Talisman Crafting Talent

[Skill: Talisman Crafting (1/100)]

[Water Condensation Talisman (Foundational): 1/10 (Beginner)]

The newly appeared panel entries made Yue Shuo let out a soft breath. At last, he had a cultivation skill profession.

Previously, after he had grown Gathering Spirit Grass,

there had unexpectedly been no skill entry for Spirit Planting Master.

For a time, Yue Shuo had thought the panel could not record it.

But it turned out

that was not the case.

"Could it be that it can only record the four arts of cultivation?"

Yue Shuo actually found this Cultivator Character Panel rather familiar. It somewhat resembled something from a game he had played in his previous life.

Still, it had been twelve years since his reincarnation.

No matter how good his memory was,

he could not possibly remember the details of a game he had casually played and paid little attention to twelve years ago.

"What a pity..."

Yue Shuo muttered.

If the panel had activated right after his reincarnation, he probably would have remembered things more clearly then.

"Strange. There's only one proficiency and the Water Condensation Talisman. Nothing else?"

Yue Shuo focused his thoughts on the newly appeared data for a while. Finding nothing more, he could only set it aside for now.

He checked his Divine Sense.

One point had been consumed.

Ten points of mana had been used.

The expenditure was not much, and he had gained the first Foundational Spirit Talisman he had ever made!

Yue Shuo played with it for a while.

Only then did he continue practicing.

In one go, he used up four points of Divine Sense—no, five points!

That was because, while practicing Talisman Crafting, he had recovered another point of Divine Sense. Failures during repeated talisman-making did not consume Divine Sense.

Only success did.

Perhaps Foundational Talismans consumed very little.

[Skill: Talisman Crafting (5/100)]

[Water Condensation Talisman (Foundational): 5/10 (Beginner)]

It was not strange that he gained only one point of proficiency per success. After thinking it over, Yue Shuo packed up a stack of talisman paper, Talisman Ink, and a talisman brush.

Then he headed into the Spirit Field.

After some thought, he moved another writing desk down as well.

Fortunately, there was plenty of space between the Gathering Spirit Grass.

On average, only one stalk of Gathering Spirit Grass was planted every four or five square meters.

He placed the writing desk between four stalks of Gathering Spirit Grass, giving himself an area nearly the size of a small study.

He was basically living in the Spirit Field now.

As for what others thought?

During his term of office, everything in the Spirit Field was his responsibility. So long as he did not damage the Spirit Field or its formation,

and could pay the rent when the time came,

then basically,

no one would care what someone did during their term.

Yue Shuo had sounded this out while chatting idly with Gu Jiu.

Next,

Yue Shuo repeatedly experimented with the most efficient arrangement for restoring Divine Sense, cultivating, crafting talismans, and planting.

On the second day after he began practicing Talisman Crafting,

he raised his proficiency in the Foundational Talisman, the Water Condensation Talisman, to the Proficient level.

[Talisman Crafting (11/100)]

[Water Condensation Talisman (Foundational): 1/20 (Proficient)]

(Proficient: You have gained a measure of insight into the Water Condensation Talisman.)

As this information appeared,

Yue Shuo suddenly understood why he had only succeeded once every ten attempts on average.

He had kept repeatedly pondering the several talismans and spells in his memory,

analyzing and summarizing their similarities.

As a result,

he had gotten something wrong in the preparation of the Talisman Ink.

The Water Condensation Talisman required cinnabar and clear water. It was the Fire-Starting Talisman that needed cinnabar mixed with rooster blood!

Of course, it was not his own mistake.

His father's "Foundational Talisman-Making Notes" had been wrong! His father in this life was far too good at setting his son up for a fall!

Fortunately, Foundational Talismans were not too demanding in this regard.

Even with the Talisman Ink mixed incorrectly,

he had somehow still achieved a one-in-ten success rate.

Yue Shuo could not help but wonder.

Could it be that he truly had a decent talent for Talisman Crafting?

With that thought in mind, he immediately switched to the correct Talisman Ink and made another Water Condensation Talisman to test his success rate.

Calm his heart, focus his mind!

The talisman brush dipped into the ink!

Done in one smooth stroke!

Complete!

[Talisman Crafting (12/100)]

[Water Condensation Talisman (Foundational): 2/20 (Proficient)]

If Talisman Crafting did not also consume Divine Sense, Yue Shuo would have wanted to practice without stopping. After changing to the new ink just now, everything had felt much smoother.

"Could the remaining Talisman Ink formulas or talismans also be wrong?"

Yue Shuo recalled the contents of the book.

Still, the talisman patterns were etched into his mind, and he was certain there was no problem on that front.

Only the Talisman Ink was harder to say.

However, there was another method.

That was to use universal Talisman Ink!

Cinnabar mixed with Spirit Well water had no particular enhancement. Other than perhaps slightly lowering the success rate when making Fire-Starting Talismans,

it could basically be used to make any Foundational Talisman.

However, the proper method was to distinguish the Five Elements inclination of the Talisman Ink.

Rooster blood inclined toward fire.

Black dog blood inclined toward yin.

Or rather,

rooster blood inclined toward yang, while black dog blood inclined toward yin. In truth, both could be used on Five Elements talismans that did not reject them.

Yue Shuo set aside his research.

He felt that he might need more knowledge.

Of course, he had not yet fully digested all the cultivation techniques and knowledge he currently possessed.

After thinking for a moment, he glanced again at the breakthrough chance.

He still decided to break through first!

Since reaching full cultivation on the fifteenth and beginning to temper it, Yue Shuo had developed tremendous interest in the newly practiced Talisman Crafting.

Yet he had still calmly maintained his plan of prioritizing cultivation and advancement.

Six days.

Or rather, about five days.

By the twenty-first, after spending most of his Divine Sense each day on cultivation, circulating his technique, and tempering his cultivation,

at last!

[Breakthrough Chance: 100%]

Before he even had the chance to improve his cultivation technique, he had filled the breakthrough chance to the brim.

It was only the afternoon of the twenty-first.

Yue Shuo could not wait until nightfall. After assigning an errand outside to Gu Jiu, whose injuries had recovered,

he adjusted the Spirit Field's formation state once more by himself.

He set it to a misty state,

concealing some of the view.

Then he remained inside the Spirit Field.

And began his breakthrough!

Because he had discovered long ago

that when he circulated his cultivation technique and tempered his cultivation in the Spirit Field, perhaps due to the Wood Essence Art he mainly cultivated,

the Gathering Spirit Grass in the Spirit Field received enormous benefits.

These benefits

were no less than those brought by his current casting of the Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique.

After all, the Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique could currently irrigate only one-tenth of a mu at a time, while his cultivation affected the entire Spirit Field!

The effect on each individual stalk was small, but taken together,

the efficiency was higher.

Moreover, he had deliberately cast the spell to specially irrigate the ten stalks of Gathering Spirit Grass within that one-tenth of a mu.

At present, after casting the spell tonight at the latest,

he would be able to harvest another ten stalks of Gathering Spirit Grass!

Yue Shuo deliberately sat cross-legged amid those ten stalks of Gathering Spirit Grass that were about to mature.

He began meditating, calming his heart!

Then he broke through and advanced according to the contents of the cultivation manual!

Rustle, rustle...

A breeze rose. The Gathering Spirit Grass swayed and stretched, and as wisps of Yi Wood Spiritual Light danced through the Spirit Field, Yue Shuo's entire body gleamed crystal-bright.

Half an hour later,

Yue Shuo opened his eyes.

Without the slightest hitch, peacefully and smoothly, he had advanced to Qi Refining Level One.

Yue Shuo examined the Cultivator Character Panel inwardly once again.

He discovered that it had undergone considerable changes!