Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

The dawn quietly approached.

Inside the talisman making room on the second floor.

The candles on the table had unknowingly extinguished, leaving only a faint coldness on the charred wick.

However, at this moment, Zhang Jing, enveloped by the crimson spiritual glow, had no time to care about anything else. He stared intently at the space in front of him, his mid-level Qi Refinement spiritual sense seeping out of his body, not daring to relax in the slightest.

Through Zhang Jing's dark pupils.

Two origin talismans, one yellow and one red, shimmering with brilliant spiritual light, overlapped and interchanged. They were constantly flipping up and down amidst the blank spiritual paper on the table.

Zhang Jing took away the Star Attraction Talisman he had made, revealing the blank spiritual paper underneath.

The next moment, the Star Attraction Origin Talisman slowly dropped down.

Clear and distinct traces immediately appeared on the spiritual paper. In just a few short breaths, they formed a complete Star Attraction Talisman Dao pattern, radiating intense waves of spiritual power.

The spiritual energy in the room was continually drawn over by the Origin Talisman.

But this seemed far from enough.

Zhang Jing's Dantian was also consuming a large amount of spiritual power.

After a while, he skillfully took out a Purple Spirit Pill and swallowed it. Immediately, his mind returned to the great task of imprinting talismans.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

Only when he felt his spiritual sense somewhat wilting did Zhang Jing finally put away the origin talisman.

He took a deep breath, then looked straight at the nearly one hundred talismans he had just made, which were piled up on his right hand side.

A trace of shock flashed through his eyes.

With the origin talisman, his talisman-making speed had increased more than tenfold, but the key was that there was no such thing as a success rate.

As long as his spiritual sense and spiritual power were sufficient, he could continuously produce without interruption.

This wasn't about making talismans, he was clearly printing Tao Merits!

A thought flashed through Zhang Jing's mind.

The illusory Jade Talisman appeared before his eyes.

Only then did he notice that this Jade Talisman, which had traversed to this world along with him, seemed... a little more substantial!

"Could it be, once my cultivation reaches a certain realm, the Jade Talisman will be able to fully materialize?"

He couldn't help but speculate.

Afterward, Zhang Jing turned his gaze toward the information recorded on the Jade Talisman.

[Spirit Star Talisman Script - Level 3 (357/500)]

Skill features: Origin Talisman Creation (Mid-Level)

No, that's not right!

This experience…seems a bit off.

Surprise flashed through Zhang Jing's eyes.

He checked the Jade Talisman almost daily, so he had a thorough understanding of the experience required for each skill.

But now, the experience value of the Spirit Star Talisman Script was nearly a hundred more than it was yesterday, showing significant growth.

Wait, a hundred?

He looked back at the talismans on the table, and an astonishing hypothesis suddenly emerged in his mind.

Did each impression of a talisman by the Origin Talisman also add one point of experience?

However, on second thought, since the Origin Talisman was included in the Spirit Star Talisman Script skill, it was reasonable that it could increase experience during talisman creation... what a revelation!

Looking at it this way, among all his skills, the Spirit Star Talisman Script should be the first to transform into Dharma Seeds.

And the speed would be fast!

Zhang Jing thoughtfully called out the Spirit River of Five Laws.

Twenty-four densely packed Spells swam into view.

After breaking through the mid-stage of Qi Refinement, the capacity of the Spirit River of Five Laws had doubled, bringing him closer to a torrent of spells.

But that didn't seem quite right either.

Who would dare say that firing off twenty-four spells at once was not a torrent of spells?

If a real battle were to happen, with the Spirit River of Five Laws and a bunch of talismans in his storage space, even a sixth layer Qi Refinement cultivator would have a headache encountering him.

A trace of a smile couldn't help but appear on Zhang Jing's face.

It was only at this moment that he finally felt a bit of a sense of security.

He turned his head to look at the window.

Dawn had broken already.

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On a certain street in the market.

Today, an unusual number of cultivators were passing by, each walking in a hurried pace, their faces brimming with excitement, as if it were a festival.

Occasionally, some familiar faces would meet, stopping briefly for small talk.

Their conversations often revolved around the news of the day – a significant price drop on the lower-end talismans at the market, and their expressions were fervent.

Similarly, such scenes were prevalent throughout the market today.

Rumors had been circulating from somewhere that the talisman masters behind these shops were preparing to return to the Dao Institute, thus these two days have seen a sharp drop in the prices of talismans, resulting in a sale frenzy.

After all, they could not care less about the reason behind the price drop. The talismans they bought were much cheaper than before - that much was an irrefutable truth.

Moreover, if the rumors were true, then it made all the more reasons to buy now.

At this moment.

Two figures in the crowd were cautiously weaving through.

They were none other than Chu Lingyun and Deng An, who had just returned to the market after a mission to hunt down devils with their team.

"Ling Yun, on the way here, everyone seems to be talking about the lower-grade talisman masters planning to leave town. Could there be any truth to these rumors? Should we take advantage of these cheaper prices and pick up a few while we still can?"

Deng An looked ahead at Chu Lingyun, seeking her opinion.

Hearing his question, Chu Lingyun slowed her pace.

After Deng An caught up with her, she quietly explained, "Brother Deng, I've already asked around today. Those rumors are false. The devil riots have not yet come to an end. How could those talisman masters be willing to leave now?"

"Then why are they lowering their prices?"

A hint of confusion was evident on Deng An's face.

He couldn't fathom why these talisman masters, who were otherwise selling their talismans at high prices, would suddenly drop their prices. Were they going mad?

But even if that were the case.

It didn't justify why all of the lower-grade talisman masters would go crazy at the same time.

How did such an inexplicable change occur in the market just five days after he left town?

Could it be that these talisman masters are being too greedy, which the upper echelons of the Dao Institute could no longer bear to see, hence they decided to intervene? Or maybe it was the top teams that took action to regulate them?

A thoughtful expression appeared in Deng An's eyes.

After pondering for a while, he thought this might be the best explanation.

But just at this moment.

Chu Lingyun's voice resonated in his ear.

"I heard that it is not these talisman masters who decided to drop their prices. They were forced to."

"Forced?" Deng An countered, becoming more convinced of his previous hypothesis.

"Yes, I heard from our Senior Brother that a new talisman shop opened a few days ago on Double Phoenix Street. They sell top-quality talismans at the same price as these common talismans sold by other masters."

"These talisman masters had no choice but to reduce their prices. Otherwise, as time goes on, they fear that they won't be able to sell a single talisman."

Wow— what a ruthless person!

Deng An couldn't help but gasp after hearing this.

Just how many talisman masters was this going to piss off?

However, if the owner of this shop dared to do this and all the talismans sold were top-notch, it signified either that the owner was backed by a Senior Talismanist, or that the owner him or herself was a Senior Talismanist.

There were no other possibilities besides these.

"Oh, there you have it, that's the shop? Senior Brother said the owner of the shop has some very strange rules." Chu Lingyun's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Deng An's contemplation.

Come to think of it.

Only now did he realize that Chu Lingyun had taken him to Double Phoenix Street.

Looking in the direction Chu Lingyun pointed, a two-story building loomed into view.

"What a weird name for a talisman shop!"

Deng An subconsciously murmured.

Unlike the bustling scenes in front of other talisman shops he had seen today, this shop seemed unusually quiet.

Meanwhile, Chu Lingyun had already made her move, heading straight towards the shop ahead.