I was selling peach wood swords on a live stream, how did I become a Taoist ancestor?

Taxi waiting area outside the airport.

Lan Cailing opened the door of a taxi and let her daughter and Yin Jian get in first, while she herself sat in the passenger seat last.

"Master, to Lu County," she announced her destination.

The driver, a middle-aged man in his forties, paused for a moment upon hearing this: "Lu County? That's not a short distance; it takes more than an hour."

"Any price is fine, let's go," Lan Cailing said calmly.

The driver started the car and drove away from the airport.

In the car, Lan Nianzhen asked softly, "Mom, what about those people just now...?"

"Night watchman," Lan Cailing snorted, transmitting her voice, "Trying to protect me like I'm a thief? Do you really think I, Lan Cailing, am here to cause trouble?"

She paused, her tone somewhat displeased: "And the ones they sent out were all quacks; they couldn't even escape the 'immobilization curse' I casually placed."

Yin Jian, sitting in the back seat, was terrified.

A paralysis curse?

Were those people who suddenly stopped moving just now frozen in place by a Gu technique?

He swallowed hard, suddenly realizing that his future mother-in-law was even more terrifying than he had imagined.

Lan Cailing glanced at him through the rearview mirror and said calmly in a telepathic voice, "Xiao Yin, don't be nervous. As long as you don't do anything to betray Nianzhen, your mother won't use any witchcraft on you."

Yin Jian nodded hurriedly, like a chick pecking at rice.

Seeing this, Lan Cailing finally withdrew her gaze with satisfaction.

The driver glanced at Lan Nianzhen and Yin Jian in the back seat through the rearview mirror and thought to himself: This family of three looks pretty normal, but something feels off.

……

The atmosphere in the airport monitoring room was oppressive.

Liu Zhenguo stared at the screen, his expression growing increasingly grim.

"They got into a taxi as soon as they left the airport. The license plate number was South XXXXX."

A technician quickly reported, "According to road surveillance footage, this vehicle is currently heading towards Luxian County."

"It's over..."

Liu Zhenguo's heart sank.

The worst has happened.

Lan Cailing really is going to Luxian County.

And they still couldn't stop them.

At taxi speeds, it would take a maximum of one hour to reach Luxian County.

"Boss, headquarters has replied!" Chen Jianguo suddenly said.

"How so?"

"President Qin and Daoist Xuanming have already taken a helicopter to Lu County, preparing to intercept them on the way."

Liu Zhenguo was taken aback.

President Qin has come in person?

Did they even bring Master Xuanming with them?

He breathed a sigh of relief.

With these two around, they'll definitely be able to stop Lan Cailing.

"Technician, you stay here and continue to track the taxi's real-time location and report it to General Manager Qin."

"Tell Wang Hu and Jin Hao that there's no need to check the surveillance footage in the east. Take your men and head to Lu County immediately."

"The rest of you, let's go too!"

"yes!"

……

Qingfeng Temple.

It took Li Jun more than two hours to barely memorize the hand gestures and incantations of the protective spell.

"It's time to give it a try."

Taking a deep breath, Li Jun adjusted his state and began to attempt his first spellcasting.

He closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and entered a semi-meditative state.

At the dantian, the qi, which had shrunk to the thickness of a thumb, flowed slowly.

Following the steps in "An Introduction to Magical Arts", Li Jun began to silently recite the incantation while slowly forming hand seals.

"Heaven and earth are dark and yellow, their energy governs the eight directions..."

The incantation was low and slow.

The hand gestures changed little by little.

The Qi in the Dantian was activated and flowed along the meridians to the hands.

Li Jun could clearly feel the flow of Qi—warm, continuous, like a stream.

When he had recited two-thirds of the incantation, he clearly felt the surrounding aura begin to change.

The air in the room seemed to be vibrating slightly.

The glass in the window made a very faint buzzing sound.

There is a play!

Li Jun felt invigorated and became even more focused.

Finally, the last syllable of the incantation was uttered.

The hand gestures are frozen in place.

"Protect!"

He let out a low shout, and the energy in his dantian was instantly drained!

Buzz!

A sudden gust of wind picked up in the room.

It wasn't the wind blowing in from outside the window.

The air inside the room began to flow in all directions.

Like an invisible shield, it suddenly expanded outwards from Li Jun's center!

The wind blew across the desk, making the several sheets of yellow paper on it rustle.

Then the wind blew across the bed and the walls...

Then, it disappeared.

Li Jun opened his eyes, somewhat bewildered.

He sat on the bed, staring blankly at his hands.

He looked down at himself again.

There was no light, no membrane, and no protective layer.

Doesn't the book "Introduction to Magic" say that after a protective spell is successfully cast, it will form a nearly transparent layer of defense around the body?

How come he didn't see anything?

Li Jun frowned and reached up to touch his arm.

The texture is the same as usual, nothing special.

He got out of bed again, walked to the mirror, and looked at himself from all angles.

The person in the mirror looked just as handsome as usual, with nothing out of the ordinary.

"this……"

Li Jun scratched his head.

Did I do something wrong in one of the steps?

He recalled the whole process.

A spell, that's right.

The hand gestures should be correct.

Guiding Qi...

Li Jun suddenly realized that when he used it just now, his Qi was consumed extremely rapidly, almost instantly draining his dantian.

Logically speaking, with such a large consumption, the effect should be very obvious, since the power of the sword energy he unleashed from a mere wisp of energy was quite considerable.

But why...?

"Could there be a problem with the spell itself?"

Li Jun muttered to himself as he sat back down on the bed.

His dantian is currently empty; he needs to recover first.

His dantian is currently empty; he needs to recover first.

Once you've recovered your energy, try again.

If that still doesn't work...

Then I'll have to tell Jin Hao.

Such ineffective spells should not be included in "An Introduction to Spells and Techniques," otherwise they would harm countless people.

With this in mind, Li Jun closed his eyes and began to meditate to recover.

What he didn't know was...

At the very moment he cast the protective spell.

Centered on Qingfeng Temple, an invisible wave spread out silently.

Luxian County Town.

In the market, an elderly woman was haggling with a vendor when she suddenly felt a gentle breeze.

She paused for a moment, then looked up at the sky.

"That's strange, why is there a heater blowing in the middle of winter?"

The butcher next to us also noticed it. He wiped the oil off his hands and said, "You know what, this breeze is quite pleasant, just like springtime."

In a ward at the county hospital.

An elderly man lying in bed suddenly opened his eyes and murmured, "Just now... I think I felt a gust of wind blow in?"

The family member accompanying the father glanced at the tightly closed window and chuckled, "Dad, are you still half asleep? You didn't even open the window."

The old man shook his head and didn't say anything more, but a look of confusion appeared on his face.

In a classroom at Luxian No.1 Middle School.

The students who were studying suddenly fell silent for a moment.

The class monitor, who was sitting by the window, looked up and gazed out the window with a puzzled expression.

"Did you...feel a gust of wind?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I felt it too!"

"This wind is so strange, it feels so warm."

"Is the heating too high?"

At this moment, everyone in Luxian County, regardless of where they were or whether they were indoors or outdoors, felt a gentle breeze.

The wind was gentle and warm.

It's like spring has arrived early.