Chapter 146
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Chapter 146: Fortune Ascending Talisman
“Kill!”
“Watch my magical item, the Blood Sword of Eight Skulls.”
“Damn it, what happened? Where did the people we were following go?”
“Shut up! First, eliminate these East Liquor Island cultivators who dare compete with us for business. Skin the men and have fun with the women.”
“Boom, boom, boom, boom!”
The booming sounds echoed violently, creating quite a scene a short distance away, with flesh and blood, severed arms, and broken limbs flying everywhere, causing Li Hui and his subordinates to go pale, trembling at the sight of the Demon Cultivators’ cruelty for the first time.
“God! That person is fighting with his own severed hand; does he really think he can reattach it?”
“So brutal! Look over there, so many skulls rolling out, spewing colorful toxic gas.”
“I’d rather die than fight these Demon Cultivators. It’s better to close my eyes and wait for death. At least our handsome lord gives each of us a confinement flag; just stand in the right position, and we can avoid the fighting.”
Half an hour later, Chef Zhao led his trembling team to clean up the battlefield. The danger zones had been marked by Xiuhuan, consuming just under a hundred confinement flags and a few immobilization talismans. Compared to the costs, the gains were quite good, as these disciples of the Hongmo Sect liked to carry their belongings with them.
From time to time, bags of treasures arrived in front of Li Hui, and Xiuhuan pointed out, “This bag of treasures has sound wave prohibitions; a few of the weakest soundproof talismans will do the trick. Hmph, being this poor yet still trying to play tricks, aside from a few pieces of low-grade Miao Jade, there’s only a mechanical snake that’s somewhat useful.”
“This one with the flying bear design is alright; it has lava prohibitions. First, use a guiding talisman to draw out the heat, then be careful of the toxic beast traps. Can’t these Demon Cultivators come up with something new? They’re still using methods from hundreds of years ago.”
“The storage artifact can be opened directly. Did you not see the ambush? Inside, there are four mid-grade Blood Jade Miao Jades, which is not bad!”
Xiuhuan suddenly said, “Hey, I see you’ve collected a lot of blood stones and blood jades in that box! There are twelve blood stones wrapped around Blood Jade Miao Jades; hurry and open them! After that, crush the blood stones and blood jades; the more crushed, the better! They can be used as soil for cultivating peach tree demons, helping them grow well.”
Li Hui was surprised, “Blood stones and blood jades can be used as soil?”
“How surprising? The earth where the dead are buried is the most fertile. Blood stones and blood jades are formed from ancient feral beasts buried underground for many years. If they couldn’t be used as soil, that would really be odd! And why is the Golden Jade Peaches called so? Because they are cultivated using Blood Jade and longevity gold.”
Li Hui couldn’t help but speculate, “Xiuhuan, I really suspect your origin. These things aren’t recorded in the scripture hall, yet you seem to have witnessed them first-hand. By my estimates, only during the peak of the Jade Symbol Sect could one have the opportunity to go to the Haotu Sect and attend that Peach Blossom Grand Event.”
“Ahahaha! I just heard it from others, mere hearsay!” Xiuhuan quickly changed the subject, “Hurry, over there are two bags of treasures with flying tigers; they contain several Buddhist artifacts and magical items.”
“Oh? Buddhist artifacts?” Li Hui paid more attention now, definitely shifting his focus.
After walking eighty miles for seven or eight hours, adjusting to various restrictions and formations was one thing; the main obstacle came from the disciples of the Hongmo Sect. They charged forward to reap benefits but ended up falling into traps, losing their lives one after another. Even if someone was stationed in the distance with slave cultivators to replace those who died at a critical moment, they couldn’t escape the interference of an immobilization talisman.
Although the immobilization talismans Li Hui used were not high-level, the Slave Seals used by these Concentrating Spirit Stage Demon Cultivators also weren’t genuine!
The Slave Seal belonged to a magical item and couldn’t be touched casually; otherwise, it would summon the snake’s mouth again. When they exited the Blood Phantasm Maze, Chef Zhao helped the leader to acquire one as an identification and pass, but unexpectedly, a whole bunch came rolling in along the way.
Huo Qiniang carefully stored away the magical items, Buddhist artifacts, and talismans, not understanding why the gentleman wouldn’t even touch them, saying that he would deal with them when needed.
Li Hui ate meat while others drank soup—everyone had gained something. Additionally, after receiving the cultivators enslaved by the demons, the team had expanded to two thousand people, among which were quite a few Concentrating Spirit Stage individuals, proving to be more useful than the Spirit Motion Stage cultivators!
To maintain loyalty and efficiency within the team, some restraining methods should naturally be added. Chef Zhao, in charge of the Slave Seals, became the master of slaves, proudly assigning people to attack the Eagle’s Nest. Although it took seven or eight hours to arrive, acquiring the items Xiuhuan mentioned only took a stick of incense.
Li Hui looked at the dark ball of coal, about two feet high, and frowned, “This is a treasure? Did the black eagle poop it out? Don’t say the treasures are hidden in this coal.”
“Indeed, that’s it.” Xiuhuan stated confidently, “Duh! If anyone could sense it, it would be roadside trinkets. Would it be your turn to collect? This type of coal is the essence of carbon ash left behind when the colossal trees of the Heavenly Realm faced an endless calamity and collapsed and burned. If mixed with a little bit of Conch of the Ascending Record or Five-Color Fortune Coins powder to create talisman ink, do you know what that means?”
Li Hui was shocked, and Xiuhuan cackled, “It means you can draw the most mysterious talisman of the Jade Symbol Sect, called the Fortune Ascending Talisman.”
“The Fortune Ascending Talisman?”
“Hahaha! The Conch of the Ascending Record helps the Ascension Ranking Kings slaughter mortals, shield against calamities, and increase fortune. Coincidentally, this coal was born from a calamity and cannot be part of the celestial mechanism, and together they can reverse fate and control fortune.”
Li Hui remained cautious, shaking his head, “It’s not that simple. I know that fortune and fate aren’t an endless ocean; they are more like a slowly drying stream. Any recklessness would lead to immediate death.”
“Thinking quite a bit!” Xiuhuan stated bluntly, “What kind of fortune do you even have? If you can’t extend your lifespan for yourself, in a few months, you’ll quietly turn into a pile of dry bones, without even leaving behind flesh and blood. However, those Demon Cultivators you killed, your subordinates around you, even the ones from the Jade Symbol Sect who died earlier, their fortune can concentrate on you.”
“How could there be such a talisman?” Li Hui exclaimed in shock.
“Why not? The path of talismans is the embodiment of the Dao, so the path of talismans is the Dao.” Xiuhuan lowered her voice as she continued, “However, using such a fortune-reversing talisman will require a price.”
“You nearly tricked me.” Li Hui smiled wryly, “Speak! What kind of price?”
Xiuhuan explained, “It’s simple; the Fortune Ascending Talisman is easy to create, and if successful, it will become Nine Patterns. It is not strange for it to create anomalies or even have a high chance of giving birth to treasure talismans! The only drawback of using such a talisman is that it will weaken your talisman-making cultivation. It will start by lowering the success rate of your highest success rate talismans, like your blood talismans, which originally had an eighty percent success rate; it will be immediately reduced to fifty percent, or even lower. Using the Fortune Ascending Talisman, the higher the level, the more your talisman-making skills will drop—recovering them will become exponentially difficult!”
Li Hui smacked his forehead, “What nonsense is this? My talisman-making success rate was already low; I finally raised my skills with hard work. If I use the Fortune Ascending Talisman, it would be like hitting a wall right before I enter the door.”
“It’s up to you whether to use it!” Xiuhuan said casually.
Li Hui looked at the silver snake bracelet and contemplated the situation he faced. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely, “I will use it! I must gather the monster-conjuring talisman. Since there is fortune to borrow, sacrificing the success rate is worth it!”
