Calabash Fairy

Fang Yan looked at the calm lake surface and the fish swimming in the spirit lake. Even though he was just thinking about it, a sense of danger rose in his heart.

The little troubles Wen Yu and Feng Ling encountered were something he couldn't possibly contend with at present. Fortunately, the two seemed to be safe and sound, and he was able to say goodbye with the help of the Evergreen Jade Tablet.

On the other hand, his intuition just now was also related to a lineage within the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Techniques.

"Adorable..."

Fang Yan pondered for a moment, then slowly closed his eyes, focusing his consciousness on the seventy-two ancient and complex runes within his body that shimmered with golden light, concentrating on the one that contained the nascent inheritance.

Soon, Fang Yan's consciousness passed through the runes and arrived in a pitch-black space.

In this vast, pitch-black space, only in the very center was a ball of light the size of a fist, silently suspended.

This is the space where the magic of the budding head is passed down.

In the past six months, Fang Yan has frequently entered and exited this inheritance to practice the Art of Sprouting, which has caused his spontaneous abilities to continue to expand. He has even sensed some things before they happen.

And just as he had predicted, this spell complemented the Plum Blossom Divination technique perfectly, greatly enhancing his divination abilities.

These are trivial matters, requiring no supernatural powers; a mere moment's calculation with one's fingers is enough to know.

For example, this can help him sense danger in advance, preventing him from having to use divination to predict the future.

The more Fang Yan cultivated, the clearer he became that divination supernatural powers should not be used casually. Whether it was calculating heavenly secrets or divining about beings whose cultivation was far superior to his, it was an extremely dangerous matter that required utmost caution.

As for Mengtou's cultivation, all he needs to do is come to merge with the ball of light in front of him every day, be in a state of forgetting himself and forgetting to think, and perceive everything in the darkness.

The Mengtou inheritance is the simplest inheritance he has come into contact with so far, especially compared to the vast and boundless Dao of Talismans and Dao of Alchemy.

The only hurdle to mastering this technique seems to be whether one has talent…

The next moment, Fang Yan's consciousness no longer hesitated, merging into the ball of light before him and beginning his cultivation...

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The outskirts of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

With Qiu'er's current cultivation level, she is far from being able to fly through the clouds and has no magic such as wind control. So, her journey over mountains and valleys is naturally not very fast.

Fortunately, with four little demons by his side, they did not encounter any danger along the way.

At this moment, Da Huang was leading the way, Hei Yan hovered in the sky, Xuan Shui was carried by a stream of water and floated in mid-air behind, and Qiu'er was carrying Tu Duo'er in the middle.

"You've had a tough journey, but with the talismans bestowed by the Mountain God, you don't need to worry about me encountering any danger."

As Qiu'er spoke, she picked up the snakeskin bag at her waist and shook it.

This snakeskin bag is different from the previous snakeskin bags. It was made by the Mountain God from the skin of the belly of the Black Serpent. It has a hundred feet of space inside, enough for her to use when she travels.

She was also quite taken aback by the spiritual talismans inside.

The talismans include Wind-Traveling Talisman, Dust-Cleansing Talisman, Thunder-Fire Talisman, Water-Cleansing Talisman, and Restriction-Breaking Talisman, encompassing a wide variety of items.

Although most of these were low-level talismans, she knew very well that the Mountain God had only given her these because, with her current cultivation level, these were the only talismans she could use...

Besides these, there are also several treasures that the patriarch sealed in the Soul-Slaying Whip.

With these things, even with her current cultivation level, she doesn't need to worry about walking on the edge of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Big Yellow turned his head and said:

"The master said that getting your friends to come and help is also a skill of yours."

Xuan Shui took over the conversation from behind.

"It just so happens that we haven't been down the mountain for a long time. After I escort you to the border of the Ten Thousand Mountains, I also have a grudge to settle."

As Xuan Shui spoke, he sensed the large box inside his tortoise shell space, and felt a faint excitement in his heart.

These were the talismans that the master had given it when he left the mountain. When the master returned to the mountain, he did not take them back, but instead gave them four as gifts, which it has kept here ever since.

These talismans were actually useless on the mountain, but he hadn't forgotten the snake demon that had pulled it out of the river and seized its water palace back then.

This time, Xuan Shui was determined to settle accounts with that snake demon for what happened back then!

It's now a turtle with powerful backers in the Hundred Thousand Mountains!

Qiu'er was somewhat curious about this matter, and she was quite indignant after Xuan Shui finished telling her the story.

Although she wanted to go along, her current cultivation level wouldn't be of much help, and she might even cause trouble.

The boundaries of the Ten Thousand Mountains are also very vast. If you go there and then leave the Ten Thousand Mountains directly, you probably won't see the ancient ferry city that the mountain god mentioned.

Unfortunately, this matter had to be dropped.

However, Xuan Shui said that when she returns from her cultivation in the future, he will definitely treat her to snake soup.

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Two months have passed, and we are now in the Qingfeng Secret Realm.

At this moment, the purple-gold spiritual fire in Fang Yan's hand was slowly dissipating, revealing a blue jade talisman with chain patterns floating in mid-air.

"With my current level of talisman mastery, refining this spirit-locking talisman is quite easy. Compared to the spirit-locking talisman refining method in the talisman water inheritance, the spirit-locking talisman inherited by the Immortal Crane Sect is not as detailed, and its effect is much weaker."

With a wave of his hand, Fang Yan caused the spirit-locking talisman to fall onto the table, placing it alongside the other two spirit-locking talismans.

The art of talismans is profound and diverse, with many different types. For example, the most basic talismans recorded in tradition, such as the fireball talisman or the purification talisman, only require magical power to activate them, causing the talisman paper to burn, and thus they will take effect. They can only be used once.

Of course, if it is made with high-grade talisman paper or jade talisman, it can be used hundreds or thousands of times or even countless times until the spiritual energy in the talisman is exhausted before it is destroyed.

Another example is the Spirit-Locking Talisman, a type of sealing jade talisman that can completely seal the spiritual power of a living being or the spiritual energy of a certain place. Due to differences in the material and crafting method of the talisman, the upper limit of the cultivation level that can be sealed and the duration of the seal are also very different.

The three spirit-locking talismans in front of Fang Yan could easily lock up the demonic power of a two-thousand-year-old demon.

The arts of alchemy and talismans were his primary interests.

In fact, when he first began studying talismanic arts, his progress was not as smooth as that in alchemy.

He made such progress in the art of talismans by paving the way with the many resources he had gathered through alchemy and by constantly studying and experimenting.

"The Mountain God Seal has not yet completed its breakthrough; it only needs to wait for the right opportunity. As for these four little ones, they seem to have had quite a bit of fun this time they came down the mountain."

Fang Yan looked down at the lake below the stone pavilion, where fish leaped up, creating splashes and ripples. The Eight Trigrams of the Primordial Chaos slowly appeared in his eyes, and a scene gradually unfolded before him.

Four little demons were standing by the river, confronting a huge white snake that had emerged from the water.