Chapter 10: The Counterfeiting Master

  Yuan Tian returned to the small stone house with a full stomach, sat for a moment to adjust his state. The rich spiritual energy contained in the Ling dishes was gradually absorbed by his body, and he felt very good today.

  A bright pearl was lit and placed high on the table. With great care, a low-grade spirit stone flame symbol was taken out and laid flat on the table.

  This flame talisman, no matter how I look at it, is pleasing to the eye. Although they are all the same symbols, they are drawn particularly neatly and smoothly. If not for considering that it's really too expensive, Yuan Tianzhen thought of activating one to see the power of this flame talisman.

  Spread out the white transparent paper, wolf hair brush dipped in cinnabar red. Still start with copying first, one stroke at a time.

  The flame talisman's script was a bit more complicated, and even if it was copied, it wasn't that easy. After finishing writing on one hundred sheets of white paper, Yuantian looked at the talismans he had drawn. He felt that they still weren't quite smooth, and there was a gap between them and the original talismans.

  Got up and exercised my shoulders, stretched out my arms. Alternately rubbed my numb wrists, this job isn't easy either.

  Anyway, there's plenty of white paper, sit down and continue to imitate. As one sheet after another of white paper is used, the wolf hair brush strokes become more and more smooth. This corner was originally turned like this. This stroke was originally returned here, then pulled horizontally to the other side.

  Imitation is a good thing, as long as you write enough, you can always find the rules of the original creator. After writing another hundred chapters of white paper, Yuantian stopped his pen. He picked up the talisman he had imitated and placed it next to the original spirit talisman.

  The size and strokes are almost the same, can't see any awkward places, can start copying now.

  This kind of copying without talismans and infusion of spiritual energy has one advantage, which is that it doesn't require so much effort, and there's no risk of self-ignition due to failure. After drawing for just a few strokes, Yuan Tian stopped his brush. As expected, he still hadn't grasped the essence, and after writing just a few characters, they began to slant.

  Put the white paper back on the original flame talisman, but this time it's not for copying. Instead, make a grid of squares according to the original talisman script. After the grid is done, you can observe through the white paper the distance proportions between the underlying script and the grid's up-down-left-right sides as well as the middle ten-character line.

  Using grid paper, after writing several times, the characters are indeed more regular than before, but still can't reach a qualified level.

  This flame talisman was indeed not easy to imitate, but Yuan Tian wasn't afraid at all. He went to get another sheet of white paper and placed it on top of the original spirit talisman, this time creating a grid that was even more precise than the田 character grid. The 田 character grid divided each character into four squares, while this new grid divided it into sixteen small squares.

  With the grid as a reference, the strokes are much smoother. After practicing dozens of sheets, the strokes have become more standardized.

  Take down the illuminating pearl and fill it with spiritual power. Next is the important step of drawing talismans on the talisman paper.

  Holding a wolf-hair brush dipped in cinnabar red, with elbow down and wrist flat, he still used the most controlled breathing technique to infuse a layer of spiritual energy.

  The pen is indeed not wrong, after so many times of imitation practice, the effect is significant. Efforts to control the stability of spiritual power, Yuan Tian writes very slowly. After a while, sweat flows down from the forehead. A part of it flows into the eyes, irritating the eyes and making them hurt.

  At this critical moment, it's naturally impossible to stop and wipe away sweat. The Flame Talisman's incantation is really difficult; even with the first layer of spiritual energy infused, it's somewhat uncontrollable.

  Damn it! Yuan Tian felt that his spiritual power was a bit disordered, and he grabbed the talisman paper on the table and threw it into the corner of the wall.

  "A loud bang" A piece of flame with a rolling heat wave burned the corner of the wall to a charred black. A small wooden stool was not spared, and it directly turned into charcoal fragments all over the ground. This is not self-ignition, but obviously a small explosion.

  Luckily, the reaction was quick enough. If it had exploded on the desk, then other talismans would have also been affected. The wolf-hair brush and the inkstone containing cinnabar would probably not have escaped unscathed. Those were all bought with spirit stones, what a pity to see them destroyed.

  It was already difficult to forcibly retrieve the infused spiritual energy without preparation. The heat generated by the Flame Talisman brought a huge thrust, and Yuan Tian lost control of his body and fell face-up on the ground. His whole body originally didn't have much flesh, and the hard bones hitting the bluestone floor were really painful, causing him to break out in cold sweat from fear and pain.

  This shocked Yuan Tian, and the seal was not joking around. Especially the Flame Seal, this kind of aggressive spirit seal. This is just an incomplete explosion of the Flame Seal, and only a layer of spiritual power was input. If it were a complete Flame Seal character, full of spiritual power, if it exploded, wouldn't it blow this small house down?

  It's no wonder Yuan Tian was surprised, because he didn't know yet. The power of the Flame Talisman mainly depends on the level of the talisman and the amount of spiritual energy. As for whether it is infused with spiritual energy from the first layer or the fifth layer of Qi Refining, the difference isn't very big.

  Just now that was an incomplete talisman, and the spiritual power had just been infused for a short while. Otherwise, according to this talisman's standard, once it explodes, I'm afraid it would be fatal.

  Struggling to sit up from the ground, Yuan Tian touched his wildly beating heart, still alive!

  "This is not a talisman, it's simply playing with one's life. Whoever created the original Flame Talisman must be either a master or a madman. From now on, Yuan Tian dare not lightly try drawing talismans on talisman paper, and will instead practice more on plain paper."

  After practicing dozens of times on the grid paper, I felt that my brushstrokes were no longer a problem. Comparing it with the original Flame Symbol, I couldn't see any difference. Except for the lack of spiritual energy fluctuations, it was like looking in a mirror.

  Yuántiān himself was a bit impressed by his own imitation ability. What's the big deal about masterpieces? He could imitate them in just a few hours.

  This time, I was careful and applied enough cinnabar to the wolf hair brush. Then, I put aside the inkstone, symbol paper, and other things, leaving only one sheet of symbol paper on the table. After adjusting my posture, I started writing the symbol text again.

  Control the spiritual power to a very low level, and the strokes of the pen move extremely slowly, for fear that there will be instability. The slower you write, the more tired you become, and Yuan Tian's arm starts to tremble slightly.

  With a flourish of his brush, he snatched the symbol and flung it out. As he stood up, he let out a triumphant whoop. This black tight-fitting thief costume was truly not worn in vain - just those few moves were no worse than those of the legendary master thieves who had made their names on the jianghu.

  "This time the momentum was even greater, and a lot of dust fell from the roof. Fortunately, the walls were made of stone, otherwise they would have collapsed. This time, there wasn't any furniture that suffered, the only wooden stool in the corner had already turned to ashes earlier."

  What's wrong, Yuan Tian was a bit confused. Or just go to bed today and try again tomorrow by going out to find another place. This way, the house will be knocked down sooner or later. Besides, the noise is too loud, it will also startle others.

  Just about to tidy up the bed and prepare for sleep. Saw that the package brought back today was still thrown on the bed, with Mr. Dongguo's book of experience exposed outside.

  Flame Talisman! The most taboo during the process of making a talisman is instability, so infusing it with water spiritual energy is the safest, followed by earth spiritual energy, but its power will be correspondingly weakened.

  Fire-attribute root bone cultivators, when creating flame talismans, are prone to unstable explosions. Wood-attribute root bone cultivators are even more dangerous, as wood can ignite fire, increasing its power.

  How come I didn't see this section on the road, only looked at the front and thought it was all learned, it seems that basic knowledge is still very important, especially in terms of experience. Although copying can prevent half the work, the basics are also indispensable.

  The source of heaven has two roots, namely the wood attribute root and the water attribute root. The wooden spirit root is in "Gan", and the water attribute is in "Zhi". Water can give birth to wood, and wood can give birth to fire. This spiritual power is poured into the flame talisman, which requires a very stable hand method, and a very even spiritual power can avoid causing an explosion.

  Once you find the cause, it's easy to handle. According to what the book says, if you mainly infuse spiritual energy into the water spirit root, then it will be very stable.

  The talisman paper was spread out again, and Yuan Tian picked up his brush to start writing. With the "branch" spirit root in front of him, water attribute spiritual energy flowed continuously into the brush pen, and then entered the talisman paper.

  It's indeed stabilized a lot, and I feel that even if I use second-layer spiritual power to infuse it, I can control it. Of course, Yuan Tian wouldn't really use second-layer spiritual power to infuse it. After all, this is just an experimental spirit symbol, there's no need to infuse too much spiritual power, just to prove that the script is written correctly.

  The strokes of the pen moved with an unusual smoothness, no longer as slow as before, and the small wrist no longer trembled.

  A red glow burst forth, and then quickly converged into the talisman paper. The great work is accomplished!

  The danger is not so great now, as long as you are careful enough. He sat cross-legged and adjusted his breath. He took out a few spirit stones and placed them on the table, comparing them to choose the smoothest one. The flame talisman requires such a high degree of flatness and evenness, Yuan Tian did not dare to be careless.

  The seal carving was a painstaking task, and after nearly an hour of work, the seal was finally carved.

  Let out a deep breath, that's it for today. Although I know the printing of spirit symbols should be fine in terms of evenness and smoothness, to be on the safe side, I'll go find a place to print them tomorrow instead. This small stone house really can't withstand any more commotion, one more explosion and it'll collapse.

  Once the mind relaxes, fatigue takes advantage of the emptiness. Now I feel weak all over, and my arms can't even be lifted. I'm too lazy to change clothes, and I'll just go straight to sleep in bed.

  "Pig brothers, I'm sorry, I won't be able to give you extra food tonight." Yuantian mumbled in his sleep.

  Waking up to a bright sky, Yuan Tian hurriedly arrived at the pigpen. Fortunately, the situation wasn't as bad as imagined. The spotted pigs hadn't starved to the point of crashing into the enclosure, it seemed that the meal he had fed them before going to the restaurant last night was still effective, especially with the help of the timely rain shower.

  No need to go to the spiritual field to cut grass, there is still food in the pig shed warehouse. After mixing and stirring, it was added to the feeding trough. Today's spiritual rain was even more handy, familiar with the road, filling the water tank with just the right amount of water, not too much or too little, without spilling a drop.

  Returned to the small stone house, took up the seal, talisman paper and other things. Turned over the body onto a small paper boat, went out to find a place to print flame talismans.