Chapter 518: Plan

Chapter 518: Chapter 341: Plan

For a Reincarnator, the most important thing was their Transformed Creatures. And according to his understanding, it seemed possible for those to be taken by others.

In other words, there could be a predator-prey relationship between fellow Reincarnators.

This forced him to be on his guard.

“Who exactly are you?”

Zhao Xuanqi’s eyes narrowed as he stared at Zhuang Li, his fists clenching slightly.

THUMP!!

His heart let out a muffled beat like a war drum. The Primordial Qi, hidden within his acupoints by the Hundred-Star Pill Battle, surged forth. His entire frame seemed to grow taller, and a terrifying light flickered in his eyes, giving Zhuang Li an intense feeling of crisis.

‘This is bad. He’s really going to attack!’

Zhuang Li’s expression shifted slightly. He had no idea what he’d said to provoke the other man, causing such a drastic change in his attitude.

“We’re inside the city! If we fight, we’ll both be exposed. Calm down. I really mean you no harm. Otherwise, I would have attacked you back in the Ghost City!”

Zhuang Li sent this message to Zhao Xuanqi at high speed using a Sound Transmission Line.

But the next moment…

THUMP!!

Another muffled heartbeat sounded. It seemed that because the surge of his Qi and Blood was too violent, blood began to seep from Zhao Xuanqi’s palms. The muscles in his palms squirmed, and in an instant, the blood coalesced into the intricate lines of a Technique.

Deep within his body, his spleen bloomed with a profound yellow light. Faintly, the shape of a complex talisman emerged upon his spleen along with the light. Then, the Primordial Qi contained within the Talisman Seal suddenly spread throughout his body.

This was a Technique that Zhao Xuanqi had stored in his spleen beforehand, using the Formless Array Map’s ability to inscribe and condense Primordial Qi!

Profound Earth Returning Origin Realm!!

Zhao Xuanqi swung his arm. The Primordial Qi activated from within his body, condensing in mid-air into a complex, profound-yellow talisman. The moment the talisman’s form appeared, the profound yellow light instantly covered a ten-meter radius, enveloping them both.

Shrouded by this profound-yellow Dharma Realm, everything looked normal from the outside. The two of them seemed to have vanished from the alley in an instant. Even if a Martial Artist were to pass by, they would be unable to perceive any disturbance within the Dharma Realm unless they had reached a state of advanced Sensing.

This Technique used one’s own Primordial Qi to form a talisman, which then drew upon the power of the thick earth around them. Not only did it have the appearance of an Illusion Technique, but it could also, for a short time, channel the fluctuations within the Dharma Realm deep into the ground. In addition to preventing detection from the outside, it could also partially neutralize the Primordial Qi fluctuations released by an opponent, thereby limiting their power.

This was one of over a dozen techniques Zhao Xuanqi had carefully selected, specifically for concealing the fluctuations of battle. He had accounted for the risk of exposing his identity if he had to fight in a complex environment.

The Technique was quite powerful. Even with Zhao Xuanqi’s current strength, he could only maintain the Dharma Realm at a maximum radius of about fifteen meters for fifteen breaths at most.

However, that was more than enough time for him to do many things.

“A ‘Three Dips’ Talisman?!!”

Seeing the complex form of the talisman Zhao Xuanqi had conjured with a casual wave of his hand, and feeling the degree to which the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was being stirred, Zhuang Li’s pupils contracted slightly.

Talismans were the manifestation of the laws of heaven and earth.

After the Refining the Internal Organs realm, a Martial Artist could condense their Primordial Qi into the shape of a talisman. They could then use this to stir the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, producing all sorts of incredible effects.

And in this world, there was a general standard for measuring the strength of talismans.

Specifically, the more complex and profound a talisman’s form, the more finely it could stir the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and its corresponding laws when cast, and the more powerful the talisman would be.

Talismans could not only be activated by Primordial Qi but could also be created on talisman paper using special ink. The process of making talisman paper was complex. In particular, when drawing the talisman’s form, one was required to follow the principle of “all strokes uniform, with no additions or subtractions.” The size and thickness of the talisman’s strokes were subject to extremely strict requirements. The slightest deviation would affect the talisman’s final efficacy.

Therefore, the more powerful the talisman, the more difficult it was to draw in a single stroke due to its complex form. Often, it required several “dips” of the brush in ink to be completed.

Over time, the number of “dips” became a general measure of a talisman’s power. An experienced expert could roughly judge its “dip” count with a single glance.

Now, Zhuang Li could tell with a single glance that the Dharma Realm Talisman Zhao Xuanqi had just cast was at least a Three Dips Talisman. For a Martial Artist at the Refining the Internal Organs realm, who had only just begun to explore the gate of talismans, simply being able to form a talisman from Primordial Qi was already difficult. The Talisman Seal Zhao Xuanqi had unleashed back in the Ghost City was merely a “One Dip” at most.

A Three Dips Talisman was something that typically only a peak Refining the Internal Organs Martial Artist could even hope to cast. Furthermore, casting one required mobilizing one’s Qi and Blood, adjusting and stimulating acupoints and meridians, and even coordinating Hand Seals to complete the complex condensation of Primordial Qi. And yet, Zhao Xuanqi had just released such a talisman with a casual wave of his hand?

‘Fifteen breaths. That’s enough time.’

Zhao Xuanqi’s gaze was calm. The next moment, his arms trembled. Beads of blood seeped from the pores of his upper arms, and the muscles squirmed, once again forming Techniques—a different one on each arm.

VMMMM!!

Within his body, on the surface of his lungs and kidneys, the forms of talismans appeared once more as he released the previously stored talismans.

Two talisman forms emerged from his palms, stirring the surrounding Primordial Qi and taking effect upon his own body.