Chapter 168 The Opportunity of the Daoist Robe Middle-Aged Man
After the meal, He Feixiang respectfully left with the two Japanese magicians.
"Take a look," Lin Wan nudged Lu Zheng's arm.
Lu Zheng pursed his lips and pulled a note from his pocket.
This was secretly slipped into his pocket by Matsuno Yozi when she bade farewell to Lu Zheng. She didn't hope to hide it from Lu Zheng, just didn't want Lin Wan to see it.
However, she wasn't aware of Lin Wan's profession and current abilities. With her level as a new magician, trying to deceive Lin Wan was still years behind in Dao practice.
Lu Zheng handed the note to Lin Wan, who gently unfolded it, revealing a hotel address clearly written with the room number.
"Tsk tsk..."
Lin Wan lightly tore the note into pieces and gently tossed it into the trash can.
"Let's go home!"
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"What is this?" After exercising, Lin Wan sniffed the liquid in the cup, "Why does it smell a bit fragrant?"
Lu Zheng nodded, "A medicinal wine I blended, strengthens the body and enhances beauty and skin care. Drinking a cup every day helps improve martial arts training faster."
"Really?"
"Really!"
"This wine isn't high in alcohol content."
"Of course, come on, let's practice boxing."
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The night faded, and a strand of dawn appeared on the horizon, orange rays of light illuminating the earth.
Lu Zheng practiced a set of the Eighteen Mountain-Carrying Techniques in the backyard, then gradually concluded, exhaling gently. A stream of white gas shot three feet out and lingered for a long time.
"I've mastered the Water Avoidance Technique, but the Cloud Walking Technique is too difficult. Whether it's Clouds and Rain or Cloud Riding and Mist Driving, they're beyond my current cultivation. Only techniques like Cloud Gathering Technique, True Cloud Curse, Cloud Mist Barrier Breaking Technique, Cloud Purification Curse, Flying Cloud Evil-Breaking Skill can be used, but their power isn't substantial. Furthermore, other techniques like White Cloud Hand Seal, Cloud Light Transformation Shadow, Cloud and Water Song, Flowing Cloud Body-Breaking Curse are beyond my capability to deploy."
Lu Zheng shook his head, "Well, let's leave it at that for now. When I've exhausted the Light of Fortune from the Jade Seal, let's see if I can advance further."
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It's been more than a month since he learned the Cloud Walking Technique. Time was now mid-April; spring arrived, and countless flowers bloomed.
Over this period, there were no issues on either side, allowing Lu Zheng to focus on cultivation. The hundred strands of Light of Fortune obtained from slaying the Southern Border Wizard on the way back from Yizhou Prefecture, along with the remaining ones from before, permitted Lu Zheng to indulge in Cloud Walking Technique and his cultivation, now leaving fewer than sixty strands.
The result, however, was his cultivation advancing rapidly once again.
Lu Zheng was confident that facing the Southern Border Wizard again, despite their stronger Dao practice, he had various methods to absolutely leave them with no chance.
Thus it is evident, even the common Dao practice comparison method is inaccurate.
"Comparing Dao practice is just the basic, like in Swordsmen of Shu Mountain, using a secret technique or a magical treasure to fight better is normal." Lu Zheng could only lament that this world wasn't fair.
Thankfully, he had the Jade Seal.
"Light of Fortune, consume!"
"Buzz!"
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After another round of cultivation, Lu Zheng returned home, opened a drawer intending to take out the bracelet he had obtained from the Southern Border Wizard to perform routine nurturing.
The spell seal previously on the bracelet was removed by him and engraved with the Golden Light Curse's inscription. It was nurtured daily with True Qi over this period and showed considerable success.
Opening the drawer and taking out the bracelet, he inadvertently brought out another wooden token.
"Hmm?"
Lu Zheng blinked, opened the drawer a bit wider to reveal a brass Ruyi and a wooden Divine Monarch statue deeper inside.
These were the spoils obtained from defeating the Daoist robe middle-aged man on that day.
After returning, he thoroughly researched them but found nothing. As Water Avoidance Technique and Cloud Walking Technique required cultivation, he temporarily set these aside.
Now, with the other two cultivated successfully, he had time to research these items again.
Lu Zheng put the Golden Light Bracelet on his wrist, nurturing it with True Qi flow, while taking all three items out.
"Uncle Li, make me a pot of tea!"
"Alright!"
Not long after, Uncle Li first carried a small stove inside, then returned with a tray placed on the stone table. It held a teacup, sunflower seeds, and some shortbread cookies before finally carrying a small copper pot, first pouring tea into the cup, then placing it on the stove.
"Sir, the pot contains hot water, the tea is already brewed, I'll keep it warm for you," Uncle Li said. "What would you like for lunch? I'll have my wife make it for you."
Lu Zheng thought for a moment, "Make dumplings, with radish and pork filling."
"Alright!"
After Uncle Li left, Lu Zheng picked up the teacup for a sip, first taking the wooden token.
This item was the least likely to be a treasure, as it emitted a faint aura of Spiritual Qi, inscribed with a rune resembling an Exorcism Curse, possibly nurtured by the Daoist robe middle-aged man himself as a Dharma artifact.
Holding the wooden token, Lu Zheng explored it little by little with True Qi, slowly probing, then as he explored, he aimed the token in one direction and gently waved his hand.
A golden light shot out, striking the wall, but... nothing happened.
"The power is roughly similar to an Exorcism Curse but is more suited for dealing with demons, and it includes soul-stunning force." Lu Zheng recollected the scenario when confronting the Daoist robe middle-aged man, "Their cultivation technique likely focuses on the Divine Soul."
This wooden token, if obtained before he faced the Southern Border Wizard, no, met the Ye Lan King, or those centuries-old ghosts, might have been useful. Now, however, it isn't much.
"But at least it's better than nothing; holding it gives might save a bit of True Qi during battle."
Lu Zheng set down the wooden token and picked up the brass Ruyi.
Actually, Lu Zheng wasn't lying in He Feixiang's livestream room; copper's conduciveness to True Qi was indeed excellent. Daoist Mingzhang owned a copper-handled duster utilized as a Dharma artifact with Flowing Cloud and White Crane inscribed on it, appearing very intimidating.
Of course, apart from inscribed runes, that duster had additional rare and aged materials added, plus the longtime nurturing by Daoist Mingzhang, to reveal the artifact's potency.
As for this brass Ruyi, Lu Zheng inspected it a whole morning without discerning anything different from other brass products, judging by the patina formed, this item was just a plaything?
Lu Zheng was speechless...
"Finally, it's your turn!" Lu Zheng picked up the wooden True Monarch statue, True Qi probing inwards.
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"Sir, lunch is ready, shall I set it in the front hall?" Uncle Li entered through a side door, seeing Lu Zheng still seated at the stone bench, he whispered.
Lu Zheng nodded, "Go ahead."
True Qi circulated through the wooden Divine Monarch statue once again, nothing discovered.
Gazing at the statue, Lu Zheng blinked, furrowed his brow, with a thought flashing through his mind, "The last possibility..."
The thumb applied True Qi, gently wiped, removing a layer of lacquer from the statue's surface.
The next instant, a trace of golden light caught Lu Zheng's eye!