Chapter 64 - The Making of Rune Paper
Lin Yang picked up the jade slip of talisman purchased in the market and studied it carefully, there is really a lot of attention to it, first of all, the selection and production method of rune paper:
The first is the production of ordinary rune paper.
First of all, we must look for several kinds of spirit grasses, they are, star grass, thousand leaf flowers, hundred tongue leaves, etc., these spirit grasses are dried and ground into powder, and after removing the impurities inside, these powders are added to the original pulp of papermaking, so that the paper produced is rune paper.
The second type, after using ready-made materials to cut directly, can also be used as rune paper, such as bilotus leaves, Qianqiu grass, demon spirit trees, etc., among which the leaves of bilotus leaves and Qianqiu grass are relatively wide and flat, as long as these leaves are cut to the size of rune paper, they can be used as rune paper.
The Demon Spirit Tree, on the other hand, uses its bark as rune paper, which is elastic and very thin, about the same thickness as rune paper.
Therefore, after collecting these barks, cutting them into the size of rune paper, and drawing runes on them, the success rate of making runes is actually higher than that of ordinary rune paper.
In addition to the blades of the Spirit Grass and the bark of the Spirit Tree, the skins of most demon beasts can also be cut to the size of rune paper, which can also be used as rune paper.
As long as the runes are drawn on it, the success rate of the rune is also much higher than that of ordinary rune paper.
The third kind, cotton silk rune paper, is cut into the size of rune paper with some cotton cloth and satin, and the blood of the demon beast is evenly soaked on it, and after the blood of the demon beast is dried, it can also be used as rune paper, which is easier to preserve.
In addition to the blood of demon beasts, you can also use materials such as Red Flame Powder, Ice Spirit Gray, and Mikawa Earth to make rune paper with attributes.
The process is very simple, these materials are ground into a fine powder and mixed with water, then soaked in cotton cloth or silk, and after drying, they can also be used as rune paper.
These runes exhibit different properties depending on the material used.
According to the properties of the rune paper, the talisman master can make a more powerful talisman.
For example, the rune paper soaked in red flame powder, this kind of rune paper itself has fire attributes, and this kind of rune paper can be used to make fire-attribute runes, which are at least three percent more powerful than those made of ordinary rune paper.
In the same way, using some cold attribute rune paper, you can also make cold attribute runes.
After Lin Yang read these contents about the rune paper, he was shocked in his heart, the rune paper used in this talisman alone has so much exquisiteness, and the spells in the immortal cultivation world are very complicated, and there are too many things he doesn't understand, which makes Lin Yang sigh again.
Next, the jade slip began to introduce the rune pen, there are also many kinds of rune pen, the rune pen is composed of the pen barrel and the tip of the animal hair, the vast majority of the rune pen barrel is made of a material called light steel wood, this material has the following characteristics:
First, the material is lightweight, making it suitable for drawing runes by hand.
Second, the absorption and transmission of spiritual power is uniform, in the process of drawing runes, the spiritual power can be evenly transmitted to the rune paper through the pen barrel, increasing the success rate of talisman making.
Thirdly, this material has a high hardness, and the master of the talisman will use spiritual power in the process of drawing the talisman, and the high-hardness pen barrel is durable and not easy to damage.
Seeing this, Lin Yang also thought that the pen barrel that Mu Yiping gave him should be made of light steel and wood, and with the hardness of this material, ordinary sharp weapons can't hurt it at all.
As for the animal hair used in the nib, it is generally used to use the animal hair of a demon beast called the golden-tailed fox, which is slender, uniform, and moderately hard, making the process of drawing the talisman more smooth.
The last item to make a talisman is dansha, dansha is the main pigment for drawing talismans, and most talisman masters will use dansha to draw talismans.
The main reason is that dansha is easy to preserve, easy to carry, and inexpensive, and can be sold in almost any market.
In addition to Dansha, there are also some talisman masters who use the blood of demon beasts to draw talismans, which requires a high level of talisman master's talisman making attainments.
Because the blood of different demon beasts contains more or less different spiritual power, and the attributes are also different.
Even if it is the same kind of demon beast, due to the different levels of demon beasts, the spiritual power contained in the blood is also different.
It is difficult for ordinary talisman masters to grasp these details, and they rashly use the blood of demon beasts to make talismans, and the success rate is very low.
Lin Yang took the essentials of these talismans to heart, and then took out the talisman paper, talisman pen, and dansha, and began to make talismans according to the runes described in the talismans.
The first drawing pen paused, and a hole burned out of the paper from where it paused.
In the second one, due to the inconsistent size of the runes drawn, the spiritual power contained in the runes was unbalanced, and the entire rune paper burned.
The third ,......., burned dozens of rune papers, and when the rune was drawn for the last time, this rune paper did not burn, but the entire rune flashed with golden light, and then returned to its original state.
It's done!
Lin Yang was overjoyed in his heart, put down the talisman pen, picked up this talisman and looked at it carefully, every rune on this talisman was exactly the same as the one recorded in the jade slip.
It's really not easy to make a talisman, this is just the simplest kind of talisman.
Lin Yang carefully put this talisman into a jade box, and at the same time sighed in his heart, on the stall selling talismans in the square.
Those talisman masters can draw all kinds of talismans in such a noisy place, and the success rate is very high, which makes Lin Yang have to admire.
Next, Lin Yang breathed for a while, adjusted his body to the best state, picked up the talisman again, and began to draw the talisman.
The runes of the immobilization talisman had been clearly displayed in Lin Yang's sea of divine consciousness, and every stroke and symbol was clearly visible.
As the spiritual power on the fingers was evenly transmitted to the rune pen, the tip of the pen brushed a little bit on the rune paper, like flowing water, and finally the rune paper flashed with golden light, and another fixation talisman was successfully made.
At this time, the black front order trembled, Lin Yang put down the talisman pen, picked up the black front order on the side, and saw a mark displayed on it, this mark should be the venue of this underground auction, and it was only a few hours before the auction began.
Lin Yang sorted out all the rune paper and pen and put them in the storage bag.
He left the cave mansion and, according to Heifeng Ling's instructions, came to the door of an ordinary material store in Yulin Zongfang City, where several guys were busy greeting customers.
It was already evening at the moment, and since these days were the annual auction of Yulin Zongfang City, there were so many monks from all over the world who came here that many shops were open even at night.
After Lin Yang entered the store, a guy came over and didn't talk to Lin Yang, but took Lin Yang directly to the backyard of the store, and then said, "This fellow Daoist is participating in the auction!"
Lin Yang nodded slightly, and handed over the black blade order in his hand.
After checking the Black Peak Order, the guy took the Black Peak Order back, and handed Lin Yang a mask, and then told Lin Yang that he must bring the mask before entering the auction hall, which is the rule of the auction house.
Lin Yang nodded, and put the mask on his head, this mask looked ordinary, but when Lin Yang used his divine sense to probe, he couldn't penetrate the mask, it seemed that this mask had the effect of isolating divine sense.
At this time, the guy took Lin Yang through a corridor and entered a cross-courtyard, where all kinds of flowers and plants were planted, and there was a stone road in the middle, and it didn't take long to come to the end of the stone road, there was a stone pavilion here.
There is a stone table in the middle of the stone pavilion, there are several stone piers around it, behind the stone pavilion is a small pond, a few lotus roots are planted in the pond, a few lotus leaves emerge from the water, and a lotus flower in the middle is budding to be released.
At this time, the man stopped in front of a stone pillar on the stone pavilion and pressed on the stone pillar.
Then there was a sound of "squeak, squeak" stones rubbing, and I saw the stone table in the middle of the stone pavilion move to the side, revealing a passage to come out.
After Lin Yang saw the passage, he hesitated a little, and after the guy saw it, he hurriedly explained with a smile: "Fellow Daoists, please rest assured, this is absolutely safe here, this is an entrance to the auction, there are already many guests in it at the moment, and there will be someone to receive them when they arrive at the auction hall." ”
Lin Yang listened to his man's words and nodded slightly.
At this moment, he had already probed with his divine sense, and there was nothing unusual in the passage.
Lin Yang raised his legs and walked into the passage, this passage meandered down, and the stone walls on both sides of the passage were also inlaid with a lot of moonstones, illuminating the entire passage as if it were day.
Lin Yang walked down the passage for about thirty zhang and came to a stone door, and after pushing the stone door open, there was a spacious hall in front of him.
This hall is supposed to be the venue of this auction, and there is a high platform directly opposite the entrance, which is about two feet high and the size of two houses.
There are rows of stone tables and chairs around the high platform, and there are already many monks sitting at this moment, and according to a rough estimate, there are more than a hundred people.
On the second floor of this hall, there were several small attics, which shimmered with some light, as well as some monks.
Lin Yang walked to a remote corner, found a stone table with no people, pulled over a stone chair, sat on it, and waited for the auction to begin.