I used folk talismans to ward off the evil spirit.

Chapter 90 The Transformation of Lingzhi, A Path to Extraordinary Life (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Jiang Jun returned home.

The two little turmeric and ginger juice creatures, contrary to their usual behavior, did not rush over as usual, but patiently stayed in the greenhouse reciting mantras.

To be precise, it was ginger juice lying half-reclined on the ground, with turmeric straddling its back, holding two lotus seeds of Sanskrit sound, one golden and one red, and chanting the mantra "Padme" in a regular rhythm.

That little guy really does have the air of a prodigy.

The intertwining of crimson and golden light transformed into a lotus-like Dharma realm, enveloping the many spiritual plants within the greenhouse.

Four Solomon's Seal Children half-circled around the ginger juice, listening with their eyes closed.

Jiang Jun raised an eyebrow slightly, not disturbing them, and just watched quietly.

Suddenly, one of the Huangjing boys opened its eyes, its small mouth slightly open. After several attempts, it finally managed to utter a single syllable: "Ba—Ba—"

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A faint golden light emanated from between its brows, echoing the lotus realm.

Immediately afterwards, another Huangjing boy opened his mouth, but what he uttered was the Sanskrit word "Mi".

A bright red glow shimmered between its brows, resonating with the Dharma realm.

After a while, the other two Huangjing children looked distressed, hugged their heads, and trembled silently, clearly unable to learn it.

Jiang Huang noticed the movement, opened her eyes, sighed like a little adult, and was about to stop chanting.

Just then, the two Ganoderma lucidum plants growing in the ceramic pot behind Huangjing Tongzi suddenly emitted a rustling sound.

Jiang Jun swept his divine sense over the area, a smile playing on his lips.

A dark blue calf and a brown puppy opened their clear eyes one after the other and wobbled to their feet from the flowerpot.

"Moo"

"Woof!"

It turned out that after the two plants of the Six Livestock Ganoderma were purified, the ignorant spirituality was awakened once again!

"Neigh!" Ginger Juice was overjoyed, completely forgetting that Turmeric was still on its back. It suddenly jumped up and leaped in front of Niu Zhi and Quan Zhi, affectionately rubbing its head against them.

Turmeric was knocked to the ground, somewhat dazed, but not angry. He walked over to the two Huangjing boys who looked troubled and patted their heads reassuringly, saying, "Ah-beh, ah-beh."

Jiang Jun then smiled and stepped forward, asking, "Two more friends now, are you happy?"

"Neigh!" Jiang Zhi nodded vigorously, leading Niu Zhi and Quan Zhi over to pay their respects to Jiang Jun.

The two children were very obedient. They first knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Jun three times before intimately approaching him and tentatively rubbing against his calves.

Clearly, though they were unaware, they instinctively knew that it was Jiang Jun who had rescued them from their despair.

Jiang Jun sat cross-legged on the ground and rubbed their heads: "Now that you have gained intelligence, you should be given names. Since you are transformed from Ganoderma lucidum, let's take 'Zhi' as your surname."

Niu Zhi and Quan Zhi nodded vigorously.

Jiang Jun pondered for a moment, then said, "As for the names, I plan to name you 'Chou' and 'Xu' respectively, based on the earthly branches corresponding to the twelve zodiac animals. Is that acceptable?"

"Moo"

"Woof"

The two Ganoderma lucidum plants were naturally willing to participate.

For them, what they are called is not important; the greatest blessing is that Jiang Jun, their "savior," is willing to give them names.

From then on, they were named Zhi Chou and Zhi Xu respectively.

Of course, this name is hard to remember and hard to pronounce, so Jiang Jun is still referred to as Niu Zhi and Quan Zhi.

Seeing that the naming process was over, Jiang Huang quickly pulled the two Huang Jing boys who hadn't spoken over and asked them for their reasons with gestures.

Jiang Jun looked around and realized that the ones who couldn't learn to pronounce the words were "Huang Yi," who was the first to be purified, and "Huang Si," who was the last to be purified.

Clearly, this has nothing to do with how long they listen to the Sanskrit chants.

He sensed with his divine sense for a moment, then shook his head: "It should be that their spirituality is not very compatible with these two chants."

"The Buddhist six-syllable mantra of great light, and four other lotus seeds, perhaps these two are more destined to be with the others."

Jiang Huang wasn't disappointed at all; instead, she looked at Jiang Jun eagerly, rubbing her hands together and asking, "Ah, what are you waiting for?"

The expression clearly asked: When shall we set off to collect the other four lotus seeds?

Jiang Jun chuckled and flicked it on the forehead: "Let's wait for fate. Maybe one day they'll fly over on their own."

Turmeric wasn't annoyed. He covered his head, called to his friends, and soon they were playing happily again.

As Jiang Jun gazed at these innocent and carefree little sprites, he pondered their path to extraordinary achievements, especially those of turmeric and ginger juice.

Logically speaking, spiritual energy, true energy, and the power to suppress objects can be transformed into each other, so cultivating the way to suppress objects should be twice as effective with half the effort.

After returning from the Dao, Jiang Jun also taught Jiang Huang the way of suppressing things, but with Jiang Huang's comprehension, he was still unable to grasp the basics.

He guessed that either the "visualization diagram" was naturally compatible with humans, but not quite suitable for these plant spirits, which was why the two children could not comprehend it.

Alternatively, they need a catalyst to comprehend the way of talismans, such as compiling a talisman based on Solomon's seal and Ganoderma lucidum.

However, such talismans are not common in traditional folk customs, so even though there are still three pages left to unlock in the "Folk Customs Notebook," Jiang Jun is not in a hurry to start writing.

The compilation of the sixth, seventh, and eighth talismans is not urgent at the moment. After all, the existing five talismans, when combined, already have a complete set of functions and are basically sufficient.

The most pressing problem facing Jiang Jun is how to further advance the art of suppressing objects.

He went to his study alone and closed his eyes to meditate.

The information he obtained from the Department of the Supernatural flashed through his mind.

Currently, apart from those extraordinary experts who directly obtain opportunities from the Abyss and ascend to the highest realm in one step, all others who forge their own path or learn from others' paths rely on divine and strange objects as their foundation.

For example, the "Three Souls and Seven Spirits Method" of the Department of Mysteries uses the "Soul-Fixing Chisel," a mythical object of great power, to carve out the three souls and seven spirits of a person.

Yes, because Earth was once a purely material world, where consciousness could only be attached to the physical body, so there was no soul, spirit, or true spirit at all.

Even if one cultivates divine consciousness and divine thought through visualization, it is merely an extension of the body. Once the physical body perishes, no matter how powerful the divine thought is, it cannot exist independently.

Many proponents of this path offer solutions that begin with "shaping the soul," though their approaches differ.

The "Three Souls and Seven Spirits Method" of the Department of Divine Mysteries can create ten souls and spirits with different characteristics.

Once they solidify, they can be entrusted one by one to a Lord-level monster, thus gaining control of the power of the Transcendent Realm.

Creating a soul and entrusting it to a lord-level artifact is called "Transcendent Transformation," and so on—simple and direct.

The mainstream extraordinary paths of the Star River Federation, namely the "Seven Virtues" and the "Seven Deadly Sins," largely follow this line of thought.

His method of suppressing things is different.

To advance to the Transcendent Realm, one needs to perfect the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit, then completely refine a protective object, and finally use the three tribulations of yin wind, yin fire, and yin transformation in the shallow layer of the Abyss to achieve ultimate sublimation.

After such a breakthrough, the cultivator of the Way of Suppressing Objects will be full of energy and spirit, and the operation of suppressing objects will be seamless. Their strength should be stronger than that of an ordinary first-stage Transcendent Demon Suppressor, and they will not have any obvious weaknesses or future troubles.

"But what's next? How can we continue to break through?" Jiang Jun frowned.

The extraordinary realm of the Divine Bureau has three souls and seven spirits, and theoretically can entrust up to ten lord-level strange objects, without them interfering with each other.

As the souls and spirits grow stronger, the combined power of the ten souls and spirits is not as simple as 1+1=2, but increases exponentially.

The way of suppressing objects can certainly be used to refine other suppressing objects and turn them into natal suppressing objects.

However, without the crucial variable of "soul," the best one can achieve is a wider variety of methods, but the actual improvement in strength is quite limited.

Just like Jiang Jun himself, although he created the fifth talisman, the "Peach Wood Sword," and upgraded it to a level no less than the previous four, his strength did not increase qualitatively.

"Other pioneers all rely on divine artifacts to open up their paths—" Jiang Jun pondered, "Perhaps I should also collect more divine artifacts and learn from the strengths of others."

Thinking of this, he took out the bamboo slip given to him by Lin Zhengyang from his sleeve.

Having learned from the previous experience, he directly held the bamboo slip in his hand, sincerely rectified his mind, and recited the Confucian classics that resonated with him.

Soon, the bamboo slip reacted, emitting a faint blue glow. Judging from its power, it belonged to the category of a rising sun-level divine artifact.

A mysterious power entered Jiang Jun's mind, and he quickly understood how to use it.

Its common functions, such as suppressing and purifying monsters and invoking the laws of the real world, go without saying.

Its unique feature is that by burning incense and paying homage, it can directly send monsters within its influence range and whose power level is below the third level of the Extraordinary Realm back to the Abyss.

"It is indeed in line with the Spring and Autumn Annals bamboo slips," Jiang Jun pondered. "If we encounter several monsters of the same level attacking us, these bamboo slips should be of great use."

Just as he was thinking this, the "Spring and Autumn Annals" in his sleeve suddenly emitted a buzzing sound.

Jiang Jun quickly took it out.

The two bamboo slips simultaneously emitted a bluish-green glow, and like old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years, they snapped together tightly.

The azure light swirled and flowed, and the two bamboo slips showed signs of merging.

Jiang Jun's eyebrows twitched slightly. He wanted to stop it, but after thinking about it, he decided to let it happen naturally.

About fifteen minutes later, the blue glow dissipated.

The two bamboo slips were not actually fused together, but were connected by several illusory blue rays of light, woven together like an ancient book.

Judging from the length of the light, this ancient book must have been composed of five bamboo slips.

Jiang Jun raised his hand and took down the bamboo slip hanging in front of him. After a brief sensing, he found that it was still at the Rising Sun level, but its aura was much stronger than before.

If you collect all five bamboo slips and complete the grouping, you will most likely be promoted to the Radiant Sun level.

Its original two supernatural abilities have not changed for the time being and remain independent of each other. Perhaps changes will occur when the five simplifications are combined into one.

"Tsk, another set of mystical artifacts to collect."

Jiang Jun shook his head, looking at the bamboo slip in his hand: "Since the supernatural abilities haven't changed, then let's continue to call you the Spring and Autumn Slip."

The blue glow of the sunset shimmered slightly, and the two bamboo slips hummed in unison, as if they really liked the name.

Jiang Jun raised an eyebrow, carefully putting away the "Spring and Autumn Annals," his heart filled with anticipation: "I wonder when the Bureau of Mysteries will give me a surprise?"

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