Star River Talisman
Little B...
Lu Ping felt utterly speechless.
Go crazy, you've already lost my favor.
Lu Ping was indignant.
As for Little C, Lu Ping took a deep breath and said, "It's not impossible."
Little C has indeed started to stand out, always managing to get the host's attention.
Therefore, Lu Ping chose A.
[You chose A.]
[You sit in your cave abode, oblivious to the gossip and rumors outside.]
[Even Han Shishan's Dual Cultivation began after you gave him the Supreme Emotion-Slaying Scripture.]
Is this another "Li Yuniang"?
Your eyes darkened slightly.
[Salty Fish, in effect.]
Everyone has their own destiny and path.
[Li Yuniang will ultimately die at the hands of the Household Ancestor Zhao. However, without the Household Ancestor Zhao, Li Yuniang talent, would never have been able to break through to the Golden Core. When her lifespan ends, she will simply perish.]
[Thinking of Li Yuniang, you recall a type of Talisman that caused you great harm during your Qi Refining Stage and Foundation Establishment Realm.]
[Han Changqing and Li Yuniang both held shares in this company.]
[And Jiang Mutian also gave you a cyan Sword Talisman, "Anyone below the Spirit Transformation can be slain with a single sword strike."]
[This method is clearly recorded in the * Great Mystery Cloud Seal Talisman Canon *.]
[These kinds of life-saving items, which seal the power of a high-level cultivator's attack but can be activated by a low-level cultivator, are called "Spirit-Sealing Talisman Treasure".]
[Or, simply call it a "Talisman Treasure".]
[Your gaze falls upon a Mystic Marrow Jade on the jade table.]
[Your strongest killing move right now is undoubtedly Star River Myriad Blades.]
[If only we could seal the power of the Star River Myriad Blades within it...]
[You pick up a piece of spirit jade, and a silver light shines from your fingertip.]
[Reverse Engineering, in effect.]
[The Artisan Spirit is now in effect.]
[Cost Reduction and Efficiency Improvement, effective.]
[You unleash the Star River Myriad Blades, using Divine Sense as a guide, Spiritual Power as a source, and runes as a cage, gradually imprinting the vast Killing Intent of the star river onto the Mystic Marrow Jade.]
This was originally an extremely dangerous process.
[If one is not careful, the Spiritual Qi will become unbalanced, and the galactic power sealed within this Jade Talisman will explode.]
The stars on the Jade Talisman flickered continuously, alternating between light and darkness.
[As you pressed the last ray of silver starlight into the Jade Talisman, the Spiritual Qi in the Quiet Chamber suddenly receded.]
[The originally warm and smooth jade now displays a deep, dark blue hue on its surface, with faint silver starlight flowing within.]
[Success on the first try.]
[Okay, for someone like you who's a freeloader, it would be strange if you didn't succeed.]
[With a sweep of your Divine Sense, you sensed the sealed power within, comparable to a strike from the Star River Myriad Blades.]
[You held the newly forged "Star River Talisman," your fingertips caressing its jade surface, but suddenly your movements stopped.]
[The progress of deducing "As-If-Original Seal" has been very slow during this period.]
[However, as you delve deeper into your deductions, a familiar aura emanates from the source of this Cultivation Method.]
[When you first obtained Soul Search "As-If-Original Seal" from the leader of the Dark Hall, you suspected that this Cultivation Method might have some connection to the Buddhist Sect.]
[Now, after repeated analysis and dissection, you can be certain that this is a pure Buddhist Sect Cultivation Method.]
[Moreover, you are certainly familiar with this Buddhist Sect.]
[You picture a young monk in white robes, wearing Wooden Prayer Beads, and holding a golden alms bowl.]
[Wuming.]
[This Golden Core Stage dared to risk the Nascent Soul stage to rescue you, yet he never forgot to try and convert you into a monk.]
The deduction of the "As-If-Original Seal" is so difficult, partly because it involves Heavenly Secrets and cause and effect, and partly because the Cultivation Method itself likely has extremely high origins.
[ At Great Forest Temple, the saying "While the flowers of April have faded in the human world, the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are just beginning to bloom" has touched upon the very essence of time.]
[You've already considered it; perhaps a year from now, you could really go to the Great Forest Temple with Wuming at the Red Refining Mountain.]
[But at this moment, looking at this Star River Talisman, a sudden flash of inspiration struck you.]
[The power of the Star River Myriad Blades can be isolated and sealed by runes.]
[Then, can your Heavenly Secrets, karma, Destiny... also be "sealed"?]
[You continue the tedious process of alchemy, array creation, talisman drawing, and drug-consuming cultivation, deducing the As-If-Original Seal.]
Time passed day by day.
[If you do the math, the time for Ye Zhi's inspection tour and the Dark Hall's surprise attack is fast approaching.]
[And your As-If-Original Seal presented, seems to have reached a crucial point.]
[This time, you don't plan to go in person.]
[Your physical body remains in Han Shishan's cave abode at the Azure Cloud Sect.]
[A Crow flew out ahead of time and arrived outside the Thousand Mechanisms Sect.]
[The gates of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect Mountain Gate.]
Ye Zhi's Flying Boat slowly rose into the air, heading towards the Border Region.
[The Flying Boat had barely traveled a thousand miles from the Thousand Mechanisms Sect.]
[Red-Feather Fire Crow swooped down from the clouds and landed on the gunwale of Ye Zhi's Flying Boat.]
"Who goes there?!"
The disciples of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect behind Ye Zhi immediately drew their Law Artifacts, which gleamed with spiritual light, as if facing a formidable enemy.
Ye Zhi stopped everyone from moving.
He watched silently as the crimson Fire Crow suddenly appeared.
He sensed the Spiritual Power fluctuations emanating from the Fire Crow.
[Core Formation Late Stage, equivalent to Nascent Soul Cultivator in the Human Race.]
[With the enemy and friend unclear, Ye Zhi dared not act rashly for the time being.]
Just then, the Red-Feather Fire Crow leisurely preened its feathers and spoke in human language.
"Elder Ye, my Head of the Lineage has a message to convey."
Ye Zhi stood there, stunned. Did the other person recognize him?
[Moreover, a Great Demon in the Core Formation Late Stage is merely a messenger pet?]
[Then what realm must its owner be? Spirit Transformation? Or Void Refining?]
"May I ask who your master is? What brings you here?"
[The Red-Feather Fire Crow did not answer his question, but instead opened its beak and spat out a dark blue Jade Talisman.]
"My Head of the Lineage said that he had some connection with Elder Ye in the past, and this talisman is a gift for your protection."
[The Jade Talisman landed in front of Ye Zhi.]
[Ye Zhi hesitated for a moment, then took the Jade Talisman and probed it with his Divine Sense.]
[The next second, Ye Zhi's expression changed drastically.]
[Within the jade seal lies a silver galaxy composed of tens of thousands of flying blades!]
"Star River Myriad Blades?!"
[Ye Zhi gasped in shock, even his tone changed slightly.]
[This is a deadly Law Treasure passed down through the Thousand Mechanisms Sect, a top-secret technique that can only be activated in conjunction with the "Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction."]
[The Thousand Mechanisms Sect has not seen any trace of the Star River Myriad Blades for several hundred years.]
In his youth, Ye Zhi also dreamed of restoring the glory of his sect, believing that "when the Milky Way appears, the world will be transformed."
[At this moment, the power of the Star River Myriad Blades is sealed within a jade Jade Talisman given by a Great Demon?!]
[Ye Zhi's mind raced, then he seemed to realize something.]
There is only one answer.
[The mastermind behind this Fire Crow is undoubtedly a reclusive patriarch of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect, of extremely high seniority!]
Ye Zhi solemnly bowed to the Red-Feather Fire Crow.
"Disciple Ye Zhi thanks the Ancestor... thanks the Senior for bestowing this treasure!"
[Options pop up.]
[A: I won't explain anything; I'll let Ye Zhi fill in the blanks himself.]
[B: Let Crow-Crow admit it directly: "That's right, my master is the founder of your Thousand Mechanisms Sect, so hurry up and kneel down and kowtow!"]
[C: Have Crow-Crow hand over a QR code and tell Ye Zhi, "The Ancestor is short on funds lately. Scan the code to donate 320,000 Spirit Stones to unlock more life-saving secrets."]