Chapter 514: Chapter 468: Dragon Soul Treasure Talisman
The jade scroll recording the essence blood refining method developed a crack after Jiang Yuebai checked it once, seemingly allowing only three views, and the jade scroll cannot be replicated.
Jiang Yuebai had memorized all its contents. She attempted to transfer the information to another jade scroll, yet each time she tried to recall it, the words would jumble in her mind, making her feel intoxicated and unable to focus.
Even verbalizing it would cause her to stutter, forgetting everything as soon as she thought of it, unable to grasp the key points.
"Is this a method the Green Dragon Realm uses to protect its cultivation techniques and methods from being shared?"
After pondering for a while, Jiang Yuebai figured that these words might inherently contain some power to prevent piracy to some extent.
"Interesting, wouldn’t this method be quite secure for transmitting crucial information? Though it might not be very effective against high-level cultivators, it could certainly restrict those with low cultivation."
Jiang Yuebai continued to go through her storage pendant, finding items like a talismanic pen, talismanic paper, talismanic sand, healing pills, and detoxification pills, all basic items.
"The talismanic pen is much inferior to my Dragon Hair Talismanic Brush, but the quality of the talismanic paper and sand is quite decent. This talismanic sand seems to be prepared using dragon blood; there are also two books and a box."
Jiang Yuebai took out two dog-eared yellow paper books, one titled "Fengg’s Talisman Technique," and the other "Dragon Blood Talismanic Sand Preparation Method."
"Is this person a talismanic cultivator?"
She first flipped through "Dragon Blood Talismanic Sand Preparation Method," and noticed it slightly differed from the method used in the Earth Spiritual Realm. The first part dealt with low-level talismanic sand, while the latter part discussed high-level talismanic sand, which even included a Soul Injection Method.
It involved injecting dragon soul or flood dragon soul into talismanic sand, enhancing its spirituality and increasing the power of the drawn talismans, possessing part of the power of the injected dragon soul.
"It’s somewhat like the Beast Soul Talisman, yet more intricate."
"Fengg’s Talisman Technique" contained methods and tips for drawing various talismans, ranging from basic ones like the Clean Clothes Talisman and Rejuvenation Talisman to high-level talismans like the ’Dragon Prison Lock’ meant for suppressing the dragon clan.
All talismans in the storage pendant were Dragon Capturing Talismans, and even the set of magic treasure nails had similar runes carved on them.
From this book, Jiang Yuebai discovered that cultivators in the Green Dragon Realm categorized talismans differently from those in the Earth Spiritual Realm, similarly to cultivation techniques, dividing them into Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.
Generally, yellow paper talismans are Yellow Grade, while Profound Grade talismans are jade talismans used by Golden Core Stage or above cultivators. Accordingly, the Divine Concealment Talisman, Turtle Breath Talisman, and Continuous Pearl Jade Talisman she used are all Profound Grade jade talismans.
The final page of the book introduces an Earth Level Treasure Talisman called ’Dragon Soul Treasure Talisman,’ whose power ranges from Early-Stage Golden Core to Early-Stage Nascent Soul, and it can be used repeatedly.
The drawing of this talisman requires dragon essence blood to be mixed into the talismanic sand. Creating a flawless Dragon Soul Treasure Talisman can allow it to grow like a developmental magic treasure, nurturing a talismanic spirit and upgrading into a Heavenly Grade Immortal Talisman.
Its power is no less than an Acquired Spiritual Treasure, even stronger than the spiritual artifact she possesses.
"No wonder there’s so much dragon blood in reserve; it was meant for making the Dragon Soul Treasure Talisman."
Jiang Yuebai had long abandoned talisman techniques; besides occasionally making jade talismans for invisibility and various thunder talismans, she hadn’t drawn other talismans for a long time.
Reflecting on the Fulong Sect dragon shepherd she saw earlier and the Dragon Hunting Squad she just encountered, it seemed the Fulong Sect cultivators who hunted and shepherded dragons indeed mostly relied on talisman techniques.
"Then I’ll find some time to learn it. What’s that saying again? Mastering foreign techniques to counter them. Tian Nanxing wasn’t wrong either."
Jiang Yuebai put away the two books, then opened the last square wooden box in the storage pendant. Inside was a white dragon bone polished into a triangle, and as soon as she lifted the lid, wisps of mist with moisture floated up from the dragon bone.
"Is this the dragon bone of a Rain Dragon? Could it be the material this person intended to use for making the Dragon Soul Treasure Talisman?"
The book mentioned that the Earth Level Dragon Soul Treasure Talisman requires dragon bones corresponding to the essence blood to awaken the respective dragon soul.
Jiang Yuebai covered the box and stashed everything into the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, planning to clear out the storage pendant at the next workshop, all these are spirit stones!
"The bones and blood from the Nine-Headed Flood Dragon can be used well. Refining a few Dragon Soul Treasure Talismans seems nice. I’ll first practice with ordinary dragon blood and bones, and if I master it, creating a flawless Candle Dragon Dragon Soul Treasure Talisman would be incredible."
The Candle Dragon is long extinct, and in the entire upper realm, probably only she and Xingchou have the opportunity to refine Candle Dragon Essence Blood.
It’s a pity the soul of the Nine-Headed Flood Dragon was swiftly devoured by the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron; otherwise, the soul would have been more useful, replacing the Ice Hornless Dragon in the Condensing Light Mirror would be quite nice.
Her divine thought immersed into the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven; Bai Jiuyou already acquired those five large gourds of dragon blood and the two books.
Jiang Yuebai retrieved her long-unused Dragon Hair Talismanic Brush and Dragon Scale Dagger, tossing them to Bai Jiuyou, directing her to practice refining essence blood and creating Dragon Soul Treasure Talismans within the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven.
She and Bai Jiuyou shared a master-servant relationship; Bai Jiuyou’s memories and learning experiences she could directly view and receive.
However, her own memories could only be accessed by Bai Jiuyou with her consent.
Jiang Yuebai became cautious, even guarding against her own outer body incarnation.
She had heard from the Supreme Elder that some great power cultivators attempted to cut off illusion by creating an outer body incarnation but hesitated to decisively sever both illusion and the body, eventually leading to the illusion developing malicious intents and the outer body incarnation betraying the true body.
Though an isolated case, it still required vigilance.
Currently, Bai Jiuyou is akin to a blank slate, only inheriting Jiang Yuebai’s unwavering pursuit of the pinnacle of the Great Dao, diligently and single-mindedly cultivating without any distractions.
Jiang Yuebai plans to merge her outer body incarnation with herself during her future Body Integration Realm, so she could maintain herself while allowing the Chaos Sacred Body to truly belong to her.
After tidying everything up, Jiang Yuebai dismantled the great array, emerging from the withered tree, and continued dashing towards the direction of Mochou Lake.
Along the way, she encountered several fierce beast attacks, dealing with those she could easily, and evading early those she couldn’t, picking some spirit grass and digging up a few trees.
Five days later, she hovered above a sea of grass, the air filled with fresh grass aroma, remarkably invigorating.
The grass below swayed like waves, a green expanse of varying depths, extending endlessly.
Except for this sea of grass, no other trees existed in sight; Jiang Yuebai, standing in midair, didn’t sense it, but once on the ground, walking to the grass sea’s edge,
She suddenly discovered that the grass, appearing like wheat seedlings from above, was twice her height.
The slender grass blades stood upright, their edges glinting with a cold light, sharp as swords, and...
As Jiang Yuebai reached out, those fine grass strands quickly entwined, making the leaves dance wildly, bringing a fierce Sword Qi intending to crush her.
Jiang Yuebai activated her Protective Gang Qi, clashing with the twining grass blades, sparking a trail of fire, the sound of clashing metal echoing in the wind.
"Is this the Sword Grass Sea, the Grass Dragon Nest, as the workshop cultivators described?"
The grass sea spanned thousands of miles, filled with Sword Iris that naturally generated Sword Qi, usable for crafting wood element spiritual swords.
Without Golden Core Stage cultivation to support Protective Gang Qi, entering the Sword Grass Sea was a death wish, as one would be sliced to death by these Sword Iris.
Even with Golden Core Stage cultivation, entering the Sword Grass Sea is extremely dangerous, as Grass Dragons thrive within, elusive, and one misstep would lead to becoming Grass Dragon fodder.
However, the Soul Infant Fruit Jiang Yuebai sought doesn’t grow on trees but resembles sweet potatoes underground, growing alongside Grass Dragons, shaped like infants, and emits a shrill baby cry once unearthed.
The crying acts as an alarm, driving the Sword Iris into a frenzy, attracting Grass Dragons for an assault.
Although Soul Infant Fruit is precious, most cultivators avoid coming to dig for it, as having the life to excavate doesn’t guarantee an exit, only Dragon Shepherds, capable of taming Grass Dragons, dare to venture near the Sword Grass Sea’s periphery.
Yet for Jiang Yuebai, all these pose no problem.
Now she only wondered, in such a vast Sword Grass Sea, how many Soul Infant Fruits could she dig out?
All these are spirit stones!
