Chapter 173: Testing Talismans

Inside the Yinjian military camp, Lin Feng controlled the Ghost Iron Statue, walking along the corridor formed by heavy-armored paper soldiers toward the large barracks at the center of the camp.

This was his first time truly feeling the atmosphere of the Yinjian military camp; he had to admit that after such a long time of construction, it had already reached a considerable scale.

After passing the drill ground, he arrived at the center of the camp, where a large barracks stood; this was also the location from which the commander-in-chief issued orders.

In front of the large barracks was another drill ground, though smaller in scale than the one at the rear; to the left and right were ordinary barracks, while in front were walls and a gate.

Soon, he arrived at the main seat inside the large barracks and sat down, with several paper soldier generals standing to his left and right, and paper soldier commandants standing below him.

This gave him a mysterious sense of oppression; the only downside was that the interior of the barracks was somewhat dim, though this only made his aura appear more terrifying.

"Subordinate Lu Daoguang pays respects to the Lord!"

"Subordinate Jiang Henian pays respects to the Lord!"

"This old one, Jiang Yujin, pays respects to the Lord!"

"..."

As Lin Feng sat down on the main seat, those Yin-Walkers and Corpse-Driving Artisans also entered the barracks one after another to kneel and pay their respects to Lin Feng.

"Rise!"

Subsequently, the Iron Ghost Statue emitted a low, hoarse voice under Lin Feng's control.

"Many thanks, Lord!"

Soon, these twenty or so people, old and young combined, stood up.

"How are the ancient texts, secret lore, and cultivation technique inheritances you know coming along?"

Seeing them stand up, Lin Feng asked them directly; he had arranged for this long ago.

"Reporting to the Lord, this subordinate has already written down everything I remember; I ask the Lord to take a look!"

As Lin Feng's voice fell, Jiang Henian was the first to step forward, then took out a booklet and handed it to the paper soldier commandant beside him.

This action caused the other Corpse-Driving Artisans to grit their teeth; the content Jiang Henian brought out was certainly more comprehensive and richer than theirs.

"Swish~"

Taking the booklet from the paper soldier commandant's hand, he began to flip through it; it did indeed record some things, including secret techniques for raising corpses, methods for controlling corpses, and some secret lore that was difficult to distinguish as true or false.

"Good!"

"Deserves a reward!"

Soon, after Lin Feng finished reading, he said these three words, then had a paper soldier commandant take out some items to give to Jiang Henian.

There were not many items, only a few yellow talismans and a small paper doll, but this gesture made Jiang Henian very happy.

"Many thanks for the Lord's reward!"

After losing those few iron corpses, Jiang Henian did not have much combat capability left; now, having these items in hand was no different to him than having a few extra things to save his life.

"Lord, this old one is incompetent; I fear the things we have thought of are not much different from my nephew's, so I ask the Lord to be accommodating and allow me to return to the clan to retrieve some ancient texts for the Lord."

Seeing Lin Feng finish his rewards, that Third Aunt-Grandmother could no longer sit still and took the initiative to speak to Lin Feng.

"..."

Hearing her words, Lin Feng fell into silence; he had seized two mineral deposits belonging to the Corpse-Driving Artisans in the Yinjian, which definitely counted as having formed a feud with them.

If his subordinates went back, there would likely be some complications, especially since her Golden Corpse was still in his hands.

"Granted."

"However, I permit you to take one general, ten commandants, and five hundred soldiers back with you; they can assist you!"

Lin Feng thought for a moment and agreed, providing her with this assistance.

"Many thanks, Lord!"

Upon hearing Lin Feng's words, the old woman could not help but take a deep breath, then bowed heavily to Lin Feng in response.

"Next, you may continue to search for mineral deposits; if you can find new mineral veins, I will certainly have heavy rewards!"

Finally, after Lin Feng said this to them, he waved his hand to let them leave.

"Yes!"

"Subordinate obeys the order!"

"..."

Soon everyone left, and Lin Feng also controlled the Ghost Iron Statue to stand up and walk toward the front of the military camp.

"There are a few dangerous areas nearby; it is just right to use these places to test the effect of the Black Jade Dark Gold Talismans!"

Having resolved other matters, Lin Feng's focus shifted to testing the power of the talismans.

Lu Daoguang, who had not left long ago, heard his nephew whisper to him: "Second Uncle, that person seems to have gone out!"

"What does it have to do with you if he goes out?"

He also had a headache regarding this unreliable nephew, but he still replied.

"Hehe, Second Uncle, do you think this Lord came to the Yinjian specifically today because there is some important matter?"

However, Lu Shiquan rolled his eyes and said this to Lu Daoguang.

"Hmm, it should be."

"Second Uncle, I want to go take a look!"

"No!"

Lu Daoguang refused without even thinking; what on earth was this brat thinking about all day?

"Second Uncle, don't worry, I'll just take a look outside the military camp, I definitely won't run far!"

However, Lu Shiquan was highly curious; seeing that Lu Daoguang did not agree, he simply took off running, which angered Lu Daoguang into hurriedly chasing after him.

The people who had been following them were confused, so they followed as well; soon, the group arrived outside the military camp.

At this time, Lin Feng had already controlled the Ghost Iron Statue to arrive before the valley that had inexplicably destroyed many of his paper soldiers.

This valley looked extremely calm, but no matter how many paper soldiers he sent in, they would all be destroyed.

The entire area was less than twenty li away from the military camp, posing an absolute, massive threat to the camp, so Lin Feng chose this as his first target.

"Click-clack."

Flipping his hand to take out a black jade dark-gold talisman, Lin Feng then threw this talisman directly toward the sky.

Very quickly, the talisman flying in the air began to release streaks of dark-gold light, and then the talisman instantly turned into a ball of black flames.

Immediately, a terrifying power began to appear out of thin air from the void; black mist permeated the area, and a large number of figures appeared all around—the power of the Tanshi Gui had descended!

"Whoosh~"

Almost instantly, the black mist swept madly toward the surroundings; this valley was directly shrouded by the black mist, and furthermore, this mass of black mist was continuously expanding.

Soon, the black mist spread to the military camp, causing Lu Daoguang and the others to be directly enveloped by the black mist.

"Calamity has descended!"

Suddenly, a sense of fear that penetrated to the marrow of their bones enveloped them, as if in the next moment they would be skinned, dismantled, and devoured completely by something.

"C-c-chatter, S-Second Uncle, l-let's go back, shall we?"

Lu Shiquan, who had originally been very excited and wanted to watch the spectacle, was trembling all over, his teeth clattering uncontrollably, and a strong sense of fear made him instinctively grab Lu Daoguang beside him.

"What are you panicking for! Haven't you seen that the soldiers all around haven't moved?"

Lu Daoguang was also shrouded in deep fear, but he still noticed that the heavy-armored paper soldiers around him showed no reaction at all.

"Is, is that Lord making a move?"

"It must be!"

As soon as Lu Daoguang thought that this was the power of the big shot he was relying on, the fear in his heart immediately decreased by a lot.

Thus, he directly pulled his nephew and crept toward the inside of the military camp; fortunately, they were right at the gate of the military camp, otherwise, it would have been impossible to distinguish directions in the black mist.

In the valley, a large number of Tanshi Gui clones began to pour in continuously, and the "Hungry! Eat! Eat!" sounds coming from their mouths echoed throughout the entire valley.

As these sounds rang out, everything in the valley—whether it was the stones, those strange skeletal trees, or the wild grass that looked like hair—gradually disappeared.

And the thing that made Lin Feng feel somewhat concerned finally emerged; it was a burning bone, and any Tanshi Gui clone that approached this bone would be set ablaze.