For three days straight, Chen Mu pored over Liu Hongyang's cultivation notes. Combined with the Magical Prohibition jade slips left behind from their practice sessions, the outlines of three spell talismans finally began to slowly emerge within his Jade Seed.
Chen Mu let out a breath and looked toward the Gray Wall.
Harmony Light Restriction: 15/10000;
"The three spell talismans are the foundation. By continuously combining and layering them, they achieve Harmony with Light and Dust, concealing one's form and tracks."
"Hmm... if the arrangement changes, could they have other effects?"
"So the Harmony Light Restriction is one manifestation of these three spell talismans, but not their limit?"
"Brilliant..."
Chen Mu grasped the wonders of prohibitions, but he also felt their complexity.
According to Liu Hongyang, the Lesser Three Powers Restriction alone had eighteen foundational spell talismans.
Three of them could form the Harmony Light Restriction.
Meanwhile, the Lesser Heavens Star Restriction, which served as the overarching framework of the Lesser Three Powers Restriction, contained a full one hundred and eight foundational spell talismans.
Just thinking about all those possible combinations made Chen Mu's scalp tingle.
"No wonder so few people in the Hundred Crafts Hall understand prohibitions."
"It's not just that they lack the time and energy to study them. More likely, they just don't have the brains."
Chen Mu glanced at the experience on the Gray Wall and nodded in satisfaction.
"So I do have some brains, huh? Heh heh..."
"No, I've got plenty of brains!"
One month later.
A rough fence had been thrown up around the front of the cabin, enclosing a small courtyard.
Several rows of vegetable plots had been dug along the eastern side, planted with fresh wild vegetables of every kind.
At the edge of the fields stood a Deep