Chapter 285: Change of Dynasty, Things and People Have Changed

Shi Xuan nodded, and decided in his heart to use the Five Elements Immortal-Destroying Sword as much as possible. After all, the most powerful thing on him now is the Five Elements Immortal-Destroying Sword. Even if facing non-five-element defensive Taoist magic, it is also a serious sixth-level Taoist magic: "Disciple obeys."

Generally speaking, according to one's own skills, some can practice a Taoist magic in about half a day, some need more than ten days, and some even need a year and a half to learn. Some have conflicts with their skills, and either cannot be learned at all, or it takes decades or hundreds of years to learn and engrave it into the soul.

After learning and engraving it into the soul, it is a first-level Taoist magic. After that, if it is compatible with one's own skills, it takes more than five years for the second level, about fifteen years for the third level, nearly thirty years for the fourth level, more than fifty years for the fifth level, about ninety years for the sixth level, nearly one hundred and fifty years for the seventh level, about two hundred and thirty years for the eighth level, and three hundred and thirty years for the ninth level.

If the skills are not compatible, it will take much longer. Many Yuanshen Zhenren have achieved Yuanshen, and then they have cultivated most of the other Taoist arts to the ninth level except for the few doors obtained by the interaction between heaven and man.

That's why Mo Yuan said that once Shi Xuan achieved the upper-grade golden elixir, he could save nearly two hundred years of work with the sixth-grade Taoist art.

Of course, the time for practicing Taoist arts is not fixed. The middle-grade golden elixir is 20% slower than the upper-grade golden elixir, not to mention the lower-grade. Moreover, the deeper the understanding of the essence of Taoist arts, the less time it takes to practice Taoist arts. For example, Shi Xuan has a good understanding of the changes of yin and yang, and can save 10% to 20% of time when practicing yin and yang lightning Taoist arts.

Even so, if Shi Xuan wants to practice most of his Taoist arts to the third level, it will take nearly 20 years. At that time, the Tai Chi diagram and the Yin and Yang two-qi bottle will be at least perfect in the first level.

The time required to refine the natal spiritual weapon is half of that of other spiritual weapons, and the time required for the top-grade Jindan Grandmaster is 20% less. With a deep understanding of the own skills, it can be reduced by another 10%.

For example, under normal circumstances, it takes 35 years to perfect the first level of the natal spiritual weapon, 60 years to perfect the second level, 100 years to perfect the third level, and 150 years to perfect the fourth level. Shi Xuan only needs 70% of the time to successfully refine it, and in the future, as the realm of cultivation increases and the understanding of the skills increases, the time will be further reduced.

After Shi Xuan said goodbye to Grandma Yu, he went directly to the left wing. Before he stepped in, he felt Chu Wan'er, dressed in white, meditating and practicing inside. Her pretty face was still the same as before, without any change.

Wan'er was originally practicing with her eyes closed, but suddenly she felt something and opened her eyes abruptly. She looked at the door and saw Shi Xuan looking at her with a smile on his face. He asked in a naive tone, "Master, are you here to see Wan'er?"

Shi Xuan nodded, then shook his head, "This time, Master is here to take you away with me."

Wan'er was pleasantly surprised at first, then suppressed her emotions and asked with some concern, "Will Grandma be bored after Wan'er leaves?" It seems that under the guidance of Grandma Yu over the years, Wan'er's character has not changed much. It is precisely because of this that she needs to leave to hone her skills, otherwise she will not be able to achieve the Golden Elixir.

"Who is Grandma? How can she feel lonely? She has other important things to do. When you have achieved success in your practice in the future, you can come to see her again." Shi Xuan comforted her casually.

Wan'er immediately smiled happily: "Master, you are right. Well, Wan'er has wanted to go somewhere else to play for a long time." But in the blink of an eye, she frowned again and said: "Master, but Wan'er has a good friend. If Wan'er leaves without saying goodbye, she will be very sad."

"Then let's go to her house to say goodbye." Shi Xuan said lightly. In fact, if Chu Wan'er's friend is talented, has a strong heart for Taoism, and can temporarily let go of the ties, it is not impossible to bring him back to Penglai Sect.

Wan'er happily led the way in front and pushed open the shaky gate of Huilongguan. Along the way, many passers-by greeted Wan'er, and it seemed that Wan'er was very popular.

"Wan'er, are you going to play with Xiao Cui?" An old lady who was cleaning at the door of her house asked Chu Wan'er like this. After all, Wan'er looked only twelve or thirteen years old and still looked like a child.

Chu Wan'er nodded: "Aunt Zhang, my master is here and wants to take Wan'er to another place, so Wan'er went to say goodbye to Xiao Cui."

"Oh, Wan'er, you have only moved here for two years and you are leaving? Really, if you wander around like this, it will be difficult for you to find a good family in the future." The lady looked at Shi Xuan curiously.

Chu Wan'er said nothing and walked over with Shi Xuan.

Not long after walking, a shabby little courtyard appeared in front of them. Wan'er stopped there first, lowered her head, put her hands behind her back, and didn't say anything, rubbing her toes on the ground.

Shi Xuan waited for a while and looked at her with amusement: "Why, Wan'er doesn't want to say goodbye?"

Seeing that her master finally asked, Wan'er smiled slyly: "Mainly, Wan'er remembered something and wanted to ask you for help."

"What is it? Tell me, so that I can decide whether to help or not." Shi Xuan didn't dare to agree to anything rashly, especially since Wan'er herself was a great master with perfect spirit and soul, how could there be anything in the mortal world that was difficult for her.

Seeing that the master was firm in his attitude, Wan'er had no choice but to say, "Xiao Cui's family was originally a wealthy family. When they moved to Luojing a few years ago, they encountered bandits on the road. It was nothing serious at first, but one of their uncles actually colluded with those bandits, killed all the guards, and robbed everything. Only her grandmother, father, mother and she escaped by chance. So Wan'er wants to ask you, master, to catch that bad guy."

No wonder he asked for her help. This uncle must have hidden his identity and hid away to enjoy the treasure. Although Wan'er has a high level of cultivation and extraordinary strength, it is useless if she can't find him, so Shi Xuan just asked, "Then why don't you ask your mother-in-law for help? If she takes action, it should be solved immediately."

"My mother-in-law is not as easy to talk to as you, master. Wan'er was thinking about how to ask her, and then you came." Wan'er looked at Shi Xuan with a smile.

Shi Xuan thought for a moment and said, "If I know his birth date and the man's aura, I have a way to catch him." Using the two-world search technique is a waste of time, so I can use another Taoist technique.

Wan'er clapped her hands and laughed, "Of course, he is her uncle, and her grandmother must know. As for the aura, can I grab the fragments from his clothes?"

Shi Xuan nodded and smiled easily, "Then I will agree to it, Wan'er. But in the future, you still have to solve these things by yourself. You must know that others can be relied on but not reliable." Since he is a master, he must teach his apprentice at any time. Of course, this is also learned from his own master.

Wan'er immediately put down the heavy stone in her heart and knocked on the shabby door. As for whether the master can do it, she is very confident and not worried at all.

The one who opened the door was a pretty girl, about fourteen or fifteen years old. When she saw Chu Wan'er, she greeted her happily and looked at Shi Xuan in confusion.

Chu Wan'er said with a smile: "Cui'er, this is my master, who is a hundred times and a thousand times more powerful than me. I finally begged him to help you catch that big bad guy."

Then he introduced to Shi Xuan: "Master, this is Bai Cui'er."

This little girl Cui'er may have seen Chu Wan'er's methods, so when she heard her say that Shi Xuan was a hundred times and a thousand times more powerful, she was immediately excited and believed it without a doubt. She quickly bowed: "Master, it's not that Cui'er wants revenge, but my grandfather died at the hands of that villain. My grandmother has always been brooding over it and can't forget it. Please help my grandmother fulfill this wish. Cui'er will repay you at the cost of her."

It seems that they are indeed from a wealthy family. They were influenced when they were young, and their words are quite logical, but Shi Xuan just said lightly: "Shi I promised Wan'er to help, but I don't need your reward. Just tell Shi the thief's birth date, clothes, and name, and Shi can arrest him. "

With Chu Wan'er as a guarantor, Bai Cui'er was very confident in Shi Xuan, and immediately let Shi Xuan in, and led the way in front: "Grandmother, father, and mother are all in there, and the Taoist priest can just ask grandma when the time comes. Oh, Cui'er was so happy that she forgot to ask the Taoist priest his full name."

Shi Xuan said in an unchanged tone: "Just call me Taoist priest Shi." And in the sense of spiritual consciousness, there was indeed a white-haired woman in the dilapidated house. She was probably less than 50 years old, but her hair was completely white. There was also a couple in their thirties. Although their clothes were shabby, they were very clean and tidy.

But the man in his thirties was walking around in the room, and he said anxiously: "Mother, I tried my best to get to know several Taoist priests of Guizhen Sect a few days ago, and persuaded them to help arrest the thief. They are coming to our house today. What should we do without money?"

The white-haired woman sighed: "I know Ning'er, you are also filial, but our family doesn't have extra money to ask Taoist priests to do it. Alas, we can only let the thief get away with it. Let's live our own lives first and don't let Cui'er suffer anymore."

Bai Ning smiled bitterly and said: "Mother, why didn't you tell me earlier? Guizhen Sect is the state religion, and the Taoist priests in it are all arrogant. They are coming to our house, but they are rejected. We can't afford their anger. Fire."

Bai Wangshi said faintly: "Our Bai family is also a family of scholars, and we have been officials for generations in the Wei Dynasty. However, since the Xu family started an uprising and seized the world of the Wei Dynasty, our ancestors returned to their hometown to farm and study for fear of being implicated. It was not until your father's generation that they thought of studying and becoming officials again. Who knew that they would just move to Luojing to facilitate your future imperial examinations, and then they would encounter such a disaster. It's really, really..."

"Yes, my ancestors were officials in Chuzhou and were quite famous. If it weren't for the frequent strange things in Yangzhou, the emperor was deceived by the demon Nan Guang, and the Xu family had the fairy in brocade clothes, the world would eventually be in chaos and out of control, and our family would not be in this situation now." Bai Ning couldn't help but think of the old stories of the previous dynasty that his father told him.