Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 85 - 84: I Drew the Talismans Myself

What slightly reassured Chu Ning was that nothing unusual happened that night.

After getting up in the morning, Chu Ning continued cultivating the Refining Spirit Technique and also practiced the Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique and Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique once each.

He had fully recovered his state.

[Refining Spirit Technique, First Layer 145/1000]

Taking a glance at the progress of his Refining Spirit Technique, Chu Ning’s eyes flickered slightly.

Yesterday, amidst his frantic talisman-making and divine sense cultivation, his Refining Spirit Technique skill level surprisingly increased by 4 points in just one day.

Normally, it would only increase by 2 points.

However, Chu Ning also felt that such high-intensity use and recovery of divine sense still left him feeling fatigued.

Obviously, this method wasn’t sustainable.

The intensity could be reduced a bit, and it should be fine.

By mid-morning, Chu Ning opened the shop doors, and indeed, cultivators who wanted to buy talismans but couldn’t the day before came in.

Chu Ning took the opportunity to gather some information and learned that a beast disaster occurred again last night.

However, this attack wasn’t limited to the Yangling Li Family; some neighboring cultivation clans were also attacked.

Fortunately, everyone was more prepared this time, and the attacks were repelled by various major cultivation clans before dawn.

Additionally, the losses suffered by the clans were clearly not as severe as those of the Yangling Li Family.

At the same time, Chu Ning also learned that indeed many loose cultivators had already appeared near Yangling.

In fact, that morning, Chu Ning sold more talismans to a few passing loose cultivators.

After selling most of the talismans he had, Chu Ning closed the doors to make more.

Moreover, he didn’t open the shop doors again that afternoon.

During half the day and most of the evening, Chu Ning crafted quite a few Basic Middle Grade Talismans and Basic Lower Grade Talismans.

Only on the morning of the third day did he reopen the shop and resume selling talismans.

Compared to the day before, the clientele had changed significantly.

The previous day, most customers were people from various major cultivation clans.

They hadn’t bought anything on market opening day and came knowing Chu Ning would restock, even when it wasn’t market day.

Today, however, the primary customers were loose cultivators from other regions, so the purchasing volume was naturally less than the previous two days.

Chu Ning wasn’t bothered and took the opportunity to draw some more Basic Lower Grade Talismans.

After all, another market opening day was coming, and he wasn’t sure if the other Cyan Creek Sect shops would open.

Chu Ning, anyway, was prepared to conduct normal business operations.

Rather than fighting and struggling outside, he would rather sell talismans safely in the market.

On the third day, the market reopened, and still, no one from Cyan Creek Sect had returned.

Chu Ning continued to open as usual, though the crowd was noticeably smaller than usual.

However, with several consecutive days of offering high-quality Basic Middle Grade Talismans, his talisman shop quickly gained a reputation in the area.

As a result, people continued to come by sporadically to purchase talismans.

By midday, seeing that the market was quiet, Chu Ning prepared to pack away the talismans on the counter.

At that moment, more than a dozen figures approached from the distance down the street.

Upon closer look, it was members of his own sect.

At the forefront was Gu Xiaoqing, alongside a tall and sturdy cultivator, followed by Shen Zhengquan, Luo Yiping, Lu Miaoying, and others.

Additionally, there were over ten others wearing Cyan Creek Sect robes, likely disciples who came to provide reinforcements.

Yet, for some reason, Du Han wasn’t among them.

Chu Ning saw them, and naturally, everyone else also noticed Chu Ning holding True Talismans.

"Chu Ning!" Luo Yiping was the first to shout.

He quickly rushed over, pointing at the talismans in Chu Ning’s hand and angrily exclaimed:

"You have so many talismans in hand, yet you told us the other day that you were out?

Do you know how difficult our situation was this time? If we had some talismans, we definitely wouldn’t be in such a sorry state."

On hearing Luo Yiping’s words, Chu Ning couldn’t help but look at the group in astonishment.

With their late-stage Qi Refining cultivation, plus the presence of Du Han, almost at Qi Refining Perfection.

And considering the group that followed, it was evident the sect had sent reinforcements.

Yet, in facing some low-tier demon beasts, how could they be so helpless?

However, when Chu Ning looked at the others.

Shen Zhengquan’s face was also full of anger, and his robe had four or five torn holes.

Even Gu Xiaoqing had slightly messy hair, and at this moment, she looked at Chu Ning with her delicate brow furrowed.

"What, nothing to say?"

Luo Yiping stared intently at Chu Ning, his voice filled with rage.

Although Chu Ning didn’t understand why they were in such a state.

But since Luo Yiping was venting his anger on him, Chu Ning certainly wouldn’t admit fault.

In front of so many fellow sect members, he wouldn’t accept blame for lacking sect loyalty.

Chu Ning calmly met Luo Yiping’s gaze, "These talismans are ones I drew myself."

"Hah!" Luo Yiping immediately scoffed.

"Do you really take us for fools?

You sold so many high-quality talismans at this Talisman Workshop, and it seems you also sold a lot over the past two days. You think these were all made by you?"

Shen Zhengquan’s voice chimed in at this moment.

"Junior Brother Luo, let it be, let’s wait for Steward Lin and Senior Brother Du to return and inform them."

Gu Xiaoqing hesitated slightly, then sighed softly and looked at Chu Ning with her bright eyes.