Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards-Chapter 55 - 54: Upper Grade Magic Brush, Tier One Middle Grade Fireball Talisman
In the southeastern direction of the Inner Sect of the Wind Moon Sect, there is the Treasure Storage Peak, with the Treasure Pavilion.
Qi Chuan’s figure appeared outside the Treasure Pavilion, glanced at the Inner Sect disciples coming and going around, and then stepped into the Treasure Pavilion.
Entering the hall inside the pavilion, he directly went to a counter selling artifacts.
There were only a few people in front, and soon it was Qi Chuan’s turn.
"May I ask what you need?"
The steward behind the counter was a female cultivator, graceful yet with lasting charm. Seeing Qi Chuan, she showed a gentle smile and said softly.
"A set of talisman making tools."
Qi Chuan directly stated his purpose.
"Talisman making tools, could it be that this Inner Sect disciple wants to learn how to make talismans?" The charming female steward was surprised to hear this, glanced at Qi Chuan, and couldn’t help but think to herself.
In the Inner Sect, there are not many who choose to focus on talisman making skills, as the majority of Inner Sect disciples put all their efforts into advancing their own cultivation.
Talisman making is a skill that greatly depends on one’s talent and has little to do with the spirit root. Despite the many geniuses in immortality cultivation within the Inner Sect, if they choose to also pursue talisman making, they might not necessarily succeed.
However, since this Inner Sect disciple wants to study talisman making, he must have his own considerations, so she didn’t say much more and simply asked:
"A set of talisman making tools includes the magic brush, magic ink, and talisman paper, and they range from lower grade to middle grade, upper grade, and top grade. Different qualities greatly influence the success rate of talisman making. Which grade do you need?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Chuan thought for a moment and said, "An Upper Grade Magic Brush, three bottles of Lower Grade Magic Ink, and a hundred sheets of Lower Grade Talisman paper, that’ll be fine."
The magic brush, being the most important tool for drawing talismans, has the greatest impact on the success rate of talisman drawing, so naturally, it should be of good quality.
Moreover, when my talisman making skills advance to the Tier One Upper Grade, the Upper Grade Magic Brush will still be usable. As for the Top Grade Magic Brush, it’s too expensive, unnecessary, and I don’t have that many spirit stones.
As for the magic ink and talisman paper, which are consumables, just buying lower grade ones is sufficient for now.
Currently, I am just a Tier One Lower Grade Talisman Maker, so practicing with lower grade magic ink and talisman paper is enough. Once I am able to draw middle grade or upper grade talismans, I’ll purchase middle-upper grade ones.
"The talisman making tools you want, take them, a total of thirty-three Inner Sect Contribution Points, spirit stones can be used instead."
Soon, the female steward brought Qi Chuan a complete set of talisman making tools.
With an all-white jade-like Upper Grade Profound Image Magic Brush, it’s basically equivalent to an Upper Grade Magical Artifact. The brush is made from the Profound Elephant Tooth, a Tier One Upper Grade demon beast material, with the brush tip being the ear hair from the Moon Silver Wolf, a Tier One Upper Grade demon beast, so there’s no need to mention the quality.
However, the magic ink and talisman paper were simple. The former is made by grinding Red Spirit Sand into powder and mixing it with Demon Rabbit Blood, while the latter is made from the fibers of a kind of Tier One Lower Grade Spirit Grass called Talisman Grass.
In fact, Talisman Grass has better qualities, which can reach up to the level of Tier One Upper Grade Spirit Grass, but for now, Qi Chuan just bought the lower grade ones.
Seeing this complete set of talisman making tools, Qi Chuan also nodded slightly, readily paying three hundred and thirty pieces of Lower Grade Spirit Stone.
"With this, I now only have a few dozen pieces of Lower Grade Spirit Stone and a few Inner Sect Contributions left."
Taking the set of talisman making tools, Qi Chuan left the Treasure Pavilion, thinking to himself.
However, now that he is a Tier One Lower Grade Talisman Maker, with future improvements in talisman making skills, these spirit stones will soon be earned back.
Back in his Tier One Upper Grade Cave Mansion, Qi Chuan immediately started working on drawing talismans.
In a quiet chamber, the white jade-colored Upper Grade Profound Image Magic Brush, the red magic ink, and the yellow talisman paper were all placed on a stone table.
Qi Chuan sat on a stone chair in front of the table, picked up the Profound Image Magic Brush in his right hand, dipped it in the magic ink from a jade bottle, took a sheet from a stack of talisman paper with his left hand, spread it out in front, and then smoothly began to write.
A few breaths later, the pen stopped, and the entire process flowed smoothly like floating clouds and flowing water.
"Is it done just like this?"
Picking up a Fireball Talisman in front of him, inscribed with some runes, these complex runes collectively formed a talisman array, vaguely showing the form of flames. This is the special talisman array required for the Fireball Talisman.
However, this Fireball Talisman is currently just a semi-finished product.
It’s just a successful drawing of the talisman array and still lacks the spiritual infusion process, which is to infuse the drawn talisman array with mana.
This step is equally crucial.
Because if a mistake is made during spiritual infusion, the entire talisman will directly self-combust, leading to a complete failure.
Moreover, this step is very prone to problems.
During spiritual infusion, each rune in the talisman array, and even different traces that make up each rune, require different amounts of mana.
It’s very easy to encounter a certain trace where infusing slightly more or less mana will cause a problem.
"However, this step requires extreme caution and is highly prone to mistakes for other talisman makers, but for me, it’s quite easy."
Qi Chuan smiled slightly.
With a movement of his hand, forming a single-handed seal, he then mobilized the mana in his dantian. Streams of mana flowed out along his meridians, finally emerging from his fingertips to enter the talisman array on the talisman paper. In that talisman array, every trace was precisely infused with mana.
A moment later, Qi Chuan withdrew his hand and looked at the Fireball Talisman on the stone table with a calm smile.
The Fireball Talisman emanated a radiant glow, as if integrated into one, with a faint, blazing heat.
Thus, the Tier One Lower Grade Fireball Talisman is complete!
Furthermore, it is the most perfect kind among Tier One Lower Grade Fireball Talismans; though they are both Tier One Lower Grade, it cannot be compared to the Tier One Lower Grade Fireball Talisman drawn by that rough middle-aged tribulation cultivator.
The former’s power is at least two-thirds stronger than the latter’s.
"The first talisman I have ever personally drawn in my life!"
"Indeed, the Great Success Level Fireball Technique significantly strengthens the process of drawing Fireball Talismans, especially shining through in the final stage of spiritual infusion!"
Qi Chuan smiled slightly, gazing satisfactorily at the perfect Tier One Lower Grade Fireball Talisman on the stone table.
It can be said that even a Tier One Middle Grade Talisman Master would probably not be as easy and smooth in the spiritual infusion stage of drawing a Fireball Talisman as I, a Tier One Lower Grade Talisman Maker.
The reason is that Qi Chuan, who possesses the Great Success Level Fireball Technique, is thoroughly familiar with constructing the Fireball Technique using mana, and the spiritual infusion phase of the Fireball Talisman shares many similarities, bearing a likeness in different form.
[You have successfully drawn a Tier One Lower Grade Fireball Talisman, triggering a forty-fivefold critical strike, gaining forty-fivefold rewards; your experience and skills in drawing Fireball Talismans have received a boost.]
At this moment, a line of words appeared before Qi Chuan’s eyes.
Soon, many experiences and skills related to drawing Fireball Talismans also emerged in his mind.
After absorbing these experiences and skills, Qi Chuan immediately felt that his skills in drawing Fireball Talismans had improved considerably once more.
It was as if he had drawn forty-five Tier One Lower Grade Fireball Talismans, and through practice and familiarity, he naturally gained more experience and understanding in drawing Fireball Talismans.
"At this rate, I might soon advance to Tier One Middle Grade in my skill of drawing Fireball Talismans?"
Qi Chuan smiled slightly, reflecting internally.
Thus, he began practicing talisman making again, drawing Tier One Lower Grade Fireball Talismans one by one, and completing the spiritual infusion.
Meanwhile, lines of words kept appearing before his eyes.
[You have successfully drawn a Tier One Lower Grade Fireball Talisman, triggering a thirtyfold critical strike, gaining a thirtyfold reward; your experience and skills in drawing Fireball Talismans have received a boost.]
[You have successfully drawn a Tier One Lower Grade Fireball Talisman, triggering a fortyfold critical strike, gaining a fortyfold reward; your experience and skills in drawing Fireball Talismans have received a boost.]
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In the next two days, apart from normally practicing the Evergreen Technique and refining his cultivation, Qi Chuan was mainly drawing Fireball Talismans.
During this time, his skills in drawing Fireball Talismans rapidly improved with the critical strike bonuses from his golden finger.
The two days flew by swiftly, and on the morning of the following day, just as Qi Chuan finished drawing his thirtieth Tier One Lower Grade Fireball Talisman and started on the thirty-first, something unexpected occurred.
[You have successfully drawn a Tier One Middle Grade Fireball Talisman, triggering a hundredfold critical strike, gaining a hundredfold reward; your experience and skills in drawing Fireball Talismans have received a boost, advancing you to a Tier One Middle Grade Talisman Master.]
Suddenly, an unanticipated line of words emerged before Qi Chuan’s eyes.
Looking at this line of words, Qi Chuan’s eyes were filled with surprise.
"This... I actually used Tier One Lower Grade magic ink and talisman paper to draw a Tier One Middle Grade Fireball Talisman?"
