Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1551 - 962: Divine General Chessboard, Talisman Array

”Senior, inject the essence!” Yang Jizhen reminded again.

Xuanzhen no longer hesitated and focused on injecting his golden mana into the chessboard.

Instantly, the chessboard emitted brilliant golden light, coating everything around with a layer of gold dust.

The process lasted for two quarter hours until Xuanzhen felt his mana was nearly exhausted. Yang Jizhen then said to Ma Qiuyan, ”Seal the array!”

Ma Qiuyan quickly applied the talismanic restrictions, sealing all the golden mana on the chessboard.

A moment later, Yang Jizhen exhaled heavily.

”It’s done! Haha~~ Congratulations on your top-grade magical treasure, Senior!”

He smiled at Xuanzhen, who summoned the chessboard to examine it closely, unable to suppress his smile.

”Haha, thank you all for your hard work!”

”As long as the Senior is satisfied!” Yang Jizhen felt relieved.

To be honest, crafting lifebound magical treasures for others is truly exhausting.

If he were crafting ordinary magical treasures, he could craft them however he wanted, and if they were ruined, it wouldn’t matter, just a waste of materials.

But crafting lifebound magical treasures is different; they are tailored and must be crafted according to the owner’s wishes, using precious materials, often including one or two third-rank spiritual materials.

Should they be ruined, Yang Jizhen couldn’t afford the loss.

Fortunately, his current artifact refining skills were quite good, and he had crafted four lifebound magical treasures without a hitch.

He crafted two for Yang Zhenshan, one flying sword for Yun Xiao, and now crafted the Divine General Chessboard for Xuanzhen.

Although each time he has to endure considerable pressure, it greatly benefits his artifact refining skills.

Xuanzhen picked up a chess piece from the board, injected mana, casually tossed it, and soon an eight-foot-tall warrior clad in Mystic Armor and holding weapons appeared in front of him.

”I, the subordinate, pay respects to the master!”

The Divine General kneeled and said.

Xuanzhen looked at him, nodded with satisfaction, ”What’s your name?”

”The subordinate has no name, please grant me one, master!” The Divine General said.

After transforming into a ghostly being, the Divine Soul loses previous memories, retaining only a few thoughts. But when a ghostly being becomes a wandering spirit, it retains original memories.

However, these ghostly beings were merely evil spirits trapped by the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner, existing mostly in a state of brutal ignorance without forming memories.

Xuanzhen thought for a moment and said, ”From now on, you’ll be called Mystic Armor!”

Alright, he wasn’t great with names, casually using heavenly stems for naming. Once heavenly stems were used up, there were earthly branches, and when those were exhausted, he could combine them.

”Thank you, master, for granting the name!” The Divine General’s vaguely visible face seemed to harbor a smile.

A wandering spirit transformed into a Divine General remains a wandering spirit; they can switch between non-material ghostly forms and possessing an entity. Whether they have a solid form depends on their control over their own power.

At this moment, the Divine General was newly formed, still weak, lacking control over power, so his body wasn’t yet solid.

However, twelve Divine Generals were transformed from Ghost Generals, meaning they possessed the strength of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

They generally equated to the weakest among Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Even so, Xuanzhen was very satisfied.

Because the Divine General’s strength can be enhanced; if he invests time and effort, the Divine General can grow to the peak of Foundation Establishment, and one day, if he becomes a Golden Core Cultivator, the Divine General can reach Golden Core level combat strength.

Regarding growth potential, his Divine General Chessboard surpasses Yang Zhenshan’s Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron and Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

Matching the potential, the difficulty in enhancing the Divine General Chessboard’s grade also significantly exceeds that of the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron and Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

Nevertheless, owning the Divine General Chessboard, Xuanzhen’s strength has greatly increased.

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While Xuanzhen succeeded in crafting his first lifebound magical treasure, Cui Yang crafted his first set of talisman array magical treasure on the other side.

On the cliff outside the Talisman Light Pavilion at Lingshu Peak.

In front of Cui Yang floated an array plate, one inch thick, one foot wide, circular in shape, engraved with dense runes, embedded with three shining top-grade Spirit Stones.

Around him floated a dozen or so crimson Jade Talismans, each burning with intense flames.

”Talisman Array, Vermilion Bird Separation Fire!”

He clutched the spell, intently uttering six words.

In the next moment, the crimson Jade Talismans all flew ten feet away to form a very special array.

As the array activated, the ground revealed dark red Separation Fire patterns, like molten lava flowing beneath. Nine fire pillars shot into the sky, coalescing into a Vermilion Bird phantom whose tail feathers swept the void, creating twisted ripples.

The terrifying and fierce Vermilion Bird phantom seemed eager to ignite everything around.

”It’s done!” Cui Yang gazed passionately at the Vermilion Bird phantom, his face full of joyful expressions.

Ever since Yang Zhenshan proposed using Jade Talismans to refine a combination array instrument, Cui Yang had been dedicated to researching this. Although using Jade Talismans for array formation seemed simple, executing it proved extremely challenging.

First, talisman art needed to coordinate with array formations. Although Cui Yang understood some array basics, his expertise in formations wasn’t deep, hence he often consulted Ning Yun and even sometimes had Ning Yun design arrays for him.

Additionally, the talismans were unstable, and array formations demanded stability, requiring overcoming numerous difficulties to use unstable talismans to create stable arrays.