My dreams can simulate the future.

Chapter 34 Li Cheng's Skill

After Sun Yulin left, Jiang Chen began to think of a solution.

"It's impossible for a wastrel like Sun Yulin to mobilize six late-stage Qi Refining stage sword-wielding masters. Tonight's events must have been orchestrated by the Sun family's higher-ups."

I'm simply not capable of solving this problem on my own.

"If I ask Steward Zhao for help, and he does, I will indirectly offend the Foundation Establishment son-in-law of the Sun family."

Even if the matter is eventually resolved, I will still leave a bad impression on Manager Zhao as someone who causes trouble and is not worth keeping.

Three years later, when recommending cultivators to join the Golden Cauldron Sect, they won't recommend me. That's how Sun Yulin's opportunity will arise.

"The Sun family's methods have had a significant impact on me, and they also seem to be trying to cover up both sides, but they are really too crude."

After all, I had just rejected Sun Yunhe's offer to recruit me that afternoon, and now they're causing trouble so quickly. I really didn't have time to come up with any clever methods.

"I guess they didn't intend for a fight to the death; they just wanted to force me to comply. But they didn't expect I could use that leverage."

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Since the Sun family is my enemy, I will stand with the Li family, the enemy of the Sun family."

From now on, I'll sell the talismans I draw to Li Cheng's family at a discounted price. The Sun family dares to bully my followers, but would they dare to actively cause trouble for the Li family?

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen immediately took out his patrol token and sent a message to Li Cheng, asking him to come over to discuss an important matter.

Li Cheng reacted very quickly, and arrived at Jiang Chen's house half an hour later.

After taking his seat, he asked, "Brother Jiang, your attendant next door is quite something! He even has a bodyguard guarding the door late at night. I don't even get that kind of treatment."

Jiang Chen sighed: "It was arranged by the Sun family. Hou Ming usually helps me purchase supplies and sell talismans. Now the Sun family has sent people to block my door, which is cutting off my source of income."

"And my bodyguard Lu Hu is also cornered at home. The Sun family probably wants those who are secretly watching me to assassinate me again."

"I have no other choice but to ask you for help, Brother Li."

Upon hearing this, Li Cheng smiled slightly and waved his hand: "No need for such trouble. This is the Southwest Ward, my territory. For the Sun family to extend their reach here is a slap in my face!"

If I don't teach them a lesson, where will I put my face in the future?

"Brother Jiang, you're not a patrolman, so you don't know the intricacies of this situation. The Sun family sending a thug to cause trouble on my territory is a taboo."

"All I have to do is say they're impersonating ghostwriters, arrest them all, and throw them in jail for a few days, and the Sun family's guards will have to obediently come begging me to release them."

"If the Sun family doesn't come forward to prove they are the ghostwriters, I will revoke their ghostwriter status on the grounds of dereliction of duty and treason, and they will be unable to serve as ghostwriters in the future."

"The ghostwriter that the Sun family has been training for many years has been turned into an ordinary rogue cultivator. It's a joy to think about."

Jiang Chen really didn't know there were so many twists and turns. It's true that different professions are like different worlds, and some things still need to be handled by insiders.

"Thank you so much, Brother Li, for helping me through this difficult time. No problem, from now on, I will sell all my talismans to the Li family at 30% of the original price."

Li Cheng said with an indifferent expression, "Brother Jiang, you're being too polite. Sun Jiaqian's matter is a slap in my face. My intervention is both to help you and for my own sake."

"If the Sun family causes trouble again, be sure to come to me. I'm willing to pay out of my own pocket to make the Sun family lose face."

Making the Sun family lose face and money would indeed benefit the Li family. However, Jiang Chen felt he owed them a favor.

"No matter what, you've helped me a lot. I'll feel bad if I don't repay the favor."

If you're unwilling to accept my talismans at a low price, then how about this: your Li family sends a junior with talisman-making talent to serve as my attendant.

He usually runs errands for me, and when I have free time, I guide him in drawing talismans.

Taking on apprentices and becoming a guest advisor are the same thing; both represent taking sides.

Jiang Chen wanted to be recommended by Zhao Changzhou, which naturally meant he needed to be associated with Zhao Changzhou's faction. He wasn't sure if the Li family's faction had any conflict with Manager Zhao.

It's acceptable to be on good terms with the Li family, but one shouldn't take sides. Taking a junior member of the Li family as a follower is just the right balance.

Upon hearing this, Li Cheng was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.

After a long pause, he finally asked, "Brother Jiang, is what you say true?"

Li Cheng could hardly believe that such a wonderful thing could happen to him.

Everyone knows the earning power and status of talisman masters. Jiang Chen, a rogue cultivator, can only draw mid-grade first-rank talismans, yet he is still treated well by the town guard.

When cultivating and purchasing pills, they do not consume ordinary pills, but rather high-quality pills with very little toxicity.

The Li family, having built up their fortune over five generations, couldn't bear to consume elixirs like this.

If the Li family learns the art of talisman drawing from Jiang Chen, they will have another source of income, a source of income that can be passed down through generations.

For any power, a stable source of income is extremely important, and may even be related to the survival of the entire power.

Jiang Chen nodded: "Would I lie to you?"

Confirming that Jiang Chen was sincere, Li Cheng stood up excitedly, patted his chest, and assured him, "From now on, Brother Jiang, your affairs are my Li family's affairs."

"My son, Li Decheng, is fifteen years old and at the second level of Qi Refining. He has a third-grade Baihui acupoint spiritual aperture, which is not enough for him to join the Golden Cauldron Sect, but his spiritual sense is not weak and his comprehension is also good."

"My family has a tradition of using talismans, but no one taught me; I had to figure it out on my own, so progress was very slow. Brother Jiang's willingness to teach me is a huge help!"

Jiang Chen waved his hand: "My grandfather also hopes that I can carry forward his talisman inheritance and take on more successors, which is in line with his wishes."

Li Cheng cupped his hands and said, "Then thank you very much, Brother Jiang."

"I have nine ways to deal with those dogs the Sun family sent. Brother Jiang, just watch my methods."

After saying that, he took out his patrol token.

After inputting his mana, he whispered, "Brothers, some of the other patrolmen's henchmen have come to our Southwest Ward to cause trouble."

Numbers C and B, number 26 and 13 respectively, those dogs are near those two houses. Take them all down; I want to deal with them myself.

"Make sure you recognize who they are. Lu Hu and Hou Ming, who live in these two houses, are my brother Jiang's henchmen, and they're dressed as the ghostwriters. Don't hit the wrong people."

In the Black Stone Mountain market, ordinary houses are divided into three grades: A, B, and C. Jiang Chen's house, with its single courtyard, is a grade C house.

The first courtyard of the Lu family was classified as Grade B.

Immediately afterwards, a voice came: "Don't worry, boss. If they dare to cause trouble on our turf, we'll definitely make them behave."

Seeing that they were using tokens to transmit their voices, Jiang Chen was somewhat surprised: "I really didn't know that patrol tokens could transmit voices directly."

Li Cheng casually tossed the token to Jiang Chen: "You'll see when you take a look. The token of a patrol squad leader is different from that of a regular patrol officer."

The tokens of my guards cannot transmit sound between each other, but their tokens can transmit sound with mine.

This telepathic transmission also has a distance limit, not exceeding ten li. These tokens are more commonly used in Changyuan Mountain, but are not very useful in the market area.