sinovels Chapter 18: Talismans and Arrays
Chapter 18: Talismans and Arrays
Li Wu asked, "Do you know what's going on up here?"
The girl in the cloud-like skirt smiled and replied, "I grew up on the treasure ship since I was a child, so of course I know."
"Take me to find a spirit creature of the thunder element."
Li Wu took out half a spirit stone.
"A lightning-attribute spiritual object... Senior, do you have any specific requirements? A magic weapon, a talisman, or something else?" the girl in the cloud-skirted dress inquired.
Li Wu shook his head and said:
"Either is acceptable."
The girl in the cloud-patterned dress smiled sweetly and said:
"Then please follow me, senior."
Li Wu followed behind her for a while, and then saw a pagoda-shaped shop standing in front of them, which was several times larger than the other shops.
Furthermore, the shop has no main entrance or exit.
Instead, there were rows and rows of small windows, each crowded with people making transactions with the shop assistants inside.
This unusual scene piqued Li Wu's curiosity, so he asked:
"This is?"
The girl in the cloud-patterned dress pulled Li Wu to the back of the line before explaining:
"This Sky Touring Assembly travels around various prefectures and counties, and wherever it goes, the local cultivators bring spiritual items up there to trade."
"And all those spiritual beings gather here, so this [Treasure Pagoda] contains spiritual beings from all over the world."
"If you need anything, just ask when the time comes."
"I see."
The person who came up with this business model must be a genius.
Li Wu was truly amazed by this innovative mobile "marketplace".
However, to tour various states and counties in this way, one must have sufficient strength to guarantee it.
"If I can reach the Purple Mansion Realm in the future, perhaps I can replicate this mobile market in the Chu region."
Purple Mansion Realm...
Li Wu shook his head. He was still far from even reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, let alone the Purple Mansion stage.
"What does this fellow Daoist need?"
Soon, Li Wu walked to the front of the line. Through the window was a middle-aged cultivator, at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.
Li Cheng snapped out of his daze and asked:
"Are there any spiritual objects associated with the element of thunder?"
"Of course there are."
The middle-aged cultivator nodded slightly, then made a hand seal, and a few points of spiritual light flew into the tower. A moment later, four or five jade boxes of different sizes flew over.
"Fellow Daoist, please observe."
The middle-aged cultivator opened all the jade boxes one by one. The first jade box contained a dark purple talisman.
"This is a [Lightning Summoning Talisman], its power is enough to severely injure a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, priced at twelve spirit stones."
Then he pointed to another crumpled piece of skin:
"This is the skin of a Thunder Toad in the late stage of Qi Refining. It can be used in medicine to refine thunder-attribute pills. It is priced at eight spirit stones."
"This third item is an array plate, which is engraved with the [Lightning-Attracting Array]. It can attract heavenly lightning to fall, and even a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator cannot withstand it. However, it consumes a lot of energy; ten spirit stones can only be used to activate it for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."
"The array plate only requires sixty-five spirit stones."
The middle-aged cultivator introduced each of the spiritual items in the jade boxes one by one.
Li Wu nodded and pointed to three of the jade boxes, saying:
"I'll take all three."
The [Thunder-Summoning Talisman] and [Thunder-Attracting Array] can enhance combat abilities. As for the Thunder Toad's skin, we can find an alchemist to refine it into pills to improve our cultivation level.
As for the other items, they are all incomplete spiritual objects, and you will have to spend extra time and spirit stones to complete them after buying them.
All of Li Wu's current spending on spirit stones is in preparation for entering the secret realm later, so there's no need to waste them.
"A total of eighty-five spirit stones, fellow Daoist, please accept them."
"Can I exchange these array flags for spirit stones?" Li Wu took out the array flags he could no longer use.
The middle-aged cultivator took it and glanced at it, then nodded and said:
"The array flags are intact, but of average quality, and can be exchanged for thirty-five spirit stones."
"it is good."
Li Wu nodded and then added another fifty spirit stones.
"The money and goods are settled, fellow Daoist, please take care."
After Li Wu put the jade box into his storage bag, he turned to leave. The girl in the cloud-patterned dress walked over, her eyes gleaming.
"Sir, you've made quite a grand gesture. Could you perhaps be a young master from some aristocratic family?"
Li Wu did not answer, but said calmly:
"Take me to buy defensive magical artifacts."
Afterwards, Li Wu spent another thirty spirit stones to buy a mid-stage Qi Refining level inner armor.
He now only has fifty spirit stones left.
"Go to Jianxiawu to refine the Thunder Toad into Thunder Pills. The auxiliary materials and labor costs will probably be around ten spirit stones. The remaining forty spirit stones can be used to purchase some talismans and healing pills."
"Why are these spirit stones so short-lived?"
Li Wu was very puzzled.
I am already many times richer than other rogue cultivators, so why are my spirit stones disappearing like water?
After buying everything, Li Wu looked up and saw that it was still early, so he asked the girl in the cloud skirt to show him around the ship's special features.
It wasn't until the hour of Xu (7-9 PM) that Lu Sui and Zhao Nanxu arrived together.
"Brother Li, you've arrived so early."
Lu Sui's radiant smile and the calming jade pendant hanging around his neck were quite striking.
Li Wu didn't want to pay attention.
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The Sky-Patrolling Treasure Ship would stay for ten days, but Li Wu had already bought what he wanted, so he did not stay at the Zhao family's place any longer.
Li Wunü then went to the Yue region.
After finding a pill shop in the west of the stream, I gave them many instructions, paid a deposit of five spirit stones, and agreed to pick up the pills a month later.
A month later, Li Wu retrieved the elixir.
Inside the cave, Li Wu looked at the pill in his hand. This Thunder Pill was purplish-brown, without any blood patterns, and there was no rejection reaction from the thunder in his dantian, which reassured Li Wu a lot.
"There are still three months left. Let's see if we can break through to the third level of Qi Refining with this pill."
After breaking through to the third level of Qi Refining, and with the help of the many spiritual items on his body, he might not be unable to fight against someone in the mid-stage of Qi Refining.
With this in mind, Li Wusui swallowed the Thunder Pill and silently refined its medicinal power, his cultivation level gradually increasing.
The thunderclouds in his dantian grew larger and larger, the flashing arcs of electricity gleaming with a silvery-white color, becoming increasingly solid.
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Chudi.
The Qi family, Guangling Mountain.
There were six or seven people sitting in the courtyard, all of them cultivators at the Qi Refining Realm. The person sitting at the head of the table was an old Taoist priest whom Li Wu had never seen before.
"That old man is the patriarch of the He family. He is at the ninth level of Qi Refining. He is very old and has no hope of establishing his foundation. He came here hoping to find a foundation-establishing spiritual item in the secret realm to give his descendants a little hope of establishing their foundation."
As Li Wu listened to Qi Yu's low voice, he looked at the old man sitting at the head of the table, a hint of respect rising in his eyes.
They serve as torches to illuminate the path for future generations, and they deserve our utmost respect.
As the last person entered the courtyard, He Jingyu raised an eyebrow and slowly stood up:
"Everyone has arrived, let's set off."
With that, he flipped his hand, and a shuttle the size of a palm flew out.
The shuttle grows taller as it flies in the wind, and lands in the courtyard.
The He family members took a step forward and flew up.
"Brother Li, let's go."
Qi Yu said softly, and then rode the wind to fly onto the shuttle.
Li Wu followed closely behind, the two standing at the tail of the shuttle, inconspicuous.
"Let's set off."
With a soft shout from He Jingyu, the shuttle transformed into a streak of light and flew into the sky.