Chapter 39: A Little Surprise

Because the first time the rune paper was not successful, it was converted into spirit stones, and a small half of the capital was lost. Chen De adjusted the original plan.

The remaining twenty spirit stones were divided into four parts again. Each investment is half of the first time, five spirit stones.

Chen De felt that he was a bit overwhelmed when he first made rune paper, and investing ten spirit stones at a time was equivalent to spending a month's monthly salary, and as a result, he lost a lot.

However, it is already very amazing for someone like Chen De to get such a harvest by making his own rune paper for the first time.

The vast majority of people, when they try to make rune paper for the first time, are a failure. Either there is a mistake in the material formula, or the temperature control is not accurate, or the cooling time after pouring the mold is wrong, and so on, and so on, and all the rune paper is waste paper when the mold is released.

Chen De is very familiar with the process of making rune paper, and remembers the details of each process very clearly.

The first time is not a successful result, because it is completely operated by yourself, and some steps are rusty and astringent when you do it.

After a few days, Chen De rented a paper room again.

This time, there were fewer input materials, plus he had the experience of the first time, and he repeatedly scrutinized the process of the first time, and the action was much faster.

At the end of the rune paper, Chen De got a small surprise. There were thirty-two successful runes, and about ten discarded ones. At the market price, you can make a little profit.

As usual, Chen De took the talisman paper to the fat man. The fat man gave six spirit stones. Two rune papers, which can be regarded as a discount for him.

The result of the calculation was to earn a spirit stone, which was the first spirit stone that Chen De earned.

For Chen De, although there are few spirit stones, his confidence is a great encouragement.

Chen De, who was full of energy, once again took a look at the gap and rented a rune paper room.

As his confidence grew, he adjusted his plans again. Twelve spirit stones were used to purchase materials at a time, and thirteen at a time.

Rent a rune paper room twice, and the rent is two spirit stones.

If, according to the material of twenty-five spirit stones at a time, the number of rune paper is much larger, Chen De is afraid that he will not be able to master it well, but the production of good rune paper will become less.

In order to save a spirit stone for renting a rune paper house, the gains outweigh the losses.

Chen De thought to himself: Now that he is a poor little Taoist priest, he is not careful in his calculations, and this life of cultivating truth will not be easy.

The process of making rune paper for the third time was relatively smooth. When the rune paper is out of the mold, a hundred good rune papers are obtained.

This integer made Chen De very excited, and Chen De felt that it was a good omen, for the monks, auspicious signs were precious and mysterious things, and indeed existed.

took the entire hundred pieces of rune paper to Cheng Yuhai.

The fat man was very happy to see Chen De and sent a new rune paper. Cheng Yuhai rubbed his fat hand and said to Chen De: "Senior Brother Chen, seeing that you have sent the talisman paper again, it saves me trouble." It's very good. ”

Chen De asked, "Do you feel about using those rune papers of mine?"

"It seems to be a little, but the first two runes were less, so I'm not sure how your rune paper is different from other runes. However, it doesn't feel bad to use. ”

Chen De took the eighteen spirit stones handed over by Cheng Yuhai, and it was obvious that the fat man still wanted to get some benefits. According to the market price, the fat man should give twenty spirit stones. However, Chen De felt that it was nothing, the fat man was very happy to give the spirit stone, and Chen De also saved the trouble of selling rune paper.

Cheng Yuhai continued: "After using these hundred rune papers, I know the advantages and disadvantages of your rune papers. How do you say that? Your rune paper does work a little differently!"

"Okay, when Senior Brother Cheng finishes up this batch of rune papers, and I know if my rune paper is good, I'll do it again. ”

Seeing that Chen De was about to say goodbye, the fat man waved his hand and said, "Okay, wait for my news." ”

While waiting for the results of Cheng Yuhai's trial, Chen De, as usual, went to Zhang Zhiliang when he was free.

Zhang Zhiliang had originally gotten rid of the distress of not being able to cultivate, and had become as cheerful as before, but the nickname he had received for no reason after joining the Tiantai Sect made him silent again.

A Chinese face, cold all day long.

At the same time, he is very obsessed with the Bahuan knife taught by the sect. As soon as he has time, he takes a knife and practices the martial arts training ground. It was only when Chen De arrived that he showed the carefree smile of a young man.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Zhiliang took out his knife and said, "Let's go, let's go practice the knife." ”

Chen De also became interested, wondering how far Zhang Zhiliang's knife skills had progressed, and whether his own knife skills could fight against him.

Because, in the past, Chen De focused on archery, while Zhang Zhiliang specialized in swordsmanship, and Zhang Zhiliang's knife skills were stronger than him.

The two of them also used the Bahuan knife technique.

In the first 30 rounds, the two were on par, and in the sound of the "clanging" weapon impact, they were evenly divided.

Thirty rounds later, Zhang was surprised by Chen's progress.

I thought that if I didn't show the real skills I had worked hard recently, I would really not have the upper hand.

After Zhang Zhiliang's expression was solemn, the momentum of the whole person changed sharply.

The knife became domineering and ruthless, with a hint of anger.

Chen De felt that Zhang Zhiliang was putting more and more pressure on him.

After Zhang Zhiliang indulged in knife practice, he sometimes remembered the grievances he suffered on weekdays. When he wields a knife, he is often angry, and sometimes he wants to cut those who have broken his mouth in half.

After doing this several times, Zhang Zhiliang found that whenever this time, the operation of the knife technique was smoother, and some of the previous stagnation suddenly disappeared.

Zhang Zhiliang realized that he had inadvertently touched the true meaning of this set of knife techniques.

That is to say, at some exertion and turning points, we must exert force and move the knife with an indomitable and invincible momentum. As a result, his sword technique entered the realm extremely quickly.

After resisting more than 30 rounds, Chen De has been fully suppressed by Zhang Zhiliang.

Defeat is sooner or later, Chen De saw an opportunity, jumped out of the battle circle, and said to Zhang Zhiliang who was coming up: "Stop! stop!"

Zhang Zhiliang stopped and retracted the knife.

Chen Dedao: "With your posture, don't you want to chop me alive like an enemy?"

Zhang Zhiliang said with a smile: "Where to speak, these are the artistic conceptions I have practiced recently." Otherwise, how can I suppress you every time you want to turn the momentum around? ”

While walking back, the two exchanged their experiences of knife practice.

Zhang Zhiliang originally told Chen De about his experience of the artistic conception of this set of knife techniques, which inspired Chen De greatly.

Chen De also told Zhang Zhiliang about his experience of practicing a variety of exercises at the same time. However, after hearing this, Zhang Zhiliang smiled and said: "I don't have a high level of understanding in other aspects, and I don't dare to practice like you, so I will practice knives." ”

One evening more than ten days later, Chen De's voice sounded, and the voice of the fat man came out: "Senior Brother Chen, come to Lingyun Restaurant quickly, Senior Brother please eat!"

Chen De was overjoyed, it seemed that there was good news, and immediately set off for Lingyun Restaurant.

When I arrived at Lingyun Restaurant, I saw that there were three people already sitting there.

One of them is Cheng Yujiang, and the other Chen De doesn't know. However, looking at his restrained appearance, it seems that his status is lower than that of the two sons of the Cheng family.

Cheng Yuhai stood up and introduced Chen De: "This is my cousin Cheng Yujiang, I mentioned it to you. This one came out of our Cheng family, called Xu Zhisheng. ”

This Xu Zhisheng stood up, and Chen De saw his figure. With a big belly, he was dressed in a cyan Tiantai sect disciple uniform. He is slightly taller than Chen De. There was a humble smile on his face, and his small eyes were about to smile into a slit.

Cheng Yuhai introduced the other two: "This is Senior Brother Chen De, who just entered the sect this year. ”

Cheng Yujiang raised his hand slightly, and said lukewarmly: "It turned out to be Senior Brother Chen, fortunately, fortunately." ”

However, Xu Zhisheng was more enthusiastic: "Senior Brother Chen, I am very happy and happy to know you." ”

As soon as he sat down, Cheng Yuhai had already flown his chopsticks and ate and drank violently. While greeting Chen De vaguely: "Senior Brother Chen, you're welcome, eat." ”

Cheng Yujiang ate unhurriedly.

Xu Zhisheng's eating appearance is similar to Cheng Yuhai, but he keeps it, and he doesn't dare to be as wanton and arrogant as Cheng Yuhai.

Cheng Yuhai and the three of them had obviously chatted before Chen De came, and they continued their own topics. It's mostly anecdotes from sects, things from the cultivation realm, etc.

Although Chen De couldn't interject, he listened to it with relish next to him.

While eating, we chatted, and soon we talked about the topic of talisman making.

Talking about this, Cheng Yuhai turned his head to Chen De and said, "Senior Brother Chen, call you over, first, I have something to discuss with my brother, and second, I am in a good mood." ”

Chen De jokingly interjected, "Senior Brother Cheng has a happy event?"

"It's that I've been drawing talismans very well recently, and the success rate used to be between two or three percent, but recently it has steadily exceeded three percent. Isn't it time to celebrate?"

After saying that, the fat man laughed happily.

Another fat man, Xu Zhisheng, said flatteringly: "The level of the son has risen greatly!"

Cheng Yuhai continued: "Do you want to know what the reason is?"

Cheng Yujiang and Xu Zhisheng are both monks who came out of the Cheng family, and they both have the skill of making talismans, and when they heard this, their interest increased greatly, and they asked almost in unison, "What is the reason?"

The fat man glanced at Chen De first, and then threatened: "I want to know, it's simple, I promised you two to treat you next time, and I'll tell you." ”

Cheng Yujiang answered unhurriedly: "Okay, I know you want to eat." ”

"Okay, I'll order the dishes then. ”

"Okay. ”

The two cousins discussed, and then Cheng Yuhai said: "It's actually quite simple, I used the rune paper made by Senior Brother Chen De." ”

Cheng Yujiang and Xu Zhisheng almost said in unison: "Ahhhh

This is indeed a bit surprising, how can a disciple who has just entered the sect less than a year ago be able to make such a good rune paper and have such an effect?

For the talisman maker, the talisman paper that can improve the success rate of the talisman is simply a blessing in the snow for them.

Chen De was overjoyed when he heard Cheng Yuhai's words, which showed that his thinking was correct, and he had found the right method.

It turned out that before making rune paper, when Chen De was consulting the classics, he saw a master talisman making speculation about improving the quality of rune paper: using a kind of oil from a demon beast piercing rock spirit turtle to smear a layer on the rune paper mold may make subtle changes on the surface of the rune paper, making it firmer and slightly thicker.

Later, this master was busy improving his realm cultivation, and after recording this speculation, he didn't try it himself.

When Chen De was buying ingredients, he specially bought a bottle of Piercing Rock Spirit Turtle Oil.

However, when applying the oil, Chen De accidentally applied a bottle of Jinyun pine resin oil with a similar color and taste to the piercing rock spirit turtle oil next to him, and also applied it to the paper mold.

After the mistake, Chen De regretted his carelessness. However, it did not affect the successful mold of the rune paper, and Chen De breathed a sigh of relief.

The third time he made the rune paper, Chen De simply mixed the two materials and applied them to the paper mold. Unexpectedly, this trial would work wonders.