"Xuan Ting, this is the Talisman Painting Room arranged by the sect for you. Let's see if it suits you!" Two days later, Liu Yu followed Yue'er to the Holy Talisman Hall. "Taoist Qiuxing" was in charge of the late foundation building of the Holy Talisman Hall.
"Received him in person, and after some pleasantries, "Taoist Qiuxing" took Liu Yu to a spacious talisman room.
"It's all up to Uncle Master!" Liu Yu glanced around the room. The entire talisman room was very spacious. It was divided into two rooms, the inner and the outer, by the floor-to-ceiling smoke and cloud painting screen in the middle. The inner room was the talisman painting area. A large ink talisman table was placed on it.
It is filled with pens, paper, ink, inkstones, stands and other utensils. There is also a soft jade mat against the inner wall for resting.
The room outside where the two of them are standing is a tea room, which is equipped with coffee tables, low stools, incense burners and other utensils. A complete set of ruby tea sets is displayed on the coffee table. You can enjoy tea and take a break in your free time, or you can also entertain visitors here. In short
Liu Yu was very satisfied.
"Come and sit down! From now on, my nephew will draw talismans here. Just tell the warehouse about all the necessary talisman materials, and the warehouse disciples will deliver them!" Taoist Qiuxing asked Liu Yu to sit down and introduced.
"Xuan Ting knows! Should I go to the Talisman Hall to ask about the daily talisman drawing task?" Liu Yu had worked in the Holy Talisman Hall before and knew the daily operations of the Holy Talisman Hall. What kind of talismans the Talisman master needs to draw every day, how many quantities, and what kind of talismans the Talisman Master needs to draw every day.
All arrangements will be made in the Talisman Service Hall. According to personal tasks, the Talisman Master will go to the warehouse to collect the appropriate amount of Talisman materials and complete them.
"That's right! My nephew has served as a blood refining deacon in this hall before, so these poor people won't waste much time. The position of "senior talisman master" deacon that my nephew holds this time has a salary of two hundred and forty yuan per year.
Intermediate spiritual stone, 10,000 sect contribution points, and three "Qing Ke Dan"." Taoist Qiuxing nodded and said slowly.
The "senior Talisman Master" as Taoist Qiu Xing calls it is a general professional title given to the Talisman Masters within the sect for their ability to make Talisman. It is divided into three levels: junior, intermediate and advanced. The condition for reaching the advanced level is to be proficient in the three fourth grades.
Of course, Liu Yu has already achieved the skill of drawing spiritual talismans, and Yue'er is also a "senior talisman master".
While Liu Yu is now proficient in rare sixth-grade talismans such as the "Five Poison Explosive Miasma Talisman", Yue'er has only begun to try to draw fifth-grade talismans. It can be seen that this professional title is too general and cannot effectively distinguish the talisman-making abilities of senior talisman masters.<
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In fact, the world of cultivation has a set of standard professional titles for Talisman Masters, which are divided into nine levels. The first three levels are all Talisman Disciples, and those in the fourth to ninth levels can be called "talisman masters". To meet the conditions, one must master a corresponding level of spiritual talisman. This Talisman
The success rate of the talisman must not be less than 70%. According to this standard professional title, Liu Yu is a sixth-level talisman master, while Yue'er can only be regarded as a fourth-level talisman master.
"Xuan Ting will go to the Fuwu Hall soon to check out today's talisman painting task!" There are three pills of "Qingke Dan" every year, one more than he expected, Liu Yu couldn't help but said with joy.
"My nephew's task today is to draw eight "Yinfeng Thorn" talismans. The required talisman will be delivered to you by Pindao from the warehouse soon. Okay, my nephew is taking a break here. Pindao still has some trivial things to do.
Let’s go first!” Taoist Qiuxing stood up and said.
"Uncle Master, let's go slowly!" Liu Yu frowned slightly as he sent Taoist Qiuxing away. The three "Qing Ke Dan" pills every year are not so easy to get. Drawing eight "Yinfeng Thorns" in one day is not easy, and it takes a long time.
It also consumes a lot of soul energy, but the extra "Qing Ke Dan" is worth it.
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In the morning, there are dozens of simple wooden houses built next to the cold pool at the foot of the mountain in the depths of the Black and White Mountains. There is an open space in front of these wooden houses. This is a remote border guard post of Sanzong, named "Black Pool Post".
At this moment, several teams of sentry guards were lined up in the open space for a morning meeting. The deacon of the sentry post was a middle-aged Taoist priest with a gloomy face.
"Uncle Master! What should we do with the two thieves caught by Team 6 yesterday?" One of the people in the queue stepped forward and asked with his hands raised.
"Send to the "Lingya Post" as usual!" The middle-aged Taoist said immediately. The "Lingya Post" he mentioned was a large post on the west side of this post. The Black Pool Post was named "Lingya Post".
Jurisdiction, these two thieves are two smuggling cultivators captured by the guards.
Nowadays, the three sects, the Spiritual Beast Sect, and the Tianluo Tantric Sect are in a state of truce, and trade between the two sides is prohibited. In addition to being responsible for vigilance and inspection tasks, and preventing enemy cross-border infiltration, the border guard station also needs to strictly investigate cross-border smuggling and crack down on the increasingly frequent smugglers.
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Most of these caught smugglers are casual cultivators. Once caught, depending on the amount and value of the smuggled goods, they may be subject to hard labor. The three most tiring and dirty mines, stone factories and other places belong to these people.
Wherever they go, or more importantly, they execute them on the spot, so they are all desperadoes who don’t care about life or death.
The reason for risking such a high price and taking risks is because the profits from smuggling are huge. The Tianluo Ganbei grassland is rich in mushrooms and spiritual materials. The Spirit Beast Sect sells the cubs of all levels of spirit beasts at low prices. The three sects occupy the fertile land of Yunzhou and are rich in products.
, can cultivate various spiritual materials. In short, each sect has its own famous specialties.
The three sects, the Spiritual Beast Sect, and the Tianluo Esoteric Sect were completely in conflict with each other after the last war. In the past, some border trade markets were open for exchanges, but now they have all been closed. This has caused the prices of some spiritual materials to rise rapidly.
Seek, for example, "Snow Cordyceps" that only grows in the Qianbei grassland.
"Snow Cordyceps" is a third-order snow moth that lays eggs under the soil as larvae. It is eaten by the fungus and grows mycelium in the larvae. It takes over the larvae and forms a special insect-shaped fungus. It is a third-grade elixir of the water system.
"Snow Grass Pill" is the main ingredient of the fourth-grade elixir "Snow Grass Pill" and is very rare.
Before the opening of the trade market, the price of this Juncao was not low. A plant of an ordinary year cost about 300 low-level spiritual stones, and a plant of more than 100 years cost no less than 700 low-level spiritual stones. But now an ordinary plant costs 700 low-level spiritual stones.
The market price for low-grade spiritual stones is 500 yuan, and the price for one that is over a century old is no less than 1,000 yuan.
This shows the profits of smuggling. It is no wonder that many casual cultivators will take risks. If they are not caught after a trip, the income will be enough for them to practice for several years. This also increases the risks faced by the sentry members under the outpost.
How many points.
Because these desperadoes are discovered, they will naturally not be willing to be captured, and a fight is inevitable. Although the combat power of the disciples of each sect is naturally much higher than that of these desperadoes who were born as casual cultivators, it is inevitable that there will be casualties, let alone these
There are also ruthless people who have experienced hundreds of battles among the desperadoes.
In response to the increasingly rampant smuggling activities, various sects have also stepped up their crackdowns. First, they hire members of small and medium-sized cultivator families to increase the number of border guard guards. Second, they seize smuggling stolen goods, half of which are handed over to the sect, and half of which are kept for themselves.
, this curbed the spread of smuggling activities.
"Okay! If there is nothing else, let's all set off to change the guard!" the middle-aged Taoist waved his hand and said.
"Yes! Commander Xuan'an!" The sentry guards who lined up immediately responded in unison. Then, under the leadership of the leaders of each guard, they took off with their weapons and flew towards the low and curved "Four Foot Mountain" not far away.
", went to replace the No. 2, 4, 6, and 8 Guards who had been stationed on patrol for half a month.
"Four Foot Mountain" is a small branch of the Qi She Mountain Range. The Qi She Mountain Range is like a winding giant snake in the forest. The "Four Foot Mountain" is like the legs grown by this giant snake. Such feet are like feet.
There are a total of eight branches extending out like this, and "Sizu Mountain" is named after the fourth one.
There are nine guards in "Black Pool Post", each team has more than ten people, a small number are inner disciples, and most are hired outer disciples. Taking Guard No. 1 as an example, there are five inner disciples and outer disciples.
As many as eleven people.
The garrison area is a long and narrow section on the east side of "Sizu Mountain". On the right is the starting point of the northern line "Heishan Post", on the left is the west line "Lingya Post", with "Sizu Mountain" as the boundary, and the north side is the boundary of the Spirit Beast Sect.
On the south side are the boundaries of the three sects, which are remote and dangerous.
Due to the defeat of the Great Wilderness Sword Sect and the occupation of the Tianluo Tantric Sect, the "Fengwei Outpost" that originally relied on Qingfeng City also disappeared. Now, only the "Northern Guard Outpost" is left in the northern border of the three sects, which is divided into two lines of defense, one with Ling Feng.
The Ice Palace and the Spirit Beast Palace govern the narrow border of the tributary countries that was retaken in the last war, which is the northern line.
The western front is still bounded by the Qishe Mountains, and mainly defends against the Tianluo Tantric Sect, but the defense line has been greatly shortened.
The "Lingya Post" and "Black Pool Post" are located at the junction of the two lines. Their location is delicate. Although they are bound by the armistice, the guards on both sides are very restrained. However, private provocations and conflicts still occur from time to time, resulting in bloodshed and casualties.
This is also common.
In addition, the Tianluo Tantric Sect occupies the original territory of the Great Wilderness Sword Sect, so that the Tianluo Tantric Sect is directly adjacent to the southern boundary of Lingbing Palace and the western boundary of the Huangsheng Sect, and the three sects have to establish a new "Southern Guard Outpost".
The defense line consists of the southern boundary of Lingbing Palace and the western boundary of Huang Sheng Sect, which forced the number of garrison disciples of the three sects to nearly double. This was despite hiring a large number of outer disciples.
"Zhang Zhen, please bring a few people to escort the two thieves to the "Lingya Post"!" After several sentry guards flew away, only Guard No. 9 was left in the open square, and Guard No. 9 was the guard of the post.
, there is no need to go out to garrison on weekdays. If other guard posts are in danger and are in urgent need, they dare to go to support. They serve as a reserve team to guard the post camp and also act as a law enforcement team to handle some trivial matters.
"Okay, Master!" Zhang Zhen is Wang Ping's apprentice and a descendant of Tian Ping's Zhang family. He has reached the eighth level of Qi cultivation. He followed Master Wang Ping to the outpost to guard the border. He is the deputy captain of the No. 9 Guards and nodded in response. p>
"Lu Yu, follow Pindao for a patrol!" After saying this, Wang Ping took off with his sword and took off. Lu Yu, the captain of the No. 9 Guards, quickly followed with his sword, and flew towards the "Four Foot Mountain" one after the other. "Disciple pays homage to Dutong!"
"Hmm!"
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Along the way, he met sentry disciples who had been replaced from time to time to rest. These disciples took the initiative to come forward to greet them, and Wang Ping nodded in response.
After about a stick of incense, the two came to a dense forest in the middle section of the "Sizu Mountain" defense line. Lu Fei, the captain of the seventh team who had just taken over the garrison, and several close associates were waiting in the forest.
"Master Dutong is here!" Seeing Wang Ping and his second brother Lu Yufei coming, Lu Fei and his people immediately went up to greet them.
"Is the person here?" Wang Ping asked with a solemn expression.
"Waiting five miles away!" Lu Fei said softly.
"Let them come over!" Wang Ping took a deep breath and said.
"Second brother, go and meet us!" Lu Fei nodded and said to his second brother, Lu Yu.
"Okay, big brother!" Lu Yu nodded and immediately flew in the direction behind him.
"Capital! My subordinates and brothers will disperse first. If there is any movement, the "Spiritual Word Talisman" will be activated!" Lu Yu said with cupped hands.
"Go!" Wang Ping waved his hand and said, and then Lu Yu and others dispersed as before, alerting the surroundings for any movement. If they find the sect's patrolling law enforcement disciples, they will immediately notify them with talisman rumors.
"Capital, they are here!" Soon, Lu Yu returned with his sword. The dense forest behind him shook for a while. If he looked closely, he was followed by a pack team composed of more than a dozen tall "rock mountain wolves". These dozen wolves
On the broad backs of the adult "Rock Mountain Wolf", several heavy boxes of "spiritual mustard cargo boxes" are hung on each head.
"Let them follow!" Wang Ping withdrew his gaze, and then flew towards the depths of "Four Foot Mountain" with his sword, and the pack team in the dense forest below also immediately followed up. Under the whip of the rider, the "Rock Mountain Wolf" flew into the dense forest.
Running quickly through the woods and steep rocks, I was panting from exhaustion.
Along the way, Wang Ping kept a vigilant eye and kept looking around. Naturally, no accidents happened as the leader of the post personally led the way. Soon they arrived at a rocky area deep in the "Sizu Mountain". This was also the area where the Three Sects
The middle junction line with the Spiritual Beast Sect in "Four Foot Mountain".
"Fellow Taoist Xuan'an, you are well!" At this time, Taoist Hanzhi, the commander of the "Black Eagle Whistle" of the Spirit Beast Sect, has been waiting for a long time. The "Black Eagle Whistle" is the sentry post of the Spirit Beast Sect on the north side of "Sizu Mountain".
It can be said that the "Black Pool Whistle" and the three sects are as powerful as fire and water.
"I've met Taoist Hanzhi!" The two of them greeted each other from afar. Wang Ping immediately took Lu Yu and turned back. The pack team, escorted by Taoist Hanzhi, successfully entered the territory of the Spiritual Beast Sect. Waiting for this
When the pack team unloads the goods and returns, someone will naturally send Wang Ping a generous sum of spiritual stones.
This pack team belongs to a hunting gang called "Hundred Rats" in the Black and White Mountains. The leader of this gang, "Rat King", is a personal friend of "Daishan Taoist", the commander-in-chief of Blackpool Sentinel Point.
Wang Ping was ordered to garrison at the "Beiwei Outpost" along with his friend Xia Hou Pian. Xia Hou Pian served at the "Lingya Post", while Wang Ping dispatched the "Heitan Post" to replace the outgoing "Daishan Taoist".
For so many years, Wang Ping has been working hard for his direct disciple Zhang Tianyi. Zhang Tianyi's cultivation has improved rapidly, but his own cultivation has been delayed and his promotion has been slow. Now he has volunteered to garrison at the "Northern Guard Outpost" for the sake of success.
Get more training supplies for yourself and Zhang Tianyi.
Faced with the temptation and wooing of the "Daishan Taoist" who privately promised a large amount of financial resources, Wang Ping thought over and over again and finally agreed to help the "Hundred Rat Gang" smuggle goods as a cover. However, every time he smuggled goods like today, the "Hundred Rat Gang" later
Then Wang Ping will be given a reward.
Wang Ping finally agreed to participate because the "Hundred Rat Gang" and the "Daishan Taoist" were extremely secretive. These people tried their best to insert many people into the "Black Pool Sentence", such as Lu Fei.
, Lu Yu and the two are members of the "Daishan Taoist" tribe, and there are more than ten people like this in the outpost.
Secondly, every time they smuggle goods, they have made sufficient preparations in advance. There are people on guard everywhere, and there have never been any mistakes. Moreover, these people from the Spiritual Beast Sect on the other side have also established a relationship. The "Black Eagle Whistle"
Taoist Taoist Han Chi, who is the leader of the capital, is a member of the Suo family.
Although it was just a side branch, after hearing that the Suo family was the second family of the Spiritual Beast Sect, the new sect leader Youlong Zhenren came to the Suo family and it only took a short time to catch up with the original first family, the Tu family.
In this way, the Spiritual Beast Sect thought there would be no problems, and since he was personally taking care of the south side of "Four Foot Mountain", there would be no trouble, so Wang Ping agreed to this matter.