Proving Immortality Starting with Hextech Runes

Back at the fishpond, Chen Xu closed the courtyard gate and went into the cultivation room.

After suppressing his distracting thoughts, he sat down cross-legged and began to comprehend the inheritance of a first-grade high-level talisman.

This level of high-grade talisman is indeed much more difficult to make, not only consuming a huge amount of spiritual energy, but also requiring a high degree of stability in the drawing process.

It contains records of talismans such as the Vajra Talisman, the Spirit Shield Talisman, the Lightness Talisman, and the Green Wood Talisman, whose power far surpasses that of the Fireball Talisman.

However, the Vajra Talisman requires metal-type spiritual energy to be drawn, and Chen Xu does not have a metal spiritual root, so the success rate of drawing it is very low.

Fortunately, we can find some metal-attribute treasures to help increase the success rate of the talisman.

The spirit shield talisman, however, is quite interesting. It can be drawn with any single spiritual energy and produce different effects.

When used to defend against attacks, you can freely choose spirit shield talismans with different attributes.

I just don't know if there are any talismans drawn with more attributes, or even the spiritual power of the five elements.

"This spirit shield talisman is truly profound." Chen Xu carefully pondered its intricacies.

He then tried to draw a spirit shield talisman, but soon became mentally exhausted and the talisman patterns collapsed.

"Sigh... let's take it slow..."

The various arts of cultivating immortality, like cultivation itself, cannot be mastered overnight and cannot be rushed.

……

March has passed, and the year is drawing to a close.

On this day, Chen Xu held his breath and concentrated as he drew talismans on the last sheet of talisman paper.

"It's finally done!"

Chen Xu put down the talisman brush and accepted the hard-won wood-attribute spirit shield talisman.

His wood elemental root was the strongest, so after some experimentation, he found that he was more adept at drawing wood-attribute talismans.

Besides this spirit shield talisman, Chen Xu also drew two green wood talismans during this period.

The recycling price of a first-tier high-grade talisman is 10 low-grade spirit stones, which is ten times higher than that of a fireball talisman.

Although current production is low, the future looks promising.

After leaving the cultivation room, Chen Xu went to the fishpond.

There was a wooden box by the fishpond; that was where they kept their letters.

Some carrier pigeons were kept inside the gate to deliver messages.

Although the chores in the outer sect are easy, it is the norm for cultivators to live a secluded life.

Moreover, most outer disciples, in addition to their sect duties, also hold multiple positions to earn spirit stones.

Otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to afford elixirs.

So even though they are from the same school and are good friends, they don't see each other often.

Chen Xu took out a letter from the wooden box; it was written by Wang Tiezhu.

The gist of it is that the end of the year is approaching, so don't forget to keep your appointment at Zuixianlou.

A lot has changed in the Nanjiang area in the past three months.

The most significant of these was, of course, the cave where the Core Formation cultivator had passed away.

Just as Chen Xu had predicted, the matter of the cave dwelling quickly became known to the major powers in Nanjiang, causing quite a stir.

The three major powers in Nanjiang—Hansong Sect, Moyun Valley, and Jindao Sect—formed an alliance and monopolized the right to enter the cave dwelling.

However, once the Core Formation inheritance was revealed, the alliance of the three factions naturally collapsed instantly.

Three sect leaders at the late Foundation Establishment stage personally participated in the competition.

In that great battle, the Qi Refining disciples from various sects could only serve as cannon fodder, suffering heavy casualties.

In the end, although Wen Tianhe, the sect leader of Hansong Sect, successfully obtained the inheritance, he was also seriously injured and fled.

Upon his return, Wen Tianhe immediately ordered the mountain gates to be closed and activated the protective array.

The entire Hansong Sect was shrouded in a tense atmosphere, as if a storm was brewing.

Afterwards, although the Moyun Valley and the Golden Saber Sect did not directly declare war, they began to encroach on the territory under the jurisdiction of the Cold Pine Sect.

Today, the status of Hansongmen in the Nanjiang area has plummeted.

Wang Tiezhu's plight... left Chen Xu deeply moved.

Wang Tiezhu did go to the cave, but was unexpectedly trapped in a dark room.

Not only did they escape the most brutal melee, but they also found a weapon-forging inheritance in a secret room.

However, one of his close friends who was traveling with him was not so lucky and died after the three factions broke out in a chaotic battle.

Just then, a carrier pigeon landed under the wooden box and started cooing incessantly at Chen Xu.

Chen Xu knew that the carrier pigeon was scolding him for accepting the letter but leaving no food in the wooden box.

After understanding, Chen Xu turned around, took some fish food from the entrance of the small courtyard, and placed it on the wooden box.

Pigeons eat fish, while fish eat fish food to grow fish.

So feeding the homing pigeons fish food directly is a good, one-step solution and there's nothing wrong with it.

After tasting a bit of fish feed, the carrier pigeon glared at Chen Xu with dissatisfaction before flying away.

However, at this moment, it wasn't just the carrier pigeons who were dissatisfied with Chen Xu...

Although snowfall is rare in Nanjiang during winter, the temperature is truly freezing.

The big blackfish is afraid of the cold, so it loses its vitality in winter.

Xiao Jin was originally hiding at the bottom of the mud, but after sensing Chen Xu's presence, it quickly rose to the surface.

The little head was turned towards Chen Xu, its mouth opening and closing rapidly, spitting out a series of bubbles: "Glug... glug glug glug!"

"That wretched two-legged fish has finally emerged from seclusion!"

"How long have I been fighting with these stupid blackfish for food? When are you going to bring me some good food?!"

"You said you'd buy me treats if I learned to draw gourds, but how long has it been?"

"Liar! Big liar! I'm not showing you the fishpond anymore!"

Chen Xu noticed the commotion, turned around and looked at the little goldfish that was constantly blowing bubbles, but had no idea what it was saying.

"Are you hungry?" Chen Xu squatted down and threw a handful of fish food down.

Seeing that Xiao Jin not only refused to eat but became even more agitated, Chen Xu finally realized what was happening:

"Is it because I haven't brought you anything delicious in a while?"

"Just bear with it a little longer. It's the end of the year today, and the sect should send someone to inspect the fishpond and distribute resources."

"I can buy you something delicious right away!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jin became even angrier: "Gurgle gurgle gurgle!"

"He's just making empty promises again! He said the same thing last time! Do you think I'm easy to fool?"

"Huh? Wait... why is it so hot?"

Xiao Jin was furious, feeling a surge of anger rising within him. A surge of heat erupted from his body, instantly breaking through some invisible barrier.

Chen Xu, somewhat caught off guard by Xiao Jin's sudden surge in aura, exclaimed, "This is... a breakthrough? Mid-stage Qi Refining?!"

After Xiao Jin broke through, his anger dissipated considerably, and he appeared somewhat smug.

After swimming excitedly around in the water a few times, it quickly swam up to Chen Xu, gurgling, "Glug! Glug glug glug!"

"Haha, I've broken through! Once my cultivation surpasses yours, I'll make sure you have to eat this awful fish food every day!"

However, Chen Xu had already brought the fish basket, preparing to hide Xiao Jin.

After all, a spirit pet at the mid-stage of Qi Refining is quite valuable.

If the disciples who come to inspect see this and become greedy, it will be troublesome.

……

Just as Chen Xu had hidden Xiao Jin, the inner sect senior brother in charge of inspecting the fishpond walked in.

Chen Xu was in charge of a fishpond with ninety-seven large blackfish.

It weighed a total of 2,105 jin, far exceeding the 1,800 jin required by the sect.

Therefore, in addition to a resource worth five spirit stones, Chen Xu was also rewarded with two spirit stones.

Although it was a small task, it was still a miscellaneous task assigned by the sect and could not be refused.

Moreover, with Xiao Jin around, Chen Xu didn't have to put in much effort to look after the fishpond, so the seven spirit stones came easily.

Then the inner disciple took out a high-level beast-taming ring.

He made hand seals and chanted incantations, and beams of spiritual light shot out from the ring, instantly capturing all the large black fish in the pond.

After releasing a hundred fish fry into the pond from another high-level beast-taming ring, he hurriedly left.

Chen Xu gazed thoughtfully at his inner sect senior brother's departing figure.

Ordinary beginner and intermediate level beast-taming rings can only control spirit beasts.

Only high-level or higher Beast Taming Rings can open up a Pet Space, allowing Pets to be nurtured within the Ring.

Such a precious magical artifact is naturally far more valuable than a low- or mid-level Beast Taming Ring.

"It's time to buy Little Gold a high-level beast-taming ring too..."

But thinking about the fact that he still needed to buy a storage bag and some pills, Chen Xu sighed:

"Looks like I need to earn more spirit stones..."

"Let's talk about buying Xiao Jin some treats later!"