Chapter 92
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Chapter 92: Frantic Talisman-Making
Gao Yuhu’s four subordinates went to Jingdu Pavilion twice more, delivering fragments of treasures and received several stacks of Residual Body Talismans and Blood Merging Talismans, with the lowest being five patterns and the highest seven patterns. They were told to exchange them for blank talisman paper and low-level artifacts.
“This person has quite the resources!” The four of them barely rested when a new task came up. Regardless, going back and forth like this allowed them to gain rewards, so it was worth the effort!
Li Hui was busily consuming blank talisman paper, causing the effectiveness of the silver snake bracelet to decrease. Besides the Golden Bell Talisman, he learned another new defensive spirit talisman from the Record of the Four Gods and Demons called the Thunder Shield Talisman.
Last night, he had drawn the Nine-Patterned Residual Body Talisman and the Nine-Patterned Blood Merging Talisman. Even with the enhancement of the silver snake bracelet, he had failed; he remained stuck at eight patterns for a while and could not improve to nine patterns. From this, he concluded that consuming fragments of treasures was far less effective than using finished artifacts. If used leisurely, this method could increase his skill in crafting certain talismans, which would be quite suitable.
“There’s no choice but to purchase artifacts!” Li Hui calculated his assets, thinking, “I still have two hundred money symbols. I’ll clear out all my three-pattern money symbols, Lightning Sword Talismans, Golden Bell Talismans, Blood Ignition Talismans, and Spirit Sense Talismans, setting the lowest tier of spirit talismans in my inventory at four patterns. Plus, I will sell the bag of treasures and chain bag. There’s no way I won’t be able to draw the Nine-Patterned Residual Body Talisman and the Nine-Patterned Blood Merging Talisman.”
With his spiritual energy depleted, Li Hui swallowed an eight-pattern Spirit Nurturing Pill, feeling the spiritual energy surge within him. While the silver snake bracelet still held some power, he continued to frantically create talismans, discarding any that fell below four patterns to sell.
Before he knew it, he had consumed half of his blank talisman paper.
It’s worth noting that there was little blank talisman paper left in Giant Shell City. Some had been stored away for years and nearly lost their efficacy, and very few people were willing to buy them at such a high cost.
When the four subordinates returned, they were taken aback. “So many spirit talismans? And there are still two hundred money symbols! Are we also selling the bag of treasures and chain bag?”
Li Hui clasped his hands in thanks. “I appreciate your help, please buy me a batch of artifacts, the cheaper, the better—ideally the ones that can’t be sold. The more, the merrier!”
“Cheaper ones that can’t be sold?” The four of them exchanged looks, speechless. They had never encountered such a peculiar request. However, since Gao Yuhu had instructed them to satisfy him at all costs, they had no choice but to take the things and continue bustling about.
Li Hui smiled wryly. He previously thought he had ample capital, but he realized when spending that it was far from enough. Though he had greatly expanded his inventory of spirit talismans and upgraded to a higher level, that was all he could manage. He had no time to prepare the fifty-six monthly upgrading monster-conjuring talismans.
To ensure the best talisman-making condition, he took a nice, long sleep. He awoke yawning when the sun was high in the sky. With just a day left before leaving Giant Shell City, he dared not be idle and continued to devote himself to talisman-making. It was nearly noon when the four runners returned after having breakfast.
“Oh my! I’m exhausted!”
The four of them appeared with dark circles under their eyes. They hadn’t slept at all and had used numerous channels, moving around each hour. They nearly got exposed but finally managed to exchange their wealth and spirit talismans for artifacts.
“Thank you for your hard work!” Li Hui took out four pieces of dragon scale gold as a reward, which was an incredibly hard currency that could support expenses anywhere.
“Ah, it’s our duty! We Four have received great favor from Gao Yuhu.”
The four smiled, having earned quite a bit, but they cared more about the appreciation. The dragon scale gold showed Li Hui’s heartfelt gratitude for their efforts.
“Senior Brother, we’ve lived up to our name this time. We collected two fragments of treasures, though they are of no use, but they should still help you, right?” The four hesitated a bit, unsure if the fragments they impulsively bought would be useful.
“Oh? Of course, it’s useful! I will use these artifact fragments and low-level artifacts to set up the formation,” Li Hui casually explained. Acquiring so many artifact fragments could easily raise suspicion, but saying they were for a formation was a plausible excuse.
“As long as it’s useful!” The four laughed as they went to rest, unaware that Li Hui valued the fragments of treasures much more than they imagined.
As his fingers touched the fragments of treasures, the silver snake coiled around his wrist lifted its head, opening its mouth and forcefully inhaling a vast amount of faint light.
“Now there are about two thousand points. These two pieces of treasure fragments should be quite good,” Li Hui exclaimed with joy. This was the biggest gain from entering Giant Shell City. He quickly laid out talisman paper to create talismans.
As the tip of his brush moved across the paper, a light “hiss” sound was heard.
The talisman paper rose with a faint blood mist, and when he flipped it over, he not only saw it had formed nine patterns, but those nine lines were also undergoing metamorphosis.
Upon closer inspection, the nine extraordinary patterns intertwined like a little beast swarm, some clashing and some migrating. Just holding the talisman in his hand felt extraordinary.
“Continue!” Li Hui shouted in delight, finding inspiration as he swept his brush.
Dozens of Nine-Patterned Residual Body Talismans may not guarantee that each one would undergo metamorphosis, but half of them did. Next, he created the Nine-Patterned Blood Merging Talisman, achieving the same nine-pattern tier, but only two were produced. It seemed the effectiveness of the silver snake bracelet was diminishing.
“Now, for the Nine-Patterned Anomaly Spirit Sense Talisman!” Li Hui reached out for the bag of treasures the four had just delivered and hurriedly raised his brush to draw the Nine-Patterned Anomaly Spirit Sense Talisman after using up all finished artifacts and fragments of treasures.
Unfortunately, only one was formed; the other Nine-Patterned Spirit Sense Talismans lacked the ability to see through and had limited usage. The difference between having and not having metamorphosed patterns was vast.
“I need to hurry up and prepare the monster-conjuring talismans.”
Li Hui took a deep breath, consuming an eight-pattern Spirit Nurturing Pill and a nine-pattern Dew Pill. With fifty-six monster-conjuring talismans a month, after eight months, that would be four hundred and forty-eight talismans. Even without considering upgrades each month, that number was quite terrifying!
“I need to nurture a peach tree demon; it is my life.” To his shock, relying on the silver snake bracelet to push forward, he could only achieve six patterns, failing to break through the seven-pattern barrier. The consumption was far beyond what he had predicted.
“How could this be?” Li Hui appeared frantic, bending over to write furiously. The symbols he wrote became increasingly extraordinary, finally breaking through a certain bottleneck and managing to draw a seven-pattern monster-conjuring talisman.
Seeing the seven-pattern monster-conjuring talisman, his expression changed several times, grasping the difficulty within it. He realized that he shouldn’t even think about drawing the eight-pattern and nine-pattern monster-conjuring talismans; the difficulty level was akin to creating low-tier and mid-tier treasure talismans.
“Now seven patterns are the limit. To obtain the eight-pattern and nine-pattern monster-conjuring talismans, I can only find a way in the future.” Li Hui clenched his fist, encouraging himself, and wiped the sweat away, continuing to work frantically.
Talisman completed, talisman completed, talisman completed…
He spent great effort hoarding monster-conjuring talismans, interspersed with drawing other spirit talismans. The special talisman paper had been exhausted, and then he moved on to the ordinary talisman paper.
Li Hui had lost track of how long he had drawn, only recalling that he had to pause three times to consume his pills. By the time the last piece of talisman paper crumbled to dust, he realized the effectiveness of the silver snake bracelet had already passed.
On the ground lay two hundred scraps of wasted talisman paper, but fortunately, it was just two hundred, making this loss negligible compared to the gains…
