DiploNovel #138 - Gold Talisman
#138 - Gold Talisman
Chapter 137: Gold Talisman
Zhang Chen came to visit his master again. With Chai Chuanxin's leg broken by the accident, the small courtyard was indeed quieter.
"Where is Master?" Zhang Chen put down the fruits and pastries he had bought, his eyes sweeping across the small courtyard, but he didn't see Chen Sanliang. He asked.
"That Chen Chuanxin is really unlucky. He actually had his leg broken by a roof tile falling from the eaves. He traveled all the way from the South alone, without servants or relatives to take care of him, so your teacher went to serve him," Han Suzhen said unhappily.
Hearing Han Suzhen's words, Zhang Chen was stunned. He didn't expect that he would kill two birds with one stone, not only solving Chai Chuanxin's problem, but also driving Chen Sanliang away, so as not to be treated coldly by Chen Sanliang.
"I thought you wouldn't come again after seeing you humiliated before. I'm very happy that you can come today. The most taboo thing for people is arrogance before they have the ability, and worthless self-esteem." Han Suzhen held a book in her hand, looking at Zhang Chen with a smile: "Since you are here today, I will give you some good things."
Saying that, Han Suzhen waved the book in her hand: "This volume of scriptures is a collection of countless insights that Chen Sanliang gained in the Northern Lands for thirty years. Take it and study it. Although this person has a bad temper and only knows how to stick to some dead rules, his ability to do scholarship is top-notch. Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to claim that he was not worse than a saint."
Speaking of this, Han Suzhen's voice was full of emotion, as if she was defending Chen Sanliang: "Back then, Chen Sanliang debated with the Confucius lineage for three days and three nights, criticizing the Confucius's Dao as a useless Dao, which immediately aroused the anger of the entire Dao lineage. The little teacher of the Confucius lineage, Zhu Xun, said, 'If you think the saint's Dao is a useless Dao, then you have the ability to create a useful Dao yourself, and we will admire you! What's the point of coming here and talking nonsense?' So Chen Sanliang made a bet with the Confucius lineage that he would never return to Jiangnan even half a step until he created a useful Dao. There were many reasons why we were exiled to the Northern Lands back then, and this was actually one of the main reasons."
Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes: "This is Master's autograph manuscript. I'm afraid it's not good to pass it on to disciples privately."
"What's wrong with it! If there is any responsibility, I will bear it all." Han Suzhen's voice was full of indifference: "Now his scholarship is about to take shape. You can just follow his manuscript and see how he created a school of learning, which will definitely be of great benefit to you."
Zhang Chen was moved in his heart. Facing Han Suzhen's unquestionable eyes, he accepted the manuscript. Then, after asking Han Suzhen for advice for half a day, he walked out of the small courtyard. Before leaving, Han Suzhen said: "You need to watch carefully when you go back. I will test your insights and feelings next time. If you can't say anything, I won't spare you."
"Disciple obeys." Zhang Chen said respectfully.
Then, after saying goodbye to Han Suzhen, Zhang Chen was about to walk back when he suddenly saw a surge of people on the street in the distance. Dozens of men in coarse linen clothes, wearing yellow turbans on their heads, were gathering a group of people and preaching to the people, telling about the magic and greatness of the Yellow Heaven God.
At this moment, a commotion suddenly broke out in the crowd, and a carriage came to an abrupt stop at the place where the disciples of the Yellow Heaven Temple were preaching. At this time, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a woman in a red robe walked out of it.
The woman was wearing a red robe with a golden phoenix embroidered on it. She looked down at the disciples of the Yellow Heaven Temple: "Is the Yellow Heaven God you speak of really as magical as you say?"
"Can your Yellow Heaven God really suppress evil spirits?"
The disciples of the Yellow Heaven Temple saw the woman's gorgeous clothes and the Hanhai horse, and their eyes lit up: "Mere evil spirits are nothing. In front of our Yellow Heaven God, they can't last even a breath. No matter how earth-shattering you are, facing our Yellow Heaven God, you will turn into ashes in an instant, not worth mentioning."
"Miss, our Yellow Heaven Dao's God is omnipotent. If you are interested, you can stay and listen."
Zhang Chen, who came back, saw this scene and thought to himself: "I didn't expect that the Yellow Heaven Dao's preaching methods are getting bigger and bigger now. Now they no longer avoid the imperial court. That woman is probably miserable. Believing in the Yellow Heaven God, she may lose her family fortune soon."
But he didn't mind his own business. Instead, he came to an inn. At this time, the sky was dimming. Zhang Chen opened a room in the inn. After drinking tea for a while, he saw the fox spirit trotting in from the window with a small box: "I didn't disgrace my mission. Success."
The fox fairy Nannan put the small box on the table in front of Zhang Chen with a proud face. Zhang Chen reached out and opened the box. What caught his eye was a piece of gold brick.
That's right, it's a gold brick, not a gold ingot.
Looking at the gold brick on the table, which weighed at least five or six pounds, Zhang Chen cursed, "How much people's hard-earned money did this dog official squeeze?"
"How did you find the gold brick so smoothly?" Zhang Chen asked.
"I just used a little illusion to confuse the dog official's wife, and it was done," the fox fairy Nannan said proudly.
Zhang Chen stroked the gold brick with his palm. The next moment, the golden finger interface opened, and his golden finger began to flicker:
[Found gold, can refine pure gold]
[Refine or not?]
"Isn't gold pure gold?" Zhang Chen thought to himself, then directly agreed to the golden finger's request. The next moment, the gold in the box turned into a mist and poured into Zhang Chen's nose and mouth.
"What kind of ability are you cultivating?" The fox fairy Nannan looked at Zhang Chen's methods, with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
Zhang Chen ignored the fox fairy Nannan, but observed the changes in the golden finger on his own. As the golden mist was absorbed by Zhang Chen, the golden finger suddenly flickered and refreshed an interface:
[Collected 30 grams of pure gold, the quantity is insufficient, and the conditions for making talismans cannot be met.]
"What the hell?" Zhang Chen was stunned, looking at the gold on the table that seemed to have shrunk a little bit. At this time, there was no longer any golden mist flowing out of it, and his heart was full of doubts. Wasn't there still several pounds of gold? Why is the quantity insufficient?
[That's just gold, not pure gold.]
The golden finger gave the answer.
Zhang Chen's face darkened when he heard this. If according to this statement, if he wanted to obtain enough pure gold, he would need at least hundreds of pounds of gold.
Hundreds of pounds of gold? This is not a small number. Once lost, it will definitely cause a huge storm, and even the Inspection Department will cast its eyes on it.
But in order to refine the talisman, even if he needs more gold, he has to do it?
"Aristocrats! These dog households! Each one is rich and unkind, I must retaliate. Why not start with Zhang Xiaolan's family first? Zhang Xiaolan's family is a local rich man, and they wanted to raise the rent a few days ago." Zhang Chen turned to look at the fox spirit: "I have something I need you to do for me. If you can do it, you will definitely get your benefits. At that time, I will let you stay in the mental world for an hour."
"What's the matter? Just tell me." The fox spirit's eyes lit up when she heard this.
Zhang Chen whispered in the fox spirit's ear. The fox spirit's face changed when she heard this, and she looked at Zhang Chen with a pair of fearful eyes: "Your kid's methods are too shameless and too insidious, right?"
The fox fairy Nannan thought she was insidious enough, but after meeting Zhang Chen, she realized what it means to be 'inhuman'.
But such a despicable and cunning Zhang Chen is exactly what the fox fairy Nannan wants. It's better for her own people to be so insidious and cunning than for others to be insidious and cunning to plot against her.
Just then, the fox spirit Nannan rolled up the gold in front of Zhang Chen's desk and disappeared into the night, heading straight to the wealthy Zhang family. In recent years, the Zhang family had lived an extraordinarily comfortable life, relying on the support of Prince Pingbian's mansion.
The fox spirit Nannan directly entered the Zhang residence, arrived outside Master Zhang's room, threw three gold bars directly on the ground, and knocked hard on the door.
"Who is it?" Master Zhang was drinking tea in the room. Hearing the knock, he shouted, but received no reply. He got up and opened the door, and the next moment, Master Zhang saw the gold scattered on the ground, and he was completely stunned.
"Where did this gold come from?" Master Zhang stared blankly at the gold on the ground. After pondering for a few breaths, he quickly picked up the gold and closed the door. Looking at the gold in his arms, a hint of greed appeared in his eyes: "With my current relationship with Prince Pingbian's mansion, even if this gold has any problems, I'm not afraid."
Moreover, three gold bars are not that much, even if something happens, he can handle it.
Thinking of this, Master Zhang went to the secret place in his house where he hid gold, carefully hid the picked-up gold inside, then walked out of the room, and shouted to the outside: "Go tell the Third Concubine that I will go to her place tonight."
Master Zhang had a smug look on his face. He had made a windfall for no reason, and he was extremely happy.
While Master Zhang went to celebrate with the Third Concubine, the fox spirit Nannan appeared in Master Zhang's study, looked at the hidden mechanism, and couldn't help but mutter to herself: "This Zhang Chen is too insidious and vicious. This method is simply impossible to guard against. As long as the other party picks up the gold, they will inevitably feel guilty and will definitely hide the gold. Then I will definitely find the place where the gold is hidden, and then I will be able to catch them all in one go. This kid is so vicious, no wonder I failed!"
The fox spirit Nannan suddenly felt that her failure was not unjustified. Then she opened Master Zhang's mechanism and not only looted all the gold inside, but also left no silver behind.
Gold, silver, jewelry, and all easily portable items were looted by the fox spirit.
Tonight, dozens of wealthy families in the Northern Lands inexplicably found gold, and then at the same time, all the valuable gold and silver were swept away, leaving not even two grains of rice for the mice.
Inside the Inn
It was already the second half of the night. Zhang Chen secretly estimated the time. There were still two hours before morning class. At this time, a neat stack of gold was placed in front of him, probably weighing about a hundred pounds.
Next to the gold, there were countless silver and jewelry, piled up into a small mountain two meters high.
The fox spirit Nannan was standing proudly next to the small mountain, her voice full of praise: "Two-legged beast, your plan is simply amazing! None of the nobles in the Northern Lands can escape this trick."
"It's a pity that this method can only be used once. After alarming the enemy, it will no longer work," Zhang Chen muttered.
"Moreover, the theft of dozens of noble families in the Northern Lands will definitely alarm the Inspection Guard. Next, we must honestly follow the rules and must not be targeted by the Inspection Division," Zhang Chen said.
"With so much gold and silver, it's enough for us to eat and drink for the rest of our lives," the fox spirit Nannan said triumphantly.
"You move these silver and jewelry to the cave first and bury them under the beehive," Zhang Chen ordered.
Hearing this, the fox spirit Nannan happily took out a bag, packed the treasure, and went away. At this time, Zhang Chen looked at the gold mountain in front of him, a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes. The next moment, he directly used the Golden Finger, and a golden mist like a spiritual snake continuously poured into Zhang Chen's mouth and nose.
As the pure gold energy entered Zhang Chen's body, the Golden Finger interface flickered for a while:
[Discovery: Advancement conditions met. Do you want to advance?]
"Advance!"
[8 Skills (First Order): Body-Fixing Talisman (0/4000)]
Then, the pure gold energy that entered Zhang Chen's body flickered, appeared in his upper dantian ancestral aperture, and entered the cyan lotus in his brow.
In the cyan lotus, countless pure gold energies gathered according to a mysterious law and turned into a talisman paper completely composed of gold.
The talisman paper was twenty centimeters long and five centimeters wide, and it was flashing mysterious golden light in the cyan lotus. In the dark, it seemed that there was a mysterious and unpredictable brush. Zhang Chen's mana was also mobilized with the brush, and a rune was outlined out of thin air on the talisman paper. The rune was the Body-Fixing Talisman pattern that Zhang Chen had memorized in his mind.
At this time, the talisman was not finished yet. On the back of the talisman paper, there were also auspicious clouds outlined. In the auspicious clouds, there seemed to be golden lotus flowers blooming, and faint palaces were flashing in the auspicious clouds.
[8 Skills (First Order): Body-Fixing Talisman (0/4000)]
[Note 1: Can fix first-order monsters]
[Points: 148000]
Seeing this, Zhang Chen smiled, and then directly added points to upgrade:
[8 Skills (Second Order): Body-Fixing Talisman (0/40000)]
[Note 1: Can fix second-order monsters]
[Points: 144000]
At this time, the golden talisman flickered and turned into two, flying in Zhang Chen's cyan lotus, like two butterflies, chasing each other and constantly flashing.
"Two? That is to say, I can now fix two second-order monsters at the same time," Zhang Chen's eyes lit up after seeing the two talismans.
Of course, the required points at this time also began to increase tenfold.
"Continue to upgrade for me!"
Zhang Chen looked at the points, there were still 144,000, he could still afford to upgrade.
The next moment, the talisman was upgraded again, and the two talismans became three talismans.
[8 Skills (Third Order): Body-Fixing Talisman (0/400000)]
[Note 1: Can fix third-order monsters]
[Points: 104000]
After upgrading the talisman to level three, Zhang Chen finally stopped. Looking at the remaining 104,000 points, he didn't dare to squander them at will, after all, there was still a talisman.
Moreover, for him, Qi Refining Technique was the most important thing, and he had to accumulate points to upgrade Qi Refining Technique.
At present, the level three talisman is enough for him to use. The level three talisman can already fix powerhouses in the Day Wandering Realm, which is completely enough for him.
As for higher-level powerhouses, he felt that the Light of the True God was more powerful.
What he lacks now is the means to deal with ordinary people. Now that he has three talismans, it is enough to deal with martial arts masters in the world, and he can be considered to have the power to protect himself.
"I'm bound to win this competition! Sure enough, who would practice martial arts if they could cultivate immortality?" A smug smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Chen's mouth. Of course, he can now not only use the golden talisman, but also draw talismans with cinnabar himself. However, drawing talismans with cinnabar is too conspicuous, and people can see that it is abnormal at a glance.
After all, when the two sides are fighting, if you directly take a talisman and stick it on the other party, as long as the other party is not a fool, they can see the trick and think there is a fraud, and will not give you a chance to get close.
However, the golden talisman is different after being refined by mana. When fighting with the other party, as long as you touch the other party's body, you can directly enter the other party's body and fix all the essence, energy, and spirit activities of the other party from the soul level. It is invisible, intangible, unpredictable, and outsiders cannot detect it with the naked eye.