Jinxia Island, Yulian Peak.
In a vast manor, Ye Xin sat in a stone pavilion, holding a thick book on formations in her hands, reading it with great interest.
The art of formations requires a great deal of time to study. Han Changming is an alchemist and Ye Xue is a talisman maker, so they have no shortage of resources for cultivating immortals. Only then can Ye Xin concentrate on studying the art of formations.
There was a slight sound of footsteps and Ye Xue walked in with a smile on her face.
While Han Changming and the other two were out hunting monsters, she was not idle either. She accepted talisman-making tasks and submitted a batch of second-level talismans every month. She has now accumulated more than 23,000 contribution points. Most importantly, she communicated with other talisman makers, and her talisman-making skills improved a lot.
"Sister, hasn't my husband come back yet?"
There was a hint of worry in Ye Xue's eyes. Han Changming had been away for almost two years and had not returned yet.
Ye Xin put down the book in her hand and said, "Not yet, don't worry! With my husband's ability, as long as he doesn't encounter a third-level monster, he will be fine."
A breeze blew by, and a pair of big hands hugged Ye Xue from behind. Ye Xue was stunned at first, but quickly reacted and tried to break free. Han Changming's voice rang in her ears: "What? You haven't seen your husband for more than a year, and you don't recognize him so quickly?"
Han Changming hugged Ye Xue with a wicked smile on his face.
He had just returned to his residence when he heard the two ladies talking.
Ye Xue quickly explained: "No, I thought it was someone else."
Han Changming smiled, let go of Ye Xue, took out two palm-sized blue jade pendants, and said with a smile: "These two jade pendants are made of seaweed jade, which can automatically gather water spirit energy. You each have one. Wearing this jade will speed up your cultivation."
He obtained a lot of property from the leader of the evil cultivators. He handed over some unused monster materials to Jinxia Island and exchanged them for two jade pendants made of seaweed jade, which could automatically gather water spiritual energy. When Ye Xin and Ye Xue wore them, they could speed up their cultivation.
"Thank you, husband. By the way, husband, I can now refine the Three Talents Warning Talisman."
Ye Xue said excitedly that the Three Talents Warning Talisman was a set of talismans, similar to a set of magic tools, but with greater power.
The outer sea is rich in resources for cultivating immortals. With the support of Han Changming, Ye Xue purchased a large amount of talisman paper to refine a set of talismans. After a lot of contacts, she can refine a complete set of talismans, but the success rate is not high.
"That's a good thing. By the way, Madam, I got a book on talisman making that you should be able to use."
Han Changming took out a light blue book with "Record of a Hundred Talismans" written on the cover. This book was obtained from an evil cultivator and recorded the methods of refining many kinds of talismans, including several third-order talismans.
The Four Symbols Escape Spirit Talisman is a second-level talisman with a good concealment effect. The two evil cultivators hiding outside the valley that day used this talisman, and thus avoided the spiritual detection of Li Yutang and others. Even Han Changming could not find them.
Ye Xue flipped through a few pages and accepted it happily.
"Xin'er, this is for you."
Han Changming took out two green jade slips and handed them to Ye Xin.
No one knows how many cultivators the evil cultivator has murdered. There are many classics and five kinds of skills in his storage bag.
The Five Elements Heavenly Corpse Art can be practiced from the Qi Refining Stage to the late stage of Core Formation, cultivate refined corpses, and use the corpse qi of refined corpses for practice.
"Tiansha Zhenling Treasure Book" can be used to cultivate from the Qi Refining Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage, using the evil spirit to temper the body and practice body-refining techniques. The practice process is extremely painful and requires the assistance of refining elixirs, otherwise the evil spirit will corrode the practitioner's mind and turn him into a monster that only knows how to kill.
"Blood Soul Refining Art", a ghost practice, the highest level of cultivation is the late stage of Jindan.
"Changqing Yangyuan Jue", a wood-attributed exercise, can be practiced to the late stage of Jindan.
The Seven-Star Danxia Sutra is more about alchemy and records a variety of alchemy methods and some recipes.
Ye Xin took the jade slip and scanned it with her spiritual sense. Her face was filled with joy. She suddenly thought of something and asked curiously, "Husband, where did you get the talisman-making and formation books?"
Han Changming did not hide anything and told the whole story in detail.
"Thanks to you, my husband, for cultivating the Golden Eyes, otherwise this time it would have been very dangerous."
Ye Xin said with some relief that if Han Changming and others were trapped by the evil cultivator's formation, the chances of survival would be very low.
"I have accumulated more than 20,000 contribution points. Give me another five years and I will be able to help my husband exchange for a third-level golden-eyed beast's inner elixir."
Ye Xue said confidently that this was still a conservative estimate. The more times she refined talismans, the higher her success rate would be, and the more contribution points she would accumulate each month.
Han Changming smiled and nodded. He took out a light green jade box with a light silver talisman on it. He handed the box to Ye Xue and said, "By the way, Madam, this spiritual bird egg is for you. It should be some kind of powerful spiritual bird."
The magical bird egg was obtained from an evil cultivator, who placed the magical bird egg in a jade box and also pasted talismans on it. It was obviously not an ordinary magical bird.
Han Changming has a lot of spiritual insects on his body, Ye Xin raises ice sculptures and amethyst insects, but Ye Xue has no spiritual birds or insects.
Ye Xue accepted it with great joy. She liked anything that Han Changming gave her.
After chatting for a while, Han Changming went to the basement and took out a lot of things.
The biggest gain from this voyage was killing the leader of the evil cultivators and obtaining a large amount of wealth.
There are more than 70,000 spirit stones and a batch of monster materials. The most precious one is a magic weapon - the Soul-Calming Lock, followed by two third-level talismans.
The Seven-Star Expansion Spirit Talisman can make the user's spiritual awareness surge in a short period of time and return to normal afterwards. If Han Changming uses this talisman, his spiritual awareness should be able to reach the level of a Jindan cultivator. With the Seven-Star Expansion Spirit Talisman, Han Changming can control a third-order puppet beast, which is considered a trump card.
The Xuanguan Demon-killing Talisman is a talisman specifically designed to target ghosts and evil spirits. It has no effect on cultivators or monsters.
There are also quite a few magical weapons, two of which are more powerful: the Hundred Souls Banner, which has absorbed the souls of hundreds of cultivators, and the Hundred Bone Bag, which was used to destroy the Scarlet Sparrow Sword.
In addition to these things, there are also two golden berries, which are the main ingredients for refining the golden elixir. Unfortunately, there is no recipe, so Han Changming can only take it raw.
Han Changming had a lot of good stuff in his hands, including three third-level talismans, the Qianguang Shadow-Escape Talisman, the Seven-Star Expansion God Talisman, the Xuanguang Demon-Destroying Talisman, and a third-level puppet beast.
He slapped the spirit beast bag, and a purple crystal flying scorpion flew out, circling around Han Changming, making bursts of sharp hissing sounds, as if it was hungry.
Han Changming took out the Hundred Souls Banner and shook it gently. The sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling became louder, and hundreds of black lights flew out. They were the evil ghosts inside the Hundred Souls Banner.
Naturally, he would not use such an evil magic weapon. The Amethyst Flying Scorpion let out an excited hissing sound and chased after these ghosts.
These ghosts still wanted to attack the Amethyst Flying Scorpion, but with Han Changming's assistance, they couldn't hurt the Amethyst Flying Scorpion at all.
In less than half a minute, hundreds of ghosts were all devoured by the Amethyst Flying Scorpion. The Amethyst Flying Scorpion became drowsy and lay on the ground.
Han Changming put it back into the spirit beast bag and released the Xuyuan worm.
The Xuyuan insect has a worm body and bird wings, with golden lines all over its body, a pair of thin red wings on its back, and a small red eye on its head.
The Xuyuan insect has taken a lot of mid-grade beast spirit pills. Its ranking is higher than the Purple Crystal Flying Scorpion, and it is the spirit insect that Han Changming focuses on cultivating.
After more than ten years of cultivation, the Xuyuan worm has advanced to the second stage. It is about ten feet long and its wingspan is about ten feet wide.
It is not able to tear space apart now. It needs to be cultivated to at least the third level before it can use the power to tear space apart.
Han Changming took out a beast spirit pill and fed it to the Xuyuan worm. It flew around the room, making clear bird calls.
After a long while, the Xuyuan insect got tired of playing and flew back to the spirit beast bag.
Han Changming sat cross-legged and meditated.
Not long after, a red-yellow glow appeared on his body.
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In Haoran City, Golden Tiger Pavilion, a dozen monks are selecting goods.
On the third floor, Han Changwu and a dark-skinned young man in a golden shirt were talking about something.
The young man in the golden shirt has a sturdy build, with distinct muscle lines, and a light golden gourd around his waist.
"Shopkeeper Hu, it's settled. Notify me as soon as the goods arrive."
Han Changwu agreed with a smile. After more than a year of development, at the suggestion of Sun Ping, Han Changwu won over a monster hunting team, sold goods to them at relatively favorable prices, and slowly opened up the market. The Golden Gourd Pavilion gained a foothold in Haoran City.
The second-level puppet beasts refined by Han Changying are of good quality and relatively favorable price, and are very popular among the monster hunting team. Now there are a group of repeat customers. The only drawback is that there are too few members of the Han family in Haoran City. Whether it is refining puppet beasts or making talismans, the efficiency is very low and the supply cannot meet the demand.
She planned to suggest to the clan leader to dispatch a group of clan members, especially the foundation-building monks who had mastered the skills.
Not long after the guests left, Han Zhangxiang walked in with a happy look on his face.
It was his first time going out to sea to hunt monsters, and he won the first battle, and was given 50,000 spirit stones and a third-level beast skin, which was the Han family's annual income.
"Chief, you are back."
Han Changwu smiled happily and took out tea leaves to make tea.
Han Zhangxiang sat down, took a sip of the spiritual tea, and asked about the business of Jinhu Pavilion. Han Changwu answered truthfully.
"Chief, we have too few people, and it's inconvenient to do things. I think we should transfer ten more tribesmen over here!"
Han Changwu suggested that Han Daogui and Han Daoxiu be responsible for gathering information and hanging out in teahouses and taverns, which would cost a lot of money. Han Deling would practice in seclusion, while Han Changwu and Han Changying would be in charge of the Golden Gourd Pavilion. They had to make talismans and refine weapons as well as manage the shop, and they had no time to practice.
"I have already asked Daolu to do this. They should be here in a year or so. I'm sorry to trouble you and Changying during this period. By the way, have you heard any news from Haige?"
Han Zhangxiang and others have been in the open sea for more than a year, but there is still no news of Han Changming and others.
"No, the outer sea is too big, and there are many immortal cultivation sects. I asked many guests about Tinghai Pavilion, but they have never heard of it."
Han Changwu smiled bitterly. She suddenly remembered something and said, "Chief, I bought the teeth of a third-level blood-thirsty shark. With other materials, I can refine a magic weapon."
She took out two blood-red fangs that were about two feet long. Most of the magic weapons from the outer sea were made from materials from monsters.
There are magic weapons for sale in the outer sea, but Han Zhangxiang believes that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Directly purchasing magic weapons is convenient and saves trouble, but it is not a long-term solution. If he can refine magic weapons, and a Jindan cultivator appears in the family in the future, he can refine magic weapons for his clansmen.
Han Zhangxiang is originally a weapon refiner. He now needs to practice more. It is only a matter of time before he can refine a magic weapon.
He accepted the two fangs, gave a few instructions, and left the Golden Gourd Pavilion.