Chapter 262: Three-Origin Lightning Talisman
Half a year later, in Song Qingming's cave dwelling on Funiu Mountain.
Looking at this pile of materials on the table, Song Qingming rarely showed a trace of greedy joy. A few months ago, he had taken the initiative to send several second-grade low-grade spiritual talismans to the Song family shop in Qinghe Market. Soon, almost the entire Qinghe Market was guessing that the Song family should have produced a second-grade talisman maker.
Not long after, people began to take the initiative to bring materials to the door, asking if the Song family could help make second-grade spiritual talismans.
However, the talisman-making materials in the hands of these cultivators who took the initiative to find them were all relatively rare spiritual talismans. Under the condition that the other party provides materials and you are responsible for processing and production, if successful, you can collect a portion of the commission. Once it fails, even if the other party doesn't pursue the matter, you will have wasted ten days of work. Drawing a strange spiritual talisman that you are not very familiar with will certainly not be very high.
Moreover, making second-grade spiritual talismans is also a time-consuming matter. If you put all your energy into this, it is also very easy to delay the cultivator's own cultivation. Generally speaking, such a request is not something a second-grade talisman maker is likely to agree to easily.
Song Qingming is not the only second-grade talisman maker in Qinghe County. The Huang family and the Gao family each have one, and there is also a person with extraordinary talent in a vassal Qi Refining family of the Gao family. However, the second-grade talisman makers of these families only borrow the business of spiritual talismans they are familiar with and directly refuse these strange spiritual talisman materials.
The reason Song Qingming did such an abnormal thing was because he had something on him that could just make up for this major shortcoming. After knowing this news, he let Song Qingwan and the others start collecting these second-grade talisman-making materials that came to the door. As long as you brought them to the door, the Song family would not refuse anyone and sent them directly to Song Qingming on Funiu Mountain, making his talisman-making skills suddenly advance by leaps and bounds in a few months.
The talisman-making materials he collected by running his legs to major markets back then were only that many. Compared with those that were sent to the door actively and continuously, the difference was really a bit big. If he had known that he could get these materials easily by sitting at home, he really shouldn't have deliberately hidden his identity as a second-grade talisman maker back then.
The only thing that was a bit bad was that the books on talisman making in his hands were relatively not many. He had really never seen some of the talisman-making materials brought to him, and he didn't know what spiritual talismans to make, so he could only return them to people as they were. Even so, the talisman-making materials Song Qingming currently obtained were already very saturated, which kept him so busy that he didn't even walk out of the cave dwelling for a few months.
With the help of the remnant map, Song Qingming could almost shorten the time of talisman making by 80%. What others needed more than ten days to complete, he only needed two or three days. It was precisely because of this help that Song Qingming had the confidence to collect a large number of those second-grade materials that came to the door actively.
Today, as usual, Song Qingming was seriously waving a black talisman brush in his cave dwelling.
This talisman brush was something he had found in the market for hundreds of spirit stones when he advanced to a second-grade talisman maker a few years ago. It could be considered a masterpiece of a second-grade artifact refiner, and he was already very handy with it now.
This spiritual talisman had been drawn continuously for several days. After failing several times, Song Qingming finally successfully drew this green spiritual talisman full of lightning light this time.
Looking at the spiritual talisman in his hand that was full of spiritual light and restless with electric arcs, Song Qingming felt the spiritual power fluctuating in the spiritual talisman, nodded with satisfaction, put it aside, and began to draw the next spiritual talisman.
Unlike making first-grade spiritual talismans, the spiritual power required to make second-grade spiritual talismans is very large. Whether it is a Qi Refining cultivator or a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it is very difficult to draw a complete spiritual talisman in one stroke with the spiritual power stored in their body. Basically, they have to stop writing in the middle, wait for their own spiritual power to recover, and then continue to draw. In this continuous process, it is very easy for the brush strokes to not be connected well enough, thus causing the drawing of the entire spiritual talisman to fall short.
This point is also the biggest difficulty in the process of drawing second-grade spiritual talismans. Without some talent in talisman-making skills, it is very difficult to control this point well. This is also the reason why second-grade talisman makers are so rare.
However, after years of pondering and training, Song Qingming had already controlled this point very well. With the help of the remnant map, even in the process of talisman making, he could slowly absorb spiritual energy to supplement the spiritual power in his body. In comparison, he could also draw spiritual talismans with fewer connections than others. For some spiritual talismans with relatively simple talisman patterns, he could even draw them in one stroke like drawing first-grade spiritual talismans.
It was precisely because of this reason that Song Qingming was able to be diligent and clumsy, and successfully broke through to a second-grade talisman maker when his own talisman-making talent was just average.
After drawing three spiritual talismans in a row, Song Qingming finally consumed all the materials on the table that had been swallowed for more than ten days. After putting away the black talisman brush in his hand, he slowly approached the hj step by step.
"Seven sets of materials, and actually succeeded in three. The luck was not bad this time."
Feeling the terrifying spiritual power fluctuation in the green spiritual talisman, Song Qingming slowly put away the spiritual talisman. This spiritual talisman has extraordinary power. If he were hit head-on at close range, he estimated that even with the protection of the Clear Water Bell, it would be very difficult for him to retreat unscathed.
"Three-Origin Lightning Talisman, this is the Three-Origin Lightning formed by refining the spiritual power of any three of the five elements between heaven and earth. Although its power is not as good as the real heaven and earth thunder, it is also a very powerful spiritual talisman in second-grade low-grade spiritual talismans. Keeping one on your body can be somewhat useful."
A second-grade spiritual talisman is worth about 200 to 300 spirit stones. Like the Three-Origin Lightning Talisman, which is relatively rare, it should be able to sell for about 280 spirit stones in the market. This time, his talisman-making success rate has finally improved a lot, so naturally, he wants to take one spiritual talisman, and the remaining two spiritual talismans are handed over to the customer. For them, it is already enough. After all, if this kind of rare spiritual talisman really finds a half-bucket second-grade talisman maker, there is an 80% chance that it will be wasted. If Song Qingming can give them two, they should be grateful.
Just like this, Song Qingming began to be busy with this very interesting talisman-making item all day long, constantly enriching his types of talisman making. If things continue like this, it is estimated that his talisman-making skills will be able to make another breakthrough in a year or two.
Just when Song Qingming was working hard here, a sound transmission talisman suddenly flew into the cave dwelling. Seeing that it was Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng looking for him, Song Qingming hurriedly stopped the talisman brush in his hand and walked out of the cave dwelling gate.
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