Chapter 130: Chapter 38: Thunderstorm over Inverted Mountain

Half a year later,

“Crack~” In broad daylight, a sudden thunderbolt descended, accurately striking Xiaogang Peak.

Inside the quiet chamber of Li Jizhou’s cave abode, the last Tier Two advanced talisman had just been intricately completed, when a bolt of lightning suddenly broke through the mountain and thrust inside.

“Celestial Thunder entering the talisman… I can’t believe my fortune, encountering such a rare one-in-ten-thousand chance!”

Holding the Tier Two talisman brush, Li Jizhou stood frozen in place.

In the way of talismans, the foundation is to connect with heaven and earth, to draw the vital forces of the world into the talisman, thereby granting various powers.

However, in reality, one can only connect with the elemental spiritual qi of nature, sealing the qi within the talisman pattern, to be invoked with divine soul magical power at a critical moment, to achieve the corresponding effect.

True ability to attract the essence of heaven and earth is exceedingly rare.

Throughout history, no talisman master has ever dared to claim they could create a talisman containing the essence of heaven and earth.

Over time, people have almost reached a consensus.

The essence of heaven and earth, is unfathomable.

To obtain it is a vast Celestial Grace.

To not obtain it is in accord with natural law.

It cannot be forced!

A Tier Two advanced top-grade talisman can rival the power of a Fake Pill.

And once Celestial Thunder enters the talisman, it instantly elevates it another level.

A Tier Two advanced top-grade talisman stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the might of the Early Stage of True Core.

After a long silence, Li Jizhou cautiously stepped forward to carefully examine the top-grade Celestial Thunder Talisman cradled in his palm.

Four Tier Two Late Stage demon beast hides, one for attack, one for defense, one for escape, and one for support.

The Aurora Talisman focuses on speed, a top-grade equaling the rapid flight of a Fake Pill.

The Imprisonment Talisman has faintly touched on the Space Law; previously, a Tier Two Middle Level top-grade Imprisonment Talisman could completely confine the spirit of Guagua, and now a Tier Two advanced top-grade Imprisonment Talisman could at least imprison a Fake Pill cultivator for three breaths, gaining precious time for escape.

The Golden Bell Talisman is primarily for defense, a Tier Two advanced top-grade comparable to a protective body shield of a Fake Pill.

The first three were all top-grades, meeting his expectations.

And the last, the Celestial Thunder Talisman aimed at attack, surprised him.

It must be said, for Li Jizhou, who has barely reached the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment’s divine sense, drawing a Tier Two advanced talisman was somewhat strenuous.

Each talisman required him to spend over a month continuously, without rest, without interruption of magical power, without interruption of his divine soul, to succeed.

Magical power wasn’t the issue; the first characteristic of Eternal Spring Magical Power is its enduring longevity.

But the strain on his divine soul certainly was.

The third Golden Bell Talisman almost didn’t become top-grade.

Fortunately, this half-year of effort was worth it.

With these four talismans, he felt more reassured.

“Pill Master Li! Just now, there was a sudden thunderbolt, are you alright?” Suddenly, Zhang Ruoyu’s voice came from outside the peak.

Li Jizhou had anticipated this; that sudden thunderbolt was too abrupt to go unnoticed.

“I appreciate Elder Zhang’s concern, I’m fine. I was just crafting elixirs when inspiration struck, and I luckily concocted a top-grade pill!” Li Jizhou replied generously, a smile barely restrained on his face.

“A top-grade pill? Pill Master Li’s skill is truly extraordinary; he is indeed a prodigy in the Alchemy Dao!” Zhang Ruoyu exclaimed in shock.

Top-grade pills, like top-grade talismans, are rare, requiring an understanding of the principles of the world. For instance, a Fixed Face Pill, similar to a Youthful Appearance Pill’s top-grade form, requires the qi of time. However, that is the simplest of top-grade pills, not enough to draw such a phenomenon.

“Haha, if I were any more modest, it would seem disingenuous. Indeed, in the path of alchemy, I possess some innate talent,” Li Jizhou replied with confidence.

As for the main ingredient for the Lifespan Extension Pill, with Li Jizhou’s current status, it’s practically out of reach; it’s those old folks’ fate and impossible to compete for.

He could only rely on Zhang Ruoyu, an elder on equal standing with those ancients, to acquire it.

Thus, he need not be modest before Zhang Ruoyu.

“Good, good, good. I’ll promptly search for another Longevity Fruit; perhaps this time we can obtain a top-grade Lifespan Extension Pill!” Zhang Ruoyu exclaimed joyfully.

“Oh, by the way, I wonder what kind of top-grade pill Pill Master Li has just crafted? May this old one take a look?”

Li Jizhou immediately wore a helpless expression: “I just crafted a Qi Storage Pill; you know my situation, I must rely on pills to nourish my magical power, or else it is truly too thin within me.

Fearing it might vanish, I consumed the pill immediately upon forming it!”

Hearing this, Zhang Ruoyu was slightly taken aback.

He then sensed Li Jizhou’s magical power aura, indeed noticing a slight increase in density.

He couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Perhaps only someone like Pill Master Li would squander such precious resources!

Then again, on second thought, it wasn’t really squandering if one used what they crafted themselves, right?

Nonetheless, he felt somewhat uneasy.

If such a vast Celestial Grace were to be bestowed during the crafting of a Lifespan Extension Pill, then a Tier Two top-grade Lifespan Extension Pill might at least increase lifespan by tenfold!

“Dong~ Dong~ Dong~” Suddenly, three chimes rang out within the Golden Sun Sect.

During the half-year of seclusion, Li Jizhou heard them twice already.

This was the third time.

“Why are disciples being gathered again?” Zhang Ruoyu frowned slightly, looking somewhat worried.

“By now, I fear that half of the disciples have already been summoned to Inverted Mountain, and yet it’s still not enough?

Just how many more people are needed there?”

Li Jizhou also mused quietly.

Since Yu Ziyu’s departure, the Golden Sun Sect has frequently gathered disciples to head to Inverted Mountain.

Initially, those going to Inverted Mountain were mainly the mainstays at the Foundation Establishment Stage and above.

But later on, even Qi Cultivation disciples and outer sect disciples were called over.

Moreover, during the past six months, the reports from Celestial Secret Tower have constantly been celebrating events within Inverted Mountain.

One day, a loose cultivator accidentally finds a Tier Two spirit medicine.

The next day, a loose cultivator acquires the legacy of the Thunder Flame Sect.

Even the achievements of the disciples from the three sects are being heavily publicized.

The message is clear: Opportunities abound, come quickly!

“Are they using lives to explore the rules of the eerie secret realm?”

“Or perhaps, someone has already discovered something that even the Supreme Elder covets, driving this madness?”

“How many lives will it take…”

Suddenly, Li Jizhou felt a slight unease.

The eerie secret realm is a place formed from the obsessions of too many who died, turning it into a supremely yin locale with its own rules.

If such a supremely yin place were further drenched in blood, the consequences…

“Could it be, this is the true reason Daoist Venerable Mo Li crushed the Thunder Flame Sect with the mountain and forbade major forces from entering more than eight hundred years ago?”

For a moment, Li Jizhou’s thoughts were in turmoil.

But this speculation was far from the longstanding rumors.

“Was it truly Daoist Venerable Mo Li’s revenge on the Thunder Flame Sect, wiping out the entire sect with the mountain, or is there another hidden story?”

Li Jizhou couldn’t make a judgment.

He could only pay more attention to the changes in the situation there.

Half a year later,

what was destined to happen finally came.

On this day, Li Jizhou had just stabilized his status in the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

The bells tolled once again within the Golden Sun Sect.

This time, unlike before, the tolls were exceptionally urgent and rang nine times.

“Nine tolls of the golden bell, a catastrophe of the sect!”

Li Jizhou immediately gathered all his belongings and hurried out of his cave dwelling.

From afar, countless rainbows of light rushed rapidly towards the Golden Sun Sect.

They were all disciples of the Golden Sun Sect.

Looking towards the direction of Inverted Mountain, a soaring evil qi seemed almost tangible, with crimson clouds gathering above it, clearly visible even from fifty thousand miles away.

Even more astonishingly, the crimson cloud mass was slowly expanding.

Without further hesitation, Li Jizhou headed straight for Little Turtle Peak where Zhang Ruoyu was located.

Upon reaching Little Turtle Peak, he saw two elders of the Golden Sun Sect familiar with Zhang Ruoyu persuading him to return to the core area of the sect.

“Old Zhang, beneath Inverted Mountain lies the Corpse Nurturing Land, and a Blood Fiend there is nearly reaching Dao. The Supreme Elder is seriously injured,

the Blood Fiend is rapidly expanding, and those under its shroud are all in mortal peril.

Only the sect’s core Tier Four protective array might hold it back.

The Supreme Elder has already ordered the core array to be activated; hurry and return with us.”

Hearing this, Li Jizhou was shocked.

At this moment, Zhang Ruoyu happened to see Li Jizhou.

“Pill Master Li, you’re just in time, quickly come with us to the core of the sect.”

“Old Zhang, you’re confused! The core array’s reach is only five miles, not enough for even all the sect’s disciples, let alone outsiders,” the elder, indifferent to formalities in this life-and-death moment, expressed his candid thoughts.

In the eyes of the sect’s true elders, any honorary elder is an outsider.

Moreover, Li Jizhou was an exception as an honorary elder.

“Old Wu, Pill Master Li’s pill skills are unmatched, I’ll speak to the Sect Leader,” Zhang Ruoyu didn’t want to give up on Li Jizhou, as he was the only one confident in refining the Lifespan Extension Pill.

“Nonsense, aren’t the pill skills of any Elder at Miaodan Peak within our sect unmatched? Is Elder Chen, a senior Tier Three Pill Master, just for show?”

“This…” Zhang Ruoyu was momentarily speechless.

“There’s no time, hurry back to the sect!” the two elders urged Zhang Ruoyu again.

Zhang Ruoyu glanced at the blood fiend cloud mass growing in the direction of Inverted Mountain and cupped his hands towards Li Jizhou: “Pill Master Li, I will definitely speak to the Sect Leader on your behalf, though… I’m not fully confident!”

“Just this word of yours, Li is grateful from the heart, let’s part here, and hopefully, we’ll meet again!” Without any delay, Li Jizhou summoned his Flying Ship and shot towards the south!

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