Chapter 448: First Signs of Aid, Golden Sand Marketplace

Chapter 448 -276: First Signs of Aid, Golden Sand Marketplace

After some deep deliberation, Lin Changheng made his decision.

He wrote back to Mo Zhaoli, accepting her proposal.

They would rendezvous at a Marketplace on the Wilderness Border.

The appointed time was less than half a month away, and Lin Changheng would need to depart ten days in advance to arrive on time.

Before then, he needed to make thorough preparations to ensure everything was foolproof.

He did a quick scan of the various Treasure Seeds enhancing his body.

He still only had three types of Divine Power True Intent: Fire Manipulation, Rong Sheng, and Carrying Mountain.

His various Demon Techniques, categorized by bloodline, were as follows: from his Mortal Filth Bloodline, he had the Poison Transformation Demon Technique, the Fire Extinguishing Demon Technique, and the Earth Escape Demon Technique.

His Muddy Evil Bloodline granted him six more: Red Sky Profound Flame, the Illusionary Appearance Shifting Demon Technique, the Limb Hardening Demon Technique, the Fire Poison Demon Technique, the Concealing Breath Demon Technique, and the Fire Resistance Demon Talent.

His Profound Spirit Bloodline had produced the Longevity Demon Talent.

As for his Abnormal Techniques, they covered offense, defense, escape, healing, control, and support, so there was no need to list them all.

…

Next, Lin Changheng began to inspect his artifacts.

Aside from the azure-gold Streamlight Sword, Lin Changheng had decided to discard all his Tier Two Lower Grade Spiritual Artifacts and below, selling them off when the opportunity arose.

The Black Seal Platform, a Tier Two Middle Grade attacking Spiritual Artifact that was nearly a Masterpiece, was something Lin Changheng had named the Heavy Seal. He found it quite effective and decided to keep it.

The Gray-Black Shield, capable of automatic defense and a Masterpiece among Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts, was also kept for his own use.

As for Upper Grade spiritual artifacts—

Although the Bone Sword from the Silver-White Masked Cultivator was also an Upper Grade spiritual artifact, Lin Changheng tried it and found its consumption too high and its function too simplistic.

If Lin Changheng tried to forcibly wield it with his Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Magical Power, not only would its power be significantly reduced, but the Magical Power drain would be unbearable. So, for now, he couldn’t use it.

The Ten Thousand Poison Skull was the only Upper Grade spiritual artifact he chose to use, because the consumption for short-term crowd control was acceptable.

Besides, the refining of his Magical Treasure Embryo was imminent. Once successful, its power would be comparable to a Tier Two Upper Grade Masterpiece Spiritual Artifact.

Its consumption would also be lower than an ordinary Upper Grade spiritual artifact, making it much more suitable for a Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator like him.

As for the remaining seven or eight captured Middle and Lower Grade Spiritual Artifacts, Lin Changheng picked out four and gave them to Mo Zhaoli, Tantai Feiyue, Yan Mingyi, and Xu Hanji, respectively.

On one hand, it didn’t hurt to give away Spiritual Artifacts he had acquired at no cost.

On the other hand, selling them at a secondhand shop would mean a thirty to forty percent discount. Rather than letting someone else profit, it was better to give them to his women and friends. In a way, it was an indirect preservation of their value.

…

As for Talismans, Tantai Feiyue had given him a huge restock during her last visit.

He had used quite a few Tier One Talismans previously and now had about seventy remaining.

He had around twenty Tier Two Lower Grade Talismans.

And five Tier Two Middle Grade Talismans.

Most of them had been made by Tantai Feiyue, as she had also advanced to the level of a Tier Two Middle Grade Talisman Master six years ago.

In addition to these, there were five Talisman Plates, comparable in power to Tier Two Middle Grade Masterpiece Talismans. This was more than he had last time, all of them pressed on him by Tantai Feiyue.

‘I’ll never use them all. There’s just no way.’

That was what Lin Changheng was truly thinking.

…

In terms of puppets, aside from his usual Tier Two Lower Grade Heavy Armor Human-shaped Puppet, Yan Mingyi had also refined two Tier Two Lower Grade Leopard-shaped Puppet Beasts, which Lin Changheng also took with him.

As for Tier One Upper Grade Masterpiece Puppet Beasts, including the hawk and tiger Puppet Beasts previously refined by Puppet Master Yan, Lin Changheng had a total of five in his Storage Bag.

It wasn’t enough to form a puppet army, but forming a puppet squad was certainly not a problem.

He was, in a word, fully armed.

To some extent, Lin Changheng could resolve many crises relying solely on these Hundred Arts Objects provided by the two women.

The problem, however, was that Lin Changheng’s Divine Sense wasn’t strong enough to finely control three Tier Two Lower Grade puppets and a host of Upper Grade Masterpiece puppets all at once.

But Secret Skills for cultivating Divine Sense were rare in the Song Territory, and Lin Changheng didn’t know how to actively train it. He could only rely on the advancement of his Cultivation and the cleansing from the Spirit Stealing Treasure Seed for slow, steady, step-by-step growth.

「Three days later.」

A figure slipped unnoticed from behind a cliff on the back mountain of Moonrest Island and quietly entered the water.

He then activated the Water Shadow Stealth Technique. With a gentle push, he shot through the water like a fish, vanishing without a trace.

After the previous attack on the island by Tribulation Cultivators, Lin Changheng had become even more cautious.

Although he knew no one would dare to provoke the Purple Extreme Sect again so soon, he still left all three Spirit Beasts behind.

He also kept his departure a secret, instructing Yan Mingyi to turn away all visitors to Moonrest Island and announce that he was entering seclusion for a year.

This was a common and ordinary occurrence, as it wasn’t unusual for Foundation Establishment Cultivators to enter seclusion for such a length of time.

…

The border between the Purple Extreme Sect and the Wilderness was extremely long.

A region several hundred miles inland from the border, slightly south of its midpoint, was a vast desert.

During the day, the scorching sun baked the sand, and heat waves distorted the air. The place was filled with a blistering Fire Evil Qi, making it difficult for ordinary vegetation to survive.

Yet, deep within this seemingly barren wasteland stood a Cultivation Marketplace called “Jinsha District.”

Jinsha District was not particularly large, certainly not compared to the other Marketplaces under the jurisdiction of the Purple Extreme Sect. However, it was like a grain of gold in a sea of sand, a condensed hub for everything the Cultivation Realm needed in this area.

It had everything one could need—all sorts of shops, Spirit Wine Towers, and Immortal Inns were present. The style was just a bit more rugged and less refined.