Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1065 - 919 Talisman Master of Fairy City

Chapter 1065: Chapter 919 Talisman Master of Fairy City

Fiery Sun Immortal City was never enveloped in night.

Above the city, the ever-present Sun, held captive, continually spread its scorching radiance.

In the eastern district of the city, Vermilion Bird Lane.

The doors of a dwelling creaked open to reveal the figure of Fang Xi.

"If one day the Sun were to fall... very few in the entire city would manage to escape... Of course, that would definitely include me."

He stretched lazily toward the Sun and then grumbled.

Having recently spent a considerable sum of Immortal Jade, Fang Xi had rented the dwelling in Vermilion Bird Lane for ten years, truly settling down in Fiery Sun Immortal City.

To outsiders, he proclaimed himself a Talisman Master, with Integration Level cultivation, capable of crafting seventh-tier talismans!

Although seventh-tier talismans were not deemed impressive in the True Immortal Realm, they were certainly sufficient to support a cultivator at the Integration Level living and practicing in Fiery Sun Immortal City.

"Senior Fang!"

Just then, from a nearby dwelling, a man in blue scholar’s attire emerged, and upon seeing Fang Xi, immediately greeted him with a respectful bow.

Fang Xi recognized him; the man was a cultivator from the Righteous Yang Sect.

The sect leader of Righteous Yang, also at the Integration Level, seemed to have his sect located near Fiery Sun Immortal City, with an air of instability about it.

Therefore, the sect had pooled its resources to rent a set of dwellings in the city to house its elite disciples.

This blue-clad scholar was tasked with caring for these talents, named Shi Yushu, with a cultivation at the Transcendent God Level, wise beyond his years.

Fang Xi nodded in acknowledgment as a form of greeting.

Fiery Sun Immortal City boasted a True Immortal’s presence, with a long heritage. The city prohibited combat and enjoyed superb public order.

Some smaller sects and families, all below the True Immortal level, even regarded having permanent property within the city as a lifelong aspiration.

After all, it was a foundation for potential resurgence after falling on hard times!

Fang Xi strolled casually and soon arrived at a street.

On both sides of the street were shops dealing in talismans, ranging from talisman paper, talisman brushes, to talisman ink and even tools for refining talisman hides – all kinds of products were available.

He had a destination in mind and entered a modest shop.

The shopkeeper was a plump woman with a white jade hoop on her head, most of her hair falling over her shoulders, with her front garment wide open, revealing a full and slippery cleavage.

"Shopkeeper Yong..."

Fang Xi greeted her with a bow, "Twenty packs of Ten Thousand Stars Talisman Paper, three pieces of Dragon Soul Talisman Ink..."

Ten Thousand Stars Talisman Paper was made from a Spirit Plant called the "Ten Thousand Stars Glowgrass," capable of bearing the Magic Power of a seventh-tier cultivator.

The Dragon Soul Talisman Ink was even more extraordinary, made from Dragon Beasts that had awakened the blood of True Dragons, each piece requiring the soul of at least one high-level Dragon Beast, sufficient to meet the demands of the ink.

"My, Master Fang seems to have come into some money recently?"

Shopkeeper Yong’s eyes lit up, almost as if they were dripping with water.

"Hardly that, just scraping by..." Fang Xi quickly waved his hands in dismissal.

This "Yong Yunmian" Shopkeeper Yong was indeed an attractive and flirtatious woman, of course, Fang Xi also valued her subtle connections – she was a regular in several talisman circles.

Of course, the current relationship was merely limited to a few purchases of talisman paper and ink; asking her to act as an intermediary outright would be foolish.

Fortunately, Fang Xi was extremely patient. Casually fishing, he would eventually catch something.

Moreover, inside Fiery Sun Immortal City, there were other avenues to explore, all of which he was slowly investigating.

All things considered, he possessed an extended lifespan, so there was no need to rush.

"Anyway..."

Yong Yunmian stared at Fang Xi for a moment, and upon seeing that his expression remained unchanged, she couldn’t help but chuckle, "A minor family outside the city recently had their ’Hollow Cloud Copper Mine’ attacked by a ’Metal Punishment Beast,’ known for its proficiency in metal escape techniques... If you have talismans like ’Encircle Ground into Prison’ or ’Turn Metal into Earth,’ bring more of them. I’ll buy them at a premium price."

"Thank you."

Fang Xi thanked her with a fist and palm salute.

Although they were only acquainted from a few encounters, the proprietress had offered information that could potentially lead to earning a bit more – she was indeed a good friend.

Of course, the veracity of the information still required verification.

"The total is ten Immortal Jade plus five Great Sun Pure Yang Pills; if paying with the pills alone, I need a hundred and ten."

Yong Yunmian quickly packaged Fang Xi’s order and, watching him tuck it into his chest, said with a smile.

Although Fiery Sun Immortal City was continuously promoting the Great Sun Pure Yang Pill, its price fluctuated quite a bit.

Thus, numerous currency exchange shops emerged, some making a fortune while others lost everything.

Fang Xi took out a jade bottle, pouring out a hundred and ten Great Sun Pure Yang Pills.

For cultivators, barring those who practiced purely Yin methods, this was a considerable pill for enhancing magic power.

He had collected quite a few from selling talismans.

Now, amidst Shopkeeper Yong’s coquettish complaints, he left the talisman shop with confident strides and after making another round, arrived at a tea house.

"Master Fang! The usual three?"

The waiter recognized Fang Xi right away and greeted him with a smile, obviously well-acquainted with him.

"Yes."

Fang Xi settled into his seat with composure, and soon the waiter brought him two plates of snacks and a pot of Spiritual Tea.

While enjoying the Spiritual Tea and pastries, one could also hear the latest news from Fiery Sun Immortal City, which was quite delightful.

Only after his daily leisure activities did Fang Xi leisurely pack up a few Spirit Foods and return to his Dongfu.

Outside the Dongfu, he saw Shi Yushu again.

This time, however, Shi Yushu was holding onto two youngsters, as if he had just returned from the Lower Realm, looking frustrated and disappointed, "How many times have I told you, upon arriving in the Fairy City, concentrate on your cultivation... Don’t place your thoughts on places that sap your will like Dou Beast Square, Hundred Flower Pavilion, or the Void Temple... Especially the Void Temple, many cultivators have indulged there, neglecting their cultivation, and becoming bankrupt!"

Seeing Fang Xi’s arrival, he seemed a bit embarrassed, and quickly wrapped the two youngsters with his magic power, and took them back into the Dongfu to continue reprimanding them.

"The Void Temple... indeed a great place for gaming," Fang Xi said, stroking his chin thoughtfully.

There were many places for entertainment in Fiery Sun Immortal City, one of which was the ’Void Temple’.

This temple boasted investment from a high monk from the Bliss Profound Realm of Buddhism, capable of creating the ’Void Illusory Realm’, that made cultivators feel as if they were actually there, almost as if they had ’transcended’.

Within the ’Void Illusory Realm’, cultivators could indulge in delicacies and romance, even become the ruler of a country, or attain immortality and enlightenment... practically omnipotent!

They even released several large-scale live action illusory games, achieving ’online’ capability, which really fostered a group of net-addicted cultivators, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion, some of whom even became insane due to delusion!

’The way of the Bliss Profound Realm is just like that...’

’Those mortals who supposedly go to the Bliss World, where they can enjoy endless pleasures, are definitely in this kind of illusory realm... directly using AI to create a vast number of intelligent characters, to satisfy all the needs of mortals, hence it’s called great bliss, great liberation... in plain terms, it’s just a large-scale virtual game.’

’Moreover, once you fall behind in payments, you would have to repay with everything. Bodily forms and divine souls would have to be mortgaged to the Buddhism gods...’

’I am curious to see what kind of wonderful illusions lead us cultivators astray,’ Fang Xi mused.

With a turn of his feet and an air of grave righteousness, Fang Xi headed to the Void Temple.

The next day...

The third day...

The fourth day.

It’s no use; I’m running out of Immortal Jade, I have to go make talismans," Fang Xi thought to himself a bit gloomily after returning to his Dongfu.

He had enough Immortal Jade to play in the Void Temple forever, but according to his previous plan, he could only use the portion that was within the limit and wouldn’t arouse others’ envy.

Now, he was close to exhausting that supply.

Inside the Talisman-making Room.

Fang Xi opened a bundle of talisman paper and took out a sheet of ’Ten Thousand Stars Talisman Paper’, which was immaculately white and shimmered with a hint of starlight, brimming with abundant spiritual power.

He then diluted True Dragon Blood ink with Spirit Spring Water and slowly ground it down.

Grrr!

A layer of dark red ink spread out, faintly emitting the sound of Dragon Chanting.

"Both the talisman paper and the ink are of much better quality than those of the same grade in the Lower Realm..."

"It’s not difficult to purchase the seeds for the Ten Thousand Stars Firefly Grass, but it requires slightly more demanding growth conditions, needing the ample force of the stars; when the time comes, I should set up a specialized breeding ground in the Lower Realm..."

Fang Xi nodded to himself and then picked up the talisman brush to begin crafting talismans.

Prior to crafting a talisman, a Talisman Master needs to calm their mind and gather their qi. Those who are meticulous will even burn incense and take a bath to adjust their mood and body, but he didn’t need to; he would just start writing immediately.

One dark red rune after another was outlined on the talisman paper, with the brushstrokes enveloping vigorous spiritual power at a specific frequency.

A flash of spiritual light, and in the blink of an eye, a seventh-grade ’Enclosure Talisman’ was completed.

"It’s a pity it’s not an Immortal Mansion True Talisman; it won’t fetch much money..."

Fang Xi examined it for a moment, and carefully stored the talisman, then heaved a sigh.

With his success rate, even if he went easy on it, using up two bundles of talisman paper and succeeding in making a hundred or so talismans was a certainty.

Based on the current market price, it was worth roughly twenty pieces of Immortal Jade.

After deducting the costs of the talisman paper and the ink, as well as the wear and tear of the brush, there was a profit of about seven or eight pieces of Immortal Jade.

Even this required a significant amount of his time to craft Talisman.

Of course, if he continued like this for the long run, it would be enough to support the rent in Fiery Sun Immortal City and occasionally splash out a little extra cash.

It was quite fitting for the identity of an Integration Level Talisman Master that Fang Xi presented to the outside world.

After finishing making talismans, Fang Xi went to the quiet room next door to sit and refine his Qi.

Internally, however, he was pondering:

’After investigating for some time, I have mostly understood the situation in the Beichen Immortal Domain...’

This was not directly through buying intelligence but through daily life and accumulating bits and pieces over a long period.

Not only was this more accurate, but it also made him look more like a native of the True Immortal Realm.

’Beichen Immortal Domain is naturally revered for the Beichen Immortal Palace within which there must exist Prime Taoist Master level beings, perhaps not just one, or even ones above Prime Taoist Masters...’

’But this Immortal Palace controls the Immortal Cleansing Pool, which is closely related to the True Immortals of Origin Soul ascending from the Lower Realm. There might be seniors from all three races of humans, demons, and demonic beasts there... I better not go, to avoid embarrassment.’

’Apart from that, within Fiery Sun Immortal City, there are the three major forces: Abundant Karma House, Sword Grinding Mountain, Sky Blue Academy, which are said to be so powerful that even Immortal Lie Ri is polite to them... And these are only their branches here, so their headquarters should be even more formidable than Fiery Sun Immortal City...’

’As for smaller powers like Divine Wood Palace, which have one or two True Immortals, they are not as common as cow hair, but there are certainly a lot. After all, True Immortals have endless lifespans, and as long as they don’t fall, they will continue to exist, and their powers will last forever...’

’Cultivation methods beyond Earth Immortal are surely not in possession of the smaller powers, and since I’m not considering the Beichen Immortal Palace, it looks like I will have to start with the three major forces?’