Witch, please have some self-respect!

Before they knew it, the day of the Demon Slaying Festival arrived.

After Xiao Yifan discovered the so-called revenge of the demon race, it disappeared without a trace, and the Holy City has remained peaceful for the past few days.

There have been fewer and fewer discoveries of traces of the demon race.

On the day of the grand ceremony, the people of the alley, led by Lao Liu, wrote the eight characters "By blood, we will destroy the demon for generations" on the white banner with their blood.

Everyone in the alley has returned.

Qiaoniang also returned a day early, bringing Shen Yun some fresh spiritual fruits she had picked in the wilderness and a piece of savage beast meat.

Judging from her beaming smile, you could tell she had reaped a great harvest.

The courtyard opposite Shen Yun was unusually open, and the person living there was a middle-aged cultivator named Hassan.

He was tall and thin, with arms that reached past his knees, and had a stern face that made him seem unapproachable.

The two nodded to each other as a greeting.

Hassan spent years hunting in the wilderness, acquiring a fierce aura. Coupled with his taciturn nature, he always came and went in a hurry when he returned home, so he wasn't very familiar with most of the people in the alley.

Old Liu and Qiao Niang knew very little about Hassan, only that he came from a world outside the secret realm.

Since the discovery of this secret world a thousand years ago, a continuous stream of extraterrestrial humans has been sent in.

It's not surprising that someone's ancestors didn't come from the outside world.

However, as the human population within the secret realm increased, fewer and fewer people from the outside world came.

"Sister Wan'er, you trace it too."

After Shen Yun finished writing the blood characters, Qiao Niang came over and gestured for Su Wan'er to follow along with the blood sacrifice.

The same was true in Qiaoniang's family; after Qiaoniang wrote it once, Tongtong would trace it.

Everyone in the family had to leave a bloodstain on the white banner; even those who couldn't write had to leave a bloodstain.

"Is that all?"

After the residents of the alley finished writing, they all went home. Shen Yun was a little surprised, as he had heard there would be a grand ceremony.

"There is no small festival held every three years; the ceremony is only held during the large festival held every ten years."

Qiaoniang used gauze to bandage the cut on Tongtong's finger and explained the situation to Shen Yun.

Seeing this, Shen Yun took Su Wan'er's delicate little hand and offered to bandage it for her.

Wan'er watched as Shen Yun searched for the wound but couldn't find it, and then she laughed out loud.

"My lord, although Wan'er has not yet reached the next level, she can already manipulate a small amount of blood to flow through her skin."

With blood flowing through the body, there will naturally be no wounds on the fingers.

"It seems Wan'er will soon reach the next level as well."

Shen Yun thought to himself, it's been more than two months since I came to the Holy City.

She's been given Blood Essence Pills, and has been provided with spiritual fruits and rice regularly.

He's only about to reach the next level at eighteen, which isn't fast at all, but it's still much better than this old man.

After each household finished painting their white banners, the white banners with blood-written characters hung in front of every house in the alley, exuding a somber atmosphere.

Back in the courtyard, Shen Yun lay down on the recliner as usual.

[Purple Thunder Breathing Method (Minor Success 960/1000)]

Shen Yun felt relieved after glancing at the breathing technique on the ancient scroll, which was nearing completion.

The complete breathing technique will definitely accelerate his cultivation speed.

After arriving in the Holy City, he felt he lacked basic knowledge of Heaven, Law, Truth, War, and Military, so he bought many books to make up for it.

The classification of cultivation methods into beginner, master, minor success, major success, and perfection is not arbitrary.

If perfection is ten, then entering the path can only bring out the effect of one level of the method, mastering it is thirty percent, minor success is fifty percent, and major success is eighty percent.

The transition from minor to major mastery represents the greatest improvement and is a watershed moment.

Very few independent cultivators can master a technique to a high degree; not everyone can make continuous progress like Shen Yun.

Once the cultivation method breaks through the bottleneck of mastery, many insights will inevitably arise.

This is a good time to break through.

However, Shen Yun is still quite far from reaching the third stage of Body Nourishing.

According to his perception, he needs to refine twelve or thirteen more Blood Essence Pills to reach his limit.

"Blood food, if I had a piece of blood food, I might be able to break through the bottleneck."

Shen Yun then thought of the piece of blood food he had eaten in Seeking Immortals City.

It not only helped him advance to the next level, but also helped him make up for most of the deficiencies in his body, gently and slowly releasing the medicinal power to nourish his body.

There are many benefits.

One piece of blood food is equivalent to ten blood essence pills.

These days he has engraved another twenty-six talisman stones, accumulating another sum of money.

Shen Yun was tempted: "As a true disciple guarding the fields, it's only natural for him to buy a piece of blood food."

Most importantly, he has found the city to be very safe these past few days, and he has heard of many people who have been robbed after flaunting their wealth.

I've hardly ever heard of anyone daring to rob someone.

......

Three more days passed, and Shen Yun had accumulated thirty-two talismans.

Worth a hundred Origin Stones, a huge sum of money.

A real house in the holy city.

"It's really inconvenient not having a Void Bag."

With thirty-two talisman stones bulging in his pocket, Shen Yun was eager to buy a storage treasure.

With all my current wealth, I could buy the cheapest Void Bag.

But it's not worth it; he wants to buy many things.

Before going out, Shen Yun first changed his appearance and concealed his aura, and then sold all thirty-two talisman stones in several batches.

Finally, they summoned a dragon-scaled horse and headed straight for the Sacred Treasure Pavilion.

Instead of buying blood food with your real name at a small shop, it's safer and more reassuring to buy it at Shengbaolou.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the Sacred Treasure Pavilion.

Coincidentally, it was the same maid named Chi Yuebai who received Shen Yun.

Shen Yun had some recollection of this elegant and fair-skinned maid before the two entered the private room.

"What would you like, esteemed guest?"

Chi Yuebai wore a professional smile, which made people feel friendly but not overly enthusiastic.

"Blood food, this year's share."

Shen Yun took out his identity jade token, activated it with his qi and blood, and handed it to Chi Yuebai.

In the Holy City, all formal members who become cultivators possess such jade tokens.

Similar to an ID card, only those with official identities can buy blood offerings.

Chi Yuebai took the jade token, glanced at it on the counter, and said softly, "Mr. Shen, the annual allowance is ten source stones and three taels of blood food."

Ding ding...

The sound of Originium colliding was exceptionally beautiful.

"Let's choose another inkstone of the treasure-level quality."

Upon hearing Shen Yun's words, Chi Yuebai glanced at him in surprise. Was this old man in the early stage of Body Nourishing actually an entry-level talisman master?

Without asking any further questions, Chi Yuebai retrieved several magical artifacts from the Holy Treasure Pavilion from the Illusion Cabinet.

"This is a mithril inkstone, neutral and balanced, smoothing out energy fluctuations and increasing engraving speed; this is a fine gold inkstone, which enhances the engraving of metallic runes and has a converging effect on the energy of metallic runes..."

Looking at the prices, the difference in quality between the first-level and second-level treasure weapons is not significant.

"Mithril Inkstone, please."

Shen Yun's ability to carve attribute-enhancing stones is insufficient, partly due to his own level of skill, but also due to the limitations of his inkstone.

The one I bought for forty gold was only suitable for beginners. A true entry-level talisman master like Mo Zhan would at least be a treasure-level artifact.

After careful consideration, Shen Yun decided to make a change.

Mithril, extracted from silver, is used to make inkstones, which are the most stable for engraving various runes and have always been the first choice for rune masters.

He doesn't yet have any ideas about being unconventional.

"This inkstone weighs three pounds and three ounces, and is made of mithril, which is refined from silver through a hundred forgings... thirty-three source stones."

Upon hearing the price, Shen Yun curled his lip.

His mithril inkstone weighed only three to five ounces, and the mithril in it was not pure; other materials had been added, making it no more than two Originium.

"Bought it!"

It is said that using a treasure-grade mithril inkstone will not only increase the speed of creating runes, but also improve the success rate.

After it arrived, Shen Yun tried it and found it to be very smooth.

After paying the bill, Shen Yun left with three ounces of blood food and the precious artifact, Mo Qian.

I didn't even look at anything else, nor did I buy anything.

Shen Yun plans to exchange his cultivation technique for a systematic method after joining a faction.

Buying a random, ordinary one requires a lot of time and effort, and you'll have to replace it later—it's too much trouble.

"The time to join a faction won't be long!"

Touching the jade box in his arms, Shen Yun felt much more at ease.