Chapter 84: Spirit Wood Sect's Rune Making Insights

After delivering the medicinal ingredients with Qing Nü to the rented alchemy room, Chen Mobai went online again and bought all two hundred-odd talismans recently stocked by the Wood Spirit Talisman Shop. The shopkeeper skillfully replied with a smiley face emoji before sending the order via same-city express delivery.

Unfortunately, he failed to snatch a Pulse-Protecting Pill from the Immortal Gate Flagship Store. His home internet was probably slow, just a second too late, and the pills were instantly gone.

Chen Mobai was only mildly regretful about this; after all, he had Tier 3 authorization and could try to buy them every month, so he was bound to succeed eventually.

Furthermore, he had successfully purchased the Spirit Ascension Powder last time. If he were to succeed with the Pulse-Protecting Pill again, it might attract unwanted attention and potentially expose him.

In the evening, he returned to Qingguang Island as usual.

Although the spiritual energy in his wooden hut was only of upper-tier first grade, incomparable to that in the water mansion, Chen Mobai had recently developed a habit: he would spontaneously strive to cultivate whenever he was in the Tianhe Realm.

Perhaps it was because refining the spiritual energy of the Tianhe Realm always made him, a cultivator from his home planet, feel as though he was getting something for free.

This greatly motivated his cultivation.

After consuming a vial of upper-tier first-grade Qi-replenishing spiritual water prepared by Qing Nü, Chen Mobai once again felt that rapid increase in efficiency. As the Five Elements Art circulated, wisps of spiritual energy were absorbed by him, passing through the Grand Circulation before merging into the gradually forming spiritual power vortex in his Dantian Qi Sea.

After finishing his meditation, Chen Mobai looked outside; it was pitch dark.

Checking his phone, he saw it was exactly four in the morning.

He decided to start assembling the talismans he would use during his duels.

Among his upper-tier first-grade talismans, the only one he currently had for combat was the "All Flora and Fauna are Soldiers Talisman."

According to its description, this talisman could exert maximum effectiveness in a forest environment, primarily for trapping and suppressing opponents. The dueling location was Danzhu Academy, which, despite having some greenery, mostly consisted of Danxia landform mountains. Chen Mobai quickly dismissed this talisman after a moment's thought.

He also searched various talisman shops on the Immortal Gate Network, but combat talismans were extremely rare and often came with numerous restrictions to prevent inexperienced cultivators from causing serious incidents.

They were all too gentle.

Chen Mobai shook his head, unable to find a single combat talisman on the Immortal Gate Network that satisfied him.

For some reason, he recalled the "Scarlet Flame Sword Talisman" that Marquis Qi had used. Although it required some preparation to activate, its power was immense and its speed incredibly swift; even the Black Plague Bird, renowned for its flight, couldn't evade it.

After all, when it came to combat, cultivators from the Tianhe Realm were more skilled.

While their spells and cultivation methods for daily life were generally underdeveloped, Chen Mobai rather approved of this world's cultivators in terms of combat.

He remembered the Shenmu Sect's Talisman-Making Insights that Lu Shu had given him back in Nanxi Market and immediately retrieved it from the bottom of his bag.

He opened it and quickly found the introduction for the "Scarlet Flame Sword Talisman" in the table of contents.

Scarlet Flame Sword Talisman: An upper-tier first-grade talisman. A talisman master can solidify the Scarlet Flame Sword Qi they cultivate into the talisman paper, sealing up to three sword-lights. These can be unleashed all at once or used individually.

Unfortunately, this book only provided an introduction to this talisman and not the actual detailed crafting method.

However, it was precisely because of this that Chen Mobai learned the "Scarlet Flame Sword Talisman" actually had three levels.

The one Marquis Qi used last time was the most basic, sealing only one scarlet flame sword-light. If all three sword-lights were unleashed and the user's spiritual sense was sufficient, they could even form a small sword array upon activation, elevating the talisman's power to another level.

In other words, although the "Scarlet Flame Sword Talisman" was only an upper-tier first-grade talisman, under optimal conditions, it could exhibit power comparable to a lower-tier second-grade one.

It might even be on par with the "Wood Spirit Divine Thunder Talisman" Chen Mobai possessed.

Perhaps this would be a good choice.

After reading the description, Chen Mobai felt that if he had the "Three Scarlet Flame Swords Talisman," even if he couldn't take first place in the duel, getting into the top ten should be no problem.

Tomorrow, he would go to the Shenmu Sect's talisman shop on the island to see if this talisman was for sale.

After listing the "Three Scarlet Flame Swords Talisman" as his primary target, Chen Mobai began selecting two mid-tier first-grade talismans.

The Green Arrow Talisman and Wood Armor Talisman were very easy for him to use, practically his most frequently used and proficient talismans. He decided to provisionally settle on these two.

Finally, only four lower-tier first-grade talismans remained.

Chen Mobai then assembled a set using the Wood Shield Talisman, Wood Prison Talisman, Entanglement Talisman, and Detoxification Talisman. Duels in the Immortal Gate would generally be non-lethal, so these talismans would be perfect for dealing with those Qi Condensation Sixth Layer opponents just making up the numbers.

However, the Wood Shield Talisman and Wood Armor Talisman had somewhat overlapping functions, and Chen Mobai had also mastered the Water Elemental Shield, making him feel he had a bit too many defensive options.

But then he reconsidered, thinking there was nothing wrong with ensuring invincibility, so he decided to keep this setup for now.

After roughly putting together a set of talismans for dueling, Chen Mobai decided to find a Black Armored Tortoise tomorrow to practice by himself.

Seeing that it was still dark outside, Chen Mobai continued reading the Shenmu Sect's Talisman-Making Insights he held.

He wondered if he could use talismans from the Tianhe Realm to further optimize his own set.

This book of insights was distributed by the Shenmu Sect to newly initiated disciples. It recorded the forty-eight most common talismans of the Shenmu Sect, but only five of them included actual crafting methods.

These were the "Revitalization Talisman," "Regeneration Talisman," "Renewal Talisman," "Newborn Talisman," and "Resurrection Talisman."

Their names clearly indicated they were a complete systematic set, all used for healing and saving lives.

The "Revitalization Talisman" was a degraded version of the "Recovery Talisman," used to restore spiritual power, with the amount restored depending on one's cultivation realm. However, it lacked the powerful effect of the Recovery Talisman, which removed all negative effects.

The "Regeneration Talisman" was more potent; it could regrow severed fingers, and if used shortly after a limb such as an arm was broken, it could reattach it.

The "Renewal Talisman" was the Shenmu Sect's best-selling talisman in the low-tier market, capable of enhancing male vitality.

The "Newborn Talisman" allowed cultivators whose bodies were beginning to age to re-experience youthful vigor and also sold well.

The most powerful, the "Resurrection Talisman," was a life-saving talisman. No matter how severe the injury, applying one could sustain a person's life for three days. Of course, if your head had been cut off, even ten Resurrection Talismans would be useless; it was generally used when making final arrangements.

After reading through the talisman-making insights, Chen Mobai began to somewhat understand the Shenmu Sect's approach.

It seemed this major Eastern Wilderness sect recruited rogue cultivators specifically for talisman crafting.

It was said that the sect contributions gained from talisman crafting, once accumulated to 10,000, could be exchanged for a Foundation Establishment Pill.