Chapter 1177: Talisman Making, Seclusion, and Unexpected Gains
"Fox, the task of taking care of this Xunmu tree will be left to you from now on." Chen Xuan said with a smile.
"Master, rest assured, Fox will take good care of it."
"Ok!"
Chen Xuan agreed and disappeared immediately.
When he appeared again, he was already on the first floor of the Immortal Beast Tower.
After finding a place to sit down, Chen Xuan carefully arranged his next training plan.
"The cultivation of the sword has already begun. However, according to the requirements of the Five Elements Beast Taming Sword Technique, it will take at least a thousand years to cultivate the sword."
"The speed of time in the Immortal Beast Tower is extremely fast. I have lived in Blood Spider City for a hundred years, and the time in the Immortal Beast Tower should be a thousand years."
"So, the requirement of growing swords for a thousand years is no pressure at all for me."
"Now, my cultivation has been completely stabilized. In this case, I also need to set aside a certain amount of time every day to start refining pills and improve my realm."
"In addition, the practice of the Eight-stage Body Refining Technique and the comprehension of the Spirit Talisman Sutra must also be put on the agenda."
"The practice of the Eighth Stage Body Training Technique is no longer difficult for me. However, the comprehension of the Spirit Talisman Sutra is quite troublesome."
"I don't know much about talisman making. Now, after dabbling in the art of talismans, I must start from the beginning."
"If I were to learn on my own, I would have to buy some basic books on refining talismans and use them as references with the Treasure Scripture of the Spiritual Talisman."
"In addition, we also need to prepare some monster blood, cinnabar, animal skins, talisman paper, cinnabar pens, etc. for refining talismans."
After Chen Xuan carefully arranged his next training plan, he left the Fairy Beast Tower space.
When he appeared again, Chen Xuan was already in a shop specializing in selling talismans.
Chen Xuan spent a thousand top-grade spirit stones to buy a large amount of talisman paper, cinnabar, monster blood and other basic materials for refining talismans.
It is enough for Chen Xuan to use for many years.
As for the basic classics on making talismans, Chen Xuan had not forgotten them.
I bought hundreds of volumes at once, planning to take them home and study them carefully.
After everything was settled, Chen Xuan returned to the space of the Fairy Beast Tower again.
Wow!
Chen Xuan flipped his palm, and a palm-sized jade slip suddenly appeared in his hand.
Soon, Chen Xuan put the jade slip on his forehead.
A golden light gushed out from the jade slip and quickly fell into Chen Xuan's forehead.
In Chen Xuan's mind, a complete book on refining talismans suddenly appeared.
"To refine a tome, you must start by learning the basic runes."
"For example, if you want to refine an ice cone rune, you must first learn to recognize ice runes, and then try to write these runes on the rune paper while injecting spiritual power and using cinnabar."
"When writing the talisman, it must be done in one go without any pause in between."
……
After Chen Xuan finished reading the classics carefully, he couldn't help but frown.
"I never thought that refining a talisman would be so troublesome. Now, I don't even recognize a single rune."
Chen Xuan smiled bitterly.
At this moment, he finally understood why the talismans made by those powerful talisman masters could be sold at such high prices.
But Chen Xuan didn't give up.
Seize the time and continue to comprehend other classics.
A year later, Chen Xuan had memorized all the basic books he had bought, and then he began to learn some systematic talismans and runes.
"There are all kinds of strange and bizarre talismans and runes, but there are traces to follow. They can be roughly divided into five types: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and ice."
"It's simple if you look at it that way. But each rune has thousands or even tens of thousands of different forms."
"As a spiritual rune master, you must be familiar with these runes."
"This... is really difficult."
Chen Xuan was filled with emotion.
I always feel that I chose to learn talismans because I was tempted by the talisman book.
If he had not been greedy for the terrifying power of the three talismans in the Talisman Sutra, he would not have suffered so much.
After some complaints, Chen Xuan still did not give up.
Study each rune carefully, one by one.
Just wait for yourself to finish casting a rune before starting to learn the next rune.
This method may seem stupid, but it is solid and reliable.
There were almost no runes that Chen Xuan could not write or did not recognize after he had studied them carefully.
Moreover, knowing runes is the basis for becoming a spiritual rune master.
Chen Xuan naturally would not be careless.
In this way, after Chen Xuan spent ten years in the Immortal Beast Tower, he finally learned all eight types of runes.
call!
Chen Xuan let out a long breath.
The whole person is full of energy.
"I have spent the past ten years laying the foundation. My understanding of the Dao of Talismans and the talisman-making process has reached the entry level."
"Next, I can try to refine some simple talismans."
Chen Xuan smiled with satisfaction.
With a casual flick of his hand in the air, a piece of talisman paper and a cinnabar pen suddenly appeared in front of Chen Xuan.
Taking this opportunity, Chen Xuan had another thought, and the cinnabar pen, under the control of his mind, flew rapidly on the talisman paper.
He wrote down the first ice rune in one breath, and when he looked at the talisman he had made with great anticipation, the yellowed talisman paper suddenly burned to ashes.
"This……"
Chen Xuan was stunned.
With a casual move, Chen Xuan grabbed the talisman that had burned to ashes in his hand.
hum!
His divine sense fell on it and he examined it carefully.
After a long time, Chen Xuan smiled bitterly.
"Refining a talisman really does not allow for any carelessness. At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with the ice cone rune I wrote. However, when I was writing it, I kept it on the talisman paper for a long time. That's why the talisman paper was burned to ashes."
After Chen Xuan carefully summed up his experience of failure, he started to work again.
Wow!
The cinnabar pen flew on the talisman paper and the work was done in one go.
However, the moment the cinnabar pen left the talisman paper, the second talisman was burned to ashes again.
Chen Xuan frowned slightly, carefully looking for the root cause of the failure, and after focusing on improvements, he continued to try to refine the talisman.
Next, Chen Xuan's process of refining the talisman is:
failure!
failure!
failure!
failure!
……
It was unknown how many times Chen Xuan tried. Even when he felt bored, a complete ice cone talisman appeared in front of Chen Xuan.
Although!
This ice cone talisman is just the lowest level ice cone talisman.
This is of great significance to Chen Xuan.
"Haha, after consuming so much talisman paper, I finally refined a talisman. It's really not easy."
Chen Xuan cried with joy.
Ever since he embarked on the path of cultivating immortals, he had never felt that accomplishing anything was as difficult as refining talismans.
After failure after failure, there will be failure after failure.
But after every failure, Chen Xuan never gave up.
It is his repeated persistence that has led to his current success.
What surprised Chen Xuan even more was that when he suffered failure again and again, his state of mind was also tempered time and time again.
It made his state of mind become calmer than before.
"Haha, the repeated failures in refining the talisman actually tempered my state of mind. This is really an unexpected gain."
Chen Xuan was extremely happy.
After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, the tempering of one's state of mind and the improvement of one's cultivation are equally important.
If the state of mind cannot keep up with the improvement of cultivation, it is easy for the cultivator to go astray during practice.
By then, at best one will be seriously injured, at worst one will be taken advantage of by the inner demon and die completely.
With the magic power of the mind accumulated during this period, Chen Xuan can practice without restraint in the following period of time.
"After my mind is calm, I can practice without any worries. I don't have to worry about my unstable foundation."
"Next, I also need to refine some pills for myself to improve my cultivation. As for refining talismans, I can't fall behind."
"Now, my talisman-making skills have finally reached the entry level. I just need to accumulate experience over the years to steadily improve my talisman-making skills."
"As for when we can create powerful talismans like the Three Great Talismans, it will probably take a long time."
Chen Xuan sighed and took this opportunity to make several talismans in succession.
What surprised Chen Xuan was that at this moment he seemed to have completely figured out how to make talismans.
Make a talisman and you will succeed.
Chen Xuan just made more than ten talismans in one breath, and only stopped after he had satisfied his craving.
"I can make the Ice Cone Talisman easily. Next, I should try other talismans."
Chen Xuan muttered softly and began to try to make the fireball talisman again.
What made Chen Xuan depressed was that what followed was another series of failures.
……
Ten days later, Chen Xuan finally succeeded in making a low-grade fireball talisman.
Half a year later, Chen Xuan was able to make mid-grade talismans.
Three years later, Chen Xuan could make top-grade fireball talismans.
During these three years, the Lingfu Cottage managed by Chen Que also became famous.
It even became a place frequented by countless cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage and even the Foundation Establishment Stage.
These cultivators with lower cultivation bases have very limited means of attack and defense because of their low realms.
It is for this reason that the vast majority of immortal cultivators choose to use talismans as a means of preserving their lives.
The talismans sold in Chen Xuan's Talisman House are not only of guaranteed quality, but also extremely powerful.
The only drawback is that whether the talismans in the Talisman House are available depends entirely on luck.
Even so, Lingfu Cottage's business is much better than before.
This allowed Chen Xuan to inadvertently earn a lot of spirit stones.
……
In a blink of an eye, Chen Xuan had stayed in Blood Spider City for a full fifty years.
During this period, Chen Xuan spent most of his time studying the Tianfu Baojing.
Because of this, his skill in making talismans is getting better day by day.
In fact, three days ago, Chen Xuan was able to successfully make a top-grade fireball talisman.
This level of talisman is not very powerful against ordinary cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage.
However, if the number is huge, it can also be effective when used to attack strong people in the Nascent Soul Stage.
Anyway, Chen Xuan had nothing to do, so he just made a few hundred top-grade fireball talismans. He stopped only after he had used up all the materials for making talismans.
"Haha, with these talismans, I won't have to rush around when facing ordinary enemies in the future."
Chen Xuan looked at the hundreds of top-quality fireball talismans in front of him and immediately smiled with satisfaction.
With Chen Xuan's current level of talisman making, it is not difficult to make a top-grade talisman.
The reason why Chen Xuan made the top-grade fireball talisman was because, when making the top-grade spiritual talisman, the cultivator must first learn the top-grade magic spell.
Over the years, Chen Xuan has only made some progress in fireball techniques.
That is why he could only choose the fireball talisman as the top-grade talisman he refined.
"When I have time in the future, I will also learn all the five elements' ultimate spells. In this way, I can make talismans of the five elements without restrictions."
Chen Xuan looked expectant.
After putting away the fireball talisman in his hand, he took out a pill and hurried to refine it.
Over the years, Chen Xuan spent most of his time making talismans, but he also did not neglect his cultivation.
It is also because of this that, although Chen Xuan’s realm has not improved much, his foundation in the early stage of refining emptiness has been laid very solidly.
Two hours later, Chen Xuan finally completed today's training.
At this moment, he suddenly stood up, and his figure disappeared quickly.
When he appeared again, he was already in the wood-attributed mimicry space.
At this moment, Hu'er was looking after Xunmu, the sword-planting plant for Chen Xuan.
The Jianmu tree, which was originally as thick as a bowl, has successfully grown to a thickness of three feet during this period of time.
Half of the 108 ancient dragon-subduing swords have been completely fused together.
"These fifty years have not been wasted. However, if we count the time in the Immortal Beast Tower, this ancient Xunmu tree has been growing for five hundred years, right?"
Chen Xuan sighed lightly, gave Fox a few words, and then disappeared quickly again.
Soon, Chen Xuan appeared in the golden mimicry space.
Wow!
His spiritual thoughts spread rapidly, sweeping through the swarm of gold-eating insects. For some reason, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face that was difficult to conceal.
"This... is it possible that I am dazzled?"