After Lucas and the little bear Anton finished eating, they prepared to return to their tribe. Lucas had now comprehended a tiny trace of the Death Edict, and it was time to find a way to put the edict he had comprehended to use.
He did not know whether the methods he had used as a yin-yang practitioner in his previous life would work in this world. After all, he had learned to draw talismans back then. The essence of a yin-yang practitioner's work was soothing souls, laying souls to rest, and communicating with the Netherworld. He just did not know whether he could communicate with the Netherworld of the Coiling Dragon World.
Lucas naturally remembered from reading the books that death magicians could send their souls to the Netherworld, where they could subdue their own armies of undead. Lucas remembered that when Linley's subordinate had given those two sisters the undead inheritance, the process had not been explained in detail, so he did not know how to contact the Undead Realm.
However, he now had an idea of his own: the corpse-nurturing methods spoken of in his previous life. His soul had already broken through to the seventh rank, so he could certainly try setting up a large formation in a place of extreme yin and cold, and give the art of nurturing corpses a try.
When Lucas returned home, he saw his father displaying his sculpture, Facing Death, in the tribe's most prominent square. Embarrassed, he did not dare pass through there and took a detour straight home.
Lucas found some pigments and began drawing talismans on animal hide. Unfortunately, after finishing, he discovered that they had no effect. The talismans he drew could not connect with this world's natural elements at all. After some thought, Lucas decided that perhaps the problem lay in the pigments used to draw them.
Although he had already made a pigment to replace cinnabar, it was still no use. After thinking it over, Lucas added his own blood to the pigment and once again tried infusing his spiritual power into it.
This time, it did have some effect, but drawing talismans this way consumed a great deal of his spiritual power. Although Lucas already had seventh-rank spiritual power, even this single talisman took an enormous toll.
Unfortunately, although this talisman could connect with the natural elements, it could only connect with the three elements for which he had an innate affinity. Its power also seemed weak. Once the blood dried, its ability to connect with the natural elements vanished, and the talisman drawn on the animal hide lost its effect.
Even the results Lucas had now were the product of half a year of experimentation. It seemed that he would need other materials if he wanted these talismans to have other effects. Using his own blood as a material was not a way to keep these runes effective for long. He just did not know how those contract scrolls and guardian scrolls that could later be preserved for long periods were made.
Lucas had no choice but to temporarily abandon his idea of drawing talismans and nurturing corpses. After leaving his house, he ate a little and lay in the courtyard, basking in the sunlight for a while.
Lucas decided to relax for a few days, taking this opportunity to ease his nerves, which had been taut all this time. He would also use this time to personally instruct his younger sister, who was already six years old and had now begun participating in the tribe's training.
That evening, since Lucas had explained some precautions for meditation to her over the preceding few days, he planned to watch over her during her first meditation. His sister succeeded on her first attempt and told Lucas that she had seen many blue-green elements. Lucas thus knew that she had an innate affinity for wind. After explaining some precautions for meditation to her, he let her leave!
After his attempts at drawing talismans and refining corpses failed, Lucas planned to focus on cultivating his Battle Qi. He would first break through to Saint, then consider the rest. That way, he could try to comprehend the Death Edict and become a god.
Lucas now planned to go out for another stint of training. Staying in the tribe for this stretch of time had been rather boring. The friends he knew well had all gone out to train, too, and still had not returned.
Lucas decided to forge himself a heavy weapon before leaving.
He also planned to try comprehending Heavy as Light. When Lucas arrived at Master Drake's weapon-forging workshop, he saw him forging a new weapon. After Drake called out, his grandson handed him a bowl containing liquid. Drake incorporated the liquid directly into the weapon, then began hammering rapidly.
A day quickly passed, and Lucas simply stood quietly at the door, watching without disturbing their forging.
After Drake finished forging and quenching the weapon, he picked up the longsword, looking thoroughly satisfied. When he saw that Lucas had arrived, he handed Lucas the sword he had just forged to inspect.
He also said, "Young Lucas, what do you think of this sword?"
Lucas took the sword he handed over and examined it, finding its quality very good. Yet within the sword, there was a familiar sensation that seemed like wind. Seeing Lucas's puzzled expression, Master Drake burst into laughter.
Then he proudly told Lucas, "I added the Wind Wolf's Magic Beast Core you gave me to this sword."
Hearing this, Lucas asked happily, "So you've figured out how to incorporate a Magic Beast Core into a sword?"
Drake nodded proudly. Seeing this, Lucas said, "Master Drake, I want this method. Of course, I won't ask you to give me the secret technique you researched for nothing. I can owe you a favor."
Drake smiled and picked up where Lucas had left off. "It seems you're very fond of this secret technique, young friend. A favor from you, the tribe's strongest warrior, is no small thing."
Lucas sighed, knowing that his request just now had been somewhat abrupt. He was currently only a Seventh Rank Warrior. Perhaps, in Drake's eyes, a favor from him truly was not worth much. He then asked, "What would you want in exchange for it, Master Drake?"
After thinking it over, Drake said, "I heard you have a bear-type magical beast. My grandson wants one, too."
Lucas shook his head and told him, "That little bear has signed a contract with me. I can't give him to your grandson. But I can tell you the method for forming a contract in exchange for this secret technique for dissolving Magic Beast Cores."
Drake agreed, and Lucas carefully explained the process and details of how he had formed a contract with a magical beast. After listening, Drake told Lucas his method for dissolving Magic Beast Cores. Once Lucas obtained it, he planned to use the core of the Seventh-Level Magical Beast Velocidragon in his possession to forge himself a new heavy sword. He intended to use the heavy sword to comprehend Heavy as Light. Although no unusual phenomena appeared in heaven or earth when his sword was completed, Lucas was very satisfied with it.
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