I Live Forever With My Proficiency

Chapter 52 Drawing Talisman

The talisman making room.

It was noon at this time, and the soft sunshine of late winter and early spring shone through the window and was crushed on the desk. The cup of boiled water on the desk was quiet and without a trace of ripples.

Chen Ping sat at the desk, picked up the water glass, took a sip of water, and put it down.

Open the "Introduction to Ten Common Talismans of Qi Refining Stage" and read it again.

This book records the ten most common talisman drawing methods of Qi Refining Stage.

Namely: cleansing talisman, fire igniting talisman, listening to wind talisman, attracting good luck talisman, controlling wind talisman, avoiding sword talisman, warding off evil spirits, protecting body talisman, suppressing evil talismans, and calming mind talisman.

in.

The cleansing talisman is the simplest talisman and does not require the use of talisman skin, just talisman paper.

Entry level talisman.

What Chen Ping wants to draw now is the cleaning charm.

He sat down solemnly and recited the incantation silently.

Then he held his breath and concentrated for a moment, picked up the talisman, dipped it in the talisman ink, rotated the pen tip on the mouth of the bottle and stroked it twice, and scraped off the excess talisman ink. Then on the laid out rune paper, copy the runes one by one.

The runes are composed of several flat hieroglyphs vertically, which are superimposed together to form a long vertical rune.

Chen Ping couldn't recognize the internal meaning.

Just take pictures.

First draw with a left gesture, and write three horizontal strokes on the right, like a gentle breeze supporting a hill. In the middle, downwards and vertically, and in circles. First two circles to the left, then two circles to the right, then to the bottom

"Pfft!"

Before the runes were finished, the ink misfired and a ball of flame burst out from the runes.

Chen Ping quickly brushed away the flames and took a breath.

‘Spiritual power is difficult to control. ’

‘The stroke trend is also difficult to control. ’

'According to the book, there are many don'ts: the strokes should not be too sharp, nor should they be too soft. The strokes should not be too dense or too sparse. Spiritual power should not be input too fast or too hard, nor should it be input too slowly or too lightly’

Too many ‘don’ts’.

But therein lies the problem.

What does "should not be too sharp, nor should it be too soft"? This degree has no and no experience and commentary from previous generations. It is all based on one's own exploration.

This is where the difficulty lies.

Very difficult to grasp.

‘We can only try again and again. Maybe a blind cat will kill a mouse, maybe it will succeed once unintentionally, maybe it will be possible to get started just like that. ’

Chen Ping straightened up, took a deep breath, picked up the pen and continued trying.

After a while,

"Pfft!"

again,

This time I finished all the drawings, but the runes didn't respond at all, just like some useless words written on waste paper.

continue

"hiss!"

A puff of green smoke emerged without flame.

Come again

"."

Two hours later, I got up and moved around.

Still couldn't get started.

There are too many techniques here, and it is not easy to grasp the scale just by relying on dry words.

This is not just simple writing, every stroke and every stroke is a medium for receiving the laws of heaven, and initially reaches a certain level of 'reception between heaven and man' to gather the laws.

There are many doorways.

‘Could it be? ’

‘Is it because the mantra is not recited religiously enough? ’

Chen Ping was speechless. He arranged his appearance in a grand manner, straightened the Zouzi on his clothes, then sat upright and recited a mantra:

"The heaven and earth are natural, the dust is scattered, the cave is mysterious, and the Taiyuan is shining brightly. The Spiritual Treasure Talisman makes me natural."

Draw the talisman while it's hot.

"Pfft!"

Chen Ping：.

Forget it, that's it for today.

I couldn't comprehend the mystery for a moment.

We can only take our time.

Fortunately, the price of talisman skins has also increased by about double. Based on the superb talisman skin skills, you can make a lot of money just selling talisman skins.

Thinking of this, he picked up the talisman tool and fetched it into leather.

Cut, cut, lift, pull, fill, mend.

The movements are done in one go.

Got an exquisite talisman skin

No, I got the spiritual stone.

Chen Ping put his hands behind his head and let out a breath. Suddenly, the depression accumulated in his heart due to drawing the talisman dissipated, and he felt refreshed.

Money is the most satisfying thing.

evening.

When Chen Ping was sitting in the yard eating slowly with a large Haikou bowl in his hands, Zhang Zheng came.

According to Zhang Zheng, he came here unknowingly while taking a walk after dinner, so he came to see his old friend Chen Ping.

How could you have come here unknowingly? Are you interested in visiting old customers? Chen Ping understood.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, how have you been with your talisman studies recently?" After some pleasantries, Zhang Zheng asked pretending to be nonchalant.

Chen Ping smiled and said:

"I have improved a bit. I went to the market a few days ago to sell some talisman skins. How is Fellow Daoist Zhang doing?"

"That's the same." Zhang Zheng sighed: "It's just that there are still some subtle details that are difficult to control, but there is no way to learn anymore. I can only explore slowly by myself."

Qi Jianglun is dead, so what else can he learn?

"Situ Shan didn't give you any trouble after that, right?" Chen Ping asked now that this topic was brought up.

"Hey, don't mention it. I was really unlucky. I was interrogated by the city defense every day during that period. If it weren't for the beast tide, my life would probably be difficult." Zhang Zheng was frightened for a while when he said this, and finally said softly road:

"To be honest with Chen Fellow Daoist, I felt something was wrong every time I thought about it. Situ Shan and I were not actually familiar with each other, and we didn't have a close relationship. But for some reason, every time he came, I would spare no effort to explore the craftsmanship of making talisman with him. It's really true. It’s weird... Oh, that’s all, that’s all, fortunately it’s all over.”

Zhang Zheng waved his hands for a while.

Chen Ping felt stagnant in his heart.

I remember that when I first met Situ Shan at Zhang Zheng’s house, I felt something was wrong.

Later I also had this doubt.

Now it seems that it's not just me. Zhang Zheng realized the same thing later.

Could it be that Situ Shan used some kind of trick?

Unfortunately, many things can no longer be confirmed.

Fortunately, Situ Shan was killed decisively, otherwise we don't know what huge long-term risks there would be.

The two chatted for a while, but Zhang Zheng had no intention of saying goodbye. He seemed to want to say something but was embarrassed to say it.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, is there anything else?" Chen Ping smiled.

"No, no, haha." Zhang Zheng ducked his eyes and smiled, hesitatingly saying: "Fellow Daoist Chen, how many talisman skins can you make in a day?"

How could Chen Ping not know what he wanted to express.

It's been a long time since I bought leather from him.

The adult skin is different from the talisman skin.

Talisman skins are easy to sell because there are technical barriers and many people can’t learn it even if they want to.

But leather making is different. There is no technical content and many people can do it. In addition, it is difficult to make money in Cloud Link City now, so many people have picked up this job again.

So the competition is not small.

You can sell them in the market, but it usually takes a lot of time to sell some.

There are potential risks over time.

How can one be as reliable as selling to a leatherworker like Chen Ping one-on-one?

Chen Ping smiled:

"I haven't made enough talisman skins recently. I still have more than 100 talisman skins left that I bought before. They can still be used for a while. I will buy them from you when I run out."

Made less?

Zhang Zheng said in surprise:

"Then, how do you make money?"

He thought to himself that if his success rate was not so low, he would wish to make talisman skins every day.

"They are also talisman skins, but I don't make that much anymore. Five or six talisman sheets a day are enough to make a living. You have to leave some time to practice." Chen Ping said calmly.

This was said easily, but the corners of Zhang Zheng's mouth twitched.

Just barely able to get by?

Zhang Zheng looked at Chen Ping, who was wearing a Middle Grade robe.

All they ate were spiritual rice and Demonic Beast meat. During this period, the price of spiritual rice has skyrocketed, and he has been eating fruits and vegetables intermittently.

He spent his own money to repair the house.

Is this called barely getting by?

etc.

Five or six talisman skins every day?

Remembering that Chen Ping said there were more than 100 pieces of leather left, I roughly estimated the length of time since the last time I bought leather.

this.

I'm afraid one adult skin can output 3 talisman skins.

'hiss. ’

Zhang Zheng took a breath.

Thinking about the quality of Chen Ping's talisman skins that were already very good a few months ago, the quality will probably become even more extraordinary after a few months.

He was happy for his 'client', but at the same time he felt extremely tight in his chest.

"Haha, it's good, it's good. You can't just make talisman skins. It's good to spend more time practicing." Zhang Zheng laughed awkwardly.

We chatted for a few more words, but Zhang Zheng became more and more out of sorts the more we talked.

He hurriedly said goodbye.

On the way back, Zhang Zheng thought about how he and Chen Ping learned how to make talisman skins together. This was the second time that he went to learn, and it was only the first time for Chen Ping.

Unexpectedly, a few months later, Chen Ping left him far away.

‘Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Chen’s cultivation level is low and he is only at the Qi Refining level. ’ Zhang Zheng thought this and felt a little more balanced.

Chen Ping is not a complete genius.

At least his cultivation level is not as high as mine, I am already at the third level.

hehe.

Thanks to book friend "Mu Yunxi" for the 1,500-coin reward, the second reward for this book. Thank you, boss.

Thank you to all the book friends who voted for the book monthly, recommended it, and continued reading. Thank you all.

(End of chapter)