CHAPTER 151: CHAPTER 151: FIRE SNAKE TALISMAN

He closed his mouth and no longer paid attention to Profound Thunder Zhenren.

The more you say, the easier it is to give oneself away. Next, let the other party have some doubts.

"I should have agreed to that guy back then, it would be more justified to borrow the tiger’s might."

Shen Wang muttered, "However, the Demon Suppression Department is probably not a good thing either. It’s easy to invite a god, hard to send away. I still have to rely on myself."

He performed seals and used Water Spirit Sense to spy on Profound Thunder Zhenren’s situation.

The latter had a darkened face for a moment, his gaze moved, hatefully looking at the ancestral home for a while, then turned and left with sword control.

Shen Wang did not dare to hope that Profound Thunder Zhenren would stop there, treating him as going to find help.

Taking advantage, he continued digging the tunnel.

He did not hope this tunnel could be hidden for long.

As soon as Profound Thunder Zhenren realized they obtained a large amount of resources from the outside, he would likely deduce this, and such a thing cannot be hidden under deliberate search.

He still didn’t have much time and had to hurry.

With his current spiritual power, he could only probe roughly three miles using Water Spirit Sense.

Through the tunnel, Shen Wang surveyed the farther outside area several times, finding no trace of Profound Thunder Zhenren.

It seems he really left, not hiding to wait for him to come out.

He didn’t leave immediately but started a new round of talisman-making for profit with the purchased talisman paper.

After reaching Talisman Grandmaster level, his money-making ability increased by a level. Shen Wang chose his specialty Top-Grade Fireball Talisman and spent two days making over a hundred talismans while not cultivating.

In theory, these talismans can sell for three thousand spirit stones, and even after deducting the cost, it’s over two thousand, making his earning ability terrifying.

Shen Wang increasingly felt the system-given experience was somewhat abnormal, the success rate too high.

Once he mastered a type of talisman, as long as the materials were appropriate and focus was maintained, the success rate would quickly approach one hundred percent.

He linked this phenomenon to the system’s cultivation rewards and the eventual forced breakthroughs, guessing it was a similar principle.

After refining the Fireball Talismans, Shen Wang officially took out magic tier talisman paper and began crafting more advanced talismans.

Also of the fire element, named Fire Snake Talisman.

This talisman corresponds to intermediate magic, the Fire Snake Technique, which is basically only cultivatable at the Foundation Establishment Level.

The rebirth technique’s Fire Snake Talisman is also commonly used by Foundation Establishment Cultivators, selling for about one hundred.

Even if purchased by a store, it should be around eighty.

After all, this kind of attack rune is most popular and frequently used, with a high demand.

In front of the talisman paper emitting a faint luster, Shen Wang adjusted his status and began drawing a more complex talisman with dragon and snake dances.

After outlining the Fire Snake Runes with Rune Liquid, an immense attraction force immediately formed, beginning to devour fire attribute spiritual qi to strengthen itself.

Shen Wang carefully sensed nearby that the spiritual qi needed for the Fire Snake Talisman was more than ten times that of the Top-Grade Fireball Talisman, with costs significantly higher.

If consuming his own cultivation to inject power into the talismans, his fire attribute spiritual essence could support ten at most.

The problem was that he couldn’t deplete his spiritual essence, at most producing seven with cultivation, then meditating using spirit stones to restore cultivation.

This step took at least two hours, considering the time needed for each talisman to set, at most twenty could be made in a day.

The earnings were just a few hundred more spirit stones than making Top-Grade Fireball Talismans, but the difficulty was much higher.

If it weren’t for the Fire Snake Talisman’s greater power, Shen Wang would still prefer crafting Top-Grade Fireball Talismans or crafting higher-grade Fire Snake Talismans instead of this low-grade one.

"No wonder the higher-grade talismans are scarcer; they take too much time, cultivation, and effort. This is only a regular magic talisman. Going up a grade, the difficulty would increase significantly."

"Luckily, there’s experience rewards. Once I advance to a grandmaster, the speed should reduce somewhat."

Shen Wang muttered to himself, increasing level only reduces the time to draw talismans; the subsequent talisman completion relies on cultivation, or the concentration of spiritual qi that can be provided.

"Next time, I should exchange for more fire spirit stones. Constantly consuming my cultivation isn’t good."

Shen Wang contemplated the next round of purchases, using all the low-grade magic tier talisman papers.

A total of thirty talisman papers produced twenty-four Fire Snake Talismans, with success rates reaching eighty percent.

Once he reaches the grandmaster of talisman level, it should quickly rise above ninety percent.

By then, trying to draw a higher-grade Fire Python Talisman, he could give Profound Thunder Zhenren a taste.

Shen Wang carefully put away all the talismans and adjusted himself to the best state.

During the five days he spent making talismans, the puppet had dug out the last five miles of the tunnel.

In those five days, Profound Thunder Zhenren hadn’t appeared, seemingly giving up on targeting him.

Shen Wang remained very cautious, thoroughly checking once and then operated the Star Source Concealment Technique.

The true essence within him flowed to various acupoints in his body, as the power dispersed and hid, the spiritual essence fluctuations immediately lowered to the extreme, making Shen Wang seem like an ordinary person.

In reality, after dispersing his spiritual essence to the acupoints in his limbs and head, he was now lightweight and fit, ready to exert strong close combat abilities at any moment.

"Such an impressive secret technique, it’s hard to detect me hiding my cultivation without probing inside my body."

Shen Wang smiled lightly, having spread his spiritual essence to parts of his body’s acupoints, each acupoint’s power was little, naturally having no power fluctuations.

This is like how stars hidden in daylight are unseen, cultivation was hidden too.

Shen Wang cautiously passed through the tunnel to ten miles out.

The exit was located in a large tree’s heart. He took out a talisman and activated it, immediately transforming into a figure floating out of the hollowed tree trunk.

If there were enemies, this would be the time to act, but there was nothing outside.

Once the Substitute Talisman turned into a wisp of blue smoke and dispersed, Shen Wang sighed in relief, then quickly left the tree hollow, turned around, and threw out a Disguise Talisman, causing the tree hollow to vanish.

He observed around, moving slowly, light as a swallow, treading on grass without leaving a footprint.

Carefully distancing himself, Shen Wang then accelerated, starting to sell the talismans he crafted in the nearby market.

As he stealthily went about, Profound Thunder Zhenren had reached Celestial Travel Sect’s Xun Vein, seeing Cyan Wind Zhenren.

Ge Changzhuang was a disciple of the Xun Vein, and since he died in his hands, naturally, it required a personal report.

However, his claim was that Ge Changzhuang died at the hands of Gong Yu, who had connections with the Demon Suppression Department.

Cyan Wind Zhenren took a sip of tea after hearing this: "Our sect and cultivation families, except those serving the royal family, have always been like parallel lines, not interfering. This time, you must have done something to offend the Demon Suppression Department, right?"

Profound Thunder Zhenren solemnly replied, "Indeed, it has some relation to my affairs. How do you plan to handle it? Should we demand an explanation from the Demon Suppression Department?"

"It’s a bit tricky; the incident occurred in Xi Province, not suitable to meddle extensively."

Cyan Wind Zhenren furrowed his brows, not fully trusting himself, "Brother Xuan Ting, give me some time. I’ll inquire immediately."

"Alright."

Profound Thunder Zhenren just wanted Cyan Wind Zhenren to inquire and see if Shen Wang was truly related to the Demon Suppression Department.