Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 561

[Chapter 561 Origami Secret]

“Druids are indeed a transcendent heritage… they can adapt to any system!”

“While I was practicing the ‘Aoki Kung Fu’, I was able to increase my druid’s experience points…”

Fang Xing smiled slightly.

He knew that he had many ways to increase his druid experience, such as planting trees, hunting, and communicating with animals and plants… All behaviors of interacting with nature could potentially increase his druid experience.

But…the current environment does not allow it. He can’t possibly plant a forest near his shed, right?

Feeding mice and sparrows every day… is already the limit.

Fortunately, absorbing the essence of plants and trees is also a form of cultivation, and even the experience points are increased very quickly!
“Very good… If I continue like this, within ten days or half a month, I will definitely be able to break through to Druid Level 2 and obtain the [Wild Transformation] skill. By then, I will be able to swim freely in the vast sea and fly freely in the sky…”

After practicing the technique again and feeling the fatigue coming from all parts of his body, Fang Xing realized the importance of combining work and rest.

He did not practice ‘Aoki Kung Fu’ again, but looked at ‘Origami Secret Technique’.

The Blood Shadow Sect is famous for its two secret arts of “shadow puppetry” and “origami”.

The ‘secret art of origami’ here is certainly not the complete book, but the most basic introductory stage.

Even so, it was still so bizarre that it made Fang Xing’s eyes light up.

“The art of origami can be performed with ordinary paper… but it is best to use special paper, such as human skin paper or blood paper…”

“This book of origami secrets records three secret techniques, namely ‘paper crane’, ‘paper soldier’, and ‘paper kite’…”

“There are no truly powerful high-level secret techniques such as ‘paper armor’, ‘paper beast’, ‘paper man’, ‘paper general’, ‘paper sedan chair’, ‘paper substitute’, ‘Phantom Paper House Cave Heaven’, etc.”

“and……”

Fang Xing pondered for a moment, his expression becoming serious: “If you want to practice the art of origami, you still have to shorten your lifespan… Even for cultivators, it’s the same. It’s just that with the nourishment of mana, the shortened lifespan will be much less than that of ordinary people…”

“Also, using ‘blood paper’ can offset a portion of the lost lifespan.”

“The most bizarre thing about this ‘paper folding technique’ is that even a mortal, as long as he is willing to sacrifice his blood, essence and life, can make a ‘paper crane’ or a ‘paper soldier’…”

“And if a cultivator wants his own paper figurine to have a sudden increase in combat power, the best way is to… sacrifice more of his lifespan and blood essence for the ritual.”

“Moreover, if this kind of paper figurine, which is made from one’s own blood and essence, is manipulated by an outsider, its power will be greatly reduced…”

“So, the more advanced a cultivator is in the art of origami, the shorter his lifespan will be… Although after reaching the ninth level of Qi Sensing and breaking through the Dao Foundation, one can at least increase his lifespan by a hundred years, for a master of the Blood Shadow Sect’s origami lineage, living past a hundred years is considered a long lifespan…”

“For some reason I feel that this origami technique is quite compatible with my Druid talent of [Immortality]… But if I want to truly master it, I have to wait until I reach level 15 and obtain the talent of [Immortality]. Otherwise, how can I have so much lifespan?”

“That stall owner has some bad intentions… Is he worried that I won’t die fast enough? But I always like to eat the sugar-coated food and hit back with the cannonballs…”

Fang Xing studied the secret art of origami carefully.

After all, he is the reincarnation of a local immortal master, and his vision and insight are still there.

After thinking about it for a while, I discovered the flaws and weaknesses of ordinary paper people and paper beasts.

“Even if it is a ‘blood paper’ creation, its essence is still paper… Although it can resist the erosion of filth, red dragons, and evil spirits… but water and fire are still natural enemies… Maybe it can last a little longer, but it can’t last forever…”

“So there are paper birds occasionally patrolling the sky… but there can’t always be ‘paper fish’ in the river…”

“and……”

Fang Xing looked at the ‘Art of Paper Soldiers’. Although this Taoist art would shorten one’s lifespan, it could also immediately increase combat power.

After entering the first level of the Qi Sensing Realm, whether he was refining blood paper or practicing the secret art of origami, the life span he consumed was much less than that of an ordinary person.

Perhaps, I could practice a skill for self-defense?

Paper cranes are mainly used for communication and surveillance, while paper kites are used for riding.

Among the three secret techniques, the one that suits him best is the paper soldier technique.

“So-called paper soldiers are ‘weapons made from paper’, using paper to make daggers and long swords… After being sharpened, their sharpness far exceeds the so-called ‘magic weapons’ in the secular martial arts world…”

“This is also a secret technique that can be used to continuously advance, such as equipping paper figures with paper soldiers and paper armor… to increase combat power and defense.”

“In the later stages, you can imitate the flying swords of sword cultivators. In a flash, you can kill people with flying swords… It’s even lighter and faster, but it’s a little lacking in killing and attacking…”

“If you want to practice the art of origami, you must first practice both hands… There is a training method here, called ‘The Perfect Hands’. As the saying goes, ‘Even if you have two perfect hands in the world, you can’t fold a piece of white paper’… There are five stages of the Perfect Hands: Double Perfect Hands, Ten Perfect Hands, Hundred Perfect Hands, Thousand Perfect Hands, and Ten Thousand Perfect Hands… Only when you reach the ‘Hundred Perfect’ stage can the success rate of making paper soldiers be considered acceptable, otherwise it will all be a waste of blood and paper…”

“I don’t think it’s something that can be achieved overnight…”

“Of course, according to the nature of the origami secret technique, if the level of the double hand is too low and the origami is about to fail, you can perform a blood sacrifice and use your own blood and lifespan to forcibly increase the success rate…”

Fang Xing read the whole article and confirmed that this origami secret technique was an orthodox and unorthodox method, which was designed to ruin the life span of practitioners!
…

Half an hour later.

twitter!

A sparrow suddenly flew to Fang Xing’s side and started chirping.

Fang Xing opened his eyes and sensed Sparrow’s anxious mood: “Someone…”

He sat up and walked to the door.

Through the crack in the door, you can see a dark shadow approaching stealthily.

“Squeak!”

As soon as Fang Xing thought about it, a mouse suddenly jumped towards the man like crazy.

“ah!”

The man, who was already feeling guilty, was suddenly frightened.

“What? Get down!”

He jumped up and down and made such a loud noise that it attracted the attention of several nearby wooden houses.

“Who is it?”

“It’s the middle of the night, can’t you let me sleep?”

One by one, the paper slaves shouted in dissatisfaction, and some even lit candles.

“Disturbing my sweet dreams in the middle of the night! Ugh…”

Fang Xing also started cursing.

Not far away, several paper slaves surrounded a man.

The big man looked strong and powerful, but his steps were unsteady and there was a black mole at the corner of his mouth with a hair growing on it.

At this moment, he tugged at the hair on the black mole fiercely: “Alright, let Lao Si come back… We have alerted the enemy, there is definitely no chance tonight!”

“I know.”

One of the younger brothers immediately went to call for help.

Xing San looked towards Fang Xing’s cabin and asked, “Are you sure this kid went to the market?”

“Of course, big brother. Since he was whipped, this kid has been very diligent in going to the paper mill recently. I estimate that he has at least stored this much…”

A young man with inverted triangle eyes nearby stretched out his right hand and compared the five fingers, then licked his lips: “How much life can we save by dealing with him…”

Xing San’s eyes flashed.

Life span! That’s real life!

He gritted his teeth and said, “We can only live a few months longer than other paper slaves by robbing them by trickery… We must find a way out during this period of time!”

Xing San was originally a bully in the city. He was scheming and a gang leader.

However, when the Blood Shadow Sect kidnaps people, they don’t care whether you are rich or poor, noble or socially affiliated. To the practitioners, mortals are like crops in the field. After one crop is harvested, just wait for a while and another crop will grow.

Therefore, even if Xing San has ambitions, means, martial arts, and courage… but has no talent for cultivation, he is just a slave in the Blood Shadow Sect!

No matter how talented or wise you are, if you don’t have talent, you don’t have talent!

At this point, he could only rely on stealing and extorting blood paper from others to barely survive a few more days.

Moreover, Xing San viewed this failure as an accident involving his subordinates. He considered himself unlucky and did not blame Fang Xing at all.

…

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

In the wooden house, Fang Xing formed seals with his hands and was practicing the “Shuangquan Hands”.

Although the magical power of the first level of sensing qi is very weak, it is still magical power after all.

At this time, under the nourishment of magic power, his hands became less rough than before, with the calluses gradually fading away and white and tender flesh growing out.

Whoosh!

Fang Xing let out a long breath and casually glanced at the attribute column:

[Name: Fang Xing]

【Age: 16/24】

[Profession: Druid Level 1]

[Realm: First level of feeling qi]

[Talent: Nature Affinity]

[Skill: All-rounder (Entry Level 28/100)]

…

“The essence of plants and trees is indeed the wood-type vitality. After breaking through the first level of the sense of energy, it has increased my life span by four years… I can go make some blood paper and pretend that I am still working hard to complete the task…”

But Fang Xing obviously could not hand over the blood paper, and instead planned to use it to practice the secret technique of ‘cutting paper into soldiers’.

“And… has the Wanquan Hand already developed into a skill?”

Fang Xing’s face lit up with joy, even though this was not his original golden finger and did not have the effect of forcibly increasing proficiency and breakthroughs.

But it’s already very good to be able to intuitively see your current status at every moment and know in which direction to improve.

“Now my Wanquanshou is only at the entry level, at the stage of ‘double-quanshou’, and the success rate of origami is very low…”

“But as long as you are willing to sacrifice your life, it won’t be a problem to refine a ‘paper soldier’.”

After thinking it through, Fang Xing picked up the paper-making net, walked out of the shed and headed towards the paper mill.

Plop!
This time, when he put his hands into the pulp pool, he felt something different.

Although there is still some stinging pain, it is much milder than before.

“Sure enough, being a monk and having both hands… both give you a certain amount of resistance.”

“But if you live in the valley for too long, you will easily attract attention from above… The Blood Shadow Sect is full of powerful people, and even if someone causes trouble, they can easily suppress it, so they have the confidence…”

Fang Xing skillfully collects the net, compacts it, and dries it…

By the evening, he felt that the quality of the finished ‘blood paper’ in his hand was better than all his previous works.

(End of this chapter)