Daily Intelligence: From Miner to Dao Ancestor of Alchemy and Talismans

He spoke with absolute certainty, leaving no room for negotiation. Qian Shi was the only person in this cultivation world who could be considered a fellow townsman, and he would protect him if he could, but only if it didn't cause him any trouble.

Qian Shi took the cloth bag, nodded heavily, clutched the communication talisman, and patted his chest to assure him, "Brother Xu, don't worry! Even if I die, I will never step out of the cave! I will absolutely not cause you any trouble!"

After arranging the money and stones and confirming that there were no abnormalities in the formation of the cave, Xu Yuan did not linger for a moment. He immediately took advantage of the morning mist to quietly return to Qingyafang.

He had to stay in the market before the raid began so that he could seize the fleeting opportunity as soon as the chaos started.

Back in the courtyard, it was already dark, with only a few hours left until midnight.

Xu Yuan sat cross-legged on the couch, took out three translucent, round, top-grade spirit-replenishing pills from his storage bag, and swallowed them all at once.

The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, its medicinal power, several times purer than a top-grade Spirit-Replenishing Pill, exploding outwards and surging into the dantian along the meridians.

He had already reached the threshold of the seventh level of Qi Refining, and his spiritual power was extremely abundant. Now, with the support of the medicinal power of three top-grade Spirit Replenishing Pills, and with the full operation of the Fire Control True Solution, he precisely guided the surging medicinal power to repeatedly cleanse his meridians and condense the spiritual power in his dantian.

The vortex of spiritual energy within his dantian spun faster and faster, becoming increasingly dense. The originally stable bottleneck began to loosen slightly under the continuous scouring of the massive medicinal power.

The threshold of the eighth level of Qi Refining is already within reach!

The night passed in the blink of an eye.

As the first rays of morning light streamed into the room through the window paper, Xu Yuan slowly opened his eyes. His spiritual energy circulated rapidly throughout his body, then steadily returned to his dantian without leaking out.

Although he failed to completely break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, his spiritual power was twice as strong as before, and his control over spiritual power had reached an unprecedented level of subtlety.

Now, he can even try to draw a couple of second-tier talismans, and he is absolutely confident that he can defeat a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining if he faces him head-on.

Our strength has reached a new level.

Night fell again, and only a few hours remained before the Blood Fiend Sect's agreed-upon midnight raid.

The horns outside the market grew louder and louder, the curses of the robber cultivators rose and fell, and the light screen of the protective array was trembling slightly.

The market was eerily quiet; even the footsteps of the patrolling guards had disappeared. Everyone held their breath, waiting for the third watch of the night to arrive.

Xu Yuan sat cross-legged on the couch, closed his eyes, and regulated his breathing, adjusting himself to his peak condition, quietly waiting for the system intelligence to refresh at midnight. He needed to confirm whether there were any last-minute changes to the Blood Fiend Sect's plan.

The clock hands just passed midnight.

The familiar system notification sound was completely different from before.

[Ding! Today's intelligence has been updated.]

A line of golden characters, radiating a faint Daoist aura, slowly appeared on the surface of his consciousness: [Top-Tier Golden Intelligence: Tomorrow night, beneath the Zhao Family Ancestral Hall, the ancient talisman will be fully activated by the extreme Yin energy of the Blood Fiend Thunder. Within the talisman lies a remnant soul of the Pill Talisman Daoist Master, as well as the complete first volume of the Pill Talisman Daoist Scripture. Only those whose innate spiritual apertures are sealed can receive the inheritance and recognition.]

Xu Yuan stared at the line of golden characters, his hands gripping his knees tightened abruptly, and his breathing became rapid.

The complete lineage of the Danfu Daoist! The First Volume of the Danfu Daoist Scripture!

He transmigrated to this cultivation world ten years ago. His spiritual aperture was sealed from birth, and he was trapped at the third level of Qi Refining for ten years, suffering ridicule and cold looks. Everyone thought he was a good-for-nothing, but only he knew that this sealed spiritual aperture was his only reliance after transmigrating, and it was also the fundamental reason why he could accurately control spiritual power and refine pills and draw talismans far beyond his peers.

He never expected that this spiritual aperture, which had been sealed for ten years, would be the only key to unlocking the inheritance of the Pill Talisman Daoist!

He spent ten years lying low, ten years barely surviving, waiting for this very opportunity to soar to new heights!

But the excitement lasted only a moment before Xu Yuan quickly calmed down. The greater the opportunity, the greater the risk.

The Zhao Family Ancestral Hall is the core target of the Blood Fiend Sect. There are Foundation Establishment cultivators restraining the Zhao Family Ancestor, a Qi Refining Level 9 leader leading a strong attack, and twelve Blood Fiend Lightning bolts that can destroy the entire protective array. If he is not careful, he will be buried in it, leaving not even bones behind.

Prioritize stability and wait for the right opportunity to act.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, firmly engraved the golden oath in his mind, and his fingertips were already touching the talisman he kept close to his body, making full preparations.

But just then, a deafening roar suddenly came from the direction of the Zhao family's main residence!

"Boom—!!!" After the loud noise, the sharp and piercing alarm of the protective array instantly resounded throughout Qingyafang, breaking the deathly silence of the night.

The Blood Fiend Sect actually made their move ahead of schedule!

The alarm of the protective array blared sharply and piercingly, like a deadly howl, instantly tearing apart the deathly silence of Qingyafang in the dead of night.

The alarm of the protective array blared sharply and piercingly, like a deadly howl, instantly tearing apart the deathly silence of Qingyafang in the dead of night.

The first loud bang was followed by a series of explosions.

Eight pre-buried blood sacrifice array points in the east, west, and south directions of the market were detonated simultaneously.

A towering flame shot up from the ground, dyeing half the night sky red. The chilling blood energy spread like black mist, causing houses to collapse wherever it passed. Mortal cultivators screamed as they were devoured by the blood energy, their bones being completely corroded away.

"Enemy attack!! There's an inside agent!!"

"Fire! Fire! Help!"

"Help me—!!"

A jumble of sounds instantly mingled together, throwing the Zhao family's guards, who had been on high alert, into complete chaos. Guards on the city wall rushed down, some to suppress the traitor who had detonated the array's core, some to extinguish the fire, and some to rescue the trapped cultivators. The once impenetrable city defenses suddenly revealed countless loopholes.

No one expected that the Blood Fiend Sect's inside agent would make a move two hours earlier than planned, inside the market.

Just as the guard was completely tied down by the riot, deafening explosions simultaneously erupted from the three weakest points of the protective array!

"Boom—!! Boom—!! Boom—!!" Three loud explosions, like thunderclaps, instantly blasted three huge gaps, each several meters wide, through the originally indestructible pale golden light barrier. The runes on the light barrier flickered wildly, the spiritual energy became chaotic, and the entire protective array was completely paralyzed.

Outside the breach, the Black Wind Stronghold raiders, who had been waiting for a long time, suddenly erupted in a deafening roar.

"Charge!! Charge in!!"

"The gold, women, and spirit stones of Qingyafang are all ours!!" Hundreds of warriors dressed in tight-fitting clothes and wielding sharp blades swarmed in through the gap like hungry wolves, each one reeking of blood and with eyes as red as those of bloodthirsty beasts.