The news about Kou Chongxue not showing up for a long time caused a stir in Youzhou. Although three deputy mountain chiefs personally came forward to refute the rumors, and then Yunjing personally took charge of Tongyou City and began to purge the inside of the college, it was still difficult to stop the rumors.
Spread.
And as the two college deacons who were "humiliated" by Yun Jing during the purge inadvertently revealed a few words while casually complaining after drinking too much with their friends at the wine table, Kou Chongxue may have found a secret.
The news that he secretly went to the plane world to find the opportunity to advance to the sixth heaven was quickly spread outside Youzhou through secret channels!
And soon the news about the banquet was discovered by the Department of Human Affairs of Tongyou College. The two college deacons who "uttered the truth after drinking" were quickly found out by Yunjing for questioning, and then there was no more news about those
News about the two.
Soon, there were more rumors in Tongyou City about Kou Chongxue's retreat, death, and disappearance, as if the news suddenly appeared out of thin air.
Moreover, these messages were diverse and had various versions. Some sounded serious, while others were extremely exaggerated, which immediately diluted the impact of the first two rumors.
However, in the eyes of many interested people, the various versions of the rumors that finally appeared are more like smoke deliberately released by Tongyou Academy to cover up the previous news about Kou Chongxue going to the outer realm of the stars.
At present, the more speculations about Kou Chongxue's whereabouts in Tongyou City, and the more absurd they are, the more they prove the "correctness" of the two college deacons who made a drunken gaffe.
Just when Tongyou City was bustling with activity, time had quietly passed through the 859th year of the Shenwu Calendar, and Shang Xia ushered in the 960th year of the Shenwu Calendar in a rare and leisurely manner in Haimin's courtyard.
Hai Yuanyuan has now successfully condensed and completed the sublimation of martial arts will, and is now able to take charge of the development of an island and surrounding waters overseas, which can be regarded as her own.
But precisely because of this, the child did not rush back to celebrate the New Year, but Shang Xia was content to enjoy their world for a while.
However, this leisurely time did not last long. It had just passed the fifth day of the first lunar month, and Chu Jia almost urged him to return to the academy with a message talisman every day.
Shang Xia came to Futang helplessly and saw from a distance not only Chu Jia, but also Ren Bainian, Ren Huan and Shang Quan who were already waiting there.
"I knew it!"
Shang Xia murmured in a low voice, then walked in a little "sadly" and found a place to sit down.
"Are you hiding in your cozy home of tenderness and not wanting to come out?"
Chu Jia looked at it with mocking eyes.
Ren Baibai, Ren Huan and Shang Quan all looked as if they were in a state of confusion, as if they had not heard what Chu Jia had just said, not to mention the sourness contained in those sarcastic tones.
Shang Xia glanced at her and said, "You have to let people live the New Year in peace, right?"
"Where can there be New Year after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year?"
Chu Jia refuted her, then pointed to the other three people and said, "Well, it's not that I'm looking for you, it's that they didn't dare to bother you, so in the end they had to ask me for help."
Shang Xia said: "Understood, understood!"
Chu Jia was slightly satisfied when he heard this, but then he realized that Shang Xia's tone was more like
After being perfunctory, I immediately rushed over and felt frustrated, so I said angrily: "Which one of you three will come first?"
Shang Xia felt that Chu Jia's mood seemed to be going through twists and turns, but he didn't know the reason, he just felt a little baffled.
Ren Bainian laughed dryly at this time and said, "I'd better come first."
After that, Ren Baibai took out a long spirit-sealing box from his cuff and said: "Manager Shang, this is a bone talisman pen that has been modified by two masters of Ba|Bingfang!"
"Is the transformation successful?"
When Shang Xia heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. After taking the box, he opened it and asked casually: "When did I become the 'general manager'?"
This time it was Ren Huan who answered, and he smiled and said: "There has never been any appointment in the Futang before. Everyone mostly judges their status based on the skills of making talismans. At first, it was Master Gong, and later it was Master Shang."
Brother. However, starting from this year, various duties and appointments in the college will be standardized, and Brother Shang, you are naturally the person in charge of all affairs of Futang, so everyone naturally calls you "General Manager". The same is true of Zhentang today.
The general manager is Master Chu, and there are others..."
Shang Xia's hand that opened the spirit sealing box hesitated slightly, and he quickly raised his hand to interrupt Ren Huan, and then said seriously: "I don't care what the heads of other halls call me, but everyone in Futang must call me 'Tang'."
Lord, if anyone dares to call me 'General Manager', I will... I will let go of everything in Futang!"
Having said that, Shang Xia felt that he should emphasize it again, so he repeated: "This is very important!"
Ren Huan and others looked at each other for a moment, wondering why Shang Xia was so concerned about a title. It was obvious that he was so solemn about the matter but did not dare to ask why. They just nodded in agreement and made up their minds to return to Futang.
I would like to inform you that you must not offend your fifth-level great talisman master just because of a title.
After the spirit-sealing box was opened, there was a talisman pen about a foot long lying inside. A piece of spiritual bone from a fifth-level sea beast was taken and two masters worked together to make it into a pen holder, which replaced the original holder of the white bone talisman pen.
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Shang Xia took the talisman pen out of the box and immediately felt that the bone talisman pen was different from before. He was overjoyed and asked: "Senior, what do you think of the weapon refining methods of the two masters of the Hundred Arms Workshop? 2
What do people think of this talisman pen after its transformation?"
Ren Baibai said with a smile: "Those two great weapon masters don't look very old, but their skills in refining weapons are beyond my reach. I just watched from the sidelines and felt that I benefited a lot. As for the evaluation of those two, I don't have any comments."
, but I have a suggestion..."
When Ren Baibai said this, his tone paused slightly, and Shang Xia suddenly showed a look of doubt on his face.
Ren Bainian laughed dryly and said quickly: "They said they suggested Mr. Shang...the hall master change it to a better inkstone."
"Inkstone?"
Shang Xia suddenly realized something. He lifted up the pen holder and looked at the tip of the pen carefully. Sure enough, he found that the tip of the talisman pen was also damaged.
Shang Xia originally thought that this should be natural damage in the process of writing high-level martial arts, but judging from what the two masters of Bai|Bingfang said, even if a good inkstone cannot avoid this damage, it should be able to
This loss is minimized.
Shang Xia nodded, and then asked: "Do they have any suggestions about promoting the bone talisman pen to a magic weapon?"
Ren Bainian said: "Those two said that changing the pen holder and then the pen tip is almost equivalent to refining a talisman pen. The bone talisman pen has already
There is not much value in transformation. If the Shang...hall master can find the spirit bones of the fifth-level alien beasts, it would be best to find the spirit bones of the same alien beasts, so that they can be sure to refine a weapon that is closest to the gods.
The talisman pen of a soldier, but whether this talisman pen can successfully complete the transformation of the divine weapon level in the end depends on the chance of the hall master."
Shang Xia nodded thoughtfully.
After Ren Baibai finished speaking, Ren Huan immediately stood up and said: "Hall Master..."
Shang Xia frowned, raised his hand to interrupt him and said, "Brother Ren, why are you out here?"
Ren Huan smiled and then changed his words: "Brother Shang, in the past three years, there has been some progress in the experiments on various source crystals in the production of talisman paper and the blending of talisman ink."
Shang Xia's spirit perked up a bit when he heard this, and he said with a smile: "Isn't the cost of the experiment high?"
Ren Huan also smiled and said: "Fortunately, at least the price was not in vain."
Ren Huan then introduced to Shang Xia: "After adding crystal powder ground from different sources, we found that the talisman made from it, when making martial talismans with the same or similar properties as the crystal powder itself,
The talisman formation rate usually increases a lot; but if it is used to make talismans with different characteristics from the crystal powder, the talisman formation rate will be much lower than the normal level of the talisman master; if the talisman paper is accidentally made and the crystal powder is mixed
The characteristics of the powder are completely opposite, so the success rate may be directly as low as the disaster level."
Shang Quan, who had never spoken at this time, also followed up and said: "The same goes for the blending of talismans. In the past, although there were specific talisman inks used to make specific martial talismans, they had a certain bonus to the success rate, but in most cases, regardless of
Both the talisman paper and the talisman ink are universal. But now, as more and more results are obtained from the experiments of mixing different crystal powders, in the future, the talisman paper and talisman ink will have to be specially customized according to the needs of the talisman master to make talismans.
Prepared."
Ren Huan also added: "Also, the demand for source crystals with different characteristics will increase significantly. We need to stock up on these source crystals with different characteristics in advance."
Chu Jia interjected at this time: "These were actually carried out secretly three years ago. The academy has discovered several places where crystals with different characteristics can be obtained on a regular basis, and has strictly guarded them. At the same time, it is still continuing.
By expanding the scope and intensity of our search, we have gained the first mover advantage."
Shang Xia thought for a while and said with a smile: "This is actually an improvement. In the past, the talisman making talismans and the ink master adjusting the ink tended to be comprehensive and applicable. That is because the talisman inheritance mastered by the talisman master often only
There are several methods, and he is only good at one or two specific ones. However, the talisman paper and talisman made by the talisman and ink maker are not necessarily suitable for one or two people, so we can only consider the talisman paper and talisman made by the ink maker.
Anyone can use ink. Nowadays, there are dozens of talisman masters and talisman disciples in Futang. Even if each person is only good at making a few martial talismans, there will always be overlap when the number of people is large, so it is better to make some
Specific talisman papers that can help increase the chance of talisman formation, talisman ink is more suitable."
Shang Xia then communicated with the three of them for a while and learned about the situation of Qitang, Futang and merchants.
Chu Jia, who was on the side, had already been waiting impatiently. Seeing that the few people were already chatting, he immediately started to chase them away: "This is the Formation Hall. Why don't you go to your Fu Hall to talk about anything?"
Ren Bainian, Ren Huan and Shang Quan still didn't know what to do, so they immediately stood up and left, leaving the remaining time to Shang Xia and Chu Jia.