Chapter 62: Refining the Talisman Sword

In the afternoon, after two geography classes.

"The internship list is out."

Hua Bing was on the podium, and one list after another flew to each desk: "Students, take a look at which internship position you have been assigned to. Those who have been adjusted, come to me to re-select an internship position."

An A4 paper fell.

Jiang Ding checked carefully and saw his name on the internship position at the Banyan City Steel Plant. In addition, there were two others, Hua Bing and Wu Tianli.

Fortunately, the ninth place in the whole class still had some priority.

Furthermore, there were other equally high-quality companies with official Immortal Sect backgrounds, such as elixir refining companies, talisman-making companies, etc., and many people chose them.

"The Yuanhe Elixir Refining Co., Ltd. I chose has been adjusted."

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Blood sacrifice! Refine with essence blood!

"This is the limit."

After resting and recovering his internal power and spirit, his expression turned solemn.

After the brush tip left, it immediately became hard as iron, fixing the array pattern imprint.

This actually didn't comply with the regulations. All spiritual energy within the planet was controlled by the Immortal Sect. Only Qi Condensation and above cultivators, or industries related to spirit plants, could apply for spiritual energy of their respective levels.

Jiang Ding's expression was solemn. Internal power surged into the Gold-Fire talisman paper, making it soft, and then he folded it bit by bit into a sword shape. When it reached a certain degree, he folded in the Tier 1 Floating Array diagram and the Tier 1 Flying Array diagram respectively.

"Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array, Special Sharp Metal Array..."

"Nothing to hesitate about, already decided."

Thirty-plus minutes later.

Jiang Ding suddenly smiled: "Failed. Just collect materials and start over again."

Ten-plus minutes later, the Special Sharp Metal Array was successfully carved.

"Come on."

40 centimeters long, 3.5 centimeters wide, golden-red throughout like metal. The talisman paper was tightly bonded between sheets, without the slightest gap.

However, it was now just a dead object, a sword-shaped composite array diagram.

The internal power of the Small Circulation circulated freely, bit by bit merging into the array diagram. One array pattern after another spread out, gradually covering the left side of the Gold-Fire talisman paper.

The talisman sword absorbed blood bit by bit, and a drop of deep red blood was particularly eye-catching, seeming to emit a faint light and having a faint fragrance.

Jiang Ding was fully focused, with no distractions, and carved a stroke of pattern again, initially connecting the Special Sharp Metal Array with the Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array that had reserved the connecting array patterns in advance.

Jiang Ding's eyes revealed a look of determination.

Each floating array pattern and flying array pattern either corresponded to the Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array or connected to the Sharp Metal Array, and the order also had strict requirements, comparable to precision electronic instruments. If there was a slight error in the contact points, all efforts would be wasted.

!.

The mechanical sound of the cultivation room's array spirit came, the banyan tree roots retracted, and the skylight above closed.

Jiang Ding moved his brush as if flying, with no distractions at all.

*Swish! * Jiang Ding opened his eyes, and a flash of light seemed to pass by.

The internal power required for this process was simply shocking. Ordinary internal qi perfection might not be enough. No wonder no one in the Seven Profound Sect had practiced the Hundred-Step Flying Sword for generations. Once the essence blood soaking process was interrupted, it was a result of all previous efforts being wasted.

He put the paper into the drawer.

A sense of trepidation arose involuntarily in his heart.

A long time.

"Must be fast!"

After resting for another half hour, his internal power and spirit recovered to their peak again.

Holding the array diagram, he input internal power.

He carefully placed the 60-centimeter-long, metal-plate-like talisman paper on the ground, making a crisp sound upon slight contact.

Jiang Ding immediately pointed his talisman brush at the center of the left side of the Gold-Fire talisman paper, carving the first stroke of the Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array with talisman ink.

He stared at the array diagram in front of him.

"Why worry?"

Elixirs are the most mainstream method to improve aptitude.

Jiang Ding didn't hesitate this time, lifting his brush to draw. Starting from the center of the right side of the talisman paper, one after another, special Sharp Metal array patterns mixed with internal power emerged, spreading in all directions.

"It's not that difficult! Also, I don't know how many times I've practiced."

"... Application approved."

"Talisman sword, done."

To make it come alive, there was only one way.

This process could not have the slightest error.

"Temporary application ended."

A dazzling light suddenly lit up. At the beginning, the left was the orange-red of fire, and the right was the gold of metal. As time passed, the two gradually merged, turning into the golden-red of the sun, stabilizing, and the light gradually restrained. Jiang Ding gently touched the hiltless golden-red short sword, as if feeling its heartbeat, and didn't speak for a long time.

Jiang Ding said with satisfaction.

Jiang Ding didn't start practicing sword as usual, but took a blue steel sword and placed it horizontally on his knees, took a deep breath, and began to close his eyes and rest, adjusting the state of his internal power to make it as lively as possible.

According to his design, this time he used the "double-stacked array" approach. Before the Special Sharp Metal Array was carved and connected to the Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array, starting the Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array without authorization would destroy the stacked array patterns.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes...

He took out the talisman ink and talisman brush from the small bag, carefully opened and placed them, checked them again, and then opened the box containing the Tier 1 Gold-Fire Bamboo Paper. A heat wave hit him immediately, and the room was filled with golden-red color.

Jiang Ding said this because his moral education score was close to full marks, and the central array spirit computer would give some small preferential treatment to people like him.

"Array spirit, can I apply for a temporary spirit energy concentration environment for Qi Condensation cultivators and open the skylight to let the sun shine down?"

A large amount of sunlight was visible to the naked eye as it gathered toward the center of the array diagram, extremely bright, and the temperature rose rapidly, climbing to around seven or eight hundred degrees before stopping.

Jiang Ding closed his eyes and rested for more than twenty minutes. After his internal power and spirit recovered to their peak, he took out the Wind Spirit talisman paper without stopping, carving the Tier 1 Floating Array and Tier 1 Flying Array.

Finally, he took out the Ginseng Essence Qi-Transforming Spirit Pill and placed it next to the talisman paper.

"Compared to the Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array and the Special Sharp Metal Array, these two arrays are much easier."

If one didn't look carefully, one would subconsciously think this was a short sword cast from metal.

He suddenly said:

"*Hoo—*"

The Thousand Threads Art at Great Accomplishment divided into a hundred strands, each carrying a portion of essence blood to soak in all directions. The mixture of essence blood and internal power was evenly applied to every thread of the talisman sword's array patterns, and it had to be ensured that the essence blood soaked through the array patterns without being exposed to the air, not even in the slightest.

A palpitation arose in Jiang Ding's heart, and he had an inexplicable resonance with this drop of essence blood, just like a finger outside his body.

Jiang Ding protected it with internal power and touched the array diagram; it was scorching hot.

Ten-plus minutes later, the final stroke fell, and the internal power output stopped.

Unexpectedly, the Gold-Fire talisman paper, which was no less hard than an iron plate, immediately became soft upon touching the talisman ink, extremely fitting for the brush tip, and it was quite comfortable to carve.

The cultivation room returned to silence, and even the lights were dimmed by the array spirit.

The metal door of the cultivation room slowly opened and then closed.

In an instant, Jiang Ding felt that something around him was different, though he didn't know exactly what.

After a period of time, two light array diagrams that seemed to be able to fly away with a breath appeared in front of him.

Jiang Ding revealed a smile but did not activate the Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array.

"It's done."

Jiang Ding put down the talisman brush, his heart without joy or sorrow, without the trepidation of waiting for the result as he had imagined.

Jiang Ding had quite a bit of confidence in him. His cultural studies were so high that it would be easy to obtain the title of elixir refining apprentice in the future, but his ideals were more than that.

These things were valuable. If he failed, there was no possibility of refining the talisman sword again in the short term.

After a delay of nearly half a minute, the mechanical sound of the cultivation room's array spirit seemed to be communicating with the central array spirit computer database to make a judgment, and then the mechanical sound came.

Li Junhao had a bitter face, writing and drawing on the list, and chose an internship position at a private elixir refining company.

Jiang Ding made up his mind, his internal power turned into a sharp awl, and he stabbed his heart fiercely! *Sss! * Jiang Ding's face instantly turned extremely pale, and he spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with internal power, accurately covering the talisman sword without wasting a bit.

A hiltless golden-red short sword appeared in front of Jiang Ding.

The skylight above opened, and a hole opened in the cultivation room. A banyan tree root the size of a finger didn't know when it had spread here.

Jiang Ding didn't dare to be negligent. Internal power surged into the talisman sword along his fingertips, quickly contacting this drop of essence blood, isolating it from the air, and his resonance with it became clearer.

Exposed to the air, this resonance was weakening at an extremely fast speed.

Jiang Ding judged that the source energy was insufficient, and the maximum power it could erupt was just like this.

The internal power of his Small Circulation circulated crazily, firmly protecting every thread of essence blood, flying rapidly to spread across various array patterns, not letting go of any corner.

However, having lost the life support of the host, it was still weakening bit by bit.

"Next, use the Gold-Fire array diagram as the base, and the flying and floating arrays as wings, to fold into a talisman sword."

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Ding picked up the talisman brush, absorbed enough talisman ink with internal power, and held his hand over the Gold-Fire Bamboo Paper, not daring to write for a long time.

Jiang Ding muttered to himself: "The two are combined, having spirit gathering, especially gathering Great Sun essence to store energy in the sunlight, tempering itself, making it sharper and hotter."

Jiang Ding picked up a small bag, jumped under the window, and with a tip of his toes, he rushed straight to the tip of a tree branch, drifting away like a shadow.

Stroke after stroke, the two independent array diagrams began to have you in me and me in you, merging into one.

To reach the level of a Tier 1 array, it required a Qi Condensation cultivator to drive it with magic power, or to change the array and embed spirit stones.

After a full forty-two minutes, Jiang Ding, who had almost exhausted all his internal power, stopped, his face pale, his skin dull and lusterless, almost like a half-dead person.

Swallowing a Ginseng Essence Qi-Transforming Spirit Pill, feeling the surging essence energy in his body transform into internal power, Jiang Ding had lingering fears.

"Succeeded."

He gently stroked the talisman sword that was like an extension of his limbs, revealing a loving smile.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 63 =====