After the demons and ghosts retreated, there were a few days of peace, and naturally, the events at the ancient city wall spread out.
Zhou Jinyun was an adult, not as beautiful as Li Shuning, yet she possessed the charm of a mature woman. Previously in Lishui City, she was still quite popular with those young male magicians.
But after they knew Zhou Jinyun pushed Li Shuning, those people distanced themselves from Zhou Jinyun.
It was merely their second meeting, and Zhou Jinyun wanted to harm Li Shuning—was it out of envy for her beauty? If not for Li Shuning’s formidable strength, she might have perished that day, such a venomous heart, how hateful that they had once adored her.
Even Zhou Jinyun’s junior disciples were somewhat afraid to approach her.
Wang Qingyun was also cold to her, truly disappointed; she was the senior sister, originally held in high regard.
Zhou Jinyun felt like coughing up blood; why had things turned out this way?
This was all within Li Shuning’s expectations.
How could she let Zhou Jinyun have an easy time?
This was just the beginning.
On the third day, Liang Shaohua and several esteemed magicians came to find her.
They sought Li Shuning to discuss some defensive issues concerning Lishui City.
The first siege by the demons and ghosts revealed some issues; the array on the ancient city wall probably wasn’t effective.
They had only slightly investigated Li Shuning’s background and knew.
She truly had no support, yet at such a young age possessed such strength, and for many years, no one had ever seen her master, showing her master’s formidable power.
They wanted to see if Li Shuning had any ideas.
After thinking for a while, Li Shuning said, "The array on the ancient city wall is only effective against ghosts. I have other arrays here, but they require many spirit stones, which we can’t afford to waste, so it’s better not to squander spirit stones."
"I noticed the magicians in Lishui City are quite formidable. I don’t know much about the warlock world, but do you know about flying swords?" Google seaʀᴄh NoveI-Fire.ɴet
Liang Shaohua nodded: "We’re aware of flying swords. In fact, with our kind of strength, we all practice sword control skills. However, unfortunately, most sects or families do not have the heritage of flying swords."
Li Shuning smiled and said, "I can craft flying swords; however, the needed materials are numerous. The flying sword I used the other day was crafted a few years back with materials Gao Fei helped me gather. If there are materials available, I can help you craft flying swords, thereby increasing our odds."
Everyone’s expression changed. They never expected Li Shuning could craft flying swords; although they envied her flying sword before, they dared not even imagine it.
Liang Shaohua urgently asked: "Master Li, what materials do you need? How about this, you come with us to look at the association’s warehouse to see if there is anything you need?"
This was exactly what Li Shuning wanted. For years, she hadn’t found many useful resources, but the Warlock Association was different. She had thought about crafting flying swords for them; if they had something she needed, she didn’t mind exchanging items with them.
The stronger her abilities, the more she could contribute.
Li Shuning followed Liang Shaohua and the others to the association’s warehouse in Lishui City.
There were many things inside the warehouse, and the security outside the warehouse was strict.
Not to mention the numerous ordinary guards, Li Shuning even sensed several magicians above Foundation Establishment.
Moreover, various anti-theft devices had been set up here, infrared arrays, fingerprint locks.
After entering the warehouse, Li Shuning’s eyes lit up.
Seeing Li Shuning’s expression, Liang Shaohua inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Shuning rummaged through and picked up, unexpectedly discovering a piece of meteorite iron.
"Chairman Liang, the items here are plentiful, crafting flying swords isn’t a problem; I can craft ten in the short term. Additionally, I found some materials that I think could be more useful to us if utilized."
Liang Shaohua was delighted: "Master Li, take whatever you need."
Li Shuning smiled and said, "The talismans you use are drawn with vermillion and the finest yellow paper, but I found high-rank spirit monster fur and essence blood here. I can draw more powerful talismans. Furthermore, there are some spirit plants here, and I can refine elixir pills, which would also benefit us."
"However, if crafting elixir pills and talismans, I hope I can keep some."
Liang Shaohua’s grin reached his ears; he hadn’t expected such a haul: "Of course, Master Li has helped so much. Even if you use everything in this warehouse, it’s of no concern."
Li Shuning merely smiled; she wasn’t someone who took advantage of petty gains.
"Chairman Liang, I don’t have an alchemy furnace. Please help prepare one. As for the artifact refining furnace for crafting flying swords, I do have it, kindly send someone to Gao Fei to retrieve it. I’ll stay here for a few days; time is tight. Also, please arrange some people to assist me."
"Alright, alright, I have a good-quality alchemy furnace; I’ll go fetch it in a moment. We’re all currently unoccupied; Master Li, whatever you need, just instruct us."
To know, whether crafting flying swords or alchemy, or drawing talismans, not even families or sects with ample heritage would understand these arts, having the chance to witness them was not to be missed.
Li Shuning paid no mind to those people.
Honestly, Li Shuning held a favorable impression of this world.
In such chaotic times, humans weren’t slaughtering each other. Perhaps they deeply understood that without human continuation, there’s no hope.
Since she was already in this world, Li Shuning was willing to put in her effort for humanity, doing what little she could.
Li Shuning quickly began crafting flying swords; however, it took considerable time, especially refining that piece of meteorite iron; it couldn’t be done quickly.
Thus, after setting up the artifact refining furnace, she began drawing talismans.
Seeing Li Shuning’s hand motion, a mass of golden true fire surged forward in front of everyone, and then Li Shuning tossed a large piece of spirit monster fur into it.
After fifteen minutes, Li Shuning retracted the true fire; the originally fluffy spirit monster fur had become a smooth, thin black leather piece.
Li Shuning took out her flying sword and quickly slashed a few times; the large leather piece was instantly cut into thousands of identical square leather pieces.
After treating the "talisman paper," Li Shuning extracted the spirit monster’s essence blood, pouring it into a large basin, then added droplets of her own blood, found a few ordinary-looking spirit plants, mashed them in. No one knew what she did, but after stirring in the basin a few times, the initially bright red liquid turned golden.