At the beginning, I cleaned the Sutra Library and completed the incomplete skills.

The auxiliary materials for refining the Artemisia Annua Burning Sky Talisman are not rare.

Li Lan could gather most of the materials on his person right now.

The only thing lacking was the core material: Spirit-Attracting Artemisia.

He still remembered that the first time he went to the Guangji Temple's spirit vein, Miao Chenfeng had introduced him to this spiritual plant.

Its effect was that after burning, it could absorb the surrounding spiritual energy within a radius of ten zhang.

For talismans and basic spells.

The core material is very important.

Its age, quality, refining techniques, etc., directly determine the effect after formation.

Take this Artemisia Annua Burning Sky Talisman for example.

If refined with two or three-year-old Spirit-Attracting Artemisia.

The formed talisman can only absorb spiritual energy within a radius of ten zhang at most, and then explode.

If refined with Spirit-Attracting Artemisia that is ten years old or older, the range will be expanded to dozens of zhang.

And so on.

The rarer the core material, the stronger the effect the talisman can produce.

Judging from the scale.

The talisman that Zhang Jingyuan hid in the jade slip should have been refined with ten-year-old Spirit-Attracting Artemisia.

Li Lan doesn't need such a large range of damage; he plans to refine one with the lowest age Spirit-Attracting Artemisia to protect himself.

He just doesn't know if this spiritual plant is sold on the market and what the price is.

Last time he went to the Guangji Temple's spirit vein with Miao Chenfeng.

He was only concerned with understanding the effects of various spiritual plants, but forgot to ask the other party the specific price.

Li Lan put away this jade slip, preparing to make and use it after he had gathered the materials in the future.

Compared to this talisman-making method.

What moved him the most was the light blue jade slip.

This jade slip described the method of tempering the Judge's Brush imitation.

Magical implements are different from magical treasures.

For the former, cultivators only need to attach their spiritual consciousness and mana to it to freely control it.

Although this method is simple and easy to use, it also has a fatal drawback.

When fighting with others.

As long as the opponent uses special means to shake away the spiritual consciousness and mana on the magical implement, they can easily take it away and use it for themselves.

In contrast.

True magical treasures, magical treasure imitations, and magical treasure forgeries do not have this hidden danger.

All three require cultivators to nurture and temper them day and night before they can be used.

When fighting, they are not afraid of others snatching them away at all.

Unless the cultivator has already died, otherwise even if they are snatched, others will not be able to use them.

Li Lan had also personally witnessed the power of this Judge's Brush forgery.

This imitation treasure seemed to be able to turn hairs into white light.

As long as a magical implement is illuminated by it, it will instantly be cut off from its original owner's connection.

Although it is not known whether it has the function of harming enemies, this feature alone gives it an advantage when facing cultivators without magical treasures.

Thinking of this.

Li Lan took out the Judge's Brush forgery from his body.

The shaft of this object was like green bamboo, exuding a sense of tranquility.

Above the shaft, the hairs were as white as snow, soft as cotton.

It was extremely comfortable to hold in the hand.

Not long ago.

When the female cultivator nun couldn't wait to step into the Stalagmite Ridge, wanting to touch the corpse.

He used his spiritual consciousness to control the Spirit Bean Soldiers, and the first thing he grabbed was this treasure.

The second thing was the Human Emperor Hall waist牌 that Zhang Jingyuan wore on his waist, and the third thing was the other party's storage bag.

Li Lan's thinking was very clear.

The Human Emperor Hall has been in charge of the righteous path for many years, and most sects and families are in awe of it.

This waist牌 seems useless on the surface, but it may have unexpected effects in the future.

After sorting out this harvest.

Li Lan began to think about his future plans again.

He originally thought that after breaking through to the fourth level of Qi Refining in the future.

In order to avoid exposing his secrets, he would formally leave Guangji Temple.

Now it seems.

This plan had to be brought forward.

Since this sect had already been infiltrated by demonic cultivators.

If he continued to stay, it would not only be unsafe, but also extremely dangerous.

However.

In order to avoid being too sudden and being noticed by someone with ulterior motives.

Li Lan did not intend to completely sever ties with Guangji Temple immediately.

He was only no longer living in the bamboo and wood house at the foot of Guangji Temple Mountain, and tried to return to the sect as little as possible.

The sect's dispatched medicinal herb collection task rewards and the monthly eight taels of spiritual sand stipend still had to be collected as usual.

After all.

These odds and ends add up to a considerable income.

In the cultivation world.

If you want to steadily improve your cultivation realm, these cultivation resources are essential.

Hiding in the deep mountains and closing yourself off until the end of time is not an easy task.

Without the assistance of cultivation resources, even the best aptitude will inevitably be difficult.

If every cultivator could easily establish a foundation by relying on seclusion in the mountains.

Then these sects and families in Jiuhua County, as numerous as the hairs on an ox, would have no meaning to exist.

Li Lan often wondered.

If only he had an entire spiritual vein.

In this way, he could truly be self-sufficient in cultivation and not rely on anyone at all.

But this is obviously unrealistic.

As the most important resource in the cultivation world.

Almost every spiritual vein has been snatched by a sect or family.

This is the foundation upon which they depend for their continuation, and ordinary loose cultivators are simply not qualified to compete with them based on their individual strength alone.

Loose cultivators without background and strength are already considered to be burning incense if they can find an abandoned spiritual vein to settle down in.

Abandoned spiritual vein?

Thinking of this, Li Lan suddenly thought of something, and his eyes couldn't help but light up.

Immortal Trace Valley is a spiritual vein that has only recently been abandoned.

From a geographical point of view.

It is not too far from Guangji Temple, and it is indeed a good place to hide and cultivate.

More importantly.

The concentration of spiritual energy there does not seem to be abandoned at all.

With the Art of Scattering Beans into Soldiers, he is not short of informants at all.

If there is danger, the Spirit Bean Soldiers can warn him in time.

Compared to the turbulent Guangji Temple, this deep mountain and old forest is indeed many times safer.

More importantly.

The concentration of spiritual energy in Immortal Trace Valley is not weaker than that of Guangji Temple's spiritual vein.

Settling down there, when it is close to breaking through in the future.

He will no longer have to spend expensive spirit stones to rent a spiritual vein cultivation cave.

The more Li Lan thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

He couldn't help but feel a little moved.

Of course.

Immortal Trace Valley is not absolutely perfect.

He still does not fully understand the secrets of this place.

The first time he went there.

He didn't know if the Foundation Establishment stage cultivator he encountered in the central area was still there.

If he rashly goes, he still has to bear a certain risk.

However, after thinking about it, Li Lan still made up his mind to go.

In this cultivation world, where is there such a thing as absolute safety?

Even if you don't go looking for trouble, no matter how well you hide, trouble will come looking for you.

What happened in Stalagmite Ridge is a vivid example.

Since trouble cannot be avoided, then the most correct choice is to improve one's own strength as soon as possible and have the ability to solve the trouble.

Using a certain amount of risk to exchange for a doubled increase in cultivation speed, this deal is quite worthwhile.

Having made a decision, Li Lan no longer hesitated.

He immediately headed towards Immortal Trace Valley.

With the Spirit Bean Soldiers scouting the way ahead, Li Lan hid whenever he could along the way.

He didn't encounter anyone and arrived at the outskirts of Immortal Trace Valley very smoothly.

Although many years have passed since Li Lan first came here.

But this place still hasn't changed much.

The green mountains remain unchanged, and the green waters flow forever.

The lush jungle is like a green ocean, stretching for thousands of miles, boundless and endless.

The Spirit Bean Soldiers, whose entire bodies are made of wood, entered Immortal Trace Valley as if they had their own protective color.

With their palm-sized bodies, stepping into this place is like returning home.

Hidden in the forest full of rotten leaves, it is easy to hide.

Even Li Lan, the master, would find it difficult to detect their tracks with the naked eye without using his spiritual consciousness.