Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 121 Calm
"It's quite powerful!"

Chen Li felt somewhat satisfied.

"If only I could have activated the max-level Pulling Technique when I assassinated Zhou Xutang..." Chen Li thought to himself.
"A max-level traction spell, comparable to a first-tier level nine spell. Although it's not a purely offensive spell, it still possesses the power of a first-tier level eight spell, combined with the sonic boom attack of one's own sword strike..."

Chen couldn't quite grasp the specifics of its power.

However, most people at the initial stage of Foundation Establishment would likely perish.

"Sigh, it's just that my physical strength can't keep up!" Chen Li sighed, and couldn't help but touch his right hand, which had been broken before, as if it was starting to hurt again.

"My swordsmanship emphasizes extreme explosive power, allowing me to effortlessly mobilize the power of my entire body almost instinctively to unleash an extremely powerful strike. From the initial physical training to the later internal organ training, everything is done in this way."

Chen Li thought to himself, bent down and picked up a stone covered with sharp edges, gripped it in his hand and suddenly exerted force.

It was accompanied by a slight popping sound.

He opened his palm, and fine stone powder immediately scattered down.

Aside from a few red marks on my hands.

Unscathed.

The marks faded quickly.

"In fact, my body has been tempered to be quite tough, and ordinary weapons are hard to hurt me. However, my attack power is obviously stronger, far exceeding my defense." Chen Li patted the dust off his palms and thought to himself, "Ordinary attacks are fine, but if I unleash my full power, at best I will tear my muscles, and at worst I will break my bones."

"Sigh, hopefully things will improve once my basic swordsmanship advances to the master level!" Chen Li sighed.

He checked the game panel.

'Basic Swordsmanship Master: 1321/1600'

"It will be soon, at most six months."

On his way back, Chen Li saw the old manager surnamed Liu again. He was standing under a big tree outside the shantytown, gazing at the horizon as if hoping to see something.

"Manager Liu, what are you looking at?" Chen Li walked up to him and stopped to ask.

"Why haven't they come yet? It's been almost ten days!" Manager Liu stared at the sky, not even glancing at Chen Li, and muttered to himself.

“How can it be so fast? Didn’t it take almost a year last time?” Chen Li said.

“No, no, that won’t do. If we fight for another year, how many people will die?” Manager Liu shook his head repeatedly, becoming agitated. “I have to call them back. We can’t fight anymore. If we keep fighting, the Longevity Sect will be gone.”

It's clear that he's become somewhat mentally unstable, acting erratically.

As he spoke, Steward Liu began to walk towards the wilderness, which was the very direction in which the flying boat had departed that day.

Seeing this, Chen Li quickly reached out and grabbed him, saying with a wry smile, "If you rely solely on your two legs, how long will it take you to get there? Even if you do get there, they won't listen to you."

"I heard it, I definitely heard it. Back when I served the Ancestor, Huang Xiaohan wasn't even the Sect Master yet. He treated me with utmost respect and didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest," Manager Liu said excitedly.

Unexpectedly, this person was someone close to the Golden Core Ancestor.

It's just a matter of a new emperor and a new court.

You, a person close to the ancestor, were driven out of the mountain gate and reduced to a manager in charge of renting houses in a shantytown. Don't you understand how unwelcome you are?
I'm really getting old and confused.

Chen Li thought to himself, "I'm so annoyed."

"Do you know where they are?"

Manager Liu shook his head blankly upon hearing this.

"If you don't even know this, how are you going to find it? I think you should just go home and rest. The news will come eventually. You're not young anymore, don't go running around like this," Chen Li advised.

Without saying anything more, he turned and left.

After walking more than a hundred meters, he looked back and saw that he was still staring intently at the sky, hunched over, muttering something to himself.

...Time passed day by day, but no news came from the front lines of the war.

evening.

At the gate of the courtyard.

Zhou Hong sat with the widow next door, picking vegetables and chatting.

"You're so young, haven't you ever thought about finding someone else?"

"Sigh, I have a burden to carry around, and a troublesome one at that. What's the point of looking for someone else? I gave up on that idea a long time ago. My biggest wish now is to raise my child to adulthood!" The widow, whose given name was Wang Qing, gestured towards her front door.

"Does childbirth hurt?" Zhou Hong asked.

"It definitely hurt! I felt like I was going to die from the pain. Luckily, it went relatively smoothly for me. I gritted my teeth, pushed hard, and the baby was born in no time." Wang Qing laughed and asked, "So, you want to have another one?"

Zhou Hong said with a mournful voice, "I do want to have a child, but my husband disagrees. He says I'm still young and he's afraid it will affect my cultivation."

"Your man is so good to you. I rarely see him go out, no matter what he does," Wang Qing said enviously, noting that the couple were dressed in high-class robes, something not everyone could afford.

“He’s a talisman master!” Zhou Hong smiled.

"Tsk tsk, what a lucky guy."

A talisman master who can afford a high-grade robe must be a top-tier talisman master, Wang Qing said mysteriously, "Then you'd better hold on tight, I'll teach you a secret technique..."

A blush crept onto Zhou Hong's face, but she kept listening closer and closer!
……

"What are you talking about? You seem so happy." Chen Li asked curiously when he saw Zhou Hong smiling shyly every now and then after she returned.

"I won't tell you. Women's topics are beyond your understanding anyway," Zhou Hong said with a charming smile, giving her a sidelong glance.

It wasn't until evening that Chen Li realized what kind of wicked secret technique Zhou Hong had learned.

Wang Qing, this widow, looks quite respectable; appearances can be deceiving.

……

Several days later, in the talisman-making room.

Chen Li put down his pen.

A golden amulet has been successfully drawn.

"I won't have to worry about spirit stones anymore!" Chen Li thought with delight.

The price of the Golden Light Amulet has dropped recently, but even so, the current stall price remains firm at twenty-five low-grade spirit stones, a price that even Chen Li cannot ignore.

Even if it's just one drawing a day.

After deducting all costs.

With an annual income of 80 mid-grade spirit stones, one could buy a top-grade magic weapon and a top-grade magic robe, almost enough to buy a storage bag. The vast majority of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators have less than 80 mid-grade spirit stones in their entire fortune.

This is the earning power of a top-tier talisman master (Qi Refining stage).

Among the three arts of cultivation, talisman mastery has the lowest entry barrier, requires the least investment, and is the most popular. One can only imagine how much money top-tier alchemists and weapon refiners make.

Once the blood ink had dried, Chen Li put the talisman away.

Then he took out the scroll of the Golden Light Protection Technique and began to study it.

Although the Golden Light Amulet and the Golden Light Protection Technique are the same kind of magic, they are expressed in different ways. One communicates through runes, while the other relies on incantations and hand seals. Perhaps they are essentially the same, but Chen Li's level and vision have obviously not yet reached this level.

Even if you learn how to use the Golden Light Amulet, it won't help you learn the Golden Light Protection Technique at all.

(End of this chapter)