Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1408: Rank Five Talisman Seal

As he entered seclusion too suddenly back then and sealed off the Talisman Pagoda, he greatly affected the workings of the Talisman Hall.

In recent years, the Spirit Luxuriant World’s efforts to deal with the Yuhai Sect achieved great results and things were drawing to a close. In order to prevent the Yuhai Sect from causing too much damage since they were cornered, the consumption of high-level talismans by the experts of the various factions increased drastically.

Because the Talisman Pagoda was sealed off, the operations of the Talisman Hall were affected and no one dared to bother Shang Xia who was in seclusion, the Talisman Hall could only dig into their reserves in order to maintain their support for the operation against the Yuhai Sect.

“Don’t tell me we can’t craft any talismans without the Talisman Pagoda!” Lou Zizhang, the deputy hall master, who was also one of the 2 rank five Talisman Grandmasters of the Talisman Hall barked at the Talisman Masters who came to ask for help due to the closure of the pagoda. “If all of you rely so much on the Talisman Pagoda, you won’t be able to improve! What will you do if you no longer have its support?”

The Talisman Masters who came to look for him started to mutter softly to themselves, but eventually, someone stepped out and asked, “Instructor Lou, it’s not that we’re relying too heavily on the Talisman Pagoda. It’s just that those outside have been placing too much pressure on us to produce talismans. Ordinarily, we would be able to produce talismans even without its support. However, they require too many talismans and we can’t produce so many without the support of the pagoda. That is why we came to you... All of us received the Hall Master’s teachings and we wouldn’t dare to bother him, but as you can see, the situation...”

“Hmph!” Lou Zizhang snorted once and stopped them from saying any more. He turned the tip of his spear to the members of the Tongyou Institution dealing with the Yuhai Sect and started to grumble, “Damn it! The disciples of the institution are losing their bloodthirst. They no longer have the might of our deputy patriarchs and the Hall Master when they rampaged against the world back then. Heh... They’re just dealing with a bunch of sea spiritual beasts and foreign cultivators... How many high-level experts do they have? They can’t destroy the enemy’s faction even after so long even with the support of multiple True Immortals. Heh, they can’t rely on their own abilities and turn to talismans or other spiritual treasures in their battles... Hmph, if we face strong adversaries in the future, will they still have the courage to put their lives on the line and fight to the death?”

The Talisman Masters who heard him replied in unison, “Yes, yes. Those who are facing the Yuhai Sect are really burning up talismans too quickly!”

“Do they really think it’s so easy to make them?”

“They don’t know how to cherish what they have at all. If this keeps up, we won’t be able to supply them with enough talismans no matter how much resources we are given.”

“Fighting with the Yuhai Sect was a way to train them to begin with... If they simply chuck high-level talismans at the enemy, what’s there to train?”

“...”

The serious atmosphere in the hall was instantly broken with many of them complaining about the battle against the Yuhai Sect.

“What are all of you talking about? Why is it so lively here?” A voice rang through the air, silencing everyone in the hall.

Lou Zizhang revealed a face full of joy and quickly took a few steps forward and yelled, “Hall Master, you’re finally out from seclusion! Did everything go alright?”

Shang Xia smiled in response. “It’s alright. You’re not too bad yourself. You have already become a rank five Talisman Grandmaster!”

Lou Zizhang felt as though he was floating on a cloud after receiving Shang Xia’s praise. However, he quickly composed himself. “If not for the pointers I received from you, I wouldn’t be able to reach my current state.”

Shang Xia burst out laughing, “There’s no need to be so modest. Right, I was hearing your conversations earlier and it seems like you were talking about the training our disciples are going through against the Yuhai Sect?”

No one dared to hide anything as they quickly reported everything they knew to Shang Xia.

“So that’s what’s happening... Well, I left seclusion, and the Talisman Pagoda is open. You can go ahead and craft talismans with peace of mind now. As for the matter of there not being enough talismans...” Shang Xia paused slightly and reached into the void beside him. A small stone seal that was 5 inches wide appeared in his hand the next moment and he tossed it at Lou Zizhang. “This is a rank five Talisman Seal I made recently. In the hands of Martial Dipper Realm experts, you should be able to make 50 to 70 talismans. As long as you have enough talisman paper and ink, feel free to play around with it.”

Lou Zizhang nearly dropped the item in his hand and he stared at it in shock. “Talisman Seal?! Rank five Talisman Seal?”

Snapping awake suddenly, he gasped, “You.. You... You actually managed to craft rank five Talisman Seal?”

Shang Xia waved his hand causally and muttered, “If not because I was held back with other matters and had to travel to so many places, I should have completed this a long time ago. Also, this rank five talisman is a Space Calming Talisman and it’s a very ordinary rank five talisman. It’s only useful because of what they are doing now.”

Lou Zizhang’s expression changed slightly and he quickly thanked Shang Xia.

Damn... He’s just acting cool at this point...

Shang Xia continued, “Right, I just emerged from seclusion and I should help you guys out, but there are too many things I have to do... I can only leave the Talisman Seal with you to use however you please.”

After he spoke, he nodded slightly to those in the hall before taking his leave.

Everyone bowed and after watching him disappear from the hall and into the void, they turned back to Lou Zizhang.

“Deputy Hall Master, do you feel that something is different about the Hall Master?”

Lou Zizhang looked at the person who spoke and said in a matter of factly, “He has been in seclusion for almost a year... It’s nothing strange for there to be something different about his aura.”

“No, no, no... Deputy Hall Master, I think you don’t understand what I mean. Did you notice that when he left, every action he made seemed to resonate with the world around him? It’s as though the world itself is operating around him, but everything flowed so naturally that it didn’t seem strange...” The Talisman Master who spoke explained.

Lou Zizhang knew that the person who was speaking had already reached the Martial Dipper Realm and had cultivation even higher than his, and he asked in a low voice, “What do you think the Hall Master’s cultivation realm is right now?”

Reeling in fright, the person who spoke earlier gasped, “I wouldn’t dare to estimate his cultivation realm right now. It’s just... It’s just that... Nevermind. I can’t put it in words.”

Nodding slowly, Lou Zizhang looked in the direction Shang Xia left and felt that the rank five Talisman Seal in his hand grew several times heavier.