Chen Shi returned to the Chen Mansion, but did not see Chen Tang, feeling a bit puzzled in his heart.
"Ever since my father stopped attending court, he seldom goes out, staying at home day in day out, constantly finding fault with me. How is it he’s willing to go out today?"
He pushed his mother’s wheelchair out to bask in the sun, helping her stretch and loosen up her body.
After trimming his mother’s fingernails, Chen Shi moved on to working each of her finger joints.
Usually Chen Tang would do this, but when Chen Tang was not home, Chen Shi took over.
The boatman and his daughter had gone to the underworld and hadn’t returned for over a month, which made him slightly uneasy, uncertain if they would be able to retrieve his mother’s soul.
"Father and daughter are clever, they shouldn’t encounter danger," he murmured softly.
Chen Shi sat beside his mother as the Primordial Spirit Field slowly unfolded, enveloping her, and began silently activating the Supreme Sun and Moon Mixed Yuan Scripture.
His mother’s Qi-Blood moved along with the flow of the sun and moon, gradually becoming vigorous.
Chen Shi rose to his feet, and his mother in the wheelchair stood up as well. He guided the sun in the Primordial Spirit Field with his left hand, while his mother mirrored his actions, spreading her legs and embracing the sun with her left hand and the moon with her right hand.
Chen Shi moved slowly, gradually demonstrating the movements from the Supreme Sun and Moon Mixed Yuan Scripture.
His mother synchronized her movements with his, circulating Qi-Blood internally while the sun and moon refined her externally.
Chen Shi trained slowly, and his mother’s cultivation also gradually improved, with her Qi-Blood growing ever stronger.
After an hour, Chen Shi sat down again, returning fire to the source, with his mother following suit in her wheelchair, returning fire to the source as well.
The Qi-Blood in her Dantian was extremely vigorous, gradually coalescing into a Golden Core.
Chen Shi’s mother lost her soul and became a vegetable; in cultivation, if you don’t advance, you regress, and if you don’t cultivate, you deteriorate. The cultivation originally in this body was long gone.
The Supreme Sun and Moon Mixed Yuan Scripture that Chen Shi chose is a cultivation technique from the Ten Books of Cultivation, a magic skill leading directly to the Ascension Realm. This cultivation technique is not particularly fast, but very stable, with a gentle process, greatly beneficial to the body.
After the contest for the top scorer ended, Chen Shi would use this method daily to help his mother cultivate, and within days assisted her to reach the Golden Core Realm.
According to what Chen Tang said, when his mother was pregnant with him, she worried that her Nascent Soul might mistakenly enter reincarnation, so she scrapped her Nascent Soul, leaving no cultivation, only to restore it after giving birth to him.
When Chen Shi’s Divine Embryo was cut away, his mother was already a cultivator in the Divinity Transformation Realm. However, his death dealt her a heavy blow, driving her insane. Eventually, her soul fled, leaving behind an empty shell.
As long as Chen Shi helps his mother cultivate daily, once her soul returns, she can enter the physical body and become a cultivator again.
Moreover, when Chen Shi assists her cultivation, he uses sunlight and moonlight from the small temple; needless to say, this method is far superior in terms of lifespan compared to traditional cultivation.
When Chen Tang returned to the Chen Mansion, he saw Wind Stabilizing Talismans hanging in the courtyard. Chen Shi had covered the courtyard with sheets of paper, filled with drawings, along with some wood, copper mirrors, jade plaques, all covered with various peculiar talismans.
The black pot lay nearby, having had a substantial amount of black dog blood taken, lethargically barking at him.
Several maids attended to the dog, petting its head, calming it, and feeding it meat sticks to replenish its blood.
Chen Tang was puzzled, only to see Chen Shi mumbling to himself amidst the pile of paper, with stains from cinnabar and dog blood on his face, hands, and clothes.
The Fox Grapes Mirror containing the small worlds lay discarded to the side.
Chen Tang came with concerns in his heart, intending to question Chen Shi about why he didn’t inform him of matters regarding the Heavenly Court, feeling like an outsider.
But seeing Chen Shi busy, he decided to put the matter aside for now, saying, "Little Ten, what are you doing?"
Chen Shi raised his head from the stack of paper, his expression somewhat manic, and said, "Father, you came just in time. I’m experimenting with a new talisman. I plan to combine the Treasure Box Talisman with the small worlds, to create a cultivation holy land for Red Mountain Hall, where we can also gather often."
Chen Tang was somewhat confused.
Chen Shi explained, "Grandfather’s Thousand-Mile Communication Talisman is good, but still inconvenient for communication, and each time after use, a new talisman has to be crafted, which is quite troublesome. So I thought, could I combine the Treasure Box Talisman from the Talisman Creation Treasure with the small worlds?"
The Treasure Box Talisman is the wooden box Chen Tang held, which can store treasures inside. If opened correctly, the treasures inside can be retrieved; opening it incorrectly results in being eaten by the box monster. Breaking the box doesn’t retrieve the treasures; the correct unlocking procedure is needed.
Chen Tang still didn’t quite understand, asking, "What is the use of combining the Treasure Box Talisman with the small worlds?"
Chen Shi continued drawing talismans, saying, "If the box breaks, making a new box still retrieves the treasure. So, where is the treasure inside the box actually? It’s definitely not inside the box. The box is merely a gateway to open a spatial passage."
He completed the new talisman in one stroke and said, "I think the treasure inside the box is actually hidden in other secret spaces. Therefore, just create a box to enter the small worlds and you can enter the small worlds from anywhere, anytime! This way, talisman masters in Red Mountain Hall can enter the small worlds to cultivate regardless of location. They can even hide in the small worlds when faced with danger!"
Chen Tang was dumbfounded.
His wooden box was a treasure crafted using the Treasure Box Talisman; he is a Great Grandmaster in the art of talismans, capable even of creating Fu Shen Tianji!