Chapter 128
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Chapter 128: Electric Eel Opens the Way
Li Hui closed his eyes; the Mysterious Demon Crying Blood Talisman had been completed, yet his mind was in turmoil, still immersed in that state. It felt as if all the sadness he had ever encountered in life merged into it, and he slightly understood that crafting a treasure talisman must be closely related to spiritual sense.
"Before I cultivate my spiritual sense, I cannot create another Mysterious Demon Crying Blood Talisman, even with the silver snake bracelet’s boost!"
This was an intuition, much like the Yin and Yang talismans that had entered his dantian. Before developing his spiritual sense, he couldn’t create a second one. Although the complex structure of the decree was not restricted, it was uncertain whether the silver snake bracelet could supply enough power for every type of decree. If it couldn’t, it would deplete his energy, and losing control would be extremely dangerous.
Qian Duohai did not know what Li Hui was thinking; he only understood that non-Essence Cultivators could not draw treasure talismans. Thus, the cultivation level of their Oath-Bound Brothers was becoming evident.
“Haha, Brother Hui is mighty! But I must make a suggestion; calling me Brother Hai every time because of your true disciples of the Jade Symbol Sect is not reducing my lifespan, is it?”
Upon hearing this, Li Hui smiled slightly; Qian Duohai had clearly misunderstood, and he couldn’t be bothered with him. He stood up and looked into the distance; the electric eel was now still, lazily floating on the Blood Sea.
The light rings emerging from the shattered finger bone had diminished from two to one, and this last ring was growing weaker, indicating it wouldn’t last much longer.
Qian Duohai, delighted, grinned broadly and said, “Wonderful! Brother Hui, you truly deserve to be an Essence Cultivator. Your methods are vast and profound. Knowing that your younger brother excels at controlling fish, you even drew out this electric eel and weakened it so much. Fantastic, truly fantastic! Relying on this electric eel for protection, we can save a lot of blood stones for the restrictions. It’s rumored that the more blood stones fed into the teleportation array, the greater the benefits.”
“Good, go control the electric eel,” Li Hui replied with a slight nod, sitting down to continue creating talismans.
“On it!” Qian Duohai responded and set off. The cultivation world always ranked individuals by their cultivation levels, so since he believed Li Hui was an Essence Cultivator, he naturally needed to humble himself. Remembering his earlier poor performance, he knew he had to "redeem" himself by taking a hands-on approach.
The Heavenly and Earthly Arrays maintained their suction at fourteen times, but the talisman formation had stabilized. Li Hui quietly calculated and figured he could still create two middle-grade treasure talismans.
After careful thought, he shook his head, reflecting, “Creating fifty-six monster-conjuring talismans each month, making eight-pattern and nine-pattern ones is too challenging. I must prepare early, or when the time comes and I have no talismans available, I’ll be left crying without tears.”
With this in mind, Li Hui committed to drawing the monster-conjuring talismans.
Whether it was because these talismans were too against the heavens or harmed the natural order, the difficulty in creating them far exceeded expectations.
When the suction of the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays dropped from fourteen times to thirteen times, he only produced two Nine Patterns Two Exotics monster-conjuring talismans. After it dropped to twelve times, he managed to create three Nine Patterns One Exotic monster-conjuring talismans.
He continued crafting talismans, completing nine ordinary Nine Patterns monster-conjuring talismans and nine ordinary Eight Patterns monster-conjuring talismans. Li Hui was stunned: “So few? The peach tree demon will soon enter its fourth month of incubation. How many artifacts must I craft to transform into fifty-six monster-conjuring talismans? No wonder the Jade Symbol Sect has only hatched one devil pen over countless years.”
He felt a headache, a severe headache!!!
As the suction of the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays remained at ten times, Li Hui adjusted his focus, creating the Blood Mouth Spitting Talisman and Blood Rain Stinking Wind Talisman.
He created thirty-some Nine Patterns One Exotic talismans, now settling into a normal rhythm. After that, he produced over sixty ordinary Nine Patterns Blood Mouth Spitting Talismans and Blood Rain Stinking Wind Talismans, along with a hundred Eight Patterns ones, easing the turmoil in his heart.
“Artifact! Artifact! I want an artifact!” Li Hui lamented to the heavens, which made Qian Duohai feel heart-stopping fear; he thought to himself, “I must be cautious and not expose my wealth, or this guy will surely target me.”
With a whoosh, Li Hui soared into the air, golden mist rising from beneath him as he floated toward the faint blue light ring. Protected by the ring, the area where the finger bone was shattered had not crumbled; aside from the collapsing bone walls, all was well within a hundred zhang radius.
The last light ring weakened significantly, struggling in its expansion and contraction, and its sluggishness meant it had lost its power. Li Hui looked closely.
“Hmm, something remains.”
Beneath the blue light lay many fragments. Using the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique, Li Hui swept away a few to reveal a waist token inscribed with the words “Hongmo Yue.”
“Hongmo Yue? Could it be that the skeleton belonged to a Hongmo Sect disciple?” Li Hui lightly grasped, and the waist token flew toward him.
The waist token was broken and cold to the touch, with the surface inscriptions almost entirely worn away. Despite being under such a formidable blue light, it hadn’t been destroyed, indicating that its material was extraordinary.
“Wait, this material? Is it Celestial Meteor God Iron?” Li Hui grew excited, realizing, “To advance my Ideal Body to the mid-Gather Spirit level, I need a certain amount of Celestial Meteor God Iron. This waist token is insufficient; I need at least four pieces. No, five pieces would be better.”
Under normal circumstances, one might find Celestial Meteor God Iron at the royal city auction house, but it would take luck, and if a sect were buying, there might not be a single piece for over a decade.
Yet here lay this piece of Celestial Meteor God Iron, and it appeared to have undergone complex refining processes, which nearly kept it from being recognized. Li Hui stored the waist token and pondered what kind of talisman could lessen the difficulty of integrating it into his body, but he found himself momentarily stumped for ideas.
In addition to the broken waist token, there were many fragments of Miao Jade, attracted by the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays, swirling into the Bamboo Box. Other items were hard to recover, with only vague outlines making out jade tablets, alchemy, and beast bones.
Even if there were good things, they were all wasted.
Li Hui called Qian Duohai forward; the Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Layers of Restrictions were still unsettled from the disruptions, and the hundred zhang long electric eel surged forward, hard to halt.
Soon, the electric eel swam through the crack in the earth into the Twenty-Sixth Layer of Restrictions, surrounded by blood light.
Qian Duohai spread his wings behind him and hovered in the air using mechanical bat wings. When he saw the blood light enveloping them, he shouted and scattered a large amount of silver powder, tossing out a dozen blue Miao Jade pieces onto the electric eel, igniting dazzling electric light.
“Zero Zero One, charge forward for freedom! Break through successfully; whatever you want will be yours.”
The electric eel acted purely on instinct, lacking any intelligence; it was truly impressive that Qian Duohai managed to control it. Stimulated by the blood light, the creature began to go wild, unleashing a torrent of electricity that splattered the blood light everywhere, throwing the world into chaos.
With it paving the way, the two men took only a stick of incense to pass through the Twenty-Sixth Layer of Restrictions and entered the final layer of restrictions. Success seemed just within reach, yet the intense moment was only beginning.
With a tremendous explosion, waves of heat rushed in, instantly drying up the nearby Blood Sea. A red mushroom cloud rose ahead, followed closely by a second, third, and until the fifth mushroom cloud appeared, flipping like five fingers overturned to press down.
The electric eel remained unyielding, its body crackling with loud explosions, releasing dazzling electric light to charge upward.
At the center of the lightning, a dark void formed, colliding with the descending flaming hand, creating powerful waves that disturbed the restrictions. Li Hui and Qian Duohai mustered their strength and lunged forward simultaneously; now was not the time to hesitate. Thanks to the electric eel, they could preserve many of their trump cards. Saving was gaining, and success was so close at hand.
