Xu Chunniang did not even blink as she took out a second sheet of talisman paper. After drawing the runes, she continued reducing the spiritual energy she sent in.
It still failed!
But she keenly sensed that she seemed closer to success.
Xu Chunniang calmed herself and continued casting the technique.
This time, the Water Bind Technique she used consumed only seventy percent of the spiritual energy normally required.
She controlled the technique, feeding it into the runes at an even pace.
This time, the runes finally did not explode. A pale blue sheen belonging to water spiritual energy circled once through the runes before falling silent.
It worked!
After half a year of study, a week of practice, and seventy-nine failures, she had finally crafted her first talisman!
Xu Chunniang clenched her fists excitedly. Her direction had been right.
She had already crossed the most difficult first step. She believed that she would certainly do even better in the future.
While the iron was hot, Xu Chunniang rubbed her hands together and took out more talisman paper to continue drawing.
Even with the experience of success, talismans were not so easily crafted. Only after six or seven more failures did Xu Chunniang succeed again.
But practice made perfect. As she practiced more, Xu Chunniang's movements grew increasingly proficient, and the time needed to draw the runes steadily shortened.
Her control over spiritual power had always been fine and precise. With two successful experiences behind her, she became increasingly at ease, and her success rate gradually rose.
When the last twelve sets of materials were used up, she had unexpectedly obtained three Water Bind Talismans at once. Together with the first two, she had crafted five Water Bind Talismans in total.
Looking at the freshly made talismans, Xu Chunniang felt