Water Curtain Cave, another month passed.
This month was equivalent to ten months on Ocean Blue Star.
Chu Xuan spent most of his ti cultivating within the Soul Capturing Yin Nurturing Formation located in Shuanglong City.
Whenever the spiritual plants matured or it was ti to harvest the large Blood Pearls, he would leave Ocean Blue Star and head to the naless market to trade these items for the resources he needed.
Of course, each ti he entered the naless market, he would change his appearance.
He used a total of three different identities.
With his expertise in the Disguise Technique, even if he brushed past Song Feng, Lü Yin, or the cultivator with the surna Han, they wouldn't know that Chu Xuan was the Foundation Establishnt cultivator they had previously traded with.
Every ti Chu Xuan visited the naless market, he could feel the war growing more intense.
The Qi Refining cultivators who set up stalls would often be replaced within just a few days.
That self-important Song Feng had even fallen in the war.
Without even causing a ripple.
It was enough to show the horror of this at grinder of a war.
Finally, the ti ca for the Extre Yin Cave faction to join the war.
The ssage formation in Water Curtain Cave had a new ssage.
It was from the senior brother of the Extre Yin Cave faction, Li Xuanming.
"Junior Brother Chu Xuan, the Master has ordered us to gather at the Daoist Temple."
Chu Xuan had long known this day would co.
He packed his things and headed to the Daoist Temple of the Extre Yin Cave.
When Chu Xuan arrived, the other Foundation Establishnt cultivators of the Extre Yin Cave were already gathered.
Leading them was a man in flowing white robes, looking very heroic.
It was Li Xuanming.
Beside him were Liu Zhenxiong, Wu Teng, and others.
There was also soone unfamiliar.
Li Xuanming was conversing with this person, and they seed to be having a pleasant conversation.
It appeared to be Chen Zhaofeng, who had recently joined the Extre Yin Cave faction.
"Junior Brother."
Li Xuanming nodded slightly at Chu Xuan without saying much.
His cultivation level had now reached the fourth layer of Foundation Establishnt, making him a mid-stage Foundation Establishnt cultivator.
Even within the entire Tianyin Gate, he was considered a prodigy.
In contrast, Chu Xuan seed to have made no progress.
Chu Xuan's talent didn't seem as strong as he had imagined.
Consequently, his wariness of Chu Xuan gradually faded.
Chu Xuan smiled and nodded.
Li Xuanming's lack of wariness was a good thing.
Previously, he had been sowhat worried that this senior brother of the Extre Yin Cave might beco jealous, forcing him to eliminate him.
Wu Teng, like Li Xuanming, only greeted Chu Xuan without saying much.
Instead, they continued their conversation with Chen Zhaofeng.
Only Liu Zhenxiong approached warmly to discuss recent events with Chu Xuan.
Although Chu Xuan had been keeping an eye on the changes outside, he patiently listened to Liu Zhenxiong.
This senior brother genuinely treated him as a junior brother and friend.
After chatting for a while, Liu Zhenxiong suddenly handed sothing over discreetly.
Chu Xuan looked down to see a talisman made from human skin.
It wasn't inscribed with orthodox cinnabar lines but rather twisted and bizarre patterns.
At first glance, these lines seed absurd.
But after a few more looks, they seed to form a terrifying image.
"A demonic talisman, containing the soul of a Foundation Establishnt tiger," Liu Zhenxiong whispered. "It might save your life in a critical mont."
Chu Xuan's heart stirred. "Where did Brother Liu get this?"
This talisman was clearly a demonic talisman.
The four righteous arts are formations, alchemy, artifact crafting, and talisman making.
So demonic cultivators with exceptional talent had managed to develop a demonic thod of talisman making through orthodox thods.
Demonic talisman making required sealing a living soul into human skin and suppressing it with demonic patterns.
Once activated, this talisman could summon a tiger soul to fight.
It was called a "Tiger Soul Talisman."
In life, this tiger soul was a Foundation Establishnt demonic beast.
Now, its killing intent was overwhelming, and its power was even greater.
At least equivalent to a high-grade spiritual artifact.
The strength of demonic talismans lay in their independence from the user's control.
They were akin to an alternative form of beast control.
When Chu Xuan had traded with Song Feng, he had shown a Wolf Soul Talisman.
But Song Feng's asking price was too high.
In the end, they parted on bad terms.
"Thank you, Brother Liu."
Chu Xuan accepted it without ceremony.
At that mont, a shadow suddenly appeared in the Daoist Temple.
Everyone turned their attention and imdiately recognized the figure as Wan Wuying, the Ancestor of the Extre Yin Cave.
"Master!"
Chu Xuan, Li Xuanming, and the others imdiately bowed and addressed him as Master.
Wan Wuying nodded slightly.
Perhaps he had seized a precious treasure from a local sect in Wuzhou, as his complexion was very rosy.
"I have agreed with Tianyin Gate that the Extre Yin Cave faction will soon join the war."
"You are my personal disciples, and I cannot look after each of you individually, so I will grant each of you a high-grade spiritual artifact and a bottle of demonic pills."
With a pat of his storage bag, several high-grade spiritual artifacts flew out for the disciples to choose from.
He offered many options.
Chu Xuan thought for a mont and chose a defensive artifact, the "Black Iron Shield."
His previous defensive artifact, the "Gold Wood Shield," had been damaged by Hui Kong, with several cracks reducing its defensive capabilities.
He lacked the ability to repair artifacts and was reluctant to spend a fortune hiring an artifact craftsman for repairs.
Chu Xuan had been planning to acquire another high-grade defensive artifact.
Wan Wuying's gesture suited him perfectly.
As for the demonic pills, they were called Violent Spirit Pills.
They could temporarily unleash potential and boost spiritual power.
Personally crafted by Wan Wuying, they were a last-resort lifesaver.
Chu Xuan also received a bottle.
Better to have and not need than to need and not have.
When Chu Xuan collected the Violent Spirit Pills from Wan Wuying, the Ancestor's gaze was sowhat complicated.
Back when he was imprisoned in Yunwu Manor, Chu Xuan had been instruntal in his rescue.
Moreover, Chu Xuan's aptitude had indeed exceeded his expectations.
For a ti, he even considered imparting all his knowledge.
However...
In subsequent teachings of cultivation techniques and spells, he found nothing extraordinary about Chu Xuan.
His comprehension was only on par with Wu Teng, perhaps even less than Liu Zhenxiong.
At that point, he felt sowhat resigned.
Later, he accepted Chen Zhaofeng as a disciple.
He discovered that Chen Zhaofeng's aptitude could even rival Li Xuanming's.
Naturally, his focus shifted to Chen Zhaofeng.
Inevitably, Chu Xuan was overlooked.
Wan Wuying asked, "Chu Xuan, what is your current realm?"
Chu Xuan cupped his hands, "Master, I am still at the second layer of Foundation Establishnt."
He had never intended to reveal his true strength.
Within Tianyin Gate, there were many factions dissatisfied with the Extre Yin Cave faction.
If he displayed too much strength, he would inevitably be scrutinized by all sides.
He would constantly bear imnse pressure from all directions.
Wan Wuying sighed, "It's alright, go on."
So much ti had passed, and he was still at the second layer of Foundation Establishnt.
Could it be that his previous rapid progress was just a stroke of luck?
Li Xuanming and Chen Zhaofeng remained indifferent, not sparing him a glance.
In the cultivation world, there were many like Chu Xuan.
They shone briefly, only to fade away completely.
Eventually, they died miserably in so corner.
"Go, I await your triumphant return," Wan Wuying said calmly, giving his final glance at the four disciples.
"Yes!"
Chu Xuan and the others bowed and turned to leave.
"So many battles lie ahead; I wonder how many will return," Wan Wuying sighed softly.
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