Chapter 1 Brother and Sister

  Coming out of the small bamboo house, Lu Chen's mood was exceptionally good. Not only did he obtain the Qian Kun bag, a precious treasure, but also gained 50 pieces of lower-grade spirit stones. More importantly, he had become a disciple of the Jade Character Generation of the Qian Yu Men sect, which meant that from now on, there would be people backing him up, specifically the two great leaders of the sect. In the future, he wouldn't need to worry about getting into trouble.

  "Ling Yu, Qing Yun, just you wait and see if you still dare to look down on me in the future, haha!"

  Humming a little tune, Lu Chen walked to the edge of the cliff, facing the majestic mountains with a sudden jolt, and then burst out laughing again.

  Not long after, the Master Yu Yang Zhen Ren walked out of the small hut of Dust Quiet Repair, with the entrustment of his master, Yu Yang Zhen Ren found Lu Chen, first chatting with his junior brother, then handed over the notes on his years of cultivation and research on Taoist techniques to Lu Chen. This made Lu Chen feel deeply moved again for having such a generous senior brother. Little did he know, Yu Yang Zhen Ren was actually afraid that Lu Chen would trouble him, so he gave these things to Lu Chen ahead of time.

  "Take a good look, it's best not to find me again in the future, I won't be able to bear the pain~" With a heart full of helplessness, Yu Yang Zhen Ren rode his sword away. Before leaving, he thought for a moment and gave Lu Chen a transmission talisman, which was only used for secret communication between the two.

  Immediately afterwards, Zuo Qinghe found Shan and sat with Lu Chen on the cliff edge for a while before returning to Qingyue Peak to receive Lian Yu's transmission.

  After all, having become a beginner's apprentice, Zuo Qinghua wouldn't have much time to idle around with herself, and Lu Chen also understood this very well. He instructed the little girl to cultivate diligently before starting his own further cultivation.

  Three days later, Lü Chen bid farewell to Yudao and left the mountain. From then on, Lu Chen began his solitary cultivation life.

  There is no dust, it doesn't mean that Lu Chen's life has become easier. On the contrary, in this matter of great importance to his future cultivation, Lu Chen is very concerned. Every day, he not only has to complete his physical training, but also continue to practice "Wu Luo Liu Yun Bu" and "Liu Sha Zhi Fa", determined to reach the point where he can do it with ease. In addition, the most time-consuming thing for Lu Chen is the Five Elements Earth System Dao technique and the Four Gate Sealing Symbol technique.

  Due to having all five spiritual roots as earth, Lu Chen can only temporarily cultivate the earth-based Dao techniques of Di Ci (Earth Thorn), Liu Sha (Flowing Sand), and Tu Qiang (Earth Wall), which cover the three types of offense, support, and defense in combat.

  Earth Spike Technique, as the name suggests, uses a small amount of true yuan energy that has just been transformed to drive the power of the earth, producing an earth spike that can kill opponents at a distance.

  The Quicksand Technique turns the hard ground into quicksand, restricting the opponent's movements. Those with great magical power can directly sink their opponents into the quicksand, while those without the Five Elements Escape Technique will be engulfed by the quicksand and suffocate to death on the spot.

  Earth Wall Technique, the method of use is similar to Earth Spike Technique, the only difference is that more spiritual power is used, summoning more earth-based energy, forming an earth wall around the body, which can only be used to defend against the opponent's attack.

  These three Taoist techniques are not profound and can be considered as skilled professions. They only require long-term, uninterrupted cultivation to easily use them. This is also the most characteristic cultivation method of the Qi Refining stage, and it is also the most practical in battle.

  Apart from the three Taoist arts, Lu Chen also had to study the four techniques of symbol manipulation every day. Which four?

  After studying the "Zhī Fú Hundred Chapters", Lù Chén finally understood that with his current foundation of practicing Qi for four layers, he could only learn: Ding Shen Fu, Zhen Yao Fu, Jin Gang Fu and Huo Dan Fu.

  These four methods of talismans are the foundation for beginners, each with its own wonderful uses. However, compared to Taoist magic, the cultivation of talismanic methods is very difficult. In general, the success rate of refining talismans is one percent, which means that out of 100 talismans refined, only one will be successful, and it's possible that not even one will succeed. This has led to the rarity and preciousness of spiritual talismans in the eyes of Qi-refining cultivators in the immortal world.

  According to his own training plan, Lu Chen first ran 150 laps of the entire course, then practiced Wu Luo Liu Yun Bu and Liu Sha Zhi for a while, and then rushed into the small house to start his own symbolization.

  The Three Gates of Taoist practice require the support of true yuan, and cannot be practiced for a long time. Practicing dozens of times a day is about right. The rest of the time Lu Chen devoted himself to studying the art of talismans.

  It's all because of Lu Chen's personality. Based on the premise that it's not easy to cultivate three gates, Lu Chen chose to make a symbol that is relatively simple and doesn't require too much true yuan.

  Four talismans, Lu Chen couldn't get them all at once. After a round of analysis, he finally put the Fireball Talisman and the Immobilization Talisman on his schedule.

  One attack and one defense is what Lucheng needs now.

  For example, the Earth Spike Technique, at this moment Lu Chen still can't achieve summoning spikes from the ground, he can only manage to raise a small bulge on the surface of the earth. As the only attacking technique in the Five Elements Earth System, it doesn't have even half a bit of power.

  However, the Huǒ Dàn Fú was different. Lù Chén had once thought that if he possessed hundreds of Huǒ Dàn Fú, when encountering an enemy, he could recklessly throw them out without regard for his own life, and even a Qián Qì Seventh Layer disciple who was stronger than himself would find it difficult to withstand, after all, using the Huǒ Dàn Fú did not require much true essence.

  The same is true of the Ding Shen Fu.

  Lu Chen had thought it was perfect, confronting the enemy at the last moment. If the flowing sand finger technique couldn't take effect, he would directly use a restraint symbol plus fireballs, fireballs, and more fireballs. As long as the opponent wasn't too different from him, they would definitely be burned to the point of rolling on the ground, urinating uncontrollably, and having no intact skin. However, things seemed not to have gone as simply as Lu Chen had imagined.

  In the quiet bamboo hut, Lu Chen sat under the mat, calming his mind and clearing his breath, holding a brush pen, and after a moment of silence, he raised his hand and made a big stroke.

  "Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

  A seemingly simple yet infinitely complex rune painting has been completed.

  He stared for a moment before suddenly blurting out a crude phrase: "Damn it, failed again! This is already the 78th one and not a single successful drawing, why is it so hard to draw?"

  With a sigh of disappointment, Lu Chen flipped through the hand copy of Yu Yang Zhen Ren and muttered to himself: "That's right, it was drawn like this."

  "Come again?"

  "Whoosh!"

  Failure.

  Throw it on the ground and write again.

  ……

  In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

  For half a month, the Three Gates of Dao technique has made some small progress, although its power cannot be revealed yet, at least it can be performed, especially the Flowing Sand Technique. Now Lu Chen can perform the Flowing Sand Technique within a certain range, turning a half-meter diameter area into floating sand. This is also the only thing that makes Lu Chen happy.

  As for the way of making talismans, it didn't go so smoothly. Half a month had passed, and nearly four hundred sheets of talisman paper were declared useless. Lu Chen had wasted half of his thousand sheets of talisman paper, and not even one spiritual talisman was successfully made.

  Lying lazily on the bed, Lu Chen kept looking at Yu Yang's handwork while muttering to himself nonstop.

  "The way of the seal, the heart must be calm, the energy must be condensed, and the breathing must be even. Strive for a mind without distractions. The cinnabar is refined from the blood of a fierce beast, and the beast's blood is rich in wild nature. It must be written with a tamed heart, stroke by stroke, and completed in one breath, without any hesitation..."

  "Wait a minute..."

  Lu Chen's spirit shook as he read this, and the next sentence made him realize: every stroke is evenly spaced, neither too much nor too little, if you can achieve balanced strokes, the power of the spiritual symbol will surely increase greatly.

  "Is the dot of red even? Was it uneven when I applied it previously?"

  Thinking of this, Lu Chen decided to try again.

  He flipped over and got out of bed, sat back down under the mat, and straightened his waist. He quietly circulated the Clear Mind Incantation to calm himself down. In his mind, he thought about every stroke of the Fireball Symbol, and after repeating it several times, Lu Chen finally picked up his brush and started drawing.

  "Evenly, evenly..."

  "Fireball Sign"

  "Whoosh~" The final stroke fell, and Lu Chen only felt that it was different from when he drew the symbol before. This time, a complete spiritual symbol had a faint fluctuation of true yuan law power on it.

  He picked up the fireball talisman, took a closer look, and with a flick of his wrist, he secretly mobilized his internal energy. As the small drawing on the yellow paper shot out, it suddenly transformed into a fist-sized fireball that flew out.

  Bang!

  "It's done"

  Regarding the group situation, Wudao's group is already full and another one has not been opened yet, so don't add that one. Tongban is already in the group position, 5555.