Chapter 27: Good Jade Refines into an Amulet

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  But what's even more astonishing is not the hundred kinds of longevity characters with distinct styles, but rather the faint aura of immortality that emanates from each and every one of them.

  Even the works of those famous calligraphers in Chinese history have only a few pieces that truly possess the spirit of immortality. But this hundred-year-old picture written by Zhang Wen Zhong, surprisingly has an aura of immortality coming straight at you.

  In fact, Zhang Wenzhong's works contain a fairy spirit, which is also very normal.

  Although Zhang Wen-zhong is now just an ordinary person, his perception of the natural world and the Taoist laws remains at the peak of a divine being. When he painted this centenarian picture, his understanding of the natural world and the Taoist laws naturally flowed from his brush, and thus generated this immortal spirit.

  It was this immortal spirit that made the value of Zhang Wen-zhong's painting, "One Hundred Years", suddenly rise from a priceless treasure worth a whole city to an invaluable and rare treasure!

  Some people might say that giving this rare treasure "One Hundred Years of Auspiciousness" to You Jia would be a bit too much, but Zhang Wen Zhong didn't think so.

  As the saying goes: 'Give rouge to a beauty, present a precious sword to a hero.' Zhang Wenzhong's paintings and calligraphy were never sold for money, but were given away without taking a penny from those he thought had fate with him.

  Fate is more important than anything else in Zhang Wen's opinion!

  After completing the painting, Zhang Wen Zhong put away all the remaining ink and paper, leaving only the painting spread out on the table. He wouldn't put it away until the ink was completely dry, he didn't want to ruin his masterpiece due to a moment of carelessness.

  After tidying up the table, Zhang Wenzhong turned around and walked into the kitchen.

  The timing was just right, and the medicine being simmered in the earthen pot had also reached its optimal state at this very moment.

  Zhang Wenzhong turned off the flame on the gas stove, poured all the steaming hot medicinal soup from the clay pot into a ceramic bowl, and then without hesitation picked up the bowl and gulped down the scalding hot soup in one swift motion.

  "Ah..." After downing the scalding medicinal soup in one gulp, Zhang Wenzhong let out a long sigh of hot air. Then, he simply sat cross-legged on the kitchen floor, relying on the medicinal power of the soup to circulate his Medical Canon Heart Sutra and begin refining his bones.

  After absorbing the medicinal properties of the soup and stirring up the true yuan in his body, following a certain rule, circulating through the eight extraordinary meridians for nine cycles, Zhang Wenzhong finally stopped cultivating and opened his eyes.

  It's already around 1 o'clock in the morning now.

  Zhang Wenzhong stood up and moved his slightly stiff body around a bit.

  He could clearly feel the true yuan in his body, which had been growing gradually as he absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth during his cultivation. Although, in modern cities, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was already very thin. However, Zhang Wen Zhong relied on his self-created Medical Heart Sutra to cultivate at a speed that was not slow at all.

  Zhang Wenzhong's current cultivation speed is enough to make the various major sects in the Cultivation Realm envy him. However, Zhang Wenzhong himself is not very satisfied with his own cultivation speed.

  He shook his head, and Zhang Wenzhong sighed, muttering to himself: "The spiritual energy in this world is indeed too thin now. At the current cultivation speed, it will take a very long time to successfully cultivate the bone. If you want to speed up your cultivation, relying on these medicinal materials alone won't work. You must think of a way to find some spiritual herbs and refine them into elixirs to help me increase my cultivation speed."

  In this modern world, finding the elixir is not an easy thing. Zhang Wenzhong also knew that such things are hard to come by. So he didn't think much and walked out of the kitchen, walking to the table in the center of the living room.

  The hundred-year-old picture on the table had completely dried at this time.

  "As long as Yu Jia's grandfather is a connoisseur, he will definitely like this longevity painting. I've never been willing to receive kindness for nothing, so giving this longevity painting to Yu Jia can also be considered as repaying her for the jade pendant she gave me." Zhang Wen Zhong nodded in satisfaction, gently rolled up the longevity painting and found a thin string from the side to tie it up with.

  Zhang Wen-zhong put this centenarian picture aside and waited for dawn to go to work, then he would take it to the hospital and wait for You Jia to pick it up.

  After receiving the longevity picture, Zhang Wenzhong took out the small green jade pendant that You Jia had given him from his pocket.

  The jade quality of this small pendant is very good, and if it is made into a ritual instrument or amulet, the effect will be several times that of ordinary jade instruments or amulets. Judging from the current situation, the significance of this jade pendant to Zhang Wenzhong can be said to be extraordinary.

  Zhang Wenzhong's right hand grasped this jade pendant and lifted it up, facing the round moon in the sky.

  The bright moonlight poured out from the round moon hanging in the sky. When the moonlight shone on this jade pendant, it actually made the jade pendant emit a faint green glow from the inside out.

  In the dark of night, this greenish glow is so beautiful, it touches people's hearts and makes them involuntarily infatuated.

  Zhang Wenzhong's index finger gently stroked the surface of this jade pendant, his movements light and gentle, as if he was caressing a lover's skin. At the same time, he whispered to himself: "Should I refine you into an attacking magic tool or a defensive amulet?"

  After some thought, Zhang Wenzhong still believed that refining the jade pendant into a defensive amulet would be more in line with his current needs. In Zhang Wenzhong's view, no matter what time it was, preserving one's life was always the most important thing.

  Since the decision had been made, Zhang Wen-zhong didn't waste any more time and immediately took action. He took out the silver needle box, retrieved a metal needle from inside, and then stretched out his right hand to hold the needle with his middle finger and index finger. Meanwhile, his left hand picked up the emerald green jade pendant.

  Zhang Wenzhong narrowed his eyes and carefully engraved a defensive formation on the emerald pendant with a metal needle.

  At present, although Zhang Wenzhong's body has already produced true yuan, this true yuan is still very weak, so he cannot directly use the true yuan to engrave the defensive array into the jade pendant.

  So he could only take a step back and adopt another method to make the amulet. This method was to use metal needles to engrave the defensive formation on the surface of the jade pendant. Then, attach the true yuan in his body to this jade pendant to communicate with the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and activate the defensive formation engraved on the jade pendant.

  Although the amulets refined by this method are not as powerful as those refined by directly branding the array into the jade pendant with true yuan, they should be sufficient for defensive purposes at present.

  Zhang Wenzhong pinched the stainless steel right hand, quickly and accurately, and soon a primary defensive array method was completely engraved on this jade pendant. Whether it's a defensive or attacking array method, they are all very complex. And wanting to engrave an array method on such a small jade pendant is even more difficult. However, Zhang Wenzhong still completed it with ease, without any feeling of difficulty.

  After putting down the metal needle in his hand, Zhang Wenzhong clasped his hands together and sandwiched the emerald green jade pendant between them. Then, he began to circulate the true yuan inside his body, using the jade pendant as a bridge for communication, circulating back and forth between his hands.

  The true yuan inside Zhang Wenzhong quickly attached itself to this emerald green jade pendant.

  From this emerald pendant, a faint green glow soon emanated, spreading and diffusing in all directions, extremely dazzling and enticing. At the same time as the green glow appeared, it was accompanied by a crisp and pleasant ringing sound, also coming from the pendant.

  When the green halo emanating from this jade pendant reached its peak, Zhang Wenzhong narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath of fresh air, and held it in his mouth.

  After waiting for about five or six seconds, Zhang Wenzhong suddenly opened his mouth and forcefully sprayed the clear air that had been wrapped in his mouth onto the emerald green jade pendant that was being pinched by both of his hands.

  The green halo emanating from the jade pendant suddenly dimmed.

  A bright moonlight suddenly fell from the round moon hanging in the dark night sky. It was projected straight onto Zhang Wenzhong's clasped hands and shot into the emerald green jade pendant.

  At this moment, it was almost two o'clock in the morning. All the residents in the community had fallen asleep. So, no one saw this strange and shocking scene. Fortunately, otherwise, Zhang Wen would have gotten into a lot of unnecessary trouble because of this matter.

  Zhang Wenzhong closed his eyes, concentrated all his energy, and began to use his true yuan to guide the spiritual energy contained in the moonlight, attempting to activate the defensive array inscribed on the emerald green jade pendant.

  The process of guiding the spiritual energy in the moonlight to activate the defensive formation actually lasted for a full two hours before it was completed.

  Zhang Wenzhong opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of turbid air. He spread out his hands, and the emerald green jade pendant was lying in his palms.

  Compared to before, the appearance of this jade pendant seems not to have changed much, only its color appears to be even deeper. Ordinary people wouldn't pay too much attention to it, but only cultivators can sense the powerful spiritual energy contained within.

  Looking at the jade pendant in his hand, Zhang Wenzhong smiled with satisfaction and nodded slightly: "Good, great success!"