After 100 years of leatherworking, I have become a giant in the magic sect.

Chapter 20: Five Elements Silk Hand, Painted Skin Resurrection

Song Yan was extremely focused on leather making, and other things were not something he could touch upon at the moment.

With this wholehearted devotion, as well as the support of his own "Second Level of Xuan Practice" physical foundation, his leather-making speed became faster and faster.

In just half a year, the number of shadow puppets produced increased from one every three days to one every two days.

After another half a year, it became one picture a day.

Of course, on the surface, it is still one sheet every two days, because he will do it for Zhang Yin.

Zhang Yin was also happy that "he could get contribution points even without working."

After enjoying this kind of benefit for a whole year, he finally kept his promise and invited an inner disciple with a double face embroidered with red patterns on his back.

"Brother, my junior fellow apprentice is really talented in leatherworking.

I understand that your leather master's entry-level skills are only sold to talented disciples who have entered the realm.
Maybe I can't let my junior brother practice first?"

“Junior Brother Zhang, let me say it again, it’s not selling.

I am just helping the master to select some talented people and pass on the entry methods of my master. If someone among them can enter the sect in this way and show his talent, my master will find him. This is also to cultivate talents for the sect.

As for the cost, it is just to let those disciples know that our sect’s methods are not cheap.

Only after they spend money do they know how to cherish it.”

"Brother, what you said is so right and makes so much sense. I will learn from you."

“Well, even though I haven’t entered the country yet, there are still some things I can practice first.

It can also be regarded as helping the master to expand the talent pool.

By the way, you just said that he takes two days to make a piece of leather, and the shadow puppet is good, so that's one year, twelve months a year, 150 contribution points per month. Then I'll sell my method for 1800 contribution points."

“Isn’t this too expensive? After all, it’s just an entry-level product.”

"Hey, isn't this just to let those disciples know that my sect's methods are not cheap? Do you think I'm really greedy for these 1800 contribution points? If I didn't have some friendship with Junior Brother Zhang, I wouldn't have come here." The senior brother advised earnestly.

Zhang Yin squinted at him.

The senior brother said, "Why not wait until he enters the country and then buy it. Then the price will still be the same, since I'm the seller anyway."

Zhang Yin:.
He sighed and said, "Brother, let's talk about it after we meet Junior Brother Song."

After a while.

The inner sect disciple with a double-patterned face embroidered with red patterns on his back looked at the young man in front of him with satisfaction. The young man was so honest that he really spent 1800 contribution points to buy his method.

At this time, he said: "I am Zhao Yijing, a disciple of Master Shi. The methods that my lineage needs to learn are not simple.

If you learn the "Five Elements Silk-Wrapping Hands" and "Painted Skin Requiem", you will be a respected leather artist wherever you go.

However, what I am teaching you today is only the introduction to the "Small Five Elements Hands" in "Small Five Elements Silk Wrapping Hands" and the introduction to the "Painted Skin Art" in "Painted Skin Recalling Art."

"Monster hides are very dangerous. They contain metal, wood, water, fire and earth. Not to mention mortals, even people who practice Xuan will be corroded if they touch them. By then, let alone becoming a leather craftsman, even making a few pieces of hide will hurt you. At the very least, your palms will rot, and at the worst, you will die."

Zhao Yijing pushed out a box and said, "So, what you need is in it, you can practice it first, so that you can get ahead of others. However, if you give this method to others in private, it's fine if you are not discovered, but if you are discovered, huh."

The inner sect disciple snorted coldly.

"No." Song Yan replied, then opened the box and saw that there were still six compartments in it.

One of the compartments contained two brand new booklets, and the fifth compartment contained ten strange walnuts.

Two of them, each emitting a mysterious aura that he had never seen before.

This thing is definitely not something you can buy in the market.

Shifang, to put it bluntly, is just a derivative of the big sects. It is an important place for independent cultivators to trade goods, but it is by no means omnipotent.

Because the first thing a big sect needs to ensure is that its core skills won't be bought by other families, so why would they put something like this up for sale?
Contribution points mean nothing to the top leaders of major sects.

These are just the rules they made.

The rules are there to serve the sect, and the priorities cannot be reversed.

Zhao Yijing said again: "Junior Brother Song, although the booklet is handwritten, it can indeed help you get started.

If you can really get into the door, you can find me at the main peak of Shadow Play Peak, and I will take you to see Master Shi.

By then you will find that the 1800 contribution points are well worth it.

Well, that's all I have to say. Just work hard on your own."

After saying this, the disciple did not stay any longer and turned away.

He weighed the identity badge, feeling the extra contribution points inside, and showed a satisfied expression.

As for getting started?

That's impossible.

It's not that he gave a fake, but because there are so many disciples on the main peak, even under the guidance of famous masters, they still won't get in.

Being a leather chef is not that easy.

"Boy, just think of it as a lesson learned. Daydreaming is not that easy." Zhao Yijing chuckled, summoned the leather beast, mounted it, and flew away.

In the daylight, Song Yan opened the booklets one by one and read them carefully.

"Little Five Elements Hand" is to practice to make both hands immune to the five elements. Specifically, it is practiced with the "five pairs of five elements walnuts" given in the box.

Water is the softest, so let’s start with the water-element walnut.

After three days, change to the wood element walnut, because water produces wood.

After the Wood Element come the Fire Element, the Earth Element, and the Metal Element.

After half a month, switch back to water travel.

Repeat this process over and over again to practice.

The order of the periods must not be wrong, otherwise you will get hurt.

The five elements of mysterious energy contained in this "Five Elements Walnut" must also be equal. It needs to be specially made by a master and is not so easy to buy.

This also made Song Yan think of the practice method of "Lian Xuan Three Levels". It is obvious that this level does require some external objects.

Even if he gets the external object, he will be able to break the mirror in a very fast time, but it will not work without the external object.

His panel cannot create something out of nothing, nor can it make something that does not exist appear and then allow him to improve his realm.

"The Art of Painted Skin" requires "painting with immersion".

The drawings that these disciples received were not the originals.

Due to printing reasons, each drawing can only make one shadow puppet.

Therefore, the "divine" drawings are very precious.

Song Yan looked at it for a long time, but was surprised to find that there were no two new spells on his panel. However, these two booklets did not seem to be fake.

So he started practicing accordingly.

Turn the Five Elements Walnut in your hands, observe objects and find out what is hidden in your mind.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

This five-element walnut has gone through a cycle in Song Yanba's palm.

Song Yan also suddenly had a feeling that "The Little Five Elements Hand is about to appear on the panel."

Obviously, popular spells can appear on the panel as long as they are taken from the jade slips.

But this kind of secret technique requires you to have a rough understanding and experience before you can get on the panel.

After realizing this, Song Yan also decided to put the practice of "The Art of Painted Skin" on the agenda.

In “The Art of Painted Skin” it is said that “only by observing objects can one find out their spirits.”

What it means is: you have to see a living thing to know how to draw it in a way that truly reflects its appearance.

Although he didn't understand what "drawing more realistically" meant to Master Pi, Song Yan knew that this must be an important step.

And he also chose a good place: the delphinium forest!
The Delphinium Forest stretches across the main road from Nanzhu Peak to Piying Peak, and covers a large area. Because it is also located on the remaining veins of the Xuanmai, there are some low-level monsters such as white thorn deer and two-headed wolves.

Only if you go west from here will you reach the evil land, so it is quite safe.

Song Yan asked very clearly.

Low-level monsters correspond to the first to third levels of Lianxuan in the human realm, while the white thorn deer and two-headed wolf are just trash monsters of the first and second levels of Lianxuan.

In addition, disciples often go to Nanzhu Peak and Shadow Play Peak, so it should be okay.

Maybe he will have a chance to practice.

After all, after he comprehended the "Mysterious Art of Condensing Evil" and "Heavy Rain Evil", he had never used them, and he didn't know how effective they would be in actual combat.

That night, Song Yan lay down, enjoying the service of Miss Qiu, and began to think about the journey to the "Delphinium Forest" and the possible dangers therein.

In another room, the Princess of Zhennan was making leather from ordinary animal skins, which was considered as finding something to do.

Suddenly, Song Yan's expression changed, and he heard a strange noise coming from not far away.

The direction was exactly Qi Yao's room.

Speaking of which, since Qi Yao came back from Qingxi City the year before last, he seemed to have changed a bit.

How it changed, he couldn't tell.

The strange sound was very light. If he had not entered the second level of Lianxuan, and if Qi Yao's cave residence had not been far from him and could be considered a "neighbor", he would not have been able to hear it at all.

At this time, Song Yan sat up from the couch, opened the stone door, hid behind an evergreen old tree, and looked not far away.

It was a chilly winter day. In the dark mountains, a girl with a cold look stood tall, pointing her sword at a handsome man with long hair not far away.

The handsome man said in a trembling voice: "Fairy Qi, I am going out just to take a breath, nothing else, nothing else."

Qi Yao said coldly: "I left the door open on purpose just to see if you would escape and where you would escape to.

As a prince, you should know that you have nowhere to escape here. Even if you run away, you will die.

But you still ran away. You didn't run down the mountain, but to the top. What on earth do you want to do?"

The top of the mountain is where Cheng Danqing, the master of Nanzhu Peak, is.

King Zhennan said: "No, I didn't go to the top of the mountain. I just wanted to get some fresh air. I'll be back now."

Before he finished speaking, the handsome man suddenly started running wildly. His speed was quite fast, and it was obvious that he was a martial artist. Before Qi Yao could react, he went down several feet in two "whoosh".

He ran and yelled at the top of his lungs, "Yes!"

A stone shot out at high speed.

"thin"

The stone landed on the back of his head.

Prince Zhennan didn't have time to utter the last word "zuo" because his head exploded like a watermelon, and white and red were scattered all over the ground, and his broken head and body fell forward.

Song Yan walked out from behind the tree and glanced at Qi Yao in the distance.

The two looked at each other in the moonlight.

Song Yan waved his hand and said, "Miss Qi, you won't blame me for killing your furnace tripod, right?"

Qi Yao did not answer, she just stared at the dead King of Zhennan.

It is obvious that the country is destroyed and the family is ruined.

She was obviously being honest.

She obviously wanted to help him
She didn't even use "love powder" on him.

But the result was that she was betrayed.

This time, if Song Yan hadn't taken action, her identity might have been exposed.

Qi Yao asked: "Why did you want to kill him?"

Song Yan casually said, "If there are slaves without identity tags in the wild, we can just kill them. Isn't this the rule of our Shadow Play Peak? Why does Miss Qi want to avenge him?"

Qi Yao took a deep breath and suddenly said coldly: "You killed my furnace, how can I practice in the future?

Why don’t you and I practice together?

The complete version of "The Art of Guiding Mysterious Energy" records the method of dual cultivation for two cultivators. Even if it's a little slower, it's still possible."

She no longer wanted the "furnace tripod".

But she was determined to hide here in order to find out more information about the Puppet Palace.

So, she decided to form a Taoist partnership with this not-so-unpleasant young man.

Song Yan said: "No, you are too troublesome as a woman."

Qi Yao was stunned.

Song Yan had already walked away yawning.

Qi Yao didn't say anything else, but closed her beautiful eyes and waited for a long time before opening them, as if she had made up her mind.

Now she has experienced blood, death, and betrayal. It has only been less than two years, but she feels like she has spent many years.

Qi Yao picked up the body of King Zhennan at random and threw it into the cliff. Then he returned to the cave quietly, closed the stone door, and his face gradually sank into the darkness.

(End of this chapter)