Chapter 5: Spiritual Oppression

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  Almost instantly, the black-clad youth's body shook violently, his face turned deathly pale, and he couldn't withstand such mental pressure. He suddenly retreated several steps, and even the dozen or so named disciples surrounding him also backed away, as if an invisible force had squeezed them open.

  By the time they recovered from that terrible spiritual pressure, Wang Xuan Yang had long since left.

  The black-clad youth's face was unsightly, and his eyes emitted a frightening cold glow. "This spiritual pressure is at least at the level of 36 base symbols or higher, how is this possible? Among all the registered disciples, only over three hundred people have reached the level of 36 base symbols, I know every single one of them, there's absolutely no such person?"

  Moreover, he suspected that this person did not use his full strength.

  That is to say, this person may be a higher-level apostle.

  Such a nominal disciple is not something he can contend with.

  "But even if you're incredibly powerful, compared to Hong and the others, the gap is still too great. Hmph, when the time comes, you'll know what kind of price you need to pay."

  The black-clad youth sneered in his eyes. With Hong Shixiong's temperament, he would never yield to anyone who dared to challenge his authority.

  At this moment, five figures emerged from afar, surrounded by many registered disciples.

  Three men and two women.

  The boy in black clothes brightened his eyes and hastily led others to welcome him with respect.

  After Wang Xuan Yang left the Fu Bei Square, he did not return to his residence but instead came directly in front of a huge building.

  This building presents a pagoda-like shape, with as many as nine storeys high.

  Inside, the lights are shining brightly. However, what's being used isn't ordinary lighting, but rather symbolic lanterns.

  A cluster of light floated in the building, emitting a soft glow.

  This lantern can absorb the virtual light during the day and store it in the lantern. At night, it will be released.

  Ninefold Refinement Pagoda!

  This is a special building in the Not Speaking Temple.

  In fact, not only in the Unspeakable Sect, but also in the Virtual State, and even throughout the entire Tianfu Continent, there exist Nine-Layered Refining Towers.

  And this nine-layered Lianfeng Pagoda does not belong to any sect, but exists independently.

  It is said that behind the Ninefold Refinement Pagoda, there exists an incredibly massive mysterious force.

  It can be imagined how mysterious and terrifying it is to establish a nine-story Lianfu Pagoda in all sects.

  This nine-layered Refining Pagoda has only one function: to purchase talismans.

  No matter what level of talisman, it can be sold to the Ninefold Refining Tower.

  Even the lowest-grade talismans will be purchased by the Ninefold Refinement Tower, and at a very fair price, no cheating of the young or old!

  The most important thing is that the Ninefold Refining Tower will also provide free materials for refining talismans to its members, of course, on the premise that you become a member of the Ninefold Refining Tower.

  Members of different levels can enjoy different treatments.

  Wang Xuanyang obtained information about the Ninefold Refining Pagoda from his merged memories, so he thought of coming here to try his luck.

  He also had no other place to earn restorative elixirs.

  The Ninefold Refinement Tower was extremely lively, with people coming and going in an endless stream, almost all of whom had reached the level of Symbol Master, and there were even higher-level symbol users.

  When Wang Xuanyang walked into the light gate of the Ninefold Refining Symbol Tower, he faintly felt a wave of intangible fluctuations scanning over his body.

  He passed through the light gate without any hindrance and entered the Ninefold Refining Tower.

  Only those who have condensed their symbols can enter the Ninefold Refining Symbol Tower.

  The first layer of space in the Ninefold Refinement Pagoda is very large, it's a huge hall with many windows, and not a few practitioners are queuing up.

  Wang Xuanyang walked up to a window and lined up for over ten minutes before it was finally his turn, "I want to apply for a membership ID."

  "This is a membership card, as long as you drip blood on it, you can lock in your spiritual fluctuations."

  The staff handed out a palm-sized white jade plaque.

  There is a strange scar above.

  At a glance at this mark, there is a faint glow, and Wang Xuanyang knows that it's not simple. Unfortunately, he can't see any secrets now.

  Unless he can project his psychic powers.

  Unfortunately, his spiritual power was externalized, which is a higher level of symbolist than a symbol apprentice.

  First-class membership card.

  No matter what level of cultivation, as soon as one becomes a Ninefold Refiner's Tower, they can only obtain the status of a first-level member.

  To upgrade membership status, there is only one way, which is to sell Fu Lu and gain contribution value.

  Wang Xuanyang didn't stay in the hall for long and directly headed towards a specialized talisman refinement room.

  The Fu Rong Refining Chamber is easy to find.

  As a first-class member, he can only enter the first floor of the Fu Lu refining room, and the space is very small, with simple furnishings.

  Wang Xuanyang discovered that in the first layer of the talisman refining area, there were a large number of talisman refining rooms, at least hundreds. Logically speaking, even if the space of the first layer of the Nine Layers Talisman Tower was the largest, it would still be limited in size and could not accommodate so many talisman refining rooms. There was only one possibility: the Nine Layers Talisman Tower contained spatial talismans that held the power of spatial systems, making its internal space much larger than its actual size.

  Wang Xuanyang used his first-class member ID card to receive the free materials for refining talismans, and then entered an idle talisman-refining room.

  As a first-class member, there are not many free cultivation materials, only ten inferior symbol jade.

  This is already the lowest grade of Symbol Jade.

  Can be used to carry base symbols and a few low-level symbols.

  Even if it's a second-rate Yu Jade, its value is still quite high. Wang Xuanyang thought of buying it but didn't have the money. In the Symbol Realm, they don't use gold, silver, or copper as currency, but instead use special symbol coins.

  Symbol coin, this is the circulating currency of Symbol world.

  It is said that this symbol coin was also created by a mysterious force in the Tianfu Continent, which can be compared to the Nine Layers Refining Tower.

  Unfortunately, in his predecessor's memory, he had never seen a symbol coin, only heard of it.

  Although it is an inferior jade, it is as smooth as water and has a subtle luster. When held in the hand, it feels light as if it were nothing. Compared to the finest jades in the world, it is many times better.

  Wang Xuanyang couldn't believe it, what was a higher-level Symbol Jade like?

  In addition to Yu Jade, there is also a thumb-sized Yu Mo made from special materials.

  Wang Xuanyang took a deep breath and began to grind the ink in the inkstone according to the steps he remembered.

  As the ink dissipated, a faint and strange ink fragrance wafted out, which made people's spirits shake when smelled.

  Wang Xuanyang was shocked to find that his spiritual power had begun to recover rapidly, and in a short moment, he had recovered nearly two symbols of spiritual power.

  "What?"

  Wang Xuanyang did not expect this talismanic ink to have such a strong effect on restoring spiritual energy.

  However, he also found that the rapid recovery of spiritual power only lasted for a moment, gradually slowing down, and finally maintaining a stable speed, which was about twice as fast as the normal recovery speed.

  "It seems that only the initial stimulating effect is good."

  Wang Xuanyang's heart skipped a beat.

  But he was soon delighted.

  Although it's only a little more than double the speed, it's already very useful for him. Originally, he would need more than a day to recover, but now he can do it in half the time, which is enough to save a lot of time.

  Now that his spiritual power has recovered a lot, he can start refining talismans.

  He was originally going to recover his spiritual power first and then refine the talismans.

  After all, refining talismans requires spiritual power.

  Generally speaking, the spiritual power required to refine a basic talisman is roughly the same as that needed to condense a basic talismanic seed. Of course, this refers to successful cases; if it fails, then it's a different story altogether.

  Wang Xuanyang picked up a magic brush.

  This is the lowest grade of symbol brush, the tip of which is made from a special kind of exotic beast hair, extremely resilient and with strong absorbency to symbol ink. Most importantly, this symbol brush also has the effect of transmitting spiritual energy.

  Originally, Fu Tu was unable to release his spiritual power externally.

  But the strokes perfectly solved this difficult problem.

  The more advanced the strokes are, the more perfect the transmission of spiritual energy will be.

  It is said that a skilled Fu master can directly condense spiritual energy into spiritual brush strokes, even without a physical brush, to create talismans.

  Wang Xuanyang's spiritual energy was unable to be released externally, so he naturally didn't have this ability anymore and could only rely on the symbol pen.

  As soon as he grasped the brush, he suddenly felt a shock in his mind, and the spiritual power hidden deep within him seemed to be mobilized by an invisible force, then released and directly entered the brush.

  In an instant, the brush seemed to have become a part of his body.

  It feels wonderful, just like an extension of the body.

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