Chapter 225: Drawing Skills
Ye Xing is not a nerd, and while pestering Xiao Zong every day to learn runes, he also constantly asks about the history of the Heavenly Rune Sect.
Now he is not a beginner disciple, he is just an apprentice, Xiao Zong did not say the exercises of the Tianfu Sect, but the history of the Tianfu Sect is introduced in great detail.
The Heavenly Rune Gate really has a history of tens of thousands of gates, and it was once very powerful, thousands of years ago, there was a Heavenly Rune Master level Yuan Ying Master, or a number of talisman masters in the Tang Dynasty at that time.
It's just that there is no successor to the Heavenly Rune Sect, and there is no real master anymore, although the talisman making technique that has been handed down has not been lost, but because the cultivation of the talisman maker is too poor, it is impossible to make high-level talismans.
More and more people learned talisman making from Tianfu Gate, and then left, and talisman making is no longer a secret, after it is widely spread, Tianfu Gate itself does not have any foundation for survival, and now it has not fallen to the point that there is no sense of existence in Datang, and can only survive in the alleys of Changfeng Ancient Town.
Xiao Zong said, "There is nothing special about the talisman making technique of this sect, but the core exercises of the sect are absolutely top-notch, but no one can comprehend them, and the patriarch has set the rules, and people who are not the physique of the five elements are not allowed to learn the inheritance exercises."
Ye Xingdao, "The exercises passed down by the ancestors, why haven't they been forcibly snatched away for thousands of years?" ”
Xiao Zongdao, "The inheritance of the exercises is hidden in the dozens of stone murals in the ancestral hall, and all the beginner disciples can go to watch it.
Ye Xing said, "Can I go and watch the speculation?" What are the requirements? ”
Xiao Zongdao, "You have become an introductory disciple, naturally you can go and see it, but now it is not possible, wait for two months"
It turns out that the Heavenly Rune Gate is really a inherited Heavenly Rune Exercise, but only those who have the five elements can finally practice successfully, for thousands of years, the Heavenly Rune Gate has not had a disciple with all the five elements, and if they fail to learn the essence of the Heavenly Rune Exercise, those extremely high-level runes will not be able to be refined.
People with all the five elements are once in a thousand years, there is no suitable disciple, the people of the Tianfu Gate can only learn its shape for generations, and cannot get its essence, and the talismans it produces are all single attributes, and cannot make high-level talismans without attributes.
After a long time, the Heavenly Rune Exercise has declined, and now no one can practice, and the legendary high-level talisman cannot be refined.
There are no suitable talents, and under the weakness of the inheritance of Tianfu Sect from generation to generation, there are no good disciples, so they have become three or two kittens today.
Just like now, for many years, countless people have come and gone, one is difficult to learn, the second is difficult to advance, there is no way to make money, and the third is that there are not enough resources, so it is more and more impossible to recruit good disciples.
The Tianfu Gate has now fallen to the point of going to Zhongnan Mountain to recruit scattered cultivators, it is really forced by the situation, and if it does not recruit and cultivate disciples, the 10,000-year inheritance will be completely broken.
Compared with some large sects, the talisman of the Tianfu Gate actually has no outstanding points, it is poor, there are no good exercises, and the requirements are very high, so the decline is doomed.
Ye Xing said to Xiao Zong, "I've practiced all the basic runes now, you can teach new things!" ”
Xiao Zong is very optimistic about Ye Xing, and he is looking at Ye Xing's performance this month, but he still asked Ye Xing to draw all the 108 basic runes on a blank paper, which can be regarded as a phased assessment.
Ye Xing was not humble either, on a large piece of white paper, he picked up the brush and flew around, quickly sketched out the 108 basic runes, and below the runes, with extremely fine handwriting, write the name, meaning, and concise description of the runes.
Xiao Zong knew that Ye Xing had learned, but he didn't expect that when he saw Ye Xing's gesture, he already felt a little strange, but he didn't interrupt Ye Xing's movements.
When Ye Xing finished drawing all the 108 basic runes, Xiao Zong's eyes immediately became dull, and his face showed a look of extreme surprise, not how perfect Ye Xing's drawing was, but Ye Xing's drawing was not quite right.
The runes drawn by Ye Xing are not exactly the same as the basic runes, there are many twists and turns in the details, it looks too right, but if you look closely, they are very different.
Xiao Zong immediately called the rest of the sect, he didn't speak, everyone looked at the runes on the white paper, and they were dissatisfied at first, for Ye Xing's hard training for a month was such a level, it was not smooth at all, and he felt very bad, and this new apprentice was probably a waste with no qualifications.
But thinking that Xiao Zong asked them to come over to watch, there must be some reason, and then he looked at it carefully, and found that the details of these runes were really not simple.
The current sect master is also quite old, and he has been drawing talismans for more than sixty years, and the rest of the people are also veterans among them.
In the end, the white-haired old man who summoned Ye Xing, that is, the senior brother, muttered, "It turns out that what we have learned is wrong, for decades, we have not really learned, and the basic runes we practiced are all wrong!" ”
The Sect Master also let out a long sigh and said, "Yes, for decades, we have only been able to get the form, but not the truth!" Ye Ming, what do you think, why do you paint like this? He pointed to the place where the first rune turned.
Ye Xing thought for a while, and then said, "I think so, the rune is to be filled with true qi, and the true qi is stored between the rune ink and the surface of the spirit animal skin, if you make some pauses and strokes at the turning point of the rune, you can reduce the impact of the true qi on the rune ink itself, so that the rune will be more safe and reliable." ”
Everyone clapped their hands and looked at Ye Xing with a smile, and the sect master said happily, "Ye Ming, you are really a genius, yes, with a pause and a reply, the flow of true qi will be smooth, and there is one more point, in this way, you don't have to draw talismans in one go, you will have a better chance of success!" ”
Xiao Zong said happily, "No wonder, when I draw profound and complex runes, it is difficult to do them in one go, it turns out that although the runes are required to be completed in one go, they don't need to be completed in one go, I thought it was because my skills were too shallow, it turned out that there was a problem with the method."
Everyone nodded, very much agreed with what Xiao Zong said, indeed, the runes require agility and smoothness, but there is no regulation, it must be done without stopping, it turns out that he has never really mastered it.
If any rune and brushstroke can be stopped in multiple places, then no matter how deep and complex the rune is, it is possible to draw it in one stroke, and the drawing of the rune itself may not require any advanced skills.
In retrospect, only by filling the true qi and sealing it without leaking is the real difficulty of making talismans, of course, the truly profound runes must be drawn by people with skills, and simple copying is impossible.
Everyone looked at the 108 basic runes drawn by Ye Xing, and they continued to simulate them in their hearts, and Li Yun was directly on the ground, imitating them with branches.
Actually, Ye Xing hasn't said the key point yet, now Ye Xing shows the true qi of the wood attribute, and the drawing method of the runes is the same, if it is the true qi of other attributes, then the details have to be carefully adjusted, just because the true qi of different attributes is very different in terms of fluency requirements.
Moreover, there are also true qi with different attributes, and the rune paper, rune ink, and rune pen needed are actually different, and only the right ones can make high-grade runes.
Therefore, they are all the same runes and different true qi attributes, so the detailed processing requirements are different, and the same attribute, because of the difference in the strength of the true qi, needs to be slightly adjusted in some places.
The reason why Ye Xing didn't say it was because he didn't want others to guess, he had all five elements, that was too amazing, it was not a good thing for him, and it might also be a disaster for Tianfu Gate.
The sect master said, "Ye Ming, you have already passed the test, learn the solid sealing formation with Xiao Zong, stimulate the formation, and conduct the introductory assessment as soon as possible!" ”
Ye Xing nodded, bowed and said, "Thank you, Sect Master!" ”
Ye Xing turned his head to look at Xiao Zong and said with a smile, "Master Xiao, you can start teaching me the formation used for runes tomorrow, I'm a little impatient."
Xiao Zong smiled, "Ye Ming, you must be fine, you will learn it in a few days!" On the contrary, you have to teach how to twist the wrist to maintain the fluidity of the runes, this skill, you must talk about it! ”
Everyone looked at Ye Xing expectantly, and the sect master also said, "Yes, Ye Ming, you can talk about the essentials of your fingers, wrists, arms, and waist when drawing runes, so that everyone can draw difficult runes with one stroke, and there is no need for high skills." ”
Ye Xing nodded, "Okay!" I'm going to show you now, and you're going to take a closer look."