The Weird Way of Immortality: My Taoism Progress in One Day a Year

Chapter 33 Spell
The soldiers quickly brought the water.

The two sheep followed Li Yan's instructions and slowly drank the water in the bowl.

next moment.

The sheepskins of the two sheep suddenly fell off, and two young men in brocade clothes, about thirteen or fourteen years old, crawled out from under the sheepskins.

"These two sheep are actually transformed from humans!"

"Tsk tsk, Mr. Li San's methods are truly extraordinary."

"Isn't that the second son of the Liu family? I heard he was missing yesterday. I didn't expect he was turned into a sheep!"

The crowd watching exclaimed, with shock in their eyes.

"Thank you for the rescue!"

With tears in their eyes, the two young men knelt down before Li Yan and kowtowed repeatedly.

They were all children of wealthy families and had been spoiled since childhood. They had never had such an experience.

If Li Yan hadn't rescued them and they had fallen into the hands of the evil cultivators, their fate would be unimaginable.

"No need to be polite."

When Li Yan saw this magical scene, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

He didn't expect that feeding water would actually work.

"Come with me to the government office first and tell them the whole story. I will have someone notify your parents and ask them to come pick you up."

Li Yan said to the two teenagers.

The two teenagers nodded and told Li Yan about what they had encountered along the way.

When they were playing outside, they suddenly heard someone calling their names.

Then he seemed to have lost his mind, left the people around him, and walked alone into a quiet courtyard. Then the evil cultivator appeared, covered them with sheepskins, and turned into sheep, unable to speak.

Li Yan seemed to be thinking about something after hearing this.

It was obvious that these two young men had been bewitched by some evil spell, which was why they walked to the evil cultivator on their own.

Or perhaps all of them were captured in this way by the evil cultivators using their sorcery.

Besides these two young men, there must be many other people who have fallen into the hands of the evil cultivators, and most likely met with unexpected disasters.

"Damn it!"

A trace of anger arose in Li Yan's heart again.

Originally he was wondering if the punishment he had just given to kill the evil cultivator in anger was too severe. But now it seems that it was too light, and the evil cultivator died too easily.

Everyone came to the government office and met Song Xing.

When Li Yan said that Li Ke had been bewitched and luckily he was discovered by him, he escaped danger, Song Xing's face showed anger.

"This evil cultivator is too rampant. Fortunately, you, my brother-in-law, are very capable. Not only did you kill the evil cultivator, you also rescued the two missing people. Otherwise, who knows how many more people would have fallen into his trap."

"I was lucky. If the evil cultivator hadn't left the city yet, I wouldn't have found him so easily."

Li Yan shook his head.

If he was a step later, once the evil cultivator had left the city and was hiding, he would have found it difficult to spot him even if he used the Qi-finding technique.

Song Xing said: "I will go inform Daoist Master Jiang and tell him the good news."

Since the evil cultivator has been killed by Li Yan, Taoist Jiang no longer needs to travel outside.

"Ah."

Li Yan nodded, but he always felt that things were not that simple.

Although he rescued the two teenagers, is the person who had been missing for a long time alive or dead now?
Could it be that these people were also killed by this evil cultivator?

Li Yan doesn't think so.

In any case, now that he had killed an evil cultivator, he could just let the old Taoist come back and see if he could find any clues.

The families of the two teenagers arrived quickly, and then the two teenagers hugged their families and burst into tears.

Then he kept thanking Li Yan.

Li Yan accepted it calmly, and at the same time, he also had an inexplicable emotion in his heart. After that, he did not stay in the government office, but returned directly to the Li family.

After returning to his own courtyard, he sat in the pavilion to rest, and at the same time, he used his Taoism to open the storage bag he had obtained from the evil cultivator.

Later, I found that most of the items inside were gold and silver.

There are more than a hundred Life Energy Pills, but they are only low-grade.

In addition to this, there were some bottles and jars of bloody food and a few books.

Li Yan opened it and took a look. It recorded many kinds of evil techniques and methods of refining blood food.

These evil arts include the art of bewitching souls and the art of creating animals.

In addition, there are several other evil techniques such as nightmare technique, soul-separation technique, death curse technique, and soul-searching technique.

The teleportation technique that Li Yan expected the evil cultivator to use was not among them.

"pity."

Li Yan sighed.

However, he had already mastered the art of teleportation, so he was not too disappointed.

"Hey, this is actually a method of drawing talismans."

Li Yan opened the last book, his heart moved, and he quickly flipped through it.

This book records the methods of drawing nine kinds of talismans in total, and explains how much life energy is needed to draw each stroke of the talisman.

"Evil-breaking Talisman, Diamond Talisman, Vitality Talisman, Heart-clearing Talisman, Water-healing Talisman, Soul-calming Talisman, Ghost-exorcising Talisman, Fire-leaving Talisman, and Thunder Talisman."

Li Yan was delighted. He was worried about the safety of his family, but he did not expect to find the method of drawing talismans in the storage bag of this evil cultivator.

As long as he learns how to draw talismans, with his own Taoism and magical powers to ward off evil spirits, the talismans he draws will undoubtedly be more powerful against evil spirits.

It can be used to protect his father and second sister.

He ordered his maid Cuizhu to get him some yellow talisman paper and cinnabar. He sat at the stone table under the pavilion and asked Cuizhu to cut paper and grind ink for him. Then he began to try to draw talismans.

The first talisman he chose was the Evil-Repelling Talisman. This talisman was very similar in appearance to the talisman that Li Yan had previously drawn in imitation of the old Taoist priest, and they should be of the same type.

This kind of evil-repelling talisman can resist evil magic.

When used against demons and ghosts, it can also cause a certain degree of damage.

He followed the description in the book, concentrating his mind, and using his vital energy to slowly draw on the yellow talisman paper along with the cinnabar through the pen.

But the next moment, when he was about to turn the pen, the power of the life energy input seemed to be a little greater, and then the life energy outlined on the talisman paper quickly dissipated.

"Failed!"

Li Yan was not surprised. His Taoist practice improved too quickly. In just over two months, his Taoist practice reached sixty-six years.

According to the realm of a normal practitioner, he is now close to the realm of perfection of the four spirits.

But because of this, the control over his own Taoism is still relatively weak.

Normally, he used magic with great force, not sparing his skills at all and using all his strength once he made a move.

In battle, this is not a big disadvantage, and it will also increase the power of his spells.

However, drawing talismans is an extremely precise matter and one cannot necessarily do it well just because one has a high level of skill.

The control over the vital energy is quite demanding, and every stroke must be made with the required amount of vital energy input.

"However, this is a good opportunity to hone my control over my Taoism."

Li Yan thought to himself that he had long been aware of this shortcoming of his, but he just had no suitable way to solve it.

Now, by chance, the method of drawing talismans obtained from this evil cultivator can make up for his shortcoming.

Once he has mastered the art of talisman drawing and succeeded in drawing it, his control over Taoism will surely be improved to a higher level.

By then, his strength will definitely improve.

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