Chapter 138

Han Li, overjoyed, walked on the way back to the pavilion, clutching the wooden box containing the "Jin Zhu Brush." Net

He used three bottles of "Yellow Dragon Pills" and four bottles of "Gold Marrow Pills" to exchange for this treasure and the bag of Seven-Star Grass seeds from the girl. Afterward, he bought some cinnabar at other stalls and rushed back, preparing to start his talisman-drawing career.

After breaking the barrier and entering the small building, Han Li saw the little monk still meditating, so he didn't disturb him and went up to the second floor, returning to his room.

Placing the talisman paper and cinnabar on the table, Han Li took out the Jin Zhu Brush and began to devote himself to the production of the "Spirit-Fixing Talisman."

Following the talisman-making method described in the Spirit-Fixing Technique, he slowly injected the spiritual power from his body through his right hand holding the brush, then dipped the tip of the brush into some cinnabar, and began to draw the talisman incantation on the talisman paper.

A quarter of an hour later, Han Li stood up with a look of joy, stretched his sore waist, and looked at the silver-glittering spirit talisman on the table, feeling overjoyed.

From the appearance, this spirit talisman was exactly the same as the one used by Doctor Mo, and although the spiritual energy contained in it was a bit faint, in any case, it was much stronger than the inferior goods Han Li had made when practicing before. After all, those practice pieces only looked like it on the outside and didn't contain any spiritual power at all.

Han Li held the freshly baked spirit talisman, observing it excitedly, and after being satisfied, he prepared to try the Spirit-Fixing Technique. Who knew that before he could cast the spell, the spiritual energy on the paper talisman suddenly became chaotic, showing signs of erupting.

Han Li was startled and threw the talisman away without thinking.

With a "puchi" sound, the Spirit-Fixing Talisman spontaneously ignited in the air, turning into a fireball and burning to ashes.

Han Li stared blankly at the air, speechless! After a long while, he sighed; it seemed this talisman had failed again.

Han Li was slightly dejected, but his confidence was not lost; he felt that the talisman just now was very close to success, and he believed that if he worked harder and made a few more, he would definitely succeed next time.

Just like that, in the next half day, Han Li made one Spirit-Fixing Talisman after another, but failed continuously, one after another.

Those spirit talismans either ignited themselves, suddenly exploded, or the spiritual energy disappeared rapidly as soon as they were drawn, becoming waste paper.

When Han Li watched the last freshly completed paper talisman also explode into pieces with a "pa" sound, he, who was always calm, couldn't help it anymore, looked up at the ceiling, and suddenly opened his mouth to curse:

"Damn heaven, you're playing with me! Twelve sheets of talisman paper in a stack, I should have succeeded once. This is just a low-tier beginner Spirit-Fixing Talisman! Could it be that today is not the right day?"

After these words were spoken, Han Li felt much lighter in his heart, and his mood became more relaxed.

After that, he tilted his head and thought about it, glanced at the small amount of cinnabar left in the box on the table, as well as the Jin Zhu Brush, and felt that the reason was not there. Because he injected spiritual power into the brush handle very smoothly, and the cinnabar was also full of spiritual energy once drawn on the talisman paper; it didn't look like a fake.

Han Li, who couldn't think of the reason for a while, pondered for a moment and decided to ask the little monk to see if he could solve his confusion. Only then did Han Li feel that on the road of cultivation, having a senior to give guidance was truly too important, and he was quite moved to take a master.

After listening to Han Li's complaints about failing to draw talismans, the little monk stared at him with an extremely strange look, as if a beautiful little white flower had suddenly bloomed on Han Li's face.

Seeing the monk staring at him like this, Han Li also felt a bit hairy in his heart, not knowing what was wrong with what he had just said to make the other party stare at him like this.

"Benefactor Han seems to know very little about talisman making!" The little monk finally spoke.

"Master Kusang is right, this is my first time making talismans." Han Li admitted honestly.

"Among us cultivators, actually not many people will make talismans themselves; if they need any spirit talismans, they generally go to trading places everywhere to exchange and buy them. Even people from those big families are the same."

"Why?" Han Li was surprised.

"Very simple, there are too few experienced professional talisman makers, and the cost of cultivating a qualified talisman maker is too high; only those major cultivation sects have the strength to cultivate them." The monk said with a smile.

"Benefactor feels that failing more than ten times in a row is very humiliating, right?" The monk asked.

"Yes, the material cost is enough for me to buy several ready-made Spirit-Fixing Talismans!" Han Li said annoyedly.

"However, does the benefactor know? Newcomers who want to learn talisman making are normal to fail more than a hundred times in a row. If you encounter someone with poor aptitude, it's not strange to fail hundreds of times in a row! Only after thousands of times of talisman-making practice will the success rate possibly increase gradually, and this only refers to the drawing of the same kind of spirit talisman. If you change to another kind of talisman, although you can't say you are a novice, the initial failure rate is still shockingly high, which is breathtaking. So a qualified talisman maker cannot be cultivated without tens of thousands of times of talisman-making practice. But think about it, Benefactor, how many people can afford such material consumption? Not to mention cultivation families, even the talisman makers cultivated by major cultivation sects can only achieve something in primary talisman making; if you let them practice the production of intermediate talismans, I'm afraid those major sects would also be bankrupted and unable to afford it. After all, the higher the level of the talisman, the more expensive the talisman-making materials are."

The words spoken by the monk left Han Li dumbfounded.

"Then why are there still people selling cinnabar and talisman paper at the stalls!" Han Li thought about it and felt something was wrong.

"Hehe! Those cinnabar and talisman paper are sold to people who practice talisman techniques." The little monk said with a smile.

"Talisman techniques?" Han Li was confused.

"It's the same as the Spirit-Fixing Technique practiced by the benefactor, which must use a spirit talisman drawn in advance to take effect! Unlike those spirit talismans that store spells in talisman paper to make it convenient for people to use. Talisman techniques use spirit talismans that cannot be simply activated by spiritual power; they also require certain incantations and spell casting to take effect, but generally, they are not complicated and are easy to get started with."

"Because talisman techniques often require the use of the same kind of spirit talisman, these people feel that buying them is too uneconomical. So they, like the benefactor, practice the drawing of spirit talismans themselves. Because the varieties are relatively single, although the cost is not small, it can still be borne. So if the benefactor really wants to practice the Spirit-Fixing Technique, from a long-term perspective, making spirit talismans yourself is the best, but if you don't use this technique often, it's better to spend a little money and simply buy a few Spirit-Fixing Talismans for backup." The little monk explained in detail and finally gave Han Li some suggestions.

"Thank you for your guidance, Master Kusang!" Han Li bowed deeply with great sincerity.

"Benefactor, you are too polite!" The monk returned the bow.

"This little monk is actually very easy to talk to; if there are any difficulties in the future, it wouldn't be bad to continue to ask him for advice." Han Li thought secretly on the way back to the room.

It's impossible to practice talisman making specifically now! I'd better find time to buy a few Spirit-Fixing Talismans for backup! It's just that the Everlasting Technique has long been at the peak of the eighth layer, and now that I have the incantations for the later layers, it seems it's time to break through the bottleneck and enter the ninth layer. In addition, I should practice the few new spells I learned, mastering them early can also increase my strength."

The moment Han Li pushed open the door, he had already planned his future arrangements in his mind.

Just like that, in the days that followed, Han Li ate medicine in large quantities during the day, meditated and practiced the Everlasting Technique. At night, he ran to a place in the valley where no one was around and practiced the few new spells he had learned.

They were "Quicksand Technique," "Freezing Technique," "Ascension Technique," "Entanglement Technique," "Sound Transmission Technique," "Concealment Technique," "Spark Technique," and the most difficult "Earth Spike Technique."

After more than ten days of hard practice, Han Li finally broke through the Everlasting Technique to the ninth layer in the last few days before the end of the Tainan Assembly, leaving Wu Wu Jiuzhi and others dumbfounded, and Daoist Daoist Qingwen even called Han Li a genius among loose cultivators!

But Han Li knew clearly that if he hadn't swallowed those ten or so bottles of medicine, it wouldn't have been so easy to break through! But speaking of which, he didn't have many pills left, it seemed he should prepare some more!

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