Cultivation: I Have a Golden Talisman

「Ten days later.」

Cen San Niang, Tang Mengru, and Fierce Tiger Taoist reluctantly bid farewell and returned to Divine Pillar Mountain Immortal City.

The two women had wanted Fang Cheng to go and live with them for a few years, but unfortunately, he politely declined their repeated requests.

During that time, the three of them had set everything aside and reveled freely, indulging in the utmost pleasure.

However, all good things must come to an end. It was just that in the future, the number of times Cen San Niang and Shopkeeper Tang visited the Abyssal Marsh would likely increase dramatically.

Especially since Shopkeeper Tang’s business deal with Xuanzhen Studio was settled, she had more than enough reason to come to the Abyssal Marsh.

But that was a story for another time.

As it happened, while Fang Cheng was sorting through Luo Huangqiao’s storage bag, he discovered a secret letter that was unexpectedly related to the Feng Family.

West of the Abyssal Marsh, beyond the mountain ranges, lay a vast and boundless desert. In places where Spirit Veins converged within the desert, numerous oases had formed, occupied by many Loose Cultivators and clans.

The largest of these oases was the Ancestral Court of the Flame God Palace.

The area of this desert was even greater than the Abyssal Marsh. Legend had it that in ancient times, it was a boundless ocean. Only after cataclysmic battles between great powers, the chaos wrought by Celestial Demons, and the world itself being overturned did the geography shift into its current form.

This desert was called the Hanhai Desert and, along with the Celestial Cloud Mountain Range, the Abyssal Marsh, and Divine Pillar Mountain, was known as one of the four great Spiritual Lands of the Yun Country.

The Hanhai Desert contained numerous Ancient Ruins, attracting not only Loose Cultivators from the Yun Country but also Cultivators from neighboring countries who often came to seek their fortunes.

Unfortunately, while some ruins held opportunities, others contained sealed and slumbering Celestial Demons. People often failed to find their fortune and ended up losing their lives and possessions instead.

Years ago, with the support of their main branch, a cadet branch of the Feng Family migrated to an oasis in the Hanhai Desert to put down roots and expand. Although they weren’t as prosperous and powerful as the main branch, which was backed by the Yinluo Sect, they still managed to make a name for themselves among the various families in the Hanhai Desert.

Luo Huangqiao’s secret letter mentioned that someone from the Qiao Family had accidentally learned that a young child with a Celestial Fire Body, a true Immortal Seed, had appeared in the Feng Family’s cadet branch.

However, the Haihan Feng Family was internally divided on where to send the Immortal Seed.

One faction advocated for sending the child back to the main branch to be nurtured and then sent to the Yinluo Sect. In the future, the child could become one of the Yinluo Sect’s Inner Sect Elders and protect the Feng Family’s prosperity for three hundred years.

The other faction argued that having a Celestial Fire Body cultivate the Yinluo Sect’s Nine Netherworlds Fire would be a colossal waste of a heavenly gift. It would be better to send the child to the Flame God Palace to cultivate the *Profound Fire Record*, which would lead to greater achievements in the future.

After all, the *Profound Fire Record* was the number one fire-element Cultivation Technique in the Yun Country!

But if they did this and the news leaked, the Haihan Feng Family would inevitably offend their main branch in the Abyssal Marsh.

After the Qiao Family learned of this, they secretly contacted the patriarch of the Haihan Feng Family. They wanted to find an outstanding disciple for that powerful figure in the Flame God Palace to curry favor with them.

The Haihan Feng Family was initially hesitant, but after receiving the Qiao Family’s promises and persuasion, they gradually began to entertain thoughts of independence.

After all, if this person with the Celestial Fire Body were to mature, the Hanhai branch of the Feng Family might just be able to gradually surpass the main branch and no longer be constrained by them.

It was just that the Haihan Feng Family still hadn’t been able to make a final decision.

Luo Huangqiao, bearing this heavy responsibility, had planned to personally meet with the Haihan Feng Family on his way back to the Flame God Palace after concluding his business in the Abyssal Marsh. He intended to further persuade them and bring the Immortal Seed back to the Flame God Palace.

After Fang Cheng read this secret letter, he didn’t overthink it. He simply had someone deliver it to Feng Ling at the first opportunity.

As for the authenticity of the letter’s contents, it was best to let the Feng Family verify it themselves.

He then returned to Canglan Cave on Demon Lion Peak to continue his cultivation.

...

「In the cave, sun and moon held no sway.」

One day, as Fang Cheng was meditating and regulating his breath in his Quiet Chamber, he suddenly felt a strange sensation in his heart.

He opened his eyes, followed the feeling to investigate, and discovered that the peculiar fluctuation was coming from the Poisonous Insect Refining Secret Chamber.

He got up, left the Quiet Chamber, and went to the Poisonous Insect Refining Secret Chamber. There, he saw that the Poison Gu had awoken from its slumber at some unknown time and was now flying leisurely in the Gu Pit.

The color on this Poison Gu’s body was even richer, like a small, exquisite piece of black jade. Its wings vibrated silently.

Fang Cheng stood at the edge of the Gu Pit and dripped a drop of his essence blood inside, which landed on the Poison Gu’s back.

The Poison Gu silently descended and lay motionless at the bottom of the pit.

Fang Cheng activated a Spell and began the refinement. After the time it takes for a few incense sticks to burn, the Poison Gu silently flew up, came before him, and vanished into his sleeve with a flash.

After devouring a large amount of highly toxic substances, this Poison Gu had advanced to Tier Two Mid Stage, and its toxicity had greatly increased.

Unfortunately, his Nameless Gu Technique was of too low a grade. The current Poison Gu might be effective against ordinary Mid-stage Life Talisman Cultivators, but it would fall short against Major Sect Elders like Mu Xuanyu.

The same was true for his Vajra Gu.

As his own Magical Power and Divine Techniques improved rapidly, his reliance on these external objects would diminish.

’Perhaps I can give them to Ye Yan and Wen Qianqian in the future...’

He pondered this as he walked out of the Gu chamber. The Cave Mansion was quiet and peaceful; Ye Yan and the other two women were all engrossed in their cultivation in their respective rooms.

Fang Cheng didn’t disturb the three women. Thinking of the Feng Family’s matter, he left the Cave Mansion and rode his Escape Light toward Golden Furnace Peak.

Golden Furnace Peak was not far from Demon Lion Peak, with Nine Dragon Peak situated between them.

This branch of the Yinluo Sect primarily cultivated the White Bone Relic and was responsible for maintaining the Sect Protection Array. While their daily work might seem unhurried, it concerned the safety of the entire Yinluo Sect and was of utmost importance to the sect.

After Feng Ling was promoted to a True Disciple, she began cultivating on this peak.

This was Fang Cheng’s first time here, but he had long known the location of Feng Ling’s Cave Mansion.

—Feng Ling had told him about it during their secret rendezvous in the marketplace over the years.