NOVEL NEXT Chapter 3: Important Matters
Chapter 3: Important Matters
Although Li Xi had forgotten the afternoon’s events, her body’s hunger and fatigue after experiencing danger couldn’t lie. She sat at the dinner table and wolfed down her food, finally satisfying her hunger.
Wu Jingwan took her to her small room, checked Li Xi’s injuries, applied medicine, and only came out after Li Xi had fallen into a deep sleep.
After dinner, Li Shan and Wang Xiuniang were eager to know what had happened to their youngest daughter in the afternoon. Noticing their expressions, Li He and LiJiang quickly began to recount their search for their little sister.
By the end, everyone’s faces had darkened.
“That woman definitely isn’t from our village, and might not even be an ordinary person,” Li Shan said gravely, drawing from his extensive experience.
“Our village school teacher is an inner disciple of the Tianyan Sect, with a high status. Though that person lured Xi’er out of the village to the peach grove, seemingly afraid of the teacher, that’s not actually the case.”
Li Shan paused, looking around at everyone’s thoughtful faces.
“That person only erased Xi’er’s memories, but there should still be traces in the peach grove. They didn’t hide what they did to Xi’er at all.”
Li He and Li Shan nodded, having checked the area and found scratch marks from rapidly spreading vines on the peach trees.
“So, that person lured Xi’er out just to avoid facing the teacher. The teacher must know her, know who she is. It’s even possible she’s also from the Tianyan Sect. Otherwise, why hide?”
“Why don’t we ask the teacher then?” Li Jiang asked, slightly hesitant.
“We could, but I’m afraid with just the clues of green clothing and being a bit younger than Jiang, the teacher won’t be able to say much. There are so many disciples in the Tianyan Sect.”
Li Shan’s lips twitched without any trace of a smile.
“How dare they bully my sister! I must avenge her!” Li Jiang’s anger had nowhere to go, and with a slight use of force, the cup in his hand shattered.
“We had planned to give everyone a surprise tomorrow on Xi’er’s birthday, but with what happened, my second brother and I want to discuss it with everyone first,” Li He said, exchanging a glance with Li Jiang.
They had worked hard on this for a long time, and once revealed, it would disrupt their family’s peaceful life. They had been hesitant to speak about it before, but after their little sister was bullied like this, they couldn’t just let it go. However, if their family stayed in Peach Blossom Village forever, they would never be able to do anything about it.
So it was time to tell the family. If they wanted to do something, they needed a lot of preparation, so the sooner the family reacted, the better.
Li He took out an ordinary-looking wooden box and opened it, revealing yellow, long strips of paper inside. Seeing his family’s solemn faces, he took out the talismans and handed one to each person.
“These are the spatial talismans I’ve recently drawn. The ones you’re holding are low-grade.”
Li Shan carefully examined the thin piece of paper, which had strange patterns that made his eyes dizzy if he looked too long. He tentatively input a bit of spiritual energy, and the cup beside him disappeared. Inputting spiritual energy again made the cup reappear.
“This is indeed a spatial talisman.”
Storage spiritual tools had always been extremely rare, almost impossible for ordinary people to possess. Not to mention the complex crafting process, even the few main materials like spatial stones or other items were pitifully scarce, with the largest sources controlled by sects.
Thus, very few storage spiritual tools made it into the hands of common people. In Peach Blossom Village, only the village head’s Li family – Li Xi’s family – had a storage bag, a family heirloom rarely used except in crucial moments.
Only Li Shan and Wang Xiuniang knew about this; even Li He and Li Jiang were unaware.
However, several decades ago, the Tianyan Sect had sent people to various cities, towns, and villages under their jurisdiction to pass down the method of making spatial talismans.
According to the messenger, anyone who comprehended these spatial inscriptions could create spatial talismans with storage capabilities. More amazingly, comprehension of these inscriptions wasn’t limited by talisman master rank.
Even a first-rank talisman master could grasp the mysteries of space from it, though they could only draw first-rank spatial talismans with the lowest storage capacity.
The messenger had praised these spatial inscriptions highly, and initially, everyone trusted the Tianyan Sect’s method. Many talisman masters began studying it day and night.
But few could comprehend anything from it, instead wasting a lot of cultivation time. Most talisman masters were disappointed, and gradually, no one studied these spatial talismans anymore.
Decades passed, and by the time Li He began studying talisman arts, these so-called spatial inscriptions had been forgotten by the world.
Unexpectedly, Li He now produced spatial talismans, and everyone knew what this meant.
When promoting the spatial inscription method, the Tianyan Sect messenger had mentioned that anyone who comprehended the inscriptions could directly become an inner disciple of the sect. This was why so many talisman masters and even non-talisman masters had rushed to study the spatial talisman creation method.
As good as spatial talismans were, people had managed without storage spiritual tools before, so why waste cultivation time solely pursuing spatial talismans?
What Li He presented had already shocked everyone present, but Li Jiang’s news was yet to be announced.
So everyone turned to look at Li Jiang.
Li Jiang took out an intricately patterned beautiful box and opened it, taking out a bracelet.
The small, delicate bracelet was clearly a gift prepared for Li Xi.
Though the bracelet looked beautiful, it didn’t seem particularly special.
Li Jiang held up the bracelet and said, “This bracelet may look ordinary, but I’ve incorporated a spirit bead into it. By touching the jade stone in a specific way three times with a finger, the mechanism can be activated. Then, aiming it at the target and touching it once will guide the spiritual energy in the spirit bead to form spiritual needles for attack. Combined with the bracelet’s mechanism, the needles’ power can be enhanced, enough to handle a first-rank beast.”
He paused, a flash of regret in his eyes. “I had thought that with Xi’er turning ten soon, she could explore the outskirts of Peach Mountain. Though there aren’t any particularly powerful beasts there, having this for protection would be safer. I never imagined she’d encounter such a thing today. If only I had given her this bracelet earlier!”
The more he spoke, the more upset Li Jiang became. If only he had given it to his little sister sooner!
Hearing Li Jiang’s words, everyone’s carefully controlled shock finally showed.
When a equipment forger can incorporate a spirit bead into their product, it’s called a semi-spiritual tool. This represents their successful entry into the field of equipment forging.
The entry threshold for making spiritual tools is extremely high, but once one starts to grasp it and produces a lower-grade semi-spiritual tool, becoming a first-rank equipment forger is almost certain.
In a village like Peach Blossom Village, this would be considered extremely rare talent. Even in a place like Peach Blossom Town, first-rank spiritual tool forgers were scarce.
It turned out that the brothers Li He and Li Jiang had quietly accomplished such a great feat!
What the two brothers told them would indeed affect the family’s future direction.
After listening to the brothers, the family decided to discuss it briefly today. Too much had happened, and everyone’s emotions were fluctuating. They would rest for the night and discuss it in detail tomorrow.