"Do you feel very impressive?"
Ji Yuan seemed to be able to see through Hu Yun's thoughts. He asked directly in a joking manner, and saw Chihu nodding rapidly.
"Yeah, yeah, this big guy looks so powerful, I think he can beat Lu Shanjun down..."
Hu Yun looked at the golden-armored warrior and then at Ji Yuan. Originally, he thought that even Mr. Ji could not beat this big guy. But considering that this majestic golden-armored warrior was created by Mr. Ji, he felt that Mr. Ji was still the more powerful one.
Ji Yuan shook his head.
"As long as Mr. Lu Shan knows the background of this strongman, he can make this strongman run around in circles without any clever tricks."
Ji Yuan rubbed his brows to relieve his fatigue. Now it seems that with the limited skills of Du Changsheng and his master, it is already a rare achievement for two generations to refine a total of six. Moreover, the previous method of the strong man is far from comparable to the one that Ji Yuan has deduced. Although there are only 108 paper people, it is estimated that countless efforts have been put into refining each time.
After tidying up the scraps of paper and tools on the table, Ji Yuan took the sieve back into the house.
Hu Yun looked at the motionless golden-armored warrior, and hurriedly followed Ji Yuan into the house, still talking non-stop.
"Mr. Ji, Mr. Ji, is this spell called the Golden Armor Warrior Talisman?"
Ji Yuan turned around to look at the burly strongman still standing outside, and said to the red fox.
"Indeed, you can call him that. You can also call him the Yellow Turban Warrior."
The red fox stuck its head out of the door and took a closer look. It could indeed see that the armored giant had yellow scarves hanging in front and behind.
"Then why not a red scarf? I like red, just like my hair, how beautiful!"
As he spoke, Hu Yun also swung his tail at the giant outside. His entire body was now covered in fiery red hair without any other colors, which was indeed extremely eye-catching.
However, this action naturally failed to cause any reaction from the giant man in golden armor, as if the other party's eyes were just looking at the air a few feet in front of him.
Ji Yuan was not annoyed by Hu Yun's jokes and explained patiently.
"Yellow is the color of black. This stack of yellow paper is not ordinary paper. It contains a trace of earth spirit. Although it is very small, it can refer to the upright and solemn earth. It is thick, solid and deep, and can shape and plasticize. There is a saying that power comes from the earth. The body of a strong man is tied to the earth. As long as the magic power is not exhausted, the power is infinite..."
When the words came to this, as if receiving some instruction from Ji Yuan, the warrior in golden armor slowly leaned forward, clenched his fist, and then suddenly punched towards the sky.
"Woo... Bang..."
The fist tore through the air, causing the surrounding airflow to shake slightly.
“Clatter… clatter…”
This punch brought about a slanting wind that blew a branch of the jujube tree up and down, and some thin snow between the leaf veins fell down.
Hu Yun stared at the scene blankly, his heart pounding, and suddenly realized the meaning of Mr. Ji's previous words.
"In other words, if this big guy is picked up and thrown into the air, he will immediately become weak?"
Hearing Hu Yun say this subconsciously, Ji Yuan was slightly stunned and took a deep look at the red fox who was still staring at the strong man outside.
"It is just as you said. If the strongman cannot step on the ground, the only source of his power is the mana given by the caster when he summons him. Not only is it easy for him to fail, but he also cannot last long. This is another weakness of this technique..."
Ji Yuan paused for a moment, put away the yellow paper and other things, walked back to the door and looked outside before continuing.
"But if the strongman steps on the ground, it won't be so easy to be provoked. Well, you can't tell this to outsiders. Do you understand?"
Hu Yun looked at the strong man's terrifying look that said "no approaching strangers", and thought that what Mr. Ji said made absolute sense, so he nodded in reply.
"knew!"
The red fox was still thinking that he would have a golden-armored warrior to show off his power in the future, so he would not say anything even if Mr. Ji did not give him the order.
"Mr. Ji, can I use this? Do I need to have as much magical power as you?"
"Do you want to refine the talisman or use it? Haha, if you want to refine the talisman, forget about it now. If you want to use the talisman, you can use it with the help of blood essence, but it will damage your energy."
Ji Yuan didn't get a good look at this golden-armored warrior, but in fact the yellow silk scarves in front and behind him had another function. They could not only help support his body, but also could bind people.
'Overall, I am quite satisfied.'
But if the paper man was damaged, then such a golden-armored warrior would be gone. Ji Yuan thought that it would be great if he could practice this technique to the level of "extreme birth and emptiness disappearance" in the future.
By combining a great number of paper movements into one, one can become a strong man, and finally eliminate the strong man's talisman from heaven and earth, avoiding the crisis of the talisman disappearing. To some extent, one will be close to a real and vivid golden armored strong man.
Thinking of this, Ji Yuan stretched out his hand and waved. The golden-armored warrior in the yard suddenly disappeared and turned into a yellow paper man again, flying back into Ji Yuan's hand.
Seeing the paper man disappear into Ji Yuan's sleeve, Hu Yun showed a look of strong envy.
"It's getting dark, and it's getting late. You should go back to the mountain as soon as possible. Since Lu Shanjun said he would take you with him to welcome the spring, he must be helping you. Go back early and make preparations."
Ji Yuan waved his hand and started to chase the fox away. It was not that he didn't want Hu Yun to stay here, but he didn't want the fox to come back too hastily, or it might distract Lu Shanjun.
"oh… "
Hu Yun responded, and looked into Ji Yuan's room to see where the yellow paper and scissors were put away. After hesitating for a moment, he left the yard.
"Well, Mr. Ji, I'm leaving now. Can you lend me the Hercules Talisman for a few days?"
"no!"
"oh… "
Hu Yun looked back every few steps and finally walked to the gate of the courtyard. He stood on tiptoe, stretched out his claws, pulled the latch, opened the door and went out.
As soon as the red fox left, the yard seemed to become a lot quieter.
Listening to the increasingly frequent barking of dogs in the distance, Ji Yuan laughed and walked into the yard to pick up the ceramic bowl that Hu Yun had left behind after eating the honey.
He went to the kitchen and tidied the pot and firewood. There were also some eggs, a pile of radishes, and a salted fish in the kitchen. It was New Year's Eve after all, and he hadn't gotten a good night's sleep, so Ji Yuan planned to light the stove and cook something.
A bowl of scrambled eggs, a bowl of stewed radish with salted fish, plus a small pot of rice. The taste was surprisingly good. I actually regretted not asking Hu Yun to try it too.
At the moment of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new that night, the Qingteng Sword happily rose into the air and flew straight to Niukui Mountain, where it cut off a small cloud of New Year's mist amid the roar of a tiger.
All things are new in the new year, and the fetus is born.
. . .
On the first day of the first lunar month, Ji Yuan heard the crackling sound of firecrackers from all over Ning'an County while he was still in bed. However, what really made Ji Yuan get up was the sound of footsteps approaching Ju'an Pavilion.
“Boom boom boom… boom boom boom…”
"Excuse me, is Mr. Ji at home? I am a servant of the Wei family in Desheng Mansion. I am here to greet you on the orders of the master of the family!"
Ji Yuan put on his clothes and went out of the house. The snow that had fallen all night made the whole place look like a blanket of silver.
When they heard movement in the yard, the two people outside stopped knocking on the door and waited quietly outside the yard.
"Squeak..."
Ji Yuan opened the gate and saw two dusty men outside. There was white frost on their hair and beards, and their faces were red from the cold. If they were a little redder, they would almost look like his golden-armored warriors.
They rode the four horses in rotation, braving the freezing cold wind and covering two to three hundred miles. In less than a day and a night, they managed to reach Ning'an County.
"Meet Mr. Ji!"
Seeing Ji Yuan opening the door, they hurriedly bowed together.
"Master Wei has come down the mountain? You two can come in and have some hot tea and talk slowly."
Ji Yuan could see that these two men had good martial arts skills, but they were not made of iron after all, and were trembling a little.
The two did not refuse and walked in to take a closer look at the small courtyard. There was a jujube tree covered with snow but still green, a well covered with stone slabs, a stone table and four stone benches, and ordinary houses around it.
"Is this where the hermit lives?"
When they were sitting in the living room of the main house sipping hot tea, the two of them explained the situation of the Wei family in detail in response to Ji Yuan's questions.
"Oh, Yiyi and that boy are here too?"
"Exactly!"
The two of them held the teacup to warm their hands, then took a sip. In addition to the sweetness of the tea, a warm current flowed from the stomach to the whole body, gradually dispelling the coldness along the way.
They didn't stay in Ju'an Pavilion for too long. They said goodbye and left after about half a quarter of an hour.
Mr. Ji agreed to go there during the New Year, so the two of them had to get up and go back immediately to inform the head of the family so that they could make preparations early.
Standing at the gate of the small courtyard, Ji Yuan watched the two riders leave, thought for a moment, turned around and closed all the doors and windows in the house, then jumped directly into the air in the courtyard, stepped on the clouds in the sky and went to Desheng Prefecture.
Soon, Ji Yuan had stepped onto the streets of Desheng Prefecture and walked to the gate of Wei Mansion.
Coincidentally, at this moment Shang Yiyi, Guan He and Wei Yuansheng were just walking towards the gate of the mansion, with several servants beside them holding many long strings of firecrackers, obviously preparing to go out of the mansion to set off firecrackers.
Even though they hadn't seen Ji Yuan for many years, Wei Yuansheng, Shang Yiyi and Guan He all recognized Ji Yuan the moment they saw him.
"Mr. Ji!" "Mr. Ji is here!"
Wei Yuansheng quickly grabbed the firecrackers from the servant next to him and said to him.
"Go and inform my father immediately."
"yes!"
As soon as the others left, Wei Yuansheng leaped directly from the gate of the mansion to the street.
"Mr. Ji, come quickly, let's set off firecrackers together!"
Ji Yuan nodded to Guan He and Shang Yiyi who were a little reserved, then looked at Wei Yuansheng. After not seeing him for a few years, this kid had laid a good foundation.