Blood Sacrifice To Millions Of Zombies, I Will Be A Demon Cultivator In The Apocalypse

Chapter 169: Talisman Master and Holy Beetle

With the current logical calculations and Zheng Yi's accumulated knowledge, the "Seventy-Two Earthly Demon Talisman System" gradually improved, becoming a personal breakthrough and a result of his utmost efforts and potential exploration.

After opening the seventy-second physical orifice, Zheng Yi's use of his super-brain's powerful computational abilities to deduce the system was almost complete.

Next, it was time to fill the system with flesh and blood.

This was something that the vast and intangible super-brain could not accomplish. It required the assistance of the Great Principle Alliance, an organization in Zheng Yi's reality.

Although the process of exploring this potential was extremely painful and arduous, Zheng Yi gained profound insights and his spiritual power made significant progress.

Zheng Yi had a thought that in his future cultivation path, the incense fire realm and the super-brain's computational abilities could be his crucial trump cards.

One day, they would shine brightly.

After the deduction plan came to an end, Zheng Yi needed to continue with the next task.

First, he needed to see how far the cultivation of the holy beetles had progressed.

Whether it was the Fengdu City in the doomsday world or the Great Principle Alliance in the Great Yi Immortal Domain, they were merely tools of power that Zheng Yi utilized.

What he valued in these two forces was not their positions of power, but the resources and convenient conditions they could provide for his cultivation.

In the Immortal Cultivation World, where personal strength surpassed all prerequisites, one's own power was the foundation of everything, while everything else was just castles in the air. Zheng Yi had understood this long ago.

However, even this point was unclear to many people who toiled day and night, engaging in deceitful activities, and wasting their efforts on trivial matters.

Zheng Yi couldn't establish the Seventy-Two Earthly Demon Talisman System on his own. He needed the assistance of the Great Principle Alliance and the Fengdu City to accomplish things that individual cultivators could not.

As one progressed in cultivation, the ability to mobilize resources became increasingly important.

No matter how talented or insightful you were, if I played a trump card and mobilized countless resources, several times, ten times, or even hundreds of times more than you, how would you respond?

In the designated area of Fengdu City, Zheng Yi opened the secret base formation used to secretly cultivate holy beetles, revealing its clear appearance.

In the enormous cultivation pool, the originally button-sized corpse turtles had undergone extensive cultivation with the essence of zombie flesh, causing them to grow and expand rapidly.

The consumption of zombie flesh here was massive, and the staff of Fengdu City continuously replenished the area with zombie flesh as per Zheng Yi's request, using it to cultivate these holy beetles.

Unlike the last time, the originally small corpse turtles had grown two to three times larger due to abundant food supply.

A small portion of them had already begun to undergo metamorphosis, shedding their black shells and becoming flat-bodied, with a golden metallic texture all over their bodies. They were as if they were cast in gold, extremely hard. Even if Zheng Yi pinched them with two fingers, he couldn't make the slightest impact. This was what the Xin family called holy beetles.

Cathode gives birth to anode. Originally a carrion-eating corpse turtle, it has undergone multiple transformations and emerged from extreme yin as extreme yang, becoming a holy beetle emitting a sacred aura.

This can also be considered part of the truth in the world.

The ground of this cultivation pool has been compacted and reinforced with formations, making it as hard as metal. However, even with such an extremely hard ground, large mounds of burial mounds have risen, resembling giant ant nests created by ants.

Fortunately, Zheng Yi made sufficient preparations and placed a formation outside to prevent the holy beetles from escaping. This was also due to considerations for the ground. Otherwise, it would not be so simple to stop these things.

Inside the huge nest, several holy beetles have already been born, and the subsequent events will naturally follow.

The cultivation speed is faster than Zheng Yi imagined.

His spiritual power swept through this space, and the situation inside instantly merged into his mind. Suddenly, several specific mature holy beetles appeared before Zheng Yi's eyes.

"There are already about five fully transformed holy beetles, and some of them have already changed their surface colors. I believe that after a period of time, they will also evolve successfully!"

"However, with such a large quantity, so much essence of zombie flesh and blood, the resulting number of holy beetles is so scarce. This kind of transformation of spiritual insects belongs to a completely irregular atavistic transformation..."

Although he cultivated so many holy beetles for the first time, Zheng Yi was still dissatisfied.

The output ratio of cultivation was simply too low.

Fortunately, Xin Lingxian was unaware of what was happening here. It should be noted that in the past few decades, the Xin family had expended a lot of effort but had not cultivated more than a hundred holy beetles.

On the other hand, Zheng Yi had achieved significant results with the first batch he casually cultivated, but he was still unsatisfied.

From this, it can be seen that occupying a unique world resource and having the support of a powerful force brings wealth that ordinary independent cultivators or small cultivation families cannot imagine.

Without waiting for more holy beetles to be born, Zheng Yi returned to the Dayi Immortal Domain with the first batch of five that he had cultivated.

At the same time, he ordered an increase in the delivery of essence of zombie flesh and blood, and began the cultivation of the second batch of holy beetles.

The reason for not waiting was that it was extremely difficult to refine the symbol beetles, and the loss rate in the process would be extremely high. Even if he gathered seventy-two holy beetles, it would not guarantee success in one attempt. There would inevitably be cases of failure during the refining process.

Therefore, this first batch of five holy beetles was for familiarization and experimentation. There would be a continuous supply of holy beetles as experimental materials, sent in batches.

For Zheng Yi, all of this could be considered renewable resources.

With the Soul Hall and the Fengdu Ghost City, there would be a continuous birth of holy beetles.

When the production machinery in the Fengdu Ghost City was activated, news soon spread in the Dayi Immortal Domain and the Great Principle Alliance, under Zheng Yi's instructions, inviting symbol masters to visit.

In essence, it meant recruiting symbol masters at a high price, requiring them to engrave runes on specific items. The offered price was quite good.

In the world of cultivation, symbol masters, alchemists, and artifact refining masters were all highly profitable craftsmen. However, due to the high entry threshold and the need for talent, even if one diligently cultivated for decades, there would hardly be anyone who could make a living solely from this craft.

Basic runes were priced at around a hundred spirit crystals or even one or two low-grade spirit stones. As for some precious runes, their prices were even more expensive.

The Great Principle Alliance offered double the price, but the requirements were also higher. They must be able to engrave high-quality runes, have a higher success rate, sign a confidentiality agreement, and swear an oath to the heavens not to disclose any information about the engraved runes.

But the price offered is really attractive, and the Great Principle Alliance is a big organization that has been expanding its industries crazily recently. Its reputation is guaranteed, so there is no worry about not receiving the promised salary. After hearing the news, a large number of talisman masters have gone to various branches of the Great Principle Alliance.

The world is bustling, all for profit. Even those who have achieved immortality and enlightenment are no exception. People always pursue their own interests.

Therefore, shortly after the recruitment announcement was made, many talisman masters were already employed by the Great Principle Alliance and started their work.

The Great Principle Alliance obviously attaches great importance to the tasks announced this time. Not only are all kinds of living necessities provided, but also all the tools and resources needed for inscribing runes are readily available. Moreover, they only select the best quality materials and spare no expense.

Naturally, this has won the hearts of many talisman masters. After all, just like alchemy, talisman-making is a high-investment, high-return job. Many talented individuals are rejected because they need various resources to practice. Not to mention whether they can achieve any accomplishments, just becoming proficient in runes in the early stages already costs a lot.

But now, all these resources are provided by the Great Principle Alliance, and they spare no expense. Of course, the premise is that you can meet the requirements of the Great Principle Alliance and there will be professionals supervising, so it's not easy to freeload.

With the current influence of the Great Principle Alliance, there are not many independent talisman masters who dare to take advantage.

Although the requirements put forward by the alliance are somewhat strange, as runes are usually inscribed on Law Weapons, talisman paper, jade pendants, or other objects to unleash their powerful effects, the Great Principle Alliance requires the runes to be inscribed on a golden beetle-like creature.

No one knows what this golden beetle is. It has never been seen outside, but its golden armor is dazzling, emitting a hazy radiance. Its shell is tough and has excellent capacity for spirituality, even surpassing ordinary high-quality talisman paper.

The talisman masters who received the task even speculated that the Great Principle Alliance must have discovered these strange spirit insects, which is why they offered such a high price. They are preparing to combine these golden beetles with inscribed runes to produce some special effects.

Of course, before coming here, they have already signed a spiritual contract with the Great Principle Alliance and made a solemn oath. They will not speak out of turn or cause trouble for themselves. They will keep their doubts in their hearts and focus on completing the task and making money.

No matter what requirements others have, they will just follow them. Taking people's money and helping them resolve their troubles, although independent talisman masters have a high status, compared to the Great Principle Alliance, they are completely insignificant. They understand this and know how to cooperate.

Independent talisman masters who possess unique skills are often astute individuals. Otherwise, they would only bring disasters upon themselves, as there is no legal support in the Immortal Cultivation World.

The price offered by the Great Principle Alliance is quite good, almost double the usual price for inscribing runes. Therefore, for talisman masters, as long as the price is right, it doesn't matter what they inscribe the runes on or what effects they have. They just need to fulfill the requirements of their clients.

Moreover, the material of this golden beetle is special, making it a good direction for experimentation. Others provide high-quality resources for them to practice, which many independent talisman masters eagerly desire. They have no intention of wasting this opportunity.

The first batch of talisman masters who arrived at the Great Principle Alliance were selected from various branch chambers, totaling more than twenty, and all of them were independent talisman masters. The Great Principle Alliance has a requirement that they refuse to cultivate talisman masters within their sects.

This requirement was also made by Zheng Yi. On the one hand, it is to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation, and on the other hand, it is to maintain maximum confidentiality and avoid unnecessary speculation or unforeseen circumstances.

Independent talisman masters, who stand alone without the support of any forces, are relatively easier to control.

These talisman masters are mostly at the beginner level and can only inscribe basic runes. The Great Principle Alliance is mainly using them as a demonstration, like throwing a stone to ask for directions or using a brick to attract jade. As long as they can afford the price, those truly famous talisman masters will come in droves.

After all, in this world, no one can't get along with money.

Many high-level talisman masters are still self-righteous about their status and waiting for news.

For this group of seemingly not very outstanding junior talisman masters, the Great Principle Alliance still treated them with great importance, holding a grand welcome ceremony for them. After a good feast, they were taken to see the "materials" that needed to be engraved with talisman patterns.

As these talisman masters had previously learned, the materials for engraving talisman patterns this time were very special, provided personally by the Great Principle Alliance, and were resources from a kind of golden beetle.

Although it was a bug, it was a quite magical golden beetle. These bugs were covered in a dazzling golden light, with a shell that resembled armor. They had two long fangs at the front, and emitted a kind of extreme yang energy. When approaching these golden beetles, one would feel a warm and comforting energy emanating from their flesh and blood.

This is what is called the interaction of yin and yang.

These golden sacred beetles were fed with countless zombie flesh and blood, devouring a large amount of yin energy. But because of the method of raising gu, constantly devouring each other, the survivors eventually accumulated too much powerful cathode energy, and instead of being contaminated by the yin energy, they were born from the yin, which is what is known as the interaction of yin and yang. It is a rare material for refining treasures and is more than enough for engraving talisman patterns.

Of course, the secrets involved in this are the research achievements of several generations of the Xin family, which were originally kept secret. Now, after Zheng Yi's special cultivation in the doomsday world, they have gained additional evolutionary attributes, making it even more unknown to outsiders, which is not surprising.

These talisman masters are also considered outstanding among independent cultivators, but none of them have seen golden sacred beetles that have evolved from corpse turtles. They all sensed the unique materials and even perceived the attributes of yin and yang in them, marveling at them.

They sighed at the vastness of the world, saying that one is never too old to learn.

There are indeed too many rare materials, and they don't know all of them, which is not surprising.

These golden sacred beetles themselves are quite rare in number and can only evolve through unique cultivation methods, using gu techniques and the method of refining artifacts.

Among them, about ninety percent of the junior talisman masters, after sensing the materials, expressed that they couldn't carve talisman patterns on the smooth and hard surface of the golden sacred beetles with their own attainments and skills in the path of talismans.

The Great Principle Alliance did not neglect these people, but made them each sign a contract and take a heavenly oath to keep it secret. Then they were sent off with generous round-trip travel expenses.

This action by the Great Principle Alliance, after being spread by people with ulterior motives, immediately gained the favor of a large number of talisman masters. Those truly powerful and famous talisman masters were invited one after another, half-persuaded and half-forced.

After screening, the five most capable talisman masters were finally chosen as the first batch of test subjects, while the remaining talisman masters would be further screened as reserve forces.

Therefore, the first batch of five golden sacred beetles were assigned to each talisman master.

Although these talisman masters were already well-known or somewhat famous, when they truly wanted to engrave talisman patterns on the hard shells of the golden sacred beetles, they found that it was not simple.

On one hand, the seventy-two Earth Fiend spells were originally exquisite talisman patterns among the basic talisman patterns, and some even required the confidence of a Foundation Building Stage high-level talisman master.

On the other hand, it was also because they had never engraved talisman patterns on the golden sacred beetles before, especially as living beings with the presence of yin and yang energy. Their shells were inherently hard and had their own mysteries. It was not easy to engrave talisman patterns on them, making the energy perfectly harmonious and unified.

A slight mistake in the stroke could easily cause a conflict between these talisman patterns and the spiritual power of the golden sacred beetle itself, resulting in failure.

As a result, they encountered quite a bit of difficulty right from the beginning.

(End of this chapter)