Chapter 794: A spiritual seal must not be left lightly

Soda Kiln, Qingrong Silk Store.

Duan Duan Shuqun arrived at the shop, which had been more than half burned down, waiting for the accountant to calculate the losses.

The silk store's head manager, Ban Yue Ban Yue Changyou, stepped forward to plead guilty: "Master Duan, I am useless. Whether you beat me or punish me, I submit to your disposal."

Ban Yue Ban Yue Changyou was a fifth-layer martial cultivator. Seeing him covered in wounds, Duan Duan Shuqun knew he had risked his life.

"Ban Yue Changyou, are you certain this was Ma Wu's doing?"

Ban Yue Ban Yue Changyou gritted his teeth and said: "Master Duan, I stake my life before you; this was definitely done by people sent by Ma Wu.

I recognize several of them! If I have spoken even half a lie, you can take my life right now!"

Duan Duan Shuqun frowned slightly and narrowed his eyes.

Ban Yue Ban Yue Changyou said: "Master Duan, give me some men, and I will go find them for revenge right now. If I don't settle this score, I won't even be able to stomach my meals!"

Duan Duan Shuqun shook his head and said: "Ban Yue Changyou, don't be hasty. Wait for news from the proprietor."

The accountant finished calculating the losses, and Duan Duan Shuqun immediately reported to He He Jiaqing: "The silk and cloth were basically all burned. Only some scraps remain in the warehouse, and they won't fetch much money even if sold. This shop can be considered a total loss."

He He Jiaqing only replied: "I know about this."

Duan Duan Shuqun added: "He Jiaqing, two of our factories were also smashed. I'm afraid the soda kiln business can no longer continue."

"Tell the brothers to stay calm and not act rashly." He He Jiaqing cut off the communication; he was on Ma Wu's new land and it was inconvenient to say too much right now.

He was wearing a coarse cloth padded jacket, a dog-skin hat, his face painted with wrinkles, wearing a fake beard, and his hair dyed white, disguised as an old hunter. Carrying a wild boar, he arrived among a group of land reclaimers.

"This is a freshly hunted pig. Everyone, take a look and offer a price." He He Jiaqing put down the wild boar and cupped his hands in salute to the crowd.

The land reclaimers swarmed up. Some wanted to buy meat, some wanted the hide, and some wanted the pig ears. He He Jiaqing waved his hands and said: "The meat is not sold separately, and the hide is not sold separately. I am selling the whole pig."

The hunters began shouting all at once:

"Who can afford a whole pig? Besides, it's not easy to process."

"It's not easy to work here. We just want to buy some pork to satisfy our cravings. We also want the pig bones; give us a cheaper price."

"Is this an iron-bristle pig? The quality of this pig hide is good. Selling it separately wouldn't be a loss. If you don't believe me, let me calculate the accounts for you."

He He Jiaqing bargained with the people around him. The quality of his pig was indeed good, and more and more people gathered around.

Among them were some land reclaimers He He Jiaqing recognized; these people had been reclaiming land on his territory just a few days ago.

This matter was confirmed: the one who had been poaching people from He He Jiaqing's territory was Ma Wu!

He He Jiaqing thought to himself: Is Ma Wu targeting me? Why would he know about the thirteen pieces of new land?

Did Li Qi tell him?

That is possible. Li Qi and the Peddler have an extraordinary friendship; the Peddler must have told Li Qi the truth.

Ma Wu's territory has already been more than ninety percent reclaimed and is about to be converted into formal land. He still has a large number of Three-Headed People under his command.

He came to my territory to poach people; this is clearly going against me.

If I don't give Ma Wu a lesson, he dares to poach people this time, and next time he will dare to seize my territory!

He He Jiaqing made up his mind, but he would not take action today. Today was specifically for scouting the situation; "storming the kiln hall" would have to wait for a better opportunity.

He planned to take away a precious item from Ma Wu to make Ma Wu suffer a good deal.

But he did not intend to kill Ma Wu; he did not want to fight Li Qi to the death.

Come to think of it, where exactly is Li Qi?

With such a big commotion, why hasn't he made a single move?

Li Qi was squatting in the thirty-second room, watching the crack in the door on the wall.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan touched the gap: "Husband, the glove has already been tested. This door crack is ventilated, proving there is another room behind it, but we can't open it right now."

Li Li Banfeng's eyebrows were almost twisted into a knot. He walked past room after room and turned back to look at Zhao Zhao Xiaowan:

"Wife, this is not right!"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan nodded and said: "It is indeed not right, but the old master is asleep now, so we can't investigate the cause clearly, and we dare not act rashly."

Li Li Banfeng didn't understand his wife's meaning: "What does this have to do with the old master?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan also didn't understand Li Li Banfeng's meaning: "Isn't this the old master's business?"

"You can't rely on the old master for everything. The things we should do, we must do ourselves."

"What exactly is the matter my husband is talking about?"

"Twenty rooms, and there is nothing in them. Is this any way to live?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan was stunned for a long time and counted carefully.

The thirteen rooms were added not long ago, and there was only one table inside; no other items had been prepared.

The remaining nineteen rooms had just appeared, and there wasn't even a table.

Counting them up, it really was twenty rooms.

"My precious husband, is this an urgent matter?"

Li Li Banfeng widened his eyes and said: "If living isn't an urgent matter, then what is? Hurry up and write a list; I'm going out to buy furniture!"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan looked at Hua Jiuer: "My husband is definitely not wrong. Could it be that I thought about this matter wrong?"

Hua Jiuer looked at Li Li Banfeng: "A-Qi, you should marry A-Yi as well. I feel she is not suitable for the Old Train, and not suitable for Qiu Guogua Qiu Daxiang either."

Li Li Banfeng said: "Why is she not suitable?"

Hua Jiuer said: "Qiu Guogua Qiu Daxiang definitely won't do; he isn't crazy enough. The Old Train isn't quite right either; even at his craziest,

I don't think he is as compatible with her as you are with my sister."

Li Li Banfeng didn't go crazy; he really wanted to go out to buy furniture. He felt this matter was truly very important.

Seeing him rushing to go out, Zhao Zhao Xiaowan hurriedly stopped him: "My precious husband, you must hurry and learn the technique. Residential cultivation level five has no technique, and your cultivation base is unstable. You are already at level six, and your foundation is not solid. You've added another layer; if this goes on for a long time, something big will happen."

This matter was indeed urgent. Li Li Banfeng walked up to the Copper Lotus: "I want to learn a technique, a residential cultivation one."

The Copper Lotus coughed lightly: "I don't know any residential cultivation techniques; I am just an elixir refiner."

Li Li Banfeng stared at the Copper Lotus for a long time, making the Copper Lotus feel uneasy.

"A-Qi, if you have something to say, just say it directly. I really can't teach you techniques; I'm not lying to you."

Li Li Banfeng touched the lotus heart: "Actually, all the techniques I have, you taught me, right?"

The Copper Lotus laughed: "I wouldn't dare say such things recklessly. If your wife heard this, wouldn't she skin me alive? Your residential cultivation techniques were all taught by her."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "My wife didn't know residential cultivation techniques originally."

The Copper Lotus hooked Li Li Banfeng's chin with a lotus leaf: "You are at this cultivation level, and you still don't understand the rules of residential cultivation? The residence first teaches the residential spirit, the residential spirit comprehends it itself, and once it comprehends it thoroughly, it teaches the residential cultivator. Your techniques were all learned this way."

Li Li Banfeng still shook his head: "The Leaving Suishenju didn't know residential cultivation techniques originally either."

"Oh my! There is such a thing?" The Copper Lotus's tone was very surprised. "Then where did your techniques come from? Could it be that there are other secrets hidden in this residence?"

Li Li Banfeng picked up the Copper Lotus: "Some secrets can't be seen clearly at home. Let's go out and talk about it."

The Copper Lotus hummed: "What are you taking me out for? Who are you trying to scare? Do you think the Peddler is still outside?

How many days has it been? Do you think the Peddler has been watching the entrance for you the whole time?

Let me tell you, even if he were at the entrance, I wouldn't be afraid of him. A-Qi, I am thinking of you. If you go out, you have to face the heavenly light, so let's not go out—Seventh Brother! Things can be discussed! Let's not go out!"

The Copper Lotus's shout was heard clearly by all thirty-two houses in the home.

Li Li Banfeng put down the Copper Lotus: "I want to learn this."

The Copper Lotus was still shaken: "Which one is this?"

"Didn't you just say facing the heavenly light? I'll learn facing the heavenly light. This move should be called Profound Light Punishing Evil, right?"

The Copper Lotus sighed lightly: "I do know a little about this technique, but there are many other good residential cultivation techniques. Promoting a layer is not easy; we could learn something else, for example, Clearing Heart Sealing Demon, Grass Hall Embracing All, Spring Night Tent Warmth,

all of which are excellent techniques."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "I just want to learn Profound Light Punishing Evil."

This wasn't Li Li Banfeng being stubborn; the technique of Profound Light Punishing Evil had been mentioned by A-Yu before, and Li Li Banfeng had also experienced it, so he had a certain concept of this technique.

As for the techniques the Copper Lotus mentioned, Li Li Banfeng had no concept at all. Learning blindly with his eyes closed would be equivalent to letting the Copper Lotus manipulate him.

"Fine! I'll teach you Profound Light Punishing Evil!" The Copper Lotus agreed. "First, find the most precious item, bring it before me, and I'll teach you how to leave a spiritual seal.

A spiritual seal is equivalent to a residential cultivator's mark. Only when the spiritual seal is triggered can Profound Light Punishing Evil be used. The techniques are linked together, and not a single step can be missing. I say, why are you bringing your wife over?"

Li Li Banfeng put down Zhao Zhao Xiaowan: "Didn't you say the most precious one?"

The Copper Lotus said: "I meant an object, not a person."

Li Li Banfeng looked at the Copper Lotus: "Why would I face the heavenly light if I carry you out?"

The Copper Lotus said: "Because I am an object."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "Nonsense, you are a person."

The Copper Lotus didn't deny it: "Do I still look like a person now?"

Li Li Banfeng thought for a moment: "If my wife turned into a phonograph, would she be able to leave a spiritual seal?"

The Copper Lotus waved a lotus leaf: "That is indeed the logic—"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan pushed Li Li Banfeng: "Crazy man, acting recklessly again. Hurry up and find an object; learning the technique is what's important."

Li Li Banfeng was searching for an object when the Tang Dao jumped out: "Master, leave a spiritual seal on me. In case I get lost one day..."

Xiang Xiang Hongying kicked the Tang Dao: "Who would bother stealing you? Bringing you back isn't enough to add to the trouble! Better to leave it on the glove."

The glove shook its index finger and said: "Thank you for your concern, Second Mistress. I don't need a spiritual seal; I won't get lost. Whoever dares to lay a hand on me is just looking for trouble for themselves."

Xiang Xiang Hongying said: "In my opinion, there's no need to overthink this. Just do an experiment. Find anything in the house; a cup or a plate will do."

The Copper Lotus said: "A-Qi, don't say I didn't warn you. This matter must be handled with caution, absolutely with caution. This technique cannot be used casually, and a spiritual seal cannot be left casually."

The wife offered an idea from the side: "We take care of each other as a family, so none of us will get lost, but the house keys have no spirituality, so we should be careful and guard against that."

"Wife is right!" Li Li Banfeng went outside the residence and brought back the Leaving Suishenju key.

The Copper Lotus instructed: "First, sprinkle a drop of blood; smear half on the key and half on your heart."

Li Li Banfeng smeared the blood, and the Copper Lotus added: "Stick the key to your heart, squeeze it hard, and see if it hurts."

After squeezing a little, Li Li Banfeng held the key to his ear and listened for a moment: "He says it hurts!"

The Copper Lotus danced with her lotus leaves: "Who asked him? I asked you, does your heart hurt?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "He's the one being squeezed, why would I hurt?"

"That's why this technique is hard to learn. Only when you feel the pain will the spiritual seal be considered left." The Copper Lotus closed her lotus leaves and went to sleep.

Li Li Banfeng held the key and pondered for the whole afternoon, leaving marks several times. By six o'clock in the evening, Li Li Banfeng handed the key to Xiang Xiang Hongying.

Xiang Xiang Hongying felt a palpitation in her heart: "Seventh Brother, do you trust me? Are you handing this home over to me from now on?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "I'm asking you to squeeze it. This key has been with me for too long, and I have too deep a bond with it; I can't bring myself to do it."

Xiang Xiang Hongying hummed. Just as she was about to squeeze, Li Li Banfeng added: "Go to the second room to squeeze it; don't let me see. Seeing him suffer makes me feel uncomfortable."

Xiang Xiang Hongying was about to go to the second room when Li Li Banfeng gave one more instruction: "Don't use too much force; don't break it."

Arriving at the second room, Xiang Xiang Hongying pondered the force, and without saying a word, she squeezed the key.

Li Li Banfeng let out a painful cry in the main room: "It hurts! Be lighter!"

The Copper Lotus opened her leaves; she was somewhat surprised.

Xiang Xiang Hongying squeezed the key in the second room. Li Li Banfeng hadn't opened his Golden Eye Fine Insight, nor had he used Insight of Spiritual Sound, and hadn't even used the most basic perception, yet he truly felt the pain.

This proved that the spiritual seal had indeed been planted.

The Copper Lotus sighed: "It's also because your family's Art of Self-Counting is well-learned."

Li Li Banfeng asked the Copper Lotus: "What should be done next?"

The Copper Lotus said: "The spiritual seal is done, and you have perception now. Next, you should bring back the lost things. Do you know where the key is?"

Li Li Banfeng shouted: "Xue Yingying, find a room to hide in; don't tell me where you are."

Xiang Xiang Hongying disappeared in the blink of an eye. Li Li Banfeng perceived carefully for a long time and asked: "Is it in the twelfth room?"

Xiang Xiang Hongying replied: "It's in the sixteenth room!"

The Copper Lotus laughed: "That's a bit far off. Try a few more times."

Li Li Banfeng practiced for more than two hours. Without using other means, he could guess correctly two or three times out of ten, and the remaining seven or eight times the deviation was not large, all within one or two rooms.

The Copper Lotus said: "That's about it. Now, shine a light from your body."

Li Li Banfeng didn't understand: "How do I shine it?"

The projector stood out: "Seventh Director, I know how to do this."

He lit up the lens.

The Copper Lotus shook her lotus leaves: "It's not a light borrowed from external objects; it's a light emitted by your own cultivation base."

This sentence stunned even Zhao Zhao Xiaowan: "How can a cultivation base emit light?"

The Copper Lotus said: "I can't explain this clearly. Think about what the Profound Light looks like, think about where the Profound Light should come from, and where it should go. Think about what kind of induction there is between the Profound Light and the spiritual seal. There are many unnameable mechanisms inside; you have to comprehend them yourself."

Li Li Banfeng sat on the ground and pondered for a long time: "From which angle is it more appropriate to comprehend?"

Not only could Li Li Banfeng not understand, but the whole family couldn't understand the Copper Lotus's meaning.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan looked at Hua Jiuer; Hua Jiuer had the most thorough research on the mechanisms of techniques.

But Hua Jiuer had never seen Profound Light Punishing Evil either and could only make inferences based on experience: "Speaking of emitting light, Fire Cultivators should be the most proficient. Should the mechanism be somewhat similar to Fire Cultivation techniques?"

Hua Jiuer's tone was somewhat vague. She wanted to find the Copper Lotus for confirmation, but the Copper Lotus didn't respond.

Xiang Xiang Hongying walked back to the main room carrying her sword and said to the Copper Lotus: "Hua Jiuer is talking to you. Can't you hear her? I think you just don't want to teach properly!"

The Copper Lotus pushed away the sword: "I've said everything I can say. If his comprehension isn't enough, that's his own lack of ability. You've also taught him techniques; didn't you say at the time that techniques should follow the heart and not be overthought, and that overthinking would ruin the brain?"

"You—"

Xiang Xiang Hongying was humiliated and wanted to take action against the lotus.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan stepped forward to stop Xiang Xiang Hongying and said to Li Li Banfeng: "Husband, for techniques at this level, the mechanisms are indeed hard to grasp. I learned some knowledge from the Outer Continent when I was researching the Dark Bridge Cannon. Let's study it together; we should be able to think of some tricks."

Why did the wife mention the Outer Continent?

Does this technique have anything to do with that knowledge from the Outer Continent?

It really does.

The so-called unnameable is a synonym for dark matter and dark energy. In the knowledge system of the Outer Continent, there is indeed a more intuitive description of light emission. When Li Li Banfeng returned to Yuezhou University, Song Laoshi had specifically introduced the corresponding research results to Li Li Banfeng.

The wife had also been improving the Dark Bridge Cannon recently and had mastered the knowledge of dark energy. She quickly found the materials. In the handouts and notes provided by Song Laoshi, the concept of dark matter emitting light was mentioned many times.

This is a seemingly contradictory theoretical system. Dark matter does not absorb, emit, or reflect electromagnetic radiation, which is "not emitting light" in the physical sense. This is the definition of dark matter, but in the mathematical model established by Song Laoshi, under certain special circumstances, dark matter can emit light.

Li Li Banfeng had studied very seriously with Song Laoshi at the time, but he hadn't understood this theoretical system. Today, looking through these materials again, he still felt it was very strenuous.

Drinking tea, pinching his thighs, Li Li Banfeng, who had been reading for several hours and had slept for several days, gradually couldn't keep his eyes open.

The wife helped Li Li Banfeng to the bed, covered him with a quilt, and even sang a lullaby.

In his dream, Li Li Banfeng returned to the university classroom. Song Laoshi was on the podium, holding a teaching pointer and lecturing: "Dark matter basically does not interact with electromagnetism, nor does it participate in strong interactions. This was once an iron law in the field of dark matter research.

But currently, this iron law is very likely to be broken. Some disordered changes dominated by dark matter have led to unpredictable but observable forms of energy conversion..."

Upon hearing this theoretical knowledge, Li Li Banfeng could fall asleep even in his dream.

He looked up at Song Laoshi, wanting to take a nap while she wasn't paying attention.

But Song Laoshi's attire gradually changed, which made Li Li Banfeng's drowsiness slowly dissipate.

The black suit skirt turned into a blue-green cheongsam, and the ear-length short hair turned into a finger-wave hairstyle.

The exquisite figure set off by the cheongsam wandered between the podium and the blackboard.

Song Laoshi had turned into Zhao Zhao Xiaowan.

The wife held the teaching pointer and turned her head: "Husband, can you learn it now?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded vigorously: "I can!"

He He Jiaqing said from the side: "Li Banfeng, once you've learned it, you should go to Like Puluozhou."

Li Li Banfeng was stunned: "What for in Like Puluozhou?"

The Copper Lotus said from the side: "You promised to send me back to Like Puluozhou."

He He Jiaqing nodded: "Yes, you promised."

Yes, I promised.

Li Li Banfeng looked at He He Jiaqing: "Stay further away from me!"

He turned his eyes to the Copper Lotus: "You stay further away from me too. If I touch you, I'll face the heavenly light!"

The Copper Lotus hummed: "Without facing the heavenly light, where would you get your cultivation base?"

That's right, where did I get my cultivation base?

Li Li Banfeng suddenly woke up, sat up from the bed, and looked at the Copper Lotus: "Where did I get my cultivation base?"

The Copper Lotus opened her lotus leaves and said softly: "You forgot about this? You faced the heavenly light, had the Dao affinity, used the introductory medicinal powder, and cultivated with concentration, only then did you have a cultivation base."

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan hurriedly wiped the sweat from Li Li Banfeng's forehead: "Husband, did you have a nightmare?"

Li Li Banfeng thought seriously about the Copper Lotus's words.

Xiang Xiang Hongying felt there was nothing to think about; what the Copper Lotus just said was the foundation of the Dao Sect.

Li Li Banfeng asked: "What is the difference between Dao affinity and cultivation base?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan said: "Dao affinity is not cultivation base; Dao affinity is—"

Li Li Banfeng said: "Dao affinity is dark energy, right?"

Hearing him say this, Zhao Zhao Xiaowan understood somewhat.

Li Li Banfeng gathered the knowledge he had previously acquired, including knowledge from his wife, the Peddler, Song Laoshi, Cui Cui Tike, the Old Train, and the Dark Star Bureau, and strung together the theories of the Dao Sect.

"First accumulating Dao affinity is equivalent to having dark energy, but dark energy is disordered, and the physical mutations it brings are also disordered.

The Dao Sect medicinal powder is equivalent to a navigation device, pointing out the direction for the cultivator, turning disordered dark energy into ordered dark energy, forming ordered mutations in the body. Therefore, the Dao Sect medicinal powder of the Outer Continent is called a guiding agent. Am I right?"

Li Li Banfeng looked at the Copper Lotus.

The Copper Lotus corrected a mistake: "People who have just started actually cannot be considered cultivators yet."

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "Right, now I just know how to walk the path, but I haven't moved forward yet, so I can't be considered a cultivator.

A cultivator must cultivate according to the rules of the Dao Sect; this is the process of turning disorder into order. Am I wrong?"

The Copper Lotus sighed: "Oh my, what you said is too profound; I don't understand."

Xiang Xiang Hongying sat beside the Copper Lotus and nodded: "Seventh Brother, what you said is indeed a bit deep; I don't understand either."

The Copper Lotus was silent for a moment and moved further away: "I don't really not understand; I was teasing him on purpose. We two are not quite the same."

Li Li Banfeng scratched his scalp and thought of the key to the problem: "Turning disorder into order is called cultivation; turning order into disorder is Profound Light. Am I right!"

The Copper Lotus was surprised: "I don't understand the learning of the Outer Continent, but I think A-Qi's words make sense!"

Xiang Xiang Hongying picked up the key: "Seventh Brother, I'll go to a room at random; you try again."

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "Be careful; don't let the heavenly light hurt you."

Xiang Xiang Hongying looked relaxed: "Don't worry, I can dodge the heavenly light if it comes."

The Copper Lotus said: "A-Qi, think it over before you try."

Xiang Xiang Hongying went to the eleventh room and shouted: "Seventh Brother, I've put the key away. Do it!"

She wasn't that arrogant; she put the key on the table.

Li Li Banfeng quickly perceived the location of the key and was about to mobilize his own power to release the Profound Light.

But as soon as his body became slightly brighter, he immediately stopped.

Li Li Banfeng felt something was wrong.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan also felt something was wrong: "Husband, don't try it yet."

Li Li Banfeng looked at the Copper Lotus and said: "This technique cannot be used easily because it will cause a loss of cultivation base, right?"

The Copper Lotus nodded: "That's why I told you, a spiritual seal cannot be left casually."

Turning order into disorder, exchanging cultivation base for lethality—the technique of Profound Light Punishing Evil seems extremely powerful, but the price is actually so heavy.

"Seventh Brother, why aren't you trying?" Xiang Xiang Hongying returned to the main room with the key. Hearing Zhao Zhao Xiaowan explain the reason, she only felt that Li Li Banfeng had suffered a huge loss. "What kind of technique causes a loss of cultivation base? Techniques are supposed to make your cultivation base advance faster the more you use them! Seventh Brother, let's not learn this."

The Copper Lotus sighed: "It's too late. From the moment you learned how to make a spiritual seal, the technique of this layer has already been occupied."

Xiang Xiang Hongying shouted angrily: "There are so many techniques you didn't teach, yet you specifically taught this one. You just don't have good intentions!"

"General Hong, you have to be reasonable when you speak!" The Copper Lotus pointed at Li Li Banfeng with a lotus leaf. "I didn't force him when he learned the technique, nor did I lie to him. This was his own choice."

Li Li Banfeng had nothing to say.

Xiang Xiang Hongying comforted him: "It doesn't matter if you learned it; we just won't use it in the future."

The Copper Lotus said: "That's not up to him. If the technique is truly learned, once the key is lost, you will have a perception. Once the perception comes, the Profound Light will follow and go out. So I'll remind you one more time: absolutely do not leave a spiritual seal casually."

PS: Li Banfeng didn't feel he suffered a loss; he felt this technique still had great use. ===== CHAPTER 795 =====