Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

On the other side.

Upon returning to his cave dwelling.

Zhang Jing headed straight to the cultivation room.

With a flicker of thought.

Ding ding~

Accompanied by the tinkling sounds that echoed throughout the dwelling.

The surging and roaring Five Treasures Ling River gradually emerged from the void, like a tame large snake, coiling around Zhang Jing.

The moment this peculiar river manifested.

It spontaneously began to absorb the thick spiritual energy within the dwelling.

But Zhang Jing paid no attention to this.

His gaze fell directly on the five magic artifacts inside the river that were colliding and rotating against each other.

His waist-attached identity talisman shimmered.

In an instant, demon cores appeared in his palm.

Without any hesitation.

He tossed all the demon cores into the Five Treasures Ling River.

In a matter of mere dozens of breaths' time.

The early-stage Qi Refining Realm demon cores were all crushed, and the massive nature's spiritual energy instantaneously mingled with the river water. In the middle of the river, where the five elements cycled in rotation, it was swiftly smelted into extremely pure water-attributed spiritual energy.

Meanwhile, the few mid-stage Qi Refining Realm demon cores were shaking within the river, as cracks began appearing on their surfaces.

It won't take long for them to persist.

Threads of pure spiritual energy slowly emerged within his body.

Zhang Jing closed his eyes.

In an instant, he entered a cultivation state.

As for the Sea Dragon's True Void Method's causality, he wasn't sure those demon cores could help him advance to the seventh level of Qi Refining Realm.

He could only try his best.

He then thought of the water-attributed demon core of the ninth level of Qi Refining Realm he kept.

The terrifying spiritual energy within the demon core was unbearable for a mid-stage Qi Refinement cultivator.

Even though the Five Treasures Ling River acted as a mid-course refinement to prevent Zhang Jing from exploding due to overload of spiritual energy, it was still a waste.

But only if he stepped into the seventh level of Qi Refinement.

He could then attempt to cultivate by refining it using the Five Treasures Ling River.

When that time comes, there would be another surge of cultivation on top of the seventh level of Qi Refinement, maybe he could directly rush to the eighth level of Qi Refining Realm.

...

After ten days.

Zhang Jing, who was in the cultivation room, slowly opened his eyes.

A highly unstable aura was leaking out of him, like a volcano that could erupt at any moment.

His eyes flashed a complex look.

Whatever he was afraid of happened.

The pure spiritual energy provided by these demon cores did not directly break him through to the seventh level of Qi Refining Realm.

Nevertheless, Zhang Jing wasn't disheartened.

For he had clearly reached the boundary limit of the sixth level of Qi Refining Realm. He was barely half a step away from the seventh layer.

Just a single water-attributed demon core, or a water-attributed spiritual medicine.

That's what it would take for Zhang Jing to make a breakthrough in his cultivation.

Inside the storage space.

Apart from the ninth-level Qi Refining Realm demon core, there was nothing else.

Now, Zhang Jing is truly penniless.

When he thought about this.

He abandoned cultivation and directly got up to go to the talisman making room.

What do you do when you don't have resources?

The answer is to start printing directly.

Moreover, he was also eager to see how many talismans he could print at once, now that he has reached the peak of the mid-stage of Qi Refinement.

Time gradually flowed by.

Within the talisman making room.

The agitated aura on Zhang Jing, which was on the verge of breakthrough, became calm.

But beneath the tranquility.

Hidden was an increasingly tumultuous spiritual power within his Dantian.

The spiritual power mist was compressed to its extreme.

Each bead-sized liquid-like spiritual power emitted a powerful and suppressed dangerous aura, as if they were about to break free from the spiritual fog at any moment and coalesce into a stream below.

Zhang Jing was only one step away from the late-stage Qi Refining Realm.

At the same time.

On the table in front of him.

Accompanied by the completion of the last stroke of the Dao Pattern.

A luminescence that only he could see suddenly flew out from the freshly crafted talisman and directly burrowed into a fragmentary Origin Symbol.

In an instant.

The final missing piece was added.

The glow of the origin symbol of the middle-grade defensive talisman, the Lixing Talisman, burst forth, illuminating the entire talisman making room all at once.

Whoosh——

Zhang Jing let out a gentle sigh.

It had taken two months.

Without neglecting his cultivation, he had finally consolidated the Lixing Talisman's origin symbol.

His gaze involuntarily swept over the other fragmentary origin symbols.

The rest are almost done.

Zhang Jing gathered the completed talismans from the table and then slowly walked towards the outside of the cave dwelling.

The Origin Talisman was out, and next, it would be time to mass-produce middle-grade talismans.

But before that.

He needed to sell the talismans he already had.

...

In front of the resource library of the Luodu team.

Zhang Jing looked up and then confidently walked in.

After a while.

In a certain quiet room.

Zhang Jing skillfully took out more than eight hundred talismans from the storage bag and put them on the table.

A huge quantity of talismans piled together, their auras interlocking, emitting an extremely violent wave of spiritual power.

"Junior Sister Bai, that's all for this time. Please check and confirm."

"Okay, Senior Brother Deacon."

The woman referred to as 'Junior Sister Bai' by Zhang Jing replied respectfully, then began carefully counting.

There was no surprise in her heart.

This Deacon before her would come to sell high-quality talismans from time to time, sometimes in the hundreds, and sometimes thousands.

After being astonished time and time again.

She had become completely numb.

Maybe one day, when this Deacon came to sell like other talisman masters, bringing only dozens of talismans, she might be surprised.

The woman thought.

Thanks to this Senior Brother.

The resource library's stockpile of lower-grade talismans has piled up like a mountain and has begun to trickle into the various squads and the Thousand Law Pavilion.

Otherwise, relying solely on the cultivators from the Luodu team—

Couldn't sell them all, absolutely couldn't sell them all...

...

"Senior Brother, these are the Demon Cores we have acquired this time."

The receptionist was still the same Junior Sister as before.

Zhang Jing smiled and took the nineteen water-attributed demon cores from the jade box, thanked the Junior Sister, and then turned to leave.

His steps were a bit hurried.

He was eager to return to his cave dwelling.

Going from the middle stage of the Qi Refinement Realm to the late stage is a massive transformation for a cultivator.

Finally, he could experience it for himself.

...

Five days later.

On the seventh floor of the Thousand Law Pavilion.

Three men in purple robes faced each other.

In their hands, they each held a hundred Star Attraction Talismans.

"Do you agree with this?" one of the men suddenly asked, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Senior Brother Yang Bai, there's no doubt about it!"

Another man took a deep breath and affirmed very confidently.

The shock on his face was still difficult to dispel.

"I'm aware of Junior Brother Ou Wu's thoughts. What about you... Junior Brother Qiu Xiujun, what is your judgment?" the man called Senior Brother Yang Bai immediately turned to the third man.

"Replying to Senior Brother, the Dao Patterns and spiritual power on these hundred Star Attraction Talismans are not a bit off. The key is that they were not made in the same batch, so in my opinion - they were certainly made from the Origin Talisman!"

Qiu Xiujun answered respectfully.

"So, you both think that the kid has really condensed an Origin Talisman?"

There was no discernible emotion in Yang Bai's voice.

But the slight trembling at the corners of his eyes showed that his heart was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

"Yes."

Qiu Xiujun confirmed.

At this moment.

A turbulent wave surged in his heart and he found it challenging to stay calm.

He initially mentioned the matter casually to Junior Brother Zhang Jing on the Qingxiao Spirit Crane.

But who would have thought that the other party would take it to heart and even chose the legacy of Talisman Making.

If it were just that, it would have been fine.

But now, it seemed that his casual comment back then turned out to be correct.

This Junior Brother not only had talent, but...the talent was too exaggerated!

The Origin Talisman, which is supposed to be attempted at the Foundation Establishment Realm, was actually condensed by him in the Qi Refinement Realm!

What this means, as a Talisman Master, Qiu Xiujun knew better than anyone else.

A top-notch seed for the Array Symbol Tao Foundation!

Why did their Thousand Law Pavilion have a superior position in the inner courtyard?

Of course, it was because their chief, Senior Brother You, had the strength to make it to the True Spirit List.

And the Tao Foundation established by Senior Brother You was the top-notch Array Symbol Tao Foundation.

"Junior Brother Qiu, since you've had interactions with that kid, this time, I would trouble you to go and confirm."

The words of Senior Brother Yang Bai interrupted Qiu Xiujun's contemplation.

"Senior Brother, I will go now."

As soon as the words fell.

Qiu Xiujun walked out straight away.