Li Xizhi casually handled the various figures in the marketplace, finding time to step into the courtyard, where the elder Li Xuanxuan was holding a talisman brush, dipping it in some spiritual ink, and meticulously tracing patterns.
After more than seventy years of drawing talismans, the old man could draw them with his eyes closed, without missing a single thread. His gray eyebrows raised as he looked towards Li Xizhi, his hand steadily moving to continue his work, he said with a laugh:
"Xizhi has arrived."
Li Xizhi respectfully replied, and with a motion of Li Xuanxuan's hand, a talisman emerged, one for the Qi Cultivating Late Stage—the "Return to Origin Shield", crystal white and gleaming. Li Xuanxuan looked at his curiously, saying with a smile:
"It's just commonplace merchandise, incomparable to the talismans from within your sect."
Li Xizhi took a glance and said softly:
