Heavenly Dao Engine-Chapter 65 - 00 The Power of the Third-Grade Talisman

Chapter 65: Chapter 0065: The Power of the Third-Grade Talisman

Chapter 65 -0065: The Power of the Third-Grade Talisman

Chapter 0065 – The Power of a Third-Grade Talisman

In the Lianying Realm of the Cultivation World, cultivators cannot advance beyond the Qi Cultivation Period. The highest level they can reach is the Nine Levels of Qi Cultivation. However, the presence of this limit does not result in a large population of cultivators at the Nine Levels of Qi Cultivation. On the contrary, they still represent a tiny minority within the community of cultivators native to the Lianying Realm.

As the leader of a cultivation sect and himself being at the Nine Levels of Qi Cultivation, Yu Chuan’s storage bag contained quite a few precious items. For instance, among the things Qi Tian found, there were nearly a hundred bottles of second and third-grade medicinal pills for opening up meridians, each bottle containing no less than ten of these pills. In other words, Qi Tian had obtained thousands of second and third-grade pills for opening meridians.

Looking at these pills, Qi Tian suppressed his urge to immediately use them to open up his meridians. He wasn’t sure whether or not these pills were suitable for him, as he was from the Great Zhao, and Lianying Realm was an entirely different place. Pills that may work for the cultivators in the Lianying Realm might not necessarily work for the cultivators from Great Zhao. If he used the wrong medicine, the consequences could be severe.

Qi Tian refocused his attention on the rock in the center of the lake. Only by seizing it and taking control of the Spirit Spring could he have the chance to advance to a higher realm with the help of the Spirit Qi from the spring.

In the past, Qi Tian might have had no way to do this. However, he now understood the language of the Lianying Realm and had a clear idea of what exactly the spoil of loot from Yu Chuan in his storage bag were. Among the items, besides pills, what delighted Qi Tian most were several talismans.

Qi Tian wasn’t unfamiliar with talismans. A talisman uses various types of materials as carriers, encasing spells within. When needed, the spells can be released. They were treasures similar to hand grenades in the world he was from requiring only to be pulled and thrown when necessary.

There were quite a few talismans in Yu Chuan’s storage bag, many of which were valuable second and third-grade talismans. There was even a fourth-grade talisman threatening enough to cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

All these talismans could fetch a decent price in the Cultivation World of Great Zhao. Even if Qi Tian kept them all, they could save his life at crucial moments in the future. However, Qi Tian was always clear-headed. The most important thing about living in the Cultivation World was having strong personal strength. Advancing in his cultivation stage was always his top priority, regardless of the situation.

These talismans were indeed powerful and could be exchanged for many cultivation resources in Great Zhao to boost his cultivation swiftly. But the question was, how could he ensure that he can bring back all these talismans along with other things in the storage bag to Great Zhao? What if he encountered another strong cultivator like Yu Chuan on his way back to the safe house, someone who wouldn’t offer him a chance to catch off guard? Could he get away unscathed?

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After some introspection, Qi Tian realized that the chances of that happening were less than one in ten. He couldn’t just give up his current chances of increasing his strength and efforts for such a small probability.

Qi Tian took out several talismans, all refined from jade and roughly the size of playing cards. He weighed a jade talisman in his hand and estimated the distance to the nearest group of water salamanders, realizing that it would be challenging to throw a jade talisman from the cave entrance to the center of the group. The distance was a bit too far; his strength could guarantee the speed of the talisman once thrown, it could probably cross the distance, but he couldn’t ensure the precision due to the vast distance.

If he missed, it wouldn’t matter, but Qi Tian was worried about accidentally throwing the jade talisman onto the rock and ending up destroying the Spirit Spring. It would be entirely wasted effort if that happened.

To better control the jade talisman’s landing spot, it would be best to decrease his distance to the water salamanders.

After some thought, Qi Tian decided to take a risk. He came out from the cave where he had been quietly cultivating, went back to the small patch of land by the lake, visible above the water’s surface.

Then, Qi Tian took out several gourds, tied them together with a rope to make a simple raft, and took some rocks from the cave wall to place in his storage bag. He stood on the gourd raft with his Spirit Sword serving as a paddle, rowing towards the center of the lake.

After rowing about two meters, Qi Tian took out another gourd, tied it with one of the rocks he had gathered, and threw it into the water. The rock sank to the bottom of the lake, and the gourd floated on the surface, creating a simple resting point.

At first, when Qi Tian was on the shore, the water salamanders didn’t mind him. But when Qi Tian started rowing toward the center of the lake, they became displeased. The salamanders lounging on the rocks turned their heads, casting a cold, penetrating glance at Qi Tian. Just one glance sent chills shooting up from the soles of his feet.

But Qi Tian didn’t stop. He created another simple resting point and continued to row his gourd raft forward.

At this moment, several water newts in the water stopped their drinking actions, lifted their heads from the water, and coldly gazed at Qi Tian. Their eyes were filled with deep warnings, indicating that if Qi Tian dared to take another step forward, they would not hesitate to launch an attack on him.

Qi Tian knew that these newts moved extremely fast in the water. If he fell into the water, he wouldn’t stand a chance against them. He didn’t continue to paddle the raft forward. At this time, his distance from the shore had exceeded five meters, and he was past fifteen meters from the center of the lake. The group of newts closest to him was about ten meters away in the water, including those that were issuing him warnings.

Qi Tian took a deep breath. He looked back at the two gourds floating on the lake behind him and then at the newts in the water. Whether his plan would succeed depended on whether he could smoothly execute his strategy. There could absolutely be no mistakes.

Qi Tian took out two Five Elements Thunder Talismans and held them in his hand. These were third-grade talismans, possessing great power and capable of releasing the strength equivalent to a cultivator at the late-stage of Qi Cultivation. They had a coverage range of three meters and were incredibly formidable. If Qi Tian himself were to be hit by such a talisman, it would undoubtedly kill him.

Qi Tian held one of the Five Elements Thunder Talismans in his hand, then channeled his True Essence into it, trying to activate it. However, he quickly discovered that triggering the Five Elements Thunder Talisman was much harder than activating the Thunder Axe Talisman.

Qi Tian stood on the raft for half a minute and still couldn’t fully activate the Five Elements Thunder Talisman. The newts, who had been staring at him, hoped to deter him with their stare. However, they didn’t expect this human to be so defiant, completely disregarding their warnings, which bruised their ego. They flicked their tails, turned around and swam towards Qi Tian at a leisurely pace.

Just then, the Five Elements Thunder Talisman in Qi Tian’s hand finally lit up. He had already unlocked ten meridians, but at this moment, he felt that the True Essence in at least three of the meridians had been entirely drained, all devoted to activating the Five Elements Thunder Talisman.

Qi Tian aimed at a dense area of newts slightly further from the reef, and then threw the Five Elements Thunder Talisman. He turned around without even looking at the aftermath of the thunder talisman’s attack and jumped towards the gourds he had placed as landing spots.

The moment his feet landed on the shoreline, the Five Elements Thunder Talisman flew above the throng of newts, crackling loudly and burst in mid-air akin to a bolt of thunder.

In an instant, the first thunderclap since time immemorial resounded within the silent mountain belly. Blue-white lightning flickered as monstrous bolts of lightning seemed to rend the air, raining down on the newts in the lake.

Some of these newts floated on the water and some were completely submerged. But regardless of their positions, none could escape the onslaught of the Five Elements Thunder Talisman. The lake water failed to block the talisman’s attack for them. Numerous newts were struck dead, and some were heavily injured but survived.

The newts let out furious roars. The injured newts all stopped drinking the Qi-rich spring water and rushed towards Qi Tian. Even some other newts responded to the call and pursued Qi Tian. However, some newts didn’t chase after Qi Tian, but rather seized the opportunity of having fewer newts in the front, and moved forward to occupy better positions.

Using both his hands and feet, Qi Tian climbed up to the mouth of the cave he had chosen as his shelter. Standing on the platform at the entrance, he held a staff in one hand and took out another Five Elements Thunder Talisman with the other.

None of these newts were weaker than Qi Tian, but without exception, none of them could climb walls. They swam to the shore as fast as they could and then lay at the water’s edge, spitting water jets at Qi Tian. Numerous water jets, enough to blast holes in city walls, were launched his way. However, once Qi Tian moved into the cave, apart from causing a rain of rocks to fall from the cave wall, they posed no threat to him.

When Qi Tian first dug the cave, he had considered the possibility of being besieged by newts, so he dug it very deep. The water jets of the newts might be powerful, but they couldn’t touch him.

Some of the newts tried climbing up from the water, attempting to stack themselves like human pyramids so that they could get inside Qi Tian’s cave. However, their skin was too slippery. They could barely stack up in twos. When three or more tried to pile on, the scene was simply too gruesome to bear.

After hiding in the cave for a while, Qi Tian activated the second Five Elements Thunder Talisman and dropped it out of the cave, right into the mob of newts besieging him.

The second thunderclap rang out within the mountain belly. This strike was even more fruitful than the first, with almost double the number of newts harmed. The first strike had only harmed over thirty newts, but this time, nearly seventy were injured.