From Paper Craftsman to World-Suppressing Immortal

"Coo coo...coo coo..."

In the dead of night, outside Wuliu Town, owls emitted strange cries that sounded like a mix of laughter and crying, sending chills down one's spine and making one's heart tremble with unease.

Zhang Zhixuan emerged from the darkness and looked at Liu San, whose body was now severed from his head, under the big tree.

"Those who do many evil deeds will surely perish. A person like you, who has been bullying others in Wuliu Town for so many years, has ended up like this, which is a relief."

At present, dealing with Liu San is not troublesome, but how to cleanly and efficiently dispose of the corpse without leaving a trace is a problem for Zhang Zhixuan.

He looked up at the pitch-black night far from Wuliu Town, where the outline of a large mountain was faintly visible.

In those days, the ecological environment had not been severely damaged, and there were many wild animals in the mountains, including large predators and even packs of wolves.

"Throw them into the mountains, and they'll be good food for the wild animals."

After thinking it over, Zhang Zhixuan manipulated the paper puppet soldier, took off Liu San's clothes, covered his head with them, and then covered his headless neck.

After cleaning up the scene, the two paper puppet soldiers carried Liu San's head and body respectively, heading towards the distant mountains.

They found two densely vegetated ravines on the mountain and threw the paper puppet soldiers down there, body and head as if they were trash.

The two locations are more than ten miles apart, and they are located in densely vegetated mountain gullies. Before long, wild animals will come attracted by the smell of blood and devour the corpses. Even if someone tries to find them later, they will not be able to find them all.

"All done, time to go home." Having finished all this, Zhang Zhixuan leisurely headed home.

Two days later, the townspeople discovered that Liu San had suddenly disappeared. They might have exchanged a few words, but they quickly forgot about his existence.

After all, a gang leader who never does anything decent has offended more people than grains of sand in a river. Who knows if he was killed by some enemy or escaped?

No one reported it to the authorities, and no one inquired about it.

Liu San simply vanished from the face of the earth in Wuliu Town.

In the days that followed, Zhang Zhixuan devoted himself to paper crafting, while also drawing the four basic talismans, striving to improve the skills of both the paper craftsman and the Taoist priest.

The order for Guihoutang is almost finished, and in the blink of an eye, the delivery date is fast approaching.

Early that morning, as Zhang Zhixuan finished the last paper figure in his hand, the familiar blue notification bar appeared, and the Book of Trades underwent another change...

[Completing a burial paper figure increases the paper crafting skill by 5.]

The paper craftsman has reached level 3.

[Level: Lv3 (4/100)]

[Rank: 0]

【Paper Manipulation Lv3 (Permanent Passive, Upgradeable): A special technique developed through years of experience making paper offerings, increasing the efficiency and quality of all paper products by 55%】

[Skill: Paper Soldier Manipulation (Intermediate), creates paper soldiers for your use. At your current level, you can control a maximum of 3 paper soldiers.]

[Unlock Skill: Paper Soldier Substitute - When you suffer a fatal blow, the paper puppets around you will automatically absorb all the damage for you.]

[Upgrade to the next level to unlock new skills]

"Paper soldiers take the fall! The fatal blow is transferred to a paper soldier. My current control limit is three paper puppet soldiers. Theoretically, if all three paper puppet soldiers are present during battle, I have three extra lives! What's more, this number can be increased as the paper crafting skill levels up!"

"A divine skill, absolutely a divine skill!" Zhang Zhixuan was overjoyed. Any variable in a battle can determine the outcome, let alone three times!

Immediately, Zhang Zhixuan used the materials at his disposal to create the third paper soldier puppet.

After this upgrade, the paper puppets went from basic to intermediate level. Zhang Zhixuan clearly noticed that the newly made paper puppets were a size larger than the basic ones, and the paper armor had become thicker and tougher. In addition to paper knives, they were also equipped with paper shields, making them a combination of offense and defense.

However, to Zhang Zhixuan's dismay, the intermediate-level paper puppet soldiers still lacked ranged attack capabilities.

During the previous battle with the sorcerer, the Mauser pistol had been damaged and all the bullets had been used up. Zhang Zhixuan was thinking that if he had the chance, he must get another pistol to carry with him. In this day and age, having a gun with you can really be a backup plan in critical moments.

Subsequently, Zhang Zhixuan upgraded the two previous basic paper puppet soldiers to intermediate level, and the materials stored in the old house were completely insufficient.

But Zhang Zhixuan couldn't stay idle at all, so he brought out all the materials for drawing talismans, including paper, ink, brushes, inkstones, and water.

Compared to the ways that paper crafters improve their skills, the path to becoming a Taoist priest is simpler and more repetitive.

Meanwhile, because the Paper Craftsman's passive skill, Paper Control, has been upgraded to level three, with the mutual enhancement, Zhang Zhixuan's efficiency in making talismans has also increased significantly to 55%, and the quality of the talismans has increased by 30%!

For an entire day, Zhang Zhixuan spent almost all his time drawing the four talismans of wind, fire, thunder, and lightning. One after another, light blue light screens lit up, and the Taoist's proficiency continued to improve.

As night fell, the moment Zhang Zhixuan finished drawing a lightning-summoning talisman, the Taoist's proficiency reached the level required for an upgrade.

[Complete a basic talisman, Taoist proficiency +2]

The Taoist priest has reached level 2.

[All Trades: Taoist Priest]

[Level: Lv2 (1/100)]

[Rank: 0]

【Exorcism and Suppression Lv2 (Permanent Passive, Upgradeable): By focusing on cultivation and dedicating oneself to the Tao, one is protected by the incense offerings of the Three Pure Ones, and all evil cannot invade. The talismans created deal 40% more damage to all demons and monsters】

[Unlock Skill: Demon-Slaying Sword Intent (Beginner), using talismans as swords to vanquish evil. With a single strike, evil and demons are slain. Number of strikes available at current level: 2.]

[Upgrade to the next level to unlock skills.]

"Hoo..." Zhang Zhixuan let out a deep breath and slumped to the ground. His tireless work of drawing the four talismans had finally paid off, and his level as a Taoist priest had been upgraded.

"The Sword Intent of Extinguishing Evil, using talismans as swords, wielding the sword to shatter evil! Finally, I have a skill to deal with evil spirits. Even if I encounter something like the Paper Bride again, I won't be completely helpless."

Zhang Zhixuan wiped the sweat from his brow, extended two fingers, pinched a Thunder-Summoning Talisman, then focused his gaze on the talisman and activated it with his mind: "Evil-Slaying Sword Intent!"

The yellow talisman paper instantly straightened, and the talisman patterns drawn with cinnabar on its surface lit up with intense lightning. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a pale golden illusory longsword surrounded by lightning.

Runes flowed slowly across the sword's blade like water, and purple lightning flickered faintly at the tip. With a gentle swing of the rune sword, the sword light left a golden afterimage wreathed in lightning, exuding immense power.

"Not bad, not bad." Zhang Zhixuan kept looking at the Thunder-Summoning Talisman Sword, but it was a pity that there were no evil spirits for him to test the sword on.

A moment later, Zhang Zhixuan's strength gave out, the talisman sword automatically faded away, and the Thunder Summoning Talisman also lost its power.

Zhang Zhixuan leaned against his own earthen wall, panting heavily. He had been working himself to the bone all day, and now he was completely exhausted and could no longer support the use of the talisman sword.

"I can't take it anymore, I need to eat something, rest, and go to sleep."

Zhang Zhixuan, rubbing his throbbing head and looking utterly exhausted, was about to get up when suddenly a flash of light appeared before his eyes, and with the pages turning rustling, the Book of a Hundred Trades reappeared.

All trades: Paper maker has been upgraded to level 3, Taoist priest has been upgraded to level 2, pawnbroker is level 1. All trades have met the requirements and will be automatically activated: All Trades - Mustard Seed Bag.