Chapter 58: Tier 1 Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array and Tier 1 Talisman Paper

The practice talisman paper was spread out, filling the entire size of the table.

Jiang Ding held a talisman brush, tracing little by little with spiritual ink, carving runes precise to the micron level; the Thousand Threads Art technique was pushed to its limit.

This martial technique was much lower in difficulty than the Minor Breath-Concealing Art. After continuous shooting with a firearm and drawing talismans, it had reached Great Accomplishment. A single strand of internal power could be divided into one hundred, providing many advantages in precision control.

The final stroke was completed.

Jiang Ding let out a long breath and, with slight trepidation, channeled his internal power into this completed Tier 1 Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array diagram.

*Sss—* A wisp of blue smoke rose, and the center of the array diagram turned pitch black.

"Failed again..."

"Tier 1 Gold-Iron Carp talisman paper, made from the scales of the Tier 1 demonic beast Gold-Iron Carp. It provides a bonus for drawing metal-attribute spells, amplifying the power of Tier 1 spells by 20%-25% depending on the situation. Price: 80 Spirit Coins, 85,000 Mortal Coins."

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"Qingzhi Talisman Paper Co., Ltd., produces Tier 1 Qingzhi talisman paper. The price is cheap, the spiritual power is stable, and it is the best companion on your talisman path. One sheet costs only 9.3 Spirit Coins, 3,500 Mortal Coins." "Tier 1 Flying Horse talisman paper, produced by Flying Horse Group, high quality and low price, one-day delivery in Qian Province, only 9.2 Spirit Coins, 3,400 Mortal Coins."

Jiang Ding changed his search criteria.

Jiang Ding sighed slightly, put away the waste talisman paper that could be recycled, took out another sheet, and with his internal power surging throughout his body and emerging from his fingertips, he continued to hold the brush and carve.

Tier 1 talisman paper was a mature market with full competition; the prices did not differ much, mostly hovering around 9 Spirit Coins.

The difficulty was lower than the Tier 1 Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array, and he should have hope of learning it within half a month.

As for the meaning of a double-stacked array, it meant being able to simultaneously carve two related array diagrams or spells, mutually amplifying their power.

As for them all being "so-and-so Carp," he knew about that.

A large row of information refreshed.

Spiritual materials of the soul type were all luxury goods.

This price was not cheap; the daily wage of a Qi Condensation early-mid stage cultivator without special skills was often no more than 1 Spirit Coin.

Jiang Ding valued it, naturally intending to use it to engrave the core array in his talisman sword: the Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array and the special Sharp Metal Array.

He was already accustomed to it.

He immediately collected the specimens and the delivered Blue-Fluorescent Butterflies, his figure flashing and disappearing.

The price was 301 Spirit Coins, higher than the price of a century-old spirit ginseng. One had to know that spirit ginseng could be used to refine elixirs that increased cultivation speed and was one of the things Qi Condensation stage cultivators craved most.

Tier 1 talisman paper could only be produced by cultivators and had to be purchased with Spirit Coins.

Jiang Ding was invigorated.

Jiang Ding, who was concentrating on carving the array diagram, had a flash of inspiration. Various details of the micro-spirit vein ruins he had seen in the underground karst cave of the Fierce Tiger Stronghold suddenly appeared in his mind, including the internal textures exposed when he completely destroyed it.

At this price, one could only buy one sheet of talisman paper, and it wasn't even a finished product.

Too expensive.

The spiritual light on the practice talisman paper flickered slightly.

Success...

This was the happiness of being born in the Immortal Sect.

With three sheets of floating and flying talisman paper remaining, Jiang Ding had no extra Spirit Coins and could only choose the most common Wind Spirit talisman paper, refined from the scales of the Tier 1 Wind-Rain Carp, which could amplify the power of wind-attribute spells by 20-25%.

After two failures, everything that followed was a success; he had basically mastered the array diagram of the Tier 1 Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array.

!.

Taking advantage of the fact that this insight had not yet disappeared, Jiang Ding hurriedly pulled out a sheet of practice talisman paper to continue carving.

After a slight attempt, Jiang Ding discovered that the "Tier 1 Flying Magic Array" and the "Tier 1 Gale Array" had many similarities; both involved converting the Tier 1 Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array and transforming the stored spiritual energy into wind, thereby obtaining thrust similar to a rocket.

"Tier 1 Gold-Fire Bamboo Paper, large size, capable of carving double-stacked arrays, made from Tier 1 Gold-Tip Fire Bamboo leaves within a thousand-mile radius of the Panda Flower Ancestor's cave dwelling in southern Shu Province. Depending on the situation, it provides a 40%-50% amplification for offensive spells such as Tier 1 Fireball, Gold Blade, Gold Arrow, and Bullet Spirit-Attachment. Price: 301 Spirit Coins, 120,000 Mortal Coins."

Jiang Ding took a look and gave up immediately. Even if he sold all three century-old spirit ginsengs he had saved up, he couldn't afford it. Things involving the soul were too expensive, and the cost-performance ratio was very low.

By the way, Jiang Ding had been expressing the specimens collected during this period to the laboratory that discovered the 'Blue-Gold 2413' component of the Blue-Fluorescent Butterfly—the Beidou University Affiliated Biological Research Center—entrusting them with the extraction. The price was one-tenth of all the Blue-Fluorescent Butterflies.

On online intermediary platforms, 1 Spirit Coin could often be sold for 1,200 to 1,300 Mortal Coins, though fluctuations occurred from time to time.

In addition, the process of producing this talisman paper involved mortals or machines produced by mortals, requiring Mortal Coins for settlement. The twentieth time!

If the 'Heavenly Sound Stone' snatched away by the Gold Blade Sect was truly the legendary Taiqing Divine Iron, he would have hope of completing the third stage, 'Iron Sword,' truly refining a sword of Dao foundation, possessing the foundation and heritage of a Daoist-level disciple of the nine great Immortal Sects outside the realm, and his future immortal path would be smooth.

"Then I need to consider the issue of talisman paper."

Jiang Ding carefully compared various talisman papers and finally settled on the Tier 1 Gold-Fire Bamboo Paper.

*Sss—* Jiang Ding took a light breath. It only increased spell power by 10%, yet the price had nearly quadrupled.

If this were in the cultivation world outside the realm, just this one practice session would bankrupt a Qi Condensation early-mid stage cultivator from an average family.

"Tier 1 Soul-Suppressing Paper, made from the ninth-generation cutting-propagated Soul-Nurturing Wood leaves, tree age 135. Depending on the situation, it provides a 30%-50% amplification for Tier 1 illusion and soul-type spells. Price: 641 Spirit Coins, 4.52 million Mortal Coins."

It was nearly the monthly wage of a Qi Condensation early-mid stage cultivator, yet the amplification was less than ten percent. The cost-performance ratio was extremely low, intended for the wealthy.

For a sword, sharpness is paramount.

"Still missing a Tier 1 flying array."

This price was much more expensive.

Jiang Ding looked at them one by one and finally took a liking to a few.

Jiang Ding had an intuition. As he channeled internal power into this talisman paper, a spiritual light indeed flashed across it, extinguishing after a few seconds.

According to the description in the "Great Sun Sword-Planting and Sword-Refining Method (Jiang Ding Version)," any qualified Tier 1 talisman paper could be used to make a talisman sword and practice the first layer of the sword-refining method, but he naturally would not be satisfied with that.

The Immortal Sect had long since conquered spirit beast farming technology. Among them, various carp, grass carp, and black carp were the spirit beasts with the highest meat-to-feed ratio cultivated over so many years. Their flesh, bones, scales, fish skin, and other materials had wide uses and were farmed in large quantities within the Immortal Sect's sea area. Legend had it there was even a Golden Core stage fish king.

The Tier 1 Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array was much more difficult than other array diagrams. Over many days, he had failed hundreds of times, wasting a large amount of practice talisman paper and ink.

If it were an ordinary Qi Condensation early-mid stage cultivator, they would have to work for more than ten years without eating or drinking to afford it.

After the kingfisher snatched away the Blue-Fluorescent Butterflies and specimens, Jiang Ding opened his computer and logged into the 'Banyan Tree Network' to search for materials related to talisman paper.

As long as he learned the Tier 1 flying array diagram, he could begin the cultivation of the first stage, 'Talisman Sword,' of the "Great Sun Sword-Planting and Sword-Refining Method (Jiang Ding Version)" and initially possess combat power.

Failure.

His brush moved as if guided by a god, his internal power accelerated at his fingertips, and he fluently finished the final stroke.

The Immortal Sect did not support the mutual exchange of Spirit Coins and Mortal Coins, but it did not forbid it either.

"Special Tier 1 talisman paper."

"Tier 1 Green-Scale Paper, made from the scales of the Tier 1 demonic beast Green Jade Carp. It provides a bonus for drawing water-attribute spells, amplifying the power of Tier 1 water-attribute spells by 5%-10% depending on the situation. Price: 26 Spirit Coins, 18,300 Mortal Coins."

"This is the one."

The price in Mortal Coins was unexpectedly high, which meant that the maintenance and harvesting of this ninth-generation Soul-Nurturing Wood required a large number of mortals as staff, and it took a very long time.

For a talisman sword, one must choose wind-attribute or metal-attribute talisman paper.

Practice talisman paper did not possess the ability to carry arrays and spells; it could only verify whether the array and spell were carved correctly. This was the sign of success. 【70】 "It's done."

"Done."

Jiang Ding thought to himself.

Once, twice, both were failures.

Even if it wasn't, he could exchange 'Blue-Gold Potion' for thousand-year Soul-Nurturing Wood and No. 21 Synthetic Gengjin. After refining a sword of Dao foundation, his foundation and heritage would be no less than that of an excellent direct descendant of a Golden Core cultivator.

Failure.

Fortunately, the school sold these practice papers and inks at cost price, so it was barely affordable.

The seventh time, the eighth time...

He bought Tier 1 talisman ink again, choosing the safest classic type.

After a round of shopping, two of the three century-old spirit ginsengs were gone.

As for the remaining spirit ginseng, he chose an elixir workshop, using a portion of the medicinal materials to offset the price to refine Ginseng Essence Qi-Transforming Spirit Pills, which could accelerate internal qi cultivation. The effect would be much stronger than mortal-tier elixirs.

It was just too wasteful. This was something that could be used to refine elixirs to accelerate cultivation speed for mid-low tier cultivators.

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