That white robed middle-aged man muttered non-stop. Only after a long while did he slowly become silent. His entire body started to turn cold and stiff.
Zong Shou heaved a sigh of relief, his tense heart relaxing. At this moment, the few blood talismans he drew on his body to avoid the rain and wind had all dissipated. The heavy rain fell on his body, and in the blink of an eye, his clothes were drenched.
Using the energy swallowing technique, he absorbed a large amount of soul power and essence energy from this person. However, he didn't have the slightest bit of strength left in his body. His entire body fell backwards, lying face up in the mud just like that as he stared at the dark starry sky.
"Tsk! Just a spirit master at the peak of the Soul Observing Realm … "
Even three months ago, when he fought with Burning Sword Wu Wei, who was a Mythic Master, it wasn't as tough as today.
At that time, with Yin Yang restricting him, Zong Shou didn't have to face him head-on, which was why he was able to kill him with one knife. However, today, a Soul Observing Realm spirit master who was a realm lower than Wu Wei was able to restrict his movements. He was just a little bit away from losing his life here.
However, the combat strength of these people who cultivated spiritual techniques was far from that of a Martial Master. However, once they had enough preparation, spell altars and talismans, as well as the support of a Protector Spirit Beast, their strength would instantly increase by several times. They were far from what cultivators of the same grade could deal with.
This person who called himself Qi Xiao was such a person. He had two Grade Two spirit beasts, and his strength wasn't much weaker than Burning Sword Wu Wei.
However, although this battle was dangerous, it didn't force him to use his final trump card.
Waiting for his twitching muscles to calm down, Zong Shou kept the Willow Mark Knife, which only revealed a little cold light, back into his left sleeve. He forced himself to stand up.
He originally wanted to use the sword to support himself, but just as he stood up, the Wind Stealth Sword in his hand broke into numerous pieces, causing Zong Shou to nearly fall down once more.
"So this talisman sword is just a defective item. I was wondering how these people could be so rich … "
His mood didn't relax at all. Although these swords were defective. But there must be a high-grade spirit blacksmith behind these assassins. Or maybe he had a special connection with those weapon shops that sold talisman weapons.
One must know that in the Donglin Cloud Continent, even a defective talisman soldier wasn't something that ordinary people could buy.
Walking up to the Yin Yang Diagram altar, Zong Shou unceremoniously took everything from the white-robed middle-aged man.
Those hundreds of talismans weren't of a low grade. Twenty of them were obviously from the hands of a night wandering realm spirit master. That peach wood sword was also three hundred years old. Naturally, Zong Shou wouldn't reject it.
Next would be this person's bag. Inside there were some 'Spirit Raising Pills' used to heal soul injuries. Placed in a porcelain bottle, there were roughly fifty of them. Apart from that, there were also some bottles and jars which were commonly used by spirit masters. There were also many grade 1 and grade 2 beast crystals. Other than that, there was also a sealed class three soulbeast.
"It's actually the soul of a Fifth Stage Dark Chill Tiger. Where did this person come from? His wealth isn't any weaker than those inner sect disciples of the Lingyun Sect? Duyang Mountain's Burning Sword Wu Wei and Qi Xiao. I'm afraid before my uncle and a few cousins act, they will offend all the powers in the Donglin Cloud Continent … "
Although that was what he thought in his heart, Zong Shou directly kicked away Qi Xiao's corpse. Then, he stood in the middle of the spell altar, stepping on the Yin Yang Eyes and reigniting the two white candles.
His hands formed a seal as he chanted a series of prayers. In just a moment, Zong Shou felt that a few spiritual veins underground were being attracted and connected to this place.
This was the power of the spell altar. Using formations and talismans to connect to the underground spiritual veins to raise the power of the incantation Power.
"… This spirit master's spell altar is indeed useful. If one was a martial cultivator, one would have to be at least xiantian to be able to sense the spiritual veins of heaven and earth. To truly use it for oneself, one would have to be at the ascended grandmaster level. "
This was the first time he used a spirit master's special method. Zong Shoxin's mind was filled with many thoughts. However, when his soul connected with the spiritual veins gathered in the Yin Yang Eyes, he didn't have any other thoughts.
The huge amount of soul power that was absorbed from Qi Xiao's body mixed with the spiritual energy that surged up from the underground spiritual veins.
Instantly, a stifling cold yin energy spread throughout this small patch of forest.
Not far away, the silver octopus beast and the sparrow hawk that were tangling with each other instantly stopped. Under this pressure, they didn't dare to make any movements.
"Little fellow, why aren't you coming over!"
Zong Shou formed another seal and reached out his hand to beckon.
The silver octopus beast first resisted, its body shrinking back slightly. However, an even more tyrannical restraining force exploded within his body.
It could only helplessly retract its tentacles, its entire body curling up into a ball before unwillingly rolling over.
Zong Shou smiled slightly. Actually, when a spirit master subdued a protector beast, it was best when it was in a sealed state and couldn't resist.
However, since he dared to release this silver-white beast king, he naturally had confidence. During these three months, he had fed it his blood every day. It wasn't for nothing.
Pretty much every drop of blood could deepen his control over this spirit beast.
A flapping sound spread into his ears. Without the silver tentacles restraining it, the grade 2 spirit beast sparrow hawk started to flap its wings and fly into the sky.
Zong Shou scoffed coldly, tossing over a small black jar that he got from Qi Xiao.
Just as the Sparrow Hawk was about a hundred feet away from the ground. At the mouth of the jar, numerous black threads exploded out and tightly bound its body. Then, it was forcefully pulled into the black jar. Zong Shou didn't even need to do anything as the jar mouth automatically sealed itself.
The protector beast and the spirit master's mind were connected and were the same body. Once the spirit master died, the protector beast would be heavily injured.
This was why although this sparrow hawk king was grade 2, he didn't need to use any strength to easily subdue it.
In just a moment, the silver octopus beast had arrived in front of the spell altar.
Zong Shou's expression started to turn serious. He took out a brush and dipped it in a special spiritual ink, drawing a talisman on the skin of the octopus beast.
This subduing ceremony would have a certain influence on the future protector beast.
Normally speaking, when one subdued a spirit beast, the stronger the soul power one displayed, the more loyal the spirit beast would be.
Although his realm wasn't there, his soul was extremely pure. The soul power essence energy that he had extracted from Qi Xiao's body was being used like he was squandering it, not caring about it at all. Feeding it the blood of three months in advance was even more effective now. It was enough to subdue this octopus beast king.
Next would be the talisman formation to control the protector beast. The more perfect it was, the less restrictions the spirit beast would face in the future. Some special runes could even promote the evolution of Guardian Spirit Beasts.
This era didn't have such a concept. However, a few thousand years later, some bored spirit masters would do special experiments.
Unfortunately, as a small manager of the national library, he grasped a few talisman formations.
That silver octopus beast wasn't well-behaved, continuously struggling and twisting. When it was a quarter of the way through, who knows if it sensed that the talisman formation was beneficial to it, but it revealed a really comfortable expression, allowing Zong Shou to draw on its body.
When it was completed, the entire talisman formation slowly faded away. The spiritual ink that was made from Zong Shou's blood, cinnabar, mind stone powder, and also thousand year black grass juice would slowly seep into the skin of the spirit beast in the next three months. It would slowly seep into the crystal core.
Only then could it be considered a true protector beast!
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