Shi Mu sat cross-legged on the stone bed, and a hint of a deep groan flashed on his face.

Fifty thousand taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket for the current cultivation consumption, and with the improvement of the exercises, the consumption will only increase, it seems that it is time to study the talismans and formation classics that have been taken back from the Hidden Scripture Pavilion.

Thinking like this, Shi Mu flipped his right hand, and first took out the Spirit Rune Treasure Sutra Jade Slip that recorded the way of the talisman, and gently pasted it on his forehead, and a large number of words immediately appeared in his mind.

After half a ring, he exhaled lightly, put down the jade slip in his hand, rubbed his somewhat swollen head, and took out the silver jade slip that recorded the "Formation Diagram Entry Encyclopedia", and continued to comprehend.

Shi Mu spent a lot of time on incense, and after reading the two classics roughly, he found that what Uncle Ju said that day was indeed right, there is indeed a great relationship between the way of the formation and the art of the rune, and it can almost be said that the rune is a miniature partial realization of the formation.

Therefore, in terms of subtlety and complexity, the art of the talisman should be much simpler than the way of the formation, and of course the power cannot be compared with the formal formation, but the talisman has a series of advantages such as easy to carry, instant casting, and very little mana consumption.

However, if you really want to draw a rune, it is not enough to know the way of formation, and you must go through hundreds of times of non-stop practice before it is possible to get a preliminary introduction to a certain kind of rune drawing.

In a word, talisman drawing itself is also a profound way of a warlock.

After Shi Mu figured out the relationship between the two, he held his chin with one hand and pondered again.

Although many places in the way of the formation and the way of the talisman are interconnected and can learn from each other, the way of the talisman is relatively simple, and it is easy to go first and then difficult, and when you have a certain foundation, it will definitely be much easier to learn the way of the formation in the future.

Shi Mu made up his mind in his heart, so he no longer hesitated to put away the silver jade slip that recorded the "Formation Diagram Entry Encyclopedia", and began to carefully comprehend the introduction of the basic runes in the first half of the "Spirit Rune Treasure Sutra".

According to the "Spirit Rune Treasure Sutra", runes are a kind of heavenly text that contains the power of heaven and earth, even if it is a single one, it also has the power of subtle laws in it, whether it is a short piece of spirit pattern, or a complex magic circle prohibition, it is developed on the basis of runes.

Therefore, if you want to make a rune, you must first be able to comprehend and draw a single rune, and all runes are composed of the most basic five elements of runes, as long as you can master the runes representing the basic five elements, you can condense more and more complex other runes through different combinations.

However, what made Shi Mu uneasy was that according to the description in the classics, the comprehension of runes was extremely difficult, and I don't know how many apprentices who wanted to be talismans, after several years of hard work, they couldn't even draw a five-element rune, and finally had to give up reluctantly.

When Shi Mu saw this, his face was a little difficult to look at.

But since he has become an apprentice warlock, and he has spent such a large price to exchange for relevant classics, it is naturally impossible to retreat like this.

As soon as he thought of this, a hint of determination flashed in his eyes, his legs were crossed, and after taking a deep breath, he slowly adjusted his physical state.

It wasn't until his breathing became slower and slower, and his mind had a hint of coolness, that he picked up the jade slip with a solemn expression, ready to comprehend the first five-element rune recorded in the classics.

There are hundreds of basic runes recorded in the Spirit Rune Treasure Sutra, and when Shi Mu first set foot in this way, he first chose a fire attribute rune that seemed to have the fewest strokes and the simplest.

Three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Shi Mu sat on the stone bed, his eyes closed, and his body motionless.

In his mind, a somewhat vague red light cluster appeared at this moment, as if it was a living thing, constantly elongating and deforming, as if it wanted to turn into some words.

Gradually, the upper part of the red light cluster gradually turned into half a seemingly strange symbol after a period of change, while the lower part continued to elongate and change.

At this moment, the red light suddenly shook and burst open with a "bang".

Shi Mu snorted, opened his eyes, sweating profusely, his chest rose and fell, and his face was indescribably pale.

Suddenly, he raised his hand and touched his nose, which was a little wet, and suddenly there was a red nosebleed.

Shi Mu was stunned, then sighed, wiped the nosebleed with his hand, stood up and walked to the window, looking at the sky outside that was already faintly blackened, and was stunned.

The comprehension of these runes was really as difficult as the scriptures said, and he couldn't even comprehend this first seemingly simplest fire attribute rune for three consecutive days.

"Don't you really have the talent to become a talisman?" Shi Mu thought in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh.

Enlightenment Runes are only the first step, and there are two more steps to successfully make a Rune.

After comprehending the rune, it is necessary to engrave it on the rune paper and draw it into a rune array, which is the second step to complete.

Every five-element spell, even the simplest fireball spell, has a corresponding rune array, a simple rune array of five or six runes can be formed, and a complex rune array can be composed of dozens or hundreds of runes.

There is no room for any slight mistakes when carving the rune array, and each rune must be extremely accurate, which requires years of practice.

After carving the talisman array, there is a relatively simple third step, which is to pour the spirit.

This step is to infuse the spiritual power into the drawn rune array, which is equivalent to storing the mana required for casting the spell on the rune paper in advance, and only need a little guidance in the future to stimulate the power of the rune.

However, this step seems simple, but it also has a lot of limitations.

Most rune masters only have a few or three kinds of elemental induction, that is to say, when instilling spirits, there are only these kinds of attribute spiritual power that they can mobilize, and the others can only be supplemented with corresponding spirit stones, but the price of spirit stones itself is expensive.

Therefore, these three steps have stumped many people.

"I'm just getting started with the talisman now, and it's still too early to say the next two steps. Shi Mu was silent for a long time and shook his head, dispelling some depressed thoughts in his heart.

He looked out the window and stood unconsciously for half an hour.

Gradually, a crescent moon rose from the horizon, shedding a faint silver glow.

Shi Mu's face was happy, the weather had been bad for the past few days, the moon rarely appeared at night, and he hadn't been dreaming and cultivating for some days.

He put aside the talisman for the time being, packed up the things in the house, quietly opened the door and walked out, and a quarter of an hour later came to the grass in the woods between the valleys.

Shi Mu sat down cross-legged, his mind empty, and soon entered the dream realm.

In the dream, under the bright moon, the white ape put his hands to the sky and assumed a moon-swallowing posture, and countless points of light appeared in the sky, gathering towards the white ape as usual, and through its eyes, it merged into his mind.

Shi Mu was slightly happy in his heart, the speed at which the light points converged was faintly faster than before, and it seemed that with the improvement of his mana, the speed of absorbing the essence of moonlight in the moon-swallowing style was gradually accelerating.

As more and more points of light flew into his mind, wisps of coolness converged, and the discomfort caused by the failure of the comprehension rune quickly disappeared.

These dense points of light turned into a white mist in Shi Mu's mind, and then gradually converged into the usual milky white clouds.

Shi Mu's heart moved, this milky white cloud was faintly similar to the red light cluster generated in his mind by the previous comprehension rune!