Qian Lang and the others also knew that they were purely a burden, following was not only dangerous but could also cause trouble for others. However, they understood even more that if they did not keep up, they would probably be left at the Beishi Base forever! Lacking the abilities of Fang Yuxin and Bai Ye to break out of the zombie encirclement, they could only take risks by following!
Qian Sen was the first to speak, "We understand this principle. If we actually face danger, do not worry about this old man! Life and death are predestined, and if you risk your lives to save me, even if I survive, I would have a guilty conscience!"
After he finished speaking, the others also chimed in.
Fang Yuxin slightly smiled. She was pleased with these people’s awareness of the circumstances. Thus, she said, "These are just the worst-case scenarios. You don’t need to worry too much. Since you’ve followed me, I won’t ignore your life and death. Go back and prepare now. Buy whatever you can from the base store; we’ll set off tomorrow!"
Chen Qiao and the others had come to the Beishi Base earlier and completed several missions, accumulating a good amount of credit points. If they didn’t use them now, it would be a waste. Luckily, there was a major task tomorrow, so today the base store should be bustling, giving Chen Qiao and the others a chance to clear out their accounts.
Fang Yuyang, Fang Jintang, and Qu Qianhe also had credit points in their accounts. So, Fang Yuyang nodded and said, "Let’s start now, we’ll go together." After all, having offended Qu Qianlin and Qin Xiran, neither of whom was to be trifled with, he felt uneasy about letting Chen Qiao and the others go out alone.
Fang Yuxin hesitated for a moment, not following them. She planned to use this time to create some defense talismans in the Qingmu Spiritual Mansion. The capabilities of Qian Lang and others were too weak. If a dangerous situation arose amid chaos, she might not be able to take care of these people. It would be better to make some defense talismans and distribute them for their personal protection.
There was no separate talisman room in the Qingmu Spiritual Mansion, but in the Scripture Pavilion, Fang Yuxin discovered a Jade Scroll about talismans. She had been in the Scripture Pavilion before; it was like a void inside, various Cultivation Techniques Jade Scrolls enveloped in a light shield requiring each scroll to be chosen individually. Only those whose attributes matched her own could be read.
This time, however, when Fang Yuxin entered, the void didn’t reappear, and the room had changed. Previously, she had pushed open a stone door to enter, but this time, she was directly teleported in. The entire stone room was about two hundred square meters, similar to the Alchemy Room and Artifact Room, and three walls were covered with huge wooden shelves filled densely with Jade Scrolls. The remaining wall now had a huge piece of White Jade.
The last time she saw this piece of White Jade, it was one meter high and two meters long, but now it had become extremely large, covering the entire wall!
Fang Yuxin was surprised initially and then tried to browse through the Jade Scrolls. She found that she could now successfully read the contents without the previous restrictions. That was when she discovered the talisman-related Jade Scroll, picked it out separately, and prepared to learn.
When the others had left, Fang Yuxin entered the Artifact Room in Qingmu Spiritual Mansion and took out a piece of golden wood from a Jade Box. This was a branch of Vajra Wood, extremely hard, suitable for making Wood Talismans.
Talisman crafting covered many aspects; the carrier of runes could be made from Demon Beast Skin, tree trunks, or bark, as well as refined talisman paper or pure Jade or other minerals.
Fang Yuxin couldn’t find the special talisman paper and was worried about not being able to control other materials, so she simply chose a Wood Element material. Vajra Wood was very hard and extremely suitable for making Vajra Talismans. Fang Yuxin had previously made simple leaf charms using tree leaves, her technique crude and the effect limited.
This time, it was her first formal contact with talisman crafting. After browsing the Jade Scroll, the knowledge from the scroll was completely engraved in her mind. Although it was unlikely she could digest so much knowledge in a short time, she was confident in making Vajra Talismans.
After all, when she was still blindly ignorant, she could make crude leaf charms from ordinary tree leaves. Now with suitable materials and a deep understanding of talismans, there was no reason she would fail.
The Jade Box was laid with a spatial formation, so although it didn’t look large, the stuff taken out from it was not small. The section of Vajra Wood branch taken by Fang Yuxin was as thick as a bowl and as long as an adult’s palm. After taking it out, she first used True Yuan to cut it into uniform thin slices the size of cookies and then used her finger as a pen, channeled True Yuan to her fingertip, and engraved runes on the wood slices.