147: Water-avoiding charm and deep sea secrets

Returning to his Immortal Cave, Mu Feng organized his Materials.

Then, he took out the Jade Slip he had just exchanged with the Changqing Clan.

He had been busy with the transaction and hadn't learned the Cultivation Technique inside this Jade Slip yet.

Injecting his Divine Sense into it, the System reminded him: “Do you want to learn Azure Origin Sword Art (Sword Shadow Separation Light Technique)?”

“Yes,” Mu Feng nodded.

Azure Origin Sword Art was his current main Cultivation Technique.

With this Jade Slip, he would have all the Cultivation Techniques he needed until he reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

Moreover, the Azure Origin Sword Art grew more powerful the further he Cultivated it.

Especially after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, he could even learn sword formations, which possessed immense power.

The System reminded him: “Azure Origin Sword Art (Sword Shadow Separation Light Technique) has been learned. You can check the details on your personal page.”

Name: Mu Feng

Realm: Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

Spiritual Root: Water, Fire, Wood

Cultivation Technique: Five Elements Skill, Azure Origin Sword Art (Levels 1-9), Divine Origin Skill.

Skills: Fireball Technique, Water Binding Technique, Wood Escape, Azure Origin Sword Light, Azure Origin Sword Shield.

Spirit Stone: 7511.

Magical Artifacts and Magic Treasures: Azure Dragon Flag, Cloud Stepping Boots, Black Emperor Blade (Magic Treasure), Huangluo Umbrella, Efficacy Light Evasion Needle.

Secret Techniques and Divine Abilities: Eye of Insight, Wind Control Technique.

Charm: 100 (Charm can affect the favorability of Cave World creatures towards you.)

...

On his personal page, the Azure Origin Sword Art, which was originally only Level 6, had now become Level 9.

This made Mu Feng very satisfied.

He wouldn't have to worry about his Cultivation Technique for a while.

He could just focus on Cultivating and leveling up, striving to reach Core Formation as soon as possible.

Mu Feng remembered that when he first entered, the announcement said that before Core Formation, he could only explore the Immortal Cave ten times a day.

He wondered what changes would occur after Core Formation.

Closing his personal page, Mu Feng rested for a bit, adjusting his state to prepare for drawing Talismans later.

It wasn't his first time drawing Talismans, so he knew that his state was very important.

Last time, due to insufficient energy, only two Talismans were successfully drawn out of five Talisman Papers, which was too wasteful.

Five minutes later, Mu Feng opened his eyes.

After a short rest, his state had fully recovered.

He immediately opened the Workshop and brought up the Bishui Talisman crafting diagram.

Bishui Talisman: dan sand 7/5, fox hair brush 1/1, Yellow Talisman Paper 5/5, any grade Dragon blood 500ml/100ml, any grade water attribute Yao Beast core 1/1.

All the Materials were already gathered.

After clicking to draw the Talisman, the System reminded him: “dan sand -5, fox hair brush -1, Yellow Talisman Paper -5, Dragon blood -100ml, Yao Beast core -1.”

The Materials were deducted.

Immediately after, a table appeared in the Workshop.

On it were red ink made from Dragon blood, Yao Beast core, and dan sand, a fox hair brush, and five sheets of Yellow Talisman Paper.

Just like last time, the Yellow Talisman Paper also had faint outlines of the Talismans drawn on them.

Without needing another reminder from the System, Mu Feng picked up the fox hair brush.

He didn't rush to dip it in the ink.

Instead, he first used the brush tip to trace over the symbols on the Yellow Talisman Paper once.

This was an experience he had summarized from last time: it was best to trace the Talisman once beforehand to familiarize himself with the stroke order.

This way, he wouldn't easily make mistakes when actually drawing.

After tracing in the air two or three times, Mu Feng felt very familiar with the Talisman on the Yellow Talisman Paper.

He immediately dipped the brush in the dan sand ink and began to draw.

Because he had one previous drawing experience, Mu Feng drew very smoothly this time.

He almost didn't pause as he drew the first Bishui Talisman.

When the last symbol was also touched by the dan sand ink, the entire Yellow Talisman Paper lit up.

Mu Feng knew this was a sign of successful drawing.

The System reminded him: “Bishui Talisman successfully crafted!”

The System reminded him: “Bishui Talisman x1.”

Before it was drawn into a Talisman, the Talisman Paper was yellow.

After successful drawing, the entire Talisman turned a deep blue, like the ocean.

Mu Feng picked it up to examine it.

Name: Bishui Talisman

Grade: Advanced Talisman

Effect: When activated, allows free breathing underwater until its power is exhausted.

Like the previous Advanced Talismans, the Bishui Talisman's duration was also time-based.

Mu Feng injected Spiritual Qi to activate it and checked the consumption rate.

It was similar to the Flying Talisman, estimated to allow breathing underwater for about one hundred minutes with normal use.

This made Mu Feng very excited.

With this Bishui Talisman, he wouldn't have to worry about not being able to enter those underwater Secret Realms next time.

Putting away the Bishui Talisman, he adjusted his state of mind slightly, calming himself, then picked up the fox hair brush to continue drawing the next one.

....

Ten minutes later, the System reminded him: “Bishui Talisman successfully drawn!”

The System reminded him: “Bishui Talisman x1.”

“Nice!”

“All successful!”

Mu Feng reached out and put the fifth Bishui Talisman into his Storage Ring.

This was a great success in drawing; not a single one was wasted.

This made him very happy.

Besides his increased experience in crafting Talismans, his powerful Divine Sense also provided great help for this success.

During the last drawing session, he often got distracted, leading to several failures.

Previously, Mu Feng thought it was because he wasn't focused enough.

Now, looking back, it was likely because his Divine Sense was too weak at the time, coupled with his lack of experience in drawing for the first time, which resulted in a low success rate.

After drawing the Talismans, Mu Feng made some simple adjustments.

Then, he eagerly walked towards the Immortal Cave light gate.

Having gone through the trouble of drawing the Bishui Talisman, he naturally wanted to see what the underwater world held.

“The Immortal Cave Secret Realm to the south has a poisonous swamp. It is not recommended to enter before having means to resist poison.”

Poisonous swamp? Skip.

“In the Immortal Cave Secret Realm to the southwest, there is a golden treasure chest, but you need to deal with the earth spirit stone inside first.”

golden treasure chest and earth spirit stone. This sounded good.

Unfortunately, it was an earth spirit stone; he had already gathered enough earth spirit stones.

If it had been a water or fire Spirit Stone, Mu Feng might have entered.

“Oh, your luck is good! The deep-sea Secret Realm to the southeast has many treasure chests, but the Yao Beasts are a bit troublesome, and the water pressure is too great. Perhaps you can increase your Physical Body strength before entering.”

“Deep-sea Secret Realm?”

“Many treasure chests?”

“That's what I've been waiting for!”

Mu Feng's eyes lit up.

He had drawn this Bishui Talisman precisely to explore underwater Secret Realms.

“Troublesome Yao Beasts?”

“Are there rank 4 or 5 Yao Beasts in the water?”

Although his current Realm was only Foundation Establishment Early Stage, his combat power should be close to the Late Stage.

For him to find them troublesome, they would likely be rank 4 or 5 Yao Beasts, or a large number of rank 2 or 3 Yao Beasts.

This made Mu Feng hesitate a little.

After thinking for a moment, Mu Feng decided not to enter for now.

Firstly, it was already getting dark.

Since this Secret Realm was in the deep sea, its scope was probably very large.

He might need to explore for a long time.

In the dark, his vision would be somewhat affected.

Moreover, he had never acted in the dark before and didn't know if the Immortal Cave Secret Realm would be different after dark compared to daytime.

Secondly, there was the reminder at the end about the excessive water pressure, advising him to increase his Physical Body strength before going down.

Since the System specifically pointed this out, it meant that this water pressure would indeed affect him.

“I'll go in tomorrow.”

“It's not too late to go down tomorrow after getting the Blood Transformation Grass from the auction and increasing my Physical Body strength.”

Last time with the Heaven Crystal Ant, he almost got into trouble by being reckless.

This time, Mu Feng intended to be more cautious.