Chapter 83: Blocked Halfway

"Idiot! What an idiot! How could this stroke be drawn like this?"

"Fool! There is no cure! How can there be an extra fortune here?"

"Could you be a little more stupid?"

"...Uncle Master, I haven't started painting yet!"

"..., that's right! Why haven't you started painting yet?"

"..."

Before learning to draw talisman, Xiao Mian never thought that his learning environment would be like this. Are all talisman painters trained like this?

wrong! It shouldn’t be about the person who draws the talisman, but the person who taught me how to draw the talisman!

But facing Leng Ningyu with a frosty look on his face, Xiao Mian dared not speak out in anger.

Three days have passed in the blink of an eye, and the auction in Lingchuanfang City ended two days ago. Xiao Mian didn't come here to participate in the auction, so he didn't take it to heart.

With the end of the auction, the flow of people in the market dropped sharply and it became a lot quieter.

Xiao Mian's talisman-drawing training has finally expired. It is undeniable that under Leng Ningyu's high-pressure education, Xiao Mian's talisman-drawing ability has increased significantly. Although his theoretical knowledge of talisman-drawing is almost zero, he at least knows how to hold the strokes. It’s a ghostly talisman!

According to Leng Ningyu, this is an introduction to talisman painting. In the future, as long as you continue to practice more and draw more frequently, you will eventually become a qualified talisman painter!

"Boy, you still don't plan to return to the sect? If you want, you can stay in my Bibo Pond temporarily after returning to the mountain. Senior brother Yuanxu doesn't have long to live, and that brat Lu Chengfeng doesn't dare to show his courage even if I give him any advice. I'm going to touch you..." Just as Leng Ningyu said this, Xiao Mian interrupted: "Thank you, Uncle Leng, for caring about me! But the disciple still plans to continue training outside. As for the misunderstanding between the disciple and the master, Uncle Master Don’t worry. I will repay those who are kind to me, and I will repay those who are hostile to me!”

"..., you boy who doesn't know how to praise! You should do it for yourself!" With that said, Leng Ningyu had already risen with the sword, but secretly sent a message to Xiao Mian: "Be careful! Although you opened the storage in the formation hall that day, The bag has dispelled the attention of many interested people. The average golden elixir expert will not sacrifice his face to embarrass you, a kid in the Qi training stage, but he must also beware of the plot of some monks in the foundation building stage. There are many things in the market now, so I will let Qing Qing. Qiong is stationed in Fangshi. If it doesn’t work, just hide in Fangshi and stop running around!”

"Disciple, please remember Master Uncle's teachings!"

Having said that, as soon as Leng Ningyu left, Xiao Mian left Qianfu Hall.

Before leaving, Xiao Mian went to Fu Qingqiong and got a bottle of three upper-level foundation-building pills and a fourth-level thunder bead called "Silver Light Thunder Bomb". However, the production of fire alkyl clothing was cumbersome and was not available for the time being. Xiao Mian was not in a hurry. He only said that it would not be too late to get it next time he came. Then, regardless of Fu Qingqiong's plea, Xiao Mian walked out of Qianfu Hall.

The reason why Xiao Mian didn't stay in Qianfu Hall was that, on the one hand, Xiao Mian couldn't worry about Ye Qingguo, and on the other hand, Xiao Mian didn't want to have too much contact with the Five Elements Sect.

Deep down, Xiao Mian still had a grudge against the Five Elements Sect.

Besides, in the far north, there was the fire beast Qingjing waiting for him and Ye Qingguo to return, so the Ten Thousand Years Spiritual Grass in the Cold Pool of Huangquan was always a little worried.

After arriving at Xuanlang's residence and finding Ye Qingguo, Xiao Mian took her away from Fangshi.

Xiao Mian was busy learning to draw talismans these days, but did not pay attention to Ye Qingguo. Fortunately, Xiao Mian gave her a bag of spiritual stones in advance. Although it was not much, it was enough for Ye Qingguo to buy some herbs and ores for making elixirs. After all, Ye Qingguo is only a monk in the Qi training period. Although he has some talent in alchemy, he is not very knowledgeable. He can only refine some simple pills, so the cost of purchasing raw materials is not high. The raw materials collected this time are enough. Ye Qingguo opened the alchemy furnace and practiced hard.

Not long after the two of them walked out of Fangshi, Guitou, who was silent in Xiao Mian's Qihai Point, began to warn. Xiao Mian sneered in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged.

He just turned around and whispered to Ye Qingguo, saying that he had something with Xuan Lang and asked Ye Qingguo to help him get it.

Ye Qingguo had a pure heart and did not doubt that he was there, so he turned back obediently.

After pushing Ye Qingguo away, Xiao Mian continued to move forward alone. Walking to a dense forest three hundred miles away from Fang City, Xiao Mian suddenly stopped. The dense forest was lush and green, but there were few birds and animals. Xiao Mian stopped in front of the forest and laughed at the dense forest.

After a moment, a person flew out from above the dense forest. It was the Demon Shadow Sect's foundation-building monk - Duan Shui Shui!

"I originally wanted to put in less effort, but you are so cunning and cunning, you won't give in!" As he said this, Duanshui Shui felt quite helpless. Xiao Mian couldn't help laughing when he heard this, pointed at Duan Shui Shui and said, "I also want to put in less effort. How about Brother Duan stretch his neck and apply the knife himself to avoid doing anything next to me? What do you think?"

"Sharp-tongued, sharp-tongued, stubborn!"

But it turns out that as soon as Fangcai left the market, Guitou felt the presence of Duanshui Shui. With Guitou's soul thoughts not weaker than those of the Golden Core cultivators, how could Duanshui Shui, a mere foundation-building monk, not be seen through?

However, it was still close to Fangshi at that time, so Duanshui didn't dare to take action immediately, so as not to attract people from Fangshi. Instead, he flew ahead and set up a layout in the dense forest, just waiting for Xiao Mian to fall into the trap.

Xiao Mian didn't expect Xiao Mian to have a ghost-headed soul to warn him, but he couldn't get into the forest, making Duanshui Shui's preparations go to waste.

Besides, Xiao Mian clearly knew that there was a water flow blocking the road ahead, and yet he dared to rush forward so boldly that he had his own plans.

Because of the ghost-headed soul detection, Xiao Mian knew very well that Duan Shui Shui came alone this time, and there was no helper - think about it, he was dealing with a young monk like him who was at the eighth level of the Qi training stage and the middle level of the Foundation building stage. One person is enough for Duan Yuntao!

Since there is only one Duan Shuiliu in the middle stage of foundation building, why should Xiao Mian be afraid of him?

Xiao Mian even regarded Duan Shuiliu as his touchstone. After all, Duan Shuiliu's status in the Demon Shadow Sect is similar to Lu Chengfeng's status in the Five Elements Sect, and their strengths are also comparable. If he can ambush and kill Duan Shuiliu, Lu Chengfeng will be no problem!

Thinking of this, Xiao Mian faced Duan Shuiliu head-on without fear.

"Boy, if you can answer one of my questions, I won't kill you today!" Seeing Xiao Mian's fearless look, Duan Shuiliu lowered his posture instead: "How did you hide those things in the Zhenzong Hall that day?"

"I don't understand what Brother Duan is talking about!"

"Don't lie in front of people! Last time at the auction, in order to bid for the skeleton of the purple-eyed golden-armed ape, you took out a whole box of spiritual herbs to buy off the price. If you were a spiritual plant husband, you only had a box of spiritual herbs you cultivated yourself, I would believe it. The problem is that you are not a spiritual plant husband, so since you have one box, you should have a second box - no one would sell a box of spiritual herbs at a low price for a monster skeleton that is temporarily unusable. You must know that the market price of spiritual herbs is much better than that of animal bones. So I conclude: You must have hidden more or even higher-level spiritual herbs!"

Duan Shuiliu said this with a firm tone, but Xiao Mian could only smile bitterly.

"And the spiritual materials that Fu Qingqiong used to exchange for Tuzhongmu, I'm afraid you also took them out, right? We didn't know that Tuzhongmu would appear at the auction that day. Even if we knew, you, the Five Elements Sect, would never use Wood in Gold to return Tuzhongmu - for the Five Elements Sect that specializes in the Five Elements magic, Wood in Gold and Tuzhongmu are more valuable than to us! Fu Qingqiong chose to exchange Wood in Gold for Tuzhongmu in the end. The only variable is you! But if you only have one bottle of Wood in Gold, would you take it out? At least I wouldn't! So I concluded: You must have other Wood in Gold on you!"

"The four great golden elixirs looked around that day, and I didn't have these things on me!"

"This is the most crucial point!" Duan Shuiliu responded to Xiao Mian's defense fluently: "That's because you have another treasure that no one knows about - a storage magic weapon that can at least block the divine thoughts of the golden elixir masters!"