Chapter 204: Chapter 197: Jiang Cheng, Hehuan Sect Strategic Partner
At the entrance to Lotus University, Shen nghan sent a communication talisman to Yue Linger.
“Hello? Linger?”
“Junior, please call ‘Sister’ in private.”
For so reason, Yue Linger was particularly keen on being called “Sister,” as if she had once been at a great disadvantage regarding seniority and now that she finally had a “younger sister,” she was determined to make up for it.
“Yue Sister, I’m at the school gate now. When will you co over?”
“Right away, right away.”
Soon, Shen nghan saw the ticulously dressed Yue Linger.
Working together in the publicity departnt, Shen nghan had known Yue Linger for a long ti. Although female cultivators typically love to look beautiful, Shen nghan had never seen Yue Linger prepare herself with such care in school.
Looking at Yue Linger, decked out to the teeth, Shen nghan felt she was not going to visit Jiang Cheng’s house but to the battlefield to have a life-and-death fight with a major villain.
“Senior, what’s wrong?”
Shen nghan shook her head. “Nothing. By the way, what’s Jiang Cheng asking us to do at his house?”
“Is this your first ti going?”
“Hmm.”
Yue Linger looped her arm through Shen nghan’s and said, “Congratulations, Senior, going to Jiang Cheng’s house to help him test new talismans is the first step of him acknowledging you. From what I know about Jiang Cheng, he doesn’t like to bother strangers. So if he’s willing to trouble you, it ans he doesn’t consider you an outsider, understand?”
Upon hearing Yue Linger’s explanation, Shen nghan felt a touch of sweetness in her heart. “Have you helped Jiang Cheng test many talismans?”
“Of course.” Yue Linger first boasted a little, then deflated, saying, “But don’t get your hopes up too high. His house isn’t so fun place, and his talismans aren’t simple things.”
“Why?”
“You’ll understand once we get there.”
After about fifteen minutes, the two arrived at the entrance to Jiang Cheng’s house.
Yue Linger knocked on the door with practiced ease, while Shen nghan felt sowhat nervous.
It was her first ti coming to Jiang Cheng’s house, and it was impossible not to feel anxious.
Then the door opened, and she saw a fairy-like figure.
Seeing the woman inside Jiang Cheng’s house, Shen nghan felt for the first ti that she herself “wasn’t beautiful enough.”
If beauty had ranks, that woman was at least “Mahayana Realm”!
“Senior?” Yue Linger looked at Shen nghan’s inexperienced state.
“Ah?” Shen nghan snapped back to reality.
“Don’t just stand there, co in. Oh, this is Liu Qing, another employee of Jiang Cheng’s.”
Yue Linger introduced her proficiently.
“Hello.”
Liu Qing reached out her hand in greeting, yet she was quite “aloof,” with little expression on her face.
“You, hello.”
Shen nghan had been exposed to grand scenes since childhood alongside her father, but today, in front of Liu Qing, she experienced unparalleled pressure.
Stealing a glance at the perfectly made-up Yue Linger, Shen nghan finally understood why her “Sister Yue” had prepared so thoroughly before coming to Jiang Cheng’s house, and why she was ard to the teeth.
With makeup on, she might not necessarily be more beautiful than Liu Qing, but at the very least, she could have a bit more confidence when facing her.
However, the pressure in Shen nghan’s heart was greatly relieved with the appearance of Jiang Cheng.
“Welco, Senior, to my humble ho!” Jiang Cheng said with a smile.
Shen nghan’s face turned a bit red. “Not at all, your house is quite nice.”
“It’s just a rental. Oh, right, let give you your remuneration for the talisman testing.”
Jiang Cheng took out three high-grade spirit stones and handed one to each of them: Yue Linger, Shen nghan, and Liu Qing.
Shen nghan received a high-grade spirit stone and exclaid in surprise, “Ten thousand low-grade spirit stones? Isn’t that a bit too much?”
“Not at all, trust ,” Yue Linger imparted her experience as soone who had been through it to her “younger sister.”
Watching Yue Linger casually accept the spirit stones without any psychological burden, Shen nghan hesitated for a mont but also accepted Jiang Cheng’s remuneration.
Liu Qing, however, silently stored the spirit stone in her paynt vault.
Following the traditional talisman-testing procedure, Jiang Cheng first gave the three of them instruction manuals for the Perception Transmission Talisman.
When Shen nghan saw the instruction manual, her face reddened noticeably.
But her two “seniors”—Yue Linger and Liu Qing—were very composed, with no change in expression.
Unperturbed by it all.
Shen nghan thought to herself: Is this the composure of “sisters”? Too strong.
“Have you all finished reading it?” Jiang Cheng asked.
All three nodded.
Jiang Cheng pulled out a magical treasure capable of silencing an area and said, “Take these three talismans. Let’s first test your hearing. You need to let go of the protection of your spirit space, then use the talisman on yourselves, and increase the sensitivity of your hearing by twenty tis.”
As Jiang Cheng activated the magical treasure, Yue Linger and the other two used the talismans on themselves.
Hu, dong, hu, dong!
The once unnoticeable sounds of breathing and heartbeats beca incredibly clear in their ears.
The sound of breathing was like the panting of a wild beast, and the heartbeat resounded like war drums next to their ears!
“How does it feel?”
“Ah!”
Shen nghan and Yue Linger imdiately covered their ears; what was a casual phrase from Jiang Cheng sounded to them like a deafening thunderclap!
Although Liu Qing could also hear any subtle sound, the reason she could hear was her Mahayana level of cultivation, not Jiang Cheng’s talisman.
In the face of the overpowering strength of Mahayana, Jiang Cheng’s first-order talismans would have no effect on her.
Talismans that could affect her had to be at least seventh-order or above.
“You can stop the talisman’s effect now,” Jiang Cheng said again.
Yue Linger covered her ears, but she found out that her ears were not the source of the sounds she heard, and covering her ears had no effect!
Under the twentyfold enhancent of hearing, any sound beca a disaster for the one affected by the talisman!
After the experint ended, Shen nghan exclaid, “The Perception Transmission Talisman’s effect is so exaggerated. As long as it works, traditional defenses are almost ineffective. Is this really the power that a first-order talisman can unleash? The effect is so strong, it’s almost unreasonable!”
Yue Linger simply summarized the extraordinary behavior of this talisman as, “This is Jiang Cheng.”
Jiang Cheng took out three more talismans, distributed them to the three of them, and held out a towel saying, “Next, let’s test touch by enhancing your tactile sense twentyfold.”
Under Jiang Cheng’s instruction, Yue Linger and Shen nghan enhanced their sense of touch as well.
They then discovered that with their touch magnified twenty tis, their bodies beca extrely sensitive.
Even the air currents produced by breathing were enough to stimulate their bodies.
“Jiang Cheng, can I not continue with the experint?” Yue Linger looked at the towel in Jiang Cheng’s hand and said sowhat fearfully.
“You’ve co all this way,” Jiang Cheng spoke the truth.
He then gently swept the towel across the back of Yue Linger’s hand.
Yue Linger blushed, tensed up all over, and tried her best not to cry out.
She didn’t understand the sensation, a mix of pain and itching, as the re tactile information from the towel’s sweep over her hand was enough to overwhelm her sensory processor.
After being stimulated by the towel, Yue Linger’s brain felt like it was overclocked; she was blushing and gasping for breath.
Shen nghan, seeing the devilish towel, finally understood why Yue Linger said “ten thousand Spirit Stones really isn’t much,” and realized that testing talismans for Jiang Cheng was truly an unbearable job!
As night approached, the last item on Jiang Cheng’s talisman testing – taste – was finally completed.
Recalling the sour-tasting water, Yue Linger swore not to drink any more water that day. The water tasted worse than the bitterest herbal dicine.
Too sharp a perception is not necessarily a good thing after all.
No wonder the ancients often said — a married couple should not be too sensitive, lest dostic peace be disturbed.
After completing the tests for the Perception Transmission Talisman, and all the indicators t Jiang Cheng’s expectations, he was in an excellent mood.
“Let’s go, I’ll treat you to dinner tonight. Consider it a celebration for the success of the new talisman.”
On the way, Yue Linger asked, “Jiang Cheng, what do you plan to do with these new talismans?”
“Fishing.”
“Huh?” Yue Linger felt she was hallucinating from all the talisman testing.
What kind of fish could a sensory-enhancing talisman catch?
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“I plan to fish for the people from the Hehuan Sect. They will definitely not be able to resist this talisman of mine,” Jiang Cheng explained.
Shen nghan expressed her concerns, “But, you only have Qi Training. Although the Hehuan Sect is constantly suppressed, their Demonic Tao cultivation techniques are all about quick results. They may not have many high-ranking fighters, but they should have quite a few at the Foundation Establishnt and Core Formation levels.”
While their opponent was not to be underestimated, Jiang Cheng confidently said, “As long as the Immortal Sects are around, when will it be my turn to personally catch people? Don’t worry, at most I’ll act as an undercover or sothing.”
Yue Linger and Shen nghan, who had been ready to relax, now felt even more worried.
In the office of the president of the Talisman Master Association of the Tongtian Sect.
Gao Miao frowned at Jiang Cheng’s “Perception Transmission Talisman” as if he was looking at a twisty knot.
This Perception Transmission Talisman seed strangely tailor-made for the cultivation techniques of the Hehuan Sect.
“Jiang Cheng, I need to ask you a question, and you must answer honestly.”
“Please go ahead.”
“Ever since you ca to the Capital, you’ve been creating talismans with high intensity. What exactly are you trying to do?”
Jiang Cheng summarized his motivations for creating talismans over the past few months, “I have a friend nad Bai Xiaohe; she works at a Tongbao Pavilion store affiliated with the Outer Sect. The store she manages is about to close, and I want to help her improve the business.”
Gao Miao’s eyes bulged; you turned the Capital upside down just for this little favor!?
To Gao Miao, Jiang Cheng’s words were no different from “I’m not happy because my sweater got stuck on my neck when I put it on backward today, so I intend to destroy the world.”
“Just give a mont, I need to make a talisman call,” he said.
Gao Miao walked out with the talisman, and returned half an hour later, looking refreshed and sitting back down.
“There, I’ve sorted out your friend’s work issue. Does that an we don’t have to certify this new talisman of yours?”
“Elder Gao, you’ve misunderstood; I’m not here to certify a talisman today.”
Gao Miao’s fists were clenched tight.
He had gone out to pull strings, using up quite a bit of goodwill, and after much persuasion had managed to get Bai Xiaohe promoted from the Tongbao Pavilion branch to the main store.
And now you’re telling you’re not here to certify a talisman!?
Really, this could only be Jiang Cheng.
If it had been his son who pulled such a stunt, Gao Miao would have made sure that his son learned what “fatherly love like earth-shattering mountains” truly ant.
As a Core Formation cultivator, Gao Miao managed his emotions quite well.
Although he might have just done a pointless chore, at least, fortunately, Jiang Cheng wasn’t there to certify a talisman.
As long as Jiang Cheng did not certify any talismans, everything was negotiable.
After self-soothing, Gao Miao felt much better.
He thought Jiang Cheng was occasionally quite considerate. For instance, today, knowing there was sothing off about his Perception Transmission Talisman, he simply decided not to certify it.
Very good, he had grown up, matured, gained insight, and learned to alleviate the leaders’ worries.
Upon further reflection, although Jiang Cheng’s talismans were often troubleso, he himself was very well-behaved, never actively causing trouble. He was quite the rule-abiding Talisman Master.
“So, what did you co for today?”
“Well, Elder Gao, I plan to completely round up the disciples of the Hehuan Sect in the Capital.”
“What?”
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