148: Awakening Rune

Lin Ruiyang carefully held a talisman in his hand. Although it had fallen into slumber, he could faintly feel the terrifying energy contained within it.

Don't underestimate this palm-sized talisman; if awakened and detonated, it could destroy the entire Xuanhuang World.

"This talisman contains such immense energy. If I were to absorb it for cultivation, I wonder what the effect would be?"

Looking at the talisman in his hand, Lin Ruiyang's eyes lit up, and his heart suddenly felt a little restless.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruiyang immediately began circulating his Cultivation Technique to absorb the energy contained within this talisman.

"Boom..."

The talisman had fallen into slumber and offered no resistance whatsoever. A pure and vast energy surged into Lin Ruiyang's body like a tide, nearly causing him to explode.

With the boost from this energy, Lin Ruiyang's cultivation immediately climbed rapidly, heading directly towards the Peak of the Dongxu Realm third level.

He had a feeling that if he continued to absorb for another half an hour, he would be able to break through to the Dongxu Realm fourth level.

"Lin boy, what are you doing? Stop quickly!"

Just then, Luo Qingyu, who was healing Li Yiran in the Qiankun Chamber, suddenly let out a hurried reprimand.

Hearing Luo Qingyu's words, although Lin Ruiyang didn't know the reason, he still stopped.

Facing such powerful energy, while delighted, Lin Ruiyang was still a little worried in his heart. He didn't know if absorbing it like this was good or bad.

"Immortal Fairy Lo, is there something wrong with the energy within this talisman?"

Although Lin Ruiyang had his suspicions, he still wanted to verify it with Luo Qingyu. After all, no matter how you looked at it, she was a Divine Lord of a generation, and her perspective was definitely much broader than his.

"There's a huge problem! If you continue to absorb this energy to break through Realms, you will likely never be able to resolve the issue of superficial Realms throughout your entire life, and you will never be able to reach the Saint King Realm in this lifetime!"

Luo Qingyu explained to Lin Ruiyang with an expression of disappointment.

The path of cultivation has never been achieved overnight. One must be down-to-earth, simultaneously improving their Realm, physical strength, and combat power. Only then can they walk more steadily and further.

Otherwise, why would those immortal sects start cultivating from lower Realms step by step, instead of directly giving their Disciples an Immortal Pill to immediately reach the Great Saint Realm?

"Thank you, Immortal Fairy Lo, for clearing up my confusion. I know what I should do now!"

Hearing Luo Qingyu's words, Lin Ruiyang also felt there was some truth to them and immediately expressed his gratitude.

After trying it once, he no longer planned to absorb the talisman's energy for cultivation.

Using this energy for cultivation could indeed quickly break through Realms, but overall, it was ultimately not worth the gain.

Ever since he had Ye Qingcheng and the others, he felt that his life was no longer just his own. He had to become an immortal and a god, and even reach the Peak of the ultimate path, to protect the people he wanted to protect.

Just this one talisman contained such terrifying energy. Then, how terrifying would the Progenitor Talisman, formed by tens of millions of such talismans stacked together, be?

The key point is that such a powerful Progenitor Talisman was still shattered by someone. Thinking of this, Lin Ruiyang suddenly felt his own insignificance, and his desire for power had never been as strong as it was at this moment.

After some thought, Lin Ruiyang took a deep breath, circulated his Cultivation Technique again, and tried to nourish the talisman with his true energy, hoping to awaken it.

The talisman was like a barren land that had dried up for thousands of years. Lin Ruiyang's true energy merged into it and instantly disappeared without a trace.

A full half an hour passed, but the talisman still showed no signs of awakening. Except for a slight sheen appearing on the patterns, there was no other change whatsoever.

"How can this be? How much true energy does it take to awaken it?"

Looking at the talisman in his hand, Lin Ruiyang frowned slightly, his heart filled with worry.

He had already consumed half of his true energy. His Physique was inherently different from ordinary people; even half of his true energy was equivalent to ninety percent of a regular Cultivator's true energy.

"Forget it, I want to see exactly how much true energy is needed!"

Lin Ruiyang pondered for a moment, then circulated his Cultivation Technique again, continuing to input true energy into the talisman.

Time passed bit by bit, and another half an hour went by. At this moment, the talisman finally showed some movement.

"Buzz..."

Following a buzzing sound, the talisman in Lin Ruiyang's hand instantly burst into golden light, slowly detached from his palm, and floated towards the void.

The talisman, which was originally only palm-sized, rapidly grew at this moment, covering the sky and blocking the sun. Looking around, it was likely that the entire Jingjue Ancient City was not even one-tenth its size.

"Is this its true form?"

Lin Ruiyang squinted his eyes, looking up at the void. His heart was uncontrollably shocked to the extreme. Could such a massive talisman be carved by a human?

The talisman only lingered in the void for about ten breaths before it began to slowly fade, eventually disappearing without a trace. To be precise, it merged into the Progenitor Talisman.

The moment the talisman disappeared, a stream of light was seen shooting out from the void, finally landing in Lin Ruiyang's palm.

A golden speck immediately appeared in his right palm, and he could faintly feel a trace of energy fluctuating within it.

"This is the feedback given to you by the Progenitor Talisman. Over the next month, it will slowly help you temper your Physical Body, and the effect is no worse than those Holy-grade spirit liquids!"

Lin Ruiyang was just about to ask Luo Qingyu about this golden speck when, unexpectedly, she spoke first.

Qin Shengjie had mentioned before that this was proof of the number of talismans each person had awakened, but he hadn't said it also had the effect of tempering the body.

It seemed that repairing the Progenitor Talisman here, even if one didn't get first place, wasn't without any benefits.

"Awakening one talisman consumed nearly twenty percent of my true energy. That's really quite an arduous task!"

Looking at the unawakened talismans floating ahead, Lin Ruiyang couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

With true energy as abundant as his, awakening one required so much. Others might need two days just to have a chance to awaken one!

Lin Ruiyang didn't waste any more time. He picked up another talisman and continued to nourish it.

.......

In a pile of scattered rocks hundreds of thousands of miles away from Lin Ruiyang, Lu Qingsong and six or seven Supreme Pavilion Disciples sat pale-faced on the rubble, seemingly working hard to regulate their breathing and absorb spiritual energy.

"Senior Brother Lu, you are truly amazing! You can awaken one talisman in a single go! I bet that Lin Ruiyang might not even be able to awaken one in two days!"

"What is Lin Ruiyang? At this rate, our Divine Child can awaken three in three days! In this round of competition, first place definitely belongs to the Divine Child. Lin Ruiyang is sure to lose!"

The fellow Disciples nearby, looking at Lu Qingsong who was diligently regulating his breathing, spoke up one after another to comfort him.

Being able to awaken one by exhausting his true energy was already very impressive. They only hoped that Lu Qingsong wouldn't perform poorly due to impatience.

These people were all followers recruited by Lu Qingsong, not those two-faced direct Disciples.

"Whoosh..."

"That's right, haste makes waste! I had to exhaust all my true energy to awaken one. I refuse to believe Lin Ruiyang can be stronger than me!"

Hearing his fellow Disciples' words, Lu Qingsong slowly opened his eyes, exhaled a turbid breath, and a look of pride appeared on his face as he said smugly.

Consuming all true energy to awaken one, in his opinion, was already a very proud and worthwhile feat. Lin Ruiyang couldn't possibly do it.

"Oh, right, how is Huo Qiliang's side doing? Has he found Lin Ruiyang? If they make a move, our Supreme Pavilion can lend them a hand if necessary!"