Chapter 28: Qi Training Level 4

The next day.

Early in the morning, Li An and Tan Qingxue set out. The sect arranged a spirit beast, the white eagle, to pick them up, which saved them the trouble of traveling.

The white eagle flapped its wings and flew out of the mountain gate, with the sound of wind whistling in his ears.

Li An suddenly remembered six years ago, when he walked step by step through the rugged mountain road and arrived at the mountain gate of Xuanyang Sect.

Now, after leaving Xuanyang Sect, the scenery is different.

…

In the evening, Li An and Tan Qingxue saw a prosperous market built between the mountains.

The market was built on a secondary spirit vein, and the traffic was very busy. In the outer area ten miles away from the market, many disciples of Xuanyang Sect were patrolling everywhere. Seeing that it was the white eagle of Xuanyang Sect escorting them, they did not stop them and let them into the market.

Li An couldn't help but be a little alert. It seemed that what Xu Qiuhui said was true. The security around the market was probably not that good.

However, the market was protected by a large formation, and even robbery cultivators did not dare to enter it, so it was safe.

At the gate of the market, Li An and Tan Qingxue got off the white eagle, verified their identities at the gate, and entered the city.

The market was very lively, with a lot of traffic, and all the people coming and going were cultivators.

The Futang store was located in the center of the second street of the market. The location was very good, and the storefront was decorated quite high-end. There were four big characters on the plaque: Xuanyang Fulu.

These four characters were roughly equivalent to announcing to the world that this was the official store of Xuanyang Sect.

When Tan Qingxue and Li An arrived, a young disciple in the Futang was bored and guarding the counter. Seeing that they were from Xuanyang Sect, he hurriedly stepped forward enthusiastically:

"Two senior brothers and sisters, what do you need here? I am Wang Yun, a disciple of Li Duzhu, the Xuanyang branch of the Futang."

Tan Qingxue said: "I am here to replace Master Li Fu under the order of the Futang. Please inform him."

Wang Yun hurriedly ran in after hearing this.

Soon, an old talisman master with gray hair and beard came out tremblingly, extremely excited: "The sect finally let me go back... I've been away from the talisman hall for sixty years, so good!"

He took Tan Qingxue and Li An and walked around the store, telling Tan Qingxue and Li An all the precautions.

Then he packed up and left overnight happily.

In the talisman hall, only Tan Qingxue, Li An, and Wang Yun, who was helping, were left.

The store was not big. The front hall was where the goods were sold, and there was a small courtyard at the back for them to live in. Compared with the environment of the talisman hall, it was much worse, but it was barely acceptable.

The operation model of the talisman store was not complicated. Every month, the sect would send a batch of goods, mainly talismans, talisman pens, talisman paper and surrounding materials. Li An and others were mainly responsible for selling this batch of goods.

The prices of these goods were fixed, and the income was regularly handed over to the sect. If the sales volume was high, there would be a certain reward. If the sales volume was insufficient, the monthly allowance would be deducted.

——But since Xuanyang Sect's things are generally in short supply, there is no worry about selling them.

In fact, Xuanyang Sect does not rely on selling goods to make money. The main income of the market is rent.

Most of the shops in the market are rented by other immortal cultivation forces in the surrounding area. They need to pay a lot of rent to Xuanyang Sect every month. Just relying on the rent, Xuanyang Sect can collect a large amount of spiritual stones every month.

The reason for opening shops is just to maintain the popularity of the market. After all, other immortal cultivation forces, casual cultivators, etc. can buy things produced by Xuanyang Sect here, which can increase the attraction.

Li An roughly calculated that he could earn a total of about four spiritual stones per month here. He had to pay for food and drink by himself. It was much worse than in the talisman hall, and there was no free talisman pen and talisman paper.

But what made him happy was that he could also refine talismans and sell them by himself here, and this part of the income would belong to himself and did not need to be handed over.

Soon, Tan Qingxue and Li An settled down and supported the daily operation of the store.

After a brief period of depression, Tan Qingxue quickly regained her fighting spirit. As a first-class upper-grade talisman master, she refined two additional first-class upper-grade talismans and ten first-class middle-grade talismans in the first month, and her personal extra income reached 30 spirit stones!

Li An also quietly took out a lot of first-class low-grade talismans in stock, mainly fine talismans such as flame talismans, cold wind talismans, and earth shield talismans, and sold them for more than 20 spirit stones.

Including the cost, Li An can make a steady net profit of 20 spirit stones every month!

This speed made Li An very satisfied.

This surprised Tan Qingxue a little. Li An's talisman-making efficiency... was obviously much higher than when he was in the talisman hall!

However, thinking of what Xu Qiuhui said about Li An, she did not show any surprise, and kept silent about it. She even took the initiative to find Li An twice and told him in detail the key points of making first-class middle-grade talismans.

Her enthusiasm and initiative surprised Li An. Tan Qingxue seemed to be very sincere. Even when he kept his distance, she still cared about him very much, which was a bit like trying to please someone.

Li An did not refuse too much, nor did he take the initiative too much. Everything went as it should.

In the blink of an eye, three months passed.

The talisman shop was operating normally, and the business was even better than before.

After all, Tan Qingxue and Li An could be said to be elites among talisman masters, and the talismans they made were also very popular.

In order not to delay her and Li An's cultivation, Tan Qingxue paid out of her own pocket and recruited two young people who knew her well to be with Wang Yun to help with the sales work.

Li An and her lived in seclusion behind the scenes, making talismans and practicing with peace of mind.

It was even more comfortable than when they were in the talisman hall.

All this was just as Li An expected.

…

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, three years had passed.

One day, Li An walked out of his residence, his face full of joy.

After three years, he finally broke through to the fourth level of Qi training!

Three years ago, he had completed the third level of Qi training, but it took him another three years to cross this threshold.

After all, the first three levels of Qi training belong to the early stage of Qi training. After the middle stage of Qi training, the difficulty of cultivation is completely different.

The upper limit of the cultivation of low-level Huang-grade spiritual roots is generally about the sixth level of Qi training. Without the opportunity, they will never reach the late stage of Qi training in their lifetime.

"The range of the Super Sense Art has expanded to 300 meters..."

Li An murmured. As his cultivation level increased, the perception range of the Super Sense Art also increased.

"Iron Tree Art has become one-third of the flesh training."

In the past three years, he has been buying silver sand in the market. Because the source is more abundant, he has never lacked it. His arms and chest have already been refined into the silver flesh state.

Can withstand the attack of a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training!

"In three years, in addition to practicing and breaking through the barriers, as well as buying silver sand, medicine, talisman paper and talisman pen, there are still more than 300 spiritual stones left..."

Li An counted his current "deposits" and was quite happy.

"I can also try to make a first-grade top-grade talisman!"

In three years, he has completely mastered the first-grade middle-grade talisman and is very handy.

Currently, he still has a hundred first-grade middle-grade talismans in his hand!

Before he has mastered the production of first-grade top-grade talismans, he will not let anyone know that he can refine first-grade middle-grade talismans.

Always keep a hand for yourself.

He took out the high-grade talisman pen that Xu Qiuhui gave him three years ago!

The high-grade talisman pen is made of spiritual materials throughout, the main body is snow bamboo, and the pen tip is made of first-grade top-grade white crane hair. It is very precious, and one pen costs hundreds of spiritual stones!

For Li An, this is a heavy gift.

Li An knows that Xu Qiuhui should have seen some clues about the incident in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range and guessed something, so she gave such a heavy gift, which is quite a bit of "entrusting" meaning, asking Li An to take care of Tan Qingxue.

Li An didn't care about it. As long as it didn't endanger the core interests, he could help. After all, it was worth it to build a good relationship with a future foundation-building cultivator.

But if Tan Qingxue really wanted to do something stupid, he would still follow the principle: respect the fate of others.

The high-level talisman pen was very light in his hand and difficult to grasp.

Among the goods sent to the store by Xuanyang Sect for sale, there was also high-level talisman paper. Over the past three years, Li An bought one from time to time, and now he has saved 52 sheets.

Spread out the snow-white talisman paper, hold the talisman pen that is as light as a feather, and gently write ink.

As soon as the pen tip fell, the talisman paper was destroyed!

It is too difficult to make a first-level superior talisman.

Li An was not discouraged and continued to write.

That night, Li An wasted more than 30 pieces of talisman paper, and the success rate was zero.

Even though Li An had a strong mental strength, he couldn't help feeling sleepy, and he fell asleep.

The next day, he continued to refine, but today, when there were only four pieces of talisman paper left, he finally finished the last stroke and succeeded in drawing one!

"First-grade superior talisman, imprisonment talisman, it's done!"

Li An was very excited. On the snow-white talisman paper, a chain symbol seemed to contain the breath of the avenue.

The success rate was very tragic. Only one of the fifty-three talisman papers succeeded!

However, this is already amazing. From the first-grade intermediate to the first-grade superior, the gap between the two is difficult to cross. If there is no extraordinary talent, the average talisman master may spend more than ten years and spend sky-high spirit stones to achieve a small success.

Li An can draw one with more than fifty pieces of talisman paper, which has even exceeded the success rate of geniuses like Tan Qingxue when they first started.

This is mainly due to the strong mental power and the experience of the previous life.

"The quality is not too high. It should be useless against cultivators at the eighth and ninth levels of Qi Refining, but it can have an impact on the seventh level of Qi Refining. For the sixth level of Qi Refining and below... there is a high probability that it can achieve real confinement!"

Li An whispered.

Now his mental power can manipulate about twenty first-level medium-grade talismans at the same time.

Use the confinement talisman to control people, and twenty first-level medium-grade talismans to kill together. Cultivators at the fifth and sixth levels of Qi Refining will definitely be killed instantly without treasures to protect themselves!

Putting away the talisman, he began to practice water arrows again!

Now, he can send out thirty water arrows at a time!

The control distance of the star dagger has also reached one hundred meters.

In the next three months, Li An remained calm and bought another one hundred high-level talismans from the store by himself!

On this day three months later, Li An left the store.

After more than three years in Fangshi, he basically understood the surrounding situation and could do that thing.

Selling stolen goods!

…