Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Cangmu Skill, Upgrade
Perhaps Yu Wenfeng realized these new disciples didn’t know much about the Talisman Pavilion, so she calmly began to explain:
"Don’t think that being a Tier One Lower Grade Talisman Maker is all that amazing.
To be honest, any disciple who enters the Talisman Pavilion can become a Tier One Lower Grade Talisman Maker as long as they work hard.
It’s only when you reach Tier One Middle Grade or higher that things become somewhat difficult."
Seeing the looks of aspiration in the disciples’ eyes, Yu Wenfeng was quite satisfied:
"In the Talisman Pavilion, there will often be some Tier One Upper Grade Talisman Makers who take on Pavilion missions to come and give lectures. Even Elders who have reached Tier Two might make an appearance.
Your monthly stipend will also increase, and the Talisman Pavilion will offer a limited supply of low-priced Talisman Paper and other materials.
In addition, the complete *Initial Understanding of Talisman Dao*, the Talisman Making insights of a Tier One Upper Grade Talisman Maker, and methods for drawing High-Level Talismans are all sold within the Talisman Pavilion.
So, as long as you have a bit of talent for Talisman Making, you’ll find that becoming a Tier One Middle Grade Talisman Maker isn’t as difficult as you think."
After familiarizing the disciples with the place, Yu Wenfeng went to the main hall of the Talisman Pavilion to hand in her own mission, leaving the disciples to their own devices.
In fact, after joining the Talisman Pavilion, you didn’t actually need to stay here all the time.
You could come when you had business and return to your own residence when you didn’t.
Jiang Xu also went to find out about the Sect mission situation now that he was a member of the Talisman Pavilion.
Now, he only needed to complete the Talisman Pavilion’s internal missions for them to count.
And for the first few months after joining, he only needed to submit unranked Talismans.
Any extra submissions would be converted into an equivalent amount of Spirit Stones and returned to him.
Jiang Xu was finally relieved of the worry about how to handle the tri-monthly Sect missions.
While wandering around the Talisman Pavilion, he also saw things like Talisman Making insights and a compendium of Tier One Middle Grade Talismans.
However, although Jiang Xu coveted them, these items had to be purchased with Spirit Stones, and they weren’t cheap.
He could afford them, but there was no need.
’What I have is sufficient for now. Besides, everyone is watching. It wouldn’t make sense for an Outer Disciple like me to suddenly pull out a large sum of Spirit Stones.’
’Looks like I’ll have to reveal a bit of my talent in Talisman Making later. Otherwise, I won’t be able to explain where my Spirit Stones come from. That would cause a lot of problems, and the loss would outweigh the gain.’
...
「The next day.」
Jiang Xu woke up bright and early.
He suppressed his excitement and opened the panel.
[Cangmu Skill (Mastery) (Limit)+: 400/400]
"Oh my god! It’s finally here!"
Jiang Xu was so moved he almost burst into tears. ’It really hasn’t been easy!’
’It takes a full ten Limit-Breaking Points to break through Mastery. Don’t tell me the next level will need a hundred Limit-Breaking Points? Or is the realm after Mastery the final one?’
’No point in overthinking it. Since I can add points again, I have to do it right away!’
But even though Jiang Xu had already chosen the Cangmu Skill, he looked at his other Skills with reluctance.
’The Cold Ice Talisman is my money-maker, and it might be my strongest offensive tool right now. I wonder what will happen if I upgrade it. The Small Cotton Needle Technique... if I level that up, I’ll probably be almost unbeatable in the Qi Cultivation Middle Stage. And the Concealing Breath Spell... I wonder if the next stage will let me turn invisible? Then there’s the Light Body Spell, the Spiritual Eye Technique...’
After hesitating again and again, Jiang Xu steeled his resolve and directly spent the Limit-Breaking Points on the Cangmu Skill!
’Cangmu Skill! I choose you! Don’t let me down!’
The instant he spent the points, the Magical Power in Jiang Xu’s Qi Sea began to spin, faster and faster.
The area of his body where his Qi Sea resided became like a black hole, endlessly sucking in the surrounding Spiritual Qi like a whale gulping down water. The suction was so strong that Jiang Xu felt as if his Qi Sea was about to tear apart.
But just as this tearing sensation appeared, a stream of pale green Magical Power circled around his Qi Sea.
The tearing sensation vanished in an instant, and Jiang Xu even felt that his Qi Sea was now more stable than before.
However, Jiang Xu sensed that even with such powerful suction, the Spiritual Qi was still not enough to meet his body’s needs.
So, Jiang Xu took out two bottles of Qi Replenishing Pills from his Storage Bag, opened one, and immediately popped a pill into his mouth.
But this single pill didn’t have much of an effect; the hunger in his Qi Sea remained.
Steeling himself, Jiang Xu dumped the entire bottle into his mouth.
This time, his Magical Power was instantly replenished to two or three times its original amount, immediately filling him up.
Once replenished, the wisps of Magical Power in Jiang Xu’s Qi Sea gradually began to outline something.
As it gradually took shape, the Magical Power in Jiang Xu’s body was also rapidly consumed, forcing him to swallow another bottle of Qi Replenishing Pills.
With the supplement from two bottles of Qi Replenishing Pills, the object being outlined in his Qi Sea gradually took form.
Jiang Xu looked inward, examining it carefully.
Once it took form, it appeared as a sphere, like a seed. Its surface was covered in various special Runes that Jiang Xu couldn’t understand. Inside was a unique structure of Magical Power, faintly connected to all the Magical Power in his entire Qi Sea.
The Magical Power of a Cultivator in the Qi Cultivation Stage takes the form of a Mana Fog.
Each layer of the Realm corresponds to one layer of Mana Fog, meaning the Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer has four layers of Mana Fog.
All of Jiang Xu’s Mana Fog floated around this sphere. With every "breath" it took, a wisp of Mana Fog would enter the sphere and then be expelled, cycling back and forth.
He could clearly feel that every wisp of Mana Fog that entered the sphere came out more compressed and solidified.
Jiang Xu was stunned when he sensed this.
One of the major difficulties of Foundation Establishment was liquefying the Mana Fog in the Qi Sea.
To liquefy it, one had to compress, compress, and compress the Magical Power in the Qi Sea again and again, until it reached an extreme point where it could turn into liquid.
Now, Jiang Xu’s Magical Power had begun to liquefy on its own, which meant that the difficulty for him to reach Foundation Establishment would be much lower than for others!
Not to mention the other benefits, like how solidified Magical Power was more potent, more effective, and lasted longer when used!
’Unbelievable. And this is just from a single increase in Skill Level! This is insane!’
Jiang Xu opened the panel and saw that the Cangmu Skill had changed to:
[Cangmu Skill (Perfect): 0/800]
’So after Mastery comes Perfect? I wonder if there are other Skill Levels after Perfect.’
After looking at the Cangmu Skill, Jiang Xu shifted his gaze to his Lifespan.
The previous two times he had upgraded the Cangmu Skill, the Lifespan entry had increased. He wondered how much it would increase this time.
But Jiang Xu never expected that one look would be enough to make his jaw drop!
[Lifespan]: 20/120 years
It had directly increased his maximum lifespan by 20 years!
That was equivalent to getting a whole extra youth!
Jiang Xu had just recovered from his shock, only to be plunged into a new round of it!
Suddenly, Jiang Xu smelled an incomparably foul odor, so nauseating that he immediately covered his nose.
"What the hell is that smell?! It’s going to kill me!!!"
