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Chapter 227 How do I use this thing?

"No way, this is too slow. It took three hours to find the second one. If we try to stack attributes this way, it'll be a never-ending journey!"

Three hours later, the shield warrior picked up the second talisman from the ground, but started complaining. Elemental magic is for output and requires skill, while cultivation alts just gain experience and can't complain. His shield warrior, on the other hand, gets absolutely no positive feedback when grinding monsters.

"Perhaps it has another use? Look, this one is a bit different from the last one." The cultivation alt leaned over, pointing to the pattern near the parentheses, and said:

"I wasn't quite sure about the previous one, but looking at the pattern of this ( ), this spiritual talisman should definitely be the Bagua. Although I can't understand the text behind it, I can see many differences. Either you need to collect a whole set to make it work, or there is some special way to use it, or you can simply give it to that cultivation NPC to complete a quest or something."

“That makes sense. I remember there’s an appraiser NPC in the city. Let’s ask him if he can decipher this script. If not, let’s wait and see if we can run into that NPC. Anyway, we need to level up for you. We can collect talismans while we’re killing monsters.”

However, real online games obviously wouldn't waste resources designing a "unique" hidden quest that only one person can trigger once. Therefore, at the same time, there are teams of all sizes encountering similar situations.

The monsters that are impossible to kill will run away after leaving behind a compass. By using the compass, you can find a spirit talisman. Some talismans are on the monsters, while others are simply embedded in tree trunks or under rocks. There are even cases where you didn't get the compass but accidentally killed a monster with a talisman, and then the monsters came after you.

At first, everyone treated this as a hidden quest and kept it a secret, but when a player followed the compass and found another player, the talisman was finally revealed.

According to forum statistics, there are ten types of talismans in total, including the Eight Trigrams and Yin-Yang. Wearing them can increase some negligible attribute values, but the effects are not all the same.

The compass defaults to locking onto the nearest talisman. If you or your team are wearing one, it will be selected first. Therefore, when searching for talismans, you need to put the talismans you are wearing into your backpack.

Despite the vast amount of information gathered, it's practically useless. The only thing we know is that if you enter the five-player dungeon of the new boss while carrying a talisman, it will trigger an extra dialogue, and the person carrying the talisman will be targeted by a concentrated attack. If the wearer dies, the talisman will drop, and the boss's combat power will increase. It's practically a weapon to aid the enemy, and we can't see any countermeasures at all.

After several groups of skeptical players tried out the enhanced five-player dungeon, all the players abandoned the idea of ​​bringing talismans into the dungeon. Just then, the cultivation NPC reappeared in the city...

……

"Senior! Senior!" As soon as Feng Xue entered the city, he heard someone rushing up to him with a loud shout. Seeing that the vast crowd was about to engulf him, Feng Xue pointed his fingers like a sword and slashed in front of him.

With a flick of his finger, it was as if an invisible wall appeared out of thin air, blocking all the players. He calmly glanced at the horde of players, frowning as he said:

"Who are you? What do you want with me?"

The players immediately erupted into a clamor, but after a moment, whether through bribery with money or due to their own prestige in the game, a cultivator player stepped out from the crowd with his head held high and spoke respectfully:

"Senior, we are the inheritors who guard the seal of the Demon Dragon. Recently, we discovered some lesser demons searching for something, and we have collected some of them, but we don't know what they are for. Now that we have met you, we hope you can enlighten us."

"Oh?" Feng Xue's voice carried a hint of interest. He pointed, and the player who was pressed against the invisible wall suddenly felt empty in front of him. He involuntarily took a few steps forward and came to stand in front of Feng Xue.

"Senior...this is it!" This player was clearly quite eloquent, quickly regaining his composure and taking out a talisman with the character "乾" (Qian) engraved on its front. Feng Xue's expression visibly wavered for a moment, and then the player heard this "NPC" speak:

"This is the magical energy of the demonic dragon, mixed with the local earth veins, to create a spiritual talisman. The one you have is the [Qian Talisman], which is a killing force that can make your attacks indestructible and difficult to heal."

"So how do I use it?" The player asked, but then realized he had asked the wrong question. He saw the NPC's face light up with the expression a teacher would give to the student who was at the bottom of the class, asking a question that even a complete idiot would know.

"Please don't let him get angry and leave again!" the player prayed frantically. Fortunately, the other person seemed to be mindful of the talisman and didn't storm off. Instead, he casually pinched the talisman, and instantly, a white light enveloped his hand—

"Shh!"

In the blink of an eye, the white light flew out like a sharp sword, cleaving a large tree in half in the distance.

"Use talismans the same way you normally use them, but since your cultivation is still shallow, attaching them to spells or magical artifacts will be more effective."

After saying that, the NPC turned around and disappeared from sight again.

"When I cast spells, it's just a matter of thinking about it, right?" The player held the talisman, and the thought of "activating the Spirit Fire Talisman" immediately popped into his mind. However, the expected change did not occur; instead, the only response was—

"Combat skills cannot be used in the safe zone."

"Ah this..."

……

"Ghidorah, the ore you requested!" In the Demon King's Castle, Wolf, leading a group of dog-headed... well, werewolf minions, carrying sacks of various sizes, arrived at Feng Xue's workshop. Feng Xue peeked out from a pile of talismans and smiled:

"Thank you for your help. Just leave it over there. Hand the one in the red bag on the left to the regular monster below. Just like before, one monster per group is enough..."

“No problem, but Bigeley asked me to ask you what these things are for. Recently, quite a few heroes have been challenging her tower with these things, and she has two sacks full of them.” Wolf reached out and picked up the red sack, glanced at the talismans inside, and asked as if he remembered something.

Actually, it's not just Bige; in several of their recent early dungeons, there are quite a few heroes who drop talismans after death. Coupled with their obvious increase in combat power, it's hard not to give people the feeling that "this Ghidorah is aiding the enemy."

Upon hearing Wolf's question, Feng Xue suddenly popped out from among a pile of talismans, looking curious. "Oh, you already have some that can be used in practice? Then please collect them. Hmm, I'll exchange them for some useful items!"

(End of this chapter)