"Mom's friend?"

Wen Ruyu nodded slightly, seeming to acquiesce in the identity of 'mother's friend' he mentioned...

"Your father, Ji Pingchang, has an eighth-level cultivation of Qi and is a minor in alchemy. Your mother, Ning Chan, has an eighth-level of Qi cultivation and is a Yanshu master. Is there any mistake?"

"Correct..."

"Your mother and I have been on the same team many times, and you weren't around at that time..."

"It turns out it was senior in person~"

Ji Bochang pretended to be surprised, and then said with a sad expression: "My mother has been dead for more than 20 years, and the younger generation has been alone and helpless. Today we know that there are still relatives alive in the world. Fortunately~Fortunate~"

"I'm not your relative..."

When Wen Ruyu heard this, she frowned slightly and said, "Your mother and I are just simple friends. We came here today to ask for something, not to find a relative."

"It's the junior who's being rude."

Uncle Ji often saw his marriage proposals being rejected, but he did not show any disappointment. He then asked, "I wonder why senior is here today?"

His voice paused, and he continued with a sincere expression: "Although my mother has been friends for more than twenty years, my senior and my mother are old friends, and Bo Chang, as a junior, should do his best."

"..."

Wen Ruyu did not rush to reply, but looked around the small courtyard and said meaningfully: "These are the only things left in your home?"

"good."

Ji Bochang also knew that his family was poor, so he explained with a wry smile: "My parents died young, and the younger generation has false spiritual roots and poor cultivation qualifications. He has lost all his money and has only practiced to the second level of Qi training, which makes the seniors laugh."

"It's not easy for pseudo-spiritual roots to sense qi. You can practice till now, but you must have worked hard."

Wen Ruyu nodded slightly, then changed the subject and asked: "Do you still have your "Basic Essentials of Yanshu"?"

"exist…"

Ji Bo often saw her talking about "Basic Essentials of Yanshu" without any surprise on his face. He calmly took out a simple yellowed jade slip from his storage bag.

"Is this what senior is talking about?"

"good…"

Wen Ruyu nodded slightly and couldn't help but smile a little when she saw that he seemed to be well-behaved, but in fact he was reserved, and asked, "You know I want this?"

"My parents died young and my family was poor."

Ji Bochang handed over the jade slip and said: "Senior is an old friend of my mother's. Apart from this, I really can't think of anything else in the family that I should miss."

"You are quite smart..."

Wen Ruyu took the jade slip and played with it to confirm its authenticity. She originally wanted to replace it with some elixirs, but suddenly she seemed to think of something and asked: "How much have you learned about the puppet making skills?

?”

"Ah, this..."

Ji Bochang was slightly startled when he heard this. He couldn't say that he had made many realistic 'playmates' in his spare time, right?

He pondered for a while and said half-truthfully: "I have been studying with my mother since I was a child. I have also helped make some Yanshu puppets. In addition, I have been studying this art for more than ten years after I entered the practice."

His voice paused, and then he continued with a bit of embarrassment: "Although I have learned a lot, my cultivation is only at the second level of Qi Refining, and I don't have any spiritual stones to purchase materials, so I haven't had much practical experience."

"Have you learned a lot?"

Wen Ruyu glanced at him in surprise and said: "Although Yanshu is a small minority in the world of spiritual practice, the threshold for entry is really not low.

As far as I know, the caster needs to have requirements for talismans, lines, calculations, formations, mechanisms, etc. Higher quality Yanshu puppets even require prohibitions and weapon refining. You can learn it seven or seven times.

Eighty-eight?"

"Yan Shu is indeed a practice skill with a high threshold, as the seniors said, and it is indeed extremely complicated to learn, but..."

Ji Bochang said seriously: "This junior just has poor cultivation aptitude and is not stupid. He has been exposed to it since he was a child and has been exploring on his own for more than ten years. I think I have some research on Yan Shu!"

"oh?"

Wen Ruyu was a little surprised, "Seriously?"

"really!"

Ji Bochang's heart was beating rapidly, and even the fingers in his sleeves were trembling slightly...

He did not speak empty words…

After traveling through the soul and realizing that this is a world of immortality, he has liked to stay behind his parents since he was a child. When his father made alchemy, he would be the boy fanning the fireside; when his mother made puppets, he would be the apprentice passing tools.

With the soul of an adult, while secretly learning skills, he is also examining the differences between the two worlds.

He does know some martial arts, as evidenced by the lifelike ‘playmates’ on his bed and on his bedside...

And when he first entered, he knew that the cultivation level of the woman in front of him was much higher than his own. The sharp blade on his neck disappeared in an instant, and it was probably a magic weapon.

Although he couldn't clearly see what kind of cultivation it was, he clearly knew that his mother was in the late stage of Qi training more than 20 years ago!

And this woman is an old friend of her mother’s, and her cultivation level more than 20 years ago is definitely not lower than the late stage of Qi training, but now, maybe she is already in the foundation building stage!!

Judging from the current situation, it seems that she wants to make a puppet, and the practice skill of 'Yanshu' is a niche in the entire practice world, and not many people know it.

I happen to know some...

If I start from this aspect and sell my favors to get help, wouldn't the 'Taoist couple problem' I was worried about before be easily solved?

Ji Bochang has been a man for two generations and is now middle-aged. Although he almost died because of his poor cultivation talent before, it was helpless after all...

Now that I have figured out the correct way to use the golden finger, I feel that I have a bright future, so how can I be willing to be inferior to others?

So he clearly knows that the first priority right now is to be well-behaved. On the premise of saving his life, it would be even better if he could earn the favor of a foundation-building monk...

He took a deep breath to calm down, and said without changing his expression: "Senior, if you don't believe it, you can buy a few materials, and I can make a fifth-level Qi Refining puppet on the spot!"

"..."

Seeing his sworn expression, Wen Ruyu had an unexplained thought in her mind, 'Could this kid really be good at puppetry?'

She seemed to have thought of something and asked: "Why can we only make puppets with the fifth level of Qi training?"

"This junior's cultivation level is too low. Making a puppet in the middle stage of Qi training is already the limit."

Uncle Ji noticed that her expression seemed a little disappointed, and he quickly added: "It's not impossible to make a puppet for the later stage of Qi training, but in some aspects, you need to trouble your seniors to do it yourself..."

"Later stage of Qi training..."

Wen Ruyu frowned slightly and murmured, then asked subconsciously: "What if I want to make a puppet for the Foundation Establishment Stage?"

"..."

Ji Bo often heard that his breathing was stagnant, and his heart beat seemed to skip a few beats. He felt nervous and worried.

The nervousness is that the opponent has a 90% chance of being a monk in the foundation building stage;

What worries me is that I can’t help, can’t sell favors, and can’t get help…

"That may disappoint senior..."

After he came to his senses, he did not choose to show off his strength, and said rather regretfully: "The "Basic Essentials of Yanshu" written by the younger generation only records the method of making puppets in the Qi refining stage, not the foundation building stage."

"I have a method for making a foundation-building puppet."

Wen Ruyu took out a jade slip with a sense of age from her storage bag, handed it over and said, "This foundation-building puppet is special. See if I can make it with my help."

"..."

Although Ji Bochang was surprised, he didn't dare to say anything. He just nodded and took the jade slip, placed it between his eyebrows and looked at it carefully with his spiritual consciousness...

But the more he looked, the deeper his frown became...

After reading it, he took a long breath of relief and said: "To make this puppet, you need a core made of Paulownia wood, and this core requires a second-level weapon refiner, and it also needs to be supplemented by restrictions. I

,no…"

"Second-level weapon refiner..."

Wen Ruyu nodded slightly when he heard this, not surprised, and asked: "What about the core part?"

"Except for the kernel part..."

Ji Bochang thought with his eyes slightly focused...

He had also seen the Yanshu puppet in the Foundation Establishment stage just now. The difficulty was that the core was refined from Paulownia wood, which could not be refined without a second-level weapon refiner.

Although there are difficulties in other auxiliary materials, I can understand it to a certain extent. If I spend some time researching and get help from others, I may not be unable to give it a try...

As if he had made up his mind, he said seriously: "Three years!!"

He was afraid that he was not clear enough, so he explained: "With the help of seniors, it will take me three years to create other parts of this puppet except the core!"

"Three years?"

Wen Ruyu murmured in a daze, and then asked, "What if I only give you two years?"

"..."

Ji Bo often looked troubled, but after seeing the senior's dazed state, he gritted his teeth and replied: "If I can get senior's help, two years will be enough!"

"How about two years?"

"Can!"

"..."

Seeing how he was almost gritting his teeth when he said "yes", Wen Ruyu didn't know what she was thinking of, so she couldn't help but smile.

"You said it's okay?"

She said with a half-smile: "Don't be too full on your guarantee. I don't know if you are really good at practicing martial arts or if you are just talking nonsense."

"I want three materials!"

Ji Bochang said seriously: "Two fault tolerances, you will know once you try it!"

"OK!"

Wen Ruyu casually threw the jade slip that recorded "Basic Essentials of Yanshu" back into his hand and said: "I will prepare three materials for you. If you can really create a puppet in the middle stage of Qi training, I will believe you.

These words; if I find you talking nonsense..."

She paused in her voice and then said with a cold face: "That's no wonder I don't miss my old friend."
Chapter completed!