Chapter 150

Half a month later.

Inside the dock fortress.

Fu Zhang listened to the people below reporting the income of the previous month.

Thanks to the chaos in Dahe Square some time ago, some low-grade talismans that can be cast instantly are very popular among loose cultivators.

Therefore, there was a net profit of 3,000 spirit stones last month.

Fu Zhang was not very satisfied with this number.

There are more than fifty Fu family cultivators, and there are five people like him at the ninth layer of Qi Refining.

The resources consumed by overall cultivation are undoubtedly extremely huge.

The most critical thing is, if this continues, in what year and month will he be able to earn a Foundation Establishment Pill for himself?

And if he doesn't establish the Foundation, the name of the Fu family's Foundation Establishment family will be completely removed in less than ten years.

"Fortunately, we shared the beast business of the Poshan Gang, so we can save a lot on the costs of talisman paper and talisman ink."

After the skin of the beast is tanned, it can be used as very good talisman paper.

And the beast blood, after being prepared with several kinds of mineral materials, is also high-quality talisman ink.

Having these two businesses is more cost-effective than giving the Fu family several pieces of territory.

Fu Zhang put away the account book, and his bad mood eased a little.

"I heard that the business of the shops in the inner city is getting better and better, with dozens of guests coming to the door every day. It seems that our Fu family's talisman-making technique has also been recognized by the loose cultivators of Dahe Square!"

"Since this is the case, then we..."

Just as he was about to order some things, his third brother Fu Fu Jue, who was in charge of the inner city shops, walked in with a nervous expression.

"Third brother, what's wrong? So panicked, this is not like you who are usually calm." Fu Zhang smiled.

Fu Fu Jue took a deep breath and asked directly, "Big brother, before the ancestor died, did he leave behind the technique of drawing blood talismans?"

"Blood talisman?" Fu Zhang was stunned.

The other Fu family cultivators in the hall were also full of doubts.

In the world of immortal cultivation, there is indeed a saying of blood talismans.

But how could their Fu family know it!

Seeing his big brother's expression that didn't look like a pretense, Fu Fu Jue said anxiously, "The business in the shop has been very good recently, but there are always people asking about blood talismans. This is a demonic talisman; our Fu family doesn't know it at all."

"Even if we knew, we wouldn't dare to make it!"

Fu Zhang's forehead also unconsciously wrinkled into a "chuan" character.

"This is someone splashing dirty water on our Fu family!"

"Yes!" Fu Fu Jue said immediately, "I think so too."

Fu Zhang said, "Then who would it be?"

For a time, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, and suspicious candidates were mentioned by them one by one.

There is more than just their Fu family in this Dahe Square that involves talisman-making skills.

Not to mention anything else, the former ally, the Chen family, also dabbled in talisman-making techniques.

And the biggest suspect is the Divine Talisman Pavilion.

Because the Fu family's talisman prices are cheap, it has squeezed a lot of the Divine Talisman Pavilion's business.

As a shop of a large sect from outside the region, it is not easy to move against local forces.

But spreading rumors is harmless.

After thinking for a while, seeing that it was getting more and more chaotic, Fu Zhang raised his hand to press it virtually.

The patriarch's majesty made everyone quiet down.

"This matter still needs an explanation."

"First, announce to the outside world that the Fu family has no technique for drawing blood talismans."

"Secondly, let the clansmen pay attention to safety when entering and leaving."

"Finally, set up a banquet for me at the Zhong Ding family, invite the Chen family master and Deacon Cui of the Divine Talisman Pavilion; I will talk to them first."

After the three decisions were made, the Fu family cultivators couldn't help but nod.

The patriarch is the patriarch after all; when encountering things, he can always make the right decision.

At the beginning, after the ancestor of the Fu family sat down, it was Patriarch Fu Zhang who overcame all opposition and led the entire family to move from the highly competitive Mount Tianlan Xiancheng to this Dahe Square.

Although this place is remote, the resources are abundant and the potential is huge.

Give them a few more decades, and they might be able to return to the ranks of true Foundation Establishment families!

I don't know when it started, but such a legend spread in Dahe Square.

Among the five great Foundation Establishment families, except for the Duan and Li families at the beginning, the three newly moved families each have their own strengths.

And the Chen and Fu families, although they have no Foundation Establishment cultivators, can be listed as Foundation Establishment families with the other three, because they each master powerful means.

The Chen family has a blood-inheritance magic treasure, even though the Chen family genius Chen Chen Haoran died in the Battle of Qingjiang Long Street.

But after recovering the blood-inheritance magic treasure, the Chen family still has high-end combat power that can support the facade.

But the Fu family from Mount Tianlan Xiancheng, besides being good at making talismans, why are they listed with the other four families?

You know, the talisman business has always been time-consuming, high-cost, and low-profit.

Supporting a family with this is fine for daily expenses, but it's a bit lacking if you want to stand tall.

Gradually, an insider revealed a piece of news.

The reason why the Fu family has the confidence to maintain the facade of a Foundation Establishment family is because, in addition to the ancestral talisman treasure, they have also mastered a technique of blood talismans!

Talisman treasures are not durable; although they are powerful, they have a limited number of uses.

But blood talismans are different; this talisman uses human skin as talisman paper, cultivator essence blood as ink, and with special means, it can instantly explode a cultivator's full strength.

If you use the skin and essence blood of a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator as raw materials to draw blood talismans.

Its power is no less than a strike from a Great Perfection Qi Refining cultivator!

Most importantly, it can be drawn on a large scale.

Once this news came out, countless loose cultivators in Dahe Square were shocked.

They were both worried that the Fu family would catch loose cultivators, peel their skin, and draw blood to make blood talismans, and they were eager for a blood talisman as a trump card.

For a time, the Fu family's shops in the inner city ushered in a situation of bustling traffic.

Even though the Fu family cultivators kept making statements that they did not have the skills to make blood talismans and did not sell any blood talismans.

But the loose cultivators still didn't quite believe it.

Especially in Dahe Square, cultivators would die from time to time, leaving no bones behind.

This made the loose cultivators even more suspicious of them.

The Fu family was helpless and could only let it be; they believed that over time, this kind of nonsense would slowly dissipate.

At least, no one has seen a blood talisman, right?

No one has seen it?

No, someone has seen it!

Xieyue Valley, in the rows of stone houses against the mountain, this is the residence of the Battle Hall.

In a secret room, Luo Chen looked in surprise at the talisman full of bloody aura in Wang Yuan's hand.

"Is this a blood talisman?"

Wang Yuan shook his head, "Strictly speaking, this is not a blood talisman."

He explained, "This is just a superficial application of the Qi and blood path by body refiners; it requires ten days of my time, continuously injecting huge Qi and blood into this human skin."

"How is the power?" Luo Chen was more concerned about this.

Wang Yuan chuckled, "It's okay, although it's not as good as a Foundation Establishment strike, within a radius of 100 meters, once activated, it has 50% of my strength."

Hearing his description, Luo Chen couldn't help but lick his dry lips.

This is already very strong!

Wang Yuan has already entered the second realm of body refinement, comparable to Foundation Establishment.

Although the attack means are not as good as Foundation Establishment, his strength is enough to crush all Qi Refining cultivators.

An attack range of 100 meters cannot threaten Foundation Establishment cultivators at all.

But the normal ordinary attacks of Qi Refining cultivators are only one or two hundred meters.

Any further, without external spiritual sense, the traction art cannot freely control magic tools.

Only Luo Chen has the Great Perfection Traction Art, which makes him an outlier.

"In this way, I can make a big fuss!"

Luo Chen said, reaching out to take the fake blood talisman.

But he pulled his hand, and it didn't come out.

Wang Yuan looked at him in confusion, "Why target the Fu family like this?"

"It's not targeting the Fu family, but targeting the five families, targeting Miao Wen." Luo Chen explained patiently, "I need to break the situation."

"Break the situation?"

"A situation that traps my Luo Tian Society; only by breaking it can this force truly provide help for our cultivation!"

Wang Yuan's hand loosened.

Luo Chen took the talisman and said sadly, "A new force, without experiencing war, everyone will ignore them, despise them, and even not put them on an equal footing at all."

"If I were willing to be Miao Wen's money-making tool for a lifetime, that would be fine."

"But you know, I am also someone who aims for longevity, how could I be willing to live under others for a lifetime."

Wang Yuan was thoughtful.

He looked at Luo Chen's face, which was sad but also had a hint of confidence.

He nodded immediately.

"I understand, the Luo Tian Society needs war!"

Luo Chen smiled brightly, "Yes, a war that doesn't cover too much, and the Fu family is the best target for war."

"Then you go ahead and do it, I will fully support you. The Fu family can only blame themselves for being too weak."

In the world of immortal cultivation, the weak are the prey of the strong.

Wang Yuan knows this better than Luo Chen.

Luo Chen held the talisman, a hint of sharpness appearing on the corner of his mouth.

"What's more, the people who besieged Xieyue Valley at the beginning included Fu Zhang; I haven't forgotten this feud!"

Zhenlong Black Market!

This is the second time Luo Chen has come here.

Restraining his aura, changing his disguise, and using the embroidered ball as a voucher, he entered it.

The familiar Master Tianxingzi, the familiar auction session.

A large number of magic tools appeared at the auction.

Many were magic tools left behind by cultivators who died after the chaos some time ago.

Now, with a slight turn, they can be sold at a good price at the auction.

Luo Chen, under the pseudonym Murong Yuan, also shot and bought many good things.

Among them was the spiritual medicine called Golden Quality Jade Liquid.

When Wang Yuan was still the master of the Jiao Hall and was developing the Taishan Square market for the Poshan Gang, he once brought a bottle back for Luo Chen.

At that time, Luo Chen didn't realize the wonder of this spiritual medicine.

Later, after learning from Wang Yuan about the specific realm division of body refiners and the cultivation focus of each stage.

He knew how wonderful this spiritual medicine was for body refiners.

It can both temper the physique and move towards a golden body.

It can also subtly improve bones, allowing them to move towards jade bones bit by bit.

Therefore, even if Luo Chen doesn't refine his body, he will buy it if he encounters such spiritual medicine.

It's very expensive; at the auction, one bottle costs two or three hundred spirit stones!

But, it's worth it.

The stronger the physique, the greater the chance of success when breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

After the first auction session ended, it came to the second loose cultivator personal auction session.

This time, Luo Chen didn't choose to stay until the end.

He immediately crossed the crowd and walked up.

"I want to auction a first-grade talisman, starting price 1,000 spirit stones."

The hoarse voice resounded throughout the hall.

As soon as the words fell, a burst of laughter erupted in the spacious hall.

"Daring to auction a first-grade talisman for 1,000 spirit stones, are you crazy with poverty!"

"I've opened my eyes today."

"I've never heard of a first-grade talisman daring to sell at this price. Let alone 1,000, I'd have to weigh 100."

"What kind of talisman is it, take it out and let us see!"

Amidst the noise, a talisman as red as blood floated in the air.

A surge of incomparably surging, life-like fluctuations emanated from the talisman.

That powerful pressure made even Master Tianxingzi, who was closing his eyes and resting, open his eyes.

"Huh?"

But after looking carefully, he shook his head in disappointment.

No one noticed this scene, because everyone's attention was on that talisman.

Luo Chen had been quietly observing Master Tianxingzi, and seeing the other party close his eyes again, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, such clumsy means couldn't deceive a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

That's best!

At least, the other party won't have the idea of auctioning it.

Of course, even if the other party bought it actively, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Anyway, by using the black market, he just needed to release the news of the blood talisman's appearance.

Now that the other party is not tempted, he has more room to operate.

"Hiss!"

"What kind of talisman is this? Why is there such a strong bloody aura?"

"What a strong feeling!"

"I am already at the ninth layer of Qi Refining, but under this talisman, I still feel a trace of threat. If it is fully activated, I am afraid I have to be careful."

Facing the commotion of the crowd, Luo Chen was calm.

"First-grade blood talisman, from a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator of the Fu family who doesn't want to reveal his name!"

The crowd was stunned, a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator of the Fu family who doesn't want to reveal his name?

What kind of "doesn't want to reveal his name" is this?

The Fu family has a total of five ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators, right!

Each one has a name and surname, and after excluding two who are not good at making talismans, the suspects are those three people.

"This talisman uses the entire back skin of a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator, and it is tanned five times to get a talisman skin."

"Among them, it uses ten drops of his own essence blood, fused with a large amount of rhinoceros horn powder produced in Mount Tianlan Xiancheng, as talisman ink."

"I won't go into too much detail, anyway, you can feel its power."

"After activating this talisman, it can emit a strike comparable to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining."

"Starting price, 1,000 spirit stones, please, everyone!"

As soon as the voice fell, the bidding came one after another.

1,000!

1,500!

1,800!

2,000!

Finally, it was sold for 2,300 spirit stones to a cultivator shrouded in a black robe.

A first-grade talisman sold for 2,300, which is definitely a high price!

Luo Chen was very satisfied, and without participating in the third round of free trading, he left.

In the hall, Master Tianxingzi opened his eyes, looked at his back, and frowned slightly.

North Street, Third Lane, under the shadow of the eaves.

Two figures stood there like dead wood.

"Brother Wang, your Breath-Restraining Spiritual Art is becoming more and more proficient, almost no less than mine."

"Hehe."

"Okay, although it's still far from me, it's no problem to deceive Qi Refining cultivators."

"Combined with my own Five Qi Returning to Origin, without exploding full strength, Foundation Establishment cultivators should not be able to see through my reality."

"Five Qi Returning to Origin" is a martial art Wang Yuan learned in his early years.

He once mentioned to Luo Chen that this technique can maximize the collection of the huge blood energy of a martial arts grandmaster.

The so-called five Qi are heart Qi, liver Qi, spleen Qi, lung Qi, and kidney Qi.

Only after reaching the innate martial arts can one practice this technique.

Wang Yuan combined it with "Breath-Restraining Spiritual Art," and he is becoming more and more proficient in restraining the bloody aura.

During the sound transmission between the two, time passed second by second.

Suddenly, Wang Yuan's eyes moved, looking towards the northeast.

Luo Chen also noticed it for the first time, subconsciously asking, "Qixing Slope?"

"Yes, you seem to have guessed wrong."

"It's not wrong, that place is also the place most easily ambushed by robbers after the black market auction."

Luo Chen smiled slightly, jumped up, the strong wind swept, like a roc spreading its wings.

Wang Yuan's heart moved, and with one step, he was ten meters away.

The update will be a bit late; the author wants to get a boutique badge, hehe.

At 3:30, three chapters will be released one after another; friends who stay up late can wait.

Brothers who have to go to work, rest early.

Good night.

(End of this chapter)