[Black Zombie Skill: Blood Corpse Escape (Beginner 0/100) +]
[Blood Corpse Escape·Awaken Corpse Technique]
[The myriad techniques are distinct, some focusing on attack, others on defense, but the escape technique primarily focuses on survival. Once perfected, it can activate thirty percent of the corpse qi to use Blood Corpse Escape, allowing for transport a thousand miles away. If a corpse qi mark is left, one can escape to the mark's location. After a long escape, no traces or aura of corpse qi are left along the way. Besides the Corpse Nurturer, each additional person brought increases corpse qi consumption by ten percent! (Current escapeable distance: two miles.)]
"The Blood Transformation Body can actually awaken the corpse technique!"
Wen Jiu exclaimed in astonishment.
He carefully studied the Blood Corpse Escape, growing increasingly amazed and more fond of it as he looked.
Three Rivers Ghost Concealment.
Plus this Blood Corpse Escape.
Nothing else to say, just from the perspective of retreating and preserving life, no one in the same realm could match.
Wen Jiu remembered an old saying: before you learn to fight, you learn to take hits. It means you have to withstand attacks to qualify to face opponents. Cultivating immortality is the same; at least you must be alive to cultivate immortality, right?
If you can't survive, everything is just empty talk.
"When the Black Zombie steps into the higher realm, adding the Triple Blood Transformation Body, Three Rivers Ghost Concealment, and Blood Corpse Escape..."
Wen Jiu was stunned.
He didn't dare to imagine.
How strong the Black Zombie could become.
"But two miles is not quite enough. Any Third-Layer Qi Cultivation Cultivator who can use Sword Control can reach here in no time." Without thinking, Wen Jiu immediately advanced the Blood Corpse Escape to the First Layer.
At this time, the usual advantage of accumulating corpse qi became apparent.
He spent a total of one hundred corpse qi.
But Wen Jiu still had a surplus of 221 points.
[Corpse Qi Surplus: 221]
[Black Zombie Skill: Blood Corpse Escape (First Layer 0/500) +]
He took another look at the information description of Blood Corpse Escape.
The distance of two miles had expanded to five miles.
Wen Jiu put away the panel.
Though happy, he was very clear-headed.
That is, the Black Zombie was very powerful, but he was still very weak.
If the Black Zombie got entangled.
Trapped.
What should he do?
If someone wanted to capture the king before catching the thieves, what then?
So Wen Jiu opened the Yinzhou Corpse Nurturing Technique.
After a few days of reading, he had memorized all the content, besides the Yinzhou Corpse Nourishing Technique and Corpse Technique.
Wen Jiu also encountered a vast amount of corpse techniques.
And different spells.
Very vast.
And very complex.
Even with a daily settlement panel, time was limited, and Wen Jiu currently didn't have the time and energy to cultivate them all.
After due consideration.
Wen Jiu chose the Yin Talisman Technique.
What is the Yin Talisman Technique?
Simply put, it's a talisman technique.
But not normal talismans, rather yin talismans.
Normal talismans created by regular Talisman Masters, like the Vaginal Charm or Flame Talisman, all belong to the Yang Talisman category, which are legitimate talismans crafted by Qi Refining cultivators. But Yin Talisman Technique can only be drawn by practitioners of the Heterodox Dao.
And it must be those who cultivate the heterodox Yin Technique.
That requirement, Wen Jiu already met.
Of course.
Wen Jiu didn't pick it because he met the prerequisites, but because it perfectly aligned with his philosophy.
Accumulate.
Accumulate again.
Just like the effect of the Corpse Eye.
The Corpse Eye accumulates the Yun Yin Technique, exploding at crucial moments.
But the Yin Talisman Technique involves accumulating Yin Talismans, selling them when short of Spirit Stones and saving them when not needed.
They serve as reserves!
But Yin Talismans can't be used without limit; storing a thousand wouldn't imply throwing out a thousand at once.
Because activating a Yin Talisman, like activating a Yang Talisman, requires spiritual power and magical power. Otherwise, who among the children of immortals could stand up to them?
But any way you look at it, activating a talisman uses far less magical power than casting a spell of equivalent power.
Perhaps only a tenth as much.
"I already have enough means for self-preservation, so the Yin Talisman Technique will focus on attack!" Wen Jiu immediately began flipping through the Yin Talisman Record.
From non-entry-level.
To entry-level.
Then to the top-tier Tier One Middle Grade Yin Talisman.
There were over a hundred kinds.
The methods and so on recorded above were also all complete.
"If I hadn't joined the Night Patrol Department, who knows when I'd have gotten this." Wen Jiu couldn't help but sigh.
Then, after repeated consideration, Wen Jiu selected a Yin Talisman described most extensively in the Yin Talisman Record and most powerful in terms of its destructive capability.
He intended to use it to start his entry into the Yin Talisman Technique.
But he expected its reputation to be poor once painted.
However.
Poor reputation is fine.
As long as it doesn't disrupt his cultivation plan.
After all, not many fellow disciples were fond of him as a Corpse Nurturer anyway.
...
The next morning.
Wen Jiu found Wang Nian.
Because he needed Spirit Stones to buy tools for painting talismans, and he currently didn't have a single one, so he had to borrow from Wang Nian.
Wang Nian was a bit surprised when he heard Wen Jiu wanted to borrow spirit stones, "Younger Brother Wen, why do you suddenly want to borrow spirit stones?"
As for Wen Jiu.
He was willing.
He could borrow as much as he wanted.
But he was curious.
Wen Jiu didn't hide it, after all, Wang Nian was the creditor, "I'm planning to take some time to start practicing the Yin Talisman Technique."
"I see." Wang Nian wasn't surprised, as if he had anticipated it, "The most famous part of the Yinzhou Corpse Nurturing Technique is the Yin Talisman Technique, so your choice isn't wrong. Plus, you can become a Yin Talisman Master and earn spirit stones yourself."
"No wonder the Yin Talisman Technique takes up the most content in the Yinzhou Corpse Nurturing Record that Steward Mu gave me," Wen Jiu suddenly realized.
Wang Nian added, "I'll go with you. Since it's your first time at the market to buy talisman painting tools, you're bound to encounter some overcharging."
Having said this.
Wang Nian turned around and gave the corpse buriers a half-day off.
This made the corpse buriers quite respectful towards Wen Jiu—it was once respect due to status difference, now it was respect from the heart.
Very soon.
Wang Nian brought Wen Jiu to the trading market.
They found a small talisman shop and bought a set of talisman painting tools from the old talisman master inside. The original price was five low-grade spirit stones, but Wang Nian negotiated it down to four. He also reduced the price of thirty sheets of talisman paper per spirit stone to thirty-five sheets, infuriating the old talisman master, who was muttering angrily as they left.
Serves you right for not even getting started in the Talisman Dao!
Wang Nian wasn't bothered; instead, he shamelessly chuckled. Clearly, the two had known each other for more than one or two years.
After returning, Wang Nian helped Wen Jiu move next to his house. Only then did Wen Jiu learn that Wang Nian had bought the adjacent courtyard.
As a gift for Wen Jiu joining the Night Patrol Department.
Since it didn't cost much, just a few hundred taels, Wen Jiu gladly accepted and didn't refuse.
But he also understood.
What he owed Wang Nian was increasing more and more.
Fortunately, it could be repaid in the future, so it didn't matter.
...
At 5:00 AM.
Wen Jiu returned from night patrol.
He took out the non-tiered Demon Beast Talisman Brush and non-tiered Demon Blood, then laid out ordinary talisman paper.
Once the Yin Technique gradually infused into the talisman brush, Wen Jiu began drawing the Soul-Seizing Talisman stroke by stroke.
This talisman ranked among the top three in lethality in the Yin Talisman Record, with its direct offensive power ranking first.
It could reach the pinnacle of Tier One Lower Grade.
Capable of killing top-tier Third-Layer Qi Cultivation cultivators.
Even Fourth-Layer Qi Cultivation cultivators would have to avoid it.
Because the Soul-Seizing Talisman takes the enemy's soul, a single Yin Talisman can extract and shatter the opponent's soul, making it an extremely brutal form of Yin Talisman.
Without a spell to counter the Yin Technique or a magical artifact to block it, those with slightly weaker strength would be immediately dead upon contact.
This is also why it made Wen Jiu's already bad reputation even worse.
But it has to be said.
Its lethality is truly strong.
Wen Jiu also truly desired it.
What Wen Jiu didn't expect was that he thought drawing the Yin Talisman would be challenging, but it went more smoothly than he imagined.
Stroke by stroke.
Everything fell into place effortlessly.
That old talisman master's, Wang Nian's comments about beginners finding it hard to sustain magical power and achieve delicate control with talisman patterns, Wen Jiu felt none of that. The fusion of Yin Technique with demon blood on the talisman paper went smoothly.
"Could it be that I'm naturally a prodigy in the Heterodox Dao..." Wen Jiu smiled helplessly.
A genius.
But a Heterodox Dao genius.
"It feels like it should also be related to the Yin Technique in my dantian." After careful analysis, Wen Jiu concluded.
Because that old talisman master mentioned, and the Yin Talisman Record also indicates, that the Yin Technique has difficulty integrating with talisman patterns.
But for him, it wasn't integration.
It was direct erosion by the Yin Technique.
Incompatible.
They have to become compatible.
Thinking of this, Wen Jiu chuckled silently.
Early the next morning.
Wang Nian knocked on Wen Jiu's door early, holding his talisman drawing insights from the past few years.
"Younger Brother Wen, these are my insights on talisman drawing from the past two years, and the wrong paths I've taken. Go through them, they should definitely allow you to…" Wang Nian paused because upon looking inside after the door opened, there were a dozen successfully drawn Yin Talismans on the table.
Although they were only non-tiered Yin Talismans.
But they were still genuine talismans.
"I…" Wang Nian looked down at his meticulously compiled insights and was at a loss.
It seemed this kid didn't need them at all.
Damn it.
This kid's heterodox talent is just that exaggerated?
I haven't even gotten started in two years.
This kid got started in one night!
"Brother Wang." Wen Jiu went forward to greet and was about to take the things from Wang Nian's hand, but Wang Nian pulled them back.
Wang Nian said helplessly, "I'm afraid my insights won't satisfy you... Listen to me, try to hang around Steward Mu Canglong more, make an impression, and strive to get their talisman drawing insights."
"Hmm?"
Wen Jiu was a little puzzled.
Wang Nian didn't say directly, seemingly afraid to speak aloud, "Trust me, just make an impression when I tell you to... Some things are taboo and can't be spoken of. If I lay it out, I wouldn't be able to contain the consequences."
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