Chapter 15 Intermediate Talismans

  Ninety Flame Talismans were sold for one hundred and thirty-five low-grade Spirit Stones, which could be exchanged for a single mid-grade Spirit Stone. Yuan Tian received one mid-grade Spirit Stone and thirty-five low-grade Spirit Stones. This time, he didn't rush to exchange them for talisman papers, but instead asked the thin shop assistant about something.

  "Does your store have intermediate-level rice paper for sale?" Yuan Tian's sentence was purely a courtesy, how could such a large store possibly not have it.

  "Follow me," said Shidong, stopping beside a shelf just a few steps away.

  There are many kinds of talismans of various sizes placed here, all of which are intermediate-level talismans "Mao Tou Pian". The reason why there are big and small ones is that Mao Tou Pian can not only be used to make intermediate talismans but also larger things, such as the little paper boat made by Yuan Tian.

  That little paper boat is quite rough, and it's obvious that it's a novice middle-grade symbol practitioner's work. The strokes of the middle-grade symbol are more complex than those of the lower-grade symbol, and they require a lot of practice to mature. However, the paper for middle-grade symbols is so expensive that people don't want to throw away their imperfect works, which is how this kind of product came into being.

  Yuán Tiān looked at the shelves and then picked out a medium-sized talisman. The talisman was roughly the size of an Eight Immortals table top, square in shape.

  Seeing the young brother choosing not to use mid-grade spirit paper, Shizhong Dong was slightly surprised. Mid-grade spirit talismans are generally only practiced by cultivators who have reached the seventh layer of Qi refinement or above. Those who can successfully create standard mid-grade spirit talismans are mostly cultivators at the eighth or ninth layer of Qi refinement. If one's cultivation is too low, they will not be able to complete the talisman even if they start drawing it, and the talisman will be ruined.

  Now Yuan Tian not only has to buy mid-grade talismans, but also such large ones, how can it not surprise Shou Shi Dong. This kid is unlikely to make his own talisman equipment, if he really succeeds, there's no need to report back to headquarters, just call Dong Guo Old Fox and go to Tianyuan Sword Sect to get someone.

  This skinny shop assistant was clearly overthinking things. Although Yuan Tian had the means to forge talismans, he hadn't even seen a mid-grade talisman before, let alone create one. As for talisman devices, that wasn't just about drawing talismans, but also involved the interactions between multiple talismans.

  Let's take Yuan Tian's small paper boat as an example. Although it belongs to the category of flying spirit artifacts, if classified carefully, it actually belongs to a type of talisman. Talismans may be fragile in terms of materials, but if the talisman characters are used well, their power should not be underestimated. For instance, that crimson large painting boat seen some days ago is an extraordinary talisman. Even flying swords, which are renowned for their attacking prowess among spirit artifacts, cannot easily cut through its defenses.

  Mid-grade talismans are really not cheap, a small piece costs one low-grade spirit stone, which is five times the price of a low-grade talisman. The large mid-grade talisman that Yuan Tian bought cost as much as twenty low-grade spirit stones. This thing is really expensive, I didn't even dare to think about it before.

  The reason for buying such expensive things, of course, is for the trial three days later. Yuantian had a new idea, to use large pieces of intermediate talisman paper to cut out a garment, covered with golden talisman characters. It's only heard that talisman papers are held in hand, who would think of cutting them and wearing them on their body.

  The defensive spiritual equipment worn on the body are mostly metal armor or some precious textile soft armor. Those things basically rely on the material's own strong defense to achieve the purpose of protecting the wearer. During use, infusing spiritual power will make the defense more durable.

  The precious clothes that Yuantian wants to make are purely consumable. Once a layer of the Golden Shield is broken, a rune will collapse. If all the Golden Shields are broken, the entire intermediate talisman paper will be scrapped.

  But it has to be said that this idea is very cost-effective. And for Yuantian who can print symbols, it's relatively easy to achieve.

  Defensive spiritual artifacts, even a single piece requires over a hundred low-grade spiritual stones. The most crucial aspect is that the effect of defensive spiritual artifacts is related to one's own spiritual power level. Apart from the material of the artifact itself, cultivators need to constantly infuse spiritual energy to maintain the defensive effect.

  The spirit symbol is different, the spiritual power is all stored in advance, and no spiritual power is consumed to maintain it during the battle. While other cultivators use the spirit symbol as an auxiliary attack method, Yuantian uses it as a main defensive method.

  He spent another 40 low-grade spirit stones and bought 200 sheets of low-grade talismans. Yuan Tian felt that something was still missing.

  Continue to the low-level spiritual symbol shelf, and find a kind of entwining symbol that works well. The vines released can restrict the opponent's actions for a certain period of time. If it is an ability-poor cultivator, it may be directly strangled by the entwining vines.

  Can't beat the opponent, can throw a binding symbol to delay him, and then hurry up and escape. This spirit symbol is indeed good, Yuan Tian steeled himself and directly bought five high-priced binding symbols. In less than three days, it's not certain if there's time to replicate this binding symbol, buying a few more to ensure survival is important. Two low-grade spirit stones per piece, five pieces cost ten spirit stones.

  Just earned 135 spirit stones, and now I've spent 70 of them. It's enough to make the usually stingy Yuan Tian feel heartache.

  "Little brother, I'll give you a packet of cinnabar." Seeing Yuan Tian's painful expression, his face tense and pale, the clever and thin shop assistant quickly handed over a free packet of cinnabar.

  "Thank you, your store will definitely be prosperous." Bai got a pack of cinnabar, and Yuan Tian's tense face suddenly relaxed, the corners of his mouth curved up again, revealing a brilliant smile.

  "Little brother, if you have other spirit symbols, you can continue to sell them here. We won't take the flame symbols for now, you can try selling them at the market instead." They had already taken a hundred flame symbols from Yuan Tian, which was already giving him face. Low-grade spirit symbols were expensive to begin with, and there weren't many people buying them. Taking too many of the same symbol at once wasn't reasonable.

  Setting up a street stall, Yuan Tian had thought about it. But the sales speed is too slow, and he doesn't have that much time to spend here now. He has also investigated stalls, those big stores in front of which are not allowed to set up stalls, and those miscellaneous streets stalls don't have many rich people going there. Mr. Dongguo's bookstore entrance is worth considering, wait until I'm free to discuss with him.

  Now Yuantian couldn't even bother to go to the bookstore, a pile of things stuffed his backpack full, and he carried it onto the small paper boat. The whole way was a rush, time was precious.

  It was already noon when I arrived at the sect, so I returned to the small stone house and hid my package first. Then, I hurriedly rushed to the Xianke Lai restaurant. If only I had a Qiankun bag, it would be great. These things can be put in without taking up space, and it's convenient to carry with me. I must work hard to become an outer door disciple. After becoming a formal disciple, the sect will issue a Qiankun storage bag. Although it is only a low-level storage bag, it is much better than my current package.

  Wanting to eat for free, it's natural that they had to go to the cowshed to bring down a spiritual rain, and then fill up the large water tank in the back kitchen. After calling out to Old Fan, Yuan Tian arrived at the main hall and found a table by the window, sitting down with a big smile on his face.

  Call the shopkeeper over, ordered two dishes of lingcai and one dish of five-spice sauce ling beef. It's ling meat, not ordinary beef, of course, the money for eating ling meat is to be paid by oneself. Also ordered a pot of free hot tea.

  The entrance of the meat is beautiful! It's even more delicious than the roasted brown rabbit meat I had last time. The rabbit meat wasn't cooked, it was just grilled. This time, I had one of Xiang Ke Lai's signature dishes, Five Spice Sauce Spirit Cow Meat.

  As the spiritual vegetables and spiritual meat entered his belly, a warm current began to flow within him. How comfortable! At this moment, if he could have another jug of spiritual wine, it would be perfect.

  Today Yuan Tian still can't drink, because he has something important to do this afternoon. Because of this matter, today I gritted my teeth and ordered a portion of five-spice sauce beef noodles to eat.

  After having a full meal, he paid with three low-grade spirit stones. It's so expensive! If every meal is like this, who can afford it? Yuan Tian felt the abundant spiritual energy brought by the spirit meat while regretting the spent spirit stones.

  Selling talismans is still quite profitable for now, but it's not a long-term plan. Take Flame Talismans for example, Qiǎo Gé temporarily stopped collecting them. These things have a saturation point, and it's impossible to rely on just one thing forever. After becoming an official disciple, I'll need to work harder on cultivating methods in the Spiritual Fields.

  Yuan Tian thought as he walked, and soon arrived at the pigpen. He took a look inside the storage room and found that there wasn't much feed left. It would probably be busy from afternoon to evening, so it's better to prepare everything now.

  He walked to the miscellaneous spirit field rental area, and Yuan Tian did not renew the lease for the miscellaneous spirit field that was about to expire. He knew that once he became an outer door disciple, he would have a large piece of first-class spiritual land to cultivate.

  Looking at the tall and thick hay, Yuantian pulled out a sickle wrapped in leather from the soil on the field. Today he was going to harvest all the hay, after which he wouldn't have to worry about it being confiscated.

  This is really a physically demanding task, and I'm already panting with exhaustion after cutting less than half of it. This is still because my cultivation has improved to the fourth layer of Qi Refining, and there has been some improvement in my physical constitution.

  Yuán Tiānzhēn sat on the ground resting, and at the entrance of the rental area, another person came in. The one who came was none other than Old Wang, the cow herder.

  That's great! When he was tired, someone would send him a pillow. Old Wang's physique is absolutely good at farming. Usually, Yuan Tian helps his big black cow take a bath for free. Although it's not as valuable as Ling Yu's decision, Yuan Tian is so enthusiastic about helping him that Old Wang wouldn't refuse to mow the grass, such a small thing.

  Can't help but say that Old Wang is really capable, in a short while the remaining half of the grass was all cut down and neatly bundled into piles. Old Wang opened his arms wide, with one large bundle of grass on each shoulder. One bundle was over 3 meters high, if it wasn't tied tightly it would have fallen apart long ago.

  Yuán tiān followed behind, hugging a small pile of grass, and the two came to the pigpen laughing and chatting.

  "Source younger brother, isn't planning to renew the lease?" Old Wang was an old-fashioned miscellaneous role disciple, seeing Yuan Tian putting away all the materials, had already guessed what was going on.

  "Hmm! Next month, I'm going to participate in the challenge, so I won't be renewing the lease on this messy field. Might as well take it all in one go." Yuan Tian had nothing to hide, and Old Wang wasn't a stranger to challenges either, he just hadn't succeeded before.

  "It seems that my younger brother is very confident, so I'll congratulate him in advance." Old Wang's quota for this year has not been used yet, he has been preparing all along. This time he thought it through and only dared to make a move when he was confident, he couldn't afford to waste spirit stones again.