Chapter 97: It’s time for kids to practice martial arts

Lu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief as he walked out of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and looked at the bustling street.

He had been busy for most of the day, and he had finally cleared out all the items belonging to the Five Fiends of Kou.

They sold for a total of four thousand one hundred and ten spirit stones.

This was about the same as his initial estimate.

If he were to sell all the items he kept for himself, such as the superb-grade magic weapon flying knife, the high-grade magic weapon shield, as well as pills, talismans, materials, and other miscellaneous items,

He would have at least seven thousand spirit stones.

However, it was troublesome to sell pills, talismans, and materials.

Lu Changsheng could use these items himself, so he was too lazy to sell them.

Naturally, Lu Changsheng spent all of these spirit stones without leaving a single one behind.

He used them all to purchase materials for crafting a second-order puppet.

However, the cost of crafting a second-order puppet was indeed high.

After inquiring about the prices of various materials, Lu Changsheng had a rough idea of the cost of a second-order puppet.

It basically started at three thousand spirit stones.

As for the upper limit, it was hard to say.

This was because there were many types of puppets, unlike alchemy, weapon refinement, or talisman making.

They were roughly divided into combat puppets, auxiliary puppets, and special puppets.

In terms of appearance, there were humanoid puppets and beast-shaped puppets.

In terms of size, there were small puppets, large puppets, and giant puppets.

The materials consumed and the time spent varied greatly for different puppets.

A giant puppet could consume several times, or even dozens of times, the materials of a small puppet.

Due to limited financial resources, limited time, and limited environment, Lu Changsheng did not think about so much.

He directly skipped the large puppets and giant puppets.

He planned to first craft a small humanoid second-order puppet, with a cost of three thousand spirit stones.

After all, he mainly wanted the puppet for self-defense.

Having another means of defense in case of accidents.

This kind of small puppet had a combat power roughly equivalent to the early stage of Foundation Establishment, which was enough for him.

However, because he bought a superb-grade magic talisman brush and talisman materials, he did not have enough spirit stones on him.

He had not yet collected all the materials for crafting this puppet.

He was still short about five hundred spirit stones.

Lu Changsheng was not in a hurry.

He planned to leave it like this for now.

He would first draw the second-order talismans he had purchased.

By then, he would have almost enough money to collect the remaining materials.

Anyway, even if he collected the materials now, he would not have so much time and energy to craft the puppet.

Just like the materials for the two puppets he bought before, he had not had time to finish crafting them.

Not to mention crafting a second-order puppet.

Lu Changsheng walked on the street, not going straight home.

Instead, he found an inn.

He checked the room again to see if he was being followed or if any marks had been left.

Although large shops like the Azure Cloud Merchant Association and the Myriad Treasures Pavilion would not do such things,

But as the saying goes, it’s better to be careful.

After confirming that there were no problems, Lu Changsheng changed his appearance, put on a set of clothes, walked out of the inn, and left Nine Dragons Market.

After circling around outside the market, he destroyed his clothes and temporary identity plate before returning to Nine Dragons Market.

After arriving at the spirit talisman shop, shopkeeper Zhang Shan saw Lu Changsheng and reported to him the affairs of the shop in the past few days.

He also told Lu Changsheng that someone from White Jade Tower had come three days ago, asking him to go there when he had time.

Hearing this, Lu Changsheng immediately knew.

The two maids he had previously purchased at White Jade Tower had arrived.

“Okay, I understand.”

Lu Changsheng nodded.

He was not in a hurry to go to White Jade Tower.

He just needed to go to White Jade Tower within a month of receiving the notice.

“Hoo!”

Walking up to the third floor of the shop, Lu Changsheng sat down on a chair and took a long breath.

His tense mind was completely relaxed at this moment.

Then, he took out the Jade Bamboo Wine from his storage bag and poured himself a cup.

Today’s back-and-forth cleaning and selling had made him tense throughout the whole process, as if he was carrying a heavy burden.

He was a little mentally exhausted.

Therefore, Lu Changsheng did not directly try to draw second-order talismans.

Now his mind was a little tired and his condition was not good. If he failed to draw them, he would feel a little heartache.

After all, the cost of second-order talismans was indeed a bit high.

Thinking of how other talisman masters had to burn money like this in order to practice, Lu Changsheng also understood why the profit of talismans was so high.

Because they burned so much money, who would do it if the profit was not high.

After sipping two cups of Jade Bamboo Wine and resting for a while, Lu Changsheng took out the Scarlet Radiance Talisman Brush he bought and began to draw high-grade talismans.

He had used up a lot of talismans on this trip and needed to replenish them.

He also needed to get used to this new talisman brush.

“As expected of a superb-grade talisman brush, the spiritual power is obviously more fluid when drawing talismans.”

“It can even help smooth out slight disturbances in the spiritual power that cause it to be too scattered.”

After drawing two high-grade talismans and experiencing the effect of this superb-grade talisman, Lu Changsheng nodded in praise.

However, this was just an additional effect of the talisman brush.

The main effect of a superb-grade talisman brush was that it could withstand the surge of spiritual ink and spiritual power, making it easier to outline the talisman lines on the talisman paper.

Like a medium-grade magic weapon talisman brush, even if the talisman-making skill was high, it could not be used to draw second-order talismans.

Night fell.

Lu Changsheng returned to his residence.

He asked Xiaoqing and the others about the situation at home these days.

Besides the birth of his forty-second child, nothing had happened these days.

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly, went to see the child, then ate a meal, and went to rest and sleep early.

The next day, Lu Changsheng came to the talisman room of the spirit talisman shop full of energy.

He prepared to start drawing second-order talismans.

He spread out the light purple beast skin talisman paper, Lu Changsheng took out the Scarlet Radiance Talisman Brush, and absorbed the spiritual ink prepared from the blood of demon beasts into the tip of the brush.

Then, the spiritual power in his body surged to his palm, and then through the talisman brush in his hand to the tip of the brush.

Under the flow of spiritual power, a faint scarlet light appeared on the pen shaft.

And the tip of the pen also emitted a purple glow.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng looked serious and began to draw the second-order talisman with all his attention.

The drawing process was very slow.

The talisman lines looked smooth and flowing, but every step seemed a bit laborious.

Sweat beads appeared on Lu Changsheng’s forehead.

Time passed little by little.

Finally, Lu Changsheng outlined the last talisman line.

In an instant, the talisman lines on the entire talisman paper were connected end to end, with purple electric currents surging, and flames spreading from the edge of the talisman paper, emitting a terrifying spiritual pressure.

But after a moment, the spiritual pressure dissipated, and the talisman lines solidified.

The second-order low-grade talisman, Thunderfire Talisman, succeeded!

“Success on the first try, not bad.”

Lu Changsheng looked at this Thunderfire Talisman, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face, and he gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Drawing second-order talismans was not enough to empty him, but the consumption was also very large.

His mind and spiritual power were exhausted, and he felt a sense of fatigue.

“The second-order low-grade talisman has a power comparable to a blow from the early stage of Foundation Establishment.”

“However, with my current strength, I can’t activate too many of this level of talismans at the same time.”

“I still have to be careful to guide and control it, otherwise, if I’m not careful, I may hurt myself.”

Lu Changsheng held this Thunderfire Talisman in his hand, with a look of joy on his face.

The second-order low-grade talisman corresponds to a blow from the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

If used properly, it can even threaten Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

However, the higher the grade of the talisman, the higher the control over the mind and spiritual power.

This is why Lu Changsheng used dozens of first-order low-grade and medium-grade talismans.

But even now, he can only use five or six high-grade talismans at a time.

As for superb-grade talismans, he can only use two or three at most.

Saving is one aspect.

The main reason is that the higher the grade of the talisman, the higher the requirements for use.

Defense and auxiliary talismans are fine.

Like attack talismans, if there are too many at once, and he fails to guide and control them well, the talisman power will leak out, and he may even hurt himself.

This is also a disadvantage of talismans.

Otherwise, the cultivation world would be the world of talisman masters.

As long as they meet someone, when fighting, they would throw out dozens or hundreds of talismans, who could withstand it.

Or cultivators in the early and middle stages of Qi Refining could take a bunch of second-order and third-order talismans, who could withstand it?

Now Lu Changsheng is in the late stage of Qi Refining, even if he is given a third-order talisman, he can’t control it.

If he is not careful, the talisman power will leak out and explode, and he may hurt himself.

This is also one of the reasons why talisman treasures are valuable.

While the power is great, even if they only have the cultivation of the early stage of Qi Refining, they can use it, exert part of its power, and will not hurt themselves.

Lu Changsheng put away the Thunderfire Talisman, came to the rest room, and began to meditate and rest.

After restoring his spiritual power to 70% or 80%, he got up and went out, preparing to go to White Jade Tower.

A quarter of an hour later.

Lu Changsheng came to White Jade Tower.

The red-skirted maid told him that Feng Jiuniang was busy.

She arranged him in an elegant room, brewed tea, and asked him to wait a little.

Not long after, a crisp sound of high heels came, accompanied by a knock on the door.

“Enter.”

Lu Changsheng said.

The door opened, and a beautiful woman in a black gauze mist skirt walked into the room.

“Young Master Lu, I’ve kept you waiting.”

Feng Jiuniang smiled gently and charmingly, and bowed to Lu Changsheng.

Her temperament was elegant and dignified, but the black silk beautiful legs exposed on the side of the skirt were extremely seductive.

“Steward Feng, I received a message saying that the two maids I ordered before have arrived.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the charming woman in front of him and said with a smile.

“Please wait a moment, Young Master Lu, I have already asked someone to bring them over.”

Feng Jiuniang said softly.

Then she walked to the table, raised her jade fingers, leaned over slightly, and poured tea for Lu Changsheng while pinching the teapot.

Then she twisted her plump beautiful buttocks and sat on the chair next to her in an elegant and seductive manner, habitually overlapping her legs, revealing a pair of black phoenix bird gold-patterned high heels under the black mist skirt.

Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, this White Jade Tower steward was simply charming to the bone, every move seemed to be teasing people.

Lu, that man, had experienced hundreds of battles, and every time he looked tempting, let alone others.

It’s a pity that this thing can only be looked at, not eaten.

A moment later.

A woman in a red dress came with two beautiful women.

One was about twenty-four or five years old.

Her face was without makeup, slightly rigid, her slender willow eyebrows were as sharp as green peaks, and her eyes did not have any numb lifelessness, but carried a bit of coldness.

She was wearing a red martial attire, her figure was graceful and slender, and her long black hair hung behind her back like a ponytail, revealing a chivalrous aura.

From her tall and slender figure, straight as a spear, it could be seen that this woman had martial arts skills.

Maybe she really was a chivalrous woman.

The other woman was sixteen years old.

She had long, black hair reaching her waist, and wore a white tassel dress.

Her face was delicate, her skin was fair, and her figure was extremely well-developed.

If you stood in her perspective and looked down, you obviously wouldn’t be able to see the delicate white embroidered shoes under her skirt.

When she walked into the room, her eyes flowed with a look of resentment, making one feel pity for her.

“Young Master Lu, these are the maids you purchased, Jiang Louyue and Yu Yao.”

Feng Jiuniang introduced them to Lu Changsheng with a charming voice, and then said to the two women, “Why haven’t you greeted Young Master Lu yet?”

Her voice carried an unquestionable majesty.

“Greetings, Young Master Lu.”

The two women immediately bowed gracefully to Lu Changsheng.

The look in their eyes towards Lu Changsheng also carried a bit of a different color.

After all, the Lu Changsheng in front of them was handsome, tall, and had a gentle temperament.

Wearing a cyan bamboo leaf magic robe, he gave people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze.

Even giving rise to goodwill.

They felt that the young man in front of them was a good person, a refined gentleman at first glance.

“Ladies, are you willing to become this young master’s maids?”

Lu Changsheng also stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said with a smile.

He also saw the expressions in the eyes of the two women.

He was very familiar with this kind of gaze.

As long as they were under Lu’s care, the two women would soon regain their vitality and feel that life was colorful.

“This little girl is willing, Yao’er is willing.”

The two women immediately replied.

“Okay, Steward Feng, I am quite satisfied.”

Lu Changsheng smiled lightly and nodded.

He suddenly thought of the ‘Old Man Tianku’ who created the Immortal Appearance Technique.

If he came to a place like Baiyulou, he probably wouldn’t be able to ask the other party if they were willing, right?

Afterwards, Lu Changsheng and Feng Jiuniang completed the contract and paid the final payment of spirit stones.

“Young Master Lu, you have accumulated over a thousand spirit stones in my Baiyulou, and from now on you will be a member of our Baiyulou.”

“In the future, you can be exempted from the deposit when you come to buy maids, and there will be no loss if you don’t like them.”

“Moreover, our Baiyulou will also have a batch of top-quality maids specially provided for members to choose from every once in a while.”

“If Young Master Lu is interested, I will send someone to notify you at that time.”

At this time, Feng Jiuniang also took out a white jade token and handed it to Lu Changsheng, saying so.

“Oh?”

Lu Changsheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

He didn’t expect Baiyulou to have such a thing as membership.

He didn’t care about the deposit exemption.

He was just a little interested in the top-quality maids specially provided for members.

“Speaking of continuing to spend money, are there any senior members or something?”

Lu Changsheng took the white jade token and looked at it.

One side was engraved with the pattern of Baiyulou, and the other side was written with the word Lu, which was probably customized long ago.

“Our Baiyulou does have multiple levels of membership, which is also to provide better service to each customer.”

Feng Jiuniang smiled softly.

“Okay, if there are such top-quality maids specially provided for members in the future, you can send someone to notify me at the Lu family’s spirit talisman shop.”

Lu Changsheng pondered slightly.

Originally, he was thinking of slowing down and not coming to Baiyulou to buy maids for the time being.

After all, there are already so many maids now.

If he buys more maids, he really has to move.

Moreover, spending too much money in Baiyulou, the Lu family would probably be suspicious.

However, this kind of thing can be understood a little bit, and it doesn’t necessarily have to be bought.

If there are really good ones, you can take a look at that time.

“Okay, no problem~ Young Master Lu, take care.”

Feng Jiuniang smiled softly and sent Lu Changsheng out of Baiyulou.

“Louyue, have you practiced martial arts?”

Walking on the road, Lu Changsheng looked at Jiang Louyue, who had a bit of heroism between her eyebrows, and asked.

“Reporting to the young master, Louyue practiced martial arts in her childhood, and later embarked on the path of cultivating immortals because of contact with immortal fate.”

Jiang Louyue replied respectfully.

She quickly adapted to her identity.

After all, under the training of Baiyulou, they could only hope to find a good master.

Now Lu Changsheng seemed to be a good master, and she naturally had to correct her attitude.

“What is your martial arts strength?”

Lu Changsheng continued to ask.

His idea of letting children without spiritual roots practice martial arts and building a martial arts family in the secular world has not changed.

Now Lu Ping’an and others are almost old enough.

You can prepare to practice martial arts.

At first, he was thinking of asking Li Feiyu to teach.

But now he is also clear about Li Feiyu’s situation.

In order to leave the Lu family, he is running around for life all day long, and he usually doesn’t have this time at all.

If he asks Li Feiyu, the other party will definitely agree.

But if he delays the other party’s time and gives money, the other party will decline.

Moreover, he does have a few more children, and if he really wants to teach, one or two people may not be able to teach them.

So he was thinking that he could also find a few more people to teach the children martial arts.

“According to the secular division, this servant’s martial arts strength is at the stage of the Xiantian Grandmaster.”

Jiang Louyue said.

“Well, can you teach children martial arts?”

Lu Changsheng asked.

Practicing martial arts and teaching people to practice martial arts are two different things.

For example, many of the maids he bought in Baiyulou before knew martial arts.

But it would be a bit difficult to let them teach.

“I haven’t taught before, but this servant can try.”

Jiang Louyue said so.

“Okay.”

Lu Changsheng nodded.

Thinking that he could take Jiang Louyue back to Qingzhu Mountain to take a look at that time.

If it really doesn’t work, he will directly go to the secular world and spend money to hire the so-called martial arts masters to teach his children.

Money makes the world go round.

He doesn’t believe that he can’t hire a martial arts teacher in the secular world if he spends money.

After taking the two women home, Lu Changsheng asked Baihe to arrange a place to live and tell them about the situation.

Now the women in the courtyard are accustomed to Lu Changsheng buying maids.

Moreover, they can’t say anything about this kind of thing, and they are not qualified to say anything.

Six days later.

Inside the spirit talisman shop.

Lu Changsheng held a spirit pattern carving knife and outlined the chest of a metal humanoid puppet as tall as him in front of him.

Every time the spirit pattern carving knife fell, it left a beautiful curve on the puppet’s body.

After a long time.

“Huff, it’s finally done.”

Lu Changsheng stopped and looked at the puppet in front of him, nodding with satisfaction.

This is naturally not the second-order puppet he wants to build.

But a first-order middle-grade puppet.

He bought the materials before, and he would do a little bit every day when he had nothing to do, so he only finished it now.

Lu Changsheng used the puppet control technique to control the spirit hub at the chest of the puppet in front of him and control it.

Then his mind moved slightly.

Suddenly, the metal puppet took a step forward.

Then take a step back.

Jump to the left.

Suddenly to the left, suddenly to the right, jumping and somersaulting.

Under Lu Changsheng’s control, this seemingly clumsy metal puppet was extremely flexible.

Like this kind of puppet, it can do all the actions that ordinary people can do.

It can even do things that ordinary people can’t do.

Afterwards, Lu Changsheng took out the Qingyan sword from the storage bag.

The sword body was unsheathed, and a cold light flashed, slashing at the puppet.

“Clang!” A sound rang out, and sparks flew everywhere.

But this sword only left a white mark on the puppet’s chest.

“Not bad.”

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly.

In addition to the metal materials, this puppet also inscribed solid spirit patterns and formations.

It can withstand the attacks of mid-stage Qi Refining spells and middle-grade flying swords.

Moreover, the spirit hub on the puppet’s chest can store spiritual energy, allowing the arms to release fireballs and frost spells.

However, fireballs and frost spells can only be used three times at most, and the stored spiritual energy will be exhausted.

“The only drawback is that a person’s mind is limited, and there is no way to distract and control too many puppets.”

“With my current late-stage Qi Refining cultivation, I can control two or three puppets at most.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the puppet in front of him and thought to himself.

First-order and second-order puppets do not have autonomous consciousness.

It must be used with the puppet control technique to control it.

Just like driving a magic weapon.

But when fighting the enemy, if you have to drive the magic weapon, use the talisman, and control the puppet, the burden is also very heavy, and you can’t exert your full strength at all.

“The puppet profession is unpopular, and it’s not without reason.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head.

I feel that in this case, it is enough for me to build a few puppets.

Too many are useless, and there is no way to make it into the puppet sea I imagined.

“If I break through the Foundation Establishment and give birth to divine consciousness, then I will be able to control multiple puppets at once, right?”

“Moreover, I heard that in the world of cultivating immortals, there are also exercises for cultivating divine consciousness.”

Lu Changsheng narrowed his eyes and thought to himself.