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Chapter 45 One Year Later

"Liang Kuan, what are you looking at, so fascinated?"

On the train back to Foshan, Aunt Shisan found that Bai Shu had been reading with her head down after getting on the train.

"A book about talismans."

Bai Shu raised his head and answered with a smile.

"Talisman?"

Thirteenth Aunt asked curiously, "Is it the kind of ghostly symbols drawn by Taoist priests on yellow paper?"

"more or less."

Bai Shu nodded.

"Liang Kuan, you don't believe this kind of thing, do you?"

Seeing Bai Shu nodding, Thirteenth Aunt asked in surprise.

Although Bai Shu has never studied abroad, in her perception, Bai Shu is a very open-minded person. She couldn't believe that Bai Shu would believe in Fulu.

"It's not called believing,"

Knowing Aunt Thirteen's aversion to these superstitious knowledge, Bai Shu found an excuse and said, "I just want to study why some people believe in talismans."

"I see."

Thirteenth Aunt breathed a sigh of relief, but she still instructed: "Liang Kuan, your research is your research, and you must not indulge in it."

During her study abroad, Aunt Thirteen met many people whose temperaments changed drastically because they studied too much about certain things.

"Don't worry, I'm just dabbling a little bit."

Bai Shu gently shook Aunt Thirteen's hand and comforted her.

After comforting Aunt Thirteen, Bai Shu continued reading "The True Interpretation of the White Lotus Talisman".

"Although the White Lotus Sect should belong to a branch of Buddhism, the talisman on it clearly bears the traces of Taoism, and the drawn talisman...is more like a new product formed by combining the strengths of the two schools."

Relying on his strong memory skills, Bai Shu read many classics of Buddhism and Taoism, so he immediately discovered that this "True Explanation of the White Lotus Talisman" seemed to have the meaning of finding a different path outside of Buddhism and Taoism.

"Moreover, unlike Taoist talismans that mainly invite gods to exorcise ghosts, most of the talismans in this book are used for killing."

"Such as Vajra Talismans, Immortality Talismans, etc., all of which are used for combat."

Bai Shu was thinking while reading.

"But unfortunately, this book mainly describes how to make talismans and how to use them, and there is no information about the author at all."

Even so, Bai Shu still vaguely felt that the author who wrote this book probably had some kind of opportunity similar to cultivation.

……

Just when the train was about to arrive at Foshan Station, Bai Shu's long-awaited notification finally rang in his ears——

【Ding!You have read "The True Explanation of the White Lotus Talisman", and the skill of making talismans has been obtained! 】

Then, a strange knowledge appeared in Bai Shu's mind.

After absorbing all of these, Bai Shu finally understood why Jiugong Zhenren no longer drew some talismans, and why this seal was full of internal energy——

The knowledge in his mind told him that if he wanted to draw a talisman, first of all, you must have internal energy!
That's right, internal energy.

Similar to the inner qi that is unique to a cultivator cultivated in "Mountain and River Breathing Map"!

Only by injecting the inner air into the cinnabar and drawing it on the yellow paper can the talisman have that magical effect.

Otherwise, it's just a ghost painting.

Just imagine with this prerequisite, how does Jiugong Daoist make the talisman?
And after learning the skill of making talismans, Bai Shu also knew that the jade seal looked like a seal on the surface, but in fact, it was a talisman!
A talisman with the function of gathering inner energy.

It's just that other talismans are drawn on yellow paper with cinnabar, but this one is directly engraved on the seal with internal energy by the maker.

"but……"

Immediately, another doubt emerged in Bai Shu's mind: "Since this person has left behind the "True Explanation of the White Lotus Talisman", it obviously shows that he knows the way of cultivation, so why didn't he pass down the method of cultivation as well, and only leave The seal that only people with special physique can absorb the inner energy, and the true interpretation of this useless talisman?”

Because there is too little information, Bai Shu has no way of guessing the motive of this person.

Just as the train arrived at the station, he had no choice but to keep his doubts in his heart.

……

Back at Baozhilin, Baishu's life returned to peace.

In addition to training the soldiers of the militia every day, he played with Thirteenth Aunt.

Because he has a box of gold from Jishan and several thousand taels of silver notes from Jiugong Daoist, Bai Shu doesn't have to worry about money at all.

Time flies, ten months passed quietly.

"Unexpectedly, I have been in Huang Feihong's world for a whole year."

Standing on the balcony of a high-end bungalow villa, watching the raindrops falling from the sky, Bai Shu felt emotional.

Just a few days ago, he had absorbed all the inner qi in the seal, and his cultivation had successfully reached the late stage of the inner qi state, and he was only a little short of being able to advance to the true qi state.

As for martial arts, Bai Shu began to beat Huang Feihong easily half a year ago.

Up to now, he hadn't fought anyone for several months - who would want to fight him when he knew he was losing?

"Liang Kuan, you will catch a cold in the rain!"

Just when Bai Shu's thoughts were surging, he only heard Aunt Thirteen's reproachful voice from outside.

Looking outside, Bai Zhu saw Aunt Thirteen in a white dress holding an oil-paper umbrella, standing pretty outside the door.

"Shaoyun, you're here."

A smile appeared on Bai Shu's face.

He ordered the servant to open the gate to welcome Aunt Thirteen in, and Bai Shu also went downstairs.

When he went downstairs, the smile on Bai Shu's face gradually disappeared, and he let out a soft sigh in his heart.

The year he traveled through was not without success——

Martial arts, not only learned the Foshan Wuyingjiao, but also learned the more profound mysteries and myriad changes;
Cultivation, even reaching the late stage of the inner qi realm, is only a hair away from becoming a master of the real qi realm;
Wealth, as he continues to carry out various overt or covert operations as a militia coach, his net worth is nearly 10 taels of silver, and he owns various taverns, teahouses, bungalows, and villas.

But these career successes can't cover up Bai Shu's emotional guilt towards Aunt Thirteen.

Of course, this is just his inner feelings. In fact, in the eyes of outsiders, Bai Shu and Thirteenth Aunt are just like a couple of gods and gods.

Even Huang Feihong hinted to Baizhu several times that he should seize the opportunity and get married quickly.

For this, Bai Shu can only pretend to be stupid, pretending to devote himself to militia training or martial arts training.

Only in the dead of night, after he finished his training, would he let out a long sigh towards the boundless starry sky.

It's not that he hasn't tried to alienate Thirteenth Aunt, but every time he sees Thirteenth Aunt's sad expression because of his alienation, his heart can no longer be hardened.

……

"Liang Kuan, after the sun clears tomorrow, let's go hiking."

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Aunt Thirteen suggested while drinking coffee.

"Mountain climbing, okay."

Bai Shu naturally agrees.

At this time in Foshan, because of his training of the militia, the society is in order, and there is no soil for the survival of the underworld.

Besides, with Bai Shu's current cultivation base, unless a team of musketeers comes, he is really not afraid of anything.

"If we're going to climb a mountain, we have to prepare..."

Just as Bai Shu was about to say something to prepare, he suddenly felt a jolt in his dantian.

Looking inwardly, Bai Shu saw that the normally rotating internal air cyclone in the dantian slowly stopped rotating, and then began to continuously collapse inward.

"Is this... about to break through?"

Seeing this scene, Bai Shu immediately realized that he was about to enter the Realm of True Qi.

(End of this chapter)