Drawing Fire Talismans

Having a relatively complete inheritance made learning much easier, but truly mastering it required talent as a talisman master.

Even with talent as a talisman master, one still needed to study for a long time.

Zhang Wan had no intention of testing his talent as a talisman master. This was nothing like Spirit Planter knowledge, which could be thoroughly mastered through sheer rote memorization.

After browsing through the inheritance several times and confirming that the talisman-master inheritance tag had appeared on the panel, Zhang Wan immediately prepared to invest experience points.

Although comprehending the incomplete fire-element talisman-master inheritance required a total of 891 experience points, enough to make Zhang Wan's teeth ache just looking at it,

he did not hesitate in the slightest and filled it to the limit.

In an instant, an ocean of talisman-master knowledge surged into Zhang Wan's mind, where he absorbed and digested it.

His entire being was stunned by the enormous amount of knowledge. It took him quite some time to absorb it all.

After rubbing his brow, the swelling sensation from having so much knowledge crammed into his mind quickly faded.

"Experience points really are useful. No matter how difficult something is, I can comprehend it instantly!" Zhang Wan savored the abundant talisman knowledge in his mind and praised the experience points.

Useful as they were,

using 891 experience points in an instant made his available experience points plummet from more than 10,700 to just over 9,800. Zhang Wan still felt the pain keenly.

But there was nothing he could do. The talisman-master inheritance was far more complete than the Spirit Planter inheritance and also tested one's comprehension. Being able to comprehend it with just over 800 points was already an excellent deal.

Besides, unlike Bone Piercing Finger, talismans did not require him to temper his fingers. After comprehending them, he only needed to draw them a few times to master them completely.

"Now I only need talisman ink, talisman paper, and a talisman brush before I can start drawing talismans." Thinking of the fire-element talismans in the inheritance, Zhang Wan's heart burned with anticipation.

Once he drew a large number of talismans, then relying on their power, even if he remained only a Postnatal second-stage martial artist, he would be able to fight against veteran Postnatal experts with profound cultivation!

As for the talisman brush, talisman ink, and talisman paper, Zhang Wan did not plan to buy them from the market.

Penniless as he was, he could not produce the spirit stones needed to purchase them.

He planned to make them himself.

"There are many choices of materials for making talisman brushes, talisman ink, and talisman paper. Using spirit plants is one of the common methods."

Zhang Wan had already prepared the spirit-plant seeds needed to make talisman brushes, talisman ink, and talisman paper.

They were Dwarf Jade Bamboo, Dew-Gathering Fruit, and Spider Silk Grass.

All of them were Postnatal low-grade spirit plants.

After planting them, Zhang Wan moved them into the bedroom, preparing to use the Extreme Cultivation Method to cultivate a batch as quickly as possible.

The Dew-Gathering Fruit and Spider Silk Grass in particular were needed to make talisman ink and talisman paper, so the demand for them was enormous.

Besides secretly using the Extreme Cultivation Method to cultivate them, Zhang Wan also planted a batch in the spirit field.

The bedroom had limited space. If he wanted to obtain Dew-Gathering Fruit and Spider Silk Grass on a large scale, he could only plant them in the spirit field.

However, Zhang Wan did not want anyone to discover that he knew how to make talismans. Once the Dew-Gathering Fruit and Spider Silk Grass planted in the spirit field matured, he would have to think of a way to keep a batch in his hands.

After all, in outsiders' eyes, he did not know how to make talismans. Keeping these spirit items instead of selling them would be far too strange.

Twelve days later, the Dwarf Jade Bamboo, Dew-Gathering Fruit, and Spider Silk Grass that Zhang Wan had ripened with the Extreme Cultivation Method matured one after another.

"Pale green all over—that's the sign of a mature Postnatal low-grade spirit plant, Dwarf Jade Bamboo. Unfortunately, there are no green beads on the leaves. Something went wrong with the quality of this Dwarf Jade Bamboo, so it can't be considered lush and healthy." Zhang Wan dug up all three Dwarf Jade Bamboos he had planted, intending to turn them all into talisman brushes.

It was normal for the Dwarf Jade Bamboo not to be healthy.

Spirit plants cultivated using the Extreme Cultivation Method were always somewhat inferior to those grown normally.

Zhang Wan removed the bamboo leaves and roots from the Dwarf Jade Bamboo and used them to make the brush hairs. He then melted the main bodies of the Dwarf Jade Bamboo and boiled them repeatedly until the jade liquid produced by the melted bamboo had completely turned emerald green, only then stopping.

He poured it into a mold to cool. The talisman-brush shaft was complete.

After inserting the prepared brush hairs into the shaft, a talisman brush was made.

"A talisman brush like this can only draw Postnatal low-grade and mid-grade talismans."

"For any talisman more powerful than that, this brush won't be enough."

To draw higher-grade talismans, he needed a better talisman brush engraved with the specialized artifact restrictions for talisman brushes.

Before mastering artifact refinement, Zhang Wan had no ability to make such a talisman brush.

In the future, if he wanted to draw Postnatal high-grade talismans before mastering artifact refinement, he would have to find a way to purchase a fine talisman brush.

From the three Dwarf Jade Bamboos, Zhang Wan made a total of two talisman brushes.

Zhang Wan also turned the Spider Silk Grass and Dew-Gathering Fruit into talisman paper and talisman ink.

With the preparations complete, Zhang Wan immediately found a quiet, late-night hour, stayed in the bedroom, and began drawing fire talismans.

Generally speaking, beginners who had just started learning to draw talismans would first use inferior talisman paper and inferior talisman ink for practice, saving on costs.

But Zhang Wan cheated by using experience points, directly skipping the learning process.

Using inferior talisman paper and ink would only waste Zhang Wan's energy.

After arranging the talisman paper and waving the talisman brush, Zhang Wan dipped it generously in talisman ink, circulated his magical power, and instantly sent the brush racing like a writhing dragon and dancing snake, drawing a Postnatal low-grade Fireball Talisman!

With a single session, he drew five in succession!

The first two talismans had some problems in their details. There were flaws where the talismanic inscriptions connected, reducing their power somewhat.

Once he became familiar with the process, the last three came out without the slightest problem.

Looking at the three finished Postnatal low-grade Fireball Talismans, Zhang Wan was brimming with pride.

Making a Fireball Talisman was this easy. I really am amazing!

After his excitement passed, Zhang Wan placed the five Fireball Talismans in a jade box for safekeeping.

Although the first two had flaws, they were only slightly weaker and were not unusable.

Even if he did not want to use them himself later, he could sell them and exchange them for some resources.

After drawing five Fireball Talismans, Zhang Wan also felt exhausted.

Drawing talismans not only consumed magical power but also required him to mobilize his divine sense and carefully control every detail of the drawing process.

With Zhang Wan's current cultivation, his magical power and divine sense were only enough to support him in drawing five talismans.

Any more would exceed his limits somewhat.

After resting for a night, Zhang Wan went to the spirit field the next day to tend to the pseudo-spirit plants and spirit items he had planted, quietly taking some Dew-Gathering Fruit and Spider Silk Grass with him.

The ones he had secretly cultivated using the Extreme Cultivation Method had all already been turned into talisman ink and talisman paper, but that supply would not last more than a few days.

He needed to continue using the Extreme Cultivation Method to grow Dew-Gathering Fruit and Spider Silk Grass.

This was the solution he had come up with.

Since he had no good reason to keep these two spirit items instead of selling them after they matured,

he would bring them into the bedroom and secretly use the Extreme Cultivation Method to ripen them as much as possible before they matured.

Before the ones in the spirit field matured, he could also hide part of the supply in advance.

That way, he would not attract anyone's attention.

Moreover, spirit plants that had been transplanted from the spirit field and grown for some time would also require fewer days to ripen.

It was not a bad method.

After drawing the Postnatal low-grade Fireball Talisman, Zhang Wan went on to draw the Fire Escape Talisman, Fire Barrier Talisman, Firebird Talisman, and Fire Robe Talisman.

They were all Postnatal low-grade talismans, each with its own use, greatly enriching Zhang Wan's methods.