Ghost Talisman

After returning to the Shelter, Chen Wang examined himself but found nothing wrong.

The situation here in the Winter is definitely not good. In the past, the Church only affected a few places and some district Shelter.

However, the incident at East Island Lake made Chen Wang feel that something was amiss.

Chen Wang pushed open the Bronze Gate in his mind and returned to the Cultivation World.

He left his location in the mountains near the Red Cloud Sect. After returning from the Winter, he appeared in the mountains before heading towards the Red Cloud Sect.

Returning to Green Bamboo Peak, one feels a sense of peace and tranquility.

Old Wang was working in the field when he saw Chen Wang return. He couldn't help but complain, "Where did you run off to? Did you go out and mess around with some female cultivator?"

Chen Wang's lips twitched. "No, just went down the mountain for a stroll."

Wang Yue said, "There's so much work to be done in the fields, come and help!"

He wielded the hoe and got back to work.

This master of Green Bamboo Peak has a different style from others. Even when planting spirit fields, he doesn't use Law Technique much and tries to do everything himself.

Of course, when killing some spirit insects, the Sword Qi was so dense that it was almost impenetrable, as if it had some deep-seated hatred for these spirit insects.

Chen Wang joined the ranks of farmers, and honestly worked with Old Wang here, farming until sunset.

Chen Wang didn't expect that after returning, he would be dragged by Old Wang to do chores. He had originally wanted to relax a bit.

However, while planting, the fresh soil and the sweet aroma of the Spirit Rice and glutinous rice made Chen Wang feel much better.

The images of endless yellow sand, collapsed steel buildings, and mindless Zombies in my mind, along with that terrifying mutation, seemed to gradually fade away.

As the sun set, Wang Yue rolled up his trousers, shouldered his hoe, and left the field with Chen Wang, returning to the small building.

After washing up, Wang Yue started cooking. He cooked a pot of rice porridge, some homemade pickles, which were very refreshing, and a plate of meat patties.

Wang Yue said, "I added Dried Plum Vegetable to this meat pie. Everything on the mountain is good, but some ordinary things are not as good as those down the mountain."

"How does it taste?"

Chen Wang nodded, took a bite of the meat pie, and found it to be quite delicious.

"This skill is unparalleled. Teach me sometime, and maybe I can earn some money to eat when I go down the mountain."

Wang Yue laughed and said, "Being a chef is too tiring. You're in the kitchen all day long, surrounded by smoke and fire. You make money, but it doesn't feel very fulfilling."

"You can tell fortunes or treat illnesses, you can be a quack doctor, just be careful of being ostracized by your peers."

"If all else fails, we can become bodyguards. Actually, the bodyguard profession is quite suitable for us. We can see some interesting bastards who will stop at nothing to poison or set traps."

Wang Yue laughed heartily.

Chen Wang chuckled upon hearing this.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Chen Wang exchanged some thoughts with Wang Yue. After chatting for a while, he returned to his room, took a hot shower, changed into clean clothes, and looked extremely energetic.

The next day, as the sun rose, Chen Wang sat cross-legged in his room, practicing the Niwanzhen Preservation Art.

Furthermore, the Preservation of Truth Technique emphasizes opening the power of the Niwan point, which is closely related to Divine Sense.

Chen Wang's mental strength was already powerful, so the early stages of cultivation were not difficult, and he quickly grasped the basics.

The absorption of Spiritual Qi is also very rapid, which is incomparable to the Qi Refining stage.

Now, the Law Power within his body is surging. After circulating it for several cycles, Chen Wang feels clean and refreshed from the inside out.

He opened his eyes, his gaze filled with divine light, which slowly faded and receded after a long while.

"With a strong Divine Sense, cultivating the Niwanzhen Preservation Art will be twice as effective with half the effort!"

Chen Wang thought to himself.

Green Bamboo Peak is very quiet, and there is nothing else to do every day while working.

Sometimes Wang Yue is nowhere to be seen, and sometimes he will be making wood carvings by himself.

The room contained chopped wood, cut into neat squares of varying sizes. His carving technique was quite skillful, though most of the time it was clear he was carving several women.

After seeing it once, Chen Wang asked with a smile, "Brother Wang, who are you carving?"

He had thought Wang Yue was a devoted man, like Little Li Flying Dagger, carving the image of someone he longed for.

Unexpectedly, Old Wang said, "Since I have nothing to do, I'll carve all the women I've had romantic relationships with in the past."

Upon hearing this, Chen Wang looked at the large number of female sculptures with different shapes and faces in his room and fell into deep thought.

Chen Wang didn't share Old Wang's hobby; he was more interested in cultivation.

After mastering the Niwanzhen Preservation Art, he began practicing the Great River Sword Art on Green Bamboo Peak.

The Great River Sword Art is incredibly powerful. You can feel its power with just one strike, and the Sword Qi swirls around you like You Long.

The Great River Sword Art cultivates an extremely powerful and majestic Great River Sword Intent.

Although it is called a sword technique, the moves are actually quite simple. It emphasizes the meaning rather than the specific moves, focusing on cultivating the Great River Sword Intent and secondarily on cultivating Sword Qi.

Chen Wang held the Green Ox Sword in his hand, practicing the Great River Sword Art.

His swordsmanship talent was only average, but Chen Wang was quite diligent and had a very calm mind when practicing swordsmanship. Therefore, after practicing for a period of time, he really managed to develop the feeling of an endless river.

As for the Soul-Bewitching Art, Beast Taming Art, Fire Serpent Technique, and the Three Realms Sword Art that he had learned before, Chen Wang did not give them up.

Moreover, once you reach the Foundation Establishment, practicing these Law Technique becomes effortless and twice as effective.

Chen Wang's strength is steadily improving. He found Wang Yue and wanted to learn some Talismans Dao from him.

He was originally a Talisman Master, but his skills were limited and he didn't have time to study them further.

Wang Yue said, "Why did you suddenly think of drawing talismans? I noticed you used to only focus on techniques of killing and warfare."

Chen Wang said, "In the past, there were few resources and no famous teachers to guide us. It was too slow to learn by ourselves. It's better to learn self-defense techniques."

"But now that I have a master like Brother Wang around, it will be beneficial for me to learn more and improve my skills."

Wang Yue teaches people rather casually. If you ask him a question and he knows the answer, he will teach you. If you don't ask, he's too lazy to teach you.

Of course, this was also because he had an excellent relationship with Chen Wang and thought highly of Chen Wang.

Otherwise, even if they know it, they won't teach much.

Upon hearing Chen Wang's words, Wang Yue's lips curled slightly. This little brother really knows how to talk.

"You've come to the right person. I do know a little about drawing talismans, and not only that, I also know a little about array formations, weapon crafting, and alchemy."

When Wang Yue spoke, he even used two fingers to demonstrate a distance to Chen Wang.

Chen Wang's eyes lit up. "You're so amazing, could you teach me everything?"

He is now a Foundation Establishment Realm expert, but he lacks too much in the four arts of cultivation.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, improving strength is not so fast anymore; one still needs to increase one's strength from other aspects.

Wang Yue laughed and said, "You're quite greedy. I'll teach you how to draw talismans first, and after I've introduced you to the basics, I'll teach you other things."

Chen Wang nodded.

Cultivation requires guidance, especially in crafting weapons, alchemy, drawing talismans, and forming formations. Although one can learn by following a book, the time spent is completely different.

Furthermore, a word of advice from someone who has been through it can save you countless failures.

This is why many independent cultivators sometimes get fortuitous opportunity and acquire some of the Cultivation Method of their predecessors. Although they can master them by relying on their talent, they are still lacking in other aspects.

Simply put, weapon crafting, alchemy, and talisman formations are all areas of knowledge.

The process of drawing talismans is like conducting an experiment; it is extremely precise and allows no room for error. If someone teaches you step by step, the time will be greatly reduced, and the success rate will be high.

The situation at the Red Cloud Sect isn't good. If Chen Wang wants to learn everything from Wang Yue here, he needs to at least lay a solid foundation first.

Once you get the hang of it, it becomes much easier to study things on your own.

This is why he stayed in the Red Cloud Sect; you won't find such a master to teach you anywhere else.

Wang Yue is an academic prodigy. He was a top student when he was young, and now that he's older, his academic research is becoming increasingly impressive.

Moreover, he has a formal academic background and systematic teaching and training. Because of his outstanding talent, he also has access to top-tier resources.

Compared to him, Chen Wang was a complete amateur, and his previous methods of drawing talismans were very rudimentary.

After assessing his skill level, Wang Yue frowned and said, "Your method of drawing talismans is full of errors. The reason you can maintain such a high success rate is entirely due to your strong Divine Sense and your subtle control over your Law Power."

Chen Wang said, "I've always drawn like this, and I thought it was because I wasn't working hard enough."

The gap between him and Wang Yue is like the gap between a kindergarten child and a scientist.

Wang Yue said, "I still need to teach you from scratch, but your foundation is pretty good, so it shouldn't be too difficult to teach you."

Chen Wang nodded, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

Judging from Old Wang's tone, Chen Wang knew he must be a master.

At this moment, Old Wang led him to the study, took out a calligraphy brush, and unfolded a sheet of Xuan paper.

"You need to write characters to learn how to draw talismans?" Chen Wang was taken aback.

Old Wang looked up at Chen Wang, then picked up his brush and wrote several large characters.

"I came to ask the question, but there is nothing more to say; the clouds are in the Azure Sky, and the water is in the bottle."

He finished writing the calligraphy and handed it to Chen Wang.

"The way you learned to draw talismans before was too superficial, and you also left some bad habits. Take this pen back with you, and then copy this piece of my calligraphy. Remember, you must use this pen. When you can write it five or six parts similarly, come and tell me, and I will teach you the rest of the talisman-drawing process."

"That's it?" Chen Wang was slightly taken aback.

If it weren't for Old Wang's dedication when he taught him before, given Old Wang's reputation for not taking his students seriously, and considering what happened today, Chen Wang would easily have thought that the other party was just fooling him.

He took Old Wang's calligraphy brush and the calligraphy scroll with him, and hung the scroll in the room.

"I came to ask the question, but there is nothing more to say; the clouds are in the Azure Sky, and the water is in the bottle."

Chen Wang muttered to himself.

There was a divine meaning hidden in these words. At first glance, they seemed unremarkable, but upon closer inspection, they were quite extraordinary.

Moreover, the divine intent is different every time you look at it.

Chen Wang felt dizzy after watching for a while. His Divine Sense was very strong, but he still felt dizzy.

"Old Wang is truly an amazing person—he can farm and has beautiful handwriting too!"

Chen Wang was somewhat surprised, feeling that Old Wang's teaching methods were quite effective.

"I don't need to imitate the spirit of the text; I only need to imitate the handwriting."

For Chen Wang, this wasn't difficult at all. His Divine Sense was powerful, and he had a photographic memory; what was a little copying of handwriting to him? When Chen Wang picked up the brush, intending to write those characters, he felt an unusual heaviness. "Hmm?"

Chen Wang was taken aback.

He is physically very strong, so why does holding a pen feel so heavy?

Chen Wang examined it closely, and his eyebrows immediately rose. This pen was actually a Law Artifact! Chen Wang infused it with his Law Power, and it became much easier to pick it up.

However, this pen doesn't seem to have any other attributes.

"Could this thing have been made by Old Wang himself?" Chen Wang muttered to himself.

After all, no one would create a writing pen as a Law Artifact.

"Old Wang said he knows a little about weapon crafting, alchemy, formations, and talismans. It seems he's not just bragging."

Next, Chen Wang infused his Law Power and began to copy the calligraphy.

I asked him for an explanation, and he quickly wrote out seven large characters.

Chen Wang didn't write a single line. He then frowned and compared it with the one Old Wang had left him.

"Wait a minute, what the hell is this?"

Chen Wang was stunned for a moment. The calligraphy he had just written was quite different from his usual handwriting, and even more different from the calligraphy written by Old Wang.

Chen Wang poured his Law Power into it again, picked up the brush and wrote again, only to find that what he wrote was still far from Old Wang's calligraphy, like Ghost Talisman! He withdrew his Law Power, and the brush was very heavy. After writing only a few strokes, it stopped there and hardly moved.

Chen Wang used brute force to pick up the brush and finish writing the calligraphy, but what he wrote was worse than Ghost Talisman!

This time, Chen Wang became interested. "There's something to it."

He vaguely felt that only by infusing his magic Law Power into the calligraphy could he bring out its divine meaning, and that was the correct way to unlock its potential.

"This doesn't seem like the way you draw talismans?" Chen Wang's heart stirred.

He then diligently practiced copying this calligraphy.

Writing was still extremely difficult, and the resulting pieces were neither fish nor fowl.

Chen Wang tried hard to understand the profound meaning contained in the calligraphy and imprint it in his mind, but he would forget it as soon as he turned his head.

"Old Wang's casual calligraphy is actually so profound!"

Chen Wang couldn't help but click his tongue.

Perhaps it's a matter of specialization, and I'm far inferior to Old Wang in this field. On the other hand, it also shows that Old Wang is a very unfathomable person.

At least it's completely different from his Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

Moreover, Old Wang might not just have a slight understanding of talisman drawing.

Chen Wang's eyes lit up. "Now that I have such a master to teach me, if I still can't learn well, I might as well just kill myself!"

Chen Wang's interest was further piqued, and he focused even more intently on copying the calligraphy in his room.

I used ordinary ink and ordinary Xuan paper, but I still couldn't copy this calligraphy well.

"If you don't even have the image of this calligraphy in your mind, how can you possibly write it?"

"When I try to compare my writing with the model, I get distracted, and the writing becomes even more incoherent. My Law Power can't achieve that level of precision."

His reaction was quick; he soon figured out the key to the problem.

Chen Wang's Law Power was extremely fierce. When concentrated in his hand, he could split stone tablets and shatter rocks with a wave of his hand, and ordinary flying swords could not harm him.

However, it is extremely difficult for him to be so meticulous.

This meticulous state, this ultimate control, is precisely what is needed for drawing talismans.