Xinyuan Pavilion.
Lin Xiuyuan had a table of spiritual food laid out in front of him and was enjoying it immensely.
Although he was already capable of abstaining from grains, he couldn't break the habit, and Lin Xiuyuan wasn't yet so detached from worldly desires. Furthermore, spiritual food was not the same as the grains of the mortal world; it was not only harmless to the cultivator's body, but also greatly beneficial.
It was after this meal that Lin Xiuyuan discovered that Xinyuan Pavilion not only had exceptional spiritual tea, but also exceptional spiritual cuisine.
However, the price of spiritual food at the Foundation Establishment stage was still too high, and Lin Xiuyuan couldn't bear to spend those thousands or tens of thousands... He ordered some ordinary spiritual food for the Qi Refining stage, which, although it couldn't bring any benefits, was enough to satisfy his appetite.
"Recently, the recruitment efforts have intensified, and they have begun to recruit from the inland areas more comprehensively."
"Sigh, I don't know how long this war will last... Judging from the situation, this great war will not stop until a king and queen are established in the southern border."
"But it's not necessarily a bad thing. After all, the recruitment rewards are so generous. If we give it our all, we might have a chance to advance to the next realm."
"It's easier said than done, but the battle between good and evil is so fierce that if you want to gain anything from it, you have to be willing to risk your life..."
While enjoying the spiritual food, Lin Xiuyuan listened attentively to the conversations around him, occasionally inviting one or two rogue cultivators to ask him for advice.
The invited cultivators were extremely happy to accept the invitation from Lin Xiuyuan, a Foundation Establishment stage expert, especially since it included free spiritual food and tea.
After most of the day had passed, Lin Xiuyuan had a general understanding of the situation in recent years.
The situation was somewhat unexpected.
The reason so many demonic cultivators appeared in the secret realm was because the spatial passage belonging to the demonic path was abandoned by them. They expanded it to its maximum extent, even at the cost of its collapse, to transport a large number of demonic cultivators into the secret realm.
Thus, a situation arose in which the number of cultivators from both sides in the secret realm was overwhelmingly equal!
After Lin Xiuyuan and his group left the secret place, the demonic cultivators launched a surprise attack on the Hundred Python Mountain camp.
This battle lasted for five years!
The battle of Bai Mang Mountain ended a year before Lin Xiuyuan emerged from seclusion.
One side has a grand plan: to help the demonic cultivators inside and seize the Demon King's remains. The only way to achieve this is to seize the remaining spatial passage that belongs to the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.
The other side naturally did everything in their power to stop the demonic cultivators, guard the spatial passage, and seize this opportunity.
But this battle lasted for a full five years... During that time, Hundred Python Mountain seemed to have turned into a meat grinder, where countless cultivators from both the righteous and demonic sides gathered and perished!
And this five-year battle still hasn't come to a conclusion!
Because the demonic cultivator seemed to have successfully obtained the remains of the demon king through the blood sacrifice array, but the teleportation array he used inside was detected by the Nascent Soul stage expert of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.
Therefore, one by one, the Nascent Soul experts from the Nine Kingdoms Alliance appeared and made their moves. With the idea of destroying what they could not obtain, they each unleashed their great supernatural powers and unleashed their full potential. Even the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Demonic Path tried his best to block them, but naturally it was difficult to hold on.
Thus, the entire secret realm was shattered and plunged into nothingness, severing its connection with the real world!
The opportunity presented by the Demon King's remains was completely destroyed, burying a large number of demonic cultivators within it. The secret realm collapsed, and the space inside shattered. Only a small number of demonic cultivators managed to escape by chance thanks to their teleportation tokens.
It can be said that it buried many elite cultivators from both the righteous and demonic sides. After several schemes, they were all wiped out in the end!
Now, although this battle for opportunity has come to an end, a new great battle, a vast and fierce war, has begun.
This had been brewing for a long time, but the appearance of the secret opportunity in Bai Mang Mountain directly became a fuse!
The cultivators who died in the previous battles were merely an appetizer; what follows is the battle for the division of interests across the entire Southern Frontier.
The righteous and the demonic factions launched a great war that swept across the entire southern border, starting from Hundred Python Mountain, and used this war to define the interests of the southern border!
"The entire southern border region has been affected, and the inland areas are probably not far behind. Fortunately, I won't be staying here for long."
As Lin Xiuyuan thought this, he walked out of Xinyuan Pavilion and headed towards the City Chamber of Commerce.
Lin Xiuyuan did not return to the inn until nightfall.
After closing the door, set up the next isolation array and defensive array.
"The talisman... I wonder how long it will take to successfully refine it..."
Lin Xiuyuan muttered to himself, then sat cross-legged on the bed and took out a jade slip to study it carefully.
Just like the difference between the Qi Refining stage and the Foundation Establishment stage, the crafting techniques and difficulties of Yellow Talismans and Spirit Talismans are also worlds apart!
This is a jade slip about talisman crafting, focusing on the crafting of five-element talismans. However, it is relatively basic and comprehensive in terms of talisman-making techniques. Lin Xiuyuan spent several thousand spirit stones to acquire it, intending to thoroughly understand it before starting to craft talismans.
Although ordinary spirit talismans are only a few tens of percent more expensive than top-tier talismans, with an average price of around three thousand spirit stones per talisman, the materials used in each talisman are naturally much more expensive because they carry the power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. They are far superior to top-tier talismans, costing around a thousand spirit stones each!
Spirit talismans require powerful divine sense to activate; otherwise, their price would be much higher, and top-tier talismans wouldn't be so expensive. That's why spirit talismans are usually considered a trump card by Qi Refining cultivators.
However, because the divine power was insufficient, it could not be activated.
Just like magical artifacts, which cannot be activated if one's cultivation level is insufficient, the same applies to higher-level talismans and magical treasures for Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Lin Xiuyuan remained indoors for several months during this period of deep study.
Only then did Lin Xiuyuan feel somewhat confident in refining it.
"Next, it's about learning from failures..."
Lin Xiuyuan chuckled self-deprecatingly.
He was well aware of his own limitations from the start; he had absolutely no talent in the art of talismans and relied entirely on the wonders of purple talismans.
If it weren't for the purple light overflowing with several talismans, bringing insights that directly pointed to the essence of several talismans, he estimated that he would have had to study them for a long time before he could start refining them.
Right now, I'm only somewhat confident. To successfully refine it, I'll need to accumulate experience from numerous failures before I can barely grasp the knack and finally succeed!
Lin Xiuyuan took out the materials one by one and began placing them on the desk...
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