36: Soul-burying talisman, capture the demon fish!

Inside the Immortal Cave on Great Pagoda Mountain.

Shi Chuan prepared talismans and spiritual ink to draw High Grade talismans, but the Medium Grade talisman brush he was using was not very handy.

He also needed to stock up on more spiritual ink.

It was a pity that in the Nine Bend Market, Shi Chuan was still wary of what was beneath the Qiao Family Artifact Refining Shop. He would wait for a while until the dust settled before going to get a more suitable talisman brush.

Time to draw talismans!

Shi Chuan adjusted his state to the best, and as the talisman brush descended, the flowing talisman patterns rapidly formed on the talisman paper.

In a blink of an eye, several breaths had passed.

When the Soul Burial Talisman was 90% complete, the talisman paper spontaneously combusted!

The magical power of the Crimson God Art in his body was depleted by sixty to seventy percent.

The Spiritual Qi consumption of this High Grade talisman was even ten times greater than that of a Medium Grade talisman.

A Qi Refining Fifth Stage Talisman Master attempting to draw a High Grade talisman had a pitifully low chance of success.

Only after reaching the Qi Refining Sixth Stage could one even attempt it!

Shi Chuan calmed down, sat cross-legged on the futon, and recovered his magical power.

With the two Spiritual Qi sources of the Profound Yin Banner and the Demonic Fiend Vine, Shi Chuan's Spiritual Qi quickly returned to normal.

After two quarters of an hour.

Shi Chuan continued to try drawing the Soul Burial Talisman.

When the Soul Burial Talisman reached 95% completion, it spontaneously combusted again!

The third one.

After learning from the two previous attempts, Shi Chuan started drawing again, completing it in one go.

The moment the Soul Burial Talisman on the table was finished, the entire talisman paper shimmered with a dark red halo. The halo condensed into the talisman, transforming into a blood-colored small arrow pattern about an inch long.

"It's done!"

Shi Chuan took the Soul Burial Talisman in his hand; there was a dangerous aura within the talisman that made his heart palpitate. This talisman was specifically for the Divine Soul.

Furthermore, the Legacy of this talisman was originally plundered by Old Demon Wangu Teng from a Loose Cultivator who had an ancient cultivation Legacy.

Even within the Red God Sect, there was no such ruthless talisman targeting the Divine Soul.

If this talisman were used in a sneak attack against a Late Stage Qi Refining Cultivator, even if they didn't die, their Divine Soul would suffer severe damage.

"One isn't enough!"

"I'll draw two more as backup."

Shi Chuan thought of the mutated demon fish in the underground dark river. If the mutation was in its Divine Soul, the difficulty of subduing it would increase significantly.

The more High Grade Soul Burial Talismans he had on hand, the more at ease he would feel.

Thus, several hours later.

Shi Chuan had a total of three Soul Burial Talismans. With this, he would have a ninety-nine percent chance of subduing the dark river demon fish.

Everything was ready, he just needed to call for the bait.

Shi Chuan's gaze fell on the stone chamber door where Qin Zhizhi was Cultivating.

Boom!

The heavy stone chamber door opened, and Qin Zhizhi, who had been diligently Cultivating inside, quickly got up when she heard the movement.

"Greetings, Master."

Qin Zhizhi bowed, hoping to live in the market.

Every day, she wanted to leave the Corpse Refining Cave. Her Cultivation efficiency was pitifully low, and she had to spend part of each day dispelling the Evil Qi within her body.

"Come, I'm taking you to the underground dark river to do something."

Shi Chuan finished his instructions and walked out of the Immortal Cave.

"Underground dark river!?"

"Do something? Do what?"

Qin Zhizhi felt a pang of disappointment. The Yin Evil Corpse Poison in the underground dark river would be even more ferocious.

At the same time, she felt a slight unease; although she had made some progress in the past few days, it was pitifully small.

Soon.

Shi Chuan, riding a Corpse Hound, waited patiently behind a pile of rocks at the Three Bend Bay of the river, waiting for his prey to arrive.

He held a Soul Burial Talisman in each hand, his gaze fixed on Qin Zhizhi's figure walking back and forth along the black-gray riverbank.

"Is it necessary for me to hold these Medicinal Pills?"

"This is clearly meant to attract something."

"Bait."

Qin Zhizhi held a Qi and Blood Pill in each hand. The faint bloody smell from the Qi and Blood Pills clearly entered her nostrils, and she felt very bitter.

"My Master's target must be something in this dark river, right?"

Qin Zhizhi glanced around her. In the black-gray river water, she could faintly see decaying Corpse Puppet limbs floating by, and the sound of the river was incessant.

Although Qin Zhizhi had been subjected to the Divine Soul Control Art and other methods to restrain her, in those few days, her sanity almost became lost.

If it weren't for the blood serpent pearl, which had integrated into her Blood Spirit Body, continuously sending a cool power into her Sea of Consciousness, she would have fallen into a demonic state.

However, Qin Zhizhi did not feel any discomfort from the section of vine that her Master had placed inside her body; it seemed to have vanished.

She also understood that the vine tendrils that had disappeared into her flesh were likely the true means of controlling her.

Qin Zhizhi concentrated fully, so that if there was any unusual movement, she would be prepared.

Once it truly became a matter of life and death, she would only be able to use the blood serpent pearl within her body.

Although she had previously consumed thirty years of her lifespan, she still had nearly a hundred years of lifespan that she could use.

It was much better than perishing and having her Dao extinguished.

Thus, two quarters of an hour passed.

Splash!

From the black-gray river water, a shadow as thick as a water bucket suddenly shot out from the dark water, heading directly for Qin Zhizhi, who had walked back and forth along the riverbank more than ten times.

"This is a Yao Beast!"

Qin Zhizhi immediately felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, her whole body bristling with fear.

Her gaze saw the dark red river Eel Demon with its ferocious, blood-filled mouth, which was even larger than a water jar's opening. On the Eel Demon's back, half-foot-long sharp spines and fins had grown, and its pair of crimson blood-red eyes were full of a desire to devour.

"Medium Grade Yao Beast!"

"Is this something I can fight?"

Just as Qin Zhizhi was about to use the blood serpent pearl within her body, a blood-colored lightning-like streak of light struck the Eel Demon's forehead.

In an instant, the Eel Demon shrieked, its blood-red eyes wide, its blood-jade-like eyeballs almost falling out.

"Bang!" The huge creature hit the ground, half of its eel body on the riverbank, the other half still in the dark river.

The dark red Eel Demon's body, as thick as a water bucket, twitched slightly.

At this moment, the Corpse Crow, which had been hanging upside down above the river, swooped down. The Corpse Crow had reverted to its original massive size, and its pair of sharp claws, as hard as High Grade Magical Artifacts, firmly gripped the Eel Demon's vital spot.

"Caw!" The Corpse Crow's pair of emerald eyes looked down at the Eel Demon beneath its claws. Such a Bloodline mutated Eel Demon would be of considerable benefit to a High Grade Corpse Puppet like the Corpse Crow after being devoured.

However, Shi Chuan did not intend to kill this Eel Demon for now. He first wanted to understand what kind of mutated ability this Eel Demon possessed.

He would first assess the Eel Demon's potential. If it was mediocre and lacked future prospects, it would be used as food for the Corpse Crow and the Horned Python Demon Soul.

If it had potential worth cultivating, he would control it and let it live freely in this dark river.

The Evil Qi at the bottom of the Corpse Refining Cave's dark river was several times stronger than in other places, and there might be Corpse Puppets with considerable potential at the riverbed.

If so, it could also greatly enhance the power of the Corpse Puppet Array.

Shi Chuan walked closer and used the Divine Soul Control Art on the severely Divine Soul-injured demon fish, and also implanted a corner tendril grown from the Demonic Fiend Vine.

These tendrils could be grown at any time by consuming magical power; they were merely consumables and did not affect the growth of the Demonic Fiend Vine.