Uncle Jiu: I am Chen Yulou, the leader of the Xiangling gang

Chapter 91, Shocking Everyone

Master Qianhe examined it carefully several times, then looked up at Master Simu again and exclaimed, "Senior Brother, I must admit, your skill in weapon crafting is truly admirable!"

"This sword is simply an unparalleled work of art!"

After hearing this, Master Four Eyes glanced at Master Thousand Cranes with disdain and snorted contemptuously, but he couldn't hide his smugness inside.

Although his talent for cultivation was unremarkable, he was quite gifted in weapon crafting.

"What is its name?" Master Qianhe asked curiously.

"Zi Ying!"

Master Simu leisurely picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and then slowly uttered two words.

Upon hearing this, Daoist Qianhe gently stroked the peach wood sword in his hand, nodded, and smiled, "Ziying?"

"Good name!"

"Haha... Senior brother, not only are your weapon-forging skills superb, but your naming skills are also so outstanding!"

Master Simu glanced at his junior brother, Master Qianhe, who was in a great mood, rolled his eyes, and continued to sip his tea, unwilling to say anything more.

At this moment, Uncle Nine glanced at Daoist Qianhe and said, "Alright, stop provoking your fourth senior brother. Quickly put the sword away!"

Upon hearing this, Daoist Qianhe nodded happily, then carefully placed the Purple Ying Sword aside, picked up the Samadhi True Fire from the table, and handed it to Chen Yulou, saying, "Yulou, here you go!"

"I will be setting off back tomorrow, so you must hurry up and memorize the cultivation formula and key points of the Samadhi True Fire."

Chen Yulou immediately accepted the "Samadhi True Fire" with great joy and said gratefully to Daoist Qianhe, "Thank you very much for bestowing this teaching upon me, Uncle-Master. I will definitely remember it well!"

"Good!" Master Qianhe nodded in satisfaction.

At that moment, Master Ikkyu, who had finished chanting the sutra, walked in. Then, Uncle Nine and the other three started chatting. As a junior, Chen Yulou naturally couldn't join in the conversation, so he went into the kitchen to help.

With Chen Yulou's assistance, the food preparation became even faster.

Before long, a rather lavish feast was presented to everyone. Elders, juniors, Taoist priests, monks, men, and women gathered together, totaling more than ten people, making the banquet atmosphere exceptionally lively.

After the meal, Uncle Nine prepared to take his leave.

"Junior brothers, Master Yixiu, I'll take my leave now. If you have time, you're welcome to visit my humble abode!" At the gate of the courtyard, Uncle Nine cupped his hands and smiled as he addressed Master Simu, Master Qianhe, and Master Yixiu.

"Brother, take care!"

Master Si Mu returned the greeting with a cupped hand and a slight nod. He and Uncle Jiu were only a dozen miles apart and could visit each other at any time, so there was no need to persuade him to stay.

Master Qianhe quickly smiled and said, "Senior brother, after I return tomorrow, I will need to go into seclusion to cultivate, hoping to break through to the Yin Spirit Perfection as soon as possible. I also wish you success in transforming into Yang soon!"

After hearing this, Uncle Nine nodded and smiled at Daoist Qianhe, saying, "I also wish my junior brother to achieve the perfection of Yin Spirit soon!"

Master Ikkyu, standing to the side, bowed to Uncle Nine in Buddhist salutation and smiled, saying, "This humble monk wishes you a safe journey, fellow Daoist!"

Uncle Nine then looked at Master Yixiu and said with a smile, "Thank you, Master. Also, my disciple Yulou will need to stay for a few more days. Please take good care of him."

Seeing Uncle Nine's smile, Master Yixiu was slightly taken aback. How could he not understand the unspoken meaning behind Uncle Nine's words? He was warning him not to have any more thoughts of luring Chen Yulou into Buddhism.

Master Yixiu naturally dared not make any more rash moves. He was unwilling to "spar" with Uncle Nine again, especially since Uncle Nine had already shown mercy last time.

"Amitabha, fellow Daoist, you can rest assured!" Master Yixiu replied with his hands clasped together. Upon hearing this, Uncle Nine glanced at Master Yixiu and then nodded in acknowledgment.

He was no longer worried. Firstly, he didn't believe that Master Yixiu would dare to continue to bewitch his disciple. After all, even the Buddhist sect had wrathful Vajras, let alone a Taoist priest from Maoshan. If he really angered Lin Fengjiao, he would never "spar" with her as kindly as last time.

Furthermore, he had full confidence in his disciple Chen Yulou. Although Master Ikkyu was eloquent, his disciple was in no way inferior to him in terms of eloquence and intellect.

Moreover, it was obvious that his disciple had no good feelings towards Buddhism, and even quite disliked it. Although he didn't know the reason, this made him feel more at ease.

Then, he turned to Chen Yulou and instructed him: "Yulou, you must learn diligently from your Uncle Four Eyes, but you must not slack off in your cultivation and talisman-making skills."

Chen Yulou quickly replied, "Master, please rest assured. Also, please take care of yourself on your journey!"

"it is good!"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Nine smiled and nodded slightly. He then bowed to Master Four Eyes and the others again, saying, "It's getting late, and I need to get back before nightfall."

After saying this, Uncle Nine quickly left with a "Farewell!"

After Chen Yulou saw Uncle Jiu off and returned to the house, Daoist Qianhe asked with a hint of interest, "Yulou, I heard from Senior Brother Simu that you are interested in learning the art of weapon crafting?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou immediately turned to Daoist Qianhe and nodded in response, "Yes, Uncle Qianhe, I came to Uncle Simu precisely to seek instruction in the techniques of corpse control and weapon crafting."

"Oh?" Master Qianhe was slightly surprised. "You're also studying corpse control techniques?"

After saying that, his eyes held a hint of admonition, "Yu Lou, it is certainly a good thing to be studious, but such a wide range of interests may distract you too much."

Before Chen Yulou could respond, the Four-Eyed Taoist priest sat down beside him and looked at the Thousand-Crane Taoist priest, saying, "Don't try to persuade this child. He is eager to learn and is interested not only in making talismans, controlling corpses, and refining weapons, but also in alchemy, paper dolls, and beast taming!"

Upon hearing this, Master Qianhe looked at Chen Yulou in astonishment, and even Jiale and his four disciples from the east, west, south, and north stared at their junior brother in surprise.

The path of cultivation is like ascending to the heavens. Without superb skills, even entering the basics of any branch of the art requires endless effort.

Therefore, the Maoshan sect rules advocate that disciples choose one or two secondary arts to specialize in, so as to avoid being distracted and ultimately achieving nothing.

Chen Yulou's extensive knowledge and wide range of learning were truly rare, which surprised everyone.

Faced with everyone's astonishment, Master Four Eyes smiled at Master Thousand Crane and said, "But Yu Lou is different from others, with exceptional talent. Do you know what level his talisman-making skills have reached?"

Master Qianhe snapped out of his reverie and stared intently at Master Simu.

Master Four Eyes continued, "He is already able to draw more than ten kinds of talismans."

Master Qianhe was shocked once again, staring at Chen Yulou.

It should be noted that Chen Yulou had only been a student for a little over a month, yet he had already mastered the drawing of more than ten kinds of talismans.

Although Jiale already knew about this, hearing it again still made him sigh, lamenting the truly disparity between people.

Like Master Qianhe, everyone in the east, west, south, and north was stunned into silence.

The four disciples have been disciples of Master Qianhe for over ten years, and have been studying the art of talisman making for nearly eight years.

Among them, Nan Songzi has the best talisman-making skills, but to this day he can only master seven or eight kinds of talismans.

Chen Yulou, this junior brother, had only been a disciple for half a month, yet he was able to draw more than ten kinds of talismans. If it weren't for Master Simu's own words, they would never have believed it.

(End of this chapter)