NOVEL NEXT Chapter 77 - 77: Mission Completed
Chapter 77: Mission Completed
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Do you sell talisman brushes and paper here?” Zhang Chen asked as he walked
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“Of course we do. May I know what kind you need, Daoist?” The shopkeeper stood up to greet him.
“I’m just starting to learn about talismans, so I just need something to practice with.” Zhang Chen replied.
The shopkeeper took out a jade-white talisman brush and introduced, “Then I recommend this White Wolf Brush. It’s made from the leg bones of a level three wolf demon and the white fur from its forehead.
“It has a moderate feel and can be used to draw inferior spirit talismans. It only costs 30 spirit stones and is the most suitable for beginners. However, please note that the White Wolf brush cannot withstand magical power.”
Inferior spirit talismans referred to talismans with power below level four of Qi Refinement.
For beginners like Zhang Chen, it was indeed suitable. “Okay, I’ll take this White Wolf brush.
The shopkeeper put the brush aside and took out a stack of magic paper. “This is magic paper made from the skin of a level one demon. It can hold inferior talismans, and costs 50 sheets for one spirit stone.”
Zhang Chen thought for a moment, “Let me take 500 sheets first.”
“Does Daoist need any demon blood?” The shopkeeper continued to ask.
“No, that’s all.” Zhang Chen took out the spirit stones.
“Safe travels, Daoist. I wish you a smooth journey in the path of talisman-making.”
“Thanks a lot.”
Back at the inn, Zhang Chen began to draw spirit talismans.
In the ‘Introduction to Talisman Crafting’ , there was a very basic talisman, the Dust-Removing Talisman, which was used to remove dust, and was used for practice.
He poured a bowl of demon blood, spread the magic paper on the table, picked up the magic brush, held his breath, infused spiritual power, and drew the talisman with mental guidance.
As expected, he failed.
“I was too impatient. I should have practiced drawing the talisman until I was proficient and able to do it in one go without interruptions before starting to make talismans.”
Zhang Chen summed up his failed experience and began to practice drawing talismans on the table with water as ink.
Although Zhang Chen’s talent was average, he was, after all, only at the most basic level of talismans.
However, with patience and perseverance, a strong spiritual sense, and excellent control over his body, he successfully drew his first Jingchen Talisman the next day.
“I did it!”
Looking at the spiritual energy emanating from the talisman in his hand, Zhang Chen’s face was full of joy, as if he had obtained a rare treasure that he couldn’t put down.
“Let’s try it out.”
Zhang Chen aimed the talisman at the table and infused it with spiritual power to activate it.
The talisman flashed, and a breeze blew by, blowing away the dust on the table.
But the used talisman lost its spirituality, and the blood-drawn talisman on it disappeared, as if it were just ordinary yellow paper.
“Let’s keep going!” Zhang Chen, caught up in the moment, did not rest for a moment and continued to draw talismans.
On the third day, in the room of the twin cultivators.
“Big brother, did you really find a way to remove the blood curse?” The younger brother was a little excited, as long as the blood curse was removed, they would no longer have to hide in the marketplace.
“Well, the other party said that the blood curse is hidden in the blood, and all we need to do is to draw out all the blood in our body to break the curse.”
When the younger brother heard this, his eyes widened. “Draw out all the blood in our body? Doesn’t that mean we will die?”
“There are people who can perform blood transfusions and can give us other people’s blood, so we won’t die.”
“Can we use other people’s blood?”
“It seems like it’s possible. I’ve heard of similar methods.” The older brother nodded and continued.
“This is currently the only way we have found. We can only take the risk and try it out. I’ll go first and you watch from the side. If something goes wrong, take action immediately.”
“Understood.” The younger brother nodded vigorously.
After speaking, the two of them left the inn together.
Zhang Chen, who was originally drawing symbols, sensed the Blood Curse moving and threw away the scrapped paper, standing up to leave.
Soon, the twins arrived at the stall. “We’re here. Can you take us to the person who can change blood?” the older brother asked.
The vendor named Su said, “The person who can change blood is outside of the city. If you dare to leave the city, I will take you there.” The older brother frowned. “Can you bring him to the city?”
“You can’t use spells in the city.” The vendor shook his head.
“Big Brother, what should we do now?” the younger brother asked anxiously.
The older brother frowned, struggling with the decision to leave the city or not.
If they didn’t solve the Blood Curse, they would face the pursuit of the Blood God Sect.
It cost one spirit stone per day to stay in the city, and they didn’t have any skills to earn spirit stones. After such a long time, they had almost run out of spirit stones.
After some time, even if they found a way to solve the Blood Curse, he wouldn’t be able to offer spirit stones as compensation.
In the end, his brother said, “We can leave the city, but we can’t go too far.” The vendor smiled. “It’s not far. It’s only five miles from the city.”
“Okay, thank you for your help, Su.”
“Follow me.”
The three of them walked towards the outskirts of the city.
After leaving the market, the two brothers were very nervous and uneasy as they vigilantly looked around.
They did not know if the people from the Blood God Sect had chased after them, but they had to be careful.
One mile, two miles, three miles…
As they went further and further away, nothing happened. The two brothers were no longer as nervous as before.
However, the stall owner began to become nervous. That Foundation Establishment senior told me that Ijust had to trick the two brothers out of the market. Now that we’re almost five miles away, why hasn’t he appeared yet? What if these two brothers know that I’m lying to them?
These two brothers were both at the ninth level of Qi Refinement. He was no match for them.
Zhang Chen naturally followed from behind. With the Yin Energy Isolating Technique isolating his cultivation aura and the difference in cultivation realm, the three of them could not discover him at all.
They hadn’t made a move yet because they wanted to get as far away from the market as possible to avoid any escape routes the two might have back to the market.
His brother suddenly stopped in his tracks and stared nervously at the stall owner. “Fellow Daoist Su, it seems like we’ve already gone five miles. Why haven’t we arrived yet?”
“W-we’re almost there, just ahead,” the vendor said, sweat beading on his forehead.
“That’s not right, you’re lying to us!” Both brothers understood immediately upon seeing the vendor’s behavior.
“Run!” the older brother yelled as he turned and ran towards the market.
But they quickly stopped in their tracks as Zhang Chen turned into a blood-red light, blocking their way.
“People from the Blood God Sect!”
“Foundation Establishment, only one person?”
The brothers’ faces darkened, but they felt relieved upon seeing that it was only Zhang Chen at the Foundation Establishment level.
Although the two brothers were at the ninth level of Qi Refinement, they had a combined attack spell that could barely withstand someone at the Foundation Establishment level.
This place was only five miles away from the market, so there might be a chance.
Zhang Chen did not speak. Blood shadows flew out of his body and surrounded the two brothers.
Looking at the 40 Blood Gods at the ninth level of Qi Refinement, the two brothers were filled with despair.
“Kill!” Zhang Chen didn’t waste any time and gave the order. The Blood God Sons rushed forward.
Although the two brothers had a combined attack spell to withstand someone at the Foundation Establishment level, forty Blood God Sons were more than enough to handle someone at the eighth level of Qi Refinement.
They didn’t last a single breath before the Blood God Sons sucked all the blood from their bodies.
“Bang!” The two dried corpses fell to the ground at the same time..