Eternal Life: I Rely on Fortune Points for Improvement

Chapter 577: Chapter 276: Bloodletting (Part 2)

These days, staying at the Yang Family, he’d thought about many things. The more he pondered, the more uneasy he felt. If Master Changyun, a Second-Grade Talisman Master of the Cyan Cloud Sect, truly wanted to take on disciples, why would he go all the way to a place like Qingshui City? With his status and strength, he only had to say the word in the Cyan Cloud Sect and disciples would flood to him, all for him to choose from.

So why did it end up being him?

Everything happened too suddenly at the time.

Jiang Feng recalled the dangers of participating in the Cyan Cloud Sect’s trial. If he could join a Talisman Master, not only would he find a powerful backer, but he could also enter the Cyan Cloud Sect more easily. That surge of excitement made him stand out from the crowd to accept Changyun’s test.

In the end, everything went perfectly and he stood out.

But when he saw the ones who weren’t chosen either dead or driven mad, he felt something was terribly wrong. Yet back then, he only thought it was a quirk of Changyun’s personality. It was only later that he gradually sensed something deeper was off.

Later, when he followed Changyun, traveled by flying ship into the Cyan Cloud Sect’s mountains, and saw that both Outer and Official Disciples revered Changyun so much, that uneasy feeling hit its peak.

Jiang Feng wondered if Changyun had already discovered that he’d cultivated Rune Secret Spell Basics to a Mastery Level, and that so long as he was given a text seal, he could inscribe middle or even upper grade talismans.

But Jiang Feng thought this possibility was very slim.

His soul power wasn’t weaker than Changyun’s, and his cultivation was above Changyun’s. There was no way Changyun could see through his background, so why had Changyun gone to Qingshui City to search for a Talisman Master disciple?

No matter how long he thought about it, Jiang Feng couldn’t figure it out.

The next morning.

Jiang Feng checked his character panel.

Name: Jiang Feng

Fortune: 6576021

Cultivation Technique: Foundation Establishment Technique - Great Success (4-200)

Skills: Alchemy (Mastery+) Rune Secret Spell Basics (Mastery+) Qi Condensing Pill (Proficient+)

Cultivation Realm: Third-Layer Foundation Establishment (Divine Dao)

Martial Arts Realm: Divine Realm (Peak)

Divine Power: Immortality

Jiang Feng realized that even after entering the Cyan Cloud Sect and becoming an Outer Disciple on Yagu Peak, his Fortune Point had scarcely increased at all.

By rights, having found a powerful backer,

and gaining the Cyan Cloud Sect’s protection, he shouldn’t have to fear pursuit by experts from Mad Blade Martial Arts Hall. That should have boosted his Fortune Point.

But unexpectedly, after entering the Cyan Cloud Sect and gaining the identity of an Outer Disciple, his Fortune Point barely changed.

This indirectly proved that this layer of identity right now couldn’t give him real protection.

Those days in the Yang Family, Jiang Feng checked his Fortune Point every day. When it didn’t increase, he assumed it was because he hadn’t yet followed Changyun back to the Cyan Cloud Sect and become a disciple, so the danger from Mad Blade Martial Arts Hall hadn’t been removed and his Fortune Point stayed still.

But now, having entered the sect’s territory and been acknowledged as an Outer Disciple, his Fortune Point still wasn’t increasing. If there weren’t a problem, Jiang Feng would never believe it.

"The problem must be with Changyun."

"I really shouldn’t have followed him back to the Cyan Cloud Sect, believing with some wishful thinking that I could trust him!"

"If he’s the problem, why is he targeting me? Could he be a man from Mad Blade Martial Arts Hall, and know I’m from Central Earth?"

Jiang Feng thought to himself.

The more he considered, the more wrong it all seemed, so he took out the Blood God Book, and searched for Changyun’s ranking among Talisman Masters.

A Second-Grade Talisman Master wasn’t anything special in the Blood Domain, ranking outside the top two hundred. A few places lower and he wouldn’t even be recorded in the Blood God Book.

Back at the Yang Family, Jiang Feng had checked Changyun’s identity information. Reading it again now, it was still exactly the same, with just one simple line.

"From the Talisman Hall. Currently serves as steward of Yagu Peak, Cyan Cloud Sect; Second-Grade Talisman Master."

Such a line offered nothing questionable about Changyun at all.

Jiang Feng kept searching, wanting to further understand more about the Talisman Hall.

The Talisman Hall is an organization that trains Talisman Masters.

Talisman Masters who come from the Talisman Hall have their identities and strengths recognized by major sects and family powers. Every Talisman Master emerging from the Talisman Hall is deeply grateful to it, and its fresh blood is constantly supplied by those who have gone out.

Jiang Feng had read that part before as well.

Before he ever entered the Blood Domain, he’d already learned from Xiao Zhan’s intelligence that there was this Talisman Hall in the Blood Domain.

Learning about the Talisman Hall back then was only to get his hands on talismanic charm text seals. But it was too far, and the Hall too mysterious, so Jiang Feng’s reach fell short.

This time, entering the Blood Domain,

he saw students expelled by the Talisman Hall at the Yang Family Mansion, standing up to accept Changyun’s test. Back then, Jiang Feng hadn’t felt surprised.

Later, when he read in the Blood God Book that Changyun was from the Talisman Hall, he didn’t find it strange either. In the Blood Domain, more or less any Talisman Master had some connection to the Hall.

But after coming to the Cyan Cloud Sect with Changyun, why did his Fortune Point stay unmoved?

If the Blood God Book didn’t list any connection between Changyun and Mad Blade Martial Arts Hall, then it was highly likely Changyun wasn’t colluding with them. If he was targeting him, it wasn’t for Mad Blade Martial Arts Hall’s sake.

If that’s the case, then what’s the real reason?

No matter how Jiang Feng racked his brains, he simply couldn’t figure it out for now.

"Junior Brother, time to report at the Paper Garden."

Qu Yiguang’s voice sounded at the door.

The Paper Garden was where talisman paper was made; he’d come to take Jiang Feng to clock in.

"Senior Brother, wait for me a moment."

Jiang Feng calmed his mood, put on the Outer Disciple robe he’d been issued yesterday, and followed Qu Yiguang to the Paper Garden.

"Junior Brother, this is Brother Zhou. Like us, he’s also training under Master Changyun. Brother Zhou has arranged an easier task for you—having you dot the eyes on the dragon when painting talisman paper."

Qu Yiguang led Jiang Feng in front of a man even more burly than himself.