Chapter 495

Chapter 495: Reputation Spreads Far and Wide

The Dragon Spring Purple Talisman Classic is the foremost scripture of the Heavenly Talisman Sect. Practicing this scripture allows one to gather the Dragon Spring within their heart and cultivate a powerful Heart Talisman from the spring.

This Heart Talisman, at the spirit talisman stage, can stack its power—one pattern doubles the power, two patterns triple it, and so on, up to twelve times at a maximum of nine patterns three exotics. This includes the attack power of all talismans in hand. This is just at the spirit talisman stage; stepping into the treasure talisman stage dramatically increases its effectiveness, allowing one talisman to act as two, or even three or four.

Going further, when the Heart Talisman reaches the Jade Symbol level, it can return to reflect and shape any powerful existence; this level of mastery is still beyond his comprehension.

Li Hui took a deep breath, slowly savoring the benefits of coalescing spirit and soul. Although he remained at the mid-stage Bosa, his perceptions of everything around him had changed, making the scenery before him appear sharper and more detailed, feeling more aligned with the "Dao."

"Good, within a hundred thousand miles, the Legal form can come and go at will! The Heart Talisman has generated nine Spirit Motion marks, capable of supported nine times power, allowing a physical fight against mid-stage Myriad Forms practitioners without losing ground. When wielding the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique, the attack range of the talisman flames expands and its penetrative power increases ninefold. Moreover, the time force has infused into the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique; its specific strength still needs testing against an opponent."

At that moment, the wind and sand outside the stone city calmed down, and two figures entered.

“Ptooey, my mouth is full of sand! Senior Sister, it seems we arrived a bit early!” The two girls, clad in celestial garments, entered the stone city, and outside, the wind and sand became even fiercer.

“Not too early; others have arrived before us,” the woman said, glancing at Li Hui with an imposing demeanor.

“Wow, what a handsome young man! When did the Jin Tian Sect have such a standout?” She waved her hand and said, “Greetings, Taoist priest! I’m Yang Jiuzhen, and this is my Senior Sister Ren Jiufeng from the Heavenly Hero Sect on the Ren Water Continent. It’s my first time meeting cultivators from another continent!”

“I’ve met both of you, female cultivators. I am Li Yingjun from the Heavenly Talisman Sect!” Li Hui assessed the two women, noticing their elegance and the ancient Dao rhythm that occasionally radiated from them. Through Bai Ze’s divine eye, he noticed their great fortune, shining brightly, as if they were invoking the love of heaven and earth, cherished across the four seas.

As he observed the two ladies, Ren Jiufeng was also assessing him, her gaze flickering as she employed various means to inspect him, feeling a little surprised.

“Wait a moment! Not a standout from the Jin Tian Sect? I’m sorry; seeing your dao robe made me think you were from there,” Yang Jiuzhen said innocently, speaking her mind as she produced a jade tablet. “Great news! I, Yang Jiuzhen, after a year and two months, finally reached the entrance of the Golden Luan Cave in the Xun Wind Desert on the Wutu Continent. Hahaha, I’m so happy! Oh right, let’s take a commemorative photo with my Senior Sister!”

Li Hui looked at Yang Jiuzhen with curiosity, thinking, “So this is how female cultivators from other continents appear? She has a refreshing aura, certainly different from the female cultivators of the Wutu Continent.”

“Someone is coming!” Ren Jiufeng turned to look south of the stone city.

About half a cup of tea later, pathways appeared in the sandstorm, and dozens of figures streamed in.

Li Hui was shocked; these practitioners should have been tens of thousands of miles away. Ren Jiufeng managed to sense their approach, showing a perceptiveness that surpassed even Bai Ze’s divine eye.

“Heavenly Hero Sect?” one of them said, standing two hundred zhang away, treating that distance as taboo, unwilling to come any closer.

“You are the branch of the Heavenly Demon Sect from the Xin Jin Continent here on the Wutu Continent?” Ren Jiufeng frowned slightly, surveying the area. “Is there no one from the main branch of the Heavenly Demon Sect coming? Have they no interest even in the resources of the Great Thousand Cave?”

“The Heavenly Hero Sect, Ren Jiufeng?” a Heavenly Demon Sect practitioner stated; even from across two continents, they recognized some practitioners’ situations.

“Yes, that’s me,” Ren Jiufeng coldly replied. “Now then, the Golden Luan Cave is about to open. My Junior Sister and I need to find a place to rest; be sure not to come within two hundred zhang, or we will regard you as enemies…”

As her voice faded, Ren Jiufeng led Yang Jiuzhen to find a stone house at the edge of the stone city.

Li Hui scratched his nose, muttering, “Wait, two hundred zhang? Just now it felt like we weren’t even five zhang apart. Do they not see me as a threat? Or is it because I’m just so handsome that I successfully dazzled them?”

Yang Jiuzhen also questioned this: “Senior Sister, you were so fierce in front of those Heavenly Demon Sect disciples! Plus, Brother Li was obviously very close to us, yet you didn’t treat him as an enemy.”

“He’s one of us,” Ren Jiufeng’s answer was unexpected.

“One of us? How can that be? Senior Sister, you’ve never been to the Wutu Continent; could he be the offspring of another senior sister who has stayed here?” Yang Jiuzhen speculated wildly.

“Stupid girl, what nonsense are you guessing? He’s the Wutu practitioner who took the corner from the Nine Maangs Continent. Haha, it’s rare to see those arrogant guys taken down a peg; that truly brings joy!”

“Oh, so it’s him!” Yang Jiuzhen nodded. “Although I’m not sure what grievances Senior Sister has with the Nine Maangs practitioners, as long as Senior Sister is happy, that’s all that matters. Speaking of which, Brother Li certainly has quite the reputation; it’s good that no practitioners from Nine Maangs are coming this time when the cave opens.”

“No, he is in danger. The practitioners from Yimu and Guishui Continent are friendly with Nine Maangs; they will definitely attack him if they see him,” Ren Jiufeng smiled slightly at Yang Jiuzhen. “Junior Sister, always eager to help. Are you wanting to remind him?”

“Senior Sister, you want me to remind him, right?” Yang Jiuzhen shook her head. “No, Senior Sister, you should go yourself.”

“Hey, you little girl are getting bolder, even contradicting Senior Sister!” Suddenly, Ren Jiufeng froze and exclaimed, “Not good!”

“Boom…” Dust rolled within the stone city.

Li Hui narrowly avoided an attack and turned to look up, spotting a man and a woman floating in the air.

The man wore a tall robe and rugged bark boots, carrying a wooden sword on his back. The woman looked fierce, her hair pinned up with five wooden chopsticks, wielding wooden rings in both hands.

The woman coldly shouted, “How dare a mere Wutu practitioner interfere with the Nine Maangs treasure cabinet? You deserve to die!”

“Go home and kill your father!” Li Hui’s anger flared up, and he created a Cloud-Brush to brush forcefully at the air, causing flames to surge forth.

“Dou Rate Divine Fire? No, it’s a Demon Fire artifact.” The woman was somewhat surprised, but she remained calm, activating the wooden rings to conjure a wave of green light.

“Extinguish for me!” Nine fire talismans erupted, and the Cloud-Brush displayed immense power. The woman had no time for retorts as her wooden rings ignited fiercely.

At that moment, a flash of sword light appeared, slicing through myriad methods with profound elegance.

“Boom…” The woman’s wooden rings were shattered by the sword light, which swirled to trap all the flames, reversing back to attack Li Hui.

With a flick of the Cloud-Brush, he engulfed the flames and raised it again, unleashing a torrent of Demon Fire.

The Heavenly Demon Sect practitioners were astonished, eyeing Li Hui with envy, thinking to themselves, “Is there indeed such extraordinary Demon Fire in the world? That Cloud-Brush is a fine treasure.”

“Break for me!”

From within the flames, Dragon Claws shot forth. As they gripped the woman and man, their radiance trembled wildly, destroying treasure after treasure…