Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

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"Fortunately, I encountered a high-level talisman master in the Immortal City and managed to purchase this Premium Flame Talisman. Unfortunately..." Facing the shocked expressions of Yan Qingwan and Qin Chuan, Li Ji'an explained with a mix of relief and distress.

The two suddenly understood, inwardly amazed at Li Ji'an's considerable financial resources.

This type of late-second-tier talisman could retail for the price of a Foundation Establishment Pill.

And just now, the opportunity for many family younger generation cultivators to establish their foundation was consumed.

"Rest assured, Xiaoli, this time I promised to keep you all safe, and the expense just now will be on me," Qin Henian said with a satisfied nod.

If it were before, upon knowing that Li Ji'an, at mid-Foundation Establishment, spent so much to purchase such a talisman, he probably wouldn't think much of it, or might even consider that the spirit stones weren't used wisely.

But at this moment, he highly approved of Li Ji'an's actions.

"Thank you, senior!" Li Ji'an felt much more relaxed, a smile appearing on his face.

Qin Henian nodded again, looking towards the other party.

Li Ji'an's gaze, however, fell on the talisman treasure in his hand.

Seeing the rumored talisman treasure for the first time, Li Ji'an was filled with curiosity, carefully observing and sensing its details.

The method for refining talisman treasures was something he received from the talisman inheritance in a desert stone burial, and it was a late-third-tier inheritance.

He had studied it briefly and always held expectations for it.

In principle, it was actually simpler than ordinary spirit talismans, using talisman materials to seal the power of magical treasures, which could unleash a fraction of the treasure's power in an instant.

If he could obtain a magical treasure of the upper three grades, before he had the ability to activate it, using talismans to harness its power as a guardian card would be the most cost-effective method.

Those late-Core Formation great powers with upper three-grade treasures could also use this method to leave a defensive measure for their students or juniors.

Unfortunately, during the post-ancient era, high-level talisman masters were rare, and those with upper three-grade treasures were very few; at least in the Celestial Cyan Domain, Li Ji'an did not know anyone who could refine a talisman treasure.

"Boom~"

However, before he could take a full look, the talisman treasure was activated, its aura exploding instantly.

Li Ji'an felt a death threat.

In an instant, a flame tinged with purple-blue hues transformed into a long snake, seeming to jump through space, reaching Du Haizang in the blink of an eye.

Both in speed and power, it far exceeded the flames just ignited by Li Ji'an's Flame Talisman.

"Hiss!"

The fire snake, upon touching the silver corpse, pierced through it instantly.

At the same time, the purple-blue flames began to spread from the point of contact.

In an instant, the purple-blue flames almost consumed it.

"Brother!" Du Haizang was filled with both fear and rage, seizing the chance while the silver corpse faced the purple-blue fire snake, he fled rapidly, shouting as he saw the silver corpse, which had accompanied him for years and could fight True Pill experts, annihilated in an instant.

This silver corpse was refined from his elder brother's body.

He had been orphaned from a young age, and it was his elder brother who selflessly raised him and gave up his own opportunities to give him the chance to become a true inheritor of the Corpse Puppet Sect.

He had sworn to keep his brother with him forever.

At this moment, this hope was shattered.

"Senior Brother, save..." In the next moment, Xue Ling'Er, whose escape speed was inferior to Du Haizang, cried out in terror for help.

Yet before Du Haizang could react, the fire snake had already pierced Xue Ling'Er.

Compared to the silver corpse, her mortal flesh and blood was almost instantly turned to ashes, with even her three souls and seven spirits not escaping the awe of the purple-blue flames, leading to her death and soul's obliteration.

"Swipe~" As Du Haizang fled over a hundred meters, his pupils rapidly dilated.

At this moment, he finally realized that Qin Henian had not been bluffing; this truly was a talisman treasure.

Moreover, it was more powerful than any talisman treasures he had seen in the Boundless Domain.

Not to mention him, even the true Saint Child of the Corpse Puppet Sect could not withstand such a blow.

If he had known beforehand that his opponent possessed such a talisman treasure, he would never have come to assassinate them.

"Whoosh~" In the next instant, he felt the breath of death, as the purple-blue fire snake flickered and caught up to him.

"Ah!" He no longer had time to hesitate, nor did he have a choice.

Boom~

With a desperate roar from Du Haizang, the purple-blue fire snake had already crashed into him.

Whirl~

In an instant, the purple-blue flames erupted, shooting in all directions, like daytime fireworks, splendid to the extreme.

When the purple-blue flames dissipated, the smoke cleared at the spot, revealing a humanoid figure with a charred abdomen but emitting a faint golden glow.

Upon closer inspection, its appearance and physique were identical to Du Haizang's.

Furthermore, an expression of endless pain lingered in its eyes, seemingly still struggling hard.

"You... all deserve to die!" Simultaneously, a decayed voice, unlike any human voice, issued from its mouth.

Buzz~

Seeing this scene, the magical power that Qin Henian had already dispelled began to buzz in his sea of consciousness as he prepared to treat his poison.

The smile of survival after calamity on Qin Chuan and Yan Qingwan's faces froze on their cheeks.

"This... how could he also turn into a silver corpse? No, it seems even stronger than the silver corpse just now!"

"It turns out the rumor of corpse puppet masters turning into corpses is true!" Qin Henian's lips moved, his mind greatly shaken.

As a child, he had heard tales from the elders in his family about the devil cultivators. At that time, there were stories about how some corpse puppet masters from the Corpse Puppet Sect would use corpse qi to temper their physique during the refinement of corpse puppets, capable of instantaneously transforming into a corpse puppet at the brink of despair, gradually losing consciousness, ultimately becoming a masterless puppet.

At that time, he had scoffed, thinking the elders were trying to scare him again. How could anyone be so foolish as to do that?

However, at this moment, he witnessed the legend firsthand.

"Run!" Instantly regaining his senses, Qin Henian shouted loudly.

According to legend, once a corpse puppet master turned into a corpse puppet, their self-awareness would gradually dissipate, and they would eventually become an inanimate object, devoid of intelligence, manipulated at will.