Chapter 14: The Apprentice of the Fu Gong
A few months later.
Lin Fan not only finished practicing the magic weapon, but also read the Guangyuan True Record thoroughly. I also have a certain understanding of the Talisman Avenue and how to make it.
The avenue is simple, and all the laws in the world have lines.
The pattern of the summoning spell is engraved on the rune paper in a specific way, which can be called a rune.
Although the talisman can only be used once, it only requires a small amount of spiritual power to activate, and the spells contained in it can be released instantly without the need for the user to cast a spell.
The grades of the talismans, from low to high, are white, yellow, blue, purple, gold, and red, which correspond to the six realms of the monk's qi refining, opening the pulse, building the foundation, purple mansion, golden pill, and yuanying.
According to the power contained, the talisman is subdivided into lower grade, middle grade, upper grade and best grade.
To put it simply, the white rune is equivalent to the spell used by the Qi refining cultivator, and the yellow talisman is equivalent to the spell used by the vein opening monk.
The person who makes the talisman is called the talisman master, and the person who has not yet started is called the talisman apprentice.
According to the level of runes that can be made, the runes are divided into: white runes, yellow runes, blue runes, purple runes, gold runes, and red runes.
Like the rune rank, the rune master is also subdivided into elementary, middle, and upper grades.
For example, the highest one who produces a medium-grade white talisman is a medium-grade white talisman master.
If you want to make a talisman, the three treasures of the talisman, that is, the talisman pen, the talisman ink, and the talisman paper, are indispensable.
However, these are only the basic tools for making talismans, and they can be easily purchased in almost any market.
The real core of making a talisman lies in the talisman pattern!
The talisman pattern is like a text. Each word has its own meaning, and the combination of several words is a word, a sentence, which can express complex meanings.
The different permutations and combinations of the talisman patterns can hook up the true meaning of each spell.
In this Guangyuan True Record, there are sixty-four basic talismans.
However, it only records the shape of the patterns, and there is no record of what they mean or how they are combined.
For this, Lin Fan is not surprised.
The talisman pattern can be said to be the true core of the way of the talisman, and it is also the secret of each talisman master.
In order to avoid leakage, the Zhang family will strictly control these core contents, and will never let the clansmen take them with them at will.
It may not even be written down, but passed down orally.
He knew a senior brother who studied talismans, but in his early years, he spent a lot of money to learn the mysteries of the three talismans and the combination of the cleansing spells from a white talisman master.
Since then, he has started to sell low-grade cleaning charms, and he can finally subsidize the consumption of daily learning talismans.
As for making a lot of money, it's still far from it.
Because only by making medium-grade talismans can you get a considerable income by making talismans and selling talismans.
This is also a reason why there are not many people who learn the art of talisman making, and many people have painstakingly studied the way of talismans for several years or even decades, and still stop at the realm of low-grade white talismans.
Not to mention the waste of time, the large amount of spirit stones spent on learning talismans was also wasted.
However, Lin Fan, who has the Epiphany Tower in his hand, naturally does not have to worry about this.
After months of research, he also understood how profound and difficult the talisman pattern really was.
Since he didn't have any supporting materials, he studied hard for several months, but he didn't even understand the meaning of a talisman magic pattern.
Fortunately, although he did not understand the true meaning of the Dharma Pattern, he had already memorized the sixty-four Dharma Patterns.
The preparations are complete, and the Tower of Epiphany has been opened.
He mastered it with ease, and his soul sank into it, and he entered the Tower of Epiphany.
Sinking his mind, he quickly comprehended the Guangyuan True Record and the sixty-four runes recorded in it in that mysterious state.
Time flew by, and as the Tower of Epiphany closed again, his mind dizzy, and his spirit returned to his body.
This talisman avenue is really profound, although he already has a thorough understanding of the art of talismans, but for the true essence of the talisman pattern, it is only the tip of the iceberg.
Of the sixty-four talismans, he only comprehended the true meaning of sixteen of them.
But instead of being decadent, he looked excited.
The more esoteric and difficult this talisman avenue is, the more beneficial it will be for him with the Epiphany Pagoda, but he just needs to have a few more epiphanies.
This epiphany almost drained his mind, and he hurriedly lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
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Following.
Luofengfang City.
Lin Fan didn't disguise this time, wearing a cyan robe, and walked into a store called "Qianfu Zhai".
"Hello officer, what do you need to buy?" Seeing the guests coming to the door, the shopkeeper immediately stepped forward.
"I don't buy anything, I heard that this store is going to recruit Fu Gong apprentices, I don't know what the conditions are?"
"It's Master Li who is in charge of this matter, he is on the second floor at the moment, you just go up to him to talk to him." The shopkeeper pointed to the staircase beside him.
"Thank you." After Lin Fan thanked him, he stepped up the stairs to the second floor.
I saw an old man and a young man sitting at a wooden table, holding a pen and writing something.
The young man, who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, looked up at Lin Fan when he heard the sound, and continued to pick up the pen and write.
The old man had a thin face, white beard and white eyebrows, and he didn't seem to notice Lin Fan's arrival at all, and he was still splashing ink without selfishness.
Seeing this, Lin Fan waited quietly on the side.
After about a stick of incense, the old man seemed to have reached the critical moment of drawing the talisman, and he no longer sat down, but stood up.
His expression was serious, and the large pen in his hand kept waving.
A moment later, he made the last stroke.
I saw a flash of light on the rune paper, and the originally black lines actually lit up with a little starlight from the center.
The starlight quickly spread outward like a fire of the prairie fire, and it was about to fill the entire rune paper, when suddenly the starlight trembled and quickly dimmed.
As if everything was just an illusion, the lines on the rune paper were still pitch black.
The depiction of the talisman failed, or failed at the last moment when the talisman was formed.
The old man looked decadent and fell to his chair.
After a moment, he raised his eyebrows angrily and said, "Who asked you to come up?" ”
"Master Li, the contemptible Lin Fan, is here to be an apprentice of Fu Gong." Lin Fan hurriedly offered a jar of spirit wine that had been prepared.
Seeing this, Master Li finally squeezed out a smile on his face, and said, "The tuition fee is twenty spirit stones a year, and I am only responsible for guidance, not for closing disciples." ”
"Yes." Lin Fan immediately offered the tuition fee of twenty spirit stones.
After Master Li accepted it, he threw Lin Fan a copy of the book and said, "You can take a good look at this 'Fu Gong Miscellaneous Solution' after you take it back, and come back in three days." ”
After speaking, he no longer paid attention to Lin Fan and began to bury his head in carving the new talisman.
Seeing this, Lin Fan took the talisman and left the store.
Naturally, he didn't really plan to learn the way of the talisman from Master Li.
With the epiphany space in hand, a person like Master Li, who has made talismans for a lifetime, can only be worthy of reaching the middle grade white talisman master, and he can't be his master.
The reason for this is a disguise on his part.
After all, if a person who has never studied the way of talismans suddenly becomes proficient in the art of talisman making, then it will be too attention-grabbing.
With the opportunity to become an apprentice of talismans, it was only natural that he would master the art of talisman making.