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

Chapter 23 23. Magical Use
Perhaps because it was the first time in his life that he touched a corpse, Song Yan's hands were still shaking.

But he finished quickly in just half an incense stick of time.

The two brothers from Shadow Puppet Peak only had identity tokens in their arms. There might be a lot of contribution points in their tokens, but when these two people died, the contribution points were completely invalidated, and Song Yan couldn't even see them.

A typical example of "people are dead, but the money hasn't been spent yet, and no one else can help them spend it. Chun Chun has made selfless contributions to the Puppet Palace."

As for the two wandering cultivators, they had more things in their arms.

A small bag of soybean-sized crystal jade emitting mysterious energy, and no one knew what it was;
A stack of silver bills, endorsed with "Jiuzhi Money House", but I don't know where it is;

A book that records some of the cultivation experiences of the flying sword monks;
Song stretched out his hand to touch a jade slip and extracted a spell called "Qi Explosion". This spell was not a common spell, but had an entry threshold of "Lian Xuan Level 3". It was thought that this was obtained by the casual cultivator from outside and he wanted to keep it for practice after he improved himself.

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In addition to the above items found in his arms, there were also four shadow puppets, a flying sword, and a gourd that could release iron beans.

Song Yan looked at those "finished shadow puppets" from a close distance, and noticed the differences between them and the shadow puppets he had made.

First feeling: God!

These finished shadow puppets are even more lifelike, as if there really is some mysterious soul hidden inside them.

Soon, Song Yan discovered the source of the soul—the eyes.

Whether it is the two-headed wolf, the flying bird with a mouth like a knife, or the white thorn deer, their eyes look very strange, full of vitality, yet dead.

It was clearly just painted on by means of "applying color", but it gave Song Yan the feeling that it was staring at him straight in the face.

The air became quiet for a moment.

Song Yan and the fallen two-headed wolf looked at each other in the eyes.

Suddenly, he quickly raised his hand and used the secondary variation spell 'Rainstorm'.

Do!
Do!
Dodo!!
After four headshots.

The heads of the four "finished shadow puppets" are gone, and naturally the spirit in their eyes is also gone.

Song Yan continued to finish off the puppet until it was blasted to pieces. He then let out a long sigh and sighed, "It was so close, so close."

If he hadn't touched the corpse, he wouldn't have noticed that these four shadow puppets might actually have a certain degree of consciousness.

If he didn't touch the corpse and just turned around and left, but if the searchers who came later could find out what happened at the scene through these four shadow puppets, then he would be doomed.

"Information really determines life and death."

Afterwards, Song Yan packed all these things up, added stones, and quickly threw them into a nearby river. Then, when he looked back, he saw that some monsters had gone to the bodies of the four monks and started to feast on them.

In the delphinium forest, the body cannot be kept.

Song Yan would not risk taking away the things he found from the corpse.

Where can you hide a bag of crystal jade that makes a clanging sound? How can you explain it later? At most, he will find out that this thing is valuable in the future and find another opportunity to touch it in the river.

We have gained a lot today, so there is no need to create more trouble just to get a little something extra.

The Cangshan Mountains are covered with snow, but the snow in the sky has not yet fallen.

Song Yanxuan's robe quickly turned white, and was completely white when he returned to Nanzhu Peak.

He let out a long sigh, and the mysterious energy that he had temporarily absorbed from others was completely expelled from his body. He now stepped forward.

The disciple on guard at Nanzhu Peak was already familiar with his going out. He raised his hand to greet him and asked with a smile, "Junior brother, how is your understanding of the "Painted Skin Technique" going?"

Song Yan said: "It's OK..."

After he passed by, the disciple on duty smiled at his companion beside him and said, "What kind of career can a young man like you have to be so stubborn? You are just daydreaming. Do you really think it is that easy to be a leather master?"

Another disciple on duty yawned, seemingly not interested in the topic, and said, "Later, we'll go to the small market at the foot of the mountain to have a look. Even if we don't have the top-quality cauldrons like the ones used by the Wei royal family, we can still talk to those people in the martial arts world and find a nice young lady."

"It's good to be pretty, but I don't expect it to be used for furnace cultivation or anything like that."

In addition to "going out to purchase", "making monster shadow puppets", and "supervising the leather workshop", the disciples of Nanzhu Peak need to perform many other miscellaneous tasks.

Being on duty is one of them.

However, guarding the main gate of Nanzhu Peak is not something that a menial worker can do.

Those here are all formal disciples who have entered the realm but feel that there is no hope for them to break through.

The reason why they are willing to guard the gate here is because the contribution points here are relatively numerous and stable, and they can work until they die.

Song Yan entered the cave and took off his black robe. Miss Qiu quickly took out a luxurious blanket to keep him warm, then took the black robe, shook off the snow, and hung it under a skylight to dry.

Outside the skylight, there was heavy snow and the air was bitingly cold.

In the cave hall, a blazing fire was burning, and the fragrance of some kind of pine branches emanated from it. This was a sacred wood from the mountains, cut down by some servants and sent here. Burning it could not only keep warm, but also purify the soul.

"Xue Rou!"

Song Yan didn't see the princess, so he shouted.

On the other side, the princess quickly lifted the curtain and walked out. There was no hatred on her pretty face, but rather a kind of joy that had not yet dissipated.

"Song Lang, Song Lang! I found some wild peppers growing in the cracks of a rock.

Winter peppers, and they grow in this fairyland, are very rare." Song Yan was also curious, and went to take a look. Sure enough, he saw that there were several pepper-like things growing in the rocks of the princess's cave, and he didn't know what they were.

However, he asked cautiously: "When did it appear?"

"Just today."

"Then tonight, you and Lianyue come to my room to sleep. You can go back tomorrow after I check it out, to avoid any poison."

“Okay, Song Lang.

But it’s definitely chili peppers.”

"Why are you so sure?"

“I grew up in Shu Kingdom when I was little, and I like spicy food.

So I know the appearance and taste of peppers very well.

I was also fortunate enough to obtain a book of spiritual flowers atlas, which seemed to be found by my grandfather from somewhere.

The atlas said that this wild pepper grew in the dead of winter and broke out of rocks, and it should be a delicacy called "Fire Pepper".

Its spiciness is similar to that of ordinary peppers, but it can warm the body after entering the stomach, making it a great delicacy.

It is said that if you eat a fire-extinguishing pepper, you won’t freeze to death even if you take off your clothes and sleep in the snow for a night. "

Cao Xueruo said a lot of words in one breath, and then hurriedly said, "I am in a cave in the mountains. Even though I won't be hungry because of the fasting pill, I still miss the delicious food in the world. That's why I am so excited. Don't blame me, my dear."

"Well, no wonder."

Song Yan nodded, he understood.

That night.

He shared a bed with Miss Qiu and the princess.

After a period of ridiculous collection of essences.

The two women collapsed weakly, one on the left and one on the right, leaning into his arms.

It was fine before he collected the essence, but after he did, Song Yan could clearly feel that there was more "mysterious energy collected from the princess".

Obviously, the quality of the furnace and cauldron is not just a verbal statement. This woman from the "Wei royal family with extremely rare multi-tailed fox blood" is indeed better than an ordinary woman.

Song Yan sighed softly.

Cai Yuan was not his real intention, and he did not need to practice through the method of Cai Yuan.

Looking at the princess sleeping in his arms, he slowly looked away and stopped thinking about it.

How can a weak person transcend the rules?
He had no choice.

Princess, I had no choice.

Confused, heartless, just living for the moment.

It's all just to survive.

Feeling that the two women were already asleep, Song Yan glanced at the panel:

【Name: Song Yan】

【Shouyuan: 21/16524】

Spells

"Painted Skin" (Not yet started)
"Little Five Elements Hand" (Not yet started)
"Air Explosion Technique" (Not yet introduced) (Threshold: Third level of Xuan practice)

After a little thought, he closed his eyes again.

He did not intend to deduce the "Art of Painted Skin" to its full potential in one breath, but instead planned to spend one month's lifespan deducing it every day.

Therefore, the talent he displayed as a "leather master" is thirty times that of a normal person.

This way, there won't be that abrupt feeling of "it's done in one go, making people want to tie the person up for dissection, or use soul-searching to interrogate the fate of the person", nor will it seem too ordinary.

Of course, if his talent thirty times is not enough, then forty or fifty times is not impossible.

As for the trump card, he would deduce it to the extreme in one breath, such as the previous "Air Arrow Technique" and "Breath Containment Technique".

But for those powers that need to be shown in front of others, he will do so.

How to make good use of your talents also requires some skills.

"Let's see how the sect in the Delphinium Forest handles the missing disciples tomorrow, and then we'll talk."

"Also, find an opportunity to go to the market at the foot of the mountain and add some spells such as the Soul Searching Technique. If you have that spell, you may be able to learn more information today."

As Song Yan was calculating, he gradually felt exhausted.

He pulled his arms out from under the two women's heads, turned sideways and hugged one of them at random, pressed naked against her, and then fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)