Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1679: Chapter 886: Talisman Crafting

The rewards from the Yuzhu Islands were delivered swiftly. Li Shiming didn’t know what rewards other Great Cultivators received, but he was given a set of top-grade Fourth-Grade Refining Materials, all metallic, and three hundred years of free residency at Duiyi Island.

If all Great Cultivators received such rewards as he did, then the strength of the Yuzhu Islands would need to be reassessed.

Previously in the Cultivation World, even the top forces didn’t have many top-level Fourth Grade Refining Materials, only the truly core Great Cultivators could own magical treasures made from such top-grade materials.

Because the beast tide came too suddenly, there was no clear agreement on the employment rewards beforehand.

But the Cultivation World has its own rules regarding the employment of Great Cultivators, and the Yuzhu Islands wouldn’t break them. If they did, their reputation would be ruined in the future.

Li Shiming wasn’t familiar with the rules here, but he was quite satisfied with the reward.

He also requested several corpses of the ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ from the Yuzhu Islands, and they sent him five early Fourth Grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ corpses.

This shows that the Yuzhu Islands were quite generous. Don’t underestimate the five corpses of the early Fourth Grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’.

Most ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ cannot preserve their bodies after death, as they transform into corrosive fog immediately upon dying.

Only a few ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ leave behind their bodies if their souls are annihilated at the moment of their death by an attack.

These ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ corpses were mostly left intact by the attack from a half-step Great Power, which obliterated Third Grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ completely and annihilated the souls of Fourth Grade ones.

Of course, among the numerous ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ killed, quite a few left behind their corpses, but these were those that did not transform into corrosive fog.

Li Shiming scanned the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ corpses with his Divine Sense and discovered that there was a special rune present in their bodies, spread throughout the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’.

Although discovered, examining this rune closely was difficult, as it was in a phantasmal state, flickering in and out of existence, and the energy within the rune was rapidly dissipating due to the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’s death.

Perhaps in a while, this rune could be undetectable in the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ corpses.

Li Shiming contemplated for a moment, then stored one early Fourth Grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ corpse into the space of the control room, using 0.05-nanometer precision to examine the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ body.

IBMz15 constructed a virtual image in which a peculiar rune was being slowly delineated.

He was unaware of how astonishing what he was doing at this moment truly was.

He was extracting the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’s talent rune. In the Cultivation World, the application of spirit beast talent runes usually involves turning spirit beasts into materials, crafting them into certain Spiritual Objects to fully utilize the talent rune’s effect.

Yet attempting to extract a spirit beast’s talent ability into a standalone talent rune is exceedingly difficult.

Li Shiming spent several days finally scanning the entire rune and constructing a virtual complete rune within IBMz15.

He then took a blank talisman from a Great Cultivator and drew this rune, injecting it with ’Chaotic Spiritual Power’ to activate it, solidifying it into a talisman in the process.

Holding the talisman in his hand and looking at the eerie gray talisman, he was reminded of the corrosive fog, feeling that when this talisman is activated, it should produce corrosive fog.

He casually activated the talisman, and a cloud of gray corrosive fog appeared.

Perhaps due to the injection of ’Chaotic Spiritual Power’, the power of this corrosive fog was even stronger than that wielded by the late stage Fourth Grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’.

He tried it, and a top-level Fourth Grade Magical Treasure, when touched by the corrosive fog, would have its core eroded in ten breaths’ time, resulting in its destruction.

He wasn’t upset about losing a top-level Fourth Grade Magical Treasure, as mastering the ’corrosive fog’ was more valuable than a top-level Fourth Grade Magical Treasure.

The power of the corrosive fog is so strong, but currently, it can only be triggered with talismans. He couldn’t draw a ’corrosive fog’ rune with his bare hands to activate the ’corrosive fog’.

That’s akin to converting ’corrosive fog’ into a spell, which isn’t easy. It requires extensive research over a long period to achieve.

He was able to create ’corrosive fog’ talismans by using the blank talisman’s ability to carry runes and utilizing the unique properties of ’Chaotic Spiritual Power’, which can transform into most attributes, supporting the use of many secret techniques.

Having made this discovery, he needed a large number of blank talismans to create many ’corrosive fog’ talismans.

In crucial moments, the ’corrosive fog’ talisman can have astonishing effects and surely cause significant trouble for the enemy.

Li Shiming arrived at an island that sold blank talismans, where the aftermath of battle couldn’t be seen anymore.

As he walked, he observed the foreign streets, and when he passed by a shop selling talismans, he couldn’t help but pause.

This talisman shop was operated by the Yuzhu Islands themselves, offering the best and most comprehensive quality talismans.

He was drawn by a sign at the shop’s entrance that read, New Arrival: ’Corrosive Fog Talisman’.