Mortal: Starting with the Golden Jade Book

the next day.

Lin Zui's room.

Senior Brother Wang stood respectfully with his hands clasped in front of him, recounting the information he had gathered to Lin Zui.

"I heard that when that Junior Brother Han participated in the competition, he was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, which was nothing special. However, he relied on a top-level magic weapon that was good for both offense and defense, combined with his excellent secular martial arts skills, to overcome all obstacles and enter the top ten."

"A top-tier magical artifact that excels in both offense and defense?"

Lin Zui frowned in thought. He knew about worldly martial arts. Whether it was the Blinking Sword Technique or the Luo Yan Step, they had indeed played a significant role in the early stages of the Old Demon's cultivation. But what on earth was this top-tier magic weapon that combined offense and defense?

The Golden Light Master was intercepted by himself, and then another treasure-giving boy gave him a new opportunity.

He really is a chosen one; even when the plot goes astray, it automatically corrects itself.

Lin Zui felt somewhat helpless. He had transmigrated, yet he could only watch others become the main characters. What kind of situation was this?

However, this also served as a reminder to Lin Zui that Han Li's protagonist aura still existed. In the future, when faced with opportunities related to Han Li, he would have to be more cautious and not just snatch them away.

To be honest, Lin Zui had felt something was wrong a long time ago. He had intercepted Han Li's opportunities twice before. The first time, he almost died from his body exploding when he snatched the Heavenly Bottle. The second time, he was caught red-handed as soon as he got the Ascension Token. It was too much of a coincidence.

Who would believe there wasn't something mysterious or strange going on inside?

"However... perhaps we could find an opportunity to offer him some assistance and build a good relationship."

Lin Zui's thinking changed quickly. Since they couldn't be enemies, they might as well make friends. Perhaps he could even get some benefits from him in the future.

Of course, he absolutely couldn't go into dungeons with him; Lin Zui was quite self-aware about that.

Having figured this out, Lin Zui stopped worrying. He instructed his senior brother Wang to continue keeping an eye on Han Li's news, then sent him away and continued his own cultivation.

As the days went by, Lin Zui spent his days cultivating, making talismans, and studying the application of runes in "Yu Feng's Array Explanation," keeping himself extremely busy.

As for Senior Brother Wang, he was even busier than usual. In addition to the tasks assigned by the sect itself, he also had to manage dozens of low-level disciples and handle various matters assigned by Lin Zui. He wished he could be split into eight pieces.

Realizing this situation, Lin Zui didn't let it go unchecked. He really used him to the fullest extent. With Senior Brother Wang's introduction, he managed to recruit several new subordinates in just a few days.

There was a steward from the Hundred Machines Hall in charge of disciples' entry and exit from the valley, a low-ranking manager in charge of miscellaneous affairs in the Yellow Maple Valley market, and an intelligence dealer with low cultivation but clever and well-informed.

With the addition of these people, Lin Zui's control over information inside and outside Huangfeng Valley has been strengthened once again, so even if there are any changes in the future, it is enough to prevent problems before they occur.

The Ascension Ceremony's popularity lasted for more than ten days before it faded from public attention. The only noteworthy event was that, due to Han Li's aptitude issues, his Foundation Establishment Pill, which he had kept for a while, was still coveted by others.

After receiving this news, Lin Zui privately reminded Han Li and analyzed the pros and cons of the matter for him, advising him to act carefully, thus forming a good relationship.

Han Li was also a smart man. He quickly figured out the consequences of keeping the Foundation Establishment Pill, so he found the sect leader, Zhong Ling Daoist, and took the initiative to trade the Foundation Establishment Pill away.

Just like in the original story, he then chose the Hundred Herbs Garden mission and lived a secluded life there, quickly fading from everyone's sight.

Time flies, and another year has passed in the blink of an eye. The seven sects of Yue Kingdom ushered in the day when they open their mountain gates to accept disciples, a day that happens once every ten years.

This time, Huangfeng Valley swept away the bad luck of previous years and took in several disciples with outstanding talents, including two twin brothers with lightning spiritual roots and many outstanding disciples with special physiques. The whole sect was overjoyed and felt like the sect was being revitalized.

Lin Zui was completely unaware of this; at this moment, he was feeling a mix of emotions because of a letter he had recently received from Yanjiabao.

Several days ago, Yan Ruyan, under the protection of two Foundation Establishment cultivators and a dozen Qi Refining cultivators, left Yan Family Fortress and headed to the Hidden Moon Sect to enter.

After only three or four years of cultivation, Yan Ruyan had already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, her Heavenly Spiritual Root talent was terrifying.

If he had a way to deal with those two Foundation Establishment cultivators, Lin Zui would have liked to ambush them on the road and snatch them back.

That year, he indulged in drugs and absorbed spiritual stones and energy, which was quite extravagant. However, his cultivation level remained at the fifth level of Qi Refining, still some distance from the sixth level. Thinking about the battle of Yan Family Fortress ten years later, he couldn't help but feel anxious.

After thinking it over and over, Lin Zui took out the book "Yu Feng's Array Explanation," hesitated for a moment, and finally made a decision.

"No, that's too slow. It seems we have no choice but to try that method."

More than half a year ago, after he understood the principle of using spiritual power runes to construct internal magic arrays in "Yu Feng's Array Explanation", he had a bold idea.

If he could enhance his dantian with the magic array, or even enhance the spiritual root vortex with the magic array, and use the magic array to drive the spiritual root vortex to operate, wouldn't he be able to achieve automatic cultivation and no longer need to rely on long periods of meditation to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?

In that way, I can save a lot of time to study formations and learn various secret techniques to improve my combat power.

Once this idea took hold, it became impossible to suppress. He continued to experiment with it in the days that followed, but he never dared to actually try it inside his dantian.

Because it is difficult for spiritual energy runes to maintain the operation of the formation stably within the body for a long time, they will collapse and dissipate if not handled carefully. The dantian is also an extremely fragile place. Once the formation collapses, it can easily cause a backlash. Injury is a minor issue, but it is not impossible for it to endanger one's life.

To solve the problem of unstable spiritual runes, Uncle Yu tried many methods, but the results were not ideal. Lin Zui did not believe that his array skills could surpass his master's in a short time, but having cultivated the "Divine Seal Technique", he wanted to solve the problem from another level this time.

Use divine sense runes instead of spiritual power runes!

Once the divine consciousness talisman condensed by the "Divine Seal Technique" is formed, it will not dissipate. Therefore, if it is condensed into a divine consciousness rune, its stability is absolutely impeccable.

Although it is quite difficult to condense such tiny runes with divine sense, Lin Zui has become very skilled in using his divine sense after so many years of talisman making. Although the amount is not large, it is absolutely as easy as using his own arm. After a few more attempts, there should be no major problems.

Of course, this unproven method is bound to be dangerous, but in order to improve his cultivation speed, Lin Zui had no choice but to take the gamble.

In the days that followed, Lin Zui put aside everything else and devoted himself to trying to condense runes with his divine sense. As he expected, although it was difficult at first, under his meticulous control of his divine sense, he condensed his first divine sense rune in less than half a month.

With the first one, things went much more smoothly afterward. However, when he gathered all the runes needed for the formation and connected them into a formation, he was surprised to find that the formation could not function at all.

After some investigation, Lin Zui finally discovered the problem.

The reason why Uncle Yu used spiritual power to condense runes is that these runes can communicate with the five elements of spiritual energy. Through each small rune, he guides the circulation of spiritual energy at the key nodes of the formation, just like fine gears, transmitting layer by layer, and finally driving the entire formation to operate.

However, although the divine sense runes are stable, they do not have the function of communicating with spiritual energy. No matter how stable they are, they cannot construct a magic array.

This result was quite a blow to Lin Zui. Fortunately, he was not the kind of person who would give up easily when faced with a problem. After several days of deep thought, thanks to his knowledge as a transmigrator, he actually came up with a solution that would satisfy both sides.

a few days later.

Feeling the new rune within his body, composed of divine sense and spiritual power, which was impeccable in both its connection to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and its stability, Lin Zui laughed with satisfaction.

"It's done!"

Using divine sense as the exterior and spiritual power as the interior, a stable layer of divine sense runes is placed over the originally unstable spiritual power runes, much like wrapping an electrical wire with an insulating layer, which neither affects the conduction of electricity nor compromises safety.

"Half-illusory, half-real, intertwined with spirit and deity, let's call you... the Spirit Void Array Talisman!"