My dreams can simulate the future.

Chapter 92 Ample Preparation

Upon hearing that such a magical artifact existed, Jiang Chen was overjoyed.

"The formations in the ancient cultivation ruins have an extremely strong corrosive effect on the foundation of one's cultivation and the golden core."

"With a major battle raging, the sect cannot allow Core Formation and Foundation Establishment cultivators to venture into dangerous territory."

"The only enemies I truly face are the direct descendants and some neutral Qi Refining cultivators."

They may possess various defensive magical artifacts, or even talismanic treasures.

However, the illusory image of the magic weapon summoned by the talisman has no physical form; in other words, it is only composed of magical power. Even Qi Refining cultivators cannot unleash the true power of the talisman.

A high-grade second-rank magic weapon with the ability to break through protective barriers can easily suppress a talismanic treasure.

However, we should also find out what exactly this charged attack artifact is like.

"Senior Brother Chen, may I ask what the attack methods of this magical artifact are, and how much magical power it can store?"

Seeing that Jiang Chen was interested in this thing, Manager Chen was also very excited and immediately took out a blueprint and began to introduce it.

"This short sword is called the Xuan You Sword, and it has the function of evading divine sense detection."

The stored mana within is roughly equivalent to sixty low-grade spirit stones.

"However, the Xuanyou Sword has a spirit-absorbing artifact pattern restriction, which allows it to absorb spiritual energy on its own. Cultivators can also replenish its energy with spirit stones or their own magic power."

"The Xuan You Sword is used more like a flying sword, and it is inherently equipped with a floating artifact pattern restriction. Even if a Qi Refining cultivator controls it, it can exert the same effect as a Foundation Establishment cultivator's flying sword."

Of course, the attack range of the Xuan You Sword is determined by the coverage area of ​​the user's spiritual sense.

"Although this magic weapon is a high-grade second-rank magic weapon, it is actually more suitable for Qi Refining cultivators to use, so that enemies can be hit when they are not prepared."

Jiang Chen looked at the Xuan You Sword blueprints and began to make plans in his mind.

"If used properly, the Xuan You Sword is comparable to the flying sword of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and it can be described as a dimensional reduction attack on Qi Refining cultivators who cannot fly."

Even if the opponent has a flying artifact like Li Wusheng, it is impossible to last for too long. The opponent is not flexible enough and it is difficult to dodge the flying sword. The opponent can only take the hit.

But the power of the Xuan You Sword is enough to break through the defenses of talismanic treasures; who could withstand it?

"If launched in a dimly lit environment, the Xuan You Sword could very well kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator with weak spiritual sense."

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen nodded slightly: "This Xuan You Sword is quite interesting, and it is indeed of considerable use to me."

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A year has passed, and Jiang Chen is thirty-three years old.

At this moment, he was still bent over the table drawing talismans.

A moment later, he gently lifted the talisman brush. The silver light on the talisman paper beneath his brush completely disappeared.

He immediately picked up the talisman, and saw a very small amount of golden spiritual light slowly emanating from the talisman's protective barrier.

Seeing this, his face was full of joy: "It's really not easy for a Qi Refining cultivator to draw a second-grade low-level talisman!"

Now that my cultivation has broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, I am finally able to draw high-quality talismans.

"Having just broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, I can now draw a 30% success rate for creating second-grade initial-level talismans, and I can even draw good-quality talismans."

Such craftsmanship has never appeared before in the thousands of years since the Golden Cauldron Sect was established.

"A year has passed since I drew my first second-grade talisman, and I have accumulated more than two thousand second-grade talismans."

I have accumulated a full three hundred mid-to-high-grade second-rank talismans that I bought from Manager Du of the Commerce Department.

Add to that the mid-to-high-grade second-rank magic artifacts I bought from the Guardian Hall, and below the Foundation Establishment stage, who can contend with me?

Of course, in addition to talismans and magical artifacts, Jiang Chen also prepared a lot of pills.

After all, the ancient ruins are located in the Poison Dragon Swamp. Just from the name, you can tell that the Poison Dragon Swamp is not a benevolent place.

Inside, poisonous fog filled the air, venomous snakes roamed the land, and even venomous dragons inhabited the area.

Therefore, Jiang Chen prepared a large quantity of antidote pills.

In addition, he also prepared a lot of healing pills and pills that could quickly restore consciousness, mana, and blood.

Although he was well-prepared, Jiang Chen was still somewhat puzzled: "This matter of the ancient ruins has been going on for two years. The terms between the outsiders and the direct descendants have long been agreed upon."

Why is there still no specific departure time, nor any call to action for exploring the ruins?

"Exploring ancient cultivation caves requires carefully selected personnel, and everyone must volunteer; it's impossible to temporarily grab people to fill the gaps."

Otherwise, if the arrested person goes in and causes trouble, they could kill everyone.

"Fine, I'll just have a long dream simulation of the future and see when the conscription order comes through."

Upon realizing this, he immediately immersed his consciousness into his sea of ​​consciousness.

A year has passed, and the three butterflies in the Dream Butterfly Painting have grown closer, their wings touching, but no qualitative change has occurred.

He used his divine sense to probe, and a surge of information immediately flooded in.

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Number of Dream Butterflies: 3

[First Dream Butterfly Energy: 100%, Second Dream Butterfly Energy: 100%, Third Dream Butterfly Energy: 100%]

[Current number of dream visits: 3/3]

[The maximum time limit for simulated future events in dreams: 23 days and 1 hour (affected by the total amount of spiritual consciousness)]

Perhaps because his spiritual sense was already close to the limit of a Qi Refining cultivator, it was now improving very slowly, which resulted in the upper limit of the dream simulation time not increasing much.

However, with the three opportunities to enter the dream combined, it has already been sixty-nine days, which is not bad.

Without hesitation, he went straight into his dream.

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[First day of entering the dream]

Jiang Chen went to the General Affairs Department to find Guo Lang and inquire about the ancient ruins.

But Guo Lang knew nothing about it and refused to tell them the conscription time.

Jiang Chen could only leave the General Affairs Department helplessly: 'Guo Lang's attitude towards me is much colder than before; perhaps he knows about Yuan Fu Zhenren's attitude towards me.'

"Anyway, I'm simulating the future in a dream. Whatever information might be kept from me for a while, it can't be kept from me forever."

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[Day 10 of the Dream]

Clang~~

Clang~~

Clang~~

Jiang Chen was cultivating in his own courtyard when the golden bell of the Talisman Hall rang, signaling the summoning of disciples.

Jiang Chen immediately left his courtyard and headed towards the Talisman Hall's Executive Division.

Before long, the disciples of the Talisman Hall who had been staying inside the mountain gate had all gathered in the open space in front of the Executive Office.

At this moment, Guo Lang, the chief clerk of the Executive Department, stepped forward.

He shouted, "Disciples of the Talisman Hall, I have gathered you here today to announce something important."

"Over the past two years, you have all heard more or less about the rumors of the ancient ruins of the Poison Dragon Marsh."

Both our outsider faction and our direct lineage's Core Formation cultivators have gone in to investigate and confirmed that there are True Essence Fruits and Dragon Blood Ginseng there..."

He recounted the general situation of the ancient ruins in great detail, even more so than when Jiang Chen had inquired about it two years ago.

However, thanks to thorough preparations made in advance, Jiang Chen had sufficient means to deal with the many dangers Guo Lang mentioned.

As for whether there are other more troublesome issues among the ancient ruins, that's hard to say.

After a long while, Guo Lang finally finished recounting the information from the ancient ruins.

Then he got to the real point: "According to the predictions of all the masters, the power of the formation in the ancient ruins will be reduced to its lowest level in fifteen days."

The disciples will then have two and a half months to explore it.

"As long as you can obtain something of value from the ancient ruins, you can get a Foundation Establishment Pill."

"If you're interested in visiting ancient ruins, come and sign up with me."