Returning to the Divine Barracks, with Zhou Nian's introduction, Gan Zimo naturally wanted to sell him some face, and treated Xiaochun and Zhixia like guests, and welcomed them very much, so he ordered the disciples to pack up a first-class guest room and arrange for them to stay, and after everything was arranged, he said goodbye to Zhou Nian and ran back to the sword mound.

He is indeed a little busy now, the responsibility of the sword mound is heavy, and he can't delay for a moment, Zhou Nian is also very understanding and unreasonable, he returned to his room alone, and closed the door with his backhand.

"You're back?"

In the guest room, Lian Meng was guarding in front of Gu Yan's hospital bed and taking care of it, and when he saw Zhou Nian coming in, he got up and stepped forward to greet him.

Zhou Nian tilted his head and glanced at the side of the bed and asked, "How is Gu Yan?"

Lian Meng bit her lip and shook her head, "Not yet, but looking at my sister's complexion, I think that I am out of danger of life, and I need to take care of my body next, so you don't have to worry too much." ”

"Oh, that's right. ”

With a faint word, Zhou Nian slowly sat down at the nearby tea table, raised his hand and was about to pour water and drink tea, but Lian Meng, the little girl, was very eye-catching and took a step ahead of him, and said softly, "Let me come, you can rest for a while." ”

"Hmm. Zhou Nian was no longer polite, and watched Lian Meng hand the teacup to him, and then picked it up and tasted it carefully.

After drinking most of the bowl, Zhou Nian's dry mouth was slightly relieved, and he patted the bag to take out the things purchased from the Ten Thousand Bones Shop, spread them on the table one by one, and began to study them seriously.

He is going to draw talismans, this technique must be mastered sooner or later, and it is undoubtedly a very powerful killer for a strong enemy whose strength is much higher than his own.

The materials have been prepared, and it is the best time to make the clavicle talisman, and all the animal bones are classified and listed, with different shapes and sizes, although there is a table full of them, but there are many but not mixed.

The method of making the clavicle talisman has long been remembered by Zhou Nian, and the theoretical knowledge is well memorized, and the key is to see practice.

From the point of view of the production steps, the production process of clavicle charms can be roughly divided into four steps, which are making paper, grinding ink, making pens and drawing symbols.

Although it may sound like a literati and a literati dancing and writing with a large brushstroke, it is more cumbersome than the literati writing or painting, because the materials involved are very particular, and the effects produced are naturally very different.

The so-called paper making refers to the skin of the three-eyed wolf is slightly thinner, and then dried and used as tissue paper.

The ink used to polish the ink is not ordinary black ink or red ink, but a literal metaphor, which uses the blood of the colorful lotus turtle as the ink for drawing runes.

As for the pen, it is more exquisite, the general brush lacks strength, dull and no aura, naturally there is not much power, want to make the charm play the greatest power, the brush used to draw the talisman must be obtained from the animal bones full of anger, the pen bone is the tail bone of the red dragon, the pen head is the hair on the body of the nine-colored spotted bear, the pen spike is dispensable with the decoration, but the front two things are indispensable.

The above three are all preparations for making clavicle talismans, and just one preparation involves four powerful demon beasts, which shows how cumbersome and demanding it is to make clavicle talismans.

As for the most important and crucial step, only the last drawing is left.

Zhou Nian had seen the book of the clavicle talisman, and copied the strange edict several times, and learned eight or nine without leaving ten, although he was not very skilled, but he could draw a general appearance to some extent, as for whether it was effective or not, whether it could play its role, and whether it could play its role, we had to look at the final product.

Seeing the young man's serious research on his face, the smart and clever Lian Meng didn't bother very interestingly, tiptoeing around the room, taking care of Gu Yan meticulously, he had the gentle appearance of a good wife and mother, and even took a tea bowl with care, for fear of affecting Zhou Nian, and tried to create a relatively quiet environment for him.

Looking at the animal bones on the table and pondering for a long time, Zhou Nian subdivided the plan in his heart in general, looked up and breathed a sigh of relief, and finally began to try the production of the clavicle talisman.

First of all, the first step is to make paper, to put it bluntly, the skin of the three-eyed wolf is really thick, obviously just a mortal body, but the animal skin is as hard as iron, and it has a good skin that is resistant and wear-resistant, and it is really not comparable to ordinary monsters, looking at its thickness, it takes at least half an hour to carefully grind it, if you waste all your efforts on boring paper, it is obviously not wise.

Tilting his head slightly, Zhou Nian secretly glanced at Lian Meng on the hospital bed, and saw that he was almost busy with his work, he was really not polite to his own woman, and he didn't let her be idle for a moment, and called her over and arranged for her to work, "Hey, Lian Meng, are you done?" Come over when you're done, I have something to ask you for help." ”

"Huh?" Lian Meng frowned curiously, and just wiped the sweat on Gu Yan's forehead, when he heard Zhou Nian calling himself, he couldn't help but walk over.

"What's the matter?" her voice was very small, afraid of disturbing Gu Yan, who was asleep.

Zhou Nian also lowered his voice as she did, and pointed to the animal skins on the table, "Next, I want to make clavicle talismans, but it's a bit troublesome to make paper, if you have time, why don't you help me grind these animal skins." ”

"Me?" Lian Meng pointed to himself, his expression was slightly surprised, "Where can I do this? ”

Zhou Nian waved his hand and said, "Hey, it's okay, this is very simple, just use a pressing rod to crush these animal skins until they are thinned into paper." Besides, I have to prepare other things, you can help me make paper, I can save a lot of time, I can make a few more collarbone charms, increase the chance of success. ”

"This ...... All right. Lian Meng thought that making the clavicle charm was a very tricky and brain-consuming project, but now it seems that it is not a big deal, it is a simple and boring paper grinding process, to put it bluntly, it is similar to making dumplings and rolling skins, and it is not too particular, so he simply pulled a stool to sit next to Zhou Nian and patiently made paper for him.

How did she know that although this process seems simple, it is actually very delicate, although the skin of the three-eyed wolf is hard, but the toughness is very poor, with the reduction of thickness, the whole animal skin will become very thin and brittle, very easy to break, if the strength behind is not well grasped, it is easy to fall short.

With Lian Meng's help, Zhou Nian is undoubtedly an extra careful helper, in addition to making paper, the rest of the preparation is only ink grinding and pen making.

There is no hurry to grind the ink, because it is made of the blood of the colorful lotus turtle, and it is easy to dry if you finish it early and put it there, and you can't exert its power, and when it is time to officially draw the talisman, it is not too late to do it.

Based on this consideration, Zhou Nian's next work is very wise to choose pen-making.

Tapping the brocade bag to take out the extremely sharp Lingyun Flying Knife, Zhou Nian quickly slashed through the beast bone of the Red Flame Dragon with the knife, this kind of coccyx is very hard, and it cannot be easily cut off with an unusual sharp weapon, but fortunately, the Lingyun Flying Knife did not disappoint Zhou Nian, a few knives, with a little modification, a straight pen bone was quickly completed.

The pen bone is only half a foot long, combined with Zhou Nian's habit of writing, it is not too long, and a small round hole is punched out at the end of it, which is convenient for inserting the pen head.

Take the hair on the body of the colorful spotted bear and smooth it slightly, cut it about two inches in length, and scrape it slightly with a dagger to achieve a medium length and a short outside, which is similar to the general pen head.

One end is medium and long, and the other end is brushed together, and the neat end is inserted into the small hole in the pen bone, and then slightly glued and fixed, and a brand new drawing pen is made.

Holding the talisman pen in his hand, Zhou Nian tried the feel slightly, although the appearance was clumsy and ugly, it was handy to wield, and it could be regarded as a small step of success.

After the painting brush was completed, the process only took less than ten minutes, and even the dream was still making paper, time was precious, and it could not be delayed for a moment, Zhou Nian simply began to grind the ink.

The blood of the lotus turtle is more bright red than the blood of the general demon beast, the red is translucent, tends to be black, the blood is very viscous, and it only slightly improves after transferring water into the inkstone, but the blood is grinding less and less, and the grinding is getting blacker, as if it has a certain volatility, and it is accompanied by a slight stench, which makes people feel a little not.

Grinding the ink carefully, Zhou Nian was suddenly a little glad that he chose to make a pen first this time, if he had sharpened the ink first, by the time he officially drew the talisman, I am afraid that the blood would have run away long ago.

Grinding back and forth, the blood is getting less and less, and even the animal skin on the other side of the dream is almost crushed, and it is about to make the final finish, but at this time, an accident appears.

With a "sting", the animal skin shattered, and countless scattered gaps were crushed by the pressing rods, which were generally distributed on the entire animal skin, and the success fell short.

"Ahh......h......h Zhou Nian, I'm sorry, I'm ...... I didn't mean to. ”

Zhou Nian turned his head to look at the animal skin, pinched it with his index finger and thumb and crushed it a few times, then gently touched Lian Meng's little head, and said softly, "It's okay, it's not your fault, everything is difficult at the beginning, no one can guarantee that things will be done overnight, one by one." Besides, this animal skin is a bit greasy, and the more you get to the back, the more brittle it becomes, and the strength of the crushing seems to be getting smaller and smaller over time, and you made me find this problem, and I have to thank you. ”

"But I'm ...... I'll let all your previous efforts be in vain, I ......" Lian Meng lowered his head and blamed himself, his face was slightly red, and he muttered in a low voice.

Zhou Nian gently touched her soft hair, and said with a smile, "Hehe, it's okay, it's not in vain, at least the talisman pen is done, and there is a lot of beast blood for grinding, you don't have to worry about this, if you fail, you're afraid of something, it's a big deal to start all over again, failure is the mother of success, and I don't plan to succeed as soon as I come up, after all, it's a long process, don't blame yourself too much, pay attention next time." Okay, obedient, let's move on. ”

"Hmm. Hearing Zhou Nian's warm words, Lian Meng nodded heavily, took a new piece of animal skin with a serious face, learned the lesson of the last time, and started making paper for the second time.

Her attitude this time was extremely serious, her movements were cautious, her spirit was highly concentrated, the slender pressure rod rolled around in her hand, with the previous attempt, now she can also be familiar with the road, easy to come, the speed is getting faster and faster, the time is suddenly shortened, and after Zhou Nian has just ground the new beast blood, even the dream has finally entered the final finishing work.