Family Rise by Daily Intelligence

Chapter 135: Chapter 121: Tier Two Talisman Master, Special Spiritual Body, Critical Intelligence

Meanwhile.

The Contribution Points, which had reached zero, returned to fifty.

Fu Changsheng’s lips slightly curled up.

He began to regulate his breath and meditate.

Breathing out a mouthful of foul air from his body.

Only then did he open the box set aside and consume a Cloud Mushroom Fruit. As soon as it entered his stomach, it transformed into a vast medicinal power, more ferocious than any Spirit Fruit he had consumed before, rampaging wildly through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians like an unbridled horse.

Intense pain.

Made Fu Changsheng let out a muffled groan.

He quickly circulated his Mana, using his True Qi to drive this medicinal power into his Dantian, gathering it there before cautiously refining it bit by bit.

As the medicinal power gradually tempered his limbs and bones.

The flow of Qi and blood within his body became as robust and powerful as mountains and rivers.

Time is but an illusion in cultivation.

About two months swiftly passed.

In the Secret Chamber.

Sitting cross-legged on a cushion, Fu Changsheng was covered in scabs of blood, exuded during the refining of the Cloud Mushroom Fruit.

With a change in his Technique.

The blood scabs cracked open with a sound.

Fu Changsheng happily opened his eyes:

”Qi Blood Barrier a hundred percent!”

After refining two Cloud Mushroom Fruits.

He successfully completed the last of the Three Great Foundation Establishment Gates, the Qi Blood Barrier.

Thus.

He had successfully broken through the Qi Blood, Mana, and Divine Sense barriers.

Meaning.

He now had a seventy to eighty percent chance of successfully establishing his Foundation if he tried.

However.

If he failed.

Without a Foundation Establishment Pill to protect his meridians, his limbs and bones would certainly be damaged, and he would need to expend a significant amount of resources to repair his meridians before attempting Foundation Establishment again.

The ruins would soon be opened.

Moreover, it contained spiritual objects that aided Foundation Establishment.

Naturally, he wouldn’t be so reckless.

After sensing the changes in his body.

Fu Changsheng did not choose to exit seclusion but began to comprehend the method of making the Flowing Light Talisman.

After more than a month.

Having written down thick notes and rehearsed over a thousand times on a sand table, Fu Changsheng finally began to craft the Flowing Light Talisman.

Unlike Tier One talismans.

Even the lowest Tier Two Low-Grade talisman required more Mana than a Tier One Top-Grade Talisman.

As the brush touched the paper.

He felt his Mana flowing out like a floodgate had opened, and halfway through the process, due to being unskilled, the talisman paper ignited spontaneously with a buzz.

At this moment.

Almost half of his Mana was depleted:

”It seems I’ll need to control the Mana output more precisely to craft a complete Tier Two Talisman successfully.”

Otherwise.

His cultivation wasn’t sufficient to support crafting a full Flowing Light Talisman.

Indeed.

Even between Foundation Establishment and Qi Cultivation.

The gap between Tier One and Tier Two spiritual objects was insurmountable.

After taking a deep breath.

Fu Changsheng reflected on this failure, restored his Mana, and continued practicing.

Inside the Secret Chamber.

”Boom!”

”Boom!!”

”Boom!!!”

Every so often.

The sound of talismans spontaneously combusting or exploding could be heard.

Fu Changsheng had grown accustomed to it.

Finally.

After practicing for eight whole months.

With his final stroke, the Flowing Light Talisman on the table buzzed, and a surge of rampant Spiritual Power was absorbed into the talisman, forming a complete Tier Two Low-Grade Flowing Light Talisman.

Fu Changsheng’s eyes revealed a look of delight.

From now on.

He was a Tier Two Low-Grade Talisman Maker!

After restoring his Mana, he forged ahead while the iron was hot, successfully crafting five more in a row, using up the last drop of the Tier Two Mountain-Pressing Beast’s Essence Blood, before stopping.

Looking at the six Flowing Light Talismans laid out on the table.

Fu Changsheng was very pleased:

”My hard work wasn’t in vain.”

In total.

He had been in closed cultivation for a year.

The Penglai Mountain ruins would soon be opened:

”It’s time to exit seclusion.”

Fu Changsheng stored the Flowing Light Talismans in the box.

At this moment.

A familiar yet unfamiliar emotion surged in his mind.

Fu Changsheng’s eyes brightened:

”It should be the breakthrough of the Spirit-devouring Insect as reported.”

Instantly, he pointed at the Cloud Ring Purple Immortal Tower.

The second layer inside the tower, Flowing Light Transformation.

Inside the tower.

A suspended golden cocoon.

Cracks appeared in its surface, extending gradually, until a pair of golden claws emerged, breaking the cocoon with a cracking sound.

Buzz buzz buzz.

The entire golden Spirit-devouring Insect flew out.

At this moment, its aura had reached the Tier One Peak:

”Indeed, it has broken through!”

Fu Changsheng’s lips slightly curled up.

Upon closer inspection.

He noticed that one pair of the Spirit-devouring Insect’s compound eyes had turned a dark blue:

”Huh, has it mutated?”

After examining his storage bag, a flash of Dawn Light, a Three-Life Black Profound Mirror floated into the tower; this mirror was acquired from the Lei Family ancestor’s hand, but after being destroyed by Purple Qi Divine Light, it had become a useless mirror. However, the material it was refined from is unknown, as even a Tier One Late Stage Spirit-devouring Insect couldn’t consume it.

He wanted to see.

If the Spirit-devouring Insect’s consuming ability had improved after the breakthrough.

”Buzz!”

The Spirit-devouring Insect devoured its cocoon completely and, under Fu Changsheng’s guidance, fluttered to the Three-Life Black Profound Mirror, chomping down with its mandibles, causing the once-indestructible mirror to visibly shrink:

The devouring ability indeed improved!

Excitement flashed in Fu Changsheng’s eyes.

The tier of this Three-Life Black Profound Mirror should be Tier Two, meaning the Tier One Peak Spirit-devouring Insect could consume a cultivator’s Tier Two Magical Artifact, which would be immensely useful for combat or breaking formations.

This was another trump card for him when entering the Penglai Mountain ruins:

”If I could cultivate a batch of Tier One Peak Spirit-devouring Insects and then have them devour each other to evolve into Tier Two, that would be wonderful.”

However.

With his current financial resources.

It remains a distant possibility.

Fu Changsheng focused his Divine Sense on the dark blue compound eyes of the Spirit-devouring Insect, trying to communicate and find out the purpose of these unusual eyes.

However, the Spirit-devouring Insect seemed a bit confused.

Clearly not understanding his intentions.

Compared to the Little Cyan Snake or Autumn Cicada, the Spirit-devouring Insect’s intelligence was clearly lacking.

Fu Changsheng waved his sleeve.

The Cloud Ring Purple Immortal Tower was stored in his pocket.

Leaving the Cultivation Secret Chamber.

The sight that met his eyes was the Cloud Mushroom Tree transplanted under the Spirit Gathering Tree. In over a year, the Cloud Mushroom Tree had not only survived but also begun to sprout a small flower bud on its crown, barely noticeable but undeniably present.

Fu Changsheng’s smile grew even wider.

However, the Three-Transformation Cyan Lotus in the pond still had only two leaves.

Clearly.

It required even more time to cultivate the Three-Transformation Cyan Lotus than anticipated.

Stretching lazily.

Fu Changsheng calculated the time for the Penglai Mountain ruins to open—still a few months away, enough to recruit Lei Family’s son-in-law Li Renwei and obtain Chen Dachu’s Spiritual Meal Recipe from the Nanyang Marketplace.