Chapter 8: High-Price Flame Talisman

  "Please come this way," said the shop assistant, making a welcoming gesture and leading him to a shelf.

  There were many low-grade spirit talismans on the shelves: Vajra Hood Talisman, Water Droplet Talisman, Entwining Talisman, Stone Spear Talisman, Earth Shield Talisman, Flame Talisman... Just the Flame Talismans that Yuan Tian wanted had five different types, and their prices were all different too.

  "You'd better buy a more expensive talisman, whether it's for protection or for reference." The shop assistant recommended enthusiastically.

  If it were someone else, they might think the shop assistant was cheating customers. But Yuan Tianke didn't think so; after all, he was also half a master of talismans and could still tell the good from the bad.

  That four-spirit stone can buy five flame talismans, the regularity of the talisman is not very good. It should be a new person's practice spirit talisman, the effect must be worse. The two spirit talismans I had just now, the level of spiritual power is not enough, probably also have to sell at this price.

  A flame talisman made of one spiritual stone and one piece of paper looked almost identical to those sold in specialized spiritual symbol shops.

  What attracts the most is still a Flame Symbol of two low-grade Spirit Stones, which is twice as expensive as the standard Flame Symbol.

  Good goods are not cheap, and cheap goods are not good. Although he himself didn't have much money, Yuan Tian strongly believed in this saying. Since it's a copy, then it should be a copy of the best.

  "Two Ling Stones, I'll take one... no, both!" The two low-grade Flame Talismans on the shelf with special prices were all he needed, and Yuan Tian considered buying them all.

  Such a good thing can only be imitated by me. What if it's imitated by others, wouldn't that block my path to wealth? This evil thought emerged in Yuan Tian's heart.

  For the choice of Yuan Tian, the shop assistant seemed very satisfied. He happily took two Flame Talismans from the shelf and handed them over.

  "That's right, good things are absolutely different. I'm telling you, just now someone had no vision at all. He spent four low-grade spirit stones to buy five of those inferior spirit symbols. Looking at his waist plate, he's also a miscellaneous disciple from your Tianyuan Sword Sect. You have a good eye for things, young brother!" The shop assistant timely praised Yuan's choice.

  That shop assistant smiled so slyly, I wonder if he's been ripped off badly. He took out four low-grade spirit stones, and Yuan Tian felt a sharp pain in his heart. To get rich, one must invest first; this time, the imitation must succeed at all costs.

  Having gotten what I wanted, I didn't linger much. Except for the Seven Treasures Pavilion, I quickly hurried back and forth on a small paper boat.

  The high sun is good for basking, and Yuan Tian finds that this is the first time he has flown back and forth in broad daylight. In the past, when he took the flower-patterned pig to stroll around the market, it was already late afternoon, and after the transaction was completed, it was already evening, and they always flew back under the cover of night.

  In the past, I was careful driving with flower-patterned pigs, and when I returned, it was already dark, so I didn't get a good look at the scenery at the foot of Tianyuan Mountain. Now that I'm looking, it's really lively.

  All sorts of people are hurrying to and fro, some going to the market to sell things, others leaving. There are also locals who live nearby, taking their families out for a stroll. Sometimes I feel that being a wandering cultivator is quite happy, although there is no backing of a sect's power, but it is free and easy.

  "Huh? The person rushing down there looks familiar, isn't that Liu Ming's lackey? Could it be that the shop assistant was talking about him just now, saying he bought a cheap spirit symbol? No way! With his income, even a cheap spirit symbol would be unaffordable for him."

  Forget it, Yuantian took out the book given by Mr. Dongguo. Sitting upright on a small paper boat, the spring breeze blew over his oversized clothes, making a rustling sound. Holding a thread-bound thick book, he really had a bit of a superior feeling.

  Wang San Chun, who was in a hurry to rush on the road, was miserable. He came to Liu Ming to buy Ling Fu for errands. There is no flying device, and this road has used Ji Xing Fu, but it can't be compared with sitting on a flying device, which is comfortable and fast.

  It's a good thing that the Qiǎo Gé Za Huò (Seven Treasures Miscellaneous Goods Store) had some cheap Ling Symbols. I got five Flame Symbols and five Vajra Hood Symbols. It was supposed to cost ten low-grade Spirit Stones, but in the end, I only spent eight and managed to buy them.

  To help Liu Ming break through the Eight Treasure Tower, Liu Guang gave Liu Ming ten low-grade spirit stones to buy a spirit talisman. Ten spirit stones was still affordable for outer sect disciples, but for miscellaneous duty disciples it was like a huge sum of money.

  It's just that Yuantian, this miscellaneous disciple who inherited the legacy of Huang Lao Shi and is relatively good at doing business, dared to spend 15 spirit stones to buy a spell. The Flame Talisman actually costs two spirit stones per piece, it's not ordinary expensive.

  Wang San Chun complained, but in his heart he was secretly delighted. He made two spirit stones just by running an errand, thanks to Liu Ming's laziness.

  Yuanyang sat cross-legged on the small paper boat, opening the book of seal experience. The catalog was done very well, the classification was clear and concise, and he easily found the introduction to flame seals.

  Flame Emblem, low-grade attack emblem. After activation, it is thrown to form a spherical flame attack. The attack distance is twenty steps, and it is a one-time consumable item. Once used, the spirit emblem will completely disappear and cannot be recovered.

  Due to the instability of fire properties, it is more difficult to produce. When writing, pay attention to the spiritual power must be even, otherwise it will easily fail. The natural fire generated when failing is greater than ordinary symbols, remember! Remember!

  Upon seeing this, Yuan Tian's heart felt a bit regretful. No wonder the two Flame Talismans he had bought were only worth two low-grade Spirit Stones. It turned out that Flame Talismans were so unstable, and during the production process, one didn't dare to fully infuse spiritual energy.

  Seals don't have this problem, as long as they are successfully engraved, a seal can be fully infused with spiritual power. There is absolutely no unevenness in the strokes or spiritual power.

  In the book, there is a beauty like jade, in the book, there is a house of gold. This thing called a book is indeed a treasure, Mr. Dongguo's experience with this talisman not only talks about the method of making talismans but also mentions many things that need attention.

  Yuán Tiān even considered whether the Jade Simplification of "Zhì Fú Chū Jiě" was still necessary to buy, and after thinking about it, he decided it was. Many spiritual symbols' texts he didn't recognize yet, if he were to learn them one by one from the book, would take up quite some time. The Jade Simplification was something that once tapped on his forehead, he'd know everything; might as well combine both methods.

  Put away the book, sat on a small paper boat and adjusted his state. Making talismans is a tiring job, even if it's fake, it's not easy. The small paper boat was narrow, but fortunately Yuan Tian was thin enough, sitting inside was still quite stable.

  After a while, the paper boat had already flown close to the mountain gate. Wang San Chun was still running hard on the road, and Yuan Tian had entered the mountain gate and returned to the pigpen.

  It's inconvenient with so many people around during the day. First, I fed the pig some fodder and cast a spell to fill up the water tank. Pig, hurry up and grow some meat. After selling the spirit stone, I can finally buy that "Introduction to Talisman Making" jade scroll.

  I don't know if the spotted pigs heard Yuan Tian's prayer, but they were fighting for food and making a loud noise, causing the stone trough to shake violently. Fortunately, the stone trough was sturdy enough, or it would have been knocked over by them.

  The sky was still early, so he simply practiced the Lingyu Decision in this pig shed. This thing wasn't afraid of others knowing, and if other miscellaneous disciples found out, they would only be more crazy about offering their respects to Yuantian. As long as he practiced to a high enough level, even those outer door disciples who planted fields would have to ask him for rain.

  The pigpen was not as large as the empty land of Lingtian, and this time the gathered dark clouds were smaller. Controlling the dark clouds to accumulate thicker and thicker, there began to be flashes of lightning. The spiritual rain had not fallen yet, so Yuan Tian could only continue to increase his spiritual power.

  A loud clap of thunder, the flower-patterned pigs stopped fighting for food and looked up at that small dark cloud. Afraid of lightning, this is an animal's instinct. Seeing the cloud was so small, the electric wire wasn't thick either, they felt relieved and buried their heads to eat again.

  "Whoosh...!" Lingyu was drenched in the pigpen, although it was only as big as a bathtub, but it was coming down quite heavily.

  The pigpen is going to explode, the flower-patterned pigs are crazily crowding into the range where the spiritual rain is falling. The dense rainwater, carrying abundant spiritual energy, poured down. A few sturdy flower-patterned pigs squeezed into position first, opening their big mouths to drink the spiritual rain.

  The flower-patterned pig that couldn't squeeze in was anxious and used its head to push against the other pigs. Unfortunately, due to its insufficient physique, it couldn't budge them no matter how hard it tried.

  Yuántiān looked at these silly pigs, and his heart was filled with joy. It seems that this spiritual rain must control the area of ??the dark cloud, and cannot simply pursue a large range. Last time in Língtián, he suddenly created a dark cloud the size of an acre, but as a result, the spiritual power was insufficient later on.

  Slightly increased the output of spiritual power, and the dark cloud grew to the size of a room. Now all the spiritual pigs got wet, so they didn't need to squeeze and collide with each other anymore.

  These big pigs are all well-fed, and Yuan Tian also took care of the little flower-patterned pig. The piglets and the large flower-patterned pigs were separated by a fence, and their feed and water were separate to prevent them from being trampled by the big pigs during feeding time.

  This little pig has a thick neck and a big mouth, eating food is really powerful. Don't look at the small head, the momentum of eating food is not inferior to that of a big pig. Now it's fortunate, from an early age, there is spiritual rain to drink.

  After finishing the Lingyu, he felt a bit tired. Yuantian returned to the small stone house early and sat cross-legged on a futon on the bed.

  Lingyu Jue, as a magical technique, not only allows one to control the clouds and rain, but also has another effect of enhancing one's own cultivation. Yuan Tian's current Qi Refining Three Layers' cultivation is all achieved through the most basic Qi Nourishing Techniques.

  After reaching the third layer of Qi cultivation, the effect of Nourishing Qi techniques becomes less obvious. This lowest-level Qi nourishment method can only be practiced up to the fourth layer at most. To break through to the fifth layer of Qi cultivation, one must practice a better technique. For example, the Pei Yuan Jue given to outer sect disciples is a good technique for improving basic cultivation.

  Lingyu Jue differs from Peiyuan Jue in that it is not a technique specifically designed to enhance basic cultivation, but rather a technique with specific water attributes and the ability to induce rain. Its method of enhancing cultivation is slightly inferior to Peiyuan Jue, but far surpasses Naqi Wantu.

  Practicing martial arts is really a time-consuming thing, if not for the rumbling of his stomach, Yuan Tian wouldn't have known that it had already gotten dark. This one sitting session, unexpectedly several hours had passed.

  The method of cultivating Qi, also known as the peak of the four layers of Qi cultivation, refers to people with good innate qualities, who can cultivate up to that level at most. As for Yuantian, who only has two roots and bones, his spiritual power is naturally slower to condense, so he got stuck in the third layer of Qi cultivation.

  I felt the abundant spiritual energy inside my body, and I couldn't help but feel that the fifteen spirit stones spent on "Spirit Rain Decision" were not wasted. The stagnant third layer of Qi training for a year finally showed signs of breakthrough.

  Huang Lao Shi, you're really too honest. Why didn't you get more spiritual stones and buy a good cultivation manual back then? It's such a pity to be stuck at the fourth layer of Qi Refining until death without making any breakthroughs. But thinking about it, he was severely injured in the past, maybe even with a good manual, he wouldn't have made progress anyway.

  Yuanyuan changed into another set of clothes and then went out to get something to eat. Recently, I don't know why she has become fond of changing clothes.

  This black outfit is tight-fitting and slim-legged. Paired with Yuan Tian's slender figure, walking in the dark of night, it's like a flying thief.

  The spiritual beast meat is too expensive to eat, but the sect's spiritual grain can still be eaten. As for the meat, you can eat some ordinary wild beast meat to satisfy your cravings. Today's mood is not bad, originally wanted to drink a pot, considering tonight's big event of making talismans, might as well endure it first.