Equipping the Golden Jade Book! Trial of Immortal Talismans!

"Go and cultivate first!"

For Silver Moon.

Zhou Yuan was still quite reassured.

After all, the two have a deep history and a foundation of trust, having gone through many hardships together.

Therefore, he also allowed Yinyue to open a separate secret room in this cave for her to cultivate on her own, without disturbing each other.

Give her ample freedom and space.

As for the Heavenly Azure Sacred Beast, Zhou Yuan temporarily sealed its perception of the outside world, making it stay obediently in the Void Heaven Cauldron to prevent it from discovering some of his secrets, especially those concerning the equipment slots and the Golden Jade Book. These were his biggest trump cards, and he couldn't let anyone know about them.

After completing all these preparations, Zhou Yuan took out the fragment of the Golden Jade Book again, held it in his hand, and examined it carefully.

It feels warm and smooth to the touch, like jade, yet it also has a metallic texture. The silver runes on it seem to come alive under the infusion of spiritual energy, flowing slowly and exuding an ancient and mysterious aura.

It makes people unconsciously immerse themselves in it.

"equipment!"

With a thought, the fragment of the Golden Jade Book in Zhou Yuan's hand vanished into thin air, as if it had never existed.

The next moment, it appeared in the equipment slot that only he could see, landing steadily in the second slot, alongside the unknown treasure in the first slot.

[Equipment Slot 2: Golden Jade Book Outer Page (Fragment)]

(Effect: Improves the efficiency of comprehending the Taiyi Huaqing Talisman, the Nine Palaces Heavenly Stems Talisman, the Jia Yuan Talisman, and the Tian Ge Talisman, and increases the success rate of talisman making.)

Sure enough!

Regarding the contents recorded on this fragment, Zhou Yuan already had some vague understanding and guesses even when he couldn't understand the silver tadpole script before, because he was, after all, a transmigrator with a knowledge reserve and way of thinking far beyond that of cultivators of this era.

Now, after equipping the Jade Book in his equipment slot, his understanding and perception of these talismans instantly became clearer and deeper, as if a door had suddenly opened before him, revealing a dazzling treasure within.

At the same time, this also serves as a good indication of whether the Heavenly Sacred Beast deliberately left any mistakes or traps or withheld any knowledge when it taught him the Silver Tadpole Script.

Now it seems that the Heavenly Lan Sacred Beast is quite honest and dutiful, and didn't tamper with anything in this regard. It taught Zhou Yuan the real stuff, which made Zhou Yuan feel a little more at ease.

Of the various talismans recorded on this fragment of the jade book, the Taiyi Huaqing Talisman is the simplest and has the lowest rank.

It is relatively the easiest to get started.

It is also most suitable for him to learn and try refining at this stage.

However, even for the simplest Taiyi Huaqing Talisman, gathering the necessary materials to refine it in a lower plane like the human realm, where spiritual energy is scarce, resources are limited, and rare and precious treasures are nearly exhausted, is an incredibly difficult task.

It is almost an impossible task, requiring a great deal of opportunity and luck.

The Taiyi Huaqing Talisman, as its name suggests, is an extremely sophisticated and almost Daoist-like hidden life-saving talisman.

Its effects are incredibly powerful; it can, in a short period of time, completely conceal and hide all traces of one's physical body, blood and qi, magical power fluctuations, and spiritual aura that can be perceived by the outside world through spatial etherealization.

It was as if their own existence had been temporarily erased from this world.

This is incomparable to ordinary concealment or invisibility techniques.

Those low-level spells could not escape the divine sense scan of high-level cultivators, while the Taiyi Purification Talisman was almost in a semi-disappearing state, merging itself into the void and perfectly blending into the surrounding environment.

It is difficult to detect and impossible to defend against.

It is a very effective way to avoid being pursued by powerful enemies who are far stronger than oneself, and it is equivalent to having an extra life.

The other three types of talismans also have remarkable effects, each with its own unique uses and wonders, and each possesses earth-shattering power.

The Nine Palaces Heavenly Stems Talisman is a set of 108 talismans for trapping enemies. It is a type of immortal talisman specifically used to trap enemies and seal off space.

There are no strict level restrictions when using it. As long as it is a finished talisman and the user has enough spiritual power, it can be activated. The threshold is extremely low.

However, once the entire formation is activated, the spiritual energy consumed is extremely terrifying, reaching astronomical figures, enough to drain a cultivator's spiritual energy in a short period of time.

Even if a cultivator with low cultivation level is lucky enough to possess a complete set of talismans, their own spiritual power simply cannot withstand the long-term operation of the formation. They cannot trap enemies with higher cultivation levels than themselves, and instead, they will be devoured by the formation, having their spiritual power drained.

However, Zhou Yuan is different. Because of his equipment slots, his magical power can be almost inexhaustible. His spiritual power recovers very quickly and is almost inexhaustible.

Even if he is only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm in the future, if he can possess such a set of talismans, he is confident that he can trap a powerful expert at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Add a powerful trump card to your battle, allowing you to attack or defend as needed.

The Jia Yuan Talisman and Tian Ge Talisman that follow are even more profound and obscure, involving higher-level spatial laws and the application of power. Moreover, because the jade book itself is incomplete and lacks many key parts.

If an ordinary person were to obtain this jade book, they probably wouldn't even be able to get started, let alone comprehend or refine it; they could only sigh in despair.

The Jia Yuan Fu is essentially a shadow puppet talisman.

After use, it can create a puppet clone with a similar cultivation level to itself, possessing a portion of the original's combat power. It can be used to confuse enemies or cooperate in battle, achieving unexpected results. In critical moments, it can even take someone's place once.

The Heavenly Ge Talisman was even more powerful, a veritable weapon of mass destruction.

The above records that when this talisman is activated, it can conjure a Heavenly Halberd from the Realm of True Immortals. Its power is so great that it can split the earth and open the sea, destroy the heavens and the earth. It is simply an unparalleled weapon that can kill gods and Buddhas if they are not in its way.

You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to go step by step.

Zhou Yuan knew very well that with the equipment slot at his side, equipping this jade book had greatly deepened his understanding of talisman making, and many things that were originally obscure and difficult to understand were now clear.

Given enough time to study and practice, he was absolutely confident that he could create all these talismans.

Of course, these talismans were all preparations Zhou Yuan made for entering the Spirit Realm in the future, in order to deal with the more powerful enemies and harsher environment in the Spirit Realm.

In this human realm, with his current cultivation and strength, he basically has nothing to worry about. The number of beings that can pose a fatal threat to him is very small, you can count them on your fingers.

Now, let's start by studying the simplest Taiyi Huaqing talisman.

Time flies, and another four or five years have passed.

During this period, Zhou Yuan did not remain in seclusion and cultivate diligently, locking himself in his secret chamber. Instead, he would occasionally leave his cave and move around the sect, appearing more often than usual. He would sometimes give guidance to the disciples' cultivation, answer their questions, or discuss cultivation insights with the sect's elders.

During this period, the situation in the Tiannan cultivation world was relatively stable, without any major upheavals or conflicts, presenting a thriving scene.

Most powerful forces have already dispatched large numbers of people to the overseas Yuanhai via teleportation arrays to develop new territories and resource points.

Meanwhile, the cultivators returning from overseas brought back a steady stream of demon beast cores and other demon beast materials from the sea, causing the market structure of the Tiannan cultivation world to change rapidly, with the prices of various resources fluctuating.

The overall price of demon cores is more than half cheaper than before, and as more and more demon cores flow in from the outer sea, the price will drop further, making demon cores affordable for more low-level cultivators to assist in their cultivation. This will undoubtedly be a huge boost to the prosperity and development of the entire Tiannan cultivation world.

With such a vast new resource area as support, it is foreseeable that the overall strength of the entire Tiannan cultivation world will usher in a significant period of growth, with more experts emerging.

"I have thoroughly understood the principles and drawing methods of the Taiyi Purification Talisman, and I have simulated it countless times in my mind. Theoretically, there are no problems. It's just that the materials needed to refine the talisman..."

Zhou Yuan sat in his cave that day, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, his brows furrowed, looking somewhat worried.

Because many of the materials needed to refine this Taiyi Huaqing Talisman have been extinct in the human realm for many years, and no one has even heard of them, it is extremely difficult to find them, like finding a needle in a haystack.

First, the base material of the talisman needs to be a special spiritual material that can withstand the law of spatial etherealization. Ordinary talisman paper simply cannot withstand the erosion of that power; it will collapse and turn into dust as soon as it is drawn on.

It is said that the original talismans in the immortal realm used the legendary Void Spirit Silk, a treasure that could not possibly exist in the mortal realm.

Secondly, the ink used to make talismans must be infused with spiritual materials that possess the properties of the virtual element in order to be used to draw those mysterious silver tadpole characters; ordinary spiritual ink simply cannot adhere to them.

"First, search all over the Great Jin Dynasty to see if we can find any stock or similar substitutes. If we really can't find any, we'll try to find some alternative materials to use. Although the effect may be worse, it's better than nothing." Zhou Yuan made up his mind, his gaze firm.

Of course, in a remote place like Tiannan, the hope of finding materials of this caliber is slim, almost impossible.

If such materials truly existed, the disciples of the Ascension Sect would have collected them for him long ago, instead of waiting until now.

Therefore, the place Zhou Yuan was going to was the Great Jin Dynasty.

That place is the core cultivation holy land of the human realm and the immortal realm. It has a long history and profound heritage, and all kinds of rare treasures emerge endlessly. You can probably find some substitutes, some remaining stock, or even some cave dwellings and ruins left behind by ancient cultivators. There may be unexpected gains there.

Inside the cave, Zhou Yuan told Zi Ling, Yuan Yao, and the other girls about his decision, saying that he was going to go to the Great Jin again to find some rare materials needed to refine talismans.

Upon hearing this, the women all nodded in understanding and agreement.

This time, there weren't many instructions or worries, because they all knew that with their husbands' current cultivation and strength, they had already reached the pinnacle of the human realm, and were invincible below the Nascent Soul stage. They wouldn't be in much danger going to the Great Jin Dynasty, unless those reclusive Nascent Soul stage old monsters personally took action.

Otherwise, no one could do anything to him.

Moreover, given Zhou Yuan's caution and wisdom, he would not provoke those Nascent Soul stage beings.

Zhou Yuan did not specifically inform Marquis Nanlong and Elder Linghu about his trip, so as not to worry them.

Unlike before, when he was the only late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in the Ascension Sect, the sect was now empty when he left.

Now, with Junior Brother Tianhen, a powerful cultivator who has also reached the late Nascent Soul stage, guarding the sect, and with his tamed Silver-Winged Yaksha left in the Ascension Sect as a precaution, he has been able to prevent any unforeseen events.

Such luxurious facilities are unmatched in Tiannan, making it impregnable. He has nothing to worry about and can go out with peace of mind.

Next, Zhou Yuan went alone to the secret teleportation array inside Ascension Peak.

He skillfully activated the formation, embedding high-grade spirit stones into the grooves.

A dazzling white light flashed, and his figure disappeared into the teleportation array as if he had never existed.

The next moment, he appeared in the southern border region of the Great Jin Dynasty, in a hidden cave a thousand feet underground.

This cave dwelling was built by Zhou Yuan many years ago. It contains a one-way teleportation array, which is extremely secretive. The entrance is covered by layers of illusion arrays and restrictions, so it is generally not discovered by outsiders. It is a secret stronghold he left in the Great Jin Dynasty.

After arriving here, Zhou Yuan first carefully checked the restrictions around the cave dwelling to make sure everything was intact and there were no signs of being touched. Only then did he feel relieved and quietly walked out of the cave dwelling.

He then concealed his aura, suppressed his cultivation to the early Nascent Soul stage, and transformed into a faint streak of light, flying close to the ground and heading straight for the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty.

That area is the core of the entire Great Jin Dynasty, where the most resources, merchants, and intelligence are gathered, making it more likely that the materials he wants will appear there.

The Great Jin Dynasty has changed a lot since his first visit; it's a case of things being completely different now.

Of course, this change has little to do with the overall structure of the cultivation world itself; it's mainly due to the changing situation in the mortal realm, with a change of dynasties.

Back then, because of the Kunwu Mountain incident, the Ye family, the original royal family of the Great Jin Dynasty, was wiped out by the ten major sects of the Great Jin Dynasty, both righteous and demonic. The entire Ye family was exterminated, leaving no one alive. It was a bloodbath, a truly horrific sight, with even infants in swaddling clothes being killed.

The Great Jin Dynasty of today no longer has a royal family or an emperor.

The ten major sects were worried about repeating the same mistakes and about the emergence of another ambitious and uncontrollable cultivation family like the Ye family.

Therefore, the royal family was simply abolished, and the ten major sects each sent representatives to form a joint management organization to jointly manage the affairs of the mortal world, maintain order in the mortal realm, and check and balance each other, so that no one could become the sole dominant force.