Yu Ci counted them. There were six in all, almost evenly distributed across the six sides of the spherical structure, with no two adjacent. But on closer inspection, their intertwined talisman patterns still converged at distant points. Even stripped of the other talismans, these six alone could lock together into the outline of a sphere.
"Is this... the Nine Luminaries Six Talismans?" Having found his target, Yu Ci recognized them at once.
The art of "Flying Stars of the Heavens" formed a system of its own. It was divided into three categories—God-Slaying, Refinement and Deliverance, and Auspicious Prayer—comprising thirty-six talismans. By the number of aperture-eyes, they were ranked into four levels: Nine Luminaries, Twelve Primordial Stars, Twenty-Eight Mansions, and the Number of the Heavenly Cycle. The Nine Luminaries and Twelve Primordial Stars levels each had six talismans, while the Twenty-Eight Mansions and Number of the Heavenly Cycle each had twelve.
The Nine Luminaries Six Talismans were the simplest branch of the "Flying Stars of the Heavens" talisman arts. Each talisman had no more than nine aperture-eyes. Even a cultivator at the Spirit-Communing level could use them, provided their talisman arts were competent enough. Of these six, the ones Yu Ci used most often were the Nine Luminaries Dragon Abyss Sword Talisman, the Grand Unity Star Pivot Clone, and the Heavenly River Auspicious Prayer Curse. One condensed a sword to slay enemies, one bewildered enemies to make an escape, and the last expelled poison and warded off evil. All were exceedingly practical.
He rarely used the other three. Yet judging from the results of Yin Yang Genesis, it seemed that to form a golden core, he first had to raise all six talismans to the level of Seed True Talismans. Only then could he piece them together and form the outline