Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 45: Second-order power, the Blazing Sun Fire Snake Talisman! (Please read on!)

Hua Hua Hua——

A breeze blew, creating waves in the rice fields, which slapped Li Ye who was in the middle of it, stirring up the smell of blood and the fragrance of rice ears throughout the field, almost drowning him.

This contradictory smell, which could almost make ordinary people faint without having encountered it, was just a normal part of life for him.

He took a deep breath, his expression relieved and satisfied.

You skillfully cared for the first-level spiritual plant [Blood Rice], causing it to thrive. Experience +0.1...
[......]
As the last panel prompt appeared, Four Acres of Blood and Rice once again gave him the corresponding feedback.

At this time when the situation is changing and turmoil is imminent, any opportunity to improve himself may become his reliance for self-protection in the future, and is extremely precious.

"In this way, I can upgrade both my talismans and my witchcraft..."

Li Ye murmured to himself, feeling helpless.

Now he has no shortage of high-quality Muyuan Pills. As early as a few days before the New Year, he had already relied on taking drugs to break through to the sixth level of Qi training!

Originally, in his plan, all the experience gained from this round and even the subsequent harvests would be invested in the practice of alchemy, to elevate it as much as possible, in preparation for his breakthrough to the late stage of Qi training, or even the foundation-building pills needed to break through to the foundation-building stage.

But in the current situation, even if he makes further progress in the way of alchemy, it will not be enough to help him break through the realm in a short period of time.

It is obviously more practical for him to improve his combat power as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, since there was no one around Lingtian at this time, he simply opened the panel.

[Name: Li Ye]

[Spiritual Roots: Low-grade Earth and Wood Spiritual Roots]

[Remaining lifespan: 72 years (overdrawing vitality reduces lifespan by 3 years)]

【技能：种植一阶上等（627/3000）、丹药一阶中等（195/5000）、炼器未入门（12/2000）、符箓一阶中等（342/3000）、蛊术未入门（263/1800）】

[Plant Spiritual Essence: Green Bud Spiritual Essence*146, Blood Spiritual Essence*72, Fiery Sun Spiritual Essence*7]

[Spiritual Entry: Vitality Level 1]

【Experience: 5732】

……

Facts have proved that as long as Li Ye is willing to consume resources, with the support of the panel, he can continue to improve his alchemy level through his own efforts.

It’s just that the results are a little slow and cannot keep up with actual demand.

With a change of thought, he invested his experience points into the two skills of [Talisman] and [Witchcraft]. A tidal spiritual light suddenly surged out from the depths of Li Ye's soul, submerging his consciousness and turning into the accumulation of his skills.

"Now I should be able to use the Fiery Sun Spirit Essence on higher-level talismans..."

Li Ye sorted out the improved skills in his mind, his tone slightly excited.

If it succeeds, then the power of the talisman he drew again using the spiritual essence of the Fiery Sun should be much stronger than the previous Fiery Sun Fireball Talisman that was successful in his previous adventure!

As for other methods, poisonous insects can be used as a supplement.

As his wealth grew from selling elixirs, he naturally began to study the incomplete inheritance of witchcraft. Although he did not gain much, he accumulated a lot of relevant materials.

Now it can be used directly to refine some new Gu, and try to completely refine those unfinished Gu worms left by Xiong Yinxiu!

[Talisman First Grade Superior (0/4000)]

[Second-level Gusu (0/2500)]

Looking at the experience requirements after upgrading the two skills on the panel, Li Ye felt a little sorry.
"I only have a little over a thousand experience points left, but I can't raise my Gu technique to the next level. Otherwise, I would have been more prepared..."

"Forget it, I've bitten off more than I can chew, so let's just leave it at that for now!"

…………Just as he and Elder Ji said, even though the mountain gate has resumed normal entry and exit, Li Ye has no intention of going out.

Apart from the spiritual fields in the back mountain, most of his time is spent in the underground quiet room.

He has already started the initial feeding and cultivation of the poisonous insects that need to be re-refined or completely refined.

Once the insects devour each other under the stimulation of the secret technique and absorb all the materials, and the conditions are met, he can then start refining.

In addition to his daily practice, he devoted all his remaining free time to drawing talismans.

In just two days, he had replenished all kinds of talismans on hand. He had also tried first-level top-level talismans such as the amulet and fire snake talisman that could only be refined after reaching the first-level superior level.

He already had several precious talismans, like amulets, that could activate themselves when attacked by external forces, stuck under his robes.

After a lot of drawing, his touch has reached its best and he can start a new round of application of Lieyang Lingyun.

"Although the original idea was a bit risky, it's not a problem..."

"The Fiery Sun Spirit Essence is pure, fiery, and masculine energy, its essence almost reaching the second level!"

"Although using it with the spirit of plants and trees might be a bit gentle when used in attack, it's just right for me..."

"Since the spiritual essence of all plants and trees is under my control, mixing it with my magic power to draw is almost unimpeded, and the power of talismans with matching attributes can be greatly enhanced!"

"Hmm... But in this case, the material of the talisman paper needs to be of a higher grade."

As Li Ye sorted out his thoughts when he was drawing the Fiery Sun Fireball Talisman, he felt a little painful on his face.

During his first attempt, the talisman paper he used was ordinary. Halfway through drawing, it could not bear the power of the scorching sun spirit and collapsed and burned.

This was different from the talisman that Li Ye had drawn before. Its failure was simply the dissipation of magic power and the destruction of the materials, which was not a big deal.

The power emanating from the talisman paper at that time exploded directly, and the entire talisman-making room was almost blown down!

If Li Ye had not achieved some success in physical training, he would have been seriously injured by that blow!
This may be the disadvantage of using the spiritual essence of the scorching sun to draw talismans.

However, that also made him realize its power.

After gritting his teeth and spending a large sum of money to purchase some talisman paper secretly made from monster skins, he actually succeeded in making two in succession.

I took one of them to test its power.

With one blow, an orange-red and golden fireball directly blasted a big hole in the rock. The rock inside was directly melted, and the blazing spiritual energy was still burning.

Its power is probably even greater than that of a top-level talisman!

Li Ye estimated that if someone in the late stage of Qi training did not have a mid-level or above defensive magic weapon, he would most likely die on the spot if hit by this weapon!
Even the Fireball Talisman can be upgraded to this level, how terrifying would it be if it were replaced with the Fire Snake Talisman?
Thinking of this, Li Ye calmed his mind, summoned a ray of scorching sun spirit into his body, injected it into the talisman pen with his magic power, and began to draw on the spread out animal skin talisman paper.

He was very cautious and didn't dare to be careless at all.

Even though the scorching sun's spiritual essence would continue to burn his magic power and invade his meridians, he remained calm and devoted himself to it.

Even the power of the failed explosion of the Fireball Talisman is so terrifying, then if the mana node of the Fire Snake Talisman fails to explode, it will probably blow him half to death!
However, perhaps the many experiences accumulated previously came into play. Even when the first ray of Fiery Sun Spirit Essence was exhausted and the second one was needed to be replenished, Li Ye did not make any mistakes.

The drawing was completed smoothly!
He put down the talisman pen, took a few steps back, and looked at the talisman on the table that was faintly emitting a fiery aura. The surprise on his face grew little by little.

This kind of power that subtly suppresses me...

Absolutely right!

The level of this Fire Snake Talisman has actually reached the second level!

Li Ye picked up the talisman and looked at it, exclaiming in amazement.
"The Blazing Sun Fire Snake Talisman... After over a year of farming, I finally managed to grow a life-saving trump card!"

I don’t know which blind person will bump into me!

(End of this chapter)