Junior sister, I really need to control you

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed noticeable that she was refining the internal energy of her body at a faster pace.

Li Yinsheng nodded in satisfaction.

He then imbued himself with a wisp of luminous spiritual energy, and then shook his head slightly.

He was already a true cultivator, having opened his sea of ​​consciousness, which was illuminated by the pure and mysterious divine light, naturally making his mind clear. However, the effect of this clear and bright spiritual energy on his mind was of no help to him.

When he circulated the Pure Profound True Scripture, he could feel that his cultivation speed had indeed increased a bit. It seemed that this clear spiritual essence still had some effect, even on True Person cultivators.

Unfortunately, his cultivation mainly came from practicing in the cave heaven, so he didn't need these things.

"Why is Fellow Daoist Li shaking his head? Is there something you're not satisfied with?" Meng Yu asked immediately. "We can make changes."

As array masters, fine-tuning arrays according to the client's requirements is a normal part of their work.

“No, I think it’s very good,” Li Yinsheng put down the array plate. “No need to change it. I’m very satisfied with Fellow Daoist Meng’s array.”

He then took out some talisman coins from his Qiankun bag and handed them to Meng Yu: "Fellow Daoist Meng, this is the agreed-upon fee for the formation, a total of 90,000 talisman coins."

Meng Yu probed with her divine sense, counted the money briefly, and accepted the talisman money. She didn't ask Li Yinsheng, who had previously wanted to pay on credit, why he was suddenly settling the full amount.

It's obvious that Huanghe Temple paid for it.

Then Meng Yu took Li Yinsheng to the Tongming Refining Spirit Array and carefully explained the things that needed to be paid attention to when the array was in operation.

For example, although formations can store clear spiritual energy, they cannot store it for too long, otherwise the clear spiritual energy will dissipate and become ordinary spiritual energy. Therefore, don't be reluctant to use it.

The formation also pauses for half a cup of tea every day at midnight, which is normal, as it needs to clean up impurities generated during the spirit refining process...

Li Yinsheng listened very attentively.

To be honest, he felt that Fellow Daoist Meng was being overly responsible.

She explained things in such detail that she almost wanted to explain the principles behind the formation's operation to him in some places.

Moreover, she would stare intently at Li Yinsheng's face every time she spoke, as if trying to judge whether he truly understood by observing his expression.

This explanation lasted for nearly two hours. Her junior brothers and sisters simply set up a small table on the spot and began to chat, drink tea, and even look at the array diagrams.

Li Yinsheng had some doubts. Was it too hasty of him to hastily conclude that this Fellow Daoist Meng was cold on the outside but warm on the inside?

Perhaps her personality is actually that she is cold and taciturn with people she doesn't know well, but becomes talkative with people she knows a little better?

……

In front of the main hall of Xuanzhen Temple.

After watching Meng Yu lead his junior brothers and sisters away with the chessboard, Li Yinsheng turned to look at Mu Xiaoyu, who was resting on the ground.

She was sitting on a small stool, eating heartily.

After gaining magical powers, she could use her storage bag freely. Before, she had to trouble Li Yinsheng to get her snacks, but now she could take whatever she wanted and eat however she wanted!

Mu Xiaoyu held a candied hawthorn in her left hand and a sweet dew cake in her right, with a ring of melon seed shells scattered around her on the ground.

Li Yinsheng had thought that after eating crane eggs, such an extraordinary delicacy, she would lose interest in ordinary food.

The result was quite the opposite. It seemed that because she couldn't eat delicacies like crane eggs for a while, Mu Xiaoyu tried to make up for the lack of quality with quantity. Since she had just started her rest, her mouth hadn't stopped.

“Junior sister,” Li Yinsheng said, “after the bone marrow cleansing the night before last, didn’t I teach you the art of manipulating objects? It’s been two days now, how is your practice going?”

Using the Qiankun Bag doesn't count as magic; "Object Manipulation" was the first magic Mu Xiaoyu learned, and it's also the first magic most cultivators learn.

This technique has no upper limit and is only used for the convenience of daily chores, so it is very easy to learn and does not require much magical power.

There are often some rogue cultivators with little skill outside who use their magical manipulation techniques to deceive mortals and swindle them out of their wealth and enjoyment.

"Hmm, senior brother, I've already learned how to make it..." Mu Xiaoyu stuffed the remaining sweet dew cakes into her mouth and made a hand seal with one hand.

The scattered sunflower seed shells on the ground all rose up shakily, gathered into a small pile under Mu Xiaoyu's control, and then fell back to the ground.

"Hmm, not bad," Li Yinsheng nodded. "It seems you've basically mastered it. Once your magic power grows stronger, you'll be able to control commonly used objects."

Mu Xiaoyu stood up from the small stool, her eyes full of excitement: "Then can I learn other spells? Senior brother, I want to learn your spell that helps me heat the bath water every night!"

With that spell, she can heat up some snacks that are best eaten hot anytime!

"Ha, dream on!" Li Yinsheng smacked her on the head with his backhand, making a soft sound like striking a wooden fish.

"The rule against stealing food from the vegetarian kitchen is because people used to accidentally set the kitchen on fire!"

Mu Xiaoyu covered her head and squatted down.

Li Yinsheng moved his fingers and nodded slightly.

My junior sister's little head feels surprisingly good to tap.

Chapter 34 Soul-Refining Technique: The Heart Imprint Scripture

The next morning.

Li Yinsheng knocked on Uncle Jiang's door.

So far, he has kept the construction of the Spirit Refining Array a secret from his Uncle-Master Jiang.

In his uncle's eyes, he must have given up on the matter of the spirit refining array a few days ago because building the array was too expensive.

In reality, he secretly went to the most expensive Yutan Temple and placed an order.

This can't be kept from her forever; I'll have to be honest about it eventually.

Besides, she forbade Li Yinsheng from building the formation because she didn't want him to incur debts, but now that Huanghe Temple has sent compensation, he has paid off the entire amount, so there's nothing wrong with him... right?

Since I'll be killed whether I stick my neck out or not, I might as well confess sooner rather than later, since I still need to ask my martial uncle about the techniques for tempering the soul.

After his uncle spoke, Li Yinsheng pushed open the door and went in, going over his prepared opening remarks in his mind once more.

"Was the formation completed yesterday? Is it working well?"

Uncle Jiang leaned back on the bed, looked at Li Yinsheng, and asked with a smile.

"!!!"

Li Yinsheng paused slightly as he stepped forward.

“Come here, Yinsheng,” Uncle Jiang patted the empty seat next to him, “sit next to me.”

Li Yinsheng took two steps forward, but only stood in front of the bed.

"Come on, what are you afraid of?" Uncle Jiang continued with a smile. "Uncle doesn't eat children."

With a determined heart, Li Yinsheng sat down next to his Uncle Jiang.

"Uncle-Master, you already know?" he asked.

“I know a little bit,” Uncle Jiang said. “These past few days, when you came to chat with me or helped me with my health, you didn’t seem to be in a good state, so I guessed something was wrong.”

Li Yinsheng was somewhat surprised: "I think I acted quite well, and there shouldn't be any difference from usual."

“You’re very good at pretending, I can’t tell at all,” Uncle Jiang pinched his ear with his hand. “I can tell by feeling.”

Li Yinsheng was speechless.

No... you can even tell that? That's a bit unreasonable, isn't it?

“Don’t underestimate me, a former True Immortal cultivator,” Uncle Jiang lowered his hand, his pale lips curving slightly. “If I had to say, I still have a little bit of something left.”

I'm a real person too, so why don't I have this kind of intuition?

Li Yinsheng thought to himself, "This is ridiculous."

“It’s not just this,” Uncle Jiang said. “A few days ago, people from other Taoist temples came by, didn’t they?”

“It’s from Huanghe Temple,” Li Yinsheng nodded.

"Is their arrival related to you?" Uncle Jiang asked.

"I guess so," Li Yinsheng nodded again.

"Sigh..." Uncle Jiang raised his hand, held up his index finger, and rhythmically poked Li Yinsheng's forehead with the tip of his finger.

"First, you secretly borrowed money to build a formation behind my back, and then you brought in Huanghe Temple. Yinsheng, weren't you usually the one who made things easy for me?"

“I’ve taken care of everything this time.” Li Yinsheng leaned back, causing Uncle Jiang to miss his target.

"Oh?" Uncle Jiang was somewhat skeptical. "That formation, you don't owe any money? And what are those people from Huanghe Temple doing here?"

Li Yinsheng pondered for a few seconds, organized his thoughts, and then gave a very serious answer.

"In short, the people from Huanghe Temple paid for the magic array for me, and there was even a surplus."

Uncle Jiang sat on the bed, looking at Li Yinsheng, a look of confusion slowly appearing on his pale and beautiful face.

……

Much later.

Li Yinsheng recounted everything that had happened in the past few days.

He also showed off the things he had captured.

The top-grade magic artifacts include the Cold Bright Sword and the Brass Incense Burner, as well as the Silver Silk Robe, Yellow Talisman Paper Crane, and Net Magic Artifact, which are worth at least as much as the top-grade magic artifacts.

With these things as evidence, even though Uncle Jiang repeatedly showed expressions like "Yinsheng, are you still asleep?" "Nephew, you tell such a good story!" and "Don't make me laugh," he eventually fell silent.

His fingertips brushed over the several ritual implements displayed in front of the couch, and Uncle Jiang remained silent for a long time.

She didn't raise her head until Li Yinsheng called her softly.

"I haven't asked about your cultivation level all these years because I was worried about adding unnecessary burdens to you. After all, you already have enough pressure on you..."

Uncle-Master Jiang's gaze was complicated. He raised his hand and punched Li Yinsheng's shoulder: "You never told me that you had such cultivation!"

Li Yinsheng thought to himself, "Actually, I only found out recently."

Of course, in his own perception of time, it wasn't "recent" at all; it would be more accurate to say it felt like a lifetime ago.

“I was worried that constantly mentioning cultivation in front of you, Uncle-Master, would reopen old wounds,” Li Yinsheng said.

That's the truth. The main reason he never took the initiative to talk to his martial uncle about cultivation was this.

A secondary reason is that he really wasn't very good at it, and there's nothing to brag about.

Uncle Jiang dusted his hands, signaling Li Yinsheng to put away all the evidence.

She then sniffed, her voice muffled, "Yinsheng, go outside for a while, try to go somewhere far away..."