Across the Sea

[Qiongqi Winged Ghost: Qiongqi is a creature that uses barbarity, stupidity, and ferocity as claws and literary embellishment as wings.]

He was a master of literature, wielding his pen with practiced ease, yet he forgot his true feelings and instead harbored wickedness and malice. He loved to frame the honest, and when his misdeeds were exposed, he was condemned for a thousand years.

Characteristics: First, Gather Thoughts as Ink. Drawing talismans with Mind Power alone is not long-lasting, but by turning thought into ink, the talisman will remain in the place where the thought has passed for a long time.

Second, Cast Talismans into Shadows. A drawn talisman can be cast into the shadow of an object. When the talisman's power is activated, it also operates within the shadow, making it difficult to detect, find, and destroy.

[Half-Body Martial Physique: Soul connects to the Sea of Essence, half-body battles in the mortal world.]

Originally, they were driven by desires and spoke little, their words filled with malice and violence. With more than half of their soul and spirit outside the body, their five senses and tastes were all diminished. Even if they were not swayed by external calamities, they would eventually grieve for themselves.

Characteristic: The speed of essence replenishment can match the speed of maximum loss.

This morning, the wind outside the window was a bit strong.

From the second floor, you can see the tallest bamboo and citron trees in the backyard, all rustling in the wind.

In particular, the branches of one tree were swept onto the second-floor railing, making it sound as if someone was sweeping the floor with a large bamboo broom Great Qing.

Chu Tianshu carried a cup of hot strawberry milk tea and walked slowly down the corridor into a side room on the second floor.

Four corpses lay in the side room.

Imperial Advisor, White Dragon, Lady, Pirate.

Three of them were Evil Spirit whose bodies were incorruptible.

Although the Imperial Preceptor's body had suffered severe blood loss and was far less viable than the White Dragon's corpse, it was still more resilient than the other three.

In the past few days, Chu Tianshu has frequently examined these corpses, mainly using his Mind Power to sense their meridian structure, the nature of their qi and blood, and the characteristics of their brains.

The pirate's Half-Body Martial Physique have only one characteristic, but it's quite practical.

Lady Wang's two characteristics each have their own strengths and great potential, but it seems that she herself has not been able to fully realize these two potentials.

Taboo masters can temporarily create a self-circulating cycle for the power they unleash, allowing it to remain for a longer period.

However, without a precious medium, neither martial arts techniques nor talismanic spells can exist out of thin air for more than a day.

Lady Wang's ability to make her spells last forever by simply adding a step of using her Mind Power to create ink demonstrates that the stability of her Mind Power is extraordinary.

If she were ruthless enough to herself, she wouldn't have bothered with all those sensing talisman arrays that covered the entire city.

You should exhaust your Mind Power, combine it with all the materials you can gather, and draw all the lethal spells until you're completely worn out. Then, get up and keep drawing.

He hid all the talismans he made in his shadow, taking them with him wherever he went.

When the fight starts, a casual tug of the pen will produce dozens of finished talismans brimming with Mind Power, all exploding outwards at once.

Chu Tianshu imagined the scene, then, without using a straw, he peeled off the lid of the milk tea and took a sip.

"Ah..."

He exhaled a breath of warm air, the aroma of milk filling his mouth and nose, and he was in a very good mood.

Even with Lady Wang's cultivation level, she couldn't deal with enemies like Chu Tianshu and the Grand Preceptor of the Great Yuan Dynasty for long, and her weaknesses would eventually be found.

However, if she did that, she could definitely take on multiple opponents and control the entire field when facing other powerful enemies, and escaping would be much easier.

Of course, Chu Tianshu wasn't devising strategies for a dead enemy.

However, after clearly understanding the characteristics, one then compares them with the corpse.

Chu Tianshu could also more easily figure out which aspects of the unique structures in the corpse were beneficial and in what combinations they could be used...

In contrast, the body of the Great Yuan Dynasty was in a much less pleasant state.

Because he is not Evil Spirit, the token will not reveal his main characteristics.

Chu Tianshu could only make some guesses based on his performance in the battle back then.

However, Chu Tianshu's attack, intended to kill the Imperial Preceptor, was extremely damaging, resulting in the loss of four internal organs and excessive blood loss, leaving even less visible damage on the corpse.

"You say you consider yourself the only one who matters, and everyone else is just a dream, and you don't even see yourself as an ordinary person, so why don't you just become Evil Spirit?"

Chu Tianshu paused for a moment before the corpse of the Grand Preceptor of the Great Yuan Dynasty, then shook his head.

His current Evil Spirit materials are still a bit short of the standard for the second optimization of "Sun-Chasing True Art".

With the strength of the Great Yuan Dynasty, if it were just Evil Spirit, it could definitely fill the space and have some left over.

"Hahaha, Yungu is back again!"

A burst of hearty laughter came from outside the door.

Yungu sensed Chu Tianshu's presence, took off from outside the courtyard gate, went up to the second floor, pushed open the main door, passed through the living room, walked to the back corridor, turned a few steps, and saw the side room.

"Airplanes are so convenient! It only took a few hours to travel from the Northwest to Goryeo, crossing mountains and seas all that way."

"I can read and sleep along the way, it's so leisurely and I don't even have to move my feet much. It's much more comfortable than riding a horse."

Chu Tianshu was a little surprised. "Why is it you who came?"

"I'm quite familiar with this area."

Yungu has changed his outfit. He's wearing a shirt, suit, trousers, and leather shoes, but he's not wearing a tie or bow tie with his suit open, giving him a very casual look.

When good things happen, one is in high spirits. Unrestrained by the constraints of his Grotto-Heaven, he spent a few days traveling in the Northwest, surrounded by martial artists. The atmosphere was even more comfortable than when he was in the Great Ming army.

Now he seems to have fewer wrinkles on his face, but he still has a touch of the weathered look of an older brother.

"I heard you had business to attend to and couldn't accompany Grotto-Heaven back to the country, so you modern officials thought about it and asked me to come over."

Chu Tianshu took two sips of milk tea and nodded, "Alright."

"When you go back, remember to take these bodies with you; they are all our property."

Many sects in China that practiced corpse refining have become weak and ineffective in modern times.

But since they've encountered a physical Evil Spirit, no one will say much about using its Evil Spirit to create a corpse.

Helai, Mist-and-Rosycloud Wanderer, and others, having heard that they had studied this subject, could sell it to them.

Once refined, it will give the Special Investigation Bureau more resources, allowing them to have more manpower for combat when protecting the territory and its people.

As for the Great Yuan Dynasty, his own school of thought has always liked to use the corpses of his fellow disciples. Being used after his own death is just a matter of reciprocity.

Yungu accepted this readily. "Don't worry, I will definitely transport all of these things back."

"Alright, then I'll be leaving today."

Chu Tianshu finished her milk tea, shoveling all the tapioca pearls into her mouth, then put the lid back on the empty cup and threw it into the trash can.

"Most of Teacher Little Yuan and the others were still asleep, but your smile probably woke them up."

"I won't say goodbye to them individually; just tell them for me."

He spoke as he chewed, his speech a little slow, but his movements were decisive and efficient. After he finished speaking, he walked towards the door, waving his hand as he did so.

Goodbye.

Yungu habitually clasped his hands in a fist salute and said solemnly, "May you have a smooth journey."

I agree.

Chu Tianshu replied, then floated out of the corridor, landed in the backyard, and strolled out the door.

He was just walking at a normal pace, heading towards the sea along the street.

Not long after he left, he sensed some people keeping watch nearby and hurriedly reported the news to his superiors.

This was within Chu Tianshu's permission, so he didn't bother with it.

But perhaps they had guessed that Chu Tianshu was about to leave, because when he walked to the dock, several cars had already rushed over to see him off.

"Mr. Chu, we've learned that you bought a ticket for today's boat. An ordinary boat wouldn't be appropriate for our occasion."

One of the councilors, whom he had met before, got out of the car and said, "We have prepared new tickets; please accept them, sir."

Chu Tianshu smiled and said, "Such attentive service, you want me to come here often, don't you?"

"Of course, we hope that you will visit often, sir."

The councilor solemnly stated, "Only those with ulterior motives would resist a good doctor who removes the malignant tumor."

Chu Tianshu's eyes brightened slightly. "Really?"

With just that one question, he sensed the tension beneath the other person's serious expression and smiled inwardly.

Even those who wish to seek alliances and support don't actually want to see Chu Tianshu wandering around their country recklessly.

Perhaps only when South Korea develops its own Taboo can it be more at ease.

"It's pointless for you to come and see me off. I'd rather have Captain Shen come and see me off, so I can check on his recovery."

Chu Tianshu turned to look at the waves, "You don't need your tickets, and I guess I don't need mine either."

"I hope you do a good job. I also hope that one day, I'll truly be here for tourism, instead of having to come back again."

The words lingered in their ears as the people seeing him off watched as Chu Tianshu's figure floated into the air and disappeared into the distance.

With a single step, he traversed a hundred meters into the air, landing on the sea.

The seawater within a few meters was stirred up, but instead of turning into waves, it rose up like a huge lotus leaf.

Every step Chu Tianshu took left behind a trembling, large lotus leaf.

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd on the shore, the person flashed several times in the blink of an eye, becoming a tiny black dot.

In another flash, it disappeared from everyone's sight.

(End of this chapter)