[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cultivation-starting-from-choosing-augments":3,"chapter-cultivation-starting-from-choosing-augments-cultivation-starting-from-choosing-augments-chapter-48":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Cultivation Starting from Choosing Augments",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},864407,1128,"Chapter 48 - 47: Fire Transformation Treasure Talisman","cultivation-starting-from-choosing-augments-chapter-48",48,"\u003Cp>The Magic that Elder Chen gave Xiao Chen was called the Fire Transformation Treasure Talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike a typical Fire Avoidance Technique, this Magic couldn’t directly help a Cultivator resist the invasion of Fire Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, a Cultivator first had to follow the described Heart Method to cultivate a Treasure Talisman formed from Magical Power and store it within their Heart Acupoint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Fire Qi entered the body, this Treasure Talisman could automatically absorb it, condensing and storing it as a wisp of Profound Fire to protect the heart meridian from harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Treasure Talisman was full, or if one needed to face an enemy, they could form a hand seal to unleash it, spraying out all the stored Profound Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If used well, it could both protect oneself and serve as an additional means of attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this Magic was a Yellow-level Technique after all, so it had two major flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, once the Treasure Talisman was released, it could not be retrieved. One would have to expend Magical Power to condense a new one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it could only be used as a trump card and was not suitable as a conventional Attack Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, the amount of Fire Qi the Treasure Talisman could store was very limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the entry-level, it could only store ten wisps of Profound Fire. At Minor Success, one hundred wisps, and at Great Success, it could store one thousand wisps at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Chen had urged Xiao Chen to hurry and cultivate the Fire Transformation Treasure Talisman to the Minor Achievement Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the surging Fire Qi within the Flame Pool Secret Realm would be completely overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, just reaching the entry-level for a Yellow-level Technique would take ten to fifteen days. Reaching the Minor Achievement Realm was nearly impossible without at least half a year or a full year of practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to achieve Great Success in a Cultivation Method required decades of arduous cultivation to attain true mastery through diligent practice and full integration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Chen had initially thought three months was far too short; there simply wasn’t enough time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But considering the superior comprehension and multiple epiphanies Xiao Chen had shown before, he decided to let him give it a try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also why Elder Chen was so pleased when he saw Xiao Chen decisively choose the Yellow-level Cultivation Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after only about a day of practice, by the morning of the third day, Xiao Chen, with the blessing of his Augment, successfully condensed a Treasure Talisman and reached the entry-level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then went to the familiar riverbank, put on his Defense Magic Robe, and summoned a Fire Crow, commanding it to fly a short distance away and spew flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he slowly approached the flames, absorbing the Fire Qi at the very edge to test the Treasure Talisman’s storage capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was as expected. After a full day of absorbing fire, more than fifty wisps of Profound Fire had condensed in the Treasure Talisman, yet it only took up about half of its space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Sigh, what a pity. If only I had ten Treasure Talismans, each with ten times the capacity. That would be amazing.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Chen feigned a sigh, but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fire Transformation Treasure Talisman, go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a soft cry, the Treasure Talisman in his Heart Acupoint flew out of his body, instantly swelling to several dozen times its original size before rapidly spewing Profound Fire forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the temperature in front of him shot up dramatically, even causing the stones below to crack and pop from the heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of this attack was already very close to that of the Poison Crow Black Fire, and ten times stronger than the Fireball Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although its range was noticeably smaller, with the flames concentrated in front, its temperature was slightly superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And keep in mind, that Treasure Talisman had only stored half its capacity of Profound Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it could be filled with a hundred wisps, its power would surely far exceed the Poison Crow Black Fire, making it a true trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this was just the entry-level. If he cultivated it to Minor Success, its power would increase tenfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I one day reach Great Success, I imagine it could rival an attack from a Foundation Establishment cultivator.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought, Xiao Chen’s spirits soared. He sat down on the spot and began to condense a new Treasure Talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because he had already condensed one before, the new Treasure Talisman took only a single hour to form and settle steadily in his Heart Acupoint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’For the next few days, I need to hurry and use up the Spirit Grass on hand, then put a pause on Alchemy.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In the time before the Secret Realm opens in the third month, I’ll focus on cultivating the Fire Transformation Treasure Talisman and strive to reach the Minor Achievement Realm.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiao Chen mentally calculated his cultivation schedule, he had a sudden realization. ’Hey, how am I becoming more and more like a Fire Cultivator?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both the Luotian Profound Fire Crow and the Fire Transformation Treasure Talisman were Fire Attribute Magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s a shame I don’t have a Fire Spirit Root. That would be great.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators with different Spiritual Roots could gain up to a ten percent power boost when using Magic of the corresponding Five Elements Attribute, depending on the strength of their Spiritual Root.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, when learning new Magic, it was easier to reach the entry-level. While not necessarily achieving twice the results with half the effort, it was at least much more intuitive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Chen sighed, then reminded himself, ’When I have time, I should look for some Wood Attribute Magic to play to my strengths.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation Techniques wouldn’t just fall into his lap, but he could actively seek them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The eighth is in two days. I’ll take a trip to the Black Market and see if there’s any suitable Magic there.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, on the eighth, he rushed over at 7:00 AM and spent over an hour circling the small hill southwest of Niu Village twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xiao Chen only found some felled tree stumps and didn’t see a single soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Huh? Could it be because of the New Year?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Chen was unsure. ’Forget it. I’ll come back and check again on the twenty-third.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could leave, another person in a black robe found the place and looked him over curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in a hoarse voice, the person asked, \"Are you from Quanzhou, by any chance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Chen waved his hand. \"You have the wrong person. I was just tired from traveling and stopped here to rest my feet. Farewell!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed person hesitated for a moment before leaving in another direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he passed by Niu Village, Xiao Chen successively encountered several burly figures with black cloths covering their faces, leaving only their eyes exposed, all rushing southwest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the looks of it, they were most likely also people going to investigate the Black Market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not good news. A reasonable deduction was that a considerable number of Black Market Tokens had changed hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’When the twenty-third comes, it won’t be all locals showing up, will it?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this possibility, Xiao Chen offered a silent prayer for the fellow Daoists from Quanzhou: ’I hope they’re okay.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had gone out on the eighth, he still made use of the afternoon to refine a furnace of Qi Nourishing Pills. The Pill Formation yielded nine pills, a stable performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At other times, he refined two furnaces a day without interruption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such a rushed schedule, by the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the last furnace of Qi Nourishing Pills was successfully refined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because practice makes perfect, this time his Pill Formation Success Rate reached ninety-five percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including the extra Elixirs from the [Buy One Get One Free] bonus, Xiao Chen obtained a total of thirty-eight bottles of Qi Nourishing Pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Very good. Everything went smoothly. I have two and a half months left, so that should be enough time.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After tidying up the Pill Furnace, Xiao Chen headed straight for the riverbank at the foot of the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned to get some fresh air and also to practice his Luotian Profound Fire Crow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitch-black flames once again evaporated a large amount of water vapor. Not only had his skill not grown rusty, but it had even improved slightly since the last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been cooped up for half a month with grueling Alchemy, Xiao Chen got carried away, unleashing the Poison Crow Black Fire repeatedly until he had exhausted half of his Magical Power in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After venting his frustrations, he let out a long, stuffy breath. \"Haaah, that feels better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might have felt better, but the fish in the river were out of luck. A dozen or so fish had been hibernating peacefully among the waterweeds, only to be suddenly blasted out of the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, however, Xiao Chen had brought a bamboo basket with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This one only has its tail burned. I can salvage it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This one’s charred on the inside. Probably no saving it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He managed to salvage two large fish in time, and he didn’t let a few others that were only lightly burned go to waste either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used his Flying Sword to slice off the charred parts, perfect for taking back to mince into a paste to make fish balls, pretending they were sweet dumplings for the festival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This Evergreen Sword is pretty good for cutting fish. Not only is it sharp enough, but it doesn’t get stained with blood or stick to the meat.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Chen was very satisfied with this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was busy cooking for the festival, a knock suddenly came from the outer door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao, Happy Lantern Festival! Do you want to go see the lantern show together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew it was Su Wanqing just by the sound of her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Chen was a little curious. ’Why is she here again?’\u003C\u002Fp>",1697,"2026-06-03T05:02:52.898Z","2026-06-03T05:02:58.256Z",1,"novelbin.me","9024732bdbda59784ce75142a2fc3e1dd3a3fb73ffaf15cb009c32baed88b396","cultivation-starting-from-choosing-augments-chapter-49","cultivation-starting-from-choosing-augments-chapter-47",284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcultivation-starting-from-choosing-augments-cover.jpg"]