FVN 67. Overwhelming force from the system
67. Overwhelming force from the system
The portal opened, and Xu Yan flashed back to the rented room.
Fully armed and dressed in protective suits, Li Er and Zhang San stood in the living room, holding a spray gun high, spraying smoke that filled the room and blurred the view.
The pungent smell of medicine instantly filled Xu Yan's nostrils, making him feel nauseous. He quickly held his breath and asked, "What's going on with you two?"
"Disinfect!" Li Er thought to himself, it's so obvious, can't you see it?
Xu Yan quickly cast a barrier spell on himself, shutting out the pungent smell of disinfectant: "No need to trouble yourself, I won't bring back any otherworldly microorganisms every time I use magic to purify!"
Li Er stopped spraying and said weakly, "It's not just microorganisms, there might be other unclean things too..."
What the hell?
Xu Yan nearly exploded on the spot: "Wait, what the hell are you guys spraying?"
He's a writer, so he definitely knows this!
Traditional customs involve using black dog blood, boy's urine, or even a woman's menstrual blood to solve this problem. Spraying these things in his house...
Li Er reacted quickly, explaining that this was just a specially formulated disinfectant that contained absolutely no traditional ingredients, and it took him a lot of effort to calm Xu Yan down.
The renowned writer Xu had no time for their nonsense: "I need more jade talismans, the more the better. Deduct the amount directly..."
Before the words were even finished, a text message notification appeared: Your account has completed a transfer transaction of 14000000 yuan.
His eyes widened: "Fourteen million? That much?"
"Gold prices have risen sharply recently, so there are more... and we used special channels to avoid some income tax, otherwise it would be even more!"
"Forget it, money isn't important, just pay the taxes as usual!" Xu Yan ripped open his storage bag, letting the things he brought back spill all over the floor. "This, this, and this, help me with this, this, and this; I'm in a hurry, hurry up! This, this, and this are all refining materials, I don't know what they're used for, you can take them back and study them yourselves!"
Without waiting for their response, he hurriedly opened the portal and returned to the cultivation world.
Li Er and Zhang San inwardly groaned: Here we go again?
It hasn't even been two hours yet, how anxious are you?
There was no other way; I made it!
The two raced against time and immediately began to contact each other.
Xu Yan also seized every second, and immediately sat down to meditate and cultivate after passing through the light gate.
Three days later, Xu Yan successfully broke through, and his cultivation level increased significantly.
Before the spiritual energy could dissipate, it was gathered up by Master Cheng's magic.
Xu Yan paused to adjust his breathing, then quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Senior!"
"Not bad, very good!" Master Cheng stroked his beard and chuckled. "You've reached the late stage of Qi Refining, haven't you?"
Xu Yan nodded: "By luck."
"There's no such thing as luck in spiritual practice." Master Cheng waved his hand. "There's still no news about that matter?"
Xu Yan smiled wryly: "If I urge them again, it should be done soon."
He was speechless. The old Taoist priest had been working tirelessly these past few days, running to him whenever he had a spare moment, repeatedly asking when he could get the jade talisman.
Xu Yan also wanted to hurry, but three days here is only 10 hours in the real world. Adding the previous 10 hours, it's less than a day in total. This is too rushed!
Master Cheng slumped his shoulders: "It's nothing, I was just asking, just asking."
Your attitude suggests that this isn't just a simple question!
"How's it going outside?" Xu Yan asked.
He had been focused on his spiritual practice these past few days and knew nothing about the situation outside the city.
Master Cheng sighed, "What else can we do? The demon has become even more ruthless. We've already used up almost all our spirit stones, and now we're relying entirely on our spiritual techniques. At most, we can only last another half a day!"
"How could this be?" Xu Yan blurted out, "Where is Master Tian? Is his injury still not healed?"
Master Cheng shook his head: "It is said that the blood and qi have entered the body, damaging the foundation. It will take at least three to five years of seclusion to recover."
Has the situation become that serious?
"Has Thousand Heron Island not sent any more Golden Core cultivators?"
Master Cheng slowly shook his head and sighed.
Xu Yan's divine sense stirred, and he happened to see Li Er and Zhang San carrying suitcases into the rented room. He immediately said solemnly, "This junior understands, and will think of a solution immediately!"
Master Cheng said, "No need to force yourself, just do your best." With that, he turned and left the courtyard.
Xu Yan really wanted to ask whether you were being sincere or not.
Master Cheng did not leave, but stood silently outside the guest courtyard.
He knew that Xu Yan had a secret and guessed that those jade talismans were of extraordinary origin, so he not only took the initiative to avoid them, but also stayed behind to provide cover.
Xu Yan flashed back to the rented room, and before Li and Zhang could react, he snatched the box and returned to the cultivation world, leaving behind only a faint echo of his words: "Hurry up with the rest, I need them urgently!"
Li and Zhang rolled their eyes: Who are these people?
Xu Yan opened the box, sorted all the equipment into categories, putting away what needed to be put away and sending a telepathic message back to Daoist Cheng, handing him a stack of jade talismans.
Master Cheng exclaimed excitedly several times, "Mo Ting, no matter who asks, these jade talismans are what I've slowly accumulated over the years. Remember that?"
Xu Yan cupped his hands and said, "This junior will remember!"
"Excellent!" Master Cheng's face crinkled into a wide smile as he continued refining the jade talisman, pouring out his grievances. "Ever since he learned that I had fifth-tier jade talismans, Fellow Daoist Yuan has been asking me for them countless times. Even True Person Tian has asked twice. Well, well, well!"
Xu Yan then realized the reason behind it all; the root of the problem lay with Yuan Heng!
Master Cheng must have been under a lot of pressure these past few days, but he didn't want to pass it on to Xu Yan, so he chose to bear it all himself.
Xu Yan bowed again: "Thank you, senior."
"No need, no need. I should be the one thanking you properly." Master Cheng put away the refined jade talisman and transmitted his voice, "Never let any unrefined jade talisman be given out, or there will be a great disaster!"
Refining jade talismans has always been a time-consuming and laborious task. Most of the time, they are refined for personal use, and the supply has always fallen short of demand, resulting in extremely high prices.
Once a jade manual is refined into a first-tier jade talisman, its value immediately doubles.
Second-order, third-order, and then we need to flip to even higher levels.
There are approximately 20 to 30 fourth-tier jade talismans.
The fifth tier is even more outrageous, with prices ranging from thirty to fifty, and some even reaching eighty or ninety!
Level 6 and above have always been in high demand but low supply, making it a truly lucrative industry.
But now?
Xu Yan created a pre-made blank talisman, which can be refined by simply tracing it with true essence, directly lowering the threshold of talisman refining from the sky to the ground.
Once the news gets out, it will attract the covetous eyes of countless powerful figures and sects.
Xu Yan didn't think it was a big deal. Was Industrial Cthulhu just a joke to you?
Master Cheng put away the jade talisman he had just finished refining and was about to continue when his expression suddenly changed. He picked out one from among the many talismans: "Nine Heavens Thunderclap?"
He nearly popped his old eyes out: "How did you do that? How did you do that?"
Such complex array symbols could be inscribed in advance... This kid must have too many secrets!
Xu Yan was also stunned. He thought he knew a lot about industry, but now he realized that his previous knowledge was just superficial.
No, we need to create some more complex arrays and strengthen the Special Security Bureau's capabilities!
Oh, and there's one more thing!
Xu Yan slapped his forehead, took out a short sword and several strange-looking black iron boxes: "Senior, could you please ask that Golden Core cultivator to help me refine a few things?"