Zhang Wan Making Talismans, Breakthrough Failure

While Zhang Wan was holed up in the academy, diligently drawing talismans, Fengliu Commandery began to descend into chaos.

Ten days after the Wu Family announced they were selling off their treasures, a large number of martial artists flooded into Fengliu Commandery.

They all claimed to be there to purchase cultivation resources from the Wu Family. However, once inside the city, some of these martial artists began to run amok.

Although the Jade Bone Sect martial artists stationed there intervened to suppress the unrest, without the power of Prenatal martial artists, the Jade Bone Sect's personnel in Fengliu Commandery struggled to quell all the chaos.

Meanwhile, as the Jade Bone Sect's stationed personnel were distracted by these unruly martial artists, those with grudges against the Wu Family began to target them.

Every day, Wu Family martial artists were attacked.

Especially those Wu family members who were alone after leaving the Wu family's ancestral grounds would inevitably encounter assassins.

Some were powerful enough to kill their attackers or escape with their lives.

But more Wu Family martial artists were killed on the spot, their bodies dismembered.

Even Zhang Wan, who remained in the academy and did not venture out, could hear these reports.

Clearly, the situation in Fengliu Commandery was rapidly deteriorating, and the Jade Bone Sect's forces were insufficient to suppress everything. Otherwise, the situation wouldn't have reached this point, and these rumors wouldn't be spreading so wildly and uncontrollably to the Beginner Martial Arts Academy on the outskirts.

Even the instructor martial masters from all grades sternly warned the students of each level that it was best to stay within the Beginner Martial Arts Academy and not go out, regardless of whether they had business outside.

If they went out, they would be responsible for their own lives! The academy would absolutely not dispatch a large number of martial artists to search for individual students. At this time, the academy needed to concentrate its strength to ensure the safety of everyone within its walls!

They would never disperse the academy's strength for the sake of a few students, putting the entire academy in danger.

This tense and dangerous atmosphere also spurred Zhang Wan on.

While secretly drawing talismans to enhance his abilities, he also invested some EXP into his cultivation.

However, he ultimately did not lose his reason, only investing a small amount and stopping after raising his cultivation to the peak of Postnatal second level.

"I have seven or eight of each of the five types of low-grade Postnatal fire talismans. If I encounter real danger, relying on these talismans, unless it's a Postnatal sixth or seventh level martial artist, there's no way they can take me down!"

Although they were only low-grade Postnatal fire talismans, with sufficient numbers, Zhang Wan was confident he could contend even with Postnatal fourth or fifth level martial artists.

Even if he couldn't win, he could still escape smoothly.

Furthermore, Zhang Wan continued to bury his head in drawing talismans, increasing the number of talismans in his possession.

Once the total number of fire talismans reached over a hundred, even if a Postnatal sixth level martial artist stood before him, Zhang Wan was confident he could use these talismans to wear them down and kill them!

Even now, Zhang Wan always kept several Fire Barrier Talismans, Fire Robe Talismans, and Fire Escape Talismans on his person.

If someone launched a surprise attack, the Fire Barrier Talismans could buy him the necessary time to react and counterattack!

If he were unlucky enough to encounter a powerful existence he couldn't handle, these fire talismans could also buy him time to use EXP to raise his cultivation.

However, if that happened, he would have to flee to the ends of the earth and disappear.

This was the situation Zhang Wan least wished to encounter, but if he truly met such a formidable opponent, he would not hesitate. His own life was always the most important.

Basically, Zhang Wan had considered all possible scenarios and prepared corresponding strategies.

At the same time, Zhang Wan also felt a sense of confusion.

Although Fengliu Commandery was not in the core area ruled by the Jade Bone Sect, it was still in the central region.

How could the Jade Bone Sect allow the public order in Fengliu Commandery to become so degenerate?

Given the Jade Bone Sect's scale and strength, they should have immediately dispatched Prenatal or a large number of Postnatal martial artists to suppress the unrest as soon as it began.

Why did they do nothing?

It couldn't be that something was wrong within the Jade Bone Sect, could it?

This thought couldn't help but pop into Zhang Wan's mind.

But if the Old Ancestor Jade Bone was fine, then any other problem would just be a minor issue. And the Old Ancestor Jade Bone, it was rumored, still had over a hundred years of lifespan left, far from passing away.

Could it be that some True Core cultivator from the Wu Kingdom, having nothing better to do, had recently fought with the Old Ancestor Jade Bone and both were severely injured?

Zhang Wan chuckled and shook his head.

The probability of this was low.

If that were truly the case, it wouldn't just be Fengliu Commandery in turmoil.

Ruling out this possibility, Zhang Wan could only think that the Jade Bone Sect was plotting something.

"No, that's not right. It's not the Jade Bone Sect as a whole plotting something, but someone within the Jade Bone Sect must be plotting something!"

"A single Fengliu Commandery isn't worth the entire sect getting involved in a scheme."

"So, what is that person plotting?"

Based on the current situation, Zhang Wan had managed to guess a tiny bit. Unfortunately, he knew too little. No matter how much he guessed, he couldn't see the whole picture.

As Zhang Wan was lost in thought, a spiritual energy vortex suddenly appeared in the Wu Family's residence in Fengliu Commandery, and a powerful pressure spread outwards from the Wu Family.

Instantly, martial artists in Fengliu Commandery who sensed this pressure turned pale.

A spiritual energy vortex, and this pressure – this was clearly someone breaking through to Prenatal!

Combined with the direction of the pressure and the recent news of the Wu Family selling treasures to gather funds for a Prenatal Pill, these martial artists immediately realized someone in the Wu Family was breaking through to Prenatal!

These martial artists felt a sense of panic.

During this period, quite a few of them had been committing crimes in Fengliu Commandery, and some had even secretly ambushed Wu Family martial artists.

If the Wu Family were to truly reach the Prenatal stage, they wouldn't fare well when the reckoning came!

But no matter what they thought, it was too late.

The emergence of the spiritual energy vortex was something they could no longer prevent.

Even if they rushed over now, it would be too late.

Whether it succeeded or failed, they could only watch.

As these martial artists waited with trepidation, the spiritual energy vortex suddenly collapsed, and the oppressive aura that had been rising rapidly weakened and vanished without a trace.

A mournful cry echoed throughout the Wu Family.

In stark contrast, most of the outside martial artists in Fengliu Commandery were overjoyed!

Soon, news spread that the Wu Family martial artists had failed in their attempt to break through to the Prenatal stage. All the martial artists learned that first the Prenatal expert had passed away, and then their attempt to break through to the Prenatal stage had failed. The Wu Family had no chance of rising again!

The entire Wu Family had become fat meat on a chopping block!

Not only the martial artists in Fengliu Commandery, but even those from other regions, upon hearing this news, rushed over, wanting to get a piece of the pie in this grand feast of carving up the Wu Family!

A large number of Postnatal martial artists surged towards Fengliu Commandery.

Within just one week after the Wu Family martial artists' failed attempt to break through to the Postnatal stage, the number of outside Postnatal martial artists in Fengliu Commandery exceeded one thousand!

In addition to these outside Postnatal martial artists, there were also those who had long resided in Fengliu Commandery. Many of them had their eyes on the Wu Family, hoping to seize the opportunity for substantial gains.

Without their Prenatal martial artists, the Wu Family was like a small sailboat in a storm when facing these Postnatal martial artists; any wave could wreck the ship and kill its crew.

But no matter how cautious the Wu Family martial artists were at this time, driven by profit, both the incoming outside Postnatal martial artists and the Postnatal martial artists within the city engaged in fierce clashes with the Wu Family martial artists.

The number of casualties increased daily.