DIV Chapter 6: Talismans Display Their Power

This banquet lasted for an hour.

After the banquet ended, Chu Daniu had drunk quite a bit and was already slightly intoxicated.

"Brother Li, when we were seeking immortality before, you took great care of me," he said, putting his arm around Li Chang'an's shoulder as they walked out of the restaurant.

"In the future, if you need any help, just tell me. As long as I can manage it, I'll definitely help you!"

"Good," Li Chang'an smiled in response.

Soon, the four bid each other farewell and returned to their respective residences.

In the following days, Li Chang'an continued to polish his talisman crafting skills. He became increasingly adept at drawing high-quality talismans, with his success rate gradually improving.

During this period, Qinghe Market was not very peaceful. Several murders occurred, all committed by rogue cultivators. People in the market were filled with anxiety.

Many cultivators with substantial wealth began considering leaving Qinghe Market to find safer spiritual vein residences.

This made the Zheng family furious. Not only did they increase patrol intensity, but they also issued bounty orders, vowing to find the murderous rogue cultivators!

"Rogue cultivators!" Li Chang'an also felt some sense of crisis. He certainly didn't want to be targeted by them.

His strength was still too weak. The early-stage of Qi Refining could only be considered a small fry in the cultivation world.

Fortunately, he had already drawn a complete set of high-quality talismans, greatly improving his strength compared to before.

A few days later, new information spread throughout the market.

"The rogue cultivators were a group. Their late-stage Qi Refining leader has been killed by the Zheng family, with only a few mid-stage and early-stage members remaining in hiding."

This news made Li Chang'an feel somewhat reassured.

In the days that followed, the rogue cultivators indeed quieted down, and Qinghe Market returned to peace.

Before he knew it, two months had passed.

Li Chang'an's talisman crafting skills had been polished to considerable perfection.

"Drawing high-quality talismans basically won't fail now."

No one could guarantee one hundred percent success. His current skills could be considered the pinnacle of a first-tier low-grade talisman master.

"Unfortunately, there's no subsequent inheritance," Li Chang'an sighed.

He had thoroughly absorbed all the content within the jade slip.

During these days, he had been paying attention to news about talisman inheritance in the market.

However, let alone talismans, there wasn't much news even about ordinary skill inheritances.

"Forget it, I can't force it," Li Chang'an was fairly satisfied with his current situation.

He slowly put down the talisman brush in his hand, stood up, and stretched.

Since obtaining the talisman inheritance, he hadn't rested much, constantly working day and night to learn and polish his talisman drawing skills.

"The path of cultivation should follow the principle of balance between tension and relaxation, combining work and rest."

Li Chang'an planned to relax a bit. He couldn't remain tense for long periods.

Cultivators were also human, not puppets.

He took out some biographies of powerful cultivators, reading about those strong individuals' life experiences to strengthen his belief in cultivation.

The night gradually deepened. It was the zi hour of another day.

[Divination has been refreshed]

[Today's Divination: Auspicious]

[You plan to relax your mind, so you go fishing at Bright Moon Lake. By accident, you obtain a first-tier mid-grade talisman inheritance from the belly of a fish]

"Mid-grade talisman inheritance?" Li Chang'an's spirits lifted.

He was just worrying about not having subsequent inheritance, and the divination gave him guidance! The timing was perfect!

"Bright Moon Lake is not far from Qinghe Market. Cultivators often go there to fish."

Information about Bright Moon Lake surfaced in Li Chang'an's mind.

From the market to Bright Moon Lake, the round trip would only take a quarter of an hour.

"Looks like I'll have to test my fishing skills."

The next day, at dawn, Li Chang'an brought his fishing rod, prepared bait, and set out to go fishing.

Before long, he arrived at the shore of Bright Moon Lake.

Looking from afar, the lake surface was calm and undisturbed, with several cultivators fishing.

Li Chang'an chose a spot where no one was around, first scattered some bait, then cast his hook.

Afterward, he sat like an old monk in meditation, holding the fishing rod motionless.

About a quarter of an hour later, the first fish took the bait.

"Splash..." Li Chang'an pulled it up in one motion.

He flicked out a finger of spiritual power, cut open the fish's belly, and carefully examined it.

He found nothing special.

He maintained patience and waited for the next fish.

In the following hour, he caught five fish in succession, but none of their bellies contained any inheritance.

After a moment, another fish took the bait.

Li Chang'an cut open the fish's belly as usual, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"A jade slip!"

In this fish's belly, there was indeed a jade slip.

He took out the jade slip and roughly scanned its contents.

"First-tier mid-grade talisman inheritance!"

Li Chang'an was immediately excited. It came without any effort at all.

After a while, he packed up his fishing gear, carried the fish basket, and set out on the road back to the market.

If nothing unexpected happened, he could return to the market in half a quarter-hour.

However, halfway through his journey, he suddenly heard urgent whistling sounds from nearby.

"Something's wrong. It seems someone is fighting!"

Li Chang'an's heart turned cold. The sound was rapidly approaching him.

He quickly activated a "Qi Concealing Talisman," suppressing his aura to the lowest level.

Then he flashed to a nearby bush and remained motionless, like a stone.

A few breaths later, a blood-covered figure swiftly passed through this bush area.

It was actually Chu Daniu!

His aura was weak, obviously severely injured.

Behind him, two fierce-looking cultivators were in hot pursuit.

"Hehehe!"

"Chu Daniu, stop resisting!"

"Hand over all your wealth and your spiritual wine inheritance, and we brothers might consider sparing your life!"

The two laughed strangely, their auras both reaching the peak of the third layer of Qi Refining.

Chu Daniu had just advanced to the third layer of Qi Refining not long ago.

Even one-on-one would be troublesome, let alone one against two.

"How unlucky of Daniu to encounter rogue cultivators," Li Chang'an frowned slightly.

Those two cultivators were clearly on the bounty list issued by the Zheng family.

He observed for a moment and found that there was no one else behind them.

So he activated Lightness Talisman, Wind Speed Talisman, Divine Step Talisman and other talismans. His figure became light and agile, like a gentle breeze, quietly following behind them.

A few more breaths later, Chu Daniu's aura became increasingly weak, and his figure swayed.

With a thud, he collapsed to the ground.

"No..." Chu Daniu's face turned ashen, because this place was still some distance from the market.

But he was too severely injured and could no longer make it back.

"Is my cultivation path going to end here?" Chu Daniu's heart was filled with sorrow.

He had finally obtained a skill, and life was about to get better and better, but he was going to fall here.

"Hehehe!"

"Chu Daniu, quickly hand over all your treasures!"

The two rogue cultivators approached, their laughter like night owls, extremely unpleasant to hear.

Chu Daniu was already in despair.

But just at this moment, two golden lights suddenly flashed, slicing across the necks of the two rogue cultivators.

"Enemy attack!"

The two immediately reacted.

But before they could make any move, two heads rolled off their necks.

Blood gushed out, and two headless corpses fell together.

Dead!

Chu Daniu's eyes widened in disbelief.

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