New and dark light years

Chapter 207 The Effects of Combining Spells

After leaving Yuecheng, the troop sped up.

By noon, under the bright sunlight, all the paper figures returned to their original form.

But since they can walk, they just don't feel like they're alive anymore.

Because they were traveling on the official road, they would encounter many pedestrians and caravans along the way. When these people saw the paper figure walking on the main road, they were all so frightened that they ran away and hid to the sides of the road.

Only after the paper figures had gone far away did these people dare to emerge from the bushes and regroup.

Zhou Qingqing sat in the paper sedan chair, yawned, and said, "Does the paper figure need to rest for a bit?"

Li Lin shook his head: "No need, we'll go as far as we can."

At this moment, Li Lin was toying with the five-colored divine bone in his hand.

Although there was no meditation, and it wasn't suitable to meditate under these circumstances, the divine bone still increased the speed of spiritual energy recovery to some extent.

Li Lin estimated that by evening, he could use the paper doll technique again to bring these paper dolls back to life.

"My benefactor, I didn't even know who you were." Zhou Qingqing looked at Li Lin gratefully.

Li Lin laughed and said, "It's better not to know."

“That’s true.” Zhou Qingqing understood what Li Lin meant.

Zhou Qingqing took out some dried meat from her bundle, gave one piece to her son Xiaohua, and then took out a dessert, asking, "Want some?"

Li Lin was indeed a little hungry. He took the bag and tasted it: "It tastes good, not sweet."

“I’m quite good at making pastries,” Zhou Qingqing sighed. “Of course, back when I was still in the brothel, this was one of the ways I attracted customers.”

While eating dessert, Li Lin asked, "You gave away all three of your children back then. Aren't you going to find them?"

"It's less like they were being sent away and more like their respective fathers sent people to secretly pick them up," Zhou Qingqing said with a smile. "They didn't want me, a courtesan, to defile their bloodline."

Although Zhou Qingqing was smiling, her eyes were full of sadness.

Li Lin laughed and said, "Qin Donglai really misjudged you; he thought too little of you."

“Actually, that’s not true. If he hadn’t redeemed me… to survive in the brothel, I would naturally have done what he expected, fawning over him.” Zhou Qingqing said slowly, “But since he redeemed me, I naturally want to be a good woman, a good wife, a good mother. Don’t you find it ridiculous that a mere brothel girl would want to leave the profession…”

Li Lin shook his head.

People's thoughts differ depending on their environment.

While in the brothel, Zhou Qingqing was only thinking about making money, to earn money for her funeral and retirement.

But after becoming Qin Donglai's concubine, her environment changed, so it's normal that her ideals also changed.

Li Lin smiled and said, "It's always good to have this kind of thought. I also believe you will be a good woman in the future."

"Thank you," Zhou Qingqing said with a grateful smile.

It was soon evening.

Li Lin directed the paper figure to the roadside, and then hid in the woods beside the official road.

These paper figures are now starting to show some wear and tear.

Fortunately, Li Lin had made preparations in advance. This team had special paper packhorses and paper wheelbarrows.

The goods being transported on it are all paper.

Li Lin first sprinkled the Imperial Realm Powder around the area, and then processed some of the paper.

Then a dozen or so paper figures resembling servants came over, picked up the processed yellow paper, and distributed it to all the paper figures.

If they have a torn paper doll, they will tear off a corner of the yellow paper and stick it on their body.

Then the damaged area was restored to its original condition.

For paper figures that are more damaged, more yellow paper is torn off; for paper figures that are not so damaged, only a little yellow paper is torn off.

Watching the paper figures bustling about, Zhou Qingqing asked curiously, "Why aren't they 'coming to life' this time?" Now the paper figures just looked like paper figures, unlike in the morning when they seemed more like living people.

“That’s an illusion!” Li Lin explained, “Illusions require spiritual energy to be maintained for a long time, and they are two different concepts from paper doll magic.”

Just as Li Lin said, in the morning, Li Lin used illusion magic and paper-crafting magic at the same time.

The illusion technique involved several characters he learned from the Beiliu Goulu Cave Mansion, all of which were drawn on the back of the paper figures.

Through long-term practice, he has now mastered some basic uses of the immortal characters and can be considered to have achieved minor mastery of illusion magic.

It must be said that the magic associated with immortals is truly powerful.

These illusions are called illusions, but when truly mastered, they are no longer illusions, but the real deal.

After all, when illusion can completely reproduce all the information of a life or an object... then the fake will become real.

The illusionary arts of immortals possess this ability.

But Li Lin can't do that yet; he's still far from it.

He could only force the paper figures to maintain their false information for a short period of time.

Even so, it's still quite impressive.

Almost everyone was fooled by his illusions.

Zhou Qingqing looked at Li Lin and asked, "I wonder if my son will have the opportunity to become your disciple, sir?"

Li Lin smiled but didn't say anything.

Zhou Qingqing pursed her lips, her eyes becoming watery: "This young lady is willing to do anything."

Her statement was actually quite clear.

But Li Lin still shook his head.

He had no feelings for Zhou Qingqing, even though she was pretty and had a good figure.

But... Li Lin was still unwilling to teach his magic techniques to others casually.

After all, Zhou Qingqing wasn't like Uncle Zhao, who had saved her life.

Zhou Qingqing lowered her head in disappointment, suddenly overwhelmed with worries.

Women, after all, are emotional creatures.

The child, however, didn't have so many thoughts. He ate his dry biscuits, looked at the paper figures with his big eyes for a while, and then slowly fell asleep leaning against his mother's body.

Zhou Qingqing laid out a carpet, placed the child on it, and covered him with a blanket.

Li Lin dug a pit nearby and moved the fire inside to reduce the risk of the fire being discovered by the outside world.

At this moment, many small paper figures climbed down from the large paper figure and began to run around and stand guard.

These little paper figures had been following the group the whole time, but Zhou Qingqing hadn't noticed them.

Li Lin also laid out a rug next to the fire pit and then lay down to rest.

Zhou Qingqing was initially a little scared, but seeing that Li Lin was sleeping soundly and there were about a hundred paper figures standing around him, she felt relieved and lay down to sleep.

Li Lin slept for two hours, then suddenly opened his eyes.

He walked over and gently nudged Zhou Qingqing.

Zhou Qingqing woke up with a start. By the dim light of the fire, she saw Li Lin squatting beside her, and her face immediately turned red: "Master... could we go somewhere else? Xiao Hua is still here, it wouldn't be good if he heard us."

Li Lin rolled his eyes at her, annoyed, and said, "Someone's coming after us. Here's a black cloth. You and Xiao Hua should cover yourselves inside it. No matter when you're discovered, you can't leave this circle, understand?"

Zhou Qingqing was stunned for a moment, her expression tense. She bit her lip and nodded gently with a pitiful look.

(End of this chapter)