Longevity: Never leave the mountain until you are invincible

After Chu Chen's long-term practice and the improvement of his mental power, the success rate of Chu Chen's drawing of flying sword talismans has also slowly increased, from the initial one-tenth to about one-fifth.

However.

After Chu Chen switched to practicing the Changsheng Gong and his true qi transformed into mana, he still needed to adapt to the difference between mana and true qi.

Drawing talismans is a delicate job. If there is any mistake, the talisman may fail.

Fortunately, this is not a troublesome thing. After drawing it a few more times, you can get familiar with the difference of drawing talismans with mana.

All the magical skills in the world have no other reason.

It's just a matter of practice.

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In the blink of an eye, another two years have passed.

Chu Chen's life is ordinary, regular and restrained, but many major events have happened in the Great Yan Kingdom.

In the spring of the 23rd year of Hongguang, the barbarians invaded the south in large numbers, destroyed dozens of cities on the border, and several mansions such as Heishan Mansion fell, and millions of people in the Great Yan Kingdom were displaced.

Emperor Hongguang issued an order that Duke Weiyuan led an army of 200,000 to conquer the northern border.

Duke Weiyuan once again demonstrated his outstanding leadership ability. Except for a few defeats at the beginning because he was not familiar with the barbarians' fighting methods, he later won victory after victory and suppressed the barbarians' offensive.

If Duke Weiyuan had not had to guard against King Kang and King Jin, this battle would have ended faster than expected.

The barbarians are nomadic people after all, good at cavalry warfare. The more open the area, the stronger the barbarians' combat power.

However, areas such as Heishan Prefecture are mostly hilly areas, which are not suitable for cavalry to display. This also led to the barbarians' retreat when facing the organized resistance of the Dayan army.

It was not until they retreated to the northern border that the barbarians regained the advantage and confronted Dayan.

Without the obstruction of the northern border pass, the barbarians can enter and leave the northern border at any time, and the supply line can extend from the hinterland of the grassland to the northern border.

In this case, it is not an easy task for Duke Weiyuan to repel the barbarians.

The war in the northern border is urgent, and the rivers and lakes of Dayan are also turbulent.

With the support of Emperor Hongguang, Buddhism has the potential to dominate. With Xichan Temple as the leader, more than a dozen Buddhist sects have formed an alliance, which is superior to all forces.

It has happened many times that Buddhist monks have committed crimes but have been able to get away with it by relying on the power of Buddhism.

Some court officials in the court of Dayan have advised against this, but Emperor Hongguang did not comment.

"Buddhism has the potential to become too big to be eliminated. If Emperor Hongguang continues to let it go and allows Buddhism to develop, Buddhism will become a cancer rooted in Dayan."

Some knowledgeable people made judgments.

"It's not that Emperor Hongguang doesn't want to manage it, but that he can't manage it."

Chu Chen saw it more thoroughly.

In order to control the court, Emperor Hongguang had to rely on the power of Xichan Temple and Buddhism.

Now that Emperor Hongguang has firmly established his throne, he should suppress Buddhism to maintain the balance of the world of Dayan, but the current situation of Dayan does not allow him to do so.

The threats from the barbarians, the threats from King Kang and King Jin, all these require the help of Buddhism.

The barbarian army invaded, and with it came the martial arts masters of the barbarians. Relying on the masters of Jinyiwei and Dongchang alone, it was a bit stretched, and it was only with the help of the Buddhist masters that the barbarian masters were repelled.

Under such circumstances, how could Emperor Hongguang turn against Buddhism?

After a few sighs, Chu Chen put these things behind him.

For him, the affairs of the court and the rivers and lakes are far less interesting than talismans and spells.

Needless to say, the drawing of the flying sword talisman is proceeding step by step, moving towards the goal of drawing 10,000 flying sword talismans.

Compared with the talisman, the practice of spells is also not slow.

The "Qi Training Period Spells Collection" records five spells, spiritual power finger snap, body protection, healing, fireball, and wind blade.

The only spells that can be practiced at the fourth level of Qi training are spiritual force finger snap and body protection.

The former is an attack spell, which does not require the assistance of hand gestures or spells, and is driven by spiritual energy. Within three meters, its power is roughly equivalent to ordinary firearms in the previous life.

The latter is a defensive spell, which is somewhat similar to the body protection true qi of the innate master, but the defensive power is far superior to the body protection true qi, and can resist most attacks.

Chu Chen has practiced these two spells for two years. Every day, he spends the rest of his time practicing these two spells besides drawing talismans, practicing the longevity skill, and seizing the soul to forge the body.

"After such a long time of practice, spiritual force finger snap and body protection have been introduced. Try the power of spiritual force finger snap."

Chu Chen stood in front of a fine iron dummy, which was cast by him for practicing spiritual force finger snap.

The dummy was cast from fine iron, solid throughout, and weighed two thousand pounds.

The blacksmith who received the order was a little confused. What was the point of making such a big iron man? Fortunately, Chu Chen relied on his close relationship to get the blacksmith to accept the order.

The fine iron mannequin was covered with holes of varying depths, all of which were traces left by Chu Chen's practice of spiritual power finger flicking.

"Puff!"

Chu Chen took a deep breath, curled the middle finger of his right hand, pressed the middle finger with his thumb, and the magic power came out from the dantian, along the meridians of the arm, and gathered between the two fingers.

The next moment, the middle finger flicked out rapidly.

A sharp aura burst out instantly and landed on the fine iron mannequin.

A small and deep hole was broken in the chest of the fine iron mannequin, almost piercing through the chest of the fine iron mannequin.

"Not bad!"

Chu Chen smiled, very satisfied with the power of the spiritual power finger flicking.

Of course.

The power of the spiritual power finger flicking at this stage is not as powerful as the flying sword talisman.

However, compared with the flying sword talisman, the power of the spiritual energy finger flick is not static. It will continue to improve with Chu Chen's mastery of the spiritual energy finger flick and his own cultivation.

According to the description of the Spiritual Power Flick, if he breaks through the seventh level of Qi training and raises the Spiritual Power Flick to the Great Success level, the power will exceed that of ordinary flying sword talismans.

For spells such as the Spiritual Power Flick, according to the mastery of the cultivator, it is divided into four levels: entry, minor success, major success, and perfection.

Generally speaking, as long as you reach the minor success level, you can exert most of the power of this spell, and when you reach the major success level, you can exert 100% of the power of this spell.

Next, Chu Chen tested the power of the self-defense technique again.

He performed the self-defense technique on the fine iron dummy, wrapped the fine iron dummy up, and then performed the Spiritual Power Flick to attack.

He performed the Spiritual Power Flick three times in a row, attacking the same position, and then pierced the surface of the fine iron dummy and the magic shield formed by the self-defense technique.

"With the self-defense technique, the swords and knives in the mortal world should not be able to hurt me, but I can't resist the attack of the flying sword talisman, so I have to practice more."

Chu Chen nodded secretly.

The defensive power of the body-protection technique is good, but it is not amazing. It cannot withstand the attack of the flying sword talisman, and it cannot even resist the flying sword talisman drawn with true qi.

However, as long as more practice is done, the body-protection technique will eventually be able to resist the flying sword talisman.

In any case, after Chu Chen switched to the longevity technique, practiced the spirit power finger snap and flying sword talisman, his combat power has been greatly improved, not inferior to most of the fourth-level Qi training cultivators.

In the ordinary world, warriors in the early stage of the innate realm cannot pose a threat to Chu Chen. Only warriors above the middle stage of the innate realm can compete with him.

This is without counting the flying sword talisman. If the flying sword talisman is counted, the situation is different.