Banshee Family Training Record

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She wasn't worried about him not being able to repay the debt. Since he had already learned how to make explosive talismans, as long as he was willing to suspend his cultivation and work hard every day, he could repay the spirit stones in at most a month.

Yun Chu'an also knew that if he saved up a little, he could eventually save up this amount of spirit stones.

However, he couldn't wait any longer; he couldn't afford to miss this business opportunity.

After borrowing the spirit stones, he immediately took his leave and returned to his mountain. However, instead of returning to work at the spirit stone array, he went back to the house next to his residence, looked at another empty house, and took a deep breath.

He had already found out that these houses were all uninhabited and were now empty, serving no purpose other than as warehouses to store some items.

Therefore, these locations can now be used by him.

"System," he called softly, "Consume five thousand low-grade spirit stones to construct the family property building, 'Talisman Printing Room'."

In the past two months, thanks to Liu Mengshen's sponsorship and his and Qi Qiao's round-the-clock production, he has saved up a huge sum of two thousand spirit stones.

He originally intended to save it and use it to buy some cultivation techniques, magical artifacts, and spells in the store for self-defense in critical moments.

But since the system had released the mission to win over Zhu Yunqing, and the spider demon had mentioned a business opportunity recently, he immediately decided not to wait any longer!

Building new family property buildings would better align with current interests!

Thus, with his command, the spiritual energy within the five thousand low-grade spirit stones was completely consumed. In the room directly in front of him, wondrous magical energy gathered and then rapidly completed its process.

He stepped into the room and saw three huge, complex machines: a mixing machine for making ink, a cutting machine for making base paper, and the last, most complex one, a mimeograph machine for printing.

The three machines form a complete production line. As long as the raw materials are in sufficient supply, they can continuously print out a massive amount of explosive tags!

Of course, this place also needs a cultivator who has mastered the relevant skills to move in before it can start working properly, but isn't this his next focus?

Now, it's time to get started!

He rolled up his sleeves and went to the mixer first. The machine was marked with precise measurements, indicating how much material to inject for the perfect ratio, far more accurate than the "a little" or "appropriate amount" that Zhu Yunqing had used when teaching him.

Once he had prepared everything, a large bucket of ink was ready. He then went to the next cutting machine, ran it for a short while, and a thick stack of blank yellow talisman paper was ready.

Then, he put all of these on the mimeograph machine, turned on the system's automatic production, and started printing at full capacity!

Driven by boundless spiritual power, he followed the operating instructions of the mimeograph machine, controlling his spiritual power to move along the markings on the machine and infuse his power into the talisman.

Every movement he made was perfect, so each time the roller on the machine rolled forward, it meant that an explosive tag had been printed. The runes on it were neat, the strokes were exquisite, and the spiritual power was stable. It was obviously the most perfect and highest quality explosive tag.

Normally, even the most skilled cultivator would need to concentrate and work hard for at least half an hour to draw a detonating talisman, but he was able to print one in less than a minute.

Yun Chu'an's spiritual energy was rapidly depleted, but he remained calm. He went outside to meditate in the sun. The sun was shining brightly, and he fully recovered in just a few tens of minutes. Then he returned to his room and continued printing!

The enormous mimeograph machine roared incessantly, producing one perfect-quality explosive talisman after another. Time passed second by second, and the sun gradually sank in the west. By the time he could no longer rely on the Golden Crow's solar spirit to restore his spiritual power, sixty printed explosive talismans were already quietly placed on his desk.

According to the general market price that Zhu Yunqing mentioned, his output in just one afternoon was enough to cover all his debts!

"call……"

That night, looking at the thick bundle of detonating tags in his hand, he was overjoyed, even though these things could blow him up into the sky if he wasn't careful.

This is a real treasure! I wonder what kind of expression my fourth sister will have when she sees all this in my hands seven days from now.

It was getting late, so he put away the talismans, went home and spent some time with Qi Qiao, cultivating with her to replenish his spiritual energy. Afterwards, he sent her to the spirit-gathering stone array so that she could continue producing spirit stones.

Although he no longer values ​​this small profit, he is currently short of readily available spirit stones to replenish his spiritual power so that he can print at full capacity.

Therefore, Qi Qiao's work is still very necessary.

After sending her to the Spirit Gathering Stone Array, he returned to the printing room and worked overtime for a while, printing out a few more detonating talismans before returning to the coffin to rest.

Now that things have come to this, he no longer cares that he, a living, breathing person, is sleeping in a coffin every day. All he can think about now is producing more explosive tags as quickly as possible!

So for the next seven days, he did the same thing every day: during the day, he would restore his spiritual power by basking in the sun, and at night, when the sun was out, he would restore his strength by cultivating with Qi Qiao or absorbing the spiritual power from spirit stones.

He even borrowed some spirit stones from Liu Mengshen to ensure his production could continue for longer. As if sensing his determination, the weather was exceptionally kind these past few days, with seven consecutive days of clear skies without a single cloud, allowing him to work at full capacity every day to print talismans.

With such relentless overtime work, seven days flew by.

On this day, Zhu Yunqing was crafting a magical artifact in her cave in her original form. However, she seemed to have hit a roadblock; she couldn't quite get the magical runes right, and she was feeling rather irritable.

She paused, raised her massive head slightly, and looked at the hourglass above the cave with her eight eyes. Only then did she belatedly realize that seven days had passed, and today was even the eighth day.

The time I agreed with Yun Chuan has arrived. Hmm, I should go see how much progress he's made so far.

The giant blue spider began to crawl outwards. In fact, she believed she had already guessed why Yun Chuan had asked her for the spirit stones.

Since he doesn't intend to break through, he must want to use these spirit stones to quickly recover his spiritual power so that he can work overtime for the next seven days to produce more explosive talismans.

After all, drawing this thing is not only a mental activity, but also consumes a lot of spiritual energy.

It's just unknown how many talismans he can draw with the support of his three thousand spirit stones.

Zhu Yunqing mentally estimated that Yun Chuan was, after all, a beginner, and even a beginner who had just learned wouldn't be very efficient, and the failure rate wouldn't be low. Considering he only had eight drops of liquid spiritual energy, each drawing took an hour, and the success rate was only half, that meant only four drawings would be acceptable.

But he does have so many spirit stones to support him, so if we overestimate the total amount, he can draw an average of six talismans per day, which would be considered a success.

And now, less than eight days have passed...

Zhu Yunqing already had the criteria for the assessment in mind.

If he successfully draws forty good-quality explosive tags in these eight days, he will be considered qualified; if he can draw fifty, he will be considered excellent.

If he can get sixty cards and pay off his own debts, it means that his talent is even better than he imagined, and he deserves to continue to focus on cultivating him.

I don't know how far he can go.

Chapter 31 One Thousand!

Thinking this, Zhu Yunqing, already enormous, had climbed to the cave entrance. The setting sun was slanting outside the window, and a day had just passed. With a leap, her massive body transformed into a wisp of green smoke in mid-air, heading straight for Yun Chuan'an's mountain peak.

A moment later, she landed here and transformed into human form. At this moment, Yun Chuan was holding Qi Qiao's hand and seemed to be heading towards the Spirit Gathering Stone Array.

Upon seeing her approach, Yun Chu'an quickly cupped her hands and said, "Fourth Sister, you've arrived."

Qi Qiao also bowed respectfully beside him. Zhu Yunqing nodded and said, "Let me check your work. Yun Chuan, how many talismans have you drawn these past few days? Bring them all out and let me see them."

Yun Chu'an kept the system's task in mind. At this moment, winning over Zhu Yunqing was the more important thing. Moreover, she already had a "favorable" attitude towards him, so there was no point in hiding his cleverness or acting foolish in front of her.

So he took out the storage bag she had given him and pulled out a thick stack of explosive tags tied with rubber bands: "Here you are, Fourth Sister, wait a moment, I'll get them for you."

He shoved the bundle of explosive tags into her hand. Zhu Yunqing was immediately taken aback. Based on her experience, just by looking at the thickness, she immediately judged that there must be at least a hundred tags in this stack!

Did he really create so much in just eight days?

With such high efficiency, could it be that he actually has quite a talent for this line of work?

In a flash, the thought crossed her mind, but as soon as it arose, she saw Yun Chuan take out a dozen explosive talismans from that small storage bag!

Two, two dozen?

Two hundred?

Did he draw all of these?!

She was no longer surprised, but rather shocked. But Yun Chuan's actions did not stop; he continued to pull out the third and fourth stacks!

Then came the fifth, sixth, and seventh...

Stacks upon stacks of explosive talismans lay before her, and Zhu Yunqing was at a loss for words to describe her feelings. As a Foundation Establishment stage demon cultivator, she was now incapable of thinking, only able to stare blankly as he continued to rummage through his storage bag, as if his reserves were inexhaustible!

Finally, when he took out the last dozen explosive talismans, ten thick stacks of talismans were neatly arranged in front of Zhu Yunqing, leaving her speechless with astonishment.

One thousand!

In just eight days, he actually managed to draw a thousand explosive tags!

How can this be? !

How could he possibly do such a thing? Even if he didn't eat or drink all day and drew for 24 hours straight, he still couldn't produce this much output!

But now, all of this is laid bare before her eyes...

She was still immersed in her own emotions when Yun Chu'an put away the storage bag and then cupped his hands, saying, "This is all the work that my wife, I, and Sixth Sister have accomplished over the past seven days. Please inspect it, Fourth Sister."

Zhu Yunqing snapped out of her daze, remained silent, reached out and picked up a stack of detonating talismans, and began counting them as if they were banknotes.

She moved with incredible speed, and as she counted the items, a wisp of spiritual energy swirled around her fingertips, checking the quality of the explosive tags.

The more she counted them, the more unbelievable it became. The quality of each and every one of these explosive tags was so outstanding that they didn't seem to have been rushed out at all. Instead, they seemed to be the work of a master who had been immersed in this field for many years and had poured his heart and soul into it!

In less than a minute, all one thousand explosive tags were counted. For a moment, Zhu Yunqing was at a loss for words.

"You." She reached up and covered her chest, taking a deep breath that made her chest rise and fall noticeably. "How did you do that?"

Yun Chu'an's face showed a proud expression: "This is one of my little inventions. Fourth Sister, please come with me."

He took Qi Qiao's cold little hand, turned around, and headed straight for his printing room. Zhu Yunqing followed and saw a huge, complex wooden machine standing in the middle of the room, with two smaller machines quietly serving it on the side.

"Fourth Sister, please look, this is the 'talisman printing machine' that I invented." Yun Chu'an pointed to the machine, feeling guilty but still proud and confident. "My neighbor used to be a carpenter. I often went to play with him, and over time, I learned how to make some useful tools."

“During the training over the past few days, I kept thinking about whether I could use some kind of tool to help make talismans. After thinking it over, I made this thing myself.”

As he spoke, he gripped the machine's handle and, in front of her, personally demonstrated how the detonating tags were printed.

The spiritual energy circulated evenly along the scale on the machine, and the ink tumbled and rolled around on the roller. Then, with Yun Chuan'an's slow but even push, a brand new explosive talisman was formed.

"call……"

He let out a breath; his spiritual energy was already completely depleted, and his face was now deathly pale.

But he was excited. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and handed her the newly printed talismans: "Fourth Sister, please look. With this, our efficiency in making explosive talismans will be many times higher than others!"

Zhu Yunqing witnessed the entire process without saying a word. After a moment of silence, she suddenly asked, "Can I try it too?"

Yun Chu'an's heart pounded: "Of course, any talisman maker who has learned how to draw explosive talismans can use this machine. Come, let me teach you how to use this machine. These markings actually mean this..."

He guided Zhu Yunqing over, and at this moment, he became the teacher who imparted knowledge and skills, while the latter, a demon cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage, became his student at the third level of Qi Refining.

Zhu Yunqing didn't feel ashamed of his status. He grasped the roller handle, which still held the warmth of his hand, and following the instructions, accurately measured the markings, applied force evenly, and channeled his spiritual energy to slowly push the roller forward.

She worked very slowly, but in less than two minutes, a brand new detonator was printed.

Yun Chu'an smiled immediately: "This tool is so convenient. With it, any talisman maker can print and produce continuously here."

Zhu Yunqing nodded, a thought inevitably rising in his mind: with the efficiency of this machine, it was actually a bit inefficient that Yun Chuan only managed to print a thousand detonating talismans in eight days.

The thought struck her immediately, and she found it absurd and laughable. A typical talisman maker might not achieve the same output in eight months, yet he had done it in eight days, and she was still complaining about his inefficiency.

This is really...

She sighed, squinted, and gazed at the machine with her narrow eyes. At that moment, she felt nothing but endless admiration.

She wasn't a professional carpenter, but a Foundation Establishment cultivator. So, in her view, although the wooden mechanism in front of her was well-made and the markings were extremely ingenious, it was ultimately just an ordinary object, not a magical treasure. Any cultivator could easily replicate it with a little effort.

Therefore, in her view, what is truly valuable is not the machine itself, but Yun Chu'an's boundless imagination and his wonderful ideas that no one else could even conceive of.

"Truly, as expected of humans." Suddenly, the spider demon uttered such an exclamation.

Yun Chu'an didn't understand for a moment, tilted her head slightly, and looked at her: "Fourth Sister, what did you say?"

“I say, you truly are worthy of being called human.” Zhu Yunqing laughed. “Birds and beasts, flowers, insects and fish, all the major races in the cultivation world have their own characteristics, but the most special among them are you humans.”

"You humans don't possess innate brute strength, hard scales, sharp teeth, and claws, yet you've become the race with the most cultivators today. We so-called 'demon cultivators' generally learn a transformation technique to take on the appearance of you humans. Do you know why?"

Yun Chu'an shook her head: "I don't know, please enlighten me, Fourth Sister."

"It's because you humans like to research and invent tools," Zhu Yunqing said. "Most demon cultivators only cultivate their own innate methods, practicing whatever they have. But you humans always want to research something different and create something you don't have."

"The vast majority of achievements in the cultivation world today, such as cultivation techniques, spells, magic treasures, and even the spirit stones, explosive talismans, and storage bags in your hands, were all researched and invented by human cultivators."

"These things are mostly unusable by non-human cultivators of our so-called 'demon race' if they exist in their true form. If we can't use so many useful tools, wouldn't we be at a disadvantage in the competition? So now, the first thing most demon cultivators do after entering the cultivation world is to learn how to transform into human form."

Yun Chu'an suddenly realized.

So that's it. The ability to invent new tools is what distinguishes humans from other creatures.

He sighed inwardly, then suddenly realized that Zhu Yunqing was looking at him with a gentle, tender gaze.

Her cheeks were painted with black tear-streaked makeup, and her gentle gaze at that moment made his heart flutter.

Chapter 32 Cultivator Market

Deep in the mountains, in a cave, Granny Huaishan, dressed in a black robe, sat cross-legged on a huge blue stone, her eyes closed, meditating.

This is where she cultivates. She doesn't usually show herself to the public and spends most of her time hiding here, focusing on her cultivation in order to repair her damaged core and return to the Golden Core realm.

However, today's attempt also ended in failure. When she tried to gather her spiritual power into the remaining core in her dantian, the indelible sword wound on the core suddenly reopened. The force it triggered caused her excruciating pain, and she vomited a mouthful of blood!

"what--!"

Dark green blood gushed out and landed on the ground in front of her. You Wensi's cultivation was forced to stop. She held her thigh and gasped for breath, but her eyes were full of resentment towards her situation.