The ancestor is incompetent!

Chapter 23: The Mysterious Rain Order

If you can succeed once, you can naturally succeed a second time.

Li Yuan took a short rest and then began to carve the talisman. After two months, he finally mastered the water arrow talisman.

If you draw ten times, you will succeed two or three times.

This success rate was only possible because he was learning early spells and talismans at a late stage, coupled with his own powerful spiritual power.

If someone else were to draw it, they would probably only be lucky if they could get one picture right out of ten attempts.

By August, Li Yuan's consciousness had almost recovered, so he began to continue his practice.

If it weren't for the Ten Thousand Trees Realm, for a late-stage cultivator, having his soul killed twice in a year would mean certain death.

Therefore, he did not dare to take the risk of trying to make a second one. He could only wait for a few years until his soul was completely repaired with no hidden injuries before making a substitute puppet.

Li Yuan practiced for only a few days. After making his slightly stagnant magic power flow smoothly, he began to practice the only secret technique in the spiritual lower Yuan Zhen Jue that is suitable for the Qi refining realm, "Between Water and Clouds".

This technique utilizes clouds and water to escape. It requires cultivating a breath of clear cloud and water dew in the Dantian. When the time comes to perform the technique, open your mouth and exhale it, and it will turn into billowing mist that drifts in all directions, thus being very effective in concealing one's tracks.

Moreover, the most important thing about this technique is to use the water in the clouds to perform water escape technique. As long as the clouds that are sprayed out at the beginning are not completely absorbed, water escape technique can still be performed even in a waterless place.

Therefore, this secret technique is called Water Between Clouds, where the water is above the clouds and the clouds are between the water.

If this technique is practiced to a high level, not only can one borrow the water from Shangchao, but one can also respond with the water from Linze. Then the sky and the earth, all directions, will be filled with clouds and water. At that time, all parts of the world can be reached.

On this morning, Li Yuan stood in the mountains, facing north, and slowly made hand gestures of magic. It was not because he was unskilled, but because every spell he made contained spiritual power, and if the spiritual power was not flowing smoothly, the speed of making hand gestures would naturally be slow.

But Li Yuan had plenty of patience. After he finished making the hand gestures at an extremely slow speed, the spell lit up and the mountain fog around him slowly gathered and was swallowed into his stomach.

I just felt a slightly cool air in my abdomen, hovering and lingering in my dantian.

Then he changed his magic spell, and the dew on the grass and trees in the mountains was sucked into his stomach, turning into a drop of water, which was held up by the cloud of mist floating in his dantian, without sinking or falling.

Obviously, this technique cannot be practiced in a day, and the most perfect performance is to gather nine directions of clear clouds and three hundred and sixty-five drops of Shangchao water.

However, Li Yuan is not in a hurry to achieve success now, and only treats the practice of this technique as a daily homework.

After packing up a bit, he got up and went out of the mountain.

Now that I am an elder, I don’t need to be too low-key, otherwise it will attract attention.

He drove the White-walled Black Lant all the way out of the mountain. Seeing that many caves and courtyards for disciples had been opened up at the foot of the mountain, he sighed, "Over the years, there must be six or seven hundred disciples in the mountain, right?"

After leaving the mountain gate, he flew to the market town.

The distance of two hundred miles was covered in just a moment. The cloud landed in front of the market town, and after taking out the token, I was allowed to enter.

The market town is more prosperous than in previous years, and many people are walking back and forth on the street, choosing what they need.

Li Yuan suppressed his cultivation and walked on the street in the middle stage of Qi Refining without attracting attention. He would occasionally hear some useful information from the many cultivators passing by.

"I heard that the Xueyin Valley and Xiaoxia Mountain in the east are fighting again, and this time it's a big fight!"

Li Yuan's spiritual power was strong, so eavesdropping was naturally more handy for him. When he heard this, he looked at the person who spoke. He was a middle-aged man with a big beard and a strange appearance with pigtails. He was obviously not from Guangyuan Mountains.

"Hey, what's so strange about this?" A young man beside him said nonchalantly, "These two families have a small fight every thirty years and a big fight every hundred years. Anyway, they are big families and have great wealth, so the death of some disciples is just a small matter."

"You don't know this, do you?" The bearded man said mysteriously, "I heard that Xueyin Valley used more than a hundred puppets this time, and the casualties were minimal. On the contrary, Xiaoxia Mountain did not expect the other party to use puppets to kill the enemy.

I heard that seven or eight of the true disciples in the late stage of Qi Refining have died!"

"What? Puppet? Could it be that Qi Ling Sect intervened?" The young man exclaimed, "Qi Ling Sect is not strong enough to deal with these two troubles."

"Who knows what Qi Lingmen is thinking? But if Xiaoxia Mountain investigates, our peaceful days in Guangyuan Mountain Range will be in jeopardy."

Li Yuan walked over thoughtfully. He had heard about the sect making puppets for Xueyin Valley, but it seemed that the large-scale purchases by the valley shortened the training time of the general affairs disciples, from three months to two months.

However, the sect also gained a huge amount of spiritual stones, which increased the monthly salary of the disciples, and made up for the progress lost in cultivation. However, the burden of general affairs on the disciples became heavier.

Xueyin Valley and Xiaoxia Mountain are two top-notch sects, each with at least four or five true cultivators in the foundation-building stage. They occupy a group of mountains in the east outside the Guangyuan Mountains.

This mountain range is called Tianxia Mountains. It is much larger than Guangyuan Mountains. More importantly, it is rich in spiritual minerals, including two large spiritual stone mines, seven or eight medium-sized spiritual stone mines, and various other rare spiritual minerals.

Therefore, these two sects can be said to be extremely rich. Although spirit stones are not commonly used in the true cultivation level, they are indispensable in the true cultivation.

The disciples in the Qi Refining Stage are rich, so naturally their cultivation is high, and there are more disciples in the late Qi Refining Stage. The probability of successfully building a foundation is naturally much greater than that of other sects.

But living in the same precious land, they naturally don't want to have one more person to share the benefits. The two families have irreconcilable contradictions in terms of interests, geography, and even in the historical origins of the founding of the sect.

Therefore, Xueyin Valley and Xiaoxia Mountain are well-known enemies.

As for whether Xiaoxia Mountain will cause trouble for Qiling Sect this time, this is not something for him, a Qi Refining disciple, to consider. The ones who should be worried are probably the two ancestors of the mountain sect.

Li Yuan first went to the Baiqi Hall of the Wang family in Tongshan, but returned disappointed after taking a look around.

Obviously, if the Wang family of Tongshan really refined some good magical weapon, they would not sell it, but would only leave it for their own disciples to use.

So Li Yuan still went to Linglong Pavilion.

Behind this family is the Linglong Sect, the dominant sect in the entire continent. Its size and good things are far beyond the reach of a cultivation family like the Tongshan Wang family.

After entering the pavilion, he went straight to the "instrument" area. A beautiful female cultivator came up to him with a smile and said, "Hello, senior. If you are interested in magic instruments and the like, please come into the elegant room to have a chat."

Li Yuan was slightly surprised, but he still followed her into the elegant room. After closing the door and activating the peeping magic circle, he asked, "How did this fellow Taoist know my cultivation level?"

The beautiful female cultivator smiled and said, "My last name is Xu, and I am the shopkeeper of this cabinet. I have a telepathic amulet on my body that can sense the realm of cultivators.

But senior, don't worry, we can only detect the general realm of the cultivator. This is just to help seniors find the good things they want. "Li Yuan was not angry, and nodded, "It's worthy of Linglong Pavilion. Fellow Daoist Xu, this time I want to ask for a magic weapon that is good at attacking, for myself."

"A magical weapon that is good at attacking? I'm afraid what you are looking for is not a top-grade magical weapon, right?"

Shopkeeper Xu raised her eyebrows in obvious surprise. If it was a top-grade magic weapon, she might get a lot of commission.

"Top-grade magic weapons are extremely precious, and my worth is far from enough." Li Yuan shook his head.

"If it was a perfect top-grade magical weapon, I would not have mentioned it rashly. But this pavilion recently received a broken top-grade magical weapon, and it has unique effects, so the price is naturally much lower than that of ordinary top-grade magical weapons. I wonder if you are interested in taking a look?"

"A broken top-grade magic weapon? How much power is left? It must not be worse than a mid-grade magic weapon." Li Yuan asked after a slight hesitation.

"Don't worry, senior. This magic weapon still has 80% of its power left. If used properly, it is far superior to mid-grade magic weapons." Shopkeeper Xu assured confidently.

"Then come and take a look, and bring some mid-grade magic weapons with you so I can pick some along the way." Li Yuan reminded.

"Of course. Please wait a moment, senior." Shopkeeper Xu bowed and then walked out with graceful steps.

Li Yuan just closed his eyes and rested for a while in the elegant room, and then Manager Xu left and returned.

She smiled and waved her sleeves, and four wooden boxes appeared on the table. She explained, "These are the best of the mid-grade magic weapons in this pavilion that are good at attacking.

This is the Red Evil Fire Ring, which not only has the effect of trapping, but can also release red evil fire to defeat the enemy. It is only sold for 480 spirit stones."

Li Yuan sat there unmoved, and after just a few glances he lost interest.

Shopkeeper Xu saw this and opened the second wooden box. "There are two Lingxu swords, one for the son and one for the mother. The mother sword is heavy and powerful, while the son sword is light and elegant, good at hiding, wandering and attacking. You can lure the enemy with the mother sword and attack them by surprise with the son sword, which can behead them in an instant.

Selling for 580 Spiritual Stones."

"This sword is very good, but unfortunately I already have a similar magical weapon." Li Yuan still shook his head.

Shopkeeper Xu said with a smile, "Then you must take a good look at these two pieces, seniors."

As she spoke, she opened the last two boxes and said, "The magic weapon of Qianchen Peak can turn huge mountains into falling rocks. It is powerful and can weigh tens of thousands of pounds when dropped from a high altitude. Even late-stage cultivators have to avoid its sharp edge. Selling for six hundred spirit stones.

Qingxun Jiaolong Flag, this magic weapon is very close to the top grade, but unfortunately the master refiner used the wrong precious material, resulting in it only becoming a mid-grade magic weapon. Even so, the power of this flag is enough to rank among the top ten mid-grade magic weapons in this pavilion. The price is 700 spirit stones! "

Li Yuan was moved when he heard this, he looked at the flag several times, nodded and said: "It's really good!
But Fellow Daoist Xu, could you please open my eyes and let me see this top-grade magical instrument?"

"Is your surname Qian, senior?" Shopkeeper Xu asked with a little surprise.

"What?" Li Yuan frowned.

"Senior, you misunderstood." Shopkeeper Xu hurriedly explained, "I don't want to find out anything, but my respected teacher is also a member of the Qian family."

"Oh, I see." Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat. Although he had never heard of the Qian family, the shopkeepers of Linglong Pavilion all knew of the Qian family's reputation. Presumably, the Qian family should be a powerful external immortal cultivation family. Then what Qian Shiyan said to him was even more worthy of study.

"Since your surname is Qian, that makes things easy. I will take out a top-grade magic weapon right away."

Shopkeeper Xu smiled softly and took two steps closer. A faint fragrance wafted into his nose, making people feel itchy unconsciously.

Li Yuan looked at her unmoved as she took out a talisman and explained, "A top-grade magic weapon already has spirituality. If it is left without a master and cannot be placed in the Dantian to warm it up, it will damage its spirituality. Therefore, it needs to be stored with a True Spirit Talisman."

She just stretched out her hand and rubbed it on the talisman. A dark blue halo emerged and a decree spewed out from it.

The whole elegant room was instantly filled with a strong aura of sinking water. A wooden token in dark blue and black was floating quietly in the air. The token was engraved with complex patterns and cloud characters. It was one foot and one inch long. There was a blue glow around the edge of the token. Four light golden characters were engraved in the middle of the token, revealing a mysterious atmosphere, especially the four characters "Shangfeng Xuanyu".

"A top-grade magical weapon, the Mysterious Wind and Rain Order, can cause the wind to howl, clouds and rain to come suddenly, thousands of waters to pour down on one's body, and all fires to be warded off. Goose feathers cannot float, and flying birds cannot cross.

If this magic weapon is intact, I am afraid that it would take at least three to five thousand spirit stones to get it. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, this command requires a huge amount of spiritual power every time it is activated.

We have asked a true cultivator of the foundation-building stage to appraise it. It is most likely a magical tool used in some kind of prayer ceremony. It consumes a huge amount of mana from an ordinary late-stage cultivator to activate it.

If a foundation-building cultivator activates it, its power is too weak, so this order is somewhat useless to a cultivator. Therefore, it only costs 1,500 spirit stones."

"One thousand five hundred spirit stones?"

Li Yuan's masked face showed some worry, and he asked in a deep voice, "You still want 1,500 spirit stones for such a broken magic weapon?"

Shopkeeper Xu sighed, "It's broken, but it's only missing one of the inner restrictions. It's definitely worth it to pick up a top-grade magic weapon at such a price!"

Whether to buy or not depends entirely on how you consider it.

You know, even a late-stage cultivator cannot have a top-grade magical instrument without a great opportunity. As for the ultimate magical instrument, it is comparable to a spiritual instrument. Only a family or sect cultivator who is about to die and has no real cultivation will degrade a spiritual instrument into a ultimate magical instrument, leaving a treasure for the younger generation of disciples.

Therefore, even those seniors who have just completed the foundation-building stage of true cultivation mostly use top-grade magic tools!"

Li Yuan thought for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying, "One thousand spirit stones! You also said that this thing is difficult for ordinary late-stage cultivators to control. It's useless to leave it here."

"One thousand spirit stones? Senior, are you underestimating this top-grade spiritual weapon? One thousand three hundred spirit stones, there is absolutely no possibility of bargaining!" Shopkeeper Xu hesitated for a moment, but still gave the final bottom price.

Li Yuan argued with the woman for a long time, and finally compromised after setting the price at 1,200 spirit stones.

"Qian doesn't have too many spiritual stones on him, I wonder if I can use spiritual objects to pay for it?"

"Of course you can, but it depends on what kind of spiritual object it is." Shopkeeper Xu nodded.

Li Yuan raised his sleeves, and a pile of scattered spirit stones and spirit rice appeared on the table. He said, "These spirit stones and spirit rice add up to nine hundred spirit stones."

"In addition, I recently discovered a hundred-year-old Polygonatum odoratum. I think it should be worth three hundred spirit stones, right?"

“A hundred-year-old Polygonatum?” Shopkeeper Xu took the box handed over by the other party. Inside it was indeed a hundred-year-old Polygonatum that was full of spiritual energy.

Centennial Polygonatum is found from time to time in Guangyuan Mountains, so it is not surprising. However, this item is very valuable, and is even more precious to the Xu family of Qinghe. I think it will cost more than three hundred spirit stones if I sell it to the Xu family.

(End of this chapter)