Chapter 4: The Initial Idea of the System Symbol

  "Hey buddy, wake up, we're home."

  He got off at the gate and got down from the small paper boat, woke up the little piglet, hugged this clean little fat ball into the mountain gate and rushed to the pigpen he was in charge of.

  Spirit beasts are spirit beasts, even if they're carnivorous spirit beasts, they're still much stronger than ordinary wild beasts. This little piglet is already weaned and can eat fodder on its own.

  Yuántiān put the little piglet alone in a separate breeding pen next to it, temporarily not living with adult flower pigs. The head is too small to eat and can't compete with them, and if you're not careful, you'll be squeezed to death and lose big time. In the process of raising, unexpected things happened, and the spirit stone money had to be matched by itself.

  Take the old iron who raises meat-eating cows, for example. He saved money for several years and wanted to buy a genuine law book, but as a result of killing a small cow, he lost all his savings over the years.

  Miscellaneous disciples are not valued, and most of them do not have the opportunity to become formal disciples. If there is no major breakthrough in their cultivation, they can only go to the Eight Treasure Iron Tower Gate of the sect to try their luck. As long as they can pass the first floor, they can become a formal outer disciple.

  The cultivation never broke through, and couldn't even pass the first floor of the tower. Unable to bear such bitter days, they simply quit the sect and went to live a secular life as a wealthy official, choosing to spend their years in comfort.

  The path to immortality is long and winding, all one can do is search high and low.

  Huang Lao Shi was a very stubborn person and remained in the Tianyuan Sword Sect until his death, refusing to leave for the mortal world and be tainted by worldly desires.

  To be like Yuan Tian, you need to have brains and knowledge to spend a few years in the miscellaneous affairs department and get Ling Shi Hua, and even mix up with Fa Jue Yu Jian.

  The little piglet's affairs have been settled, and now I need to go give Old Wang's big black cow a ritual bath. This cow is so sturdy, it should be able to fetch a good price this time, but it needs to be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected to prevent any diseases.

  A gentle rain fell within the range of several large black cows, and they seemed to enjoy the refreshing feeling, rubbing against each other to remove dead skin from their bodies.

  Several cows have been washed and are almost done. Yuan Tian has just put away his magic, today was a busy day, now he's using magic again and it's really a bit tiring.

  Lao Tie Le's four-square sea mouth cracked open on both sides, and he raised his big thumb: "Yuan brother's move is indeed unstoppable, the name is not in vain!" After finishing speaking, he stretched out his large palm-like hand and patted the back of the large black cow, apparently very satisfied.

  Yuan Tian wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and gave Lao Tie a harmless smile: "Alright, I'll leave now. Your cattle are about ready to be sold off, it's not worth it to keep feeding them for too long."

  At a glance, the largest and strongest black bull was obviously far beyond the required weight of the school.

  Looking at the tall and sturdy big black cow, Lao Tie's heart was filled with joy: "Listen to your younger brother, tomorrow I'll take it to the market to sell, this time we can make a good profit..."

  After finishing speaking, Lao Tie felt that he had said something wrong and looked at Yuan Tian with embarrassment, his big mouth opened to reveal his big teeth and grinned foolishly at him.

  Two rows of big buck teeth, matching that full beard, made me regret not letting Lao Tie and Niu take a shower together earlier.

  To be honest, Yuan Tian didn't know the meaning of the phrase "can earn a lot" before, but after experiencing today's event with the shop owner splitting the spirit stone, it's clear what Old Wang meant by the second half of his sentence.

  Lao Tie lost a small cow last time and couldn't make up for it, but this time he seems to be able to earn it back. Yuan Tian naturally wouldn't report Lao Tie's matter, everyone understands in their hearts. To avoid embarrassment, he turned around and left, going back home to study the newly bought Ling Yu Jue was the right thing to do.

  She went into the small stone house, closed the doors and windows. Only then did she carefully take out the Lingyu Decree jade slip, holding it in her hand and looking at the exquisite craftsmanship, really reluctant to use it.

  Go ahead and practice Lingyu Jue, Linggu, and Lingliang. Once you earn enough spirit stones, you can buy whatever jade slips you want.

  As he thought about it, Yu Jian stuck the jade slip to his forehead. A soft white light lit up, and all the information about Ling Yu's decision was instantly poured into Yuan Tian's mind.

  It turns out that after getting this information, I immediately understood. The Lingyu Jue is somewhat similar to the Muyu Curse learned before, but it requires more mobilization of the body's spiritual power. Fa jue and curse techniques have an essential difference, one level higher than the other, and naturally the difficulty is also greater when connected together.

  Now that you've learned the Lingyu Decree, all that's left is practice.

  After adjusting his state with a brief meditation, Yuan Tian moved to the side of his own spiritual field where he had planted the Spiritual Rain Grass. This was indeed Spiritual Rain, and it would be a huge waste if it fell elsewhere. It was only right that it should fall on his own spiritual field.

  As the Yuan Tianling force rotated, a pot cover-sized dark cloud rose above the spiritual field. In the dark cloud, there were also faintly visible fine lightning flashes.

  This spiritual rain spell is indeed extraordinary, the next rain is both cloud and thunder and lightning, not comparable to the Rain Curse. Compared to the Spiritual Rain Spell, the Rain Curse is more like a Water Spray Spell, which can't be considered as rain.

  According to the law of the origin, the spiritual power is constantly circulating, and the dark clouds are accumulating more and more, covering an area of about one mu. The electric threads between the clouds have also become thicker, accompanied by a loud rumbling thunder.

  But this momentum should have a not small rain, unfortunately, things went against my wishes. Wasted a long time of energy, drizzling down just a little bit of light rain, and then the dark clouds quickly dispersed.

  What is called thunder and small raindrops, this is the current situation. Yuan Tian sat down on the ground with a thud, his hands supporting the earth, panting heavily with exhaustion.

  This spiritual rain is too demanding, and it's just been learned, the movement is not yet familiar. For Yuantian who has just practiced Qi San Ceng, it's still a bit hard to cope with for now. Today was busy all day and really tired, go back and rest, come again tomorrow to practice the rain.

  The realm of Triple Cultivation is extremely low, and even many shop assistants in the transaction market are cultivators of Quadruple Cultivation. Some larger shops even have cultivators of Quintuple Cultivation or Sextuple Cultivation as their apprentices.

  As a miscellaneous disciple of the Tianyuan Sword Sect, the treatment he received was actually not as good as that of a shop assistant in a commercial building. A shop assistant only needs to stand there and greet customers, and can receive spiritual stone salary every month. Miscellaneous disciples need to raise pigs and cattle, do some dirty and tiring work, and cannot even guarantee a stable income.

  Only by becoming an outer door disciple can one be considered a formal disciple. Formal disciples, even if they do nothing, can receive spiritual stones from the sect every month. Moreover, outer door disciples have the opportunity to challenge the Eight Treasure Tower of the Master's Gate once a month, and accumulate points based on the number of levels passed.

  School points can be exchanged for elixirs, skills, spirit symbols and even spiritual instruments.

  Miscellaneous chores disciples have the opportunity to venture into the Eight Treasures Mechanism Tower only once a year. The Eight Treasures Mechanism Tower is divided into eight layers, each with eight mechanisms. If one can pass all eight mechanisms on the first floor, they can become an outer door disciple.

  The old iron who raised the big black cow has been in the door for over a decade. Every year, he goes to the Eight Treasures Tower to make a fortune, but so far, he hasn't even passed the first floor. As you can imagine, this tower is not easy to pass through.

  As a miscellaneous disciple, there is no corresponding Gongfa secret, nor is there any weapon or armor, and it's hard to get past the first pass of the first level.

  Yuán Tiān has reached the third layer of Qi cultivation this year and already has the qualifications to challenge the tower, but he is not in a hurry to go now.

  Currently, apart from Muyurou, there is no other lifesaving skill. Even Lengyurou is not used smoothly yet. Even if Lengyurou becomes proficient, it's still useless; can taking a bath for the mechanical people in the Mechanical Tower help pass the level?

  That's obviously impossible, wanting to pass, at least one must have a lethal spell and also a defensive means to protect oneself.

  Thinking of this, Yuan Tian no longer lingered and hurriedly got up and returned to his own small stone hut.

  After a tiring day, I really didn't want to move, but thinking of the two Golden Amulet defensive talismans I got from the bookstore owner today, Yuan Tian suddenly felt invigorated.

  Closed the door, quietly took out the defensive talisman. Held in the palm of his hand, he looked at it again and again, this was a lifesaving treasure after all. If he could make it himself, not only would he be able to save his own life in critical moments, but he could also sell it for money.

  If you've made enough points by passing the levels, you can become an official outer door disciple. Every month, there's a Ling Stone allowance, and then each person gets a separate courtyard with a spiritual field, where they can grow their own spiritual valley and spiritual vegetables, raise some small animals. Apart from what's handed over to the sect, you can still keep some for yourself.

  In the courtyard, a stone table is set up, eating spiritual dishes, gnawing on fragrant and spiritually empowered meat, and drinking a pot of fine wine. What a comfortable life it is! For this goal, I will start practicing making talismans from now on.

  Why bother to imitate instead of directly learning to draw characters? It's obviously to save time and effort, and be simple and convenient. In one word, it's "lazy", in two words, it's "taking a shortcut".

  Place a sheet of Xuan paper on the table and flatten it, then cover it with a semi-transparent ordinary paper. Dip the wolf hair brush in enough cinnabar red ink, sit up straight, lift the pen and suspend the wrist.

  He began to copy the golden hoop defensive symbol of the bookstore owner stroke by stroke.

  The silvery moonlight spilled onto the ground, and both inside and outside the house were extremely quiet. Once a person's mind is focused, they don't feel time passing quickly. If it weren't for the fact that the illuminating pearls had started to dim, Yuan Tian wouldn't have known he had been practicing for a very long time.

  The moonlight is beautiful, but it's not enough to draw talismans with this little brightness. The beads used for lighting up will shine like a small sun after being infused with spiritual energy, and only when you can see clearly can you copy them better.

  Replenished the Illuminating Pearl with spiritual energy, and counted the sheets of paper. I've already copied over a hundred sheets, and the characters I've copied look very similar. But when I really take a blank sheet of paper and try to write it myself, I still don't know how to move my brush.

  The strokes are particular about the order of writing, that is, the so-called starting and ending. Only when the starting point is found can this symbol be considered to have truly begun; otherwise, even if a identical symbol is drawn on the talisman paper, it will not exert its power.

  As for the collection of the brush, it is even more important. Once the starting stroke is done well, as long as the middle strokes are not wrong, this character can be considered a success. Through the wolf hair brush, the spiritual power is evenly poured into the character, and at this time, the mighty energy will gradually produce and store on the talisman paper.

  If a talisman is drawn well but the final stroke is incorrect, it will suddenly self-ignite and burn to ashes.

  "Zhi Fu Chu Jie" hasn't been bought back from the heavens yet, so for now I can only explore it myself. Although it's a bit difficult, as long as one is successful with one piece, after engraving and stamping it onto an seal, infinite quantities of spirit talismans can be manufactured, and there will never be any mistakes again. Because seals are fixed, the problem of incorrect stroke order doesn't exist.