Chapter 20: Strength Improvement
Ye Shusheng used seven bottles of elixir to replace the talisman pen called 'Jin Zhu' and the bag of seeds of the Seven Star Grass from the girl's hand. Subsequently, he bought some dansha at other stalls, and rushed back in a hurry, ready to carry out his great business of drawing talismans.
After breaking the forbidden law and entering the small building, Ye Shusheng saw that the bitter monk was still meditating, so he didn't disturb him, went up to the second floor on his own, and returned to the house.
"How about it, have you bought it?" As soon as Ye Shusheng entered the house, Luo Tianhan stood up and asked.
"Well, I didn't expect those pills to be quite useful, in exchange for a good talisman pen. Ye Shusheng grinned and took it out for Luo Tianhan to look at.
"I don't understand it, but it looks good. Luo Tianhan nodded.
"Well, I'll draw the talisman first. Saying that, Ye Shusheng put the rune paper and dansha on the table separately, took the golden pen, and began to devote himself to the production of the "Fixing Talisman".
The talisman is also the first talisman that Ye Shusheng learned, so he is also the most proficient.
According to the talisman making method mentioned in the Concentration Technique, he slowly injected the spiritual power on his body into the pen shaft through the right hand holding the pen, and then dipped a little dansha on the tip of the pen to draw a talisman on a piece of talisman paper.
A quarter of an hour later, Ye Shusheng straightened up with joy on his face, stretched his somewhat sore waist, and looked at the silver spirit rune on the table, and couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
Judging from the appearance, this spirit rune looks pretty good, although the aura contained on it is a little lighter, but in any case, it is much stronger than the fake and shoddy goods he made when he practiced before. After all, those exercise items are only similar in appearance, and they don't contain any spiritual power at all.
Ye Shusheng took the newly baked spirit rune and watched excitedly, Luo Tianhan looked at Ye Shusheng's appearance, and also happily teased him.
He was just about to speak, but the spiritual power on the paper talisman suddenly became disordered, and there were signs of a violent uprising.
Ye Shusheng was startled, and hurriedly threw out this talisman without thinking.
With a "thud", the fixed rune spontaneously ignited in the air for no reason, turning into a ball of fire, burning completely.
Ye Shusheng stared blankly at the air, speechless! After a while, he sighed, it seems that this talisman has failed.
"There's no rush, let's take our time. Luo Tianhan looked at Ye Shusheng and comforted him.
Ye Shusheng nodded, although he was a little frustrated, but his confidence was not lost, after all, he felt that the talisman just now was very close to success, and he believed that if he worked hard and made it a few more times, he would definitely succeed below.
In this way, in the next half a day, Ye Shusheng made one after another Divine Fixing Runes, but he also failed again and again.
Those spirit runes made either burned by themselves, or they would suddenly explode, and some simply finished drawing, and the entire spirit rune quickly disappeared with spiritual power, becoming a piece of waste paper.
When Ye Shusheng looked at the last just-finished paper talisman, he also "snapped", and after the explosion of powder and bones, he, who had always been calm, couldn't help it anymore, and couldn't help but feel depressed and said,
"This, this is too much to memorize, a dozen of twelve rune papers, how can it be successful once. This is just a primary-level talisman! Could it be that I didn't choose the right day today?"
"Well, drawing talismans is not an easy task in itself, don't be discouraged, I'm sure you'll succeed. Luo Tianhan smiled and took Ye Shusheng's arm and comforted.
Ye Shusheng looked at Luo Tianhan, and she was the only one who believed in herself.
"I'm going to keep it up. After speaking, Ye Shusheng thought about it, and glanced sideways at the only small half of the Dansha box on the table, as well as the golden pen, and felt that the reason was not this. Because his spiritual power was injected into this pen very smoothly, and the Dansha was also aura as soon as it was drawn on the rune paper, not like a fake.
Ye Shusheng, who couldn't think of a reason for a while, thought for a while, and decided to ask the bitter monk to see if he could solve his doubts. At this time, Ye Shusheng felt that on the road of cultivating immortals, it was really important to have someone like a teacher to give guidance, and he had some thoughts of apprenticeship in his heart.
"You wait for me here, I'll go down and ask the little monk if he knows the reason. Ye Shusheng left the room after speaking.
After listening to Ye Shusheng's complaint about the failure of drawing talismans, the bitter monk stared at him with an unusually strange gaze, as if a beautiful little white flower suddenly bloomed on Ye Shusheng's face.
When Ye Shusheng saw the monk like this, he was also a little furious in his heart, and he didn't know what was wrong with what he just said, so he let the other party stare at him like this.
"I'm afraid Master Ye Shi doesn't know much about talisman making!" the bitter monk finally spoke.
"Master Ku is right, this is the first time to make talismans. Ye Shusheng honestly admitted.
"Among our immortal cultivators, in fact, there are not many people who can make talismans in person, and if there is any spirit talisman that is needed, they will generally go to the trading venues in various places to buy it. It's the same even for those in large families. ”
"Why?" Ye Shusheng was surprised.
"It's very simple, there are too few experienced full-time talisman makers, and the cost of cultivating a qualified talisman is too great, only those great sects that cultivate immortals have the strength to cultivate. The bitter monk said with a smile.
"Master Ye Shi feels that he has failed more than a dozen times in a row, which is very cowardly, right?" asked the bitter monk.
"Yes, the material money alone is enough for me to buy a few ready-made Tranquility Runes!" Ye Shusheng said with annoyance.
"But, does the donor know? It's normal for a novice who wants to learn talisman making at the beginning to fail hundreds of times in succession. It is not uncommon for you to meet someone with poor qualifications, even if you continue to fail hundreds of times! Only after making a thousand talismans can the success rate gradually increase, and this only refers to the drawing of the same kind of spirit rune.
"If you change to another kind of talisman, although you can't say that you are still a novice, the failure rate at the beginning is still amazingly high, which is breathtaking. Therefore, it is impossible for a qualified talisman maker to be cultivated without tens of thousands of talisman making exercises. But Ye Shi thinks about it, how many people can bear this kind of material loss?"
"Don't talk about the Immortal Cultivation Family, even the talisman makers trained by the Immortal Cultivation Sect can only make achievements in the primary talisman, if they want to practice the production of intermediate talismans, I'm afraid those big factions will also go bankrupt and can't afford it. After all, the more high-level talismans, the more expensive the talisman-making materials used. ”
The call made the bitter monk stunned. Co-authoring is not to memorize it yourself, but it is because you can't get your own skills at home.
"Then how come there are still people selling dansha and rune paper on the stalls!" Ye Shusheng thought about it for a while, and felt that something was wrong.
"Hehe! Those dansha and rune paper are sold to people who cultivate runes. The bitter monk said with a smile.
"Talismans?" Ye Shusheng was puzzled.
"It's just like the Tranquility technique you have learned, you must use a pre-drawn talisman before it can take effect! The spirit runes used in talismans cannot be simply stimulated with spiritual power, and a certain amount of chanting spells is also required, but it is generally not complicated, and it is easy to get started. ”
"Because the same kind of talisman is often used, these people think it's not cost-effective to buy it. So like the donor, I went to practice the drawing of the talisman by myself, because the variety is relatively single, and although the cost is not small, it can finally afford it. Therefore, if the donor really wants to practice the magic of fixing, in the long run, it is best to make his own talismans, but if he does not use this technique often, he should spend a little money and simply buy a few talismans for backup. The bitter monk preached carefully, and finally gave Ye Shusheng some suggestions.
"Thank you Master Ku for your advice!" Ye Shusheng stood up straight, and then bowed very sincerely.
"The donor is very polite!" the bitter monk hurriedly replied.
"This little monk is very talkative, if there are any difficult things in the future, you might as well continue to consult him. On the way back to the house, Ye Shusheng thought secretly.
It's impossible to practice talisman making now! Let's take the time to buy a few fiery runes in the future!
The moment Ye Shusheng pushed open the door of the house, he had already thought about the future arrangements in his mind.
"How?" Luo Tianhan asked.
"It's not me who carries it, but..." Ye Shusheng told Luo Tianhan what the bitter monk said to him, and Luo Tianhan was also depressed after hearing it.
"So what's next for us?"
"To be on the safe side, I'm going to practice those newly learned spells. ”
"Hmm. ”
In this way, Ye Shusheng meditated and practiced during the day in the days to come, accompanied by Luo Tianhan. At night, he took Luo Tianhan to a deserted place in the valley to practice several newly learned spells.
The reason why Ye Shusheng got the "Qingyun Decision" in exchange for that is the most important thing is to see how the exercises here are, after all, he only has the Qingyun Decision, which is easier in comparison. After comparative analysis, it was found that there were slight differences, but the difference was not significant.
During this period, he tried to take a Tsukidan, anyway, he had seven or eight in his hand, and he was not afraid of wasting it.
After more than ten days of hard cultivation, Ye Shusheng finally broke through to the ninth layer of qi refining in the last few days before the end of the Lingshan Meeting, which was still with the help of Zhuji Dan. It can be seen how difficult it is for Ye Shusheng to improve his strength. Fortunately, he has a lot of Tsukidan enough for him to squander, otherwise I am afraid that it will be hopeless to build a foundation in this life, unless there is some big opportunity.
Ye Shusheng advanced to the ninth layer of qi refining, which made Wu Jiu and the others stunned, and Qingsong Daoist even called Ye Shusheng a genius in scattered cultivation!