Chapter 439 - 146: Bountiful Harvest
Chapter 146 [Abundant Harvest]
"You’re saying, in a place without Primordial Qi, how can one use Primordial Qi to activate a Magical Artifact or cast a Spell?"
The speaker was the young girl—this Half-Step Venerable Skylark Demon Xiu, who was squatting on the balcony floor, holding a small shovel in her hand, digging soil into a flowerpot.
Beside her, the balcony was filled with various flowerpots, with all kinds of plants like orchids, money trees, spider plants, and some potted kumquat trees...
However, it was apparent at a glance...
All dead!
This Great Demon evidently had no talent for gardening.
As she spoke, she buried the roots of a vibrant young sapling into the soil.
Wielding the small shovel, she packed the soil tightly...
The steps themselves weren’t wrong, but Chen Yan watched with a twitching eye.
The soil was pressed so tightly, it was almost being turned into concrete, right?
How could any seedling survive under this? Even a Peach Peach Spirit Root couldn’t grow.
"Easy," the young girl chuckled, "In this Mirror World, isn’t it the same, using your own Primordial Qi. But once it’s exhausted, it becomes troublesome."
"What if you can’t even mobilize your Primordial Qi?" Chen Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Pretend you’re an ordinary person without any Cultivation or Spell."
The young girl stared at Chen Yan for two seconds: "Are you teasing me?"
"I’m asking sincerely," Chen Yan shook his head, "Let’s not talk about using Spells for now; what about some Magical Artifacts? For instance, storing Primordial Qi in a Magical Artifact in advance, like a battery, and as long as it’s activated, the Magical Artifact can operate automatically.
Or, sealing a powerful Spell, along with sufficient Primordial Qi, into a piece of talisman paper, and then activating it in the kind of place I’ve described that lacks Primordial Qi..."
The young girl considered seriously for a moment, then slowly said, "Crafting Magical Artifacts is difficult. For someone without foundational knowledge, it would take years to learn this craft.
But your second type of Magical Artifact is worth a try. I remember in Talisman Art, there’s a Sealing Spirit Technique that can do what you described, sealing a powerful Spell along with enough Primordial Qi."
But there are two problems that need to be overcome. The first is the material - ordinary talisman paper is very difficult, the better the material, the lower the difficulty.
The second is the technique of Talisman Art."
Chen Yan thought for a moment and surprisingly took out the last "Formless Tribulation-breaking Slash" talisman left by Gu Qingyi before she left, and handed it to the young girl.
"This kind, right?"
The young girl took it, examined it carefully, and nodded, "The material of the talisman paper is very ordinary, but the Sealing Spirit technique is quite ingenious."
As if it was nothing, she casually handed the talisman paper back to Chen Yan.
Chen Yan put away the Mother’s Love Talisman and said with a smile, "This kind, can you teach me?"
The young girl glanced at Chen Yan, "You are a cultivator, you should be very skilled in Talisman Art, do you need me to teach you?"
"I’m not trying to learn Talisman Art." Chen Yan shook his head, "I can learn the Sealing Spirit technique on my own, but... powerful Spells, especially offensive Spells, I’m not good at those."
The young girl laughed, her face bearing a quirky smile, "So, you’re not here to ask me about the Sealing Spirit technique, but to trick me into sharing my true teachings!"
Chen Yan spread his hands, "Just say if you will teach or not."
"First tell me, what do you intend to use the powerful offensive Spells you learn from me for?" The young girl sighed, "It’s not that I’m stingy, but... if you learn Spells from me and kill someone, causing a calamity, I will be entangled in karma."
Chen Yan laughed, "Does it matter? You won’t encounter the Heavenly Dao here anyway, are you still worried about the Heavenly Dao settling accounts with you?"
The young girl glared, "What do you think? Am I to be trapped forever in this Mirror World? One day, I’ll have to find a way to get out."
Chen Yan squinted his eyes, "What if I have a way to shield you from the Heavenly Dao?"
The young girl suddenly froze her movements, slowly set down the small shovel in her hand, and stood up from the ground.
"Chen Yan, don’t joke with me like this." The young girl took a deep breath, "Do you know what saying such things means to someone who has been trapped in a cage for too long?"
"I can’t guarantee, but I have some ideas that we can try."
The young girl lowered her head and thought seriously for a moment, then slowly said, "Three Spells!"
She raised her head and looked at Chen Yan, "I can teach you three Spells! They’re all very powerful offensive Spells, quite potent and destructive—of course, how strong depends on your own Primordial Qi Cultivation."
Chen Yan nodded, and with a very serious expression, raised one hand.
The young girl looked into Chen Yan’s eyes, walked over, and gently clapped his hand, sealing it as a pact.
"Chen Yan, you better not fool me. Although I don’t remember much from my dealings with people, I have this feeling that I dislike being deceived! If you do deceive me, then our relationship ends here."
"Okay!" Chen Yan nodded solemnly.
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In the days that followed, Chen Yan stayed peacefully at home. Through Chu Keqing’s connections, he first procured a batch of top-quality talisman paper.
These were all from Chu Keqing’s Cloud Sect’s inventory.
Two crates of Upper Grade talisman paper were moved to Chen Yan’s home, along with a batch of Top-grade Cinnabar.
Chu Keqing also informed Chen Yan that her friends overseas were working on the procurement of the high-powered firearms he inquired about.
However, this woman cautiously reminded Chen Yan of a few things, and in the end, Chen Yan assured her that he would never use these within the Dragon Country.