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Chapter 138 The Fourth Thunder Talisman

“There was once a disciple of the Xuanyu Sect who attacked me at night, but unfortunately he died too quickly and I didn’t have time to interrogate him. However, I think that a disciple of a prestigious sect would not have any grudge against me and would not have come looking for me. This matter is troubling me a little. I wonder if Brother Wang can help me understand?”

"Also, when I was stationed in Wu Village outside the city, Guo Xiang and the leader of the Sand Boat Gang came to visit me. The timing of their visit was rather opportune. Could this also be related to Brother Wang?"

Wu Ming spoke casually, without revealing any murderous intent, and his tone was very amiable. But with each word he uttered, Wang Wuzheng broke out in a cold sweat, with large beads of sweat rolling down his cheeks.

At this moment,

He finally realized that Shen Lian, the true disciple of Xuan Yu Sect whom he had asked for help, had not disappeared without a trace, but had died at the hands of Wu Ming. At that time, Wu Ming was probably no longer the Wu Ming he had imagined, but a master of Daoist arts!
No wonder all subsequent actions against Wu Ming ended in failure. This was because they misjudged the direction and Wu Ming's strength and level from the very beginning, so the final result was naturally completely different from what they expected!
"And today, this elder of the Black Fiend Sect came to find me. As an outsider, he should have no way of knowing my whereabouts. And you happen to be here as well. Brother Wang, you're not telling me that you just happened to be passing by today, are you?"

"Brother Wu..."

Cold sweat dripped down Wang Wuzheng's forehead. At this moment, he no longer knew how to deal with the current situation. His heart was filled with turbulent emotions. After his throat moved a few times, he wanted to bring up the Wang family and beg Wu Ming for forgiveness and reconciliation.

But before he could finish speaking, his gaze suddenly froze, and his eyes quickly dimmed.

laugh.

The crimson dagger circled once before returning to Wu Ming's fingertips. There was no blood or dirt left on the blade; it remained as bright and new as ever. He then quietly put it away.

Wang Wuzheng's pupils were empty, his body swayed, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Wu Ming's gaze returned to indifference. He casually picked up the Xuan Tie Spear, and with a flick of his wrist, lifted up Wang Wuzheng's corpse and threw it into the Demon Subduing Realm. He then took the corpse of Tan Yuzhou, the elder of the Black Fiend Sect, and lightly stomped on it.

hum!
He activated a wisp of earthly evil power, instantly stirring up the surrounding soil. The ground surged, like an earth dragon turning over, with mud and rocks tumbling and rolling, covering and burying all traces.

After doing all this, Wu Ming turned and walked away, disappearing quietly into the valley.

……

Night falls.

A pale moon hangs in the sky.

Deep in the mountains, beneath a cliff, in a dark cave, Wu Ming sat alone, cross-legged. In front of him was a teacup filled with bright red blood grass tea.

Because of the Demon-Subduing Diagram, he had abundant resources. Even when he was far away from Jingye City and came to this desolate border region, he never stopped nourishing himself with blood energy. He basically never missed a meal of blood herb tea, demon meat spirit rice, or nourishing medicine powder every day.

Previously, he had consumed a lot of his blood energy in order to break through to the fourth level of the Primordial Spirit realm, but thanks to the many resources stored in the Demon Subduing Diagram, he has now replenished it. However, with this ebb and flow, his martial arts realm is still quite far from the Primordial Spirit realm. At least for now, breaking through to the fourth level of Blood Condensation is still a long way off.

After drinking the bloodwort tea.

Wu Ming waved his sleeve, gathered all his belongings, and stepped into the depths of the cave.

“The border has become increasingly chaotic lately, so I don’t need to rush back to the main stronghold. Hmm, my progress in cultivating the Earthly Fiend Yuan Magic Aspect has slowed down considerably after I reached the first level. Even if I practice day and night, it will probably take at least one or two years of hard work to reach the second level. Although reaching the second level will definitely increase my strength, it takes too long.”

"Given the current chaos, practicing the Divine Firmament Upper Purity Talisman would be more beneficial. The Divine Firmament Thunder Technique itself also has the effect of tempering the primordial spirit. It just so happens that I have just broken through to the fourth level of refinement. Using thunder techniques to temper my primordial spirit can also solidify my foundation."

Wu Ming had something on his mind.

In fact, spending about one or two years to master the second level of the Earthly Fiend Yuan Magic Avatar is not too long for Daoist cultivation. Many Daoist techniques require years of refinement. However, Wu Ming's situation is special, and he may not use the Earthly Fiend Yuan Magic Avatar as a core technique in the future. Spending too much time refining the second level would not be very meaningful.

Furthermore, the Earthly Fiend Primal Magic Form itself has a shortcut to cultivation. It can rely on special resources such as 'Earthly Fiend Primal Essence' and 'Earthly Fiend Primal Sand' to greatly improve the efficiency and progress of cultivation. Especially from the third level onwards, one basically either has to cultivate in a special environment with extremely rich Earthly Fiend power or rely on resources, otherwise it will take too long.

Wu Ming planned to wait a while, then return to the city and see if he could obtain some Earthly Fiend Yuan Sha.

"Divine Firmament Thunder Seal".

Wu Ming sat cross-legged, eyes closed. With a thought, wisps of his soul intertwined, constructing the thunder seal of the Divine Firmament Upper Clarity Talisman. Three thunder runes lit up within his primordial spirit, resonating with each other and gradually condensing. Since breaking through to the fourth level of refinement, Wu Ming had been focusing on cultivating his Dharma Form, and hadn't refined the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique for a long time. Now, refining the thunder runes again, he had a completely different experience. He felt that the efficiency of refining the third thunder rune was at least ten times higher than before, and it was steadily progressing towards perfection with remarkable efficiency!

"So fast."

As dawn broke, Wu Ming opened his eyes, a hint of surprise still lingering in them.

If he wanted to refine the third thunder talisman to perfection before breaking through to the fourth level, it would have taken him at least several months of hard work. But with his current efficiency, he can refine the third thunder talisman to perfection in ten days at most!
"This Divine Firmament Upper Purity Talisman is progressively advanced. With each additional thunder talisman, the power of the thunder magic will increase significantly. There are thirty-six Upper Purity Thunder Talismans. Starting from the fourth thunder talisman, one needs to refine their primordial spirit four times before they can cultivate. I will cultivate for more than ten days and see how effective the fourth thunder talisman is."

Wu Ming seemed to be deep in thought.

……

Time flies.

More than ten days passed quietly.

Night fell again, and Wu Ming was still sitting cross-legged in the cave. His eyes were closed, and his primordial spirit floated out of his body. The three thunder talismans engraved inside his soul shone brightly and echoed each other, with faint arcs of lightning intertwining inside his soul.

The first two thunder talismans shone brightly, and the third thunder talisman was equally brilliant. The difference between them was almost imperceptible to the naked eye. They were only a hair's breadth away from true perfection. After Wu Ming's continuous refinement, about half an hour later, his primordial spirit trembled slightly, and the three thunder talismans perfectly merged with each other, forming a perfect form.

The third thunder talisman has been successfully refined!
"It's done."

Wu Ming felt neither sorrow nor joy. For him now, perfecting the third thunder talisman was just a matter of time and effort, nothing to be happy about. He didn't even plan to stop and rest. After briefly circulating the Lin character technique to adjust his primordial spirit state, he immediately moved his mind and used his soul to draw and inscribe the fourth Divine Firmament Thunder Talisman in the void!

Crackling!

Not long after, Wu Ming used the Four Refined Primordial Spirits as a foundation to quietly form the fourth Divine Firmament Thunder Talisman. As soon as the talisman was formed, lightning immediately filled the air, dazzlingly bright.

Gazing at the newly refined thunder talisman, Wu Ming briefly observed its mysteries before taking a deep breath. He then extended his primordial spirit forward, suddenly absorbing the fourth thunder talisman into his primordial spirit and engraving it deep within his soul!

hum!
When the fourth thunder talisman was imprinted deep within Wu Ming's primordial spirit, the first three thunder talismans lit up one by one, echoing the fourth thunder talisman. Then, even more intense thunder surged from all directions in the void, bombarding Wu Ming's soul.

Despite enduring the pain of being struck by lightning, Wu Ming remained unfazed. Although his primordial spirit had only just entered the fourth stage of refinement, it was extremely resilient. He withstood the lightning impact brought about by the formation of the fourth lightning talisman. After enduring this for nearly an incense stick's time, all the lightning finally began to gradually fade and disappear, which also meant that his fourth lightning talisman had been initially completed!
"Shenxiao thunder method!"

At this moment, Wu Ming had a thought, his primordial spirit returned to his body, his eyes suddenly opened, he made a lightning hand seal, and pointed at a protruding rock beside him. In an instant, a bolt of lightning spread out from his fingertip and hit the rock.

boom! ! !
The rock, about the size of a child, shattered instantly under the impact of this bolt of lightning!
Seeing the power of this bolt of lightning, Wu Ming's eyes flickered, revealing a hint of amazement. If the previous Divine Firmament Thunder Technique was mainly about the destructive power of lightning on flesh and blood, then the power contained in this bolt of lightning was extraordinary. It could even shatter solid rock into pieces with a single blow!
If such power were to strike a human body, a martial artist who had achieved three stages of blood clotting would surely die on the spot. Even a martial artist who had achieved four stages of blood clotting, like Elder Tan Yuzhou of the Black Fiend Sect not long ago, would suffer severe injuries even if he did not die.

and,

Wu Ming also felt that his Yuan Shen nerve, tempered by the lightning after the fourth lightning talisman was formed, had grown stronger, taking another solid step forward on the path of the fourth refinement.

"If I had more time to cultivate the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique and the Earthly Fiend Dharma Form to the limit of what I can currently control, my strength would probably rise another level. At that time, I would be among the top of the top. I wonder if I would be able to fight against a master who has reached the fifth level of Blood Condensation."

Wu Ming felt grateful.

Not long after, he collected his thoughts, took a deep breath, and stepped to the entrance of the cave. He looked up at the night sky, cleared his mind, and realized that after practicing the Divine Thunder Technique for more than ten days, he needed to rest for a while.

After gazing at the night sky and leisurely enjoying the moonlit scenery for a while, Wu Ming's eyes suddenly shifted, and he looked into the distance. At the far end of his vision, in the depths of a secluded canyon, a beam of light could be faintly seen flickering.

"Hmm? What is that? Is it some kind of celestial treasure?"

A glint flashed in Wu Ming's eyes. After a moment's thought, he turned and walked into the cave, picked up his black iron spear, and then leaped out of the cave, heading towards the depths of the canyon where the spiritual light flickered.

He is now a top expert among the four types of cultivators, and has also mastered the Earthly Fiend Yuan Magic Form, which allows him to take his physical body underground at any time. He is very confident and remains calm even in this desolate border region.

(End of this chapter)