Chapter 197 Shentu Yun

Yang Che quickly rushed to Yuanfang City and Xiaoyao Pavilion.

I saw a serious and unsmiling middle-aged monk in the early stages of foundation building behind the counter of Xiaoyao Pavilion.

Yang Che glanced at it and then looked away.

This person should be the temporary shopkeeper who will succeed Shi Yizhu and continue to run Xiaoyao Pavilion.

"Zhang Daoyou, let's go."

As soon as the sixty-year-old old man Shi Yizhu saw Yang Che arriving, he immediately raised his hands and said, with a hint of eagerness in his tone.

"Okay, Fellow Daoist Shi, lead the way."

Yang Che said straightforwardly without any unnecessary nonsense.

The two quickly walked out of Fangshi. At this time, Yang Che saw Shi Yizhu suddenly pat the spirit beast bag, and then a three-headed strange bird appeared in front of him.

This strange bird is standing and has six claws.

Among them, there are four legs supporting the legs, with a claw on each leg tightly grasping the bluestone ground.

There are two claws in front, like human hands, slightly raised upward.

A pair of broad wings slowly unfolded, with a faint luster on them.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, this is my spiritual beast 𫛳(fu)bird. It has no other ability but is fast. Come up."

Shi Yizhu took the lead and jumped on the bird's back, followed closely by Yang Che.

The bird neighed, spread its wings and rushed into the sky, flying quickly towards the east side of Dark Abyss City.

Soon, the bird landed on the square in front of a remote ancient house in the city.

Yang Che jumped off the back of the strange bird and saw that many monks had gathered in the square.

He glanced at it and couldn't help but be surprised to find that Hei Hanniu Rong, his neighbor's iron tower, was also among the crowd.

Because Niu Rong was so big, Yang Che saw him at a glance.

However, Niu Rong was talking to the monk next to him and did not notice Yang Che's gaze.

Yang Che never thought that Niu Rong actually knew how to make talismans and came to participate in the 'Preaching Conference'.

It’s true that ‘people cannot be judged by their appearance’.

Yang Che looked away, and then Shi Yizhu took him to the gate of the ancient house again.

On a square jade table, a beautiful middle-aged woman who has cultivated in the late stage of foundation building is collecting star-patterned stones while quickly writing something on the white paper on the table.

Soon, it was Yang Che and Shi Yizhu's turn.

Shi Yizhu immediately raised his hands and said to the middle-aged beautiful woman: "My name is Shi Yizhu. I am in the middle stage of foundation construction and come from Xiaoyao Pavilion."

Then he pointed at Yang Che and continued: "This is fellow Daoist Zhang Gu, a casual cultivator. He is at the peak of his cultivation in the late stage of foundation building. Both of us can make elementary and low-level talismans."

The beautiful middle-aged woman had an expressionless face, pointed to the paper on the table, and said, "Let's make one and have a look."

Shi Yizhu nodded immediately, picked up the 'talisman pen' on the table, dipped it in cinnabar and silver paint, and quickly made a low-level 'water-avoiding talisman'.

Naturally, Yang Che was not idle either. He also picked up the ‘talisman pen’ and made a basic and low-level ‘iron armor talisman’.

The middle-aged beautiful woman inspected the talisman made by the two and confirmed that there was no problem. Then she continued: "Each person has five hundred star-patterned stones."

As soon as the beautiful woman finished speaking, Yang Che saw Shi Yizhu immediately turning to look at him nervously.

Yang Che did not hesitate, and with a move of his hand, the bag containing a thousand star-patterned stones flew towards the middle-aged beautiful woman.

The beautiful middle-aged woman took it and after checking that it was correct, she softened her tone and said, "Go in."

After saying that, he wrote their names on the white paper.

It was only then that Shi Yizhu, the sixty-year-old man, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Walking into the ancient house, I found that the courtyard inside was actually much larger than the square outside.

In the courtyard, one foot apart from the front, back, left, and right, there is a gray futon.

At this time, there were already people sitting cross-legged on many futons.

Yang Che glanced around and found that there was actually a pill-forming monk in the queue.

However, the first two rows seemed to be specially prepared for the alchemy monks. None of the foundation-building monks in the back dared to sit on them. They all chose the futons behind those two rows without exception.

After Yang Che and Yang Che sat down on two adjacent futons, Shi Yizhu whispered:

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, after Senior Shen Tuyun gives his sermon, he will select six people with the talent to make talismans as registered disciples. If we can seize this opportunity, we will be able to achieve success in Dark Abyss City."

Yang Che nodded calmly, showing no emotion. In fact, he had already decided in his heart that he would get a place as a registered disciple.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you. My shopkeeper Xia from Xiaoyao Pavilion is one of senior Shen Tuyun's named disciples."

Shi Yizhu said slowly.

When Yang Che heard this, he was immediately surprised.

Although he had guessed that the weak Xiaoyao Pavilion owner must know Shen Tuyun, he did not expect that she was actually one of Shen Tuyun's registered disciples.

An hour later.

"Almost everyone has arrived, and the sermon meeting will begin soon."

In the main seat in front of the courtyard, there is a long jade table with a pot of spiritual tea on the table.

The speaker was an elegant middle-aged scribe with an early stage of alchemy cultivation.

After he finished speaking, he kept looking at a certain attic in the courtyard, with a hint of fire in his eyes.

After a while, a graceful and elegant female monk came out of the attic in the yard.

This female monk has perfected the cultivation of alchemy and has an extraordinary temperament. She has a smooth appearance like a young and beautiful woman, but has long snow-white hair.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, is she Senior Shen Tuyun?"

Yang Che asked in a low voice.

Shi Yizhu's face turned red, and he said a little embarrassedly: "To be honest, I have never seen Senior Shen Tuyun. But it must be her."

Yang Che did not continue to ask, and his eyes fell on the six or seven Jindan cultivators in the first two rows.

It seems that it is not easy to compete for a place as a registered disciple.

While Yang Che was thinking, the white-haired female cultivator Shen Tuyun had already started to speak slowly: "The annual preaching conference starts now. After I finish the lecture on making talismans, I will select six registered disciples. And what I will talk about today is also related to the selection of registered disciples, so everyone must not miss any word."

Hearing this, everyone immediately became very alert and listened carefully, for fear of missing a word.

Shen Tuyun slowly sat down at the long jade table and began to talk about the 'way of making talismans'.

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This lecture lasted for two hours.

Yang Che was so engrossed in what he heard that even when Shen Tuyun said it was over, he still seemed to be immersed in it.

He really benefited a lot.

As expected, he is a master-level talisman maker. He is more in-depth and easy to understand than Tian Xie Ziyin, and he goes deeper and deeper.

These 1,000 full-patterned star-patterned stones are worth spending.

When Shen Tuyun announced that he was going to start selecting six registered disciples, there was suddenly one more person in the courtyard.

It was a handsome and tall red-robed young man with sharp features.

Yang Che was very depressed when he saw him.

This guy is really haunting.

At this time, he heard Shi Yizhu beside him whisper: "This person is Mo Shaotian, the young master of my Dark Abyss City, a top-level immortal cultivation genius with mutant immortal roots and five elements immortal roots."

Yang Che was shocked when he heard this, and a trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

But at this moment, he heard Shen Tu Yun say: "Master Mo really cares about your sister, but even if you come in person, I will not let you go. You must pass all the tests."

Mo Shaotian immediately smiled and said: "Of course. Grandmaster Shen Tu, please rest assured that I am just watching and will never interfere."

Yang Che turned his head and saw that there was indeed a pretty female cultivator named Mo Wenyue in the crowd.

His heart sank.

In this case, it would be even more difficult to fight for a place as a registered disciple.

But soon, Yang Che's eyes flashed, and he secretly decided that no matter what, he must grab a place as a registered disciple.