Chapter 202: Ling Zixiao’s Shock, Bountiful Harvest!

“Boom boom boom—”

Mushroom cloud-like thunderfire storms kept exploding, their might echoing through heaven and earth, forming rippling waves that swept in all directions.

In an instant, the temperature in this part of the sky rose sharply, filled with a scorching and violent magical energy.

Under this terrifying force, the entire mountaintop shook, cracks appearing everywhere, startling birds and beasts in the forest.

Not far away, the Five Elements Reversal Formation appeared under the residual energy.

It turned into a barrier of flowing five-element light, blocking the layers of residual energy.

“This…”

Inside the formation, the elegant-faced Ling Zixiao watched the shocking scene before her, her red lips slightly parted, eyes filled with disbelief.

She knew Lu Changsheng dared to face the robber cultivators, so he must have some confidence.

But she never imagined Lu Changsheng’s combat power would be so terrifying.

He unleashed over a hundred talismans at once, forming a Talisman Formation, and with lightning speed, killed five robber cultivators.

During the process, the robber cultivators tried to break the formation with Talisman Treasures to kill Lu Changsheng.

But Lu Changsheng easily neutralized them using talismans and Talisman Treasures.

Such combat power, such techniques, were simply astonishing!

Especially Lu Changsheng’s skill in refining talismans into formations left Ling Zixiao speechless.

Regarding Talisman Formations, using talismans to create formations, she also had some understanding.

She knew this technique belonged to rare inheritances, with extremely high cultivation requirements.

One needed to understand not only talisman techniques but also Formation Techniques.

Lu Changsheng had just unleashed over a hundred talismans, instantly forming a formation, clearly having refined this Talisman Formation technique to perfection, mastering Formation Techniques.

Second-rank superior pill refining!

Second-rank superior Talisman Making!

Now there was another one: Talisman Formations, Formation Techniques.

“How can one person possibly master pill refining, Talisman Making, and Formation Techniques simultaneously?”

Ling Zixiao stared at Lu Changsheng in front of her, tall and straight in his green robe, lost in thought.

Whether it was pill refining, Talisman Making, or Formation Techniques, all consumed a lot of time and energy.

Countless cultivators struggled to achieve anything in these fields throughout their lives.

Yet Lu Changsheng had accomplished so much in all three at his age, which was truly unheard of.

In all her years in Nine Heavens Immortal City, she had never seen anyone so prodigious and extraordinary.

No, she had never even heard of such a person.

Through their recent interactions, she thought she had gained some understanding of Lu Changsheng.

But at this moment, Lu Changsheng’s image in her heart became mysterious once again.

“It seems the power of this Talisman Formation is even higher than I imagined.”

“As long as I can seize the initiative and set up the Talisman Formation, forget about late Foundation Establishment, even False Core realm experts would perish within it.”

“It’s just that trapping a False Core realm expert in this Talisman Formation might be a bit difficult.”

“However, once I refine the ‘Nine-Nine Mysterious True Talisman’ into a talisman Artifact, with its assistance in setting up formations and sealing heaven and earth, even False Core realm experts won’t be able to easily break the Talisman Formation. They can only die in the wild bombardment of talismans.”

On the cliff, Lu Changsheng watched the Talisman Formation in the sky gradually dissipate its might. Seeing that the auras of the five robber cultivators inside had been extinguished, a look of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.

This was his first time using a Talisman Formation.

He was quite satisfied with the power and effect of the Talisman Formation.

The only thing to mention was that it was too expensive.

He had just made a simple move.

He used a total of over 80 second-rank talismans and over 100 first-rank talismans.

These talismans, if converted to Spirit Stones at Market price, would be worth about 40,000 to 50,000 Spirit Stones.

It was an extremely exaggerated amount.

“Hope I can make some profit from this.”

Lu Changsheng let out a light breath.

With a wave of his magical hand,

He collected the two Talisman Treasures in front of him, the broken and now useless Spirit Boats in the Talisman Formation,

Five charred, badly mangled corpses, Artifacts, Spirit Tools, Storage Bags, all into his possession.

Then he looked towards Ling Zixiao not far away and said, “Zixiao, are you alright?”

As he spoke, he waved his sleeve, calming the residual waves of the surrounding Talisman Formation.

“Lu Lang, I’m fine.”

Ling Zixiao came to her senses, looking at Lu Changsheng’s incomparably handsome face, she shook her head slightly.

She didn’t know why there could be such an extraordinary man in the world.

His looks were unparalleled, making people fall for him at first sight, and in other aspects, he was so excellent that people couldn’t see through him.

“Zixiao, you know, I’m also a Talisman Master, with some knowledge of Talisman Making.”

“So I usually prepare some talismans to carry with me, in case of any dangerous accidents.”

Seeing the usually composed and elegant Ling Zixiao looking so shocked, Lu Changsheng said with a smile on his face.

He had just used the Talisman Formation for a quick victory.

On one hand, among the five people, the leader had late Foundation Establishment cultivation.

If he hadn’t used the Talisman Formation, facing all five at once, he would have found it difficult to kill them all.

On the other hand, he also wanted to show off a bit in front of Ling Zixiao.

It wasn’t about showing off for the sake of it.

It was simply to tell Ling Zixiao through this method that he wasn’t as simple as she had seen.

He was much more capable than she had imagined.

By following him, besides treating and solving the Dragon Chant Body issue, there would be other benefits.

“This concubine naturally understands, it’s just that I didn’t expect my lord to have such divine skills. I was quite worried earlier.”

Ling Zixiao’s expression returned to its dignified and elegant state as she said with a slight smile.

“I obtained this Talisman Formation inheritance by chance. Zixiao, with your excellent comprehension and mastery of Formation Techniques, you might be able to understand it too.”

“If Zixiao is interested, I can teach you later.”

Lu Changsheng said with a light laugh.

He didn’t mind passing on his techniques to those close to him.

Ling Zixiao was now his Dao companion and in a cooperative relationship with him.

If her strength increased, it would be beneficial for him as well.

Moreover, the Talisman Formation involved aspects of Formation Techniques.

Although this type of formation was different from ordinary ones,

It might be helpful to Ling Zixiao, allowing her to draw inferences from one instance to another.

“This…”

Hearing these words, Ling Zixiao was stunned.

She hadn’t expected that Lu Changsheng would casually offer to teach her such a rare inheritance as the Talisman Formation.

It’s worth noting that in the cultivation world, technique and skill inheritances were extremely precious.

They were the foundation for a person or a force to establish themselves.

Except for extremely close people, very few would pass on their technique inheritances to others.

But Lu Changsheng had so easily offered to pass it on to her, which made her feel somewhat moved.

She lightly bit her red lips, her beautiful eyes moist, a faint smile on her face as she curtsied and said, “This concubine thanks Lu Lang.”

“As we are Dao companions, we should naturally support each other and cultivate the great Dao hand in hand.”

Lu Changsheng immediately supported Ling Zixiao, saying seriously.

“The path of immortality is cold and lonely, the great Dao is hard to seek. Having you as a companion is this concubine’s honor.”

Ling Zixiao replied with a smile.

“Zixiao, clean up the formation. We’ll continue on our journey.”

Lu Changsheng smiled, gently squeezing Ling Zixiao’s delicate hand as he spoke softly.

“Alright, my lord, please wait a moment.”

Ling Zixiao nodded, made hand seals, and simultaneously withdrew the ‘Five Elements Reversal Formation’ and the ‘Small Asura Killing Formation’ she had set up.

“Let’s go.”

Seeing Ling Zixiao had cleaned up the formations, Lu Changsheng brought out the Spirit Boat and continued their journey with Ling Zixiao.

During the process, he thought about how the five robber cultivators must have been targeting Ling Zixiao, so he used his Divine Sense to inspect Ling Zixiao.

But he didn’t find any spiritual marks.

Then, he took out a second-rank superior purification talisman and used it on Ling Zixiao.

However, when the purification talisman fell on Ling Zixiao, it also didn’t detect any marks or auras.

“Strange? Could it be they were tracking through some secret technique?”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow, pondering to himself.

He didn’t know how these five robber cultivators had targeted Ling Zixiao and tracked her.

“Lu Lang.”

Seeing Lu Changsheng’s inspection hadn’t revealed how she was being tracked, Ling Zixiao immediately began checking her own Storage Bag.

She wondered if some item or Spirit Stone had been secretly marked.

“It might be some secret technique. Now that they’re dead, naturally there’s no problem.”

Lu Changsheng said.

He had some understanding of these kinds of methods.

He knew that besides spiritual marks, there were many other Secret Techniques for tracking people.

The five of them were all Foundation Establishment cultivators, so it made sense they might know such Secret Techniques.

Then, he took out the spoils of war from the five.

He handed three storage Artifacts to Ling Zixiao, letting her help clean them out.

Lu Changsheng first took the bronze spear Talisman Treasure from the purple-faced man and examined it in his hand.

It was noticeable that this Talisman Treasure was a bit dim, probably having been used a few times.

He estimated that after one more full-power use, it would be completely ruined.

“Zixiao, this Talisman Treasure has good power. You can keep it for self-defense.”

Lu Changsheng handed the bronze spear Talisman Treasure to Ling Zixiao.

He currently had enough attack methods. This Talisman Treasure wasn’t of much significance to him.

“Thank you, Lu, but I already have a Talisman Treasure for protection. I don’t need this one.”

Ling Zixiao felt warmth in her heart seeing Lu Changsheng casually offer her this precious Talisman Treasure.

“Alright. If you see anything useful in the Storage Bag, just take it. Don’t be shy.”

Hearing this, Lu Changsheng didn’t insist. He put the Talisman Treasure back in the Storage Bag.

He planned to give this Talisman Treasure to Lu Miaoge after returning..

The Blue Jade Ruler Talisman Treasure was taken from Meng Yibai. Fearing trouble, he didn’t want to give it away.

But this bronze spear Talisman Treasure was no problem.

“Okay.”

Ling Zixiao nodded with a light smile, her demeanor elegant and graceful.

“Is this… a treasure-seeking mouse?”

Lu Changsheng started sorting through the spoils. His spiritual sense noticed a Spirit Pet Bag, raising his eyebrows.

He roughly understood how these five robber cultivators tracked down Ling Zixiao.

Inside the Spirit Pet Bag was a large golden mouse.

It looked somewhat similar to the Earth Spirit Mouse he got from Meng Yibai.

Back then, Meng Yibai tracked him using the Earth Spirit Mouse.

Unexpectedly, today he gained such a treasure-seeking mouse.

“This isn’t an Earth-Tier bloodline Earth Spirit Mouse. It should be a High-Tier bloodline Spirit Seeking Mouse.”

Lu Changsheng examined the golden treasure-seeking mouse in the Spirit Pet Bag.

Because of the Earth Spirit Mouse, he had learned a bit about the differences between various treasure-seeking mice.

He could roughly distinguish them.

However, this Spirit Seeking Mouse was very large, almost the size of a newborn baby. It was a Second-Tier beast.

Lu Changsheng found this quite impressive.

Not counting the Sumeru Tree King, he didn’t have a single Second-Tier spirit pet yet.

“Zixiao, these robber cultivators probably tracked you using this thing.”

Lu Changsheng found the beast tamer token for this treasure-seeking mouse and released it from the Spirit Pet Bag.

“Is this… a treasure-seeking mouse?”

Ling Zixiao examined the baby-sized golden mouse before her.

“That’s right. This should be a Second-Tier Spirit Seeking Mouse.”

Lu Changsheng said.

“A Second-Tier Spirit Seeking Mouse?”

Hearing this, Ling Zixiao slightly furrowed her brows, her face showing some contemplation.

“What’s wrong?”

Seeing this, Lu Changsheng asked.

“I remember in Nine Heavens Immortal City, there’s a Foundation Establishment cultivator called ‘Purple Robe Hermit’ who owns a Second-Tier Spirit Seeking Mouse.”

“He’s quite knowledgeable about cultivation world history. With his Second-Tier Spirit Seeking Mouse, he often explores hidden places and invites others to explore ruins with him.”

“Since he rarely betrays his companions, he has a bit of a reputation in the Immortal City.”

Ling Zixiao said.

“Second-Tier Spirit Seeking Mice aren’t exactly rare, but they’re certainly not common.”

“As they say, you can’t judge a book by its cover. Maybe this person is that Purple Robe Hermit.”

Lu Changsheng casually remarked after hearing this.

It wasn’t that he was being malicious.

After being in the cultivation world for so long, he was used to such things.

After all, no robber cultivator would normally look fierce and evil.

Maybe they even cultivate a good reputation and word-of-mouth to cover their robber activities.

“It’s very possible. Although this Purple Robe Hermit rarely has incidents of betraying companions, due to frequent secret realm explorations, quite a few cultivators have encountered danger.”

“But he always manages to return safely from danger, even with some gains, making others envious.”

Ling Zixiao said with a slight smile.

The two chatted while sorting through the Storage Bags.

After a while, they finished checking all the Storage Bags and storage Artifacts of the five robber cultivators.

Among them were 219 medium-Tier Spirit Stones.

And 48,375 low-Tier Spirit Stones.

One Top-Tier Spirit Tool, two High-Tier Spirit Tools, two medium-Tier Spirit Tools, five low-Tier Spirit Tools, and seven Top-Tier Artifacts.

But half of these Spirit Tools and Artifacts were severely damaged.

Even the most precious Top-Tier Spirit Tool was somewhat damaged, reducing its value if sold.

As for other items, there were over twenty bottles of Second-Tier spirit pills, sixteen Second-Tier Spirit Talisman, dozens of Second-Tier spiritual herbs, spirit wood, ores and other Natural Treasures, and three cultivation method inheritances.

“Purple Yang True Scripture. Looks like this person is indeed the ‘Purple Robe Hermit’.”

Ling Zixiao said upon seeing one of the three cultivation methods, an exquisite-Tier technique.

She guessed the purple-faced man leading the robber cultivators was likely the Purple Robe Hermit.

“But if this person is a robber cultivator who’s been hiding in Nine Heavens Immortal City for so many years, he’s too poor with just this much wealth.”

Lu Changsheng remarked after hearing this.

“It’s not little. These Spirit Stones, Spirit Tools, materials, plus the Talisman Treasure and Spirit Seeking Mouse, add up to about 170,000 to 180,000 Spirit Stones.”

Hearing this, Ling Zixiao didn’t know whether to say Lu Changsheng was too wealthy or what.

After all, most Foundation Establishment cultivators only have 20,000 to 30,000 Spirit Stones in total wealth.

The spoils from these five robber cultivators, even after deducting for damaged Spirit Tools, were still worth 170,000 to 180,000 Spirit Stones. That’s quite wealthy.

“I see.”

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly.

He felt he’d indeed gotten used to spending lavishly.

His spending habits had already far exceeded the Foundation Establishment stage.

Moreover, he hadn’t counted the bronze spear and Spirit Seeking Mouse in the gains earlier.

He felt the five people having just this many Spirit Stones was truly mediocre.

After all, his earlier Talisman Formation alone cost 40,000 to 50,000 Spirit Stones.

“With these Spirit Stones, I should have enough to buy Spirit Land when I return.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself, letting out a light breath.

After letting Ling Zixiao pick a few items, he put the categorized spoils into his own Storage Bag.

Seven days later, as night fell, Lu Changsheng saw a mortal city in the distance.

He immediately steered the Spirit Boat, taking Ling Zixiao there to rest and help her sort out the Dragon’s Chant Yang energy in her body.

Meanwhile.

At the Lu Family’s Qingzhu Mountain.

Under the cover of night, Lu Yuanzhong and Lu Yuanshan Ding, both in black robes, quietly left Qingzhu Mountain.

The two only brought out their Spirit Boat after leaving Qingzhu Mountain for dozens of miles.

They steered the Spirit Boat, flying quickly towards the Azure Cloud Sect.

Although the Azure Cloud Sect had banned family power struggles during this period.

For such matters, as long as things didn’t get too out of hand, the Azure Cloud Sect wouldn’t bother to intervene.

So, on this trip to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills and Foundation Establishment spirit items at the Azure Cloud Sect, they naturally had to act as cautiously as possible.

To prevent family moles from leaking information, allowing others to notice and attack Qingzhu Mountain, or intercept the two of them.