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

Chapter 5 5. We are all good people
In the leather-making room, Song Yan and Qi Yao sat quietly facing each other. They each took a new animal hide and began to clean it.

It will be dark today, but you can make some preparations for tomorrow.

Song Yan has been here for two days. In this environment, even if he only listens to the conversations of other servants, he can get some basic information: the requirement of Shadow Puppet Peak for each servant is to "produce one ordinary shadow puppet per day", and 1 ordinary shadow puppets can earn contribution point, which is universal in the entire Puppet Sect. Therefore, if you are quick enough, you can also take on some other errands, get in touch with more formal disciples in the sect, and get to know them. In this way, if you have a little more talent, or if something good happens in the future, the chance of it falling on your head will be a little greater.

However, according to his observation, most of the servants here can only produce "one ordinary shadow puppet a day".

This was a bit strange because it was only his second day and he had already made two shadow puppets.

Why can't those skilled servants do the same?
Seeing Song Yan's quick movements, Qi Yao suddenly whispered, "Don't do it so fast, it will hurt your hands."

Song Yan paused.

Qi Yao was slowly scraping the remaining hair off the hide in front of him, while speaking in a casual tone: "I wasn't sitting with you yesterday because something happened nearby. A handyman had an arm that was sore but he endured it. However, when he was carving, he was careless and didn't hold the knife handle tightly, so the knife cut his hand. The wound bled and he could no longer complete the shadow puppet work. He was completely devastated."

"and then?"

“Then, I didn’t see him today.”

Song Yan was silent for a moment, and then pushed it slightly, and he knew that this must be an unspoken rule: you cannot get injured while working here. If you stop working because of injury, the Demon Sect will not wait for you to recover, but will directly deal with you.

Therefore, every old servant would try his best to ensure that his arms were intact and without damage before completing his daily shadow puppet work.

Thinking of this, Song Yan put down the scraper and stretched out his five fingers.

Sure enough, there was a slight soreness in the base of the thumb and the tendon sheath.

Even though it is ordinary animal skin, it is quite hard and tough. If you want to carve on it, even if it is just to carve out a shape, you have to bite your cheeks tightly and use all your strength to carve.

Over a long period of time, it is unrealistic to not feel pain in your fingers.

Song Yan looked at the girl opposite him and said with a smile, "Thank you very much."

As he was speaking, a red light had already fallen on the sides of the two people. Song Yan looked up and saw the setting sun hanging between the green mountains outside the window.

"it's getting dark."

"Ah."

After a brief conversation, Song Yan quickly stood up and followed Qi Yao to the suspended room on the side. Halfway there, he saw another young man following Wang Susu. When the two met, they were like strangers, and their eyes did not even meet.

That night, he and Qi Yao took turns to keep watch, and everything went peacefully.

Unlike last night, when he was guarding against Wang Susu getting close to him, tonight it was Qi Yao who was guarding against him getting close to him.

This heroic girl even drew a boundary on the bed and placed their bedding on both sides, so that even when keeping watch, the other person could not cross the line.

In this way, three days passed in a flash.

For three days, everything was peaceful.

In order to prevent his hands from being injured, Song Yan reduced the speed of making shadow puppets to one a day, three in three days, and gained 31 years of life, bringing his total lifespan from 48 to 79.

But strangely, Qi Yao gritted his teeth and made five shadow puppets in three days.

He was curious and asked "why".

Qi Yao just said, "I want to collect 1 contribution point as soon as possible to exchange for something," and then did not explain any more.

It seemed that there was nothing else between her and Song Yan except the relationship of roommates and classmates.

Even though they were a single man and a single woman, living in the same room, spending every day together, and even sleeping in the same bed, there was not even a single spark between them.

But it’s not surprising, Song Yan quickly figured out the reason.

He has an ordinary appearance, and the girl, although not stunningly beautiful, is quite pretty. She is with him not because she likes him, but for safety and to see that he is still rational.

It's impossible for him to fall in love at first sight.

So, he suddenly began to wonder why Wang Susu took the initiative towards him.

That night, after changing his shift, he sat on the fifth step of the stairs to keep watch.

When the two passed each other, they were no longer as wary as they were at first.

Obviously, the past few days of getting along have given the two of them a basic level of trust in each other, and they started to speak a little more casually.

Song Yan called out, "Qi Yao."

Qi Yao was lying in bed, yawning, and responded casually: "Yeah." Song Yan thought: "That day, Wang Susu and I were in the room. Wang Susu almost rushed over to me and wanted to kill me. Then I grabbed a knife, and we confronted each other until daytime.

Tell me, why did she do this?"

He didn't want to get an answer, but he was confused, so he told the only person in the Demon Sect who could speak.

Qi Yao was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Don't you know anything about Xuan Gen?"

"of course."

"I have heard a little bit, I can tell you, maybe you will understand after listening to it."

Qi Yao hesitated for a moment, then began to speak: "Xuan Gen is the fundamental basis for people to contact Xuan Qi. Without it, don't even think about practicing.

But there are different levels of Xuan Gen.

The inferior ones are called "human Xuangen", also called miscellaneous Xuangen. This kind of Xuangen mainly cultivates through dual cultivation, absorbing the other party's Yang Yuan or Yin Yuan. They can also take elixirs to cultivate, but elixirs are expensive and hard to come by, so they are not as efficient and cost-effective as dual cultivation.

These people will keep a companion, and feed him with the treasures of heaven and earth, so that the companion will be vigorous in spirit and have abundant yang and yin essences.

However, even so, dual cultivation will have different results due to different techniques.

The righteous dual cultivation method makes slow progress, but when the cultivator absorbs the vital energy of his partner, he will also give some back to his partner, thus prolonging his life and preventing all diseases.

However, the evil ways can lead to rapid progress, because the cultivators will regard their partners as medicine and consume it crazily. Even if they have precious supplements, their partners will not live for too long and often die young. If there is no supplement, they will die even faster. "

After saying this, she paused and said, "Perhaps that Wang Susu is the mixed Xuan root. She is practicing the dual cultivation method. If she can practice successfully, perhaps she can get rid of her status as a menial worker and become a formal disciple of the Puppet Sect."

Song Yan said: "Then I will see what the young man who entered the house with her is like tomorrow."

Qi Yao said: "No need to look."

"Why?"

"I've checked it out for you. He's in low spirits, but he's obsessed with Wang Susu. Apparently Wang Susu has exchanged a lot of things for contribution points, maybe some of them are crazy fans."

"A die-hard fan?"

"Well, it's a kind of evil powder. Burn your hair into powder and mix it into the powder. Then let the target smell it. The target will fall in love with the person who uses the drug and want to do that kind of thing with her."

Song Yan:.
He felt a little scared, and he was now basically certain that this might be the case with Wang Susu.

Fortunately, he picked up the knife quickly that day. If he was a little slower, he would have accidentally absorbed the powder and would have been on the road to becoming medicinal dregs.

"These evil demons and heretics use all means to cultivate their abilities and bring disaster to the people. They are so vicious." Qi Yao clenched his fists, his face full of hatred.

When Song Yan heard this, he was stunned.

Qi Yao asked: "Don't you hate it?"

Song Yan nodded repeatedly and said, "Hate."

Qi Yao smiled brightly and said, "I knew you were a good person. You will definitely understand my thoughts. Good night."

"Hey, Sister Qi, you haven't mentioned the other Xuangen yet."

"I'm sleepy, let's talk tomorrow.

And whether it's mysterious or not has nothing to do with you.

You were abducted as a servant. The most important thing is to survive. Don't think about these things that have nothing to do with you.

If one day you can leave the Demon Sect and return to the mortal world, then find a good wife to marry, work from sunrise to sunset, and live a peaceful life."

Having said that, Qi Yao turned over and said no more.

The night deepened.
But Song Yan didn't let her sleep.

The woman in front of him obviously knew about Xuan Gen's affairs. This was a great opportunity for him to understand the world. How could he miss it just because he wanted to be a gentleman?
The other party doesn’t want to talk, so should we just let it go?

So he shouted, "Sister Qi, tell me, I want to hear it. Sister Qi? Sister Qi, don't sleep!"

Qi Yao:.
Song Yan smiled and said, "I know, you are also a good person. We are all good people."

(End of this chapter)