408: Four scrolls, engraved with prohibitions

Ten thousand meters away.

Atop a Thunder Mountain.

Xie Weilou frowned and said, "This woman is crazy, but to be fair, her waist... it's very slender and smooth..."

"You dog, die for me!"

Yan Ruyu's chilling voice rang out as she charged over again, her blood-colored coffin raised, causing the heavens and earth to collapse, the sun and moon to lose their light, and an extremely terrifying pressure to emanate.

"What a joke! She actually naively thinks I'm afraid of her?"

Xie Weilou sneered, turned, and retreated.

He couldn't stay on Thunder Peak for now; he'd go to Fourth Mr.'s place to cultivate for a while.

"......"

Seeing Xie Weilou escape, Yan Ruyu's expression sank, but she didn't continue to pursue him.

Instead, she quickly put away her coffin, standing in place, panting heavily, her face even paler.

This blood-colored coffin was naturally a great killing weapon, but each time it was used, it had to devour her essence blood, consuming an enormous amount of energy.

— — — — — —

Chunqiu Peak.

In front of Fourth Mr.'s wooden house.

Spring Autumn Cicada was still fishing; he seemed to have been fishing for a very long time but hadn't caught a single fish.

"Greetings, Fourth Mr.!"

Xie Weilou stepped forward and bowed.

Spring Autumn Cicada chuckled, "The three incantations you used on Thunder Peak just now were very interesting, carrying a special Dao charm."

Xie Weilou's eyes showed surprise; Thunder Peak was in another secret realm, yet Fourth Mr. could perceive things from there.

It was truly terrifying.

"I just chanted them randomly."

Xie Weilou explained.

Spring Autumn Cicada didn't dwell on the matter.

He said, "Did you gain anything from your trip?"

Xie Weilou released the Ancient Battle Puppet: "I obtained an Ancient Battle Puppet, but I don't know how to control it."

Spring Autumn Cicada looked at the Ancient Battle Puppet beside him: "The refining method of this Ancient Battle Puppet is barely acceptable..."

With a casual wave of his hand, a surge of power enveloped the Ancient Battle Puppet, continuously erasing some things from it.

After a few breaths.

Spring Autumn Cicada retracted his power and smiled faintly, "A drop of blood will allow it to recognize you as its master, and you can control it with your thoughts."

Xie Weilou immediately complied, a drop of fresh blood flying into the Ancient Battle Puppet's head.

Buzz!

As the fresh blood merged into the Ancient Battle Puppet's head, its dim eyes instantly flickered with blood-red light, and a Divine Court might permeated the air.

With a thought from Xie Weilou, the Ancient Battle Puppet immediately flew towards the lake, striking out with a punch, and the lake surface instantly exploded.

"Good stuff!"

A smile appeared on Xie Weilou's face.

With a casual wave, the Ancient Battle Puppet flew over and returned to his storage ring.

Spring Autumn Cicada said, "You've just learned formations, so it's not advisable to continue comprehending them for now.

You need to take a break.

I gave you five scrolls earlier; besides the formation one, you can look at the others freely.

If you don't understand anything, feel free to ask me at any time."

"Alright!"

Xie Weilou nodded gently.

He didn't stay there long, but instead flew to another wooden house.

Inside the wooden house.

Xie Weilou took out four scrolls, opened them one by one, and quickly skimmed their contents.

The first scroll was a Pill Dao scroll, involving Ninth-Grade Pill Dao.

The second scroll was an Artifact Refining scroll, involving the refining of Dao artifacts.

The third scroll was a Restriction scroll, involving Ninth-Grade Restriction.

The fourth scroll was a Talismans scroll, involving Ninth-Grade Talismans.

"Ninth-grade..."

Xie Weilou felt a little emotional.

Throughout Great Xia, Seventh-Grade Pill Dao and Seventh-Grade Restriction were the pinnacle.

But Fourth Mr. could produce Ninth-Grade Pill Dao and Restriction scrolls.

His strength was truly unfathomable.

At this moment, he believed even more that Fourth Mr. Spring Autumn Cicada was an unparalleled grand elder from the outside world, a true master.

Don't all true masters like to conceal themselves?

"Next, I can consider continuing to improve my Pill Dao and Restriction."

Xie Weilou put away the Artifact Refining and Talismans scrolls, focusing on the Pill Dao and Restriction scrolls.

Half an incense stick later.

He had completely memorized the contents of both scrolls and then took out the Pill Dao notes given by Dan Chenzi to study them.

His current Pill Dao was at the Fifth-Grade level and still needed further improvement.

Alchemy required medicinal ingredients and would also take some time, so it could be temporarily put aside.

After quickly memorizing the contents of the Pill Dao notes, Xie Weilou put away the scrolls and notes.

He brought out his spirit pen and many precious jades.

Relatively speaking, improving his Restriction level at this moment was a good choice.

His Restriction had reached Sixth-Grade, and his formations had reached Seventh-Grade.

The combination of the two would definitely allow his Restriction level to catch up with his formation level.

Xie Weilou directly carved Restriction runes onto the precious jades.

Crack!

Crack!

Crack!

As he continued to carve, the precious jades shattered one after another, simply unable to withstand the powerful Restriction runes.

"It seems I need to carve Restriction on spiritual items."

Xie Weilou took out some spiritual materials from his storage ring and continued to carve Restriction runes.

This time, the spiritual material didn't shatter directly, but after he carved a few consecutive strokes, the spiritual material immediately exploded.

This time it wasn't a problem with the material, but rather that he made a mistake when carving the Seventh-Grade Restriction runes, causing the forces to clash and destroy the material.

"......"

Xie Weilou wasn't anxious; he took out spiritual materials again and continued to carve.

At the moment of achieving success, numerous failures are normal; one needs to constantly learn from failures, identify problems, and make up for shortcomings.

Half a day passed.

Xie Weilou still hadn't succeeded in carving.

Compared to formations, carving Restriction seemed more difficult, as carving Restriction required the consumption of physical strength and soul power.

He held the spirit pen, his face extremely pale.

Seventh-Grade Restriction consumed an even greater amount of soul power, and he felt his soul power was somewhat depleted.

With his current soul power, carving Sixth-Grade Restriction posed no problem, but carving Seventh-Grade Restriction was a bit too much to bear.

"Carving Seventh-Grade Restriction consumes a great deal of soul power, but at this stage, it can also enhance your soul power.

There's no need to stop; continue carving until you absolutely can't bear it anymore, then get a good night's sleep."

Spring Autumn Cicada's voice quietly entered Xie Weilou's ears.

"......"

Upon hearing this, Xie Weilou took a deep breath, immediately calmed his mind, and continued to carve.

He didn't know how long he carved for, still without success.

The spirit pen and spiritual material in his hand fell to the ground, his consciousness became incredibly blurry, and an endless sense of fatigue washed over him.

Xie Weilou simply lay on the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

Three days later.

Xie Weilou opened his eyes, his spirit incredibly full, his entire body feeling incomparably comfortable, just like after moving bricks for a day and then sleeping soundly for three days, naturally very comfortable.

His depleted soul power had recovered again, and it had even grown a bit stronger.

Soul power, like a spring, when you take away the water from it, it will still slowly grow back.

As you continuously draw water, constantly refreshing the size of the spring opening, the amount of spring water the source can store will also gradually increase.

"Carving Restriction greatly consumes soul power, but it can also enhance soul power."

A smile appeared on Xie Weilou's face.

He continued to pick up his spirit pen and spiritual materials, and resumed carving.

This time, he no longer fixated on whether he could carve a perfect Seventh-Grade Restriction rune, but rather focused on the improvement of his soul.

Perhaps when his carving reached a certain level, he would naturally advance to Seventh-Grade Restriction...