I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#142 - Silver Talisman

As the little bean sprout put pen to paper, Zhang Chen looked over, and his whole person couldn't help but freeze. Although the talisman drawn by the little bean sprout was exactly the same as the one he had drawn, the order of the strokes was off by one.

And it was this one stroke that was like a thunderbolt across Zhang Chen's mind, instantly like the creation of the world, with countless inspirations surging in.

"No, the stroke I drew is wrong! It's different from yours by one stroke." After the little bean sprout finished drawing the talisman, she muttered to herself, then erased the talisman, preparing to learn from Zhang Chen's stroke.

"No! The order of your strokes is correct, the order of my strokes is wrong! How did you think of writing it like this?" Zhang Chen looked at the little bean sprout with a hint of incomprehension in his eyes.

"I was learning to draw talismans from you, and I always felt that the strokes were not smooth, as if the strokes of writing were wrong. It felt very strange to write, so I subconsciously changed it," said the little bean sprout.

Zhang Chen's mouth twitched when he heard this. Could this be possible?

Is Cheng Yu's talent really that high?

The other party had absolutely no research on talismans, but she actually drew the correct talisman based on the so-called unsmooth strokes. What was Zhang Chen, who had been painstakingly comprehending it for several days, supposed to think?

His heart was full of mlgp, it was really too frustrating, making people feel ashamed, making one feel like a pig.

Zhang Chen ignored the little bean sprout at this time, but looked at his golden finger panel:

[9 Skills (Entry): Town Character Talisman (0/50)]

[Note 1: Can suppress non-entry strange power.]

[Note 2: Find a piece of yellow paper and some cinnabar, mix them together, and use magic power to draw the talisman to complete it]

[Points: 104000]

"Eh~" Zhang Chen looked at the golden finger panel with a look of surprise, because this Town Character Talisman required fewer points to upgrade than his Immobilization Talisman.

But the fact that it could suppress all mysterious power aroused Zhang Chen's interest.

Without thinking, Zhang Chen directly added points to it, directly adding points from entry to perfection, and then Zhang Chen's golden finger panel flashed again:

[9 Skills (Perfection): Town Character Talisman (0/800)]

[Points: 103200]

"Another upgrade will be an entry level, crossing from the mortal to the mysterious." Zhang Chen glanced at the points, still more than one hundred thousand, still very rich, and directly added it.

[[9 Skills (Quasi-First Order): Town Character Talisman]

[Requires ten pounds of pure silver]

"This time it needs silver?" Zhang Chen stroked his chin thoughtfully as he looked at the golden finger panel.

"I lack everything, but I don't lack silver. It's just that there are experts in the Taoist temple now. Not to mention the mysterious Gu Mingyue, even those armored soldiers must be careful to deal with. If I cause any unnecessary trouble, I'm afraid it will put me in danger." Zhang Chen temporarily put down his thoughts. For the sake of prudence, he decided to go out after dark.

At this time, snoring sounded in the room. Cheng Yu had a book on her head, and snoring came from under the book.

Zhang Chen looked at the sky. It was already dark. He didn't expect that he had spent several hours studying talismans.

Zhang Chen glanced at Cheng Yu, and the next moment he turned into a vampire bat, silently flapping his wings and disappearing into the night.

This time he learned his lesson, not only flying at low altitude, but also dispersing the vampire bats.

Returning to the cave again, Zhang Chen went directly to the pile of silver, and then he saw silver mist rising up, pouring into his mouth and nose, appearing in Zhang Chen's brow center, turning into a silver-white talisman.

Silver Talisman - Success!

Then Zhang Chen continued to add points to upgrade his talisman.

First Order, points deducted by 800

Second Order, points deducted by 4000

Third Order, points deducted by 20000

At this time, Zhang Chen's skill had reached the Fourth Order:

[9 Skills (Fourth Order): Town Character Talisman (200000)]

[Points: 79400]

In his Azure Lotus, four silver talismans flickered, dancing in the air like spiritual butterflies, constantly entangled with magic power. As Zhang Chen chanted, the four silver talismans overlapped into one, quietly suspended in the Azure Lotus, accepting the tempering of magic power.

"Not bad, not bad! The mystery of the Town Character Talisman lies in suppressing those difficult characters, mainly suppressing the kind of strange things that cannot be killed, but cannot be released. It is also effective for humans, and can suppress their soul power and seal all their means." Zhang Chen looked at the Town Character Talisman, increasingly satisfied, and then leisurely fed the bumblebees before turning into a vampire bat and leaving.

After returning to the Taoist temple, Zhang Chen looked at Cheng Yu who was still sleeping soundly, and couldn't help but secretly laugh: "Sleeping like a little pig!"

Then he picked up this girl and put her on his bed. Zhang Chen didn't meditate or practice, but picked up the yellow paper on the table, ground the cinnabar clean, and began to outline the silver talisman he had just obtained.

As a silver light flashed, all the text symbols on the talisman disappeared, leaving only a light yellow piece of paper, quietly placed on the desk.

Zhang Chen took his golden talisman over, holding the golden talisman in his left hand and the silver talisman in his right hand, carefully looking at and comparing them, with a look of contemplation in his eyes.

Although this talisman is still yellow paper, after he drew the talisman and applied magic power, this talisman has changed.

First of all, it is very heavy. This talisman is three to five times heavier than normal paper, and it is also very tough, just like artificial leather.

"A little interesting!" Zhang Chen stroked the talisman, with a look of thought in his eyes: "It's a pity there is no chance to experiment for the time being."

Zhang Chen drew a few more silver talismans, placing them on the table for a rainy day, waiting to equip the little bean sprout tomorrow. He was also afraid that the function would not be enough, so he specially infused the light of the true god to increase the restraint power against strange things.

Although the light of the true god can only exist for one day, the little bean sprout is with him every day, and he can replenish it at any time.

This Huangli Temple is not safe! We need more insurance!

As for losing it?

This talisman was drawn by him personally, related to his essence, qi, and spirit, how could it be lost?

Even if someone picked it up, he could sense it from afar, and then summon it back with a thought.

"Am I considered an expert now?" Zhang Chen's mouth curled up, with a hint of smugness.

Golden talismans and silver talismans will be Zhang Chen's most important trump cards to resist assassinations and even interceptions in the future.

"A little hungry!" Zhang Chen finished drawing the talisman, stroking his belly, which began to rumble again.

But there is no way, now there is an imperial army here, and I don't know if there are any aliens in the imperial army (the author Jun changed the gods to aliens, so as not to be confused with the Huangtiandao conferring gods in the future).

"Bear with it! When that noble girl goes down the mountain, will I still be afraid of not having food?" Zhang Chen muttered to himself, then lay on the bed, put the little bean sprout in his arms, as if holding a doll, directly suffocating the little bean sprout in his arms.

The little bean sprout was drowsy, and at this time she was sleep-talking: "Zhang Chen, I'm hungry! I want to eat meat."

Zhang Chen heard this, raised his head and glanced at the little bean sprout. Seeing that the other party was talking nonsense in his sleep and hadn't woken up, he curled his lips, pinched the little bean sprout's face, and then fell asleep as well.

Zhang Chen fell into a drowsy sleep, but Xie Lingyun in the small building found it difficult to fall asleep.

Inside the small building where Xie Lingyun was resting, a censer slowly emitted green smoke. Xie Lingyun held a hand seal, sat cross-legged in front of the censer, and entered a state of concentration.

At this moment, Xie Lingyun was surrounded by black air, which transformed into a huge skeleton, directly enveloping Xie Lingyun, as if to swallow Xie Lingyun into its belly.

Sweat poured down Xie Lingyun's body like rain, not only wetting her clothes, but even the futon she was sitting on was stained with sweat.

'Huff~'

Suddenly, at a certain moment, Xie Lingyun inhaled sharply, and the smoke and fire in the censer were instantly inhaled into Xie Lingyun's chest. As the smoke and fire entered her abdomen, Xie Lingyun's aura flickered continuously, and the hand seals changed. Finally, at a certain moment, the black skeleton around her body receded, leaving only Xie Lingyun sitting quietly on the futon, her breathing becoming steady.

After about a quarter of an hour, Xie Lingyun opened her eyes, a solemn look in her eyes: "The trouble is big! The backlash from this mysterious thing is getting bigger and bigger. As my cultivation increases, its power also becomes stronger and stronger. It has even transformed into my inner demon, living with me as one. If I can't find a way to restrain this strange thing before the next breakthrough, I'm afraid I will suffer a calamity and die. I don't have much time left. I must find a way to suppress this strange thing before the next breakthrough."

It turned out that Xie Lingyun's confrontation with the skeleton formed by the black airflow was actually to suppress her realm, unwilling to let her realm break through.

"I originally hoped that this most mysterious Huangtian Dao would have some ability, but Huangtian Dao has disappointed me a bit! The boasting downstairs was loud and clear, but after coming upstairs, I found that it was completely different. Although the incense divine power of Huangtian Dao is mysterious, it cannot suppress that strangeness, let alone peel that damned demon from my soul."

"Although this strangeness, which claims to be a heavenly demon, is not very high in realm, only at the fourth realm, it is extremely bizarre. It is one with my soul, parasitic in my soul, immortal and indestructible, truly difficult to deal with. In the future, either I will subdue it, or it will swallow me and replace me." Xie Lingyun slowly stood up and said to the outside of the door: "Bring a basin of water, I want to wash up."

The next morning

Zhang Chen was dragged up by the little bean sprout, and after washing up, he walked towards the main hall. Everyone began to do morning lessons.

Since Xie Lingyun came, the Taoist temple's morning practice rules were completely canceled. After the disciples finished their morning lessons and received their breakfast, they began to busy themselves with their own work.

When Zhang Chen and the little bean sprout carried the mop and bucket to the main hall, they saw the noble lady they had seen yesterday standing in front of the main hall, burning incense.

There were no guards outside the main hall. It seemed that the guards should be scattered around the Taoist temple, sealing off dangerous places.

Seeing the red figure burning incense, Zhang Chen and the little bean sprout, who were originally talking and laughing, immediately stood at the entrance of the main hall, not knowing whether to enter or not. Zhang Chen looked at the little bean sprout, and the little bean sprout looked at Zhang Chen. For a moment, both were at a loss.

The woman in red finished her kowtow, stood up and looked at Zhang Chen and Cheng Yu, a clear and clean smile on her beautiful face, which made Zhang Chen couldn't help but be stunned and attracted by it.

"You don't have to worry about me. Do your work, lest you can't finish it and be punished by the old bull-nosed Taoist in the Taoist temple. Don't blame me then." Xie Lingyun said with a smile, while looking at the clean and fair little bean sprout, she couldn't help but step forward and stretched out her slender fingers, grasping Cheng Yu's fair cheeks and pulling them into a '囧' shape, her words full of love: "What a cute girl!"

The little bean sprout immediately turned into a bitter gourd face. Even Xie Lingyun's bright smile now turned into a big devil, but afraid of the other party's identity, she didn't dare to resist, so she could only lower her head with a bitter face, sullenly dragging the mop in her hand.

But Xie Lingyun didn't care so much, stretched out her hand and rubbed the little bean sprout's head vigorously, quite like rubbing a dog's head angrily, and then released Cheng Yu with satisfaction, gracefully walking out of the main hall.

Watching Xie Lingyun's receding back, the little bean sprout rubbed her face vigorously: "Women are tigers, this sentence is indeed correct."

Zhang Chen glanced at the little tiger, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, but chose to work obediently.

The two finished cleaning the main hall in the afternoon. After returning to the dormitory building, Zhang Chen grabbed the little bean sprout's collar and came to the table: "You must keep these runes safe. These runes are life-saving things at critical moments. If you want to activate the runes, you only need to bite your finger, stain it with blood, and silently recite 'Hurry, hurry, like the law', and you can naturally activate the power of the talisman."

The little bean sprout took the rune handed over by Zhang Chen, looked at the rune paper, and showed a hint of surprise: "Where did you buy this rune paper? It seems different from the ones in our Taoist temple."

Zhang Chen heard this and touched the little bean sprout's head: "This is a treasure I made exclusively. Where can you buy it outside?"

"Zhang Chen, thank you!"

The little bean sprout looked at Zhang Chen with a strange expression, and then solemnly put the rune into the storage bag in her sleeve, and then at a certain moment suddenly turned her head to look at Zhang Chen, with some uncertainty in her voice: "Junior brother."

"Hmm?" Zhang Chen was practicing calligraphy, heard this and turned his head to look at the little bean sprout.

"Could it be that you have a mental problem?" Cheng Yu tentatively asked carefully.

Zhang Chen's expression suddenly stiffened upon hearing this, and his tone became a little higher: "You still don't believe that I can cultivate immortality? Do you think I'm crazy?"

"I believe it! I believe it!" The little bean sprout quickly guaranteed: "How could I not believe you? I believe you can refine Qi into immortality and cultivate the ability to be immortal and eternal. I will have to rely on you to protect me in the future."

Hearing the little bean sprout's words and looking at the little bean sprout's sincere eyes, the doubts in Zhang Chen's heart gradually disappeared, but he always felt that something seemed a little wrong.

"You continue to practice calligraphy, I have something to go out for a while." The little bean sprout said to Zhang Chen, then got up and slowly walked out of the house. When she came to the threshold, she turned back to look at Zhang Chen, and then her figure disappeared in the small courtyard.

"This little guy, I always feel that something is not right." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

"Does she really believe that I am really cultivating immortality?"

Zhang Chen stroked his chin and fell into deep thought: "She should believe it, right? Otherwise, why would she put away the talisman?"