include refining weapons, puppets, talismans, alchemy, planting, beasts, and so on. Chen Xi's younger brother, Chen Hao, had previously learned basic swordsmanship at the Tianxing Academy.

However, the academy also has its limitations, and the knowledge imparted is the most basic and superficial thing, and if you want to learn more advanced knowledge, you still have to enter the sect.

The sect is often dominated by great monks, and the mountain gate is generally set up in the famous mountains and rivers with strong aura, and the conditions for selecting disciples are extremely harsh. Those who are not highly qualified and have a solid foundation will not be able to pass the assessment of the sect's acceptance of disciples at all, and they are far from being comparable to those schools on the bad streets.

Chen Xi knows very well how much his younger brother has been wronged over the years, because of himself, he was ridiculed as a little broom star by children of the same age, no one wants to contact him, and he doesn't even have a real friend, if he can worship the Thousand Swords Sect, it will undoubtedly be a happy event for his younger brother who is obsessed with practicing swordsmanship, and it will also be greatly beneficial to his growth.

The younger brother is only twelve years old this year, he is talented and intelligent, and he has already cultivated to the realm of the Great Perfection of the Day After Tomorrow, under the careful training of his grandfather, his foundation is extremely solid, and it should not be a problem to pass the assessment of the Thousand Swords Sect.

Approaching the door of the house, Chen Xi saw from a distance that a five or six-year-old girl was sitting at the door of her house with her chin in her hands, her head was braided, her eyes were dark and bright, and her appearance was very cute.

"Brother Chen Xi, where is Xiao Hao, I took his favorite lime candy, but I can't wait for him. When the little girl saw Chen Xi, she trotted all the way over and said excitedly.

The little girl's name is Xixi, lively and cute, without a father, living with her mother Bai Wanqing, the mother and daughter moved into Songyan City a few years ago, and Chen Xi's family is a neighbor, and the relationship between the two families has always been very good.

"He went to a distant place to learn art, and I am afraid he will not come back for a few years. ”

Chen Xi rubbed his little head, he also loved Xi very much in his heart, the little girl was a few years younger than his younger brother, whenever his younger brother came back from Tianxing Academy, the little girl would play with Chen Hao like a fart, and from time to time take some candy and give it to Chen Hao to eat, the relationship between the two was very good.

What is especially important is that Xi Xi and her mother Bai Wanqing have never disliked Chen Xi's family, and they have never treated Chen Xi as a broom star.

"Where is the distance?" asked with a confused face.

Chen Xi thought for a while and said, "The place you can't go to is called a distant place." But when you grow up, you can go. ”

I let out a sigh of relief, hung my head, and looked sullen.

Chen Xi comforted, "Otherwise, you can go to my house to play." ”

Xixi's eyes lit up: "Okay, I'm going to see Brother Chen Xi make talismans." ”

"Follow me. ”

Seeing that the little girl was happy, a smile appeared on the corner of Chen Xi's lips, and it was fleeting, and she returned to that cold and wooden appearance.

Holding the fat little hand, Chen Xi walked into the house.

......

On the table was a blank pile of light cyan rune paper, a dish of crimson ink, and a swarthy rune pen.

Chen Xi sat at the wooden table with his waist straight, and sat obediently on the small bench next to him, his little face full of curiosity.

"This is loose rune paper, which is the cheapest one on the market, with a hard texture and a rough texture, and is generally used to refine the simplest basic runes. Chen Xi pointed to the pile of light cyan rune paper and explained softly.

Like a student, he nodded fiercely and said, "Brother Chen Xi, I remember." ”

Chen Xi was dumbfounded, shook his head, pointed to the dish of red ink again, and said: "This plate of ink is drawn from the blood of the Red Flame Deer, the Red Flame Deer itself is one of the lowest demon birds in the cultivation world, except for the ink that the blood can use to make talismans, there is no use value on the whole body. Even the merchants in the city who specialize in raising demon birds for a living are reluctant to domesticate this useless demon bird. ”

Xi Xi nodded and said, "What about the pen?"

"That's the rune pen, the rune pen also has advantages and disadvantages, in the talisman making, the good quality of the rune pen outlines the rune not only smooth strokes, the traces are symmetrical, and can improve the probability of success of the talisman making. This is just an ordinary rune, but for me, it's enough. ”

As soon as the words fell, Chen Xi suddenly realized that what he said today seemed to be much more than usual, could it be because of the departure of his grandfather and younger brother, and he regarded Xixi as the object of confiding?

Thinking of this, Chen Xi turned his head to look at Xixi, but found that the little girl had fallen asleep on the table at some point, with a trace of crystal saliva hanging on the corner of her mouth.

Chen Xi didn't have a reason to remember that his younger brother was like this when he was a child, and he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and carefully picked him up, put it on his bed and covered it with a futon, and then sat back at the wooden table.

Without any further delay, Chen Xi picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and waved the pen and calligraphy.

Rustle rustle...... The tip of the pen dipped in crimson ink gently glided over the blank rune paper, and the slender red lines gushed out from the end of the pen, like a spiritual earthworm, spreading rapidly on the light cyan pine rune paper in a graceful and smooth trajectory.

Chen Xi was serious and focused when making talismans, his eyes were firmly fixed on the paper under the pen, his back was as straight as a spear piercing the air, and his right arm was hanging motionless in the air, like a strong pine branch growing in the gap between the cliff banks, and he didn't move at all from beginning to end.

It's his right wrist that moves!

His right wrist was extremely flexible, and he controlled the talisman pen in his hand, scribbling on the talisman paper at an astonishing frequency, and the movements were skilful and smooth, not only did not have a hint of sluggishness, but like a gurgling stream, with a light and harmonious rhythm.

When an intricate and mysterious pattern quietly blooms on the runic paper like a flower. The surface of the rune paper suddenly lit up, then dimmed and returned to normal.

Without looking at it, after casually putting this first-grade fire cloud talisman aside, Chen Xi once again picked up a blank piece of loose rune paper and waved it down, refusing to waste a little time.

Five years ago, Chen Xi's grandfather Chen Tianli took out what little savings he had left, and let Chen Xi go to a talisman school to study.

However, Chen Xi can only make a basic talisman, no way, and the method of making talismans he learned in the academy is only one product. If you want to learn a higher level of talisman making, you have to spend a lot of money to buy the corresponding books, the price is too high, and Chen Xi can't accept it at all.

Even so, Chen Xi was very satisfied.

When he first started making talismans, he could only make five first-grade talismans a day, but now, he has been able to make thirty talismans and exchange them for yuan stones, and there are as many as ten pieces.

Now, grandpa and his younger brother are going to southern Xinjiang, and he is the only one left, as long as he saves money, it won't take long to save a lot of yuan stones, so it is not impossible to buy higher-grade talismans to make books.

Of course, before that, he had to pay back the hundred spirit stones he owed to Uncle Zhang.

Time passed by bit by bit, and in the cramped and dimly lit room, Chen Xi was at the desk, his expression was focused and focused, his movements were smooth and skillful, and the whole person was immersed in a state of selflessness. In this state, the stack of blank pine rune paper gradually turned into a series of intricate and mysterious runes with the passage of time.

Call~

When the zuihou talisman was finished, it was already dark, Chen Xi carefully put the talisman pen on the ink inkstone, and then let out a long breath of turbidity, and a deep tiredness appeared between his eyebrows, making his already thin cheeks look more and more pale.

With his mid-innate cultivation, the true yuan in his body can barely support him to make thirty first-grade runes, and if he wants to make more, unless the realm is improved, the true yuan will skyrocket.

However, it is easy to say, but for Chen Xi, it is difficult and abnormal to further improve his realm.

His qualifications are not bad, and the family heirloom "Zixiao Gong" is not comparable to ordinary goods, but on the contrary, his realm has been stuck in the middle of the congenital stage for five full years, and there has been no progress.

It is precisely because of this that grandfather Chen Tianli will turn all his hopes on Chen Hao, and he will also be arranged to learn how to make talismans......

Is it really because I'm too stupid?

Chen Xi has questioned himself more than once, denied himself, and only he knows the struggle and confusion, pain and loss.

Knock! Knock!

A soft knock sounded, accompanied by a knock on the door, and a pleasant and soft female voice, "Chen Xi, is Xi Xi at your house?"

Chen Xi sobered up from his contemplation and opened the door, a woman with a beautiful face stood outside the door, dressed in a cloth and hairpin, but it was difficult to hide the graceful charm on her body, it was her mother Bai Wanqing.

"Aunt Bai, I'm asleep. Chen Xi said.

Bai Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "The little guy didn't bother you, I'll take her home." ”

Chen Xi shook his head.

Bai Wanqing knew that he was taciturn and didn't like to talk, so she smiled, entered the house and hugged the sleeping Xi Xi and left.

Not long after, however, the door rang again, this time with a rapid and intense knock like a drumbeat.

Chen Xi frowned and opened the door again, but it was Bai Wanqing who went and returned, looking anxious.

Did something happen?

Just when Chen Xi was puzzled, Bai Wanqing quickly shouted: "Hurry! Go outside the city, it seems that your grandfather has an accident!"

What the?

Grandpa had an accident?

Chen Xi's head buzzed, like being struck by lightning.

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The second watch, there is still in the evening. In addition, this book is not an abusive text, and it will be very cool in the future, which can be guaranteed.