One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

"Who are you? You think you can just go find my master like that? Why should I believe you?" The servant, still somewhat resentful after being pulled by Sun Yao, immediately retorted.

"Master Dao is from Longhu Mountain. I'm afraid no one but Master Dao can cure your young master's symptoms. You should think carefully. If you delay your young master's treatment, I can't guarantee whether your master will skin you alive."

As Sun Yao spoke, he glanced sharply at the servant. The servant immediately felt a chill run down his spine, his legs went weak, and he ran towards the courtyard of the house.

Sun Yao didn't go with them. Instead, he directed the opera troupe to carry the young master onto the stage. Just then, Zhang Zhiwei approached him, nudged him with his shoulder, and whispered, "Brother, do you really have a way to summon his soul? Is it the Sanyi Sect or the Huode Sect? I don't remember Longhu Mountain having any methods for summoning souls."

"Don't worry, he doesn't have a mental disorder. He just lost two of his yang fires. Rekindling his yang fires is not a problem. We just need to use the blood of his closest relatives as a catalyst to reignite them."

Sun Yao, possessing fire-based magic, immediately recognized that the young master had been attacked by a ghost, causing two of his three yang flames to disappear from his shoulders, leaving him unconscious. It was only thanks to Xia Huaizhi's timely intervention and the removal of the remaining wandering spirits that he was able to escape; otherwise, once his three yang flames were gone, he would have faced certain death.

"Ignite the Yang Fire, this method is your own, isn't it? I've never heard of Longhu Mountain having such a method, and I suppose Maoshan doesn't have it either."

As Zhang Zhiwei spoke, he looked at Zheng Zibu, who shook his head. "Although Maoshan has similar methods, they all require setting up an altar and performing rituals, involving a series of complicated procedures. My senior brother Lin is the most qualified in this area. He has expertise in everything from exorcising evil spirits and catching demons to setting up altars, performing rituals, assessing feng shui, and setting up burial sites. As for me, I have some achievements in talismans, but I am still far behind my senior brother Lin."

"Don't underestimate yourself. He's only learned what Maoshan already has. It's actually quite simple to surpass him: create something that Maoshan doesn't have. I believe you can do that; I'm usually very good at judging people."

As Sun Yao spoke, he patted Zheng Zibu on the shoulder. "Who is Uncle Nine? It's too difficult for you to surpass him if you practice the same things as him. To surpass him, you have to find another way, to open up a new track." Sun Yao also had high hopes for Zheng Zibu. In the original work, he was able to comprehend the Tongtian Lu, one of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, so his creativity must be very strong. Even on his own, he should be able to comprehend many techniques.

After all, of the thirty-six thieves who went to Tongtian Valley, only eight were able to comprehend the Eight Extraordinary Techniques. This shows that there are prerequisites for comprehending the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, and these prerequisites are most likely related to aptitude.

While Sun Yao, Zhang Zhiwei, and the others were speaking, the Old Celestial Master and the Celestial Masters of Maoshan were all meditating with their eyes closed. This was an excellent opportunity to train their disciples, and they didn't want to interfere. Just then, the sound of tinkling bells came from afar. Looking towards the distance, a group of zombies dressed in Qing Dynasty official robes hopped and skipped towards them. Leading them was a Taoist priest in a yellow robe, wearing glasses.

"Senior Brother Four Eyes! Senior Brother, what brings you here?"

Upon seeing the leading Taoist priest, Zheng Zibu exclaimed in surprise. This man was none other than the Four-Eyed Taoist of Maoshan. The Four-Eyed Taoist had become an apprentice in the same batch as Shi Jian and Lin Fengjiu, and had thus graduated, but he was only proficient in one skill: divine fighting. Apart from that, he was skilled in the art of corpse driving.

Most of the disciples who graduated went out to establish their own monasteries and mostly went to do funerals and feng shui consultations. Only Qianhe and Simu were corpse drivers.

"Hey? Junior brother, what are you doing here? I'm just dropping a client off at home. We'll be at my senior brother's mortuary soon, and I'd like to stop by for a bit."

"Me? I went to the Lu family banquet with my master and I'm just on my way back to Maoshan. Oh, I forgot to introduce you. These two are outstanding disciples of Longhu Mountain. This is Zhang Zhiwei, the senior disciple of Longhu Mountain. This is Sun Yao, the newly accepted disciple of the Celestial Master. Especially this Sun Yao, he's quite remarkable. Besides being a disciple of the Celestial Master's Mansion, he's also a disciple of the Sanyi Sect and the Huode Sect, inheriting the teachings of three sects. Moreover, he outshone everyone at the Lu family banquet, and he is undoubtedly the number one person of our generation."

After traveling together for so many days, Zheng Zibu had completely become a big fan of Sun Yao. Especially after Sun Yao expanded his Sealing Talisman into Sealing Hand, his admiration for Sun Yao became an unstoppable torrent.

If it weren't for the fact that some talismans were closely guarded secrets within the Shangqing Sect, he would have long ago handed over all the talismans he possessed to Sun Yao. However, even with just the few talismans he passed on to Sun Yao, Sun Yao had already mastered them to an extraordinary degree. For example, he had developed the Sealing Sutra Hand technique from the Sealing Sutra Talisman, and the Warrior Protection Technique from the Five Warriors Talisman. Most importantly, he felt that he was not far from mastering the Heavenly Talisman, which allowed him to draw talismans out of thin air.

The most important aspect of the Tongtian Lu is that it does not require setting up an altar, circulating qi, or any prior preparation. Even a master of Shangqing who specializes in talismans would need several hours to complete it, but the Tongtian Lu allows people to draw talismans at will, and can draw a large number of talismans in a very short time.

In fact, the talismans of the three mountains are largely the same. The Zhengyi Weimeng or Zhengyi Dao are all talisman sects. Among them, the more famous ones are the Five Thunder Talisman of the Celestial Master's Mansion, the Five Warriors Talisman of the Shangqing Sect, the Tai Xuan Mantra of the Lingbao Sect, and the Tianpeng Mantra of the Shenxiao Sect, etc.

The way of talismans is either to be drawn in advance or to use one's own essence and blood as a catalyst in order to draw some temporarily useful talismans. However, the Tongtian Talisman changes this principle. It can draw talismans out of thin air and still have such power. It does not need yellow paper, cinnabar, or setting up an altar to circulate qi. It can casually wave a bunch of precious talismans. In battle, it can even scatter talismans that are regarded as treasures by various sects like beans.

But in reality, Sun Yao has already found the true source of the Tongtian Talisman: the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The method of the Tongtian Talisman involves using one's own Qi to create talismans from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; this is the fundamental reason why talismans can be drawn out of thin air. By using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth instead of yellow paper and one's own Qi instead of cinnabar, the power of the talismans drawn is naturally no less than that of yellow paper and cinnabar.

Although Sun Yao has almost figured out the Tongtian Talisman in recent days, he still has too little experience with talisman techniques, and there are still some parts that he has not perfected.

For example, the most important point is that in the art of talismans, talismans are the medium for communicating between humans and gods, so they cannot be drawn randomly. Hence the saying, "If you draw a talisman without knowing the trick, you will only make ghosts and gods laugh; if you draw a talisman with knowing the trick, you will startle ghosts and gods."