Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
Ep. 61 - Fetish Paper

To Honghao's knowledge, the pills that helped cultivators break through the Twelfth level of the Basic Realm included fourth or fifth grade pills.

Although classified as quite low, these pills were quite rare even for a ten-star great sect. Usually genius disciples who managed to break through this boundary would have to rely on their own abilities.

"It's more or less like that." Yao Han casually answered Honghao's question, making the young man barely cuss.

"Gold Alchemy... Brother Yao, how old are you right now?"

"Seventeen years, I guess." Yao Han replied uncertainly as he forgot his birthday.

Shenghao and Honghao coughed softly, it was true that Yao Han was younger than them.

"Golden Alchemy under the age of twenty. I seemed to dream in the air." Honghao slapped his right cheek and then grimaced, "Come, it's not a dream."

Seeing Honghao's reaction, Yao Han felt there was no need to be honest he was already a Jade Alchemist. Then Yao Han turned to something else.

"It's lunch time, let's eat together."

Not waiting for a reply from Shenghao or Honghao, Yao Han brought up some side dishes. Shenghao just wanted to say that he and Honghao had enough supplies for themselves let alone getting gifts from people, but the delicious, tempting aroma of the food Yao Han brought out was hard to resist.

"Don't hesitate, don't hesitate."

Yao Han slightly forced Shenghao and Honghao, it was okay for the two to accept Yao Han's kindness which seemed to not want to be rejected.

"If Youzhi's sister was here, she would be very happy. This food must be able to be spent by himself." Honghao chuckled to himself with his thoughts.

Shenghao explained a little about Wu Youzhi to Yao Han who was curious about the name, making him nod in understanding.

No one opened their voices at the meal, so the lunch was quiet. Shenghao and Honghao thanked Yao Han once again for the banquet.

"Drink this."

Yao Han presented the Silver Grass Tea to the two. The smell of tea can calm the mind.

"Brother Yao, you said you wanted to continue the journey, may I know where you're going?" Shenghao recalled Yao Han's earlier remark.

"To the southeast, precisely to the City of Flower Hill. Then how are you guys? Is it straight back to the sect?"

"Ah, our task could be said to be finished, but Mahaguru did not say we should go straight back to the sect. As is the custom of the sect, we young generation are advised to travel frequently while helping people and adding to the experience."

"Senior, why don't we travel with Brother Yao?"

"Ah, that..."

"It doesn't matter, anyway I'm happy to have a traveling companion."

Yao Han had already left with his two teachers, adding people to his journey was no big deal, instead he was happy. At least he could be a little distracted from the insignificant debates by Meirong and Yutian that often occur.

Shenghao also had similar intentions to Honghao, but he was worried about disturbing or burdening Yao Han on his way. Since he and Honghao had no definite purpose except to return to the sect, Shenghao finally agreed.

Honghao looked delighted that he had the chance to learn a thing or two about alchemy from Yao Han. His expectations of the figure of an East Wind disciple that was different from his teacher granted the heavens.

"Then I will inform the sect."

Shenghao did not bring the sound jade with him. Then he recorded his voice on the jade slip. Yao Han silently watched and as Shenghao took out the paper bird, Yao Han became curious. The paper bird is yellow and has a unique pattern.

Shenghao placed the jade slip containing his voice message on the paper bird then flowed his Qi. A moment later, the paper bird was seen alive and hovering between the three.

***

The White Lotus Sect.

A lush-bodied man walked out of his private room then walked slightly hurriedly towards the main hall of the sect. There was Wu Bai with his two disciples, Wu Yi and Wu Er.

"Third sister, why are you in such a hurry?" wu Er asked, astonished by her uncharacteristic sister's attitude.

Wu San took a deep breath, saluting Master and his two seniors.

"I just received a message from Shenghao. Please Mahaguru check it." Wu San respectfully handed over the jade slip.

Wu Bai speechlessly accepted the jade slip and heard the contents of the message. Wu Yi and Wu Er were curious to see Wu San who seemed to be holding back a smile and Wu Bai who though looked calm but both eyes occasionally widened.

"You'll be surprised to hear this."

Wu Bai gave the jade slip to his two disciples to listen to in turn.

"It's..."

"Shenghao wasn't kidding, was he?"

Wu San smiled faintly seeing the surprised reaction of his two seniors just like him before. Broadly speaking, the contents of the jade slip message were about the news of Feng Xian's reappearance, Shenghao and Honghao's successful assignment, the news of Shenghao's, and what made the four higher-ups of the White Lotus Sect the most surprised was the figure of an East Wind disciple with high talent.

"Senior Feng closed himself off for quite a while, but the news of his appearance was followed by another more shocking news. I can't believe he has a genius successor." Wu Bai looked away, feeling pleased with Feng Xian who finally had a disciple.

The three direct disciples Wu Bai nodded in agreement. However they were almost hard to believe regarding the pill for Shenghao and Honghao made by a Golden Alchemist as young as Yao Han.

"Mahaguru, how is Shenghao's request related?" ask Wu San.

"I'm allowing. It would be better for them to seek experience with this Senior Feng disciple named Yao Han."

Wu Yi and Wu Er as teachers of Shenghao and Honghao also agreed with this. Wu San then left to send Shenghao a reply.

***

"Brother Shenghao, if I'm not mistaken, the paper bird was made of talisman paper, right?"

Shenghao. The White Lotus Sect is one of the sects or societies that preserve talisman-making techniques that have begun to be rare and almost extinct.

Yao Han knew that the person who studied talismans was referred to as a Talisman Cultivator and studied the Dao Talisman which was no less difficult to learn the Alchemy Dao.

Yao Han only knew the outline of the talisman and its usefulness, so far he had not had time to learn it since none of his three teachers had mastered this one Dao.

Shenghao added in their sect, The best Talisman Cultivator is their teacher uncle or Mahaguru Wu's third disciple, named Wu San the Wicked Ape who is also the teacher of Wu Youzhi.

Under Wu San's guidance, Shenghao studied talisman papermaking especially that could release fire and lightning element magic, the natural enemies of evil spirits or such.

A talisman could be said to be extremely important for a Cultivator of the Basic Realm as a whole to cover up their flaws in a fight.

Yao Han thought for a moment before expressing his thoughts, "Brother Shenghao, if you don't mind, will I be able to learn the Dao Talisman from you?"

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