A month passed quickly.
Han Changming sat in front of the wooden table, concentrating on looking at a piece of talisman paper in front of him. There were more than a dozen red runes on the talisman paper, and a stack of refined fireball talismans was placed on the table.
Not long after, Han Changming put down the talisman pen, and red light flowed on the surface of the red talisman paper, and a chain of fireball talismans was refined.
Han Changming has been here for a month. They have hunted and killed thousands of monsters, 90% of which are first-level monsters, and there are more than 70 second-level monsters. The consumption of puppet beasts, talismans, elixirs, and formations is huge, and the number of cultivators has also decreased.
They were well prepared, but the number of monsters was simply too great, and the two foundation-building cultivators simply couldn't keep up.
The Han family suffered thirteen casualties, eight seriously injured and five dead. The Liu family suffered even greater losses, with seven seriously injured and eight dead. The two monster hunting teams of the Liu family cultivators attracted six second-level monsters, while the Han family attracted at most five second-level monsters. On that occasion, Han Changming sacrificed hundreds of first-level talismans.
The number of staff was halved, and the personnel of the two families were merged to form three monster hunting teams.
Han Changming put away the talisman and walked out.
At this time, night had fallen.
Dozens of monks were gathered around several bonfires, exchanging their cultivation experiences and eating.
After this period of cooperation, the Qi-refining monks from the two families became familiar with each other.
"Ninth brother, here." Han Changying shook his hand and said loudly.
Han Changming walked towards the campfire where Han Changying was. There were ten cultivators, all of them were from the younger generation, and Liu Wenyue was also there.
As soon as Han Changming sat down, others greeted him one after another.
They knew that Han Changming was a talisman maker, so they were quite polite to him. People with abilities are respected wherever they go.
"Cousin, do you still have the Fireball Talisman and the Three-Foot Freezing Talisman? I'll exchange them with you for the spirits of fifty first-level monsters." Liu Wenyue took out a black porcelain bottle the size of a palm and handed it to Han Changming.
During this month, the Liu family had consumed a lot of supplies. The talismans were easy to use and did not take long to refine, so they were very popular.
Han Changming nodded, took out a large stack of talismans and handed them to Liu Wenyue.
During this period, cultivators from the Han family and the Liu family often used monster materials to exchange talismans with Han Changming. Han Changming liked monster spirits the most, and monster skins were also fine. The skins could be used to refine talisman paper or magic tools.
“If I had known that talismans could earn so much spirit stones, I would have studied the art of talismans more diligently.” A young man in his early twenties, wearing a red shirt, said with a smile.
"Brother Daoist Liu, you are joking. How can a talisman maker compare to you alchemists?" Han Changming said modestly.
The young man in red is called Liu Wenhong, Liu Wenyue’s cousin and a top-grade alchemist of the first rank.
Whenever Han Changming had the chance, he would ask Liu Wenhong for advice on the art of alchemy, and Liu Wenhong would give him some pointers.
Han Changming planned to learn the art of alchemy. This was not a secret. There were relatively few alchemists in the Han family, but there were many Han family cultivators who wanted to become alchemists. No one suspected Han Changming. When Han Deling learned about this, she only told Han Changming to practice hard first, and then learn the art of alchemy after building a foundation, and not to delay his practice.
Of course Han Changming readily agreed to his elders' advice.
After dinner, Han Changming went back to his room to rest.
He slapped the spirit beast bag, a strange hissing sound was heard, and the Amethyst Flying Scorpion flew out.
It circled around Han Changming, making a hissing sound.
After taking ten poison sacs and a large amount of monster spirits, the Purple Crystal Flying Scorpion has advanced to the first-class intermediate grade.
Han Changming had personally experienced that the Purple Crystal Flying Scorpion could indeed confuse people's minds and could definitely help Han Changming during a fight.
Han Changming took out a black porcelain bottle, uncorked it, and more than a dozen green light balls the size of eggs flew out. A large cloud of black light covered his face and rolled the dozen green light balls back into the mouth of the Amethyst Flying Scorpion.
The spirits of fifty first-level monsters all entered the stomach of the Amethyst Flying Scorpion.
It seemed unsatisfied and let out a hissing sound from its mouth.
Han Changming took out a pink piece of meat and threw it on the ground.
Red-blooded jellyfish is highly poisonous.
The Amethyst Flying Scorpion ate the red-blooded jellyfish in no time at all, expressing its satisfaction to Han Changming.
Han Changming put it back into the spirit beast bag, took out the talisman-making tools, and continued to refine the talisman.
One night passed quickly.
Early the next morning, just as the sky was getting light, a red sun rose from the east, bringing a touch of warmth to the entire island.
Han Changming and others were divided into three teams and set up formations to hunt down monsters.
If some bloody pieces of meat are scattered on the beach and the sea water rushes ashore, it will wash away a lot of sea water.
An hour later, a group of monsters with fish heads and lizard bodies emerged from the water. They were blue all over, with three pairs of claws under their bellies, and looked very strange.
A fish-lizard beast, brutal and bloodthirsty, skilled in water arrows.
They seemed to smell blood and moved quickly towards the shore.
After getting ashore, they quickly rushed towards the bloody piece of meat, revealing sharp teeth shining with cold light in their bloody mouths.
Countless white cold air suddenly emerged from the ground and turned into a pale white light curtain, covering most of the fish-lizard beasts. A dozen or so fish-lizard beasts that were not trapped by the formation rushed back the way they came.
Countless yellow sands flew up from the ground and turned into a yellow earth wall more than ten feet long and about ten feet thick, blocking their way.
Dozens of red fireballs fell from the sky and hit a dozen fish-lizard beasts.
A series of roars sounded, and raging flames burned violently on a dozen fish-lizard beasts. They made strange hissing sounds, rolled over and over, trying to use the wet mud and sand to put out the flames on their bodies.
More than a dozen magical weapons with shining light attacked and chopped on the belly of the fish-lizard beasts. These fish-lizard beasts were only first-level and were no match for Han Changming and others.
In less than ten breaths, more than a dozen first-level monsters were killed by Han Changming and others.
Within the pale white light curtain, countless white cold air surged out from the ground, covering all the fish-lizard beasts. The fish-lizard beasts attacked the formation frantically, but it was of no use.
The four Qi-refining monks continuously injected spells into the formation plate. White ice cones appeared in the void and quickly smashed down.
If nothing unexpected happens, this group of fish-lizard beasts will definitely not be able to escape.
Suddenly, a shrill scream came from Han Debiao.
Han Debiao hurriedly took out a light blue round bead from his arms, and the round bead kept flashing.
“Bang!”
The blue bead shattered and turned into a large piece of blue crystal.
"Oh no, there are enemies, be careful."
When going out to sea to hunt monsters, the most dangerous ones are never the monsters themselves, but other cultivators.
Every time they set up a formation to hunt monsters, they would place down magical instruments as warnings to prevent attacks from other cultivators.
The Han family cultivators had already made plans to deal with the attacks of evil cultivators when hunting monsters.
There was a loud "whoosh" sound, and hundreds of blue water arrows flew out from the bottom of the sea, attacking Han Changming and others in an overwhelming manner.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack."
Han Changming was not in a hurry and threw out the stack of fireball talismans in his hand.
Boom!
A huge explosion sounded, and a blazing red flame spread in the void.
This round of attack failed to hurt the Han family cultivators.
A huge blue sphere surfaced, with a dozen cultivators standing inside. Leading the sphere was a man in his early thirties in a blue shirt. There was a horrifying blood-red scar on his face, and he had reached the initial stage of foundation building.
"Oh no, Scarface Tiger." Han Debiao's face changed and he said in surprise.
Scarface Tiger's real name is Chen An. He has robbed and killed many immortal cultivators. Many immortal cultivator families have offered large rewards to capture him, but none of them have been successful.