Longevity: Never leave the mountain until you are invincible

The 21st year of Hongguang, July 13th.

Jinyiwei Commander Xue Haichao led a group of marrow-refining masters to attack the Prince of Wei's mansion, attracting many guards of the Prince of Wei's mansion, and secretly invited the blue-clothed swordsman to assassinate the Prince of Wei.

However, the effort failed.

The Prince of Wei broke through the Xiantian realm and killed the blue-clothed swordsman with force.

The Prince of Wei also suppressed Xue Haichao and other invading enemies with the power of the Xiantian master, and was about to sweep away all the disloyal and challenge the throne of the emperor of Dayan.

As a result, a sword came from the west.

A three-inch flying sword fell from the bright moon and killed the Prince of Wei.

When this news came out, the court and the people of Dayan were shocked.

The story of the flying sword only exists in the story books and mythological books, and ordinary people think it is false.

Most people think this is a false news, or a lie made up by Xue Haichao to cover up some truth, or a fallacy spread by word of mouth.

Xue Haichao and other powerful people who knew the inside story had no intention of explaining.

On the contrary, under the tacit cover-up of various forces, the disturbance caused by this incident was quickly suppressed, and most people acquiesced to the "fact" that the flying sword theory was a rumor.

Contrary to the flying sword theory, more people's attention was focused on what happened after the death of King Wei.

With the death of King Wei, the huge Wei Palace collapsed in an instant. Without the support of King Wei, other people in the Wei Palace did not have the prestige to command the various forces in the Wei Palace.

Even if the second son of the Wei Palace showed extraordinary abilities after the death of King Wei and suppressed the eldest son of the Wei Palace in one fell swoop, it was still useless.

After testing and confirming that the existence who killed King Wei had no intention of taking over the territory of the Wei Palace, the forces of Dayan, King Kang, King Jin and other parties quickly took action to divide the territory controlled by King Wei.

The court of Great Yan, King Kang, and King Jin each occupied two prefectures, while the remaining four prefectures were controlled by the second son of the Prince of Wei, or the barbarians.

The second son of the Prince of Wei was ruthless, and when he knew that he could not defeat the forces of the court of Great Yan, he decisively chose to cooperate with the barbarians.

With the support of the Red Clothes Building and the Northern Liang Army, he could barely control the remaining four prefectures.

As soon as this matter was reported, it caused an uproar in Great Yan.

Barbarians.

A nomadic people in the northern grasslands of Great Yan, existing in the form of a tribe, with strong strength, would go south to Great Yan to plunder every year before winter.

The Northern Liang Army under the command of the King of Wei guarded the northern border, and its biggest purpose was to guard against the barbarians.

The cooperation between the second son of the Prince of Wei and the barbarians was equivalent to opening the door of Great Yan, and the barbarians could go south to plunder at any time, no longer blocked by the northern border.

In the past, with the Northern Border Pass and the Northern Liang Army guarding, even if the barbarians went south to plunder, only a small group of cavalry could enter the heartland of Dayan to plunder.

Now, the barbarians can march south at any time.

In order to deal with the threat of the barbarians, Emperor Hongguang had to join forces with King Kang and King Jin to build new fortifications in the northern border to resist the invasion of the barbarians.

The Wusheng Sect took advantage of the situation and raised several rebel armies to stir up trouble everywhere.

The originally stable situation in Dayan was once again in turmoil and became chaotic, and there were signs of the dynasty's collapse again.

Emperor Hongguang was very busy during this period, and many Dayan court officials were thrown into the sky prison because they angered Emperor Hongguang.

But these had nothing to do with Chu Chen, he only wanted to hoard talismans.

Soon.

"Hundred-year-old beast fur is hard to come by!"

Chu Chen discovered a problem. The factor that restricted him from hoarding talismans was not the success rate of drawing talismans, but the talisman paper needed to draw talismans.

It was not that there was not enough silver, but that there was not enough materials.

The five kinds of talismans such as the guide talisman were easy to deal with, as the materials for making talisman paper were not too precious.

But the talisman paper needed to draw the flying sword talisman was different. It required the fur of a hundred-year-old white fox, a beast fur with a long age, which was rare.

Even if the imperial capital was the place where all the treasures of the Great Yan Kingdom gathered, such precious things as the fur of a hundred-year-old white fox were still rare.

As a last resort, Chu Chen could only personally send people to search for the fur of precious beasts such as the hundred-year-old white fox, that is, Zhao Changlin and Huang Yue from the Li Ji Miscellaneous Soup Shop next door.

After the fall of Lü Qinghou, the business of Li Ji Miscellaneous Soup Shop was not as good as before. Li San managed everything up and down, and only then did he get in touch with the officials of Changlefang Si City and barely saved the three stores.

Although the share that Chu Chen should receive every month has not decreased, it is not enough to support Zhao Changlin and the other two.

Zhao Changlin and the other two had already broken through the marrow refining realm. Although they are old and their combat power is at the bottom among the marrow refining warriors, they are marrow refining warriors after all, and their status will not be low no matter where they are.

During the heyday of Li Ji's miscellaneous soup shop, it made a fortune every day, so it was natural to support Zhao Changlin and the other two. But after the decline of Li Ji's miscellaneous soup shop, it was obviously unable to support Zhao Changlin and the other two.

Chu Chen simply recruited the two and opened a escort agency called Longmen Escort Agency to collect the furs of precious beasts for himself.

The reward Chu Chen paid the two was several marrow refining level body movements and swordsmanship.

Relying on Zhao Changlin and the other two, the escort agency's business grew bigger and bigger, and soon developed into a well-known force in Dayan Jianghu, with business all over the capital, and recruited many powerful escorts.

The two also began to accept apprentices and train younger disciples.

With the help of Longmen Escort Agency, Chu Chen could collect precious beast furs much faster.

But.

Beasts of the level of the Hundred-Year White Fox were hard to find, which greatly restricted the speed of his drawing the flying sword talisman.

When there was no talisman paper, Chu Chen could only turn to practicing the Water Yuan Jue and other skills.

"I was a little slack before."

Chu Chen slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, stood up, and stretched lazily.

In the previous year, in order to draw the flying sword talisman, he put most of his energy on drawing talismans, and slacked off on his own cultivation, at most practicing the Soul Refining Technique.

Therefore, the practice of the Water Element Technique and the Soul-Snatching Body-Forging Sutra stagnated.

This is not a good phenomenon.

Although the art of talismans is powerful, it is more regarded as a way of protecting the Tao. For cultivators, the realm of cultivation is the foundation. Abandoning the foundation to pursue the art of talismans is tantamount to losing the root and chasing the end.

For Chu Chen, it is not so serious. Practicing the art of talismans is to enhance his own strength and better protect his own longevity fruit, which is not losing the root and chasing the end.

Of course, no matter what, the realm of cultivation is still more important.

The stronger the cultivation, the easier it is for Chu Chen to draw talismans. If he gets a more powerful method of drawing talismans, he will not be able to draw without a sufficient realm of cultivation.

Moreover, activating the flying sword talisman also requires true energy. With Chu Chen's current total true energy, he can only activate ten flying sword talismans at most at the same time, so that ten swords can be cut at the same time.

Even if Chu Chen draws ten thousand flying sword talismans, it is impossible to activate them at the same time.

According to Chu Chen's estimation, if he wants to activate a hundred flying sword talismans at the same time, he needs the cultivation of the peak of innateness.

If he wants to achieve the magnificent scene of thousands of swords being fired at the same time, or even ten thousand swords crossing the sky, there is a long way to go.

For a period of time, Chu Chen returned to his previous regular life.

Cultivating, opening a shop, reading books, occasionally visiting the Qunfangyuan, or drawing talismans, sometimes Chu Chen would go to the cave in Yunwu Mountain Range to practice.

Life was leisurely and comfortable.