DIV Chapter 46: The Shock of the Zheng Family Descendants

The next day, early morning.

Li Chang'an had already finished dismantling the Shadow Chasing Puppet.

He studied the spiritual patterns on the materials for a while and found them too complex.

"I can understand the outermost spiritual patterns, but the deeper ones are too difficult. This core region's spiritual patterns are especially complex. Could this be the reason I can't control it?" Li Chang'an pondered.

In the end, for safety's sake, he stored the puppet's core components in a separate storage bag.

The external materials had their spiritual patterns erased by him, returning them to a drawable state.

"If I want to craft a high-quality defensive puppet, the materials are still insufficient. I still need to make a trip to the black market." Li Chang'an thought.

He didn't set out immediately.

Instead, he waited until evening. After the divination refreshed and showed "Auspicious," he used earth escape to leave.

Not long after, he bought enough puppet materials and returned to the market.

"In the coming days, I'll focus on crafting this defensive puppet."

...

More than ten days later.

In front of Li Chang'an stood a puppet with a completely black body, similar in build to himself.

This was exactly the first-tier superior-grade defensive puppet he had crafted by hand after countless failures.

"This puppet is of excellent quality, much better than the turtle puppet. It can continuously withstand Big Yellow's attacks."

Big Yellow's strength was equivalent to a human cultivator at the late stage of Qi Refining.

Li Chang'an was very satisfied with this.

Although this puppet couldn't be called high-quality, among ordinary first-tier superior-grade puppets, it was extremely good.

Additionally, Li Chang'an had also created a superior-grade puppet that excelled in speed.

This puppet was mainly used for tracking enemies.

After all, he couldn't always rely on Big Yellow.

There was only one Big Yellow, and it couldn't be in multiple places at once.

"I have both defensive and speed puppets now. I still lack an attack puppet, but there's no rush. I'll save some spirit stones." Li Chang'an thought.

For attacks, he could temporarily make up for it with superior-grade talismans.

...

At the same time, within the secret realm.

Xu Fugui encountered the greatest danger of his life.

This danger didn't come from the secret realm, but from human cultivators.

A group of robber cultivators had blocked his path and that of several companions.

"Heh heh, a few fat sheep at the early-stage of Qi Refining."

This group of robber cultivators wasn't particularly strong in general membership, but their leader had cultivation at the fourth layer of Qi Refining.

His strength alone was enough to crush Xu Fugui and the others.

"Fugui, what should we do?"

Several companions showed panic on their faces.

"I don't know either..."

Xu Fugui was the same, appearing flustered and at a loss.

However, he remained calm inside, secretly gripping a talisman tightly.

"Big Brother Li said this talisman is for killing enemies."

Xu Fugui felt nervous.

Could this talisman kill an expert at the fourth layer of Qi Refining?

Ahead, the robber leader saw how panicked Xu Fugui and the others were and immediately relaxed, sneering, "Hand over all the valuables on you, and I might consider sparing..."

Before he finished speaking, a golden light suddenly blazed in front of him.

Mid-grade talisman, Golden Blade Talisman!

"Not good!"

The robber leader's face changed dramatically.

Terrifying golden radiance arrived in an instant, spiritual power surging, slashing down on him.

"Swish!"

His body trembled.

The entire person was split in two, cut into two pieces, falling to the ground.

Everything happened too quickly.

Only now did the other robber cultivators react.

"Not good, retreat quickly!"

They showed horror on their faces, about to retreat.

But in the next instant, several more golden blade lights appeared.

Like brilliant golden blades cutting through the sky, carrying incomparably sharp momentum, they instantly enveloped the entire robber group.

"Ahhh!"

From within that golden light came only a few screams, then silence.

Moments later, the golden light dispersed.

No living person remained on the spot, only a pile of shattered flesh and blood.

"These talismans... actually have such great power!"

Xu Fugui's heart was shaken, his hands trembling slightly.

Beside him, several companions had long been shocked speechless.

Each one seemed frozen in place, staring dazedly at the corpses of those robber cultivators.

After a long while, one of them finally spoke.

He opened his mouth, looking at Xu Fugui with disbelief.

"Fugui, where did you get the spirit stones to buy so many mid-grade talismans?"

Just now, Xu Fugui had thrown mid-grade talismans as if they cost nothing.

This truly shocked him.

"What mid-grade talismans? I was using low-grade talismans, wasn't I?"

Hearing this, Xu Fugui began to play dumb.

He knew Li Chang'an didn't want to be exposed, so he had already thought of excuses to deal with these companions.

"You don't know?"

That person was dumbstruck.

He pointed at that bloody pile of remains, his finger trembling.

"The Golden Blade Talisman you just released is one of the most lethal talismans among mid-grade talismans!"

"What?"

Xu Fugui deliberately showed a shocked expression.

He opened his mouth wide, staring blankly at that bloody scene.

"The talismans I picked up in that cave dwelling before were actually mid-grade talismans?"

"These talismans were all picked up by you?"

Several companions were all dumbfounded, hardly daring to believe it.

At this time, Xu Fugui urged, "Stop talking, let's go quickly!"

"Right, right, let's leave the secret realm first!"

...

That evening, Xu Fugui's group finally returned to the market.

"Fugui, thank you so much for this time."

Thinking of their previous encounter, everyone still felt lingering fear.

They expressed their thanks, then said their goodbyes and departed separately.

Although they felt there was something wrong with the origin of Xu Fugui's talismans, they didn't probe to the bottom of it.

After all, everyone had their own secrets.

"This matter should be covered up."

Xu Fugui watched the others leave, thinking silently to himself.

...

What Xu Fugui didn't know was that among his previous companions, one person was hurrying toward the center of the market.

That person's surname was Zheng, named Zheng Ming.

He was a descendant of the Zheng family!

Due to his poor talent, his spiritual roots were only "inferior spiritual roots."

The Zheng family didn't plan to cultivate him, only requiring him to take several concubines and have many children to continue the family bloodline.

To put it bluntly, they treated him as a tool for spreading their bloodline.

But he wasn't willing to accept this.

That kind of life of debauchery and embracing wives and concubines, was that what he wanted?

His heart was set on the immortal path, so he joined Xu Fugui's team of rogue cultivators, following them to venture through secret realms and seek opportunities.

At this moment, the reason Zheng Ming was hurrying toward the market center was to inform Zheng Qingqing of something.

"Those mid-grade talismans on Xu Fugui were most likely given to him by his big brother Li Chang'an! Li Chang'an probably became a mid-grade talisman master long ago, just keeping it hidden..."

The more Zheng Ming thought about it, the more shocked he felt.

Becoming a mid-grade talisman master so quickly indicated strong talent in the talisman arts.

Worth the Zheng family's courting!

"I must quickly tell the young miss this news. Maybe the young miss will reward me with some treasures."

He hurried to the outside of Zheng Qingqing's residence and knocked on the courtyard door.

Then he called out urgently, "Young Miss, I have important matters to report!"

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