Cultivation: Starting with Farming in the Spiritual Pivot Grotto

Chapter 87 The Great Void Talisman Plate

Thinking about it further was pointless, so he took out the talisman plate he had obtained from Dugu City. Ling Shu had previously deduced that it would cost a fortune to repair it himself.

"A talisman!"

Tie Xian immediately noticed something amiss upon seeing it. Then, he slowly traced the talisman with his fingertips, and when he reached the black glass covering it, he leaned closer and smelled it.

"It's an ancient rune."

Tie Xian spoke in a deep voice, his tone tinged with regret.

"It is extremely ancient, and the talisman's veins are exquisitely crafted, perfectly aligned with the heavens. It's a pity that the impurities covering it have blocked the treasure's pathways, but fortunately, these impurities have also preserved it intact."

Li Ya explained the method deduced by Ling Shu: "I once asked some skilled weapon refiners, and they said that by washing it with Taiyi Heavy Water and then nurturing it with Thunder Essence, its power can be restored."

Tie Xian nodded slightly upon hearing this.

"This method is reasonable, but a treasure like Taiyi Heavy Water is not something that can be obtained easily."

"Then what should we do?"

"Of course I'll use the method from my Lianfeng! It's just a bit risky, though. I wonder if you dare to take the gamble!"

"Iron String is free to do as he pleases!"

He lightly patted the Sumeru bag and took out a long table cast in metal, with a ghostly blue flame flickering in the center of the table.

"open!"

As the incantation was completed, the barrier that had been separating the dark blue flames was released, and a wave of heat rushed out.

"The impurities in the glass on your talisman plate aren't very hard, but it's been embedded with the original plate for too long, so some parts are damaged together."

The blue flames were ignited and swirled around the talisman plate until it turned slightly red. Tie Xian then picked up a crane-beak-shaped long awl and chiseled a finger-sized piece from the black and red glass, which he then ground in a small mill.

This little millstone was no ordinary object; as the two millstones turned, faint, fine flashes of lightning flickered across them.

Fine, dark red powder slowly fell from the small mill's outlet, and he quickly caught it with a bowl.

Then, from a row of jade bottles on the left side of the long table, he picked out a green one and poured out a drop of clear, translucent green spiritual liquid.

The moment the liquid and powder came into contact, they made a "sizzling" sound, and wisps of thick white smoke rose from them.

The smoke lingered inside the tent and didn't dissipate. Before Li Ya could react, Tie Xian took a deep breath and inhaled the smoke into his body.

"Cough cough cough..."

Tie Xian immediately started coughing, and his entire face visibly turned red.

"Ahem...so spicy, so spicy!"

"The impurities in this glass are far too concentrated with the aura of gold and fire; it's probably formed from extremely hot lava cooled from underground."

"Hmm? It's mixed with quite a few strange metals. It doesn't seem to have sprung up naturally; it looks like it was pulled from the earth's core by a powerful being!"

"You know that?"

"I make a living from this skill, how could I not know it?"

"Fellow Daoist Tiexian, is this easy to handle?" Li Ya asked hurriedly.

Tie Xian didn't speak, but instead unleashed dozens of spells in one go.

An invisible barrier instantly rose around the long table, isolating Li Ya from the outside.

Dozens of talismans, cast in gold and iron, were inserted one by one into various parts of the long table, making the entire metal table seem to come alive.

The central azure flames suddenly surged and burned fiercely. At this moment, a crystal floated in the air on the long table, and a spiritual wind began to envelop the flames, fueling the fire's power.

The dark blue flames began to turn white, and Tie Xian once again cast a spell, compressing the flames into a small fire dragon that surged on the surface of the glass impurities.

"puff--!"

A heavy sound of a bubble bursting rang out, and an egg-sized bubble emerged from the area of ​​the star chart covered by glass.

Tie Xian drew out a stream of true water from a dark blue jade bottle beside him. The cold, white true water emitted bursts of chill as it landed on the glass.

"Hiss..."

In an instant, a dense sound of hot and cold clashing rang out, and various impurities were constantly vaporizing between the alternation of water and fire.

After an incense stick's time, all the glassy impurities on the surface were removed, revealing a layer of metallic impurities with a mottled gold surface.

"Now is the time to see the real results!"

He then lightly patted the Sumeru bag again, and a waxy white stone appeared. He gently scraped off a layer of powder and then sprinkled it evenly on the surface of the gold and iron impurities.

The ghostly blue flames turned completely red and white. In less than the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, the mottled gold nugget was heated to a bright red and then slowly turned into molten iron, with black smoke rising from it from time to time.

"Now!"

Tie Xian withdrew the spiritual fire, and a stream of even colder true water fell, stirring up thick blue smoke. When the smoke dissipated, a perfectly round golden bead was held in the air by his true energy.

The gold beads are not pure gold, but rather have a black base with mottled reddish-gold patches floating on the surface.

The golden bead slowly fell into Tie Xian's hand. He seemed to find it hard to believe that the golden bead in his hand was the one he had been thinking of. He then took out a jade slip, read it for a long time, and finally breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"It's actually Taibai Xuan Iron!"

"It's a pity there's so little!"

After speaking, he lowered his body, holding an eight-inch carving knife in his hand, which was covered with layers of yellow talismans.

The moment he grasped it, the yellow talismans lit up one by one, and a glint of cold light appeared on the slanted blade.

After the Taibai Xuan Iron was peeled off, there was a layer of dark stone. The blade lightly touched the stone surface and flew up and down, leaving only a fleeting afterimage for the newcomer.

Black debris fell in a flurry, revealing a silvery-white expanse where the stone shell had been removed, with specks of starlight scattered throughout, twinkling and shimmering.

Fine beads of sweat began to appear on Tie Xian's forehead, but before they could gather into beads, they were quickly dried by the residual heat of the talisman plate.

His eyes were calm and steady as he followed the movement of the blade, his hands moving continuously, steadily and powerfully.

With the long table and the mysterious array in place, Li Ya could not feel the high temperature inside at all, but in his eyes, the air around Tie Xian's body was twisting and surging.

The black stone shell gradually diminished until it was completely removed after two hours.

"Yin Liujin, no wonder there was no reaction after burning it for so long. Fellow Daoist, you are quite lucky. This talisman plate is probably intact."

"Although it's wrapped in a bunch of messy things, there's this Yin Flowing Gold inside. This thing is best at sealing."

"This is getting serious!"

Tie Xian sat cross-legged, his hands moving swiftly to form hand seals, and the gold-threaded bracelet on his wrist disintegrated.

Thousands of fine golden threads broke free from their restraints, winding and slithering like serpents towards the talisman plate, disappearing into the gap between the Yin Flowing Gold and the talisman plate.

The gold thread was so sharp that it could sever the point where the two were joined.

Inside the tent, Li Ya's gaze was fixed on the talisman plate, seemingly oblivious to the noise outside, with only the clanging sound of metal cutting against metal filling his ears.

Several more hours passed, and as night fell, Li Ya no longer found the night unbearable.

At this moment, the hand gestures of Tie Xian suddenly accelerated, and several muffled thuds exploded one after another. The scattered gold threads, like fish returning to the abyss, swirled and coiled, and gathered back into the silk-wrapped bracelet.

Tie Xian suddenly opened his eyes, withdrew the dark blue spiritual flame, and once again wrapped the talisman plate with extremely cold spiritual liquid, causing water vapor to rise instantly.

"Click-clack!"

Fine, crisp cracking sounds rose and fell, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the solidified piece of Yinliu Gold.

With a flick of his fingers, he plucked the iron string in the air, and a series of heavy, metallic clangs echoed around the star chart. Cracks spread rapidly, covering the entire talisman plate in an instant.

He exhaled a long breath, removed the barrier, walked to Li Ya's side, grabbed a pot of tea that had long since gone cold, and drank it all in one gulp.

Almost simultaneously, the solidified Yin-Yang Gold shattered with a roar, breaking into several fragments that fell to the ground.

The talisman disc landed steadily in Li Ya's palm, and all the shackles disappeared.

Tie Xian leaned over for a look and slowly said, "An item from the Taixu Dao Sect, good heavens, what kind of luck do you have?"

As he spoke, he reached out and took the Taixu Talisman Plate, stroking it carefully, his eyes full of admiration: "This plate is made of superior materials, and its ancient craftsmanship has reached its pinnacle."

"I once heard my master say that there was a Golden Core expert who continuously raised his natal talisman plate, refined it into a grotto heaven, and created a world of talismans. With a wave of his hand, countless spiritual talismans were created and condensed into an array."