Asked About The World Of Mortals

Chapter 35: Flying Flowers Light as a Dream

"Alright, let go of me first. Holding onto a stick and looking foolish, don't you feel embarrassed?" Liu Su said, "If Li Qingjun sees this, she'll probably think you have some strange fetish, and your good fortune will be ruined."

Qin Yi sat on the side, placing the wolf tooth club horizontally on his knee. "Originally, going out without you by my side made me feel uncomfortable all over. If something really happened to you, I'm afraid I wouldn't know how to live."

Liu Su remained silent for a moment, sighed, and didn't say anything.

A dark club body, boundless and desolate. Its spiritual power was weak, and even controlling the club body was limited to a small area. It couldn't go far, and didn't dare to. The secluded courtyard was quiet and lonely, with endless solitude.

Being perpetually lonely in the Xianji Mountain was one thing, but once it tasted the flavor of the mortal world again, it never wanted to experience that feeling again.

At the moment when outsiders climbed over the wall and entered, even though it was confident that there wouldn't be any problems with the formation, it still felt a momentary sense of helplessness in its heart, hoping that Qin Yi would be by its side.

Qin Yi said, "From now on, even if I go to face the king, I will bring you along. Otherwise, I won't go."

Liu Su chuckled lightly and said, "Then let me possess you?"

Let me possess you, not afraid that I won't possess you.

Liu Su did indeed want to possess Qin Yi. This was the biggest issue between the two of them.

Qin Yi knew that during the initial period of their acquaintance, Liu Su definitely had the idea of possessing him in its heart. This wasn't his own suspicion, but a necessary conclusion. Liu Su had never tried to argue or defend itself because it truly wanted to possess him and didn't bother to lie or defend itself.

Qin Yi's body was different from others, and it was useful to Liu Su.

They had been wary of each other until now, and neither side knew what kind of relationship they had.

"You..." Qin Yi sighed softly, "Do you really want to kill me?"

Liu Su remained silent for a long time.

After a while, it slowly changed the topic, "These people are low-level cultivators who climbed over the wall and entered the backyard, avoiding the guards of the royal palace. I think they are most likely from the Donghua Sect, taking advantage of your meeting with the king to come and find out about you. Suddenly, a cultivator who can argue with him appeared, which is probably more alarming to Donghua Zi than anything else."

Qin Yi listened attentively to its somewhat verbose diversion, and didn't continue with the previous question. After listening carefully, he asked, "What sect is the First Palace of the Central Heaven Divine Watchtower?"

Liu Su was taken aback, "I've never heard of it."

Qin Yi tapped his head. Yes, Liu Su had been in the mountains for countless years and how could it possibly know about the rise and fall of many sects in the world?

It seemed that he would have to find another way to learn about the common knowledge of the current Immortal Cultivation World.

"Ming He comes from this sect. Judging from the king's tone, this sect should be quite famous in this world... like in the Journey to the West, when others hear about the Heavenly Court or the Yaochi, they have a certain feeling."

"I expected as much," Liu Su said, "So, is she really on Donghua Zi's side?"

"At the very least, she is standing opposite Li Qinglin. This is the biggest variable. If it's not resolved, no matter how much Li Qinglin calculates, it will be useless."

"When there is an absolute gap in power, ordinary wisdom becomes limited," Liu Su said lightly, "I suggest you be prepared to run away at any time and make a teleportation talisman. That's today's lesson."

Running away... Qin Yi pursed his lips and didn't respond.

"Don't want to leave Li Qingjun?" Liu Su immediately saw through his thoughts and laughed, "What did the king say?"

Qin Yi's face turned slightly red, and he honestly said, "He said he would think about it again, but I think he probably already has a leaning. He's not a king who values national affairs. The reason he wants to marry into our family is probably to avoid disturbances from other countries invading and interrupting his cultivation. Since he's that kind of person, I'm afraid my elixirs will be more attractive to him than whether or not the enemy country will cause trouble."

Liu Su fell silent again.

Qin Yi asked, "What's wrong?"

"I haven't really... At this point, you can consider yourself on the hit list along with Donghua Zi and Mang Zhan. It's better not to go out if there's nothing important."

"I don't really go out much anyway."

Liu Su didn't respond to this, and suddenly began softly reciting a chant: "Heaven attains clarity, Earth attains tranquility, Valley attains abundance, Man attains longevity..."

Qin Yi was taken aback for a moment, but Liu Su continued reciting without pause, reciting hundreds of words without finishing.

It seemed as if he knew something and silently memorized it.

"The alchemist, singular and alone. The one, singular and alone. The Way has no opposition, thus it is called alchemy," Liu Su concluded, "As for the most basic path of internal alchemy, I can't guarantee if there are any hidden backdoors. Whether you practice it or not is up to you."

Qin Yi remained silent for a moment and whispered, "Alright."

...

Whether or not he practiced internal alchemy, it was not something that could be achieved overnight. What could truly be expedited at the moment was the art of talisman crafting. Even if it wasn't used for escape, it added a bit of safety.

Qin Yi casually had some lunch and then began making talismans.

Yellow paper, cinnabar. Things that he completely disbelieved in another world were now not only believed, but also being made.

He learned talisman crafting faster than alchemy. When he first learned pharmacology, he had no foundation and relied solely on his intelligence. He learned it the hard way. In his previous life, his specialty was calligraphy and painting. The sketches in the old house in Xianji Village were just done casually. In reality, he was proficient in various forms of calligraphy and painting. This basic skill was like a gift from heaven when it came to drawing talismans.

Without the prerequisite of spiritual power, the most important thing in talisman crafting was the absolute precision of the lines. There couldn't be the slightest error, as a small error could lead to a huge mistake. And talismans were already extremely complex, engraved with the most profound laws of heaven and earth. It was not easy to draw them with absolute precision.

Just this level of skill would take months for someone who had never tried it before to attempt making even the lowest level talisman.

But a few days ago, when Qin Yi first learned the Floating Talisman, he succeeded after only wasting three talismans.

"Tsk, there's still the need for flying white here. How can the flowing threads of flying white be absolutely precise?" Qin Yi helplessly threw away a failed talisman. Liu Su had carved the pattern on the ground with a wolf's tooth, and many places couldn't completely match the pen and paper, so Qin Yi had to make corrections while drawing and explaining. He had wasted seven or eight talismans and still hadn't succeeded in making this Expedient Talisman.

"Be content. You have so many cinnabar and talisman paper to waste. If it were in Xianji Village, it wouldn't be possible. Otherwise, I should have taught you talisman crafting instead of medicine making from the beginning. These things are quite expensive, especially this yellow qin paper and this red spirit cinnabar. They naturally possess spiritual power, and their production is probably scarce and hard to find." Liu Su teased with a laugh. "Work hard and become a marquis, then it will be even easier in the future."

"Pah, if I had that intention, Li Qingjun wouldn't look at me."

Liu Su laughed and said, "To do without doing, this is the realm of cultivation. So, it turns out that seducing young girls is also a realm? The so-called invisible seduction is the most deadly?"

Before he finished speaking, Li Qingjun's voice came from outside the door, "Qin Yi..."

Her voice lacked the usual heroic and vigorous aura, instead carrying a hesitant tone.

Qin Yi turned his head and saw Li Qingjun standing outside the door, quietly looking at him with watery eyes.

"Uh, is the funeral over?"

"Yeah..." Li Qingjun lowered her head slightly and whispered, "I heard a rumor from the palace... someone said..."

"What?"

"That even if there are thousands of beauties, as long as it's Qingjun." Li Qingjun clenched her clothes and asked softly, "Is it true?"

A black spot appeared on the talisman paper as Qin Yi's brush paused, and his heartbeat suddenly quickened.

The air suddenly became quiet, a gentle breeze swept through the courtyard, brushing into the room, causing the hem of Li Qingjun's skirt to flutter lightly, and the discarded talisman paper on the ground floated gently, like flying petals.

The impetuous and fiery young girl stood with her head lowered, blushing, and as Qin Yi looked at her, he suddenly remembered the day he first met her, when she kicked open the courtyard door. Comparing it to now, it felt like a dream.

(End of this chapter)