Skills are Invalid

Following the Banyan Tree Demon, big eyes meeting small, they stared at each other for a good while before a rustling sound came from the woods.

A tree root, coiling a thick stack of tree bark, surged out and dropped the bark in front of Qin Yang.

Qin Yang's eyes lit up, and without caring what the Banyan Tree Demon was thinking, he squatted down and gently stroked the tree bark.

Talisman Scripts can be made with ordinary talisman paper, but for higher-level spirit talismans, ordinary talisman paper is useless. Better talisman paper requires materials, processes, and difficulty that all increase exponentially, and the quantity of high-level talisman paper is very small.

Therefore, spirit talismans are actually made with other materials instead. Tree bark and animal hides are both excellent materials.

Logically speaking, Banyan Tree bark is not suitable for direct use as talisman paper. High-year Banyan Tree bark is only suitable as a raw material for making talisman paper.

But the tree bark in front of him was ten feet in size each. The surface of the bark was covered with a layer of spiritual light, the texture was delicate, and it felt slightly rough to the touch, but the overall surface was extremely smooth. Moreover, the surface of the bark naturally formed natural Dao patterns, full of spiritual charm.

Top-quality tree bark, absolutely good material!

And there were more than a dozen sheets, each ten feet long. With a little cutting, it would be enough to make thousands of Talisman Scripts.

"These are for me?"

The Banyan Tree Demon nodded expressionlessly.

"Tree Senior, it's not that I won't make them for you, but this tree bark is indeed too extravagant to use for Small Cloud Rain Talismans. But have you ever thought that your main body has covered dozens of miles, but it has been difficult to transform. The huge main body has become a burden. What will you do if the lightning tribulation really comes?" Qin Yang said very sincerely...

It is most difficult for plants to become demons, especially before they have passed the lightning tribulation and transformed. The main body is almost impossible to move. This Banyan Tree Demon's main body is so huge that it should have reached the point of transcending the lightning tribulation long ago, but it still maintains this appearance.

It can only continuously expand the scope of its main body and accumulate power until the huge main body becomes a burden and it can only fall into a deep sleep.

This only illustrates one thing: this Secret Realm simply cannot attract a lightning tribulation.

The Banyan Tree Demon was silent. Qin Yang seized the opportunity and said, "This Secret Realm simply cannot attract a lightning tribulation to transform, Tree Senior, you know that, right? Small Cloud Rain Talismans are just a temporary relief, essentially useless. How about this, if I can get out of here alive this time, I will take you out with me. Then you will be able to trigger the lightning tribulation and transform. But before that, your huge main body will only be struck to death by lightning..."

The Banyan Tree Demon didn't move. After a long time, an old voice sounded in Qin Yang's mind.

"Okay."

Just one word...

The human face that appeared on the tree trunk disappeared, and the thick tree roots blocking the road next to it also sank into the ground.

Qin Yang was slightly stunned, and after a little thought, his face became a little strange.

Was he tricked?

It had been waiting for him here all along! Thinking so in his heart, he had a smile on his face, and happily collected all the tree bark. If there were no accidents, this tree bark was most likely the bark that had fallen off the Banyan Tree Demon, definitely a high-level material.

Looking back at the Demon Tiger, its fur had lost its luster, and its bones seemed to have decayed for thousands of years. It was no longer valuable as a material.

The Demon Tiger's blood, essence, and flesh were all purified and devoured cleanly.

The Banyan Tree Demon was silent. Qin Yang hurried to find Little Fatty, wondering if Little Fatty was dead...

Returning to the previous place, Little Fatty was still leaning against the tree trunk, motionless, without any sound.

Qin Yang's heart skipped a beat. He stepped forward to check, and he was dead. The corpse was cold...

"Sigh..." Laying Little Fatty's body flat, Qin Yang took out tools and cleaned the blood from Little Fatty's face, feeling somewhat complicated.

Whether Little Fatty was playing tricks or swindling people, Qin Yang didn't care much. After being here for more than a year, the person he had the best relationship with was this Little Fatty.

This time, the other reasons for being willing to bring Little Fatty along were secondary. The main reason was that back in the Three Mountains Gang, if it hadn't been for Little Fatty's help, he wouldn't have been able to escape so smoothly. According to the situation at the time, with only the sixth level of Qi Nurturing, no secret techniques, and no magical artifacts, the probability of failing to escape would have been one hundred percent.

Whether intentional or unintentional, he had helped him after all.

And now he's just dead like this...

"Junior Brother Zhang, the world of cultivation is full of surprises. Remember in your next life, if you don't have enough strength, don't go wandering around recklessly. Don't enter the forest casually. There's a reason for the wisdom of our ancestors.

We've known each other for a while, and you've helped me a lot. I can't just leave you to rot in the wilderness. Don't worry, you called me Senior Brother, I'll definitely let you rest in peace."

Qin Yang carefully cleaned the bloodstains off Little Fatty, changed him into a clean set of clothes, and tidied him up. Then, he slowly extended a hand and gently covered Little Fatty's chest.

"Junior Brother Zhang, now that you're gone, you probably won't care about leaving anything behind, and you wouldn't want your corpse to turn into an unconscious zombie, right..."

Qin Yang muttered to himself, silently activating the Corpse Touching skill in his hand.

However...

After activating the skill, there was no reaction at all.

Qin Yang was stunned and continued to activate the skill.

Still no reaction...

"Heh..." Qin Yang's expression was strange. He checked again from top to bottom. Little Fatty was completely dead. His heartbeat had stopped, his blood wasn't flowing, his body was cold, and it was starting to stiffen.

He was really dead, but why didn't the Corpse Touching skill work?

Little Fatty had a lot of miscellaneous skills, and he had a lot of treasures hidden on him. He couldn't possibly not have anything to touch, right? Even a cook could touch out a secret recipe for barbecue, let alone Little Fatty.

After thinking about it, Qin Yang gently patted Little Fatty's cheek.

"Wake up? Wake up? I got the Purple Firmament Dao Scripture, do you want to see it?"

"Junior Brother Zhang, I found the treasure vault, get up and share the loot..."

"Little Fatty? If you don't wake up, I'm going to cremate you!"

Still no reaction...

Qin Yang was puzzled and quite uncertain.

No matter how he looked at it, Little Fatty was dead...

But the skill didn't react, and there was only one possibility.

That is, it's ineffective on living people.

How can you touch a corpse if the person isn't dead?

Qin Yang was uncertain, not knowing whether to believe the skill or what he was seeing...

After thinking about it, Qin Yang took out a Golden Phoebe coffin, put Little Fatty in it, dug a hole in the Banyan Tree Forest, and buried Little Fatty.

When he buried him, he still didn't give up and put a note in Little Fatty's hand.

"Junior Brother Zhang, I'm leaving first, be careful."

After burying Little Fatty, Qin Yang turned and walked out. When he was about to walk out, he paused, turned his head, and shouted at the Banyan Tree Forest.

"Senior, this Little Fatty is my junior brother, please don't use him as fertilizer."