Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Advanced Talisman Master

Having settled the matters of future cultivation, Li Jizhou walked to the small courtyard, stretching his muscles.

Over these three months, the peach tree in the courtyard had grown even more robust.

During this time, the ashes of five more cultivators were added as fertilizer.

He glanced at the latest update on the bulletin,

which was mostly devoid of new elements, still revolving mainly around the Thunder Spirit Crystal Ore incident.

Of course, it also mentioned that a large number of loose cultivators in the southwest corner were migrating in large numbers to avoid disasters, leading to a surge in conflicts within the Inverted Mountain territory, with the overall casualty rate doubling compared to the previous year.

Besides that, another piece of news caught Li Jizhou’s attention, making him take an extra look.

[Last month, the cultivator who sneaked into the bottom of Jade Moon Lake lasted until the fourth day before his corpse floated up.]

However, he only gave it two more glances before moving on.

For such highly risky matters, contemplating even for a second would lead to a collapse of character!

“Gua~ Gua~” Putting away the bulletin jade talisman, Li Jizhou used his divine sense to communicate.

Now, having reached the perfection of the Early Stage of Qi Cultivation, with another enhancement in divine soul strength, he had truly reached the level of Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

He had completed the transformation from spiritual sense to divine sense, able to extend his divine sense externally, which was even slightly stronger than that of an average Early Stage of Foundation Establishment cultivator; his divine sense could almost cover a radius of ten miles.

“Gua~” Gua Gua soon returned from nearby the Celestial Secret Pavilion.

“Attack me with fifty percent of your strength!”

“Gua?” Gua Gua widened its eyes.

“Hmm!”

During the half-year period, besides advancement in realm and divine soul, he began body refining with ample Melted Spirit Sand and already entered the basics.

With the Spiritual Sand Body Refining Skill reaching the threshold of Body Refining First Layer!

He felt that the current strength of his physical body might be slightly stronger than the mana shield of his current Early Stage of Qi Cultivation.

To determine its actual strength, he set up this experiment with Gua Gua.

“Boom~”

Just as Li Jizhou gave Gua Gua a determined look, in the next instant, Gua Gua’s mouth opened wide,

and almost simultaneously, a collision akin to the strike of a wild bull impacted Li Jizhou’s body.

He took three steps back before barely stabilizing himself.

“Gua~” Gua Gua, seeing this, hurriedly hopped over with concern in its eyes.

“Did you attack with some personal grudges?” Li Jizhou frowned, glaring at Gua Gua.

This fellow had aimed at too specific a spot!

“Gua Gua~” Gua Gua immediately shook its head pitifully, as if saying, you’re the one who asked me to attack you.

“Alright, let’s go again, this time aim here.” Waving his hand, Li Jizhou this time extended his mana shield of the Qi Cultivation Third Level.

“Boom!” Gua Gua’s tongue shot out, striking Li Jizhou’s protective mana shield, making him retreat three steps once more.

“You’re off duty now, continue keeping watch on the Celestial Secret Pavilion!” Li Jizhou dismissed Gua Gua.

“Not much stronger, almost the same.”

Li Jizhou felt a bit disappointed with the comparison results.

According to the description in the Spiritual Sand Body Refining Skill, as long as one enters the threshold using Melted Spirit Sand, the physical body’s strength should compare to the mana shield of one who has just entered the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation.

“Could it be that my Eternal Spring Magical Power, refined over seven cycles of annual rings, is far stronger than ordinary magical power?”

Li Jizhou couldn’t be certain of this speculation, they should not differ much.

However, these are not what’s most important,

the essential thing is that if he were to be ambushed by an Early Stage of Qi Cultivation cultivator now, even if he failed to activate the protective mana shield in the first instant, it would be of no great concern.

Even an ambush by a Middle Stage Qi Cultivation would not severely injure him instantly.

That counts as a significant safety guarantee!

After experimenting with the results of body refining, Li Jizhou returned to his room to cultivate again, stabilizing his realm.

With nine months left before departure,

though he would be mingling with the Ten Thousand Talisman Pavilion caravan, having the protection of no less than three Foundation Establishment Stage experts, one could never guarantee absolute safety.

More trump cards are a must.

In the upcoming time for cultivation, besides stabilizing the realm of Qi Cultivation Third Level, he devoted more effort to talisman skills.

One and a half years ago, while also cultivating the Flame Phosphorus Skill, he had already made great progress in talisman skills due to the early accumulation, managing to create top-grade Tier One Middle Level talismans.

However, in his journey to the Ten Thousand Talisman Pavilion, he only presented himself with mid-level upper-grade talismans.

After consolidating over the year and a half, he had almost perfected the Tier One Middle Level talisman drawing techniques, and with the great enhancement of divine soul after reaching perfection in Qi Cultivation Third Level, the success rate of crafting mid-level top-grade talismans could now reach eighty percent.

Monthly outputs could guarantee at least five pieces!

It’s time to advance to a Tier One Advanced Level Talisman Master.

Tier One Advanced Level talismans correspond to the levels of the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation; even for higher-level lower-grade talismans, they’re effective against Late Stage Qi Cultivation cultivators.

This could greatly expand his repository of trump cards.

Besides talismans, since divine sense had condensed, the possibility of crafting special soul-type poisons like the Soul-Devouring Incense existed.

The Soul-Devouring Incense was deduced from the Poison Scripture: Divine Soul Chapter,

requiring refinement using pill fire with soul-related herbs like Soul-devouring Grass, other shore flower stamens, then using the divine sense of the refiner as a guide, lastly adding auxiliary herbs to mask color, taste, and form.

Theoretically, anyone with a divine soul weaker than the refiner’s could have their divine soul imprisoned, temporarily restricting divine sense movement.

For cultivators used to sensing external objects with divine sense, it was akin to sudden blindness.

With Li Jizhou’s divine sense, slightly stronger than an Early Stage Foundation Establishment power indeed, it could theoretically momentarily seal the divine sense of an Early Stage Foundation Establishment powerhouse.

Furthermore, with ample Melted Spirit Sand, body refining could not be halted.

Thus, half a year flew by…

“Successfully advanced to Tier One Advanced Level Talisman Master!” Viewing the successfully crafted higher-level lower-grade Earth Net Talisman, a slight smile appeared on Li Jizhou’s lips.

Upon activation, the Earth Net Talisman would draw from earth’s forces to create a giant net capable of entrapping a Late Stage Qi Cultivation practitioner for three breaths.

Then, he took out a high-level lower-grade Rapid Movement Talisman.

Once activated, it could instantly boost speed to that of a Late Stage Qi Cultivation.

Coupled with the Earth Net Talisman, running away without worries!

These two talismans are not common; especially the first one.

An ordinary Tier One Advanced Level Talisman Master, like Lin Chaobei, perhaps wouldn’t craft such unconventional high-level talismans, usually opting for Blazing Talisman, Water Dragon Talisman, Vajra Talisman, and other common ones.

Stowing away these two escape combination talismans meticulously, he then retrieved a jade bottle from the storage pouch.

This was another yield from the past six months.

Soul-Devouring Incense!

No test subject yet available, though.

Gua Gua didn’t have divine sense, unable to test it.

After some contemplation, he decided to integrate it into a talisman first, awaiting future opportunities.

At that moment, he casually drew a mid-level Fireball Talisman, integrating the Soul-Devouring Incense within.

Although both talismans and soul poisons showed clear progress, body refining was slow, with not much change beyond half a year ago.

Better than nothing!

Li Jizhou didn’t mind much about this.

“Three months left until departure! After leaving Inverted Mountain, finding a safe Immortal City cultivation ground will offer ample time!”

Now, with perfection in Qi Cultivation Third Level, his lifespan extended by ten years.

For a mere small cultivator of Qi Cultivation Third Level, his lifespan already matched that of a typical Qi Refining Stage peak cultivator who hasn’t taken the Lifespan Extension Pill.

Li Jizhou’s mood grew increasingly joyful.

Upon this realization, he directly channeled his divine sense into his dantian, deploying all the magical power accumulated in the annual rings.

“Boom~”

In an instant, using the annual rings’ stored magical power, he maintained the barely perfection realm of Qi Cultivation Second Level, swiftly elevating.

Rising directly to perfection in Qi Cultivation Third Level.

“Seems like the seven cycles of annual rings have refined the magical power again… huh, what’s this?” Suddenly, Li Jizhou’s smile froze, staring incredulously at the faint touch of green on the inner wall of his dantian where all the magical power converged…

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