DIV Chapter 26: Superior-Grade Talisman Inheritance

These two bandit cultivators were also a pair of brothers.

One was called Wang Da, the other Wang Er.

They had been in the bandit business for many years and had almost always been smooth sailing. They had never been this frustrated before!

"Don't be anxious, let's wait a bit more. I don't believe this old turtle will never leave the market in his entire life!" Wang Da gritted his teeth.

When encountering cultivators like Li Chang'an, most bandit cultivators would get headaches.

He didn't need to venture outside the market to take risks. He only needed to stay at home, wait for "auspicious divinations" to appear, and naturally obtain opportunities.

This turtle-like lifestyle might be somewhat boring for others.

But Li Chang'an enjoyed it.

At this moment, he had already arrived at the market's trading district, searching for the brown stone shown in the divination.

"There really are quite a few stones being sold in this market. I wonder which one it will be?"

Li Chang'an's expression remained normal as he walked among the noisy crowd.

His gaze carefully swept over every stall.

About two quarters of an hour later, he began to act, buying the stones that caught his eye one by one.

Some stones came from secret realms, some from predecessors' cave dwellings, and others supposedly came from various mining pits.

The prices varied, but most were cheap.

For the entire morning, Li Chang'an bought over thirty brown stones in total, spending less than seventy spirit stones altogether.

If he could extract an Earth Element Pearl, it would definitely be a huge profit!

"I've bought about enough." Li Chang'an returned to his room with several storage bags full of stones.

He activated a Sound Isolation Talisman.

Then he got to work, shattering the purchased stones one by one.

"Boom... boom..."

Stone after stone shattered, debris flying everywhere.

When the sixth stone was shattered, a crystal-like, semi-transparent mineral fell out from within.

"Huh?"

Li Chang'an was surprised and temporarily stopped his actions.

"Is this spirit stone ore?"

He picked up the mineral and sensed the rich spiritual power within it, couldn't help but smile.

Who would have thought that opening stones this time would yield an unexpected delight.

"I intended to extract an Earth Element Pearl but ended up with such a large piece of spirit stone ore." Li Chang'an roughly calculated.

By cutting and processing this piece of spirit stone ore, he could obtain at least fifty spirit stones.

He remembered that when buying this stone, the stall owner said it was transported from deep within a mining pit.

"I've heard that stone gambling is popular in certain places, where owners of major mines specifically set up gambling houses to attract cultivators who want to try their luck in selecting stones... Does this count as accidentally participating in one?" Li Chang'an put away the spirit stone ore, feeling particularly good.

He continued opening stones.

Next, no more unexpected delights appeared.

When he shattered the twenty-third stone, a round Earth Element Pearl fell out.

"Finally extracted it!"

The corner of Li Chang'an's mouth lifted as he grabbed the Earth Element Pearl.

The power contained within this pearl was exactly as Li Chang'an understood it to be, heavy yet gentle, as if it contained an entire earth.

Beside him, Big Yellow's eyes glowed, his tail wagging non-stop, drool flowing from the corner of his mouth.

"Big Yellow, catch!" Li Chang'an casually tossed it.

"Woof!"

Big Yellow was extremely delighted, leaped lightly, and caught the Earth Element Pearl in one bite.

Then swallowed it.

Before long, the aura on his body began to climb steadily, becoming increasingly powerful.

He was about to advance!

"Advance peacefully, I'll guard beside you."

Li Chang'an activated several talismans, isolating the spiritual power fluctuations inside the room from the outside world.

He also took out the spirit stone ore he had extracted earlier.

With one palm, he shattered it!

Instantly, rich spiritual power surged out, permeating the entire room.

"With the Earth Element Pearl's help, advancement shouldn't be a problem." Li Chang'an pondered.

After all, this was only advancing from first-tier mid-stage to first-tier late-stage, not advancing to second-tier.

For spiritual beasts with mid-grade bloodlines like the Yellow Sand Hound, advancing to late-stage wasn't difficult.

Soon, a hazy pale yellow glow appeared on Big Yellow's body.

His fur continuously shed while new fur began to appear, as if he were undergoing a complete transformation, and his aura steadily increased.

Everything went smoothly.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, the advancement was complete.

"Woof woof!"

Big Yellow was overjoyed, and the aura emanating from his body had already reached first-tier late-stage!

Comparable to human late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

"Excellent!"

Li Chang'an smiled and gently patted the dog's head.

Now, he himself was at mid-stage Qi Refining, and his spiritual beast was at first-tier late-stage.

In Qinghe Market, there weren't many people who could pose a threat to him.

Of course, in others' eyes, he was still just a small third layer of Qi Refining cultivator.

"Alright, continue watching those two." Li Chang'an instructed Big Yellow.

First-tier late-stage Big Yellow already had sufficient power to deal with two mid-stage Qi Refining bandit cultivators.

But Li Chang'an didn't plan to act immediately.

"Let Big Yellow consolidate his realm first and adapt to his power, then find an opportunity..." Li Chang'an thought silently.

The timing wasn't right yet; it wasn't suitable to act.

...

Three months passed quickly.

During this time, Li Chang'an did nothing but cultivate and craft puppets.

The puppets he crafted became increasingly complex.

Finally, on this night, a humanoid puppet was successfully crafted by him.

"The earliest spider puppet only barely reached first-stage Qi Refining strength, while this humanoid puppet already has third layer of Qi Refining strength, comparable to the strength I publicly display."

Li Chang'an stood before the puppet with complete satisfaction.

This puppet was crafted according to his own body size.

After crafting this puppet, his puppet skills had basically reached the pinnacle of a first-tier low-grade puppet master.

"I can learn first-tier mid-grade puppet inheritance now." Li Chang'an pondered.

However, before that, he planned to deal with those two bandit cultivators first.

During this time, Wang Da and Wang Er had grown quite impatient.

Zheng Jinbao had also lost patience and urged them several times.

But they really didn't dare to act in a place where a Foundation Establishment ancestor was stationed, and could only endure repeatedly.

Every day in the market made them feel uncomfortable all over.

Finally, the two began to take turns.

One would watch Li Chang'an while the other went outside the market to move around.

"These two are really cautious enough. No wonder they've lived so long. If Wu Yun had been even half as cautious as them, he wouldn't have had the idea of coming to kill me."

Li Chang'an sat cross-legged, calming his mind, quietly waiting in his room for midnight to arrive.

Just after midnight, a golden light appeared before him.

[Divination has been refreshed]

[Today's Divination: Auspicious]

[You act against the two bandit cultivators. The process goes very smoothly. Not only do you harvest a large amount of cultivation resources, but you also seize an opportunity that belonged to the two bandit cultivators, obtaining first-tier superior-grade talisman inheritance from the opportunity]

"Opportunity? Superior-grade talisman inheritance?"

Li Chang'an's heart filled with joy.

He was just worried about his talisman skills reaching their limit.

Trying to research on his own to advance talisman skills from mid-grade to superior-grade was really too difficult.

Inheritance contained experiences and methods summarized by predecessors.

One inheritance could save him from many detours and save a lot of time.

"It seems their opportunity is fated to be mine."

Li Chang'an was determined to obtain that inheritance.

He calmed his emotions and began to carefully plan.

Although the divination was auspicious, he still couldn't be careless.

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