Cultivation World

Song Wen picked up the stack of yellow talismans and examined them curiously.

He discovered that only twelve of the yellow talismans had been drawn; the rest were all blank talisman paper. The completed talismans were not entirely identical either. By Song Wen's judgment, there were four kinds in total.

Song Wen also found that the talisman paper was not ordinary rice paper, but made from the hide of some animal, exceptionally soft.

The ink upon them was not ordinary ink either, but specially prepared. Song Wen could even see a faint scarlet hue on the talisman paper.

A thought stirred in Song Wen's mind, and he picked up a brush.

"This brush must be specifically used for drawing talismans."

He picked up an inkstone as well. The ink inside was scarlet and extremely viscous—this was the ink used for drawing talismans.

Song Wen was tremendously interested in the yellow talismans and spent quite a long time studying them. He still clearly remembered the terrifying intimidation when Extreme Yin had used a yellow talisman to summon a fireball.

These yellow talismans were all his now, but he still did not understand how to use them.

Song Wen turned his gaze to the books beside him. He believed he would most likely find the answers he wanted within them.

The first book was the cultivation technique Longevity Art, containing the complete Qi Refinement techniques from Qi Refining Level One to Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

The second and third books were ones Song Wen had seen before: <Detailed Guide to Cultivating Low-Grade Spirit Herbs> and Extreme Yin's own handwritten experience in cultivating spirit herbs.

None of these three books was what Song Wen wanted to read right now. After flipping through them briefly, he set them aside.

Complete Guide to Drawing Beginner Talismans!

When Song Wen picked up another new book, his spirits jolted. This was what he most hoped to find.

Only after Song Wen finished reading the book did he learn that these yellow talismans were called talismans, and they were all first-grade talismans.

He also learned how to use talismans. The method was simple: one merely had to channel spiritual power into them to activate them.

Among the twelve talismans currently in his possession, six were Fireball Talismans, three were Gale Talismans, two were Shield Talismans, and one was a Flying Talisman.

The first three were all low-grade first-grade talismans, while the Flying Talisman was a mid-grade first-grade talisman.

This Flying Talisman was visibly older than the other talismans.

The Flying Talisman could allow a person to ride the wind and fly, but only up to thirty zhang above the ground, and only for the time it took to burn a stick of incense. It could not be considered true flight through the skies.

Even so, Song Wen was immensely excited.

Flying was the dream of every human. Who had never imagined soaring through the sky like a little bird, free and unfettered?

Complete Guide to Drawing Beginner Talismans recorded the methods for drawing twenty-four kinds of first-grade talismans, as well as methods for making talisman paper and ink.

Both talisman paper and ink were extremely complicated to produce. Taking the low-grade first-grade talisman paper in Song Wen's hands as an example, it was made from animal hide through more than a dozen processes, including soaking, degreasing, tanning, dyeing, and drying.

Mid-grade first-grade talisman paper, meanwhile, could not be made from ordinary animal hide. It had to use the fur and hide of demon beasts; ordinary animal hide could no longer withstand the powerful spiritual power contained within it.

The remaining two books had no titles. By reading their contents, Song Wen learned that they were cultivation journals written respectively by Extreme Yin and someone named Huang Shang.

After finishing these two books, Song Wen gained a general understanding of cultivation and the Cultivation World.

For example, cultivator realms were divided into Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul...

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The Qi Refining Stage had nine layers in total. The first three were the Qi Refining Early Stage, the middle three were the Qi Refining Middle Stage, and the final three were Late Qi Refinement.

Huang Shang had originally been a Rogue Cultivator scraping along at the bottom of the Cultivation World. At his strongest, he had reached Qi Refining Sixth Layer. Once he grew older, feeling that Foundation Establishment was beyond hope and weary of the Cultivation World's days of mutual deception and constant peril, he left the Cultivation World and returned to the mortal realm. He lived a carefree and prosperous life for a time, then, childless and alone, passed away in meditation within a cave.

Then Extreme Yin, with luck like stepping in dog shit, entered the mountains to gather herbs, accidentally wandered into Huang Shang's cave dwelling, and by a twist of fate began his cultivation journey.

Perhaps influenced by the contents of Huang Shang's journal, Extreme Yin did not immediately seek out the world of cultivators after successfully cultivating. Instead, he chose to remain in the mortal realm.

Cultivation required one to possess a Spiritual Root. Yet Huang Shang had not left behind any method or spell for testing Spiritual Roots. This meant Extreme Yin had no way to identify others' aptitude and could only repeatedly make people attempt cultivation in order to find medicinal slaves with Spiritual Roots.

That Flying Talisman was one of Huang Shang's relics. Extreme Yin, still only at the Qi Refining Early Stage, was unable to refine one himself.

The remaining talismans, talisman paper, and such had all been made by Extreme Yin through his own experimentation based on the contents of Huang Shang's journal. It had to be said that Extreme Yin was quite gifted in cultivation.

Furthermore, Song Wen found several pill formulas and the cultivation methods for several spells in Huang Shang's journal.

Among those pill formulas was the Blood Qi Pill that Extreme Yin had been refining all along.

He finally understood why the Blood Qi Pills refined by Extreme Yin had problems.

The pill formula had been recorded in Huang Shang's journal, but it was incomplete. The amounts of two auxiliary ingredients had not been clearly specified.

Extreme Yin could only determine their quantities through repeated experimentation.

When Extreme Yin had first begun refining Blood Qi Pills, furnace explosions had even occurred, nearly costing him his life.

However, Extreme Yin was also a man of great perseverance. He had forcibly felt his way through the darkness and figured out the approximate quantities.

The several spells recorded in Huang Shang's journal could all be cultivated. Extreme Yin had learned the Shield Technique and Fireball Technique among them; these were the only two spells recorded that could be cultivated during the Qi Refining Early Stage.

What tempted Song Wen most were the Flight Technique and Wind Blade Technique. Once he mastered these two spells, the former would allow him to fly through the heavens, while the latter could kill invisibly. In the mortal world, he could practically stand undefeated, unafraid of tactics relying on sheer numbers, coming and going as he pleased.

However, both spells required Qi Refining Fourth Layer before they could be cultivated. This was also why Extreme Yin had been so desperate to break through.

After setting down the books, Song Wen produced a pill furnace more than a foot tall and a jade box two feet long.

The jade box was empty. It had been made from superior mutton-fat white jade that Extreme Yin had acquired at great expense. It was used to store spirit herbs and could prevent the loss of their medicinal properties to the greatest extent possible.

The pill furnace was what Extreme Yin had used for alchemy, and one of Huang Shang's relics.

By the time he had inspected every item, the sky was already beginning to brighten.

"Now that there is nothing left in the Heavenly Baleful Gang capable of trapping me, should I remain in the mortal realm like Huang Shang and Extreme Yin, living freely for a lifetime, or should I go to Celestial Star Market and try my luck, fighting for that illusory chance at immortality?"

Celestial Star Market was the nearest world of cultivators recorded in Huang Shang's journal, yet it was still tens of thousands of li away from the Gan Kingdom.

There was denser spiritual energy there, more spirit herbs, more profound cultivation techniques, pills that could improve one's cultivation, and countless cultivators gathered in one place.

Going to Celestial Star Market would undoubtedly bring him more opportunities.

However, just as Huang Shang had recorded, there were greater risks there as well. At any moment, one could be killed for one's treasures and become someone else's opportunity.

"However, I cannot leave the Heavenly Baleful Gang yet. At the very least, I must wait until I kill Tang Liang before leaving."

He still had to avenge Tang Liang's attack on him. Since he was now cultivating immortality, he had to act as his heart desired.

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