Chapter 13

Just when Song Qingming felt that he had found a way to get rich, not long after, he found that he had thought too simply. Except for the first two times when his formations were successfully sold, the next few gatherings only sold one set of formations, and no one asked about them.

It's not that there was anything wrong with the formations he made, it's just that there were only fifty or sixty people at a gathering on Mount Caolu, and most of them were regular customers who often came here.

Things like formations are enough for ordinary cultivators to have one set. This thing is like a magic tool and can be used for a long time without being damaged. Moreover, it is not that everyone needs this.

The remaining few sets of formations in his hand, helplessly, could only be entrusted to the family to help take them to Qinghe Market to deal with. The old and cunning Fourth Elder saw a pile of formations and was very suspicious that they were not refined by him, which made him find several excuses to muddle through.

The profit of low-tier formations is thin. Making too many at once is easy to arouse suspicion about the source. Moreover, the market on Mount Caolu is too small, and going to Qinghe Market is too far.

This won't work. If he wants to earn spirit stones, he must change a method.

If he wants to not worry about sales in a short time, it can only be items that are common and consumed in large quantities in the market.

Thinking about it, the only things that meet his needs are pills and talismans. Compared to alchemy, the path of talismans is obviously more suitable for him now.

Things like talismans are also relatively common consumables, which can be used for fighting, hunting demons, and cultivation. Low-tier talismans are basically one-time consumables, and the market demand itself is very large. No matter which market it is, a few more low-tier talisman makers will basically not affect the market.

Alchemists are relatively particular about talent and also need a lot of investment to see results. Every family will only choose to cultivate people with talent for this.

In contrast, the requirements for talisman makers are not so high. In the path of talisman making, there is not much attention to talent in the early stage. As long as you are willing to spend time, it is not difficult to get started.

Talisman makers are also the skills that cultivators choose the most among the hundred arts of cultivation. General cultivators will also learn this skill when they reach the late stage of Qi Refining. The Song family's inheritance of the path of talismans is also quite good. There are two top-grade talisman makers in the clan alone.

Saying do it, Song Qingming took out the talisman-making materials he had prepared long ago, a family-inherited talisman-making secret book, a silver low-grade talisman pen, a jar of cinnabar made from demonic beast essence blood, and dozens of blank talisman papers.

These were all exchanged by Song Qingming at the Treasure Pavilion a few days ago. The family's management of the inheritance of the path of talismans is not so strict. No matter how talented you are in talisman making, you can easily obtain it by spending five merit points in the Treasure Pavilion.

Song Qingming exchanged for the talisman inheritance, and the Fourth Elder just exhorted him a few words not to be addicted to cultivation skills and neglect cultivation.

Placing the talisman paper and cinnabar on the table separately, Song Qingming picked up the black talisman pen and began to invest in the making of the first "Clearing Heart Talisman."

Most first-grade low-grade spiritual talismans are auxiliary type spiritual talismans. The "Clearing Heart Talisman" is also one of the most ordinary ones. After use, it can make people clear their hearts and calm their spirits in a short time, allowing people to quickly concentrate their spiritual sense in their bodies when practicing cultivation techniques.

Whether it is breaking through cultivation, or alchemy or weapon refining, it will have some effects. General cultivators will basically prepare a few on their bodies. This talisman is also the most common low-tier spiritual talisman on the market.

According to the talisman-making method in the talisman-making secret book, after the pen tip was dipped in red cinnabar, Song Qingming operated the spiritual power on his body and slowly injected it into the pen holder in his hand, and began to draw the talisman on a blank talisman paper.

When Song Qingming first learned the path of formations in the family, he was personally and carefully taught by the elders in the clan for a year before he could get started. If it were a loose cultivator without anyone to teach, I am afraid he would not be able to reach the entry level in three years.

Although talisman making is one of the simpler types of various immortal arts, it is not something that can be completed perfectly at once for a beginner to draw a qualified spiritual talisman.

In one day, Song Qingming drew eight spiritual talismans in a row, none of which reached the qualified level. Excluding those that failed halfway through drawing, only two were successfully drawn completely. Unfortunately, these two talismans, although silver and shining on the surface, contained very thin spiritual power inside.

Song Qingming observed the spiritual talisman in his hand carefully for a while, then pinched a formula and recited a burst of incantations. The spiritual talisman in his hand suddenly shone with silver light, and a burst of cool spiritual energy quickly came from the palm of his hand. It was just that not long after, the spiritual power on the spiritual talisman suddenly became disordered and violent, and firelight suddenly appeared on the spiritual talisman, turning into a fireball, instantly burning it clean.

Looking at the pile of ashes left in his hand, a helpless wry smile appeared on Song Qingming's face. Sure enough, it is still far from it.

Next, except for patrolling Mount Lingyuan daily, Song Qingming spent his time learning talisman making. Not only did he often find Song Changxin for guidance, but during this period, he also specially ran to Muqiao Town to ask Aunt Song Changling, the top-grade talisman maker with the most talent in talisman making in the clan, for advice.

With the remnant map accelerating the restoration of spiritual power, the talisman-making materials that should have been consumed in a month were consumed in less than ten days.

After a lot of hard work, Song Qingming finally ushered in the harvest. The four "Clearing Heart Talismans" in his hand were also the four most perfect ones among the hundreds he had made in the past ten days. After carefully trying one again, feeling the spiritual power contained in the spiritual talisman and the effect after use, he showed a satisfied smile.

Song Qingming straightened his body with a happy face, stretched his somewhat sore waist, and looked at the three silver-shining spiritual talismans left in his hand. Materials worth more than ten spirit stones were exchanged for three "Clearing Heart Talismans." Although he had expected it, this early spirit stone investment still made him feel a bit of heartache.

Learning talisman making for more than ten days, more than a hundred talisman materials could only succeed in four. And according to the price in the market, a hundred materials must at least produce twenty spiritual talismans to break even. And an average talisman maker needs two years to reach this level, and the early investment must be at least a hundred spirit stones.

That is to say, an ordinary talisman maker needs at least three or four years to earn spirit stones by relying on this skill. This is still the easiest talisman making to learn. As for alchemy, which requires more investment, it goes without saying. Without a decade or two of great investment, you can't see any return at all.

Song Qingming, who obtained three "Clearing Heart Talismans," did not rush to make this kind of spiritual talisman again, but opened the family talisman-making secret book and began to make another kind of spiritual talisman, the "Fireball Talisman." The path of talisman making, according to the teachings of the elders in the clan, trying more other types of talismans will make it easier for oneself to control the spiritual power when using the pen.

Until two months later, Song Qingming finally touched the threshold of a low-grade talisman maker and increased his success rate of talisman making to nearly twenty percent.

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On Mount Caolu, Song Qingming in a green shirt came to the gathering point early, chose a section closer to the center, skillfully set up a wooden sign, took out a pile of spiritual objects and placed them on the stall, and then picked up a talisman hand-note he bought nearby last time to study carefully.

It must be said that Mount Caolu is still a bit famous in the northeast of Qinghe County. In the past few months, Song Qingming has seen many cultivators from various families nearby here, and even the Song family, which is more than a hundred miles away, has had several elders come here to purchase spiritual objects.

Now he is very familiar with the process here. Coming a little earlier can occupy a better stall, but he still dare not occupy those best positions in the middle at will.

He has been here seven or eight times. Although no one told him specifically, it is not difficult for him to find that those few positions in the middle have always been reserved for several late-stage Qi Refining cultivators who often come here. Song Qingming naturally dare not be greedy to occupy these empty seats and inexplicably offend those cultivators with higher cultivation.

Half an hour later, dozens of cultivators arrived on the mountain top one after another. This time, there seemed to be more people participating in the gathering than usual. Song Qingming was a bit happy in his heart that he came here early to occupy a good position, and he had already sold more than a dozen various spiritual talismans in less than half an hour.

After two months of learning, he has now learned the making of five or six types of spiritual talismans and can be considered a real talisman maker.

The path of talisman making is relatively simple to get started, but to become a qualified low-grade talisman maker, you must at least be able to make eight types of spiritual talismans and maintain a success rate of twenty percent to be considered a low-grade talisman maker.

"Fellow Daoist, are you buying pills?"

"As long as it is a pill that can increase cultivation, it can be exchanged for spiritual objects on the stall at an equivalent value."

After saying this, Song Qingming put down the hand-note in his hand, raised his eyes to look at the visitor, but didn't want this person to be one of his old customers, so he hurriedly smiled slightly.

This person is named Qin Zhen, a loose cultivator who often goes to Mount Yunwu to hunt demonic beasts, and also gathers a few people under his command, often organizing people to go deep into Mount Yunwu.

In the few months that Song Qingming set up a stall on Mount Caolu, this Qin Zhen would purchase a lot of talismans every time he came, especially liking the "Clearing Heart Talisman" here.

(End of chapter)