Chapter 83: Genius

To practice this technique, one must first castrate oneself.

Sorry, I read that wrong. The *Fire Spirit Dance* technique.

It should be: To practice this technique, one must first open the hand meridians.

The human arm has three major meridians: the Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian, the Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian, and the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian.

The Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian connects to the ring finger, the Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian connects to the little finger, and the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian connects to the index finger.

Opening any one of these meridians allows one to transport Spiritual Aura from the body to the fingertips. If all three are opened, the effect of using Spiritual Aura is best.

If one were to open all three arm meridians, the consumption of Spiritual Aura would be too much.

Better to choose the simplest one to practice. That's it, the Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian.

The moon is hidden and the stars are sparse, the magpies do not fly.

In the small courtyard, in the cultivation room.

Zhang Xingyu sat cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes to calm his mind, breathing in and out.

Once, twice...

At dawn, a tiny thread of Spiritual Aura formed again.

Zhang Xingyu repeatedly compressed the Spiritual Aura thread, constantly solidifying it, until it finally formed a red dot the size of a sesame seed.

The red dot shot toward the Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian like a cannonball...

At dusk, at the Spiritual Talisman Research Center.

Zhang Xingyu appeared before Huoling Wu again.

"Beautiful Teacher, I have mastered that spell," Zhang Xingyu said to Huoling Wu.

Huoling Wu was shocked: "You mastered it overnight? Impossible?"

"Seeing is believing, hearing is false. Beautiful Teacher, please look?" Zhang Xingyu said, while making an orchid finger gesture.

His movements were soft, quite the sissy look.

"Pfft," Huoling Wu laughed out loud.

"I told you to let the Spiritual Aura dance, not for you to dance yourself?" Huoling Wu laughed.

"Who said I didn't let the Spiritual Aura dance? Beautiful Teacher, open your eyes wide and look carefully," Zhang Xingyu said.

"I don't see it, where is it?" Huoling Wu asked with a smile.

Zhang Xingyu was a bit anxious: "Beautiful Teacher, look carefully, look at my little finger."

Huoling Wu followed the sound and looked, only to see a red light spot the size of a needle tip flickering on the tip of Zhang Xingyu's right little finger.

"This is a Spiritual Aura light spot, not the *Fire Spirit Dance* spell," Huoling Wu laughed.

Zhang Xingyu said to Huoling Wu: "Beautiful Teacher, look closer, on my fingertip is a little Spiritual Aura bird, and it is dancing."

Huoling Wu focused her gaze, and couldn't help but be greatly shocked.

The light spot on Zhang Xingyu's fingertip was indeed a little Spiritual Aura bird.

To master the *Fire Spirit Dance* overnight is truly incredible.

You must know that Huoling Wu, as an unparalleled genius of the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Palace, took a full thirty days to master this self-created spell.

The stinky brat in front of her, a Waste Spiritual Root, actually managed to master it so quickly.

Could it be that he is also a cultivation genius?

Zhang Xingyu saw Huoling Wu's shocked expression and laughed: "Beautiful Teacher, I have mastered the *Fire Spirit Dance*. Can you finally let me learn talisman making from you now?"

Huoling Wu glanced at him: "If you really want to learn, I will take you as a registered disciple. It's just that your little Spiritual Aura bird is too small; I'm afraid it won't be useful when making talismans."

"Disciple Zhang Xingyu, pays respects to Teacher!"

Zhang Xingyu quickly stepped forward and performed the grand apprenticeship ceremony to Huoling Wu.

"Get up."

After Zhang Xingyu finished bowing, Huoling Wu waved her hand at him.

"Taking you in, I don't know if I will become the laughingstock of the Cultivation Realm," Huoling Wu muttered to herself.

Zhang Xingyu's face turned red: "How could that be? This disciple of yours is handsome, extremely intelligent, and a genius of the cultivation world; I definitely won't lose face for you."

After saying this, he looked at Huoling Wu eagerly, as if a hungry dog looking at a bone in a pot.

"What?" Huoling Wu felt creeped out by his gaze.

Zhang Xingyu scratched his head: "That, that, Beautiful Master, when people take an apprenticeship, the teacher usually bestows one or two treasures. Look..."

Huoling Wu glared at him: "You little brat, you haven't even given the apprenticeship gift yet? How do you have the nerve to ask your teacher for things?"

Having said this, she couldn't help but laugh herself.

"This is a talisman brush I used before; take it and use it." Huoling Wu took a talisman brush from her storage bag and handed it to Zhang Xingyu.

"Thank you, Teacher," Zhang Xingyu was overjoyed.

He gently took the talisman brush and held it in his palm to examine it carefully.

This talisman brush was clearly not an ordinary item. The handle was as smooth as jade, and the fire-red tip was shimmering.

"This talisman brush was given to me by your grand-master. I am now passing it on to you; you must cherish it," Huoling Wu instructed softly, her eyes full of reluctance.

She remembered the day she started her apprenticeship, he took out this talisman brush and said solemnly to her: "Lingwu, this talisman brush was made by your master using psychic jade and Fire Cloud Wolf hair; its grade has reached the high-grade Spirit level, which will be of great benefit to your talisman making. Today, I bestow it upon you; you must cherish it."

Huoling Wu was immersed in memories of the past, and Zhang Xingyu stood by waiting quietly.

After a while, Huoling Wu came back to her senses, her cheeks slightly hot.

She took a jade slip from her storage bag and handed it to Zhang Xingyu.

"This jade slip records the method for making the low-tier spiritual talisman *Fireball Talisman*. Take it back and practice it yourself," Huoling Wu said.

"Thank you, Teacher," Zhang Xingyu thanked her sincerely.

The Beautiful Teacher is not bad, giving a talisman brush and a secret manual, treating him as a true disciple.

Huoling Wu nodded: "Go back and practice. If you encounter anything you don't understand, you can come here to find me."

Having successfully apprenticed to the Beautiful Teacher, Zhang Xingyu was extremely excited.

After returning, he couldn't help but drag Zhu Dafu and the others to show off.

At midnight, in the small courtyard, the candlelight flickered.

"Little Fatty Zhu, look at this, this is the talisman brush the Beautiful Teacher gave me. Let me tell you, I went through ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships to be able to apprentice under the beauty..." Zhang Xingyu dragged Zhu Dafu to loudly introduce his apprenticeship experience.

Zhu Dafu looked miserable: "Brother Xingyu, you have already told me this eighty-one times; I can recite it. Brother Xingyu, look, it's late now, can you let me go back to rest?"

"Eighty-one times? Have I said it that many times?" Zhang Xingyu asked.

Zhu Dafu was between laughter and tears: "Brother Xingyu, you have been talking from dawn until midnight, it's been almost ten hours."

"Is that so? Am I that talkative?" Zhang Xingyu looked surprised.

Zhu Dafu nodded: "It's not that you are talkative, it's that you are too talkative. You can tell the same thing dozens of times, and not miss a single word, all exactly the same. If you don't believe me, ask Brother Hu Si."

Zhang Xingyu looked at Hu Siping, only to see Hu Siping with leaves stuffed in his ears, sleeping soundly.

"Baixiaosheng, is it really like that?" Zhang Xingyu looked at Bai Xiaosheng, who was writing on the side.

Bai Xiaosheng stopped his pen and nodded vigorously: "It's really like that. Brother Xingyu, I have already copied the story of you and the Beautiful Teacher Huoling Wu eighty-one times. When I sell it for money tomorrow, I'll give you a share."

After sending the three away, he returned to his room to sit and practice Qi.

Throughout the night, he once again cultivated a thread of fire Spiritual Aura.

Zhang Xingyu picked up the talisman brush, dipped it in cinnabar, and according to the *Fireball Talisman* making method, began to draw on the talisman paper.

The talisman paper burned without wind, and the spiritual talisman making failed.

Once, twice, three times.

After three consecutive failures, the Spiritual Aura in his dantian was exhausted.

This talisman making is really not easy, Zhang Xingyu thought to himself.

The next day, at the Spiritual Talisman Research Center.

Zhang Xingyu found the Beautiful Teacher and told her about the doubts he had in talisman making.

Huoling Wu laughed after hearing this: "Stinky brat. You haven't even learned to walk, and you want to run. If you want to succeed in talisman making, you must first master the spell. If you want to make a *Fireball Talisman*, you must first master the basic spell *Fireball Technique*."

"Is that so? Beautiful Teacher, why didn't you say so earlier?" Zhang Xingyu scratched his head and said.

Huoling Wu laughed even more happily: "I thought you already knew. I didn't expect you to be so stupid."

After saying this, Huoling Wu took out a small booklet and threw it to Zhang Xingyu: "This is *Basics of Spiritual Talisman Making*, take it back and read it carefully."

*Basics of Spiritual Talisman Making* talks about the basic knowledge of making spiritual talismans, including: the relationship between spiritual talismans and Spiritual Aura, the relationship between spiritual talismans and spells, an introduction to materials for making spiritual talismans, etc.

Zhang Xingyu left the Spiritual Talisman Research Center, found a place, and read this booklet carefully twice.

It turns out that different spiritual roots are suitable for making different spiritual talismans. Like Zhang Xingyu, a fire-root cultivator who cultivates fire-attribute Spiritual Aura, is suitable for making fire-attribute spiritual talismans. It is basically impossible to make spiritual talismans of other attributes.

Making spiritual talismans is essentially the process of sealing spells onto talisman paper. Therefore, to succeed in making spiritual talismans, one must be thoroughly familiar with the corresponding spells. Mastering this spell is a must.

As for the materials for making spiritual talismans, they are mostly the skin, fur, and blood of demonic beasts. The higher the grade of the demonic beast material, the better the spiritual talisman produced.

So that's how it is.

It seems I have to go to the Scripture Pavilion first and get a *Fireball Technique* to learn.

Half an hour later, at the Scripture Pavilion.

Zhang Xingyu handed over ten thousand gold coins and obtained a copy of *Fireball Technique*.

*Fireball Technique*, a basic fire-attribute spell, suitable for fire-attribute cultivators in the early stage of Qi Refining.

The book is not thick; excluding the front and back covers, there are only two thin pages.

Inside the book, there are a few diagrams drawn and a few lines of large characters written.

Such a small amount of content costs ten thousand gold coins; it's simply a rip-off.

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, complaining is complaining, but the spell still has to be learned.

Returning to the small courtyard, he closed the door to guests.

Sitting in meditation, calming the mind, absorbing Spiritual Aura.

Pondering, experimenting, practicing the spell.

The next morning, a tiny spark of fire flickered on Zhang Xingyu's fingertip.

He flicked his finger gently, and the spark landed on a small tree in the courtyard.

"Boom."

The small tree instantly turned yellow and dry, and raging flames ignited on the branches and leaves.

*Fireball Technique*, mastered.

I am a genius.

Mastering the spell overnight. This cultivation speed must be unprecedented and will never be seen again.

Zhang Xingyu praised himself.

Returning to the room, he continued to cultivate.

The next morning, Zhang Xingyu walked out of the cultivation room holding a spiritual talisman.

On the spiritual talisman, talisman runes like flames were shimmering.

"Succeeded in making a *Fireball Talisman* overnight. Zhang Xingyu, you are a genius," Zhang Xingyu laughed.

Arriving at the Spiritual Talisman Research Center again, Zhang Xingyu handed his work to the Beautiful Teacher.

"Beautiful Teacher, I mastered the *Fireball Technique* in one day and made a *Fireball Talisman* in one night. Am I a genius of the cultivation world?" Zhang Xingyu asked triumphantly.

Huoling Wu glanced at him: "I took half an hour to master the *Fireball Technique* and half an hour to make a *Fireball Talisman*."

"Uh." Zhang Xingyu scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Beautiful Teacher, you are a super genius of the cultivation world."

Huoling Wu smiled: "You're smart."

She looked at the *Fireball Talisman* Zhang Xingyu made and smiled gently: "You were able to succeed in making a *Fireball Talisman* in two days, so you have some talent. However, this *Fireball Talisman* of yours is of low quality and cannot be considered a good thing. Next, you should practice making *Fireball Talismans* well and strive to succeed in making a medium-quality *Fireball Talisman* within a month."

Zhang Xingyu laughed: "Alright. One month, don't talk about medium quality, even high-quality ones, I will be able to make."

Huoling Wu glared at him: "If you weren't arrogant, would you die? With your temperament, you still want high quality."

Pausing, she added: "Go back and practice well, especially the application of Spiritual Aura; you must be precise, not using a single bit more, nor a single bit less."

"Yes," Zhang Xingyu saw that Huoling Wu was serious, so he nodded and agreed.

In the following days, Zhang Xingyu's life became extremely regular.

Sitting in meditation to practice Qi, practicing spells, making spiritual talismans.

A month later, in the cultivation room.

Zhang Xingyu was urging the *Fireball Technique* spell.

On his fingertip, a cluster of flames the size of a grain of rice was constantly jumping.

The flames turned into a fire phoenix one moment, and into a beauty the next.

"If the Beautiful Teacher saw that the flame on my fingertip was her likeness, she would probably be so angry she'd vomit blood," Zhang Xingyu thought to himself.

"Go," he gave a light shout, flicked his finger, and the flame beauty flew toward the stone wall of the cultivation room.

After a moment, raging flames ignited on the stone wall, lasting for a long time.

Zhang Xingyu had re-improved the *Fireball Technique* according to the *Fire Spirit Dance* spell, greatly increasing the power of the fireball.

Calm the mind, quiet the breath.

Zhang Xingyu picked up the talisman brush and began to draw on the talisman paper.

The talisman runes were drawn in one stroke, without consuming a single bit of extra Spiritual Aura.

On the talisman paper, the talisman runes flickered constantly, like fire phoenixes dancing non-stop.

Perfect quality *Fireball Talisman*, successfully made.

Zhang Xingyu laughed out loud: "I, Zhang Xingyu, am a genius. In one month, I surpassed medium quality and high quality, and successfully made a perfect quality spiritual talisman. If I hand this *Fireball Talisman* to the Beautiful Teacher, it will definitely shock her."