Chapter 4: Mountain Sea Immortal Palace Talisman Of The Outer Disciple
“There’s still a treasure?”
Fang Shu’s face froze for a moment. He immediately reached out to grab the plaque, but in the end, he picked up a piece of broken stone and poked it with the stone.
After checking it over and confirming there were no poisons on the plaque, he then grabbed the object in his hand with a surprised expression.
Fang Shu rubbed the plaque and discovered that this item was the size of a palm, with two sides, respectively yang-engraved and yin-engraved with strange text.
Its shape was like snakes and insects or tadpoles, twisting and wriggling, just like the “secret script” in magic.
But just glancing at these few characters made his mind dizzy and his body floaty, even before he had visualized them in his mind.
He quickly closed his eyes, calmed his mind and breath, and endured for a good while before he managed not to vomit.
Even so, when Fang Shu opened his eyes again, his face was still deathly pale, not fully recovered.
But his two eyes were astonishingly bright, feeling no fear at all. Instead, he stared straight at the wooden plaque in his hand, feeling that dizziness once more.
This time with experience, Fang Shu promptly closed his eyes, not dwelling on it, and it did not affect him too much.
This plaque was so eerie.
But on Fang Shu’s face, a look of joy appeared, even greater than when he had obtained a new magic technique.
He suddenly leaped up from the ground, holding this strange script plaque, pacing back and forth in the cave, muttering continuously in his mouth:
“Opportunity! This is my Fang Shu’s opportunity.”
“Is it a magic treasure? Or a profound magic technique? Where exactly did that old fox get it from?” Thoughts swirled in his mind.
His mood at this moment was just like when he had a great dream and gained some past life wisdom, realizing that there were divine immortals in this world, and his own second uncle was an immortal cultivator who had specially come to guide him—equally excited!
After all, an object that could shake one’s soul with just a glance was definitely no ordinary item. It might even help him enter the Dao to refine essence, or refine Qi, or even Foundation Establishment!!
However, he could still keep his composure and did not get carried away.
After calming his mind and breath, Fang Shu hid in the corner of the cave and began pondering how to use this item.
“According to what second uncle said, when encountering an immortal cultivator’s treasure, one must never directly drip blood to claim ownership like in those storybooks.
Otherwise, if it turns out to be an evil object, or a treasure too advanced, one misstep could drain all the essence blood from the body, costing one’s life.”
He pondered, hesitated several times, then stuck out his tongue and wiped his mouth with his hand, retrieving the painstakingly sacrificed and refined Tongue Sword.
Slitting open the Tongue Sword, Fang Shu made the tongue sword bleed, then brought it close to the neither-gold-nor-wood plaque, attempting to nourish this item with the essence blood of the tongue sword.
This way, even if the plaque had something wrong with it, it would at most drain the tongue sword dry, ruining this painstakingly cultivated magic technique, but it would not cause Fang Shu’s main body to die.
But the next moment, as soon as the plaque touched the essence blood on the tongue sword, it buzzed and floated up on its own, with yellow spiritual light surging around it, utterly divine.
Fortunately, Fang Shu was in the corner of the cave, so this spiritual light did not leak out.
Immediately after, in his eyes, streams of twisted and eerie text suddenly flowed over the plaque, large and small, like snakes and insects or tadpoles, profoundly mysterious.
Even more shocking was that he did not recognize a single character, yet inexplicably understood those texts:
“Mountain Sea Immortal Palace Talisman of the Outer Disciple, Transmitting Techniques for self-use, Claiming Ownership grants registration…… blood descendant…… soul spirit……”
Fang Shu’s face showed anticipation.
He saw his Tongue Sword whoosh and be drawn over.
Even though the Tongue Sword struggled somewhat due to essence blood leakage, it was easily suppressed by that “Talisman of the Outer Disciple.”
“Ownership not complete, neither mortal nor Daoist, reject activation…… suspicious blood weapon, expand scope.”
Before Fang Shu could recover his senses, the plaque suddenly lunged toward him.
It thudded down right in front of him, and a terrifying suction force landed on his body, making his consciousness dizzy, as if his soul was about to be drawn out and crushed.
In that instant, Fang Shu had no time to think much, feeling both expectant and fearful in his heart, left with only one thought:
“Second uncle did not deceive me; immortal cultivator treasures are indeed dangerous!”
At this moment, on that yellow light plaque, more streams of twisted text flowed by:
“Mountain Sea Immortal Palace Talisman of the Outer Disciple, Transmitting Techniques for self-use, Claiming Ownership grants registration.
Blood descendant…… pure!
Soul spirit…… pure!
Ownership complete, now activate.
Note: Talisman Master is mortal with mortal soul, orthodox Yellow Heaven lineage, Transmitting Techniques three rights, all activated per law……”
Zheng!
The yellow light plaque spun dizzily in front of Fang Shu.
It actually turned from solid to void, transforming into profound characters that swirled around Fang Shu’s body like a waterfall, then whooshed entirely into Fang Shu’s mind and vanished.
In that instant, all the various spiritual lights in the cave abruptly stopped, as if the previous scene had been mere illusion.
But at the same time, Fang Shu’s mind was surging with wind and clouds.
Slowly, Fang Shu opened his eyes, his expression momentarily extremely strange, but his eyes filled with thick joy.
He first touched his body and found it intact, then reached out, picked up the Tongue Sword lying on the ground like a dead snake, and retracted it into his mouth and abdomen.
Buzz! As soon as the Tongue Sword entered his mouth, the “Talisman of the Outer Disciple” in his mind emerged, with twisted text flowing over it:
“External blood weapon one, per Talisman Master’s knowledge, named ‘Tongue Sword’.
Evil Warding ability activated…… no evil energy, no remnant soul, no filth no impurity, approved.”
The Tongue Sword did not return to Fang Shu’s physical body impatiently as usual, but paused for a moment.
Only when the word ‘approved’ appeared in the Talisman of the Outer Disciple did the Tongue Sword successfully connect to Fang Shu’s physical body.
Fang Shu realized afterward, through this event, that everything just now was real.
He had indeed successfully claimed ownership of that strange script plaque and made it his own!
This item’s full name was “Mountain Sea Immortal Palace Talisman of the Outer Disciple,” now residing in his body, connected to his life, and quite useful.
Based on the information transmitted by the “Talisman of the Outer Disciple,” it seemed to belong to a faction called “Mountain Sea Immortal Palace,” used to nurture subordinate disciples and transmit techniques to resolve doubts. It was the most basic “outer disciple” level among Dao Talismans.
The Talisman of the Outer Disciple had a total of three major functions, all now enabled for Fang Shu:
First, Evil Warding, which can connect to Dragon Qi, monitor the Talisman Master’s physical body and soul, repel evil energy, prevent body snatching and soul searching.
Second, Recording, which can store and archive, monitor the Talisman Master’s cultivation, cultivation method, physical body conditions, etc., for convenient review by the Talisman Master.
Third, Analysis, which can analyze the languages and texts of ten thousand races, allowing the Talisman Master to comprehend principles, learn from all things, and grow into a Daoist who feasts on ten thousand methods.
Just as Fang Shu was pondering these three functions and their benefits to him, the “Talisman of the Outer Disciple” in his mind buzzed again, with a series of runes flashing by:
“Alert: Dragon Qi missing!
Per Mountain Sea Expedition Order, Evil Warding ability modified to draw Talisman Master’s qi and blood true qi, defend against body snatching, block soul searching, sever enslavement, die before submission.”
“Alert: Talisman Master unaware of Yellow Heaven, ignorant of Mountain Sea, no Dragon Qi received, suspected Mountain Sea remnant, Yellow Heaven descendant!
Per Mountain Sea Dao Seed Order, Dao Talisman supreme authority fully activated and transferred. From now on, self-evolving, no heaven or ten thousand Daos can strip it.”
“Mountain Sea Immortal Palace Talisman of the Outer Disciple, we wish:
Mountain Sea endures forever, Immortal Path immortal. Talisman Master without hindrance, Dao career accomplished.
Farewell.”
Pa!
After the last rune flashed through Fang Shu’s mind, this “Talisman of the Outer Disciple” showed no further anomaly, silent as if dead.
Fang Shu recalled the streams of information in his mind, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
