In the next few days, Li Yuan's days revolve around Talisman Making.
Fireball Talisman is the largest output, with a stable output of about ten finished products every day. Rejuvenation Talisman and Vajra Talisman are interspersed with paintings, and Detoxification Talisman also makes a batch. Switching back and forth between different types, the total Proficiency of Talisman Crafting Art continues to rise.
At the same time, Li Yuan is also practicing Heart-Locking Talisman every opportunity.
Heart-Locking Talisman's Sealing Pattern and solidification patterns are tightened layer by layer from the outside to the inside. The spiritual power needs to be wrapped round and round like a rope, and each round must be tighter than the previous one. And Vajra Talisman is similar, but requires higher precision - Vajra Talisman spreads the spiritual power into a uniform film, while Heart-Locking Talisman twists the spiritual power into layers of nested locks.
The first few pictures were all useless. The tightening rhythm of Sealing Pattern was not well controlled, either it was too loose and could not be held, or it was too tight and it broke.
But Li Yuan was not in a hurry and only drew two or three pictures of Heart-Locking Talisman every day. The rest of the time was given to Fireball Talisman and other mature Talisman.
This afternoon, Li Yuan was sitting in the stone house drawing Rejuvenation Talisman.
This is the fourth picture today. Healing Pattern spreads out, Nourishing Pattern follows up, and Wood-Attribute Spirit Qi slowly penetrates on Talisman Paper.
When it reaches the closing position, Li Yuan turns the wrist slightly to collect the last Nourishing Pattern into the heart of the charm.
At the moment when the spiritual power entered the heart of the talisman, Li Yuan's hand stopped.
It's not that there's something wrong, on the contrary - it's so smooth.
He felt the state of every link in this transmission chain from the fingertips to the pen tip to the paper. He didn't feel it roughly, he felt it accurately and without any ambiguity.
How much spiritual energy is gathered at the tip of the pen, how much it spreads out on the paper, how much it is deposited in the center of the symbol, every tiny detail is as clear as the real thing before your eyes.
When he was drawing symbols in the past, he could sense most of this information, but there were always a few steps that he relied on experience, like looking through a layer of mist.
The mist has lifted now.
Li Yuan put Talisman Brush down, raised his right hand and turned it over.
His fingers moved slightly, and a trace of spiritual power overflowed from his fingertips. He stared at the spiritual power, and with a thought, the shape of the spiritual power changed accordingly.
Stretching, flattening, bifurcating, and closing again - every change is Precision whatever he thinks in his heart, his spiritual power will do it, without any delay or deviation in the middle.
Spiritual control, down to the smallest detail.
Panel emerged.
Li Yuan ignored the Proficiency degree change of Talisman Crafting Art on Panel, but turned his attention to another place.
He took out a Breath-Concealing Talisman that he had made previously from the depth of the storage bag. With a sudden thought, he removed the Soul-Illuminating Mirror and equipped it.
[Aura Concealment (white) permanent conditions have been met]
[Is it permanent?]
Li Yuan had a thought in his mind.
Yes.
[Permanent success]
[Aura Concealment (white) has become Permanent Affix]
[Equipment has been consumed]
Breath-Concealing Talisman turned into a dark gray light between the fingers and disappeared into the body.
Changes come quickly.
Li Yuan felt that the fluctuations of spiritual energy emitted from his body were being wrapped up by an invisible layer. Instead of disappearing, it was being suppressed. It was like a shell was put on the outside of the spiritual energy, and the leaked part was taken back.
With a thought, he tried to adjust the extent of the suppression.
The breath dropped a bit.
Lower again.
It dropped again.
Li Yuan stood up, walked to the window, and opened the window half way. Several Guard Squad monks were walking in the open space in the yard, the nearest one was less than ten feet away from the stone house.
The man glanced in Li Yuan's direction, without any pause in his gaze, and walked straight over.
With Li Yuan Qi Refining Sixth Layer's cultivation level, any Qi Refining Stage monk should be able to sense the intensity of his aura within ten feet. But the man's reaction showed that the aura he sensed was far from the level that Qi Refining Sixth Layer should have.
Li Yuan lowered his head and felt the degree of his current aura.
It's about the fourth or fifth level of Qi Refining.
He tried to keep pressing down. His breath dropped a little. Pressing down any further would be difficult, and 30% seemed to be the current limit.
Qi Refining Sixth Layer is suppressed by 30%, and the apparent aura is roughly between the early to fifth level of Qi Refining, Fourth Layer.
And it doesn't consume spiritual energy.
After Affix Permanentization, Aura Concealment has become the body's instinct. No additional maintenance is needed. It can be turned on when it wants to be turned on and turned off when it wants to be.
Li Yuan closed the window, returned to the table and sat down.
In the evening of that day, Li Yuan left Guard Squad Station and walked towards Fangshi East Street.
Old Sun said, First-Tier Superior-Grade Fiend Qi needs two things from First-Tier Superior-Grade, Mutually Opposing Herbs. Old Sun reported a few names, and Li Yuan remembered them clearly.
He asked about East Street's stall area and North Alley's drug store one by one.
But neither.
On the way back to Station, a commotion suddenly came from the west direction of Fangshi.
Several Guard Squad monks ran out of the alley quickly, carrying Law Artifact in their hands, and hurried towards the west gate. Li Yuan's footsteps slowed down, and a passing Patrol Inspector shouted in a hurry.
"Someone came to make trouble again from the west. Three or four monks cast spells outside the wall."
After the sound faded away, the bustle in the city gradually returned to normal.
This kind of thing has happened a lot recently. Li Family people or unidentified monks harass people outside Fang City every now and then. The scale is not large. They hit and run away. It is more like testing and consumption.
Li Yuan has not passed, continue to Station.
This matter has nothing to do with him, Guard Squad people will handle it.
After returning to the stone house, Li Yuan sat down at the table and spread out a new Talisman Paper.
Heart-Locking Talisman.
Dip in ink and put pen to paper.
The first circle of Sealing Pattern is spread out, and the spiritual power is tightened from the outside to the inside. The second circle follows, and is 20% tighter than the first circle. The third circle - Li Yuan controls the tightening rhythm more steadily than the previous few days, and the spiritual energy is wrapped around and around like a rope, nested layer by layer.
When it reaches the position of the solidification pattern, the spiritual power changes from tightening to condensation. This step requires locking the previous Sealing Pattern in its current state without loosening it.
Li Yuan His wrist paused slightly, his spiritual energy gathered at the tip of the pen for a moment, and then he made a single stroke.
The solidification pattern and Sealing Pattern are closed at the center of the symbol, and the spiritual power is collected layer by layer.
A very light bluish-white luster floats on the surface of the talisman, which is restrained and calm. It is different from the red of Fireball Talisman, the light green of Rejuvenation Talisman, and the earthy yellow of Vajra Talisman.
It's done.
[Talisman: Heart-Locking Talisman-Entry Level(0/200)]
Li Yuan placed Heart-Locking Talisman on the table and put his fingertips on it.
[Equipable item detected: Heart-Locking Talisman (complete)]
[Affix Preview: Spirit Power Healing (White)--Enhance the repair effect of spiritual power on injuries, and at the same time can actively consume spiritual power to restore injuries]
[Preview of permanent conditions: Practice a healing spell to Perfection]
[The current Equipment Slot is full (3/3), do you want to replace the current equipment?]
White Trait. Spirit Power Healing.
Double effect - passively improve the efficiency of spiritual power to repair injuries, and actively consume spiritual power to restore injuries.
The permanent condition is to practice the healing spell to Perfection.
Li Yuan There are currently no healing spells.
He put Heart-Locking Talisman away and continued to draw a few more, until it became two and one was wasted. The success rate of Entry Level is not high, but it is enough.
Early the next morning, Li Yuan organized the Talisman that he had saved over the past two days, sorted them into several piles, and moved them under the wooden shed in the yard.
He Shou was looking through the supplies list in the shed when he saw Li Yuan coming over with a pile of Talisman. He stood up and took it.
"Fireball Talisman thirty-two, Rejuvenation Talisman ten, Vajra Talisman six, Detoxification Talisman four, Heart-Locking Talisman three." Li Yuan reported the number.
He Shou turned over Talisman one after another, especially taking a second look at Heart-Locking Talisman.
"This is Heart-Locking Talisman?"
"Yes. Applying it to the wound can suppress the injury and prevent it from getting worse. It can last for about an hour."
He Shou nodded and put Heart-Locking Talisman aside alone.
"You must bring this thing with you when patrolling. I will give each team one copy later."
He sorted the remaining Talisman into categories and put them into wooden boxes.
At this time, Fang He walked over from the direction of the courtyard gate, with a piece of fresh gauze wrapped around his arm. It looked like he had worn it again during patrol two days ago.
Seeing the piles of Talisman on the table, Fang He came over and took a look.
"Did you draw them all?"
"Hmm."
Fang He picked up a piece of Fireball Talisman and turned it over. His eyes paused on Spirit Pattern and then put it back.
"It's much better than the ones bought outside."
He leaned against the shed pillar and watched He Shou allocate Talisman to the shares of each team.
"Old He, give my team two more Fireball Talismans. Last time I went out on patrol, I ran into Iron-Spine Hyenas with two First-Order Mid-Grades. I still haven't solved the Talismans in my hand. I finally got close to the battle and almost lost an extra person."
He Shou didn't even raise his head.
"If you have more, others will have less. That's all, just spread it out evenly."
Fang He heyed and turned to look at Li Yuan.
"Li Yuan, you are from the Talisman Hall, do you have the final say on the distribution of these Talisman, or does Lao He have the final say?"
"Captain He assigned." Li Yuan said. "I will just do it."
Fang He curled his lips, but didn't say anything else.
He Shou put the last stack of Talisman into the wooden box, stood up, and clapped his hands.
"Can the subsequent output keep up?" He looked at Li Yuan.
"Fireball Talisman can produce about ten pictures every day. Rejuvenation Talisman and Vajra Talisman are less, three or four pictures a day. Heart-Locking Talisman just Entry Level, the success rate is not stable, one or two pictures a day for the time being."
He Shou did the math in his mind.
"Not enough."
He said it directly.
"Three patrol teams go out every day, and each team consumes an average of five to eight combat Talisman, not counting healing. Just Fireball Talisman alone requires more than fifteen cards a day. If you produce ten by yourself, the gap is still big."
He glanced at Li Yuan.
"But it's much stronger than before. Before there were no Talisman Masters with the team, Talisman had to rely on transfers from the Talisman Hall, and a batch only came in half a month. If you do it here, at least the supplies will continue."
Fang He interjected from the side.
"Otherwise, Li Yuan, please make more Fireball Talisman and Heart-Locking Talisman, and less Rejuvenation Talisman and Vajra Talisman. Fireball Talisman consumes the most, and Heart-Locking Talisman is a life-saving thing. Give priority to these two."
He Shou thought for a while and nodded.
"Okay, just click this. Fireball Talisman and Heart-Locking Talisman take priority."
He turned to look at Li Yuan.
"What do you think?"
"Okay."
After the three of them finished speaking, they dispersed. He Shou went to make arrangements for the patrol team, while Fang He went back to change the gauze.
Li Yuan walked back to the stone house, closed the door, and sat at the table.
There is also a half-finished piece of Talisman Paper spread on the table, and Spirit Ink has condensed a little.
Li Yuan lifted up the useless talisman and put it aside, spread out new paper, dipped it in ink, and started writing.
Fireball Talisman.
One after another.