Chapter Seventy-Seven: Writing Like a God
Hong Jun walked between the mountains satisfied, he had successfully completed the transaction with that talisman cultivator, five talismans of various types, four jars of cinnabar spiritual liquid, and twenty stacks of blank talisman paper were all hidden in the Qinglian Treasure Book. Of the five talismans, Hong Jun chose two flying talismans, one Dunjia talisman, one immobilization talisman and one doom-solving spirit talisman, plus the spiritual liquid spirit talisman, with a total value of about one hundred and fifty spirit stones.
In addition, there is also that volume of "Elementary Rune Collection", which is even more valuable than these rune elixirs.
Hong Jun learned the name of Fu Xiu from the Fu Ji Collection, called Luo Qinghong, who came from the south of Xuanzhou as a loose cultivator, and studied the way of Fu Zheng all his life, and had a good reputation in the southern scattered cultivation world.
All in all, Hong Jun exchanged the drawing method of an intermediate talisman for so many things, which can be said to be a sure profit, because the intermediate talisman is worthless to him at the moment, but from Luo Qinghong's point of view, this sale did not suffer a loss, and both sides took what they needed and gained something.
Next, Hong Jun bought a talisman pen at the price of thirty spirit stones in a sect Dao Pavilion, and Zhao Jingcheng also had one at the beginning, but he left it and a stack of blank talismans to his mother. The talisman pen sold in this Dao Pavilion can be seen as a standard product at a glance, but the quality is also good, better than Zhao Jingcheng's rod.
"Hey, there are people here who sell spell books?" Just as Hong Jun was about to leave the puja, he saw a lonely stall under a tree on the side of the road, and the stall was full of all kinds of books, but no one cared about it.
The stall owner is an elderly monk, I don't know how many years old, gray hair, wrinkles on his face, but his cultivation is only the second layer of qi refining, sitting behind the stall and drowsy, looking like this, he has half a foot in the coffin, obviously not far from sitting. Hong Jun became interested, stepped forward and glanced twice, and found that the books on the stall were all simple entry-level content, such as "Lingjianlu" that he had just read not long ago, as well as "Introduction to Alchemy", "Xuanzhou Eight Hundred Wonders", "Elementary Rune Painting", "Array Essentials", "Elementary Spell Tricks" and so on......
In addition to these, there are many books that have nothing to do with cultivation, such as "The Complete Works of Demon Beasts" that introduces demon birds and beasts, "Seven Continents and Four Seas Map" that I don't know if it's true or false, "The Legend of the Eight Great Scattered Immortals" that talks about the top big people in Xuanzhou, and "Yin Zhenren's Travels" that exists, and "Theory of Life" by Xuan Zhi and Xuan, as soon as you look at the title of the book, you can know that the content of the book is bizarre and strange, and its credibility is debatable.
Probably only monks who have just entered the cultivation realm and don't know anything will buy these books, and the business of the stall is not good, and the reason can be imagined.
However, Hong Jun also needs these things, books are the best way to obtain knowledge, he casually picked up a copy of "Elementary Spell Tips" and opened it a few times, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised, this book lists more than ten common primary spells, all of which he has not mastered.
For example, the sound transmission technique, the telekinesis technique, the ghost spell, the rain spirit spell, these primary spells are almost everyone in the cultivation world, just like the ability of everyone in the mortal world to eat and drink, but Hong Jun is from a casual cultivation background, and Cangli Zhenren does not want to teach more, if it is not for the unintentional encounter with this stall today, I don't know how long it will be delayed.
"Fellow Daoist, I want all these books, and give me a copy for each one that is different. ”
Hong Jun's words woke up the old stall owner, his whole body trembled, he raised his head tremblingly, looked at Hong Jun with cloudy eyes, and finally understood that there was business coming to the door, the old man squeezed out a trace of joy, and hurriedly said: "Fellow Daoist, wait a minute, I'll prepare it for you." ”
The old monk was in a hurry for a while, sorted out dozens of books and stacked them together, pushed them in front of Hong Jun, and said earnestly: "Fellow Daoist, there are a total of thirty-five Taoist books here, each with a spirit stone, and thirty-five spirit stones will be inherited. He looked at Hong Jun with a blank eye, he couldn't sell a book for a few days on weekdays, and he had been coming to the festival for more than a year, and the spirit stones he earned could be counted on two hands, and it was rare to have such a big business sent to the door, it was like a spirit stone falling from the sky.
Hong Jun shook his head secretly, this old monk wanted to slaughter himself as a wronged man, a book made of ordinary paper actually cost a spirit stone, even if the content recorded in the book was a little useful, it would not be so expensive. If it were someone else, he would have been furious and began to bargain, but in Hong Jun's eyes, knowledge is a priceless treasure, and he is not short of spirit stones now, so he suddenly felt a little compassion for this old monk, so he didn't want to say more, and directly took out thirty-five spirit stones and handed them over.
The old monk was overjoyed, but he didn't expect Hong Jun to accept this price, and immediately collected the spirit stone and hid it at a speed that did not match his weak appearance, for fear that Hong Jun would regret it, and said again and again: "Thank you for this fellow Daoist, I am grateful." ”
As he spoke, he cautiously looked around, and was relieved to see that no other monks nearby had noticed the situation in the stall.
This attitude made Hong Jun sigh with emotion, but when the monk's life was approaching, he was not much different from ordinary old men, and he hoped that he would not end up like this in the future. He put away the books, said his farewell to the old monk, and left.
Back at the Jiang Family's Mansion, Hong Jun locked himself in the room, took out the talisman pen, cinnabar spiritual liquid, and blank talisman paper, and placed them on the desk one by one.
After calming down for a moment and dispelling distracting thoughts, Hong Jun adjusted his mind to the fullest state, and then picked up the talisman pen.
This rune pen is a foot long, the pen shaft is made of a black and purple metal, it is hollow inside, the whole is heavy, the tip of the pen is pure white color, I don't know what demon beast to take it from, light and soft, rigid and soft, after absorbing the cinnabar spirit liquid, covered with a faint red glow.
In fact, this rune pen itself is also a magic weapon, but there is only one layer of prohibition inside, and the material is relatively simple, so it can't be sold at a high price like a real magic weapon. In the Taoist pavilions of various sects, there are generally better talismans for sale, which have excellent functions, not only can be used to draw talismans, but also can be used for talisman fighting, which is already a real magic weapon, and the price is several percent higher than that of ordinary magic weapons.
Every rune cultivator who is proficient in the way of talismans has a good talisman pen, but for Hong Jun, he can't use such a good talisman pen, so he won't waste those spirit stones.
When drawing the talisman, the posture of holding the pen is also exquisite, Hong Jun holds the talisman pen with the most commonly used "five-finger pen method", the arm hangs the elbow, the body is naturally relaxed, and the mana is injected into the talisman pen.
Hong Jun didn't have a lot of ambition when he drew the talisman for the first time, so he chose the simplest flame talisman to start with.
It's easy to say, but it's not easy to draw a flame burst charm. The most test of drawing talismans is the patience of the monks, when the pen can not be disturbed by a trace, mana and spiritual fluid should be evenly drawn on the rune paper, one more point is not good, one less point is not good, it needs to be just right, no more, no less, to the point of the most meticulous and nuanced, the quality of the rune depiction directly affects the power of the rune. If there is a slight shake of the hand, or if the qi machine pauses slightly to stop the mana output, the talisman will be invalid.
When the monk first learns to draw talismans, the success rate is very low, and he may not be able to draw a talisman well dozens of times, so he can only rely on the practice again and again to accumulate experience, and be proficient in the heart, so that the success rate of drawing talismans gradually increases, as long as the success rate reaches one-tenth, he will not lose money. After that, for every 10% increase in the success rate, it is equivalent to a 10% increase in the profit of drawing symbols.
But these difficulties are not very challenging for Hong Jun.
He has the help of a light brain, and has simulated the process of drawing thousands of times in his brain in advance, perfectly controlling every movement of his body, and every stroke is accurate to the micron level, just like an emotionless machine, without distractions, in one go, in just a dozen breaths, the palm-sized rune paper has been painted with red runes.
Lifting the pen and stopping, the mana fell back into the dantian, Hong Jun exhaled, the red light on the rune paper gradually converged, and the mana fluctuation became very faint, he nodded slightly, and said secretly: "This flame explosion talisman is completed." ”
If a monk saw the scene of Hong Jun's drawing, he would definitely be shocked and pale, because there was actually someone in this world who could draw a talisman for the first time and succeeded! That is to say, the success rate of Hong Jun's drawing talisman reached 100 percent, and with this hand alone, he could make a steady profit without losing money by selling the talisman, and the wealth was rolling innumerable.
Picking up his masterpiece and admiring it a few times, Hong Jun felt that he couldn't find a flaw, and he was very satisfied, he didn't need to try it to know that the power of this flame burst talisman must have reached the limit, and it was by no means comparable to the flame burst talisman drawn by other monks, compared to the flame burst talisman drawn by Zhao Jingcheng before, it was simply a shoddy and inferior product.
And the flame burst charm painted by Hong Jun is perfect, like a work of art!
If it is sold, anyone with a little eyesight can see that the quality of Hong Jun's talisman is excellent, and it will definitely cause a sensation. However, Hong Jun didn't plan to sell the talismans, he just wanted to keep them for himself, and it would be too stupid to expose his peculiar talisman drawing skills for a little unsightly spirit stone.
Hong Jun carefully probed the dantian qi sea, this Flame Burst Talisman consumed about half of his mana, which was not much, if all the mana was used to draw the Flame Burst Talisman, he could draw up to twenty pieces at a time.
Next, Hong Jun drew a few more flame bursting talismans, and then switched to drawing other talismans. Since Hong Jun practiced the Fire Dao Method, when he drew the fire talisman, the power increased even more, but the power of the talismans with different attributes or mutual restraint decreased somewhat, such as the ice arrow talisman, and the difficulty of drawing it also increased.
However, this is not a big problem, with Hong Jun's perfect talisman drawing technique, even if the power has decreased, it is not much different from the talismans of other monks, at most, it consumes a little more mana when drawing talismans.
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