Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 84 - 83: I Just Want to Make Talismans in Peace
"You all should be aware of the situation now. This beastly catastrophe came more suddenly than usual, and the level of the monsters is higher.
Judging from yesterday’s situation, although most are below Tier One Basic demon beasts.
However, there are also some Tier One Intermediate demon beasts, and there might even be Tier One Advanced demon beasts appearing."
Du Han gathered everyone at Gu Xiaoqin’s shop and cut straight to the point.
"I went to Yangling last night when the beastly catastrophe arrived, but I was still a bit late.
Moreover, this time, the scale of the demon beasts is large. The Yangling Li Family, closest to the mountains, resisted for a while, but there were still many casualties.
Fortunately, at dawn this morning, the demon beasts retreated."
Hearing this, Chu Ning and the others then realized that Du Han had gone to the Yangling disaster site last night to understand the situation.
At this moment, Du Han continued:
"Lin Changqing, Steward Lin, has already arrived early this morning and is heading into the mountains with two junior brothers.
They are preparing to investigate the specific cause when the demon beasts riot tonight.
To be safe, he instructed me to take you to the Li Family in the afternoon.
At night, help the surrounding families to fend off the demon beast attacks, trying to minimize the losses for these families."
Upon hearing this, Chu Ning was taken aback.
When the sect previously sent him out, they only mentioned cultivating Spirit Plants and selling talismans.
They didn’t say anything about participating in such dangerous matters.
Tier One Advanced demon beasts, that’s a Qi Refining Late Stage existence, which isn’t something he can easily handle right now.
Chu Ning turned his head, only to see that the others were currently showing expressions full of eagerness.
Evidently, for those in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining, there weren’t many opportunities to take action within the sect.
At this moment, hearing about demon beasts, they couldn’t help but feel restless.
Moreover, in their view, dealing with even a Tier One Advanced demon beast wouldn’t be an issue.
While Chu Ning was pondering this, Du Han’s voice rang out once again.
"The market has just dispersed, so you all go close your shops and come with me."
Chu Ning sighed softly in his heart, hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn’t help but speak:
"Senior Brother Du, our market should be safe, right?"
"Don’t worry, it’s safe here," Du Han nodded.
"This market is some distance from the mountains, and it’s surrounded by cultivation clans.
Even if there are demon beasts, they will be stopped by the major families.
There’s no need to worry about your shops."
Hearing this, Chu Ning finally felt relieved and immediately responded:
"Senior Brother Du, that’s not what I meant. What I mean is that I’m only at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer.
With cultivation this low, I won’t be able to help much. Can I not go?"
Du Han was slightly taken aback, but his expression didn’t change much, only pausing for a moment before saying:
"Alright, you don’t need to go if you’re only at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer.
And as someone from the Spirit Plant Room, besides knowing some Farming Techniques, you can’t do much else.
Not only can you not help, but you might even need others to take care of you."
As soon as Du Han said this, the other members of Cyan Creek Sect looked at Chu Ning with a strange gaze.
Obviously, in their eyes, Chu Ning’s low cultivation and timidity didn’t seem like that of an Outer Disciple of Cyan Creek Sect.
However, Chu Ning paid no mind to their gazes.
Possessing the Yin Wood Spirit Body and Talismanic Spirit Body, he preferred to develop steadily. Why take such risks?
If the catastrophe this time only involved Tier One Intermediate demon beasts, Chu Ning might have gone for the experience.
Since Tier One Advanced demon beasts are involved, dealing with them would require revealing more of his capabilities, risking exposing his true strength.
Furthermore, there’s still a certain level of danger.
When the sky falls, there’s naturally someone taller to hold it up.
Staying here to make talismans and sell some to others is also contributing.
No need to join in the excitement.
Just as Chu Ning was thinking this, Du Han continued to speak:
"Take out some talismans from your place and prepare them for everyone to have some protection.
Although these low-tier demon beasts are not too intimidating, when their numbers increase, they might be hard to handle.
Tell Steward Lin how many Spirit Stones they’re worth when I return, and they’ll be deducted from your monthly supply."
Upon hearing this, Chu Ning immediately showed a troubled expression.
"Senior Brother Du, it’s not that I don’t want to give them, but everyone snatched up all the talismans in the market today, and I sold out all of mine."
"If you want, I can quickly make some now."
However, Du Han waved his hand.
"If you’re out, then forget it. Making some Basic Lower Grade Talismans now wouldn’t be of much help.
We’re heading out immediately, let’s not waste any more time."
Saying this, he gave Chu Ning no chance to speak and turned to leave directly.
Although Du Han said this, Luo Yiping and Shen Zhengquan both had doubtful expressions in their eyes.
Chu Ning knew they suspected he was unwilling to part with his talismans, so he just shook his head.
His talismans were indeed all sold out. Not a single Basic Middle Grade Talisman, or even a Basic Lower Grade Talisman, was left.
To be honest, not wanting to dive into muddy waters earlier was also an important reason.
If he had a lot of talismans on hand, when encountering something unsolvable, he could just stack talismans.
But now he didn’t have even one on him, so he indeed felt insecure.
Watching the others leave, Chu Ning directly closed the shop door.
He decided to stay in the Talisman Workshop for the next few days to make talismans, even if it meant not wanting to go to the Spirit Field.
After all, the Purple Crystal Bamboo and the Golden Essence Fruit had already been planted, so even if he didn’t go, they would just grow a bit slower.
With the current chaos, if he went out alone, who knows what dangers he might encounter.
Chu Ning clearly felt that by noon today, there were noticeably more Loose Cultivators in the market.
Evidently, news of the beast disaster had spread, so many Loose Cultivators were coming here.
Unlike the nearby Cultivation Clans, who were apprehensive about the beast disaster and worried about the demon beasts causing significant losses to their families,
the Loose Cultivators generally welcomed it because each time, they could make a good income from hunting some demon beasts.
Therefore, when a beast disaster comes, it’s often a particularly chaotic time in this area.
Various Cultivation Clans, besides worrying about the demon beasts, also have to be wary of some Loose Cultivators taking advantage of the situation.
After closing the shop door, Chu Ning first practiced the Refining Spirit Technique to restore his Divine Sense.
He didn’t even have time to inventory today’s gains and went straight to making talismans.
The appearance of the beast disaster usually lasts for several days.
During this time, the nearby Cultivation Clans and incoming Loose Cultivators all have a demand for talismans.
As long as he made more talismans, he was sure to make a little fortune.
The Beast Trapping Talisman was what Chu Ning needed to draw, and it was in the highest demand today.
Then he also needed to prepare some Yin Thunder Talismans, Vajra Talismans, and Clear Wind Talismans.
These three types of talismans are quite useful when facing demon beasts: one for attack, one for defense.
And some demon beasts’ attacks often carry poisonous gases, so the Clear Wind Talisman can also come in handy.
After continuously drawing these types of talismans for the past few days, his proficiency and success rate have increased, now exceeding a fifty percent success rate in making talismans.
In the morning, he could only successfully make fifty at a time before having to stop.
But now, he could achieve fifty-five.
Restoring his Divine Sense, continuing to make talismans, and after drawing sixty more Yin Thunder Talismans, Chu Ning stopped again.
After repeating this process three times, just as Chu Ning was about to wrap up and continue making talismans in the morning.
"Bang bang bang!"
The shop outside suddenly had a knocking sound.
Immediately, a low voice sounded.
"Shopkeeper, are you there? I’m here to buy talismans."
"Someone’s buying talismans this late?"
Chu Ning was a bit taken aback, his brow furrowed slightly.
It was already quite late, the market had been closed for some time, and the sky was fully dark.
Chu Ning hesitated for a moment, not in a hurry to get up nor responding.
He used the Concealing Breath ability of the Yin Wood Spirit Body to completely conceal his aura, while carefully using his Divine Sense to sense the outside.
He saw a cultivator in dark cloth standing outside his shop door.
Sensing the other was at the Qi Refining Late Stage, and the person’s aura gave Chu Ning a very cold feeling.
Chu Ning’s heart skipped a beat.
At this moment, he became even more cautious, watching the person’s actions.
Not getting a response, the dark-clothed cultivator took out something and seemed about to knock on the door.
"No need to shout, no one should be here just like at other shops."
At this moment, three more people appeared, and one spoke to the dark-clothed person:
"The people from the Cyan Creek Sect should all have gone to the Cultivation Clan where the beast disaster happened."
They were dressed in various ways, resembling Loose Cultivators.
But Chu Ning felt something odd, as if they were from some sect.
Chu Ning couldn’t clearly discern the depth of these individuals, so he dared not use his Divine Sense for a thorough investigation.
Instead, he kept it around himself, sharpening his senses.
Meanwhile, he seriously pricked up his ears to listen to the noise outside.
However, the few people did not say much more.
"Let’s go as well."
Chu Ning only heard this sentence, and then the four figures quickly left. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
After they all left, Chu Ning still didn’t let his guard down.
He carefully listened for a long time, then released his Divine Sense to probe a little.
Only when he found that no one was indeed near his shop did he slowly breathe a sigh of relief.
"Who were those people? Were their words just about buying things, or were they targeting the Cyan Creek Sect?"
Many thoughts flashed through Chu Ning’s mind at this moment.
He considered warning the people in the sect but thought and had to give up.
He didn’t even know where the Yangling Li Family was, so even if he wanted to send a message, he wouldn’t know where to send it.
As for going out to report, Chu Ning didn’t consider it at all.
Especially after this group appeared, he definitely wouldn’t put himself in such a dangerous situation.
Even if he rested tonight, it wouldn’t necessarily be peaceful. After thinking, Chu Ning decided to practice the Refining Spirit Technique again.
In the current situation, practicing the Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique or the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique wouldn’t yield short-term improvements, so it wasn’t meaningful.
Instead, adjusting his Divine Sense state to the best and making more talismans is more useful, whether for self-protection or for sale.
