Confucian and Taoist Cultivation Starting from the Equipment Slot

"No, the effect you're showing..."

Gu Qing'e's expression was full of shock; she had never seen such literary works in her limited knowledge.

In her view, shouldn't the battle between literati just be about standing there and exchanging literary tricks?

You throw a literary attack at me, and I'll throw one back at you.

Is this a turn-based combat system where you go back and forth?

How come when it comes to Junior Brother, his literary skills have turned into this? He fights like those warriors?

Gu Qing'e racked her brains and suddenly realized that the word "warrior" was the most appropriate to describe him.

Could it be due to his father's influence? Gu Qing'e suddenly realized something when she thought about how her junior brother's father was a martial arts master.

At this moment, Chen Zhuo had no time to pay attention to his junior sister's complicated inner monologue.

Because what lay before him was a high-quality material for a delirious speaker.

"Junior Sister, what use are these demon materials to us? Why did Xu Yi spend so much money to buy those demon materials just now?"

"Huh?" Gu Qing'e had only just come to her senses.

"Oh, you mean demon materials? I guess it's for Zhou Ping to use in his early cultivation of techniques."

Gu Qing'e pursed her lips. "As for spending a lot of money, that would be Xu Yi. That guy has some strange fetishes. Although sound eaters are rare, you can still find one if you look around."

"Not to mention when the long night truly arrives, when there will be so many demons you couldn't kill them all. That guy just has too much money..."

At this point, Gu Qing'e stroked her chin, "Perhaps they want to groom Zhou Ping?"

Chen Zhuo didn't hear what was said after that; all he heard in his mind were the words "practice the cultivation technique ahead of time."

Generally speaking, one only begins to learn martial arts techniques at the Xiucai stage. If one were to start practicing martial arts techniques at the Tongsheng stage, wouldn't one be far ahead of others from the very beginning?

Indeed, there's a reason why geniuses emerge from powerful families and influential groups; they possess secret techniques unknown to others.

"Senior sister, what are the requirements for our sect's cultivation techniques to allow us to start practicing them ahead of schedule?"

Chen Zhuo looked at Gu Qing'e expectantly.

Gu Qing'e simply shrugged.

"Forget about it. Our master's cultivation technique is inherited from Shengtian Prefecture, and the demon materials he needs are unique to that place. We simply can't find them there."

"Or you could practice a few of the techniques created by the instructors themselves; as for the effects..."

Before Gu Qing'e could finish speaking, Chen Zhuo already understood what she meant.

It's because their master's skills have a high ceiling and high quality, and the path ahead is open, but the path is in Shengtian Prefecture.

The techniques created by those instructors were only at the level of a scholar, and they had limited access to certain things.

If you cultivate, there may be all sorts of troubles later on.

"What a pity," Chen Zhuo sighed silently to himself.

If it weren't for the Changye incident, he could have gotten some while his father was on a business trip to Shengtian Prefecture.

But now, the long night is approaching, all trade routes are closed, and there are no channels at all.

However, the long night will eventually pass, and the trade routes will eventually reopen. When my father goes to Shengtian Prefecture to trade next time, I can ask him to bring back a batch of materials. I just don't know if I will still need them then.

As he pondered, Chen Zhuo suddenly thought of Zhou Ping. Xu Yi was obviously a genius, and anyone who could be mentored by a genius was obviously being trained as a genius as well.

Why would he practice this local martial art from Qingshan County?

Chen Zhuo voiced his question, and Gu Qing'e replied with a complex expression:

"Speaking of this issue, we must mention the county magistrate, a local genius who comes along only once in a century."

"He's many years younger than his master, yet his strength is already almost on par with his master's."

The term "homegrown genius" sounded strange to Chen Zhuo.

"Isn't your senior sister a local?"

"Of course not, I came here because my father took up a post in Qingshan County."

Is the junior sister's father employed in Qingshan County?

He suddenly realized that he knew very little about his junior sister, only that she was the master's third disciple.

He knew nothing about her background, family, or who her senior's father was.

Just as Chen Zhuo was about to say something, he suddenly caught a moving silhouette out of the corner of his eye.

With its limbs on the ground and joints twisted in the opposite direction, it moved at high speed through the tree canopy in a bizarre posture.

Gu Qing'e quickly realized something as well; the "Guard" inscription was beside her, and a shield enveloped the two of them.

They are reptiles! And there's more than one.

Information about crawlers came to mind:

"Crawler, a common type of monster, moves on all fours with its joints twisted in the opposite direction. It moves extremely fast and its hard shell can ignore some damage."

"They're not a big threat, but they tend to appear in groups, so I suggest using spells that deal magical damage."

Just as Chen Zhuo was about to make a move, he saw Gu Qing'e using her right hand to maintain the "Guard" shield by channeling her literary energy, while a calligraphy brush appeared in her left hand and was writing in the air beside her.

The characters “war” and “wear” appeared one after another at a speed that Chen Zhuo couldn’t understand.

Two illusory arrows then appeared in succession, coalesced in mid-air, and shot out, accurately hitting the fast-moving crawler.

The arrow struck the outer shell and silently pierced the crawler's body.

Chen Zhuo stared in disbelief at the scene.

He clearly remembered that the hunting advice was to use spells that caused magic damage, but he didn't expect that his junior sister's physical damage arrows would be so effective.

Is this what they call suppression by strength?

Before he could even catch his breath, he noticed swarms of crawlers rapidly approaching from the darkness.

With the enhancement of Qingshan Mo, Chen Zhuo unleashed a series of sun-shaped inscriptions, each capable of eliminating a crawler with a single sun-shaped inscription.

But he discovered something terrible: the few reptiles he killed were nothing compared to the sheer number they spawned.

He began to understand the terror of the Night Demons; they might not be individually very powerful, but they could overcome the enemy with sheer numbers.

Chen Zhuo looked at his junior sister, only to find that she didn't seem flustered at all.

"Junior brother, don't panic. Your senior sister must have something to rely on since she dared to bring you deep into this place to exorcise demons. Next, I'll show you the unique literary arts of our sect."

As Gu Qing'e spoke, her inner energy was rapidly released.

A single character for "group" materialized in the air, while countless other characters for "group" appeared, folded and overlapping.

"A single swarm of ten thousand, three million strong, yet no one knows it came from heaven!"

Gu Qing'e let out a soft cry, and the densely packed characters for "group" formed the character for "wear" in the air.

The next instant, a deluge of arrows materialized from the sky.

In no time, no moving objects could be seen in the entire forest.

Chen Zhuo was utterly shocked by what he saw.

He never imagined that literary skills could be used in this way; it's no exaggeration to say that one person could form an army.

Then, she felt a surge of joy. Her junior sister had just said that this was a martial art of their sect, which meant that she could learn it too.

"certainly!"

Gu Qing'e gave an affirmative answer.

"This literary master has mastered a method that allows people to control the art reliably, but you need at least 35 points of literary energy to support its release."

As Gu Qing'e explained, she took out a jade pendant and quickly absorbed its spiritual energy to replenish her energy.

Chen Zhuo glanced at his current literary energy points, which were already 16.

"The gap isn't that big; we should be able to reach that level soon."

Keep in mind that less than a week has passed since he became a novice scholar, and his rate of acquiring literary energy is already very fast.

"Junior brother, hurry and collect the spoils!"

Gu Qing'e suddenly whispered, "I feel something big is getting closer."