Stronger with Crimson Modifier

Mother-Child Jade Talisman.

Just as the name implied.

If one shattered, those holding the others would immediately know something was wrong.

They were also extremely simple and subtle to use, requiring only a single thought to activate.

"This Jade Talisman was refined by Elder He of Spiritual Artifact Peak. There is one mother and two child talismans. I made an agreement with two other elders that if any of us encountered a life-threatening danger, we would activate the Jade Talisman."

Bai Tianzong explained.

Hu Qi’s expression was wooden.

’As expected.’

He really did know too little about this world.

To think such a thing even existed.

...

Nascent Element Cultivators were extremely fast.

In just a few breaths’ time,

two figures arrived in the sky above Wuying Peak.

However, for privacy reasons,

each of the peaks in the Cyan Yang Sect

was heavily protected by unique Array Restrictions.

These Restrictions were like invisible barriers, isolating the peaks from the outside world.

Without the peak master’s permission, not even a Nascent Element Realm Cultivator could get in right away.

Furthermore, the areas accessible to Cyan Yang Sect Disciples were clearly and meticulously delineated, with their identity tokens serving as the key to pass through.

However, the most basic facilities, like the Dharma Transmission Hall at the foot of the mountain,

were open to all Cyan Yang Sect Disciples.

As for wanting to go further up,

one needed a certain level of authority.

Just as the two were preparing to forcibly break the Restriction and enter Wuying Peak,

the Restriction suddenly opened a passage.

Bai Tianzong’s figure flew out from within.

"Elder Bai, what in the world is going on? I had to abandon a Mid-grade Magical Artifact I was in the middle of refining. I hope you have an explanation for me."

Witnessing this scene,

an old man on the right—short, stout, and dressed in a fiery red robe—

sized Bai Tianzong up and down.

After confirming it was indeed Bai Tianzong before him, he frowned and spoke with some displeasure.

This man was one of the four great elders of the Cyan Yang Sect, the Elder of Spiritual Artifact Peak, He Lishi.

He had originally thought something had happened to Bai Tianzong, but he was completely unharmed. ’So why had he crushed the Mother-Child Jade Talisman?’

The other man said nothing, but his expression was clearly not pleased either.

"Elder He, Elder Song, you’ve come at the perfect time. I have an important matter to inform you about."

Bai Tianzong’s expression was grave.

He gestured with his hand,

beckoning the two to join him.

Seeing this,

the two of them frowned.

They exchanged a look.

But they didn’t overthink it.

They were inside the Cyan Yang Sect, protected by its Array. Plus, they had known Bai Tianzong for a long time—several hundred years, in fact—and were very familiar with his temperament.

Seeing his grave expression, they feared something truly major must have happened.

Thus, without much more thought,

they followed Bai Tianzong down into the courtyard.

...

A short while later.

"Insolent! Who are you!?"

"Bai Tianzong, you actually...!"

Two faint fluctuations of Nascent Element Realm power, accompanied by enraged shouts, spread through the courtyard.

However, upon reaching the courtyard walls, they seemed to hit some kind of barrier and dissipated into nothing, not a single trace escaping.

Hu Qi looked at the two Elders kneeling on the ground and calmly withdrew his hand.

With Bai Tianzong cooperating from the side,

and Hu Qi striking with his full power,

the two were captured in an instant, implanted with Celestial Silk, and brought under Hu Qi’s control.

Afterward, through interrogation,

Hu Qi learned that

the Sect Leader of the Cyan Yang Sect and another Elder had been invited as guests to Taiqing Palace, one of the Three Great Immortal Sects, and had not yet returned.

Therefore, within the Cyan Yang Sect right now,

only these three Elders and one Supreme Elder in death seclusion remained.

...

「Half a month later.」

In the tallest pavilion on Wuying Peak,

Hu Qi leaned back in a wooden chair.

He put down the book in his hands.

’So that’s how it is... Artifact Refining, Arrays, and Alchemy. They seem different, but to put it bluntly, they are all different paths to the same destination—just different applications of Runes...’

He was lost in thought.

Over the past several days,

he had been consulting various books and records within the Cyan Yang Sect.

This allowed Hu Qi to gain a better understanding of this world’s Extraordinary System.

On the path of Cultivation, while secluded meditation and advancing one’s Realm were of paramount importance,

the Three Skills of Cultivation—Alchemy, Arrays, and Artifact Refining—also held a crucial position that no Cultivator could afford to ignore.

They were known as the Three Skills of Cultivation.

The Talismans used by that pockmarked old Daoist before were a branch of Arrays.

Although these Three Skills of Cultivation were different from one another,

at their core, they were all just different ways of applying Runes.

Take Artifact Refining for example. In the process of forging a weapon, the strength of the material itself was not the most critical factor.

The truly decisive factor was how many Restrictions, which were formed by Runes, could be inscribed upon it.

The more Restrictions inscribed, the stronger the resulting weapon would naturally be.

Based on their power, they were divided into two major categories, from low to high: Magical Artifacts and Magical Treasures.

Each category was further subdivided into three grades: Lower, Middle, and Top.

Generally speaking, only Cultivators who had reached the Nascent Soul Transformation Level had the Ability to wield Magical Treasures.

The Daos of Alchemy and Arrays followed similar principles, each with their own subtleties and strict grading systems.

It could be said that understanding Runes was the foundation for learning these Three Skills of Cultivation.

Whether it was the Restrictions used in Artifact Refining, the Spiritual Power circuits in the Dao of Arrays, or the Spirit Pattern Filter Nets that filtered impurities from Elixirs and neutralized their medicinal properties,

all of them were derived from different arrangements and combinations of the Runes themselves.

As for the origin of these Runes,

the records in the Cyan Yang Sect’s books had no detailed account.

The only thing that was certain was that Runes had existed for an extremely long time.

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