Witch, please have some self-respect!

Compared to their last meeting, Shen Yun sensed through his true senses that Wu Rou's aura was even stronger.

His will became increasingly refined.

It seems he'll have to refine his 'intention' like Ren Changkong did.

Even someone like Shen Yun, who possesses true intent, might not be able to suppress such a person even if Jian Chun unleashed his full true intent.

"Intention" is the prototype of true intention.

Wu Rou looked at Shen Yun, who had shaved his beard and looked much younger, and found him much more pleasing to the eye.

After sitting down, without saying a word, he took out twenty jars of pure blood and placed them on the table.

"Uncle Shen, please accept these twenty blood jars."

"This is???"

Shen Yun was a little confused. Was this too extravagant and inhumane?

He had previously exchanged it for Fu Jing, so Wu Rou's investment was also a form of investment.

Should we send it directly now?

What kind of person does he take Shen Yun for?

"It was Fairy Qingzhi; she paid the bill!"

Wu Rou pointed to these blood altars, not claiming credit for them.

"The Fairy Qingzhi has learned that you can carve two-patterned talismans and hopes that you can focus on studying the Dao of Talismans."

"Fairy Qingzhi also said that Uncle Shen, all the resources you need for cultivating the Blood Heaven Technique have been provided by True Inheritance Feng!"

"If Fairy Qingzhi weren't still in the Golden Rock Mountains, I would have come in person."

Shen Yun immediately realized that Fairy Qingzhi had noticed him again and was offering him more support.

really.

The greater the value, the greater the preferential treatment one will receive.

Being able to create two-patterned rune crystals means that as long as one advances to the Blood Sea realm, one will be a second-tier auxiliary cultivator.

Shen Yun, on the other hand, is a true member of our own people, with impeccable revolutionary credentials.

If we don't support our own people, who will we support?

"Uncle Shen, these ten jars are a gift from me."

Seeing that Shen Yun accepted it, Wu Rou took out ten more blood jars and pushed them to Shen Yun.

"Without the runes and crystals you gave me as my trump cards, I wouldn't have had the confidence to surround and kill the Golden Hou. Consider this my way of thanking you."

"If possible, I hope Uncle Shen can make some more two-patterned talisman crystals."

Wu Rou spoke these words with great seriousness.

After acquiring twenty jars, Shen Yun accepted the remaining ten jars.

This is what a transaction should be. If it were just a gift, wouldn't that be considered a sugar daddy/sugar baby arrangement?

"Are you really going to fight the Golden Hou?"

A thought flashed through his mind, and he roughly guessed Wu Rou's idea.

The rumors about the holy city are not unfounded.

"That's right. If I am willing to fight the Golden Hou, I will be rewarded with rare and precious treasures regardless of the outcome."

Wu Rou did not hide it; she had developed a considerable level of trust with Shen Yun over the past few days.

Moreover, because of Fairy Qingzhi and the true teachings of Feng, their relationship is not just a business transaction, but also one of friendship.

"After refining the spiritual treasures bestowed upon me by the sect, I am confident that my Dao foundation will advance further, and my cultivation technique will soon be perfected. When I face the Golden Hou, even if I am not victorious, I am confident that I will remain undefeated."

Wu Rou's confident and calm words revealed a strong belief.

She not only carefully analyzed the Golden Hou's methods, but also fought against it.

It's not blind confidence.

Shen Yun understood; this was the sect's pre-battle training for Wu Rou, which would likely improve her strength.

There's an even bigger reward if you win.

For someone who has essentially reached the pinnacle of the Body Nourishing Realm, every step forward comes at a great cost.

Take Daoji as an example.

It's easy to upgrade from 1 to 19, but upgrading from 95 to 96 is a major hurdle.

There has always been a saying that the emperor is supreme.

Reaching the ninth level of Dao Foundation is basically the limit; advancing any further is extremely difficult.

The difficulty of upgrading from 95 to 99 is comparable to upgrading from 66 to 91.

"You upgraded before the battle, so the Golden Hou probably upgraded during this time as well, right?"

Shen Yun couldn't help but remind him not to be blindly confident.

"I've thought of that. The Golden Hou Battle Technique and Dao Foundation are basically beyond progress."

Unless its cultivation technique is also perfected, but its technique has only recently reached a high level and is far from perfect, it's impossible for it to improve in a short time.

Wu Rou was very confident about this.

The elders have also analyzed it carefully.

Huang Jinhou is essentially the same type of person as Ren Changkong, having honed his battle tactics to perfection earlier.

However, the Golden Hou was refining its inherited cultivation techniques, which allowed it to cultivate quickly and had already reached perfection.

However, the drawbacks are obvious. Relying on bloodline inheritance is ultimately a shortcut, and it is extremely difficult for perfection to generate "intention" on its own.

Taking shortcuts inevitably comes at a price.

Ren Changkong did not take shortcuts, so he cultivated the Blood Prison Blade Intent.

As for Wu Rou, although her combat techniques were perfected earlier.

But in reality, she was focusing on refining her cultivation technique, and she was not far from breaking through to perfection.

The technique can unleash an eightfold increase, with the limit approaching ninefold, at which point it will surely be able to suppress the Golden Hou.

The important thing is to guard against the Golden Hou using some underhanded tricks.

The Holy Sect also has many insidious tricks, but they are too insidious, somewhat breaking the agreement and suspected of relying on external forces.

Even if Wu Rou manages to kill the Golden Hou, she herself will most likely not survive.

not worth it.

"I have a rune that might help you fight against the sealing talisman."

Shen Yun thought for a moment and decided to reveal the Exploding Rune Stone.

These past few days, he had asked Master Duan to investigate the origins of that exploding talisman crystal from the Heavenly Craftsmanship Palace.

More discoveries have been made.

This is a rune that a third-tier master accidentally disassembled hundreds of years ago, and the records of its origin are not very complete.

It was included in the Runestone Hall because a Tier 1 Rune Master inscribed explosive runes on a low-grade, attribute-less source stone.

The results were pretty good, so I included it.

Few people subsequently replicated it, and there are few records of it.

In fact, Duan Fushi had hinted that there was an even deeper reason.

According to the rules of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Bureau, a brand new first-tier rune disassembled by a third-tier master is considered an "academic achievement".

There are rewards.

In the small room deep within the Heavenly Crafting Palace's Talisman Stone Hall, many of the thousands of talisman crystals exhibited similar characteristics.

Many of them are suspected of containing academic garbage.

Therefore, few people usually exchange for this kind of unpopular jade crystal, as it's a thankless task.

This exploding runestone is extremely difficult to obtain.

The records of this rune in the Runestone Hall have not been copied by many people since.

Shen Yun's talisman crystal was the last one left in the Heavenly Craftsmanship Palace.

There were two previous records of it being redeemed, but the process became too difficult and it couldn't be completed, so it was returned to the owner.

Shen Yun guessed that the explosive rune stone's ability to erode the physical body was most likely undetected by anyone.

After all, the difficulty of engraving an attribute-exploding talisman is equivalent to engraving a high-quality talisman of any other type.

The success rate is predictably low.

Even after learning it, it might take a month to carve just one seal. Who can keep up with that?

It's really simple and practical; it should have been widely circulated long ago.

Even if a first-tier talisman master cannot carve it, as long as the effect is good enough, second-tier talisman masters and even third-tier masters are willing to take on the task of carving it.

It is said that most of the two-patterned talisman crystals issued by the Holy Sect were engraved by second-tier auxiliary cultivators.

However, the number of second-tier minor cultivators is also small, making them even more scarce. They need to focus their time on second-tier rune inscription.

Engraving talismans can only be done occasionally.

"What kind of runestone? Is it similar to a sealing runestone?"

Wu Rou's eyes lit up, and she immediately became interested.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be willing to invest so much.

"Exploding runestones can explode instantly; their maximum power is uncertain."

Shen Yun took out a bursting talisman crystal and explained.

Wu Rou was somewhat disappointed when she heard that it was an attack talisman, as it was common knowledge that attack talismans were generally not very effective.

Especially as the cultivation level increases, the benefits of the enhancement runes become more than those of offensive runes, and even less than those of auxiliary runes.

"My talisman crystal is not only for attack, but it can also penetrate the alien elemental energy in a cultivator's body. However, I'm not sure how effective it will be against a creature like the Golden Hou," Shen Yun added.

He noticed Wu Rou's disappointment, which was written all over her face, making the conversation easier.

"It can invade the body with foreign energy!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Rou's eyes lit up.

In some dangerous places in the Great Wilderness, she has experienced being corrupted by alien energy, which will weaken her own strength.

I've really never seen a runestone that can penetrate the body with foreign elemental energy.

Isn't this tantamount to banning someone?

The Golden Hou seals off soldiers, she seals off people!

"If it hasn't been tested yet, I'll give it a try!"

Thinking of this, Wu Rou became completely interested and revealed an eager expression.

"You mean you should be used as a test subject?"

Shen Yun's lips twitched, and he asked uncertainly.

"Of course." Wu Rou nodded confidently.

The best way to test how much impact she can have on the Golden Hou in future battles is to use herself as an example.

Fu Jing's power is not in battle; she is confident she can easily defend against it.

The main test is on the erosion of energy; general test objects may not be accurate.

In a life-or-death battle, she must have a clear judgment.

However, Shen Yun's courtyard was not suitable for testing, so Wu Rou took Shen Yun to her private training ground.

In the center of the holy city.

"Is it this big?!" Shen Yun was stunned when she walked in.

A vast cultivation ground spanning several dozen acres was completely enveloped by the grand formation, ensuring that no matter how much noise was made, it would not be heard outside.

It is truly enviable to have such a large training ground in the Holy City.

"This is a reward from the Holy Sect for the top ten in the outer sect competition. It will be taken back once they become inner sect disciples."

Wu Rou smiled helplessly and led Shen Yun toward the central open space.

If this land truly belonged to her, she would choose to sell it immediately and buy some rare and precious items.

Land prices in the holy city are outrageously high.

"Let's do it here. There's no one here. Uncle Shen, we can do whatever we want with this."

Wu Rou led Shen Yun to an open area.

There are also formations to stabilize the terrain here, built according to the standards of the Blood Sea Realm arena.

Even so, the surrounding area was still covered with marks of knife and axe cuts and messy footprints, which showed the powerful strength of the person who often cultivated here.

"Let's try the regular one first. This talisman stopped Huang Changxing when he was being chased by the Golden Hou."

Shen Yun first took out an ice-attribute explosive rune stone.

Wu Rou was willing to be a guinea pig, and he was extremely happy to do so, but he was just worried about not being able to find a place to conduct the experiment.

"boom!"

Wu Rou took it without hesitation; it was an ordinary talisman, which she crushed in one swift motion.

At the center of the explosion, her mithril armor gleamed, and her vital energy circulated throughout her body, protecting her vital organs.

Shen Yun also stared intently at this scene, realizing that the illusion talisman was ultimately insufficient; it was better to witness the actual event.

He estimated that the power of an ordinary explosive talisman was more than twice as strong as his full-force attack.

That's absolutely out of the question.

Only high-quality attack runes can break the limit, while ordinary explosive runes are sufficient.

However, at the epicenter of the explosion, Wu Rou appeared to be unharmed.

A moment later, it opened its eyes, which shone brightly.

"The explosion had a power of 2.5 times the limit. The ice-elemental energy invaded my body, suppressing 10% of my blood circulation. It will take me three breaths to resolve it."

She gave an accurate assessment of the runestone.

For someone at her level, it has an impact, but not a significant one.

But this is just a regular burst talisman, not even a high-quality one, yet it has already had an impact, which is already quite astonishing.

"Again!"

Shen Yun was also very excited. He took out a high-quality ice-type burst talisman and poured all his energy into it.

"Come here!" Wu Rou stared intently at Shen Yun.

This was the first time Shen Yun had used a high-quality talisman stone, and infusing it with his qi and blood would take some time given his current level of cultivation.

Shen Yun didn't expect it to take so long; it hadn't even been a full minute since it was fully injected.

At this speed in battle, the enemy would have long since vanished.

His current cultivation level is still a bit low; only when he reaches the peak of the Body Nourishment stage can he use high-quality talismans smoothly.

Moreover, the infusion of qi and blood cannot be done by others.

Because after being infused with one's own vital energy, the power unleashed by the talisman will not harm oneself.

This is also why high-quality runes are indispensable.

Otherwise, why kill a thousand enemies while losing a thousand of your own?

It took Shen Yun a full two minutes to fill the bottle.

Feeling the immense, violent energy inside the exploding rune in his palm, like a volcano about to erupt.

Shen Yun was somewhat frightened; the violent and chaotic energy fluctuations were extremely intense.

"It must be unleashed instantly, otherwise the enemy will sense this explosive energy and definitely take defensive action."

Wu Rou sensed that power, raised an eyebrow, and began to assess it in her mind.

There are about five limits, not enough to make her afraid or want to avoid them.

For someone at the peak of physical cultivation, sensing such energy fluctuations would definitely lead them to run away immediately, rather than standing there waiting to be bombed.

Shen Yun's cultivation level is low; if she were to infuse the energy herself, it would be completed in an instant.

"I am coming."

After Shen Yun infused the Exploding Runestone with his blood and qi to its limit, he threw it over directly.

"Boom!"

The enormous explosion made Shen Yun's eardrums ring, and at the center of the explosion, a ghostly blue light and blood-red glow intertwined.

He retreated another ten meters; such power was beyond the limits of what an ordinary person could withstand.

Shen Yun was a little worried about Wu Rou's condition. Wouldn't something really go wrong?

Clearly, he was overthinking it.

Once the explosion had completely subsided, Wu Rou's figure emerged from the center, and she flicked her battle suit.

Shen Yun remained silent. Was Wu Rou's strength really that terrifying?

He felt that if he touched her, he would die, while she only had a slightly dirty hem.

"The explosion had a power of 5.5 times the limit. The ice-elemental energy invaded my body, suppressing 20% ​​of my blood circulation. It will take me five breaths to dissipate it."

Wu Rou's tone was filled with amazement, and her eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Suppressing two-tenths of their strength for five breaths is enough to create a considerable opportunity in a peak duel.

Moreover, this intrusive foreign energy cannot be considered harmful.

Because refining it can also strengthen one's qi and blood, which is considered a benefit, it is even more difficult to defend against.

Wu Rou was looking forward to the power of the talisman crystal, and decisively said, "Uncle Shen, come again."

In preparation for the upcoming battle against the Golden Hou, she needs to understand how effective she can be, as this will influence her battle strategy.

Originally, she only wanted to avoid defeat or defeat the Golden Hou.

Now, having experienced the effects of the Explosion Talisman, she had a deeper understanding.

Slay the Golden Hou!

"Should we still test the rune crystals? Forget it, let's find a strange beast to test them on!"

Shen Yun hesitated for a moment, because the power of the rune crystal was not just a matter of one plus one equals two for a high-quality rune stone.

Judging from the fact that a high-quality item reaches level 5.5, Fu Jing estimates that an item with level 14 or higher would already be able to injure Wu Rou.

What if something goes wrong...?

"Don't worry, Uncle Shen, this time I will use a high-quality golden armor talisman for defense and test the energy erosion situation under protection."

Wu Rou was not overconfident, nor did she believe that the exploding crystal could actually hurt her.

What she was interested in was the energy erosion caused by the explosion.

It can suppress the circulation of qi and blood, thus causing a drop in combat power.

Seeing her confident demeanor, Shen Yun stopped hesitating and nodded, "Okay!"

"But don't be reckless; if you sense danger, take cover."

After saying that, he took out a two-pattern ice-type bursting talisman crystal and ate a blood and qi replenishment pill.

It begins to continuously pour blood and qi into it.