Yuan Zun: Starting with the Eight Ancestral Symbols

Chapter 148: Life and Death Talisman
A few days after the baptism, Mu Chen didn't even go to morning classes. After calming down his surging breath, the number of source energy stars in his Qi Palace increased by more than a hundred, and the remaining source energy of heaven and earth in his body was completely absorbed.

The Source Marrow Baptism is really good. If you can have the Eight Dragon Baptism every time, then the speed of advancement will be beyond imagination.

He is now a gold belt disciple. Before becoming the chief disciple of Shengyuan Peak, he can become a purple belt disciple first, and then he can enter the source pool once every two months.

The first place in the previous ceremony has already been used this time, so you will not be able to enter later.

Mu Chen took a deep breath and opened his right hand, only to see black and white light flashing in his palm.

This is a black and white rune, containing two different auras, life and death.

This rune is as ancient as the Devouring Rune and the Space Rune. The energy fluctuations it emits increase the source energy in Muchen's body.

The black light contains a deathly aura that makes one's scalp tingle, while the white light contains endless vitality.

Death and life coexist in perfect balance in this rune.

There is a rumor in the Tianxuan Continent that the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman appeared last. Because it was too weak, the Devouring Ancestral Talisman swallowed it into its body to supply it with energy. When the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman grew to the size of other Ancestral Talismans, it left the Devouring Ancestral Talisman's body.

"It is worthy of being the Ancestral Talisman of Life and Death. The vitality and death energy contained in it are countless times purer than those of the strong men in the Profound Realm of Life and the Profound Realm of Death." Xiao Diao exclaimed in amazement.

"Mu Chen, the process of refining this ancestral talisman will be very dangerous. You must consider the consequences of failure. Your body may die directly."

Mu Chen nodded with a solemn expression. He had thought about that result. Throughout the ages, there were many people who obtained the ancestral talisman, but there were only a few who could master it. Moreover, failure meant death, and the ancestral talisman of life and death was no exception.

"Let me feel what it's like to die."

Since he started practicing, he has basically been able to crush everyone he encountered, and he has yet to experience the feeling of death.

hum!
Muchen grasped the ancestral talisman of life and death fiercely in his palm. In an instant, the black flames started from his right hand and began to cover his entire body.

As the flame of death covered his entire body, Muchen's body trembled violently. He felt a pure and powerful death energy washing over his flesh, meridians, and bones...

Within a few breaths, his skin began to lose its luster and became dull. The thick aura of death that permeated the air made him look even more dead than a dead person.

Muchen carefully sensed his current physical condition. Under the impact of this thick deathly aura, every inch of his body began to wither and dry up rapidly, as if he was entering death.

This feeling made Muchen panic, which was rare, but he knew that his will must not be shaken, otherwise he would really be taken away by the death energy.

The panic gradually dissipated, and Muchen began to sense the energy of death. If he wanted to master the talisman of life and death, he could only rely on his own intuition. No one told him the specific method.

The Lingyan of the ancestral stone may know, but it is still asleep and we can only rely on ourselves.

"Such a heavy death aura..."

Yaoyao suddenly saw the flowers and plants begin to wither and turn yellow. She turned to look at Muchen, raised her eyebrows, and was startled.

If she hadn't been able to feel that Muchen was still alive, she would have thought that Muchen had gone insane due to problems with his training.

"Is it the ancestral talisman of life and death? That's really nonsense." Yaoyao shook her head helplessly. She knew about the eight ancestral talismans from Muchen.

It would be very easy to die if someone in the Primordial Realm was exposed to this level of death energy. However, Muchen still had a strong vitality in his body that could fight against the death energy, so he would not die for the time being.

Now that it has begun, there is no way to stop it. We can only pray that Muchen can refine the Ancestral Talisman of Life and Death.

Yaoyao looked up and set up a source pattern barrier to separate Muchen from the surrounding environment. If the death aura continued to permeate, not to mention this Ziyuan Cave Mansion, even this Source Mountain would be barren.

She uses her spiritual perception to observe Mu Chen's vital condition at all times. If the situation gets out of control, she will try to rescue him.

As time passed, Muchen's body became like a mummy, as if all the water had evaporated.

hum!
Just when Yaoyao felt that Muchen's vitality was about to be consumed by the death energy, a white light appeared, and an extremely pure breath of life surged. Wherever it passed, the shriveled body began to swell up again.

Within a few breaths, Muchen's condition returned to its original state, and his aura was also improved.

Yaoyao felt relieved. It seemed that the Ancestral Talisman of Life and Death would not take Muchen's life directly. This test would only allow Muchen to transform into a new life from death.

And when he realizes it, anger will appear and restore Muchen to his normal state.

Life and death, wildfires cannot burn it all, spring breeze brings new life, death does not necessarily mean a complete death, there is still vitality, how to grasp that vitality is particularly important.

If Muchen can master the ancestral talisman of life and death, his lethality and destructive power will be even stronger. Under the death energy, all things will wither.

Even if you want to restore something that has been corroded by death energy, it will be of no use.

Next, Muchen kept repeating the transition between death and life. His body withered and then filled, like a balance, but he showed no signs of waking up and opening his eyes.

In fact, Muchen can't feel what's happening outside now and has entered a special state.

In a trance, it seemed as if I had arrived at the gates of hell, but I did not step in. I just wandered there.

He knew that this was an illusion. If he really walked into it, his body would be completely killed by the erosion of death energy. It might be a fluke that his soul was left behind.

A month passed quickly. Many disciples of Shengyuan Peak were confused as Mu Chen had not shown up for such a long time. However, they also guessed that Mu Chen was in seclusion.

Muchen's body is no longer in a state of transition between dead energy and living energy, but a state of coexistence. A mysterious balance has been formed in his body, just like the yin and yang of Tai Chi.

The most obvious change is in his body. If you look inside, you can see that the blood in his veins is full of strength, like a rushing river. Every bone in his body is tougher and filled with fluorescence, like gold and stone, exuding an indestructible texture.

This is because the physical body has been tempered and a large amount of impurities have been removed. The physical body is even stronger than when the Great Sun Thunder Body was fully developed. The physical body alone should be able to defeat a thousand-foot water beast.

A black and white source of energy appeared in the Qi Palace, competing with the devouring energy and the space energy.

At this point, he already possessed three eighth-grade source energies.

They are the devouring energy, the space energy, and the life and death energy.

Even the Yin-Yang Qi Palace can only possess two types of source energy, but he now has three types of source energy that are comparable to the eighth level.

(End of this chapter)