Chapter 153
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Chapter 153: Great Fortune Aura?
As dawn broke on the horizon, Hongmo Zhengfang continued to snore away. After taking medicinal pills, Qian Qiu Yue fell into a deep sleep, while Li Hui held the decayed flags and decomposed the rocks in front of him, obtaining five drops of grayish-brown liquid. This was the last piece of Qian Qiu Stone.
Xiuhuan had been mumbling in his ear all night, “I never expected this, ha ha ha! I didn’t realize that the main ingredient for making Spring and Autumn Ink comes from this kind of stone. What a windfall! Quickly gather the sinkwood Miao Jade and use the Clear Void Cup to purify and optimize these liquid drops. Little one, are you even listening to me?”
Initially, Li Hui was shocked. The scripture hall of the Jade Symbol Sect contained at least three thousand records describing Spring and Autumn Ink, as this ink was used to create Time-Flowing Talismans that could accelerate the flow of time without damaging lifespan.
What do cultivators lack the most? Magical items? Medicinal pills? Cultivation methods?
No, cultivators lack time the most!!!
Lifespan increases were limited in the Spirit Motion stage. When reaching the Concentrating Spirit stage, they would extend their lifespan by thirty years, allowing cultivators to live to one hundred and twenty years. If they entered the Initial Condense Essence Stage, their lifespan would increase by eighty years, reaching two hundred years.
Don’t think that Li Hui reached the Spirit Motion Seventh Pattern effortlessly; it was because the Golden Threshold Thirty-Six Symbols activated all his potential, burning his life force to reach such a level. To improve any further, he would need the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays and the nurturing from the Treasure Cabinet.
Many cultivators were limited by their innate qualities; when their lifespan was about to end, they often got stuck at a certain step without progress. The Time-Flowing Talisman could double the cultivation time. Imagine using one hour as if it were two or even three hours! If they could handle the consumption, how much progress could they make?
Years ago, this talisman brought bountiful returns to the Jade Symbol Sect.
Spring and Autumn Ink had been purchased from another talisman-making sect beyond Dalong, producing a large number of young masters and opening up great opportunities at the time. Unfortunately, Spring and Autumn Ink was too precious and difficult to make, and once the supply was interrupted, the Jade Symbol Sect quickly returned to its original state—prospering fast but declining even faster.
Li Hui used up a significant portion of the decayed flags and obtained more than five hundred drops of Eternal Liquid. If he could truly use this to produce Spring and Autumn Ink, then it would be an even more precious material than the Conch of the Ascending Record powder.
Just as he took a short break, he heard Zhao the Fatty wailing, “No, that’s the token the boss entrusted to me!”
“Bastard! It’s a stroke of luck to find the token easily when I risked my life to attack the Black Fortress! Did heaven favor you weak cultivators more?”
Hongmo Zhengfang fumed, gritting his teeth as he grabbed the black token. If he had known Li Hui could find the token, he would never have teamed up with that nasty woman, Hongmo Zhenghong, to force an attack.
In his frustration, Hongmo Zhengfang grabbed Zhao the Fatty by the neck and began searching his body. Soon after, he found several top-tier magical items suitable for self-destruction and a number of magical potions, tossing aside anything that didn’t catch his interest. He then turned his gaze to Li Hui, seeing him pull out a rough machete, which made his heart sink.
In an instant, Hongmo Zhengfang changed his expression and called out kindly, “This token is useful to me; it seems you don’t know its effects and recklessly gave it up to someone who wastes precious resources. Why not let me hold onto it for you? I plan to go out and explore; you all can focus on breaking the array and looting behind me. Don’t worry about the progress; getting into the Inner Ring will be my responsibility. However, this time it requires some effort, so you must hand over that poison scroll and the corrosive talisman to me.”
This was Hongmo Zhengfang’s bottom line. If he handed over the Control Poison Decree and the decayed flags, he would leave immediately, otherwise, they would resort to violence. He would even be willing to reveal his trump card if he had to.
Demon cultivators were always like this. Because of his background, Hongmo Zhengfang felt he was already very generous. If the other party did not appreciate it, he would slaughter them all. If it weren’t for Qian Qiu Yue being difficult and troublesome, he wouldn’t be so “approachable.”
Li Hui pondered for a while, finally begrudgingly handing over the remaining decayed flags and Control Poison Decree.
“Ha ha ha!” Hongmo Zhengfang took the items with a hearty laugh, but as he laughed, blood began to trickle from the corner of his mouth. He wiped his mouth and couldn’t help but curse, “Damn it, Zhenglun, your injuries worsened, and you stabbed me twice! You’ll soon pay a bloody price for this.”
With that, he left, knowing Qian Qiu Yue had something he valued and would surely return.
After the figure disappeared into the woods, Li Hui took out the Fortune Ascending Talisman. He noticed that its surface had lost much of its ash, revealing purple and red symbols, and sighed, “So difficult! Even now I still haven’t gathered enough luck; how much more insane must the luck of a Treasure Level Fortune Ascending Talisman be?”
Now that he had confirmed the Qian Qiu Stones and the token were indeed extremely valuable and could be put to great use, the purple crystals did not react when placed into the Treasure Cabinet Array—perhaps he had used them incorrectly.
Xiuhuan was overjoyed, “Ha ha ha, this is too fun! That stupid guy is suffering from a backlash of luck but thinks his injuries are worsening! I hope he comes back with his life to take another hit and get rid of a future giant of the demonic path. That would be quite an accomplishment, wouldn’t you say, little one?”
“Today we’ll march quickly to find the other two sites of luck gathering.”
Li Hui saw six locations in total, and the last one had piles of magical items and treasures, seemingly guarded by a terrifying being, so he didn’t want to dream too much about it. The previous three places he found contained zero risks; he wondered how the next two locations would fare…
Two days later, when Qian Qiu Yue awakened from her slumber, she saw Zhao the Fatty leading people to cut bamboo. Some of the bamboo had red beetles inside.
“Heavenly Marrow Worm?”
Qian Qiu Yue was truly amazed. What terrifying luck was this? Finding Qian Qiu Stones and the nexus token was already a sign of great fortune, but how could she have been resting for just two days and the heavenly marrow worms appeared?
She felt as if the treasures on Wan Nest Island were lining up to be collected, while the disciples of the Hongmo Sect were obliviously working hard without seeing anything.
Li Hui envied the genuine skill of the large sect disciples. Although the Jade Symbol Sect’s records mentioned marrow worms, they were not detailed enough. It was only by finally identifying them that he realized the red beetles were a rare variety of marrow worms, called heavenly marrow worms.
“Senior Sister Yue, you’re awake! Our group encountered a maze and took several twists and turns, unknowingly walking into this bamboo grove. I never expected this place to be suitable for the growth of heavenly marrow worms.”
“Yes! I didn’t think it either; the disciples of the Hongmo Sect wouldn’t have thought so either.” Qian Qiu Yue was uncertain as she looked left and right. Li Hui didn’t seem like someone blessed by great fortune but rather gave off a sense of decay, as if one more step forward could lead him to a bottomless abyss, endangering his life.
“This is nothing! Heaven rewards the ungrateful; when one does not take what’s given, they encounter their own calamity. When the time has passed and things do not progress, they suffer from misfortune!” Li Hui smiled gently and continued to focus on making talismans.
Qian Qiu Yue’s eyes sparkled as she nodded, “What a saying! What’s yours will always be yours. Walking to the edge of the abyss, knowing the road is a dead end, yet happily moving forward. Smiling in the face of trials, steadfast even after many wounds; that is the path of the Tao!”
At this moment, Qian Qiu Yue felt her heart race, having made a firm decision: “In the future, I will definitely bring this person into my sect, not for competition, but because he is Li Hui!”
