Staying In The World Of Cultivation

Chapter 6: Cloud River Talisman Sutra

Early the next morning, Su Fan squatted in the courtyard, looking at the door on the ground.

The three-inch thick wooden door had several cracks splitting it in all directions.

This was black ironwood, which only grew in the Spirit Vein area.

These trees were abundant in the surrounding mountains and were not worth much.

The beams and wooden doors used in the shantytowns around the market were mostly made of this wood.

Moreover, it had a high density and a tough texture, making it the main material for making low-level puppets.

But these were not the main point.

The main point was how he managed to kick open such a thick black ironwood door.

He had just tried it and found that his strength had increased by nearly twice as much as before.

This increase in strength was truly inexplicable, making him somewhat frightened.

What was even more horrifying was that when he woke up, his skin became dry and parched.

When he rubbed it with his hand, pieces of skin fell off.

Although he was not as itchy anymore, he still couldn't remove the bandages.

Su Fan examined his body and found no abnormalities in his internal organs or meridians.

He took out a talisman from the talisman bag at his waist and carefully examined it.

It was a talisman that had lost its spirituality, and now he finally knew what these talismans were used for.

Damn it, there really are ghosts in this world.

It's really terrifying.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door from outside, and Su Fan immediately became nervous.

He stood up and looked at the courtyard.

The bloodstains from last night had been covered with ashes and soil, and the inside and outside had been cleaned.

"Who is it..."

"Old Li, it's me, Wang Yang..."

Su Fan thought for a moment and some scattered memories came to mind.

This person used to often go hunting monsters in the mountains with him and lived nearby.

He walked over and opened the door.

The person standing outside was in his thirties, with a strong build and thick eyebrows and big eyes.

When the other party saw Su Fan, he was stunned.

"Old Li, are you injured?"

Seeing the worried look on the other party's face, he realized that he wasn't wearing his Daoist robe.

He was wrapped in layers of bandages, with dried bloodstains in some places.

It was quite scary to look at.

Su Fan coughed lightly a few times and smiled bitterly, "It's a long story..."

Wang Yang didn't ask anything and started complaining as soon as he entered the house.

"Last time when you weren't here, a few of us were ambushed at the Old Crow Ridge. Only Jiang Hai and I managed to escape, the others..."

He sighed after finishing his words.

"Jiang Hai was seriously injured, and the Spirit Stone Flower was lost. I originally wanted to come to you... forget it, I'll go ask someone else."

Su Fan showed a helpless expression and weakly said, "I just recovered from my injuries, and I don't have..."

Wang Yang laughed, "It's alright, you take care of your injuries, I'll go."

Su Fan stopped him and took out a cloth bag from the house. Inside were a Spirit Stone and several dozen talismans.

"This is all I have left. You take the Spirit Stone, Jiang Hai's injury is more important."

Wang Yang was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved his hand, "How can this be..."

After saying that, he turned and walked out. Su Fan chased after him, but he had already left the courtyard.

Su Fan stood at the door of the courtyard, watching Wang Qiang's figure recede into the distance, and shook his head with a bitter smile.

This was the survival state of the Independent Cultivators in the market.

Even if his previous self wasn't struck by lightning, there wouldn't be a good ending.

He probably wouldn't have any more entanglements with these people in the future.

Since transmigrating here, he always had an inexplicable sense of crisis, suppressed deep in his heart.

The cultivation world was very dangerous, so it was better to live a low-profile life.

Just as Su Fan was about to turn around and enter the courtyard, someone called his name from beside him.

He turned around and saw a middle-aged cultivator bowing to him.

In his forties, he was at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

With thin eyebrows and long eyes, his cheeks were thin, and a wisp of goatee fluttered under his chin.

"Brother Su, long time no see..."

Su Fan also bowed to him and smiled, "Senior Xu, it's been a while. How have you been?"

This person was Xu Wen, who lived next door to Su Fan.

He was quite capable, as he could obtain some resources from the Little Sun Faction and had a good reputation in the market.

The two of them had no conflicts of interest and had a good relationship on weekdays.

Being neighbors, they used to often gather together for a drink.

Xu Wen looked around and leaned in mysteriously.

"Quickly stock up on more Spirit Rice. If you have enough resources, it wouldn't hurt to buy more talismans and pills."

After saying that, he bowed and entered the neighboring courtyard.

Su Fan was a little confused. The other party was always well-informed. Could something have happened to the Little Sun Faction?

Tomorrow, he should make time to go to the market.

No matter what happened, it was better to be prepared.

In the past two days, he didn't know why, but his appetite had increased significantly, and he didn't have much Spirit Rice left.

He entered the courtyard and went to the inner room.

Sitting on the cushion on the kang, he took off the storage bag of the bandit leader from his waist.

This storage bag was twice the size of the one he sold, and it cost at least two hundred Spirit Stones in the market.

He took out the contents and poured them onto the kang, creating a large pile.

Su Fan picked up a small knife, engraved with the name "Qingyun Knife" of the Law Weapon, belonging to a Low Grade Law Weapon.

It was only the size of a palm, pitch black like ink all over, with a sharp blade and a cold and eerie gleam.

Last night, Su Fan finally witnessed the power of this Law Weapon.

Not only was it extremely fast, but it also had great power, making ordinary swords completely useless.

Even the Middle Grade "Golden Shield Talisman" collapsed after only blocking two strikes.

If it weren't for the sneak attack, he wouldn't have had a chance in a direct confrontation.

Even if he had taken the initiative, if his movements were just a little slower, he wouldn't be sitting here right now.

He might as well keep it for now, since he won't be able to use it anyway.

When the time comes and he's in need, he can exchange it for spirit stones.

There are quite a few types of elixirs, a total of fifteen bottles.

There are only two bottles of "Yellow Spirit Pill" for mid-level cultivators, which are worth some money.

The twenty pills inside haven't been used yet.

The price for a bottle in the market is eighteen spirit stones, and each pill is worth two spirit stones.

The rest are Qi Replenishing Pills, Detoxification Pills, Hemostasis Pills, and Life Extension Pills, which are essential elixirs for cultivators in the wild and are not worth many spirit stones.

In addition, there are also quite a few medicinal ointments like "Tianji Bone-Healing Ointment" and "Dragon and Tiger Transformation Powder".

There are over a hundred talismans, but not a single attack talisman.

There are three Middle Grade "Wooden Armor Talismans" for self-defense, the kind that the bandit cultivators used to protect themselves last night.

As long as it's a talisman for self-preservation, Su Fan considers it a good talisman.

The rest are various Low Grade talismans for auxiliary purposes, with a wide variety, probably all looted by them.

Su Fan picked a few talismans from the pile, all of them were talismans for warding off evil spirits and exorcism.

He must always keep a few of these talismans in the future, so that he can deal with those dirty things if he encounters them again.

What surprised him the most was that there was a complete set of talisman-making tools.

Including two talisman brushes, several bottles of ink, over ten pieces of talisman paper, and two talisman knives.

There are forty-five spirit stones left, as well as monster materials, spiritual herbs, and various other miscellaneous items.

The other bandit cultivators had much less.

They only had a few swords, over twenty auxiliary talismans, over fifty spirit stones, and a few hundred pieces of legal currency. The other items were negligible.

Although this group of people were not professional bandit cultivators, they had certainly done their fair share of dirty work.

The variety of items in their storage bags was diverse and all of questionable origin.

Unfortunately, Su Fan didn't find that kind of secret technique that could track someone without actually following them. It was too magical.

Su Fan put the items into his storage bag, leaving only a stack of books.

He glanced through each one and kept one, putting away the rest.

"The Cloud River Talisman Sutra," the first volume, written by a talisman master from the "Shuiyun Sect" in the Qin Kingdom.

This was not the kind of common "Rank One Talisman Interpretation." It was the accumulated experience in talisman-making passed down through generations in the Shuiyun Sect, extremely precious.

Although it was only the first half of the book, the beginning covered the basic knowledge of talisman-making.

In Su Fan's eyes, this book was definitely a treasure, very friendly to a beginner like him.

Various brush techniques for drawing symbols, the application of spiritual power, and other basic skills are described in great detail.

Over a hundred years ago, the Water Cloud Sect was destroyed by the Demon Sect.

The person who possesses this symbol scripture should be a descendant of the Water Cloud Sect.

The set of symbol-making tools may have come from this symbol master.

There are also many auxiliary talismans, many of which were probably drawn by him.

However, the fate of this symbol master is likely to have already met an unfortunate end.

The symbol scripture also records twelve types of Rank One talismans, as well as the symbol-making experience summarized by generations of symbol masters.

Among them, there are a total of nine Rank One Low Grade auxiliary talismans.

They include the Cleansing Talisman, Silence Talisman, Green Lantern Talisman, Night Illumination Talisman, Water Avoidance Talisman, Disease Dispelling Talisman, Armor and Horse Talisman, and Arrow Avoidance Talisman.

There are three Middle Grade talismans, all of which are also auxiliary in nature. They are the Thousand Catty Talisman, Evil Expelling Talisman, and Quicksand Talisman.

The Evil Expelling Talisman should be similar to the Exorcism Talisman, specifically used to deal with evil spirits and monsters.

The other two talismans are also good, and they are very practical auxiliary talismans.

The Thousand Catty Talisman can impose several times the gravity on the enemy, making the opponent clumsy and slow.

The Quicksand Talisman is even more powerful. It can create an area of several zhang in diameter, causing a patch of quicksand, effectively hindering and slowing down the enemy.

Unfortunately, both talismans are Middle Grade, and one can only attempt to make talismans in the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Because he had the "Rank One Talisman True Explanation" in his hands, Su Fan also wanted to try learning the path of talismans.

But when he inquired at the market, even the cheapest talisman pen cost over ten spirit stones, and high-quality talisman pens easily reached several hundred spirit stones.

In addition to talisman skins, talisman paper, and talisman ink, the initial investment would be close to twenty spirit stones.

Compared to learning the path of talismans, one's life is certainly more important.

So he could only give up and instead invest the spirit stones into life-saving talismans.

As it turned out, the initial choice was so wise.

If it weren't for these several Middle Grade talismans, his corpse would have long been thrown into the ditches of the slums.

Moreover, the initial investment also yielded rich returns.

Not only did he earn back several times the spirit stones, but he also obtained a complete set of symbol-making tools and the inheritance of the Water Cloud Sect's symbol scripture.

The harvest from last night alone, just the Law Weapon "Azure Cloud Blade," was worth over a hundred spirit stones.

Over a hundred spirit stones and nearly a thousand pieces of law currency.

Even if both sides' storage bags were sold to a shop, they could still be sold for over a hundred spirit stones.

Adding in other gains, it would amount to about four hundred spirit stones.

Tomorrow, he would go to the market again to replenish some daily necessities, enough to live a comfortable life for a while.

This crisis made Su Fan have a deeper understanding of this world.

In the past, he always habitually used his past life's thinking to explain this fantastical and mysterious cultivation world.

If it weren't for his good fortune, he would have perished last night.

Actually, when it comes down to it, it's because his cultivation level is too low.

First, set a small goal to break through the bottleneck of the second layer of Qi Refining.

Then, set a long-term goal to advance to the mid-stage of Qi Refining as soon as possible.

Thanks to the support and encouragement of Lao Yao Ye Shi Ye, Net Literature Second Generation, Fēng Huǒ Lián Chéng V Opening Heaven, Ah, Today I Didn't Take Medicine YesirNoNo, Book Friend 20220920151710454, and Liú Xián Zi Zhú Chuī Kǒu Shǒu de Rén, Lǎo Bù is extremely grateful.

(End of this chapter)