Cracking the Talisman

Two days later, the backyard of Xinghua Meng Pavilion.

"Damn it! Why is this Five Elements Defensive Talisman from the Lin family so hard to break?"

In a side room, a curse suddenly came from Meng Luohai.

Inside the room, Meng Haoran sat opposite Meng Luohai. Seeing his disheveled appearance, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

That afternoon, Meng Haoran, along with Meng Luohai, began to break the "Five Elements Defensive Talisman" made by the Lin family.

However, two full days had passed, and not only had their uncle and nephew made no progress in breaking the Lin family's "Five Elements Defensive Talisman," but in order to do so, they had also asked people to buy six or seven "Five Elements Defensive Talismans" over the past two days for research.

"Um, Uncle Luohai, is it possible that our research direction is wrong?"

Meng Haoran scratched his head and asked, "Otherwise, after two days, six or seven Five Elements Defensive Talismans have been wasted in our hands, and there's still no progress?"

"Cough, cough, cough! The direction should be correct. For so many years, I've made and researched talismans using this method, and there's absolutely no mistake!"

Meng Luohai coughed a few times and replied, "Although talismans are called talismans, at their root, they are small formations. It's just that these small formations are not built between heaven and earth, but within talisman paper. The reason for making such talismans is that the speed of deploying formations between heaven and earth is often slower than using talismans. Cultivators, whether in battle or retreat, value time the most. A single breath can determine life and death!"

After studying for a night, Meng Luohai felt a bit thirsty. He took a sip of warm water and continued, "So, as long as we start researching from the perspective of formations, we should be able to break this Five Elements Defensive Talisman!"

"Alright, we can only do that then," Meng Haoran said helplessly.

"Mmm!"

Meng Luohai stretched lazily, yawned, and mumbled, "Haoran, your uncle is a bit tired. I'm going to rest, and you should rest too."

Meng Haoran quickly got up and saw Meng Luohai out the door. Then, he sat alone at the wooden table, staring intently at the Lin family's "Five Elements Defensive Talisman" with bloodshot eyes.

"For the past hundreds of years, the Lin family has always been inferior to our Meng Family, whether in Dao artifacts or talismans. The Lin family has always lagged behind our Meng Family. Even ten years ago, when our Meng Family lost two cultivators at the Half-step Foundation Establishment Realm simultaneously, and the Lin and Chen Families joined forces to resist our Meng Family, they shouldn't have been able to research and produce this talisman in such a short time!"

Meng Haoran thought to himself, "Black Market! Could it be that the Lin family also went to the Black Market? For the sake of their family's development, they specifically went to the Black Market to purchase the method for making this talisman at a high price of Spirit Stones?"

Thinking of this, Meng Haoran's mind suddenly opened up, and he continued to think, "Or perhaps the Lin family has produced a clan member with great talent in talismans, who helped their Lin family research and produce this Five Elements Defensive Talisman?"

Meng Haoran closed his eyes and carefully recalled the situation of the past two days, recalling the repeated failures of him and his uncle, Meng Luohai.

"The Five Elements Defensive Talisman developed by the Lin family has two advantages compared to the defensive talismans sold by our Meng Family. First, its defensive power is slightly stronger than our Meng Family's defensive talismans. Second, its defensive range is also slightly wider than our Meng Family's defensive talismans."

Meng Haoran took the "Five Elements Defensive Talisman" in his hand again, examined it carefully, and said to himself, "Defensive power, defensive range, Five Elements defense..."

Meng Haoran pondered for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise and joy, "I know! It's the heaven and earth spiritual energy of the Five Elements!"

As he said this, it was as if Meng Haoran had been struck by divine enlightenment, and his thoughts became clear.

"Ancient craftsmen had a saying that a triangular structure is the most stable, and in the cultivation world, the Five Elements are the foundation of cultivation."

Meng Haoran placed the "Five Elements Defensive Talisman" back on the wooden table and said, "The Lin family must have used the principles of the Five Elements to infuse a certain amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy with Five Elements attributes into the talisman, thereby achieving stronger defense and a wider range!"

He was the type of person who acted as soon as he thought of something.

Since Meng Haoran had found a clue, he naturally wouldn't let it go.

Meng Haoran took out a piece of talisman paper and, looking at the patterns on the Lin family's "Five Elements Defensive Talisman," carefully began to draw on the talisman paper.

After the patterns were drawn, Meng Haoran formed hand seals and whispered, "Spirit Summoning Technique, appear!"

Following Meng Haoran's low shout, the heaven and earth spiritual energy, which was originally invisible, suddenly appeared before him.

"Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth! Merge!"

Then, Meng Haoran waved his large hand, and the heaven and earth spiritual energy with Five Elements attributes rushed into the talisman paper, which was etched with complex patterns, following the direction pointed by his finger!

As the heaven and earth spiritual energy with Five Elements attributes fully merged into the talisman paper, the paper suddenly emitted a humming sound.

Immediately, the talisman paper automatically folded and condensed according to the previously drawn patterns.

In the blink of an eye, a brand-new talisman appeared before Meng Haoran!

"It's successful!"

Meng Haoran was somewhat excited. Seeing this talisman made his days of hard research and breaking worthwhile!

"Let's test it first!"

With that, Meng Haoran picked up the talisman, walked to the opposite side, threw it into the air, and shouted, "Diamond Thorn!"

As he spoke, sharp objects generated by the Metal attribute shot towards the talisman!

With an explosion, Meng Haoran quickly focused his gaze.

He saw that just as the "Diamond Thorn" was about to reach the talisman, the talisman suddenly activated.

The talisman suddenly expanded, its coverage area far exceeding the defensive talismans previously made by the Meng Family, almost on par with the Lin family's "Five Elements Defensive Talisman."

Although the area of this talisman was large enough, its defensive capability was not as good as the Lin family's "Five Elements Defensive Talisman." A few tiny sharp objects managed to break through the talisman's defense and directly pierced the wall.

Seeing this, Meng Haoran did not feel discouraged. Instead, his eyes became even brighter.

"Although there are some flaws, I feel that my research and production direction is correct. The reason for this situation is likely that my control over the amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy with Five Elements attributes is not as precise as the Lin family's."

Meng Haoran smiled, "As long as the amount in the talisman is controlled precisely, the effect of this talisman will definitely not be worse than the Lin family's Five Elements Defensive Talisman!"

With this thought, Meng Haoran picked up several blank talisman papers and ran directly to Meng Luohai.

Knock, knock, knock!

"Uncle Luohai, I think I've found the method the Lin family uses to make talismans!" Meng Haoran shouted.

Meng Luohai had only just lain down and had not yet fallen asleep. Upon hearing Meng Haoran's words, he immediately got out of bed.

He flung open the door and stared into Meng Haoran's eyes, asking, "Haoran, are you serious?"