Immortal Road.

Chapter 121 Summoning Technique

Lin Shan ordered his men to clean up the battlefield and recapture the Red Shrimp Island, inheriting the red shrimp industry of the two evil spirits, Black and Red.

These two brothers in the Foundation Establishment Stage really know how to live their lives. They even dug a pond in a corner of the island to raise red shrimps.

Lin Shan highly praised the breeding work of the two with a professional eye. He did not remove the restriction on the pond, but appointed two younger brothers to manage the farm for him.

No matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat. Who would complain about having too many spirit stones?
Afterwards, under the arrangement of Old Man Zhong, some of the remaining monks stayed on Hongxia Island to preach, while others crossed the sea back to their original missionary sites to continue to consolidate their faith. Lin Shan no longer had to worry about these things.

He flew back to the center of the Ezo Sea alone on his sword and returned to his cave on Ezo Island.

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After returning, Lin Shan first opened the storage bags of the two evil spirits, Black and Red, and the first thing he counted was the spirit stones.

The two of them had only two thousand spirit stones in total, which was not even as much as the former Jiangdong cultivator Xingtai Zen Master. It turned out that they were a pair of poor brothers.

Next were tens of thousands of yuan worth of red shrimp shells, which should have been the spiritual materials collected day and night over the past five years. Although it was a bit shameless to compete with casual cultivators in the Qi training stage for food, the accumulation of low-level spiritual materials would also be a considerable income.

What remains are some miscellaneous mid-level and low-level magical weapons. It is estimated that they have just broken through the initial stage of foundation building and are still in the stage of accumulating spirit stones. No wonder they want to seize the Red Shrimp Island to plunder resources. It should be to raise money for two high-level magical weapons as soon as possible.

Finally, there are some books on puppet summoning, as well as poison recipes and notes for making green smoke.

Looking at the densely packed poison formulas, various experimental experiences, and data records in the notebook, Lin Shan couldn't help but sigh that these two brothers are really suitable for research!

But you developed the poisonous smoke, but you didn't research the antidote at the same time? Didn't you consider what would happen if you got infected?
The two brothers who were already on the road to the underworld said that they were familiar with astronomy, geography, climate and wind direction, and would never stand against the wind to cast poisonous smoke. Even a normal light breeze would not be a problem for us, but who knows that you can use unconventional wind spells like Hurricane?
Lin Shan took a quick look and threw it aside. What was the point of refining yarn without an antidote? What if I ran into a cultivator with stronger wind power than me?
As for the books on puppet summoning, he was very interested.

Although the two had used all sorts of fancy tricks when they were fighting, such as paper cranes to communicate with spirits, beans turning into soldiers, and jellyfish and fire crows, they were all easily defeated by him.

But that's because the Five Elements Magic Fan is too powerful. If it were replaced with other means, it would definitely take a lot of effort.

The classics contain many practical techniques, including methods of making small puppets, how to summon psychic creatures, how to refine summoning instruments, etc.
Lin Shan watched with great interest. The paper crane was the simplest among them. The power of paper cranes made with different grades of talisman paper was also different, but they needed to be accumulated in large quantities.

There are more than a dozen ways to make beans into soldiers, and each method uses different materials to make different bean soldiers.

For example, the two evil spirits, Black and Red, use the middle-level spiritual object, the seeds of the dead wood vine, and when they are summoned, they become wood-type bean soldiers.

According to the book, the deadwood vine can produce hundreds of seeds at a time. I guess the two brothers were just greedy for cheapness, and they wanted to make it quick, not to mention easy to use.

But if one could use seeds of high-level spirit species, or even seeds of plant fairies in the Jindan stage, the bean soldiers refined at that time would be well-organized, and their power would definitely be more than just one plus one equals two.

Lin Shan's heart was instantly moved!
As long as he could find an old tree that was tens of thousands of years old, collect all its seeds and refine them all into bean soldiers, wouldn't he be able to move around in the same realm?
However, he could only think about it. The spirits of plants and trees all had the strength of the Golden Core Stage. He would be in great danger if they were hit by anything. How could he dare to rob other people's descendants? Wasn't he seeking death?
Finally, there is a spiritual summoning technique, which is different from refining puppets. It is a serious spell, and the strengthening panel pops up.

[Summoning]

Quality: High-level spell

Introduction: Bind a contract from known coordinates and temporarily summon the creatures in the area who have reached the contract. It requires a teleportation tool to guide.

(Note ①: Summoning contracts are divided into voluntary and forced. Voluntary contracts have no burden, while forced contracts will increase the burden on the soul)

(Note ②: The strength of the person you force a contract with must not exceed one major realm of your own, otherwise it will cause backlash)

Enhancement required: 32 points

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Lin Shan immediately rubbed his hands excitedly and began to study the summoning technique carefully.

With his current strength at the Foundation Establishment Stage, he could theoretically form a summoning contract with creatures whose strength did not exceed the Golden Core Stage, but he had to first refine a so-called summoning artifact as a communication channel.

He instantly recalled the flag that the Black and Red Devils had used to summon the Fire Crow, and he rummaged through his storage bag to find it.

[Summoning Flag]

Quality: Intermediate level magic weapon

Introduction: A teleportation flag made from teleportation stone and used to communicate and summon creatures. Due to the limitations of materials and refining techniques, it can only summon creatures in the Qi training stage.

Enhancement required: 16 points

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Lin Shan now understood that when the two evil spirits Black and Red obtained this inheritance, they also obtained a teleportation stone which is extremely rare in the world of cultivation, so they found a way to make the summoning flag.

However, since mid-level magic tools can only support summoning creatures in the Qi training stage, if one wants to summon creatures in the foundation building stage, one must at least refine a high-level magic tool.

However, refining this kind of top-grade high-level magical weapon requires a master weapon maker, and all kinds of high-level spiritual materials need to be collected.

Even if you find a master weapon refiner to refine a magic weapon for you, not only will the unique method of refining the summoning magic weapon have to be given to the weapon refiner, but the cost of refining a high-level magic weapon is also extremely expensive.

The fact that the two evil spirits, Black and Red, were able to find a way to create a mid-level summoning device was already quite remarkable for a casual cultivator.

However, this is not a problem for Lin Shan. He has an enhancement panel. As long as there is enough ancient charm, it will be no problem to enhance it into a magic weapon or even a spiritual treasure.

But he was not in a hurry to strengthen himself. He first learned the spiritual arts and tried his skills.

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This study took half a month. The summoning spell was obscure and profound. Lin Shancha had no appetite and did not want to think about it all day. He barely condensed a small spell mark in his soul.

[Summoning] Quality: High-level spell mark

Description: Bound summoned creature (none)

Enhancement required: 32 points

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If you master the basics of high-level spells, the spell mark will be condensed in your soul, which means you will never forget it and it will be engraved in your memory forever.

If it is used enough times and understood deeply enough, it will become a spell seed. At that time, you can control it as you wish, and it will not even be interrupted by external forces at critical moments.

As for the magical powers and spells above that, they are difficult to comprehend and understand, and it is even more difficult to form the seeds of magical powers.

There may be a few cultivators in the Jindan stage who master minor magical powers like the blazing fire that burns the sky, but even fewer can form the seeds of magical powers.

After all, being able to use something and fully understanding it are two different things.

Just like solving a problem, you know how to substitute the formula and how to solve the answer. However, you may not be able to fully understand the basis of the question and the principle behind the formula.

But Lin Shan’s enhancement panel is different. According to past practice, as long as he is enhanced, he will definitely reach the pinnacle of the next level.

If you strengthen the spell mark of summoning now, you may get a seed of minor magical power!
Lin Shan suppressed the urge to strengthen himself. Now that he had 40 points of ancient charm, he wanted to keep them for breaking through the bottleneck in the early stage of foundation building in the future. He was not a genius, and without the elixir to break through the bottleneck, it would seriously delay the time of cultivation.

Even if you encounter danger in advance, you may have to strengthen yourself at the critical moment to save your life.

Now that you have learned the art of summoning, you can try out its effects first.

Lin Shan took out the mid-level magic weapon summoning flag and began to activate the summoning technique at the same time. He instantly felt his consciousness enter the depths of the summoning flag, and then was infinitely magnified, covering a space of about ten miles in radius.

According to the introduction to summoning, the coordinates of the location of his consciousness now should be Ezo Island where his real body is located.

His consciousness was amplified fifty times, but the area within a ten-mile radius of Ezo Island was not clearly visible. He could only barely sense the consciousness of creatures with lower cultivation than him in this range.

In this range, first of all, there are tens of thousands of green light spots in the north, which are distributed relatively concentratedly. Judging from the direction, they should be the mortal villages on the island. These tens of thousands of green light spots should all be mortal fishermen.

There were about a thousand gray spots of light in the west. Lin Shan concentrated his consciousness on this area and could barely sense that they were the souls of groups of seagulls. They appeared gray perhaps because their consciousness was dark and their spiritual awareness was not yet awake.

Lin Shan simply activated the summoning technique and tried it out on these seagulls first.

It turned out that the progress seemed to be quite smooth. These seagulls were just ordinary birds without any cultivation. As soon as I took the initiative to try to bind the summoning contract, I succeeded immediately.

"Chirp chirp~"

At this moment, a vortex suddenly appeared on the summoning flag next to the physical body in the cave. As it turned, a clear bird call was heard from another place. The next moment, the vortex spun faster and faster, and seagulls flew out one after another!
Lin Shan opened his eyes and regained consciousness, and found that dozens of seagulls had appeared out of nowhere in the cave, and were flying around in the narrow space, with bird droppings and feathers everywhere. He quickly opened the cave and drove them all out.

"Cough cough!"

Lin Shan coughed as he released the contract that bound him to the group of seagulls. What's the use of this thing?
After using a wind-controlling spell to blow the feathers and bird droppings out of the cave, Lin Shan still felt that the smell in the cave was a bit pungent, so he simply went out and flew to the edge of the island on his sword and landed on a reef.

The air at the seaside was exceptionally fresh. This time, Lin Shan sat cross-legged again, facing the sea breeze and began searching for living creatures around him.

This time, half of the ten-li radius was covered with seawater. Lin Shan found a group of white light spots ten miles away from the deep sea. After contacting them with his consciousness, he found that they were a group of shrimp monsters and immediately began to try to communicate with them.

This time they obviously encountered resistance. These monsters were obviously very powerful, and their spiritual consciousness resisted fiercely, refusing to be bound by the summoning contract with Lin Shan.

But Lin Shan got angry instantly and said, "The more you resist, the more excited I become!"

In the end, the arm was no match for the thigh, and the spiritual awareness of the foundation-building period was obviously far superior to those monsters, and finally he had to be forcibly "bound" to the summoning contract.

The summoning flag in his hand spun in a water-blue vortex, and dozens of white shrimp monsters fell from the other side with a "click".

Lin Shan recognized it at a glance. This white shrimp is a specialty aquatic product of the Ezo Sea. It is similar to the red shrimp from the Red Shrimp Island, and the shrimp shells have medicinal value.

Looking at the little guys who were raising their claws to express their protest and dissatisfaction towards him, Lin Shan was speechless.

It's no use binding a summoning contract between me and this thing. Apart from the shrimp shell which is considered a spiritual material, it has no combat power at all. It's completely free!

Could it be that while fighting with the enemy, he summoned a large number of white shrimps to tell the other party?

"Brother, stop fighting. I'll give you a pair of mantis shrimps. Let's make peace!"

I guess people would not mind eating a meal of "braised prawns", "steamed white prawns", "braised prawns" or "salt and pepper prawns" after they have eaten it.
Thinking of this, Lin Shan suddenly felt that there was no need to cancel the summoning contract in a hurry, he could just keep him as food!

In fact, the two evil spirits, Black and Red, had already thought of this. These two were able to practice all the way from being casual cultivators to the foundation-building stage. The foundation-building pills of the two brothers were earned by selling aquatic products through summoning techniques.

Otherwise, the islands in the East China Sea are poor in resources, and the deep sea is full of dangers. How can independent cultivators survive and advance? They must have more or less opportunities.

It's just that both of them have used their opportunities to focus on aquaculture, otherwise they would not have hidden in this corner of Red Shrimp Island for five years.

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Lin Shan sat on the rocks by the sea for a whole day. During this time, he bound all kinds of scallops, conchs, crabs, sea urchins, clams, etc., summoned them all by contracts, and after looking at them, he found that none of them could be fought!

It's all food!
So summoning is used to find seafood?
Lin Shan was suddenly disappointed. The seafood in the Qi training period was indeed fresh if placed inland, but what he needed was combat power. Even if you could give me some jellyfish like the ones summoned by the two evil spirits, black and red, it would be enough.

But then he changed his mind and thought, since any living creature can be summoned, then do humans count?

(End of this chapter)