Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 18 New Neighbors

After wolfing down his meal, Lu Zhong sat cross-legged on the bed to perform his exercises.

After refining the eaten aura, it will absorb the aura of the surrounding world as usual.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he found that there seemed to be more spiritual energy inhaled into his body.

After a dozen small weeks in a row, his cultivation improved slightly.

The improvement is not much, but the accumulation of a little will be very impressive.

Feeling that the spiritual power had been fully recovered, Lu Zhong slowly opened his eyes.

Opening his mouth, he let out a turbid air, and he thought about it in his heart.

Should I continue to practice the breath restraint technique, or make some Seven Profound Arrow Avoidance Talismans and buy them.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Who could it be? It hasn't been long since the rent was paid, so it shouldn't be here to press for the rent." Thinking so, Lu Zhong got out of bed and walked to the door of the house. He just stretched out his hand to open the door, but retracted like an electric shock.

Thinking of those blood-stained talisman papers, he immediately became vigilant, and whispered through the door:
"Who, I don't think I've heard your voice, have I?"

"I just moved here next door. When I saw someone living here, I wanted to come and pay my respects." It took a while for the voice outside to sound out. The voice sounded very ordinary and slightly hoarse.

After Lu Zhong heard this, he thought to himself that he moved to Qingliu Market at this time, maybe this person is sick?
After thinking about it, he decided to open the door to see each other.

Now that we are neighbors, we will see each other when we bow our heads and look up. This time we let him shut the door, and if we need help from others in the future, we may not even be able to speak up.

However, there are still precautions that should be taken.

Lu Zhong pinched the fireball talisman in his left hand, and then stretched out his other hand to open the door.

With a sound of "squeak", the door of the house with a few more patches was pushed open.

Standing outside the door was a monk with the appearance of an old farmer. His sharp facial features were tanned, the skin on his face was wrinkled, and there were several forehead lines on his forehead as if carved by a knife. He was wearing ill-fitting clothes. The linen short jacket, and the bottom of the trousers, which were also made of linen, were still stained with a lot of mud.

"This, isn't it really an old farmer?"

Lu Zhong was shocked by the other party's dress.

Although the old farmer really seemed to be just an old farmer, he still didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I'm Xia Lu Zhong, I don't know what to call my friend?"

"Zhao Lin, it was given by the village teacher." The old farmer said his name, and smiled again: "But I still like it from my parents. Friends Lu Daoyou, just call me Zhao Fugui."

Zhao Fugui...

The corner of Lu Zhong's mouth twitched, but he didn't take the other party's words seriously.

After some polite greetings, Zhao Fugui gave him a stack of blank talisman papers, saying it was a meeting gift.

"My family grows talisman grass. I heard that Lu Daoyou is a talisman maker. If you want to buy talisman paper in the future, just come to me to buy it. I will definitely give you the best price!" Zhao Fugui's eyes lit up at this point. When he got up, he almost wrote "Come and buy my talisman paper" on his face.

"Definitely, definitely!" Lu Zhong said with a smile on his face.

After watching the other party go to the small courtyard opposite the door, he turned around and entered the house.

Looking at the talisman paper in his hand, it doesn't look like it was produced in a small workshop in Qingliuxu. The surface of the paper is very smooth without any frizz. The papermaking process is obviously better than the previous talisman paper, and it is most likely from a large talisman paper workshop.

"Could it be ordinary people who moved to Qingliu Market at this time?"

Shaking his head, Lu Zhong didn't continue to think about it.

Since the other party didn't show any malice, he naturally wouldn't foolishly expose it.

It's better to pretend not to notice, so that you can buy some cheap and good talisman paper.

……

Time flies, half a month has passed.

Lu Zhong didn't hear anything out of the window, and was absorbed in the practice of breath restraint technique wholeheartedly.

I have to say that it is very difficult to figure out the accurate pronunciation of the spell without someone to guide you.

Thanks to the correct pronunciation, there will be a special vision.

In this way, Lu Zhong can judge whether his pronunciation is correct.

Coupled with the help of the gray mist space, he can check the memory of the correct pronunciation. After such continuous trials and practice, he has mastered the sixth mantra after stumbling along the way.

And this is only half of the whole mantra.

If it goes on like this, I'm afraid it won't take half a year to learn the breath restraint technique.

"I really miss the Liuyin conch in the Shufa Pavilion!" Lu Zhong sighed.

It's a pity that the Shufa Pavilion was destroyed when the magic cultivator invaded, and most of the spell books inside were taken away.

The voice-retaining conch with the breath-suppressing technique went to nowhere.

According to rumors in the market, the owner of the Shufa Pavilion is unable to rebuild the Shufa Pavilion and has already sold the Shufa Pavilion to other people.

When he passed by the Shufa Pavilion a few days ago, he saw craftsmen building scaffolding there. It seemed that the successor really wanted to start rebuilding, but he didn't know when it would be completed.

As for the opening, that is nowhere in sight.

Time passed day by day, and the Lantern Festival finally arrived.

On this day, the white silks that had been hung for a long time in every household were taken down.

Instead, there are lanterns painted with festive patterns.

Lu Zhong also spent money to buy two, lit candles and hung them on the door of the house.

He looked at the lantern and kept nodding.

"Well, it smells like a holiday."

At this time, the opposite courtyard door was opened, and the old farmer Zhao Fugui came out with two lanterns.

It seemed that he was also planning to hang a lamp on the door.

It's just that unlike Lu Zhong's red lantern, the lantern in Zhao Fugui's hand is white. There are no patterns on the lantern, just a layer of snow-white lantern paper.

Such a lantern does not match the Lantern Festival no matter how you look at it.

In his opinion, it was more like a funeral lantern.

Seeing Lu Zhong's head looking over, Zhao Fugui greeted enthusiastically, grinning and said: "Young Lu Daoyou, how did you use the talisman paper I sold you last time?"

"Not bad, not bad." Lu Zhong said truthfully.

The talisman paper that the other party sold him was indeed the top grade among the talisman papers.

As a result, the success rate of drawing symbols has increased a little.

"As long as you like it, you can take care of my business in the future!" When Zhao Fugui mentioned business, he immediately became excited again, like a scalper in heat, which was really hard to resist.

"Definitely, definitely!" Lu Zhong prevaricated, finally coping with it.

Go back to the house, turn around and close the door.

He peeked outside through the crack of the door, and found that Zhao Fugui brought out two more paper figures, one on the left and the other on the right at the door.

Excessively red blush, frighteningly white face, no matter how you look at it, it's so wicked!

"Is this the Lantern Festival, or are you going to do something for nothing?"

Just looking at the two paper figurines one more time, he felt panicked and didn't dare to continue looking.

"It's so evil! No, I must buy some exorcism charms tomorrow, otherwise I won't dare to sleep in the future."

Lu Zhong made a decision, and turned out the Fireball Talisman again, holding it tightly in his hand before he dared to fall asleep.

(End of this chapter)