The improved female villains regained their memories.

Yang Pingsheng squatted down and helped her up, but she slapped his hand away.

The little face, covered in snow, was lifted up, eyes wide open, messy hair hanging down, covered in dirt and snow, like a little adult who was disappointed in his child.

Do you know who that person was?

Yang Pingsheng shook his head: "I don't know."

What's that in your arms?

"A sesame seed cake," Yang Pingsheng said, handing it over. "Do you want one?"

"I fucking don't want to!"

Su Murong roared, but then realized that wasn't quite right, so he asked with a livid face, "I mean, do you know what this thing means to you?"

"food."

"I know it's food, I'm just saying, isn't this your lunch?!"

"Yes."

"Then why did you give it to that person?"

"He said his sister died and he was very hungry."

"If you give it to him, what will you do?"

"Hmm...not eating?"

"Yes, if you give it to him, you'll have nothing to eat. Why are you still giving it to him?"

"Because he said his sister died and he was very hungry."

Su Murong slapped himself.

Chapter 132 The Key to Su Murong's Transformation

"Maybe, I mean maybe, is it possible that he's lying to you?"

"Well, it's possible."

"Then give it back to him!"

"I think it's great."

"It's good? You say it's good!?"

"If that's the case, then it means no one died, isn't that great?"

This man is absolutely insane.

After exchanging ideas for a while, Su Murong came to this conclusion.

The white snow couldn't hide her agitated heart. She wanted to kick this man hard, grab his hair, and yell in his ear, "Are you out of your mind?!"

but……

She looked up and saw the man blinking his eyes; his dark pupils were bright and watery, like those of an innocent fawn.

He bent down, picked up the candy that Su Murong had knocked away, and handed it to her again: "Want some?"

Su Murong looked at him, took the candy from his hand, unwrapped it, and put it in her mouth.

Sweet.

delicious.

Like snow, it melted into her heart.

"What's your name?"

"Yang Pingsheng".

"Su Murong".

"what?"

"I said Su Murong, that's my name!"

She said loudly.

The snowflakes stretched out in a continuous expanse, forming a galaxy in the girl's eyes.

Yang Pingsheng was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "Okay, I'll remember that."

The snow in Liuyun City falls heavier as the year draws to a close.

Old Qian Tou was indeed extremely stingy. The money Yang Pingsheng received there wasn't even enough for his food expenses. Helpless, he found another helper at the tavern.

The tavern owner's surname was Gui, and the locals called him Gui Lao. Unlike Lao Qian Tou, Gui Lao was more generous than expected. He not only paid Yang Pingsheng a lot for his work, but also provided him with meals.

I heard that Yang Pingsheng was working there, so Su Murong went there too.

Seeing that Yang Pingsheng and Su Murong had come together, and understanding Su Murong's purpose, the foreigner smiled, his wrinkled face scrunched up, and asked as if he were watching a joke, "Didn't you say you didn't want to come here?"

"I'm willing, I'm willing, isn't that enough?!" Su Murong clicked her tongue. "If I had no other choice, I wouldn't be working in your old man's shop."

"How much debt have you accumulated with me? Can't you show me some respect?"

"Pooh!"

Watching the two bicker, Yang Pingsheng secretly asked the system, "Is this the person?"

"Yes, it is him."

In the original storyline, the key figure who led to Su Murong's transformation was the foreigner.

The foreigner's real name was Gui Jianchou. He was originally a cultivator who had just completed the tempering and purification of his body. However, due to the gradual loss of spiritual energy, he had no hope of breaking through to the Earth Immortal Realm. Since he was unable to produce spiritual energy himself, he slowly turned back into a mortal and opened a small tavern in this remote place.

Logically speaking, he was already old and had no more spiritual energy to draw upon, so he should have been gradually eliminated by the times. However, one of his research projects encountered Su Murong, which immediately brought his name back into the torrent of history.

Talisman.

One of the tools commonly used by immortals, the communication talisman used by Wen Shihan in his first life to contact his master is a type of spirit talisman. Generally speaking, spirit talismans are complex to make, and the higher the level of the spirit talisman, the more it consumes the immortal's mental energy and time. Apart from specialized spirit talisman masters, few people study spirit talismans.

There are many types of spirit talismans, but in terms of practicality, they are not as practical as immortal killing moves. From the time a spirit talisman is made to its final form, it can take days, months, years, or even decades. The higher the level of the spirit talisman, the longer it takes. With that time, it would be better to develop immortal killing moves. This is why very few people study spirit talismans.

After all, talismans are used up and then gone, while immortal killing moves can be used repeatedly.

Take Wen Shihan's communication talisman as an example. This miscellaneous immortal technique can achieve communication between two people over a very long distance. It's just that Wen Shihan hadn't learned any immortal techniques at the time, so this talisman was given to her.

In other words, this thing is for beginners who haven't reached the Earth Immortal Realm yet.

Reaching the Earth Immortal Realm is a qualitative change. Whether or not one can use immortal killing moves is a completely different matter. From learning immortal killing moves to creating one's own, and then to using destructive immortal killing moves, one climbs each step of the ladder, and the role of spirit talismans becomes less and less important.

The talismans are ranked from lowest to highest as follows: white talisman, green talisman, yellow talisman, blue talisman, purple talisman, orange talisman, and red talisman. In Wen Shihan's world, the strongest talisman is the orange talisman, whose power is roughly comparable to a destructive immortal technique. However, its creation is so complicated and time-consuming that it's almost as if one were to create another destructive immortal technique.

What's even more frustrating is that using the talisman consumes spiritual energy, meaning that ordinary people can't use it. Even if you run out of spiritual energy, you still can't take out the talisman to protect yourself or escape.

You can't use it to make up for your shortcomings, but you should know that the higher the immortals are cultivated, the higher the requirements for immortal killing moves. Generally speaking, when you reach the Celestial Immortal level, your immortal killing moves are already complete (a complete set of immortal killing moves needs to involve attack, defense, healing, replenishment, and evasion). Spirit talismans are ultimately external objects, and no one will use them to complete their own system.

Because of the inherent limitations of talismans, the more powerful an immortal is, the more they rely on their own killing moves. After all, if you need something, you can simply spend the time to create your own killing move. Talismans are mostly things that elders give to their descendants to prevent them from getting into trouble.

Wen Shihan is a Celestial Immortal, while Luo Benmo and Xu Anlu are both considered half-step True Immortals (the truth is unknown). When they fight, they use Immortal Killing Moves to attack each other. What kind of spiritual root they have and what kind of offensive path they take will naturally determine what kind of Immortal Killing Moves they use. Spiritual Talismans are not considered respectable for immortals of this level.

Logically speaking, that's how it should be.

Gui Jianchou was originally an ordinary spirit talisman master. After tempering his body and removing impurities, he did not choose the path of killing moves, but instead chose the path of spirit talismans.

Later, the spiritual energy gradually declined, but Guijianchou's research on talismans did not stop.

During his more than ten years in Liuyun City, he devoted himself to his research until he completed research results that were ahead of their time.

In addition to spiritual energy, the human body also possesses other forms of energy.

Eating requires nutritive qi. The body needs blood and qi to function. Defending against impurities requires defensive qi.

In short, there are many kinds of energy in a person. Gui Jianchou collectively refers to them as human energy and tries to regulate it.

He needs to use popularity to draw talismans.

Spiritual energy originates between heaven and earth. The reason why mortals can become immortals is essentially because they rely on the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Human energy, on the other hand, is the opposite. The yin and yang energies of heaven and earth created all things, and humans emerged from all things. The moment humans were born, human energy was born. It does not rely on heaven, nor is it supported by earth. It comes from humans and is the energy that belongs exclusively to humans.

Immortals, by borrowing spiritual energy, create devastating techniques. Similarly, talismans, by utilizing spiritual energy to construct their forms, possess the power to destroy the world.

Even if a popular person manages to draw a talisman, it will never possess the power of a spiritual talisman.

Gui Jianchou was well aware of the shortcomings of using popularity-based talismans, and for decades he had been trying to solve this problem.

Until he met Su Murong.

Chapter 133 The Most Shameless Among the Nine Female Villains

Gui Jianchou initially had no understanding of the various energies on a person's body. His knowledge of these energies came from an old black book he found.

The ancient book was entirely black, with yellowed paper of a quality far beyond that of this era, yet it used the font of this time. From it, Guijianchou learned in detail about the various types of qi in people's bodies, such as blood qi, nutritive qi, defensive qi, and the qi of the five internal organs.

After learning more about it, he referred to it all as "popularity" for the sake of convenience in his research.

The biggest drawback of using popular talismans is that they cannot achieve the power of using spiritual talismans. For example, there is a spiritual talisman called the Purifying Fire Talisman, which is a purple talisman. When used, the talisman splits into six pieces, and the six Purifying Fire Talismans will turn into six fire dragons of different colors. These dragons can destroy city walls, block armies, and kill immortals, making them very useful talismans.

However, popular talismans cannot produce such power.

Let alone a purple talisman, it can't even match the power of a white talisman. Even the weakest white talisman can unleash a shockwave that destroys a wall, let alone a talisman drawn with human power…

The Ghost's Sorrow technique has taken decades to develop, from its construction method to its efficient application. Even when the power of drawing talismans has reached its limit, its power is at most a gust of wind, just like farting.

What made him most desperate was that, because human energy includes blood energy, nutritive energy, defensive energy, etc., drawing too many talismans can cause great damage to the human body and even risk shortening one's lifespan.

Its power is weak and its side effects are severe. It can't even harm ordinary people, let alone immortals. It's even more useless than a spirit talisman. No, it's not just useless; it's practically worthless.

"If that's the case, then there's nothing to be afraid of, right? Even Su Murong, without the help of spiritual energy, couldn't bypass this limitation. So how exactly did she rely on this carp transforming into a dragon?"

Watching the old man and the young man bickering, Yang Pingsheng wiped the dust off the corner with a rag while secretly asking the system a question.

"Well, that's a problem..."

First of all, Su Murong is extremely popular.

This remote town has long suffered from nutritional deficiencies, so in theory, everyone's blood, energy, and vital energy should be inadequate, but Su Murong is an exception.

This girl is a freak. Most people don't absorb nutrients well; they're lucky if they can absorb a quarter of what they eat. But Su Murong absorbs everything she eats, so her blood, vital energy, defensive energy, and internal organs are all basically at a high level. Her occasional irritability, temper tantrums, and fiery temper are essentially manifestations of her excessively strong vital energy.