First-Order Low-Grade Talisman Master

After sending Gu Jiu off and telling him to stay safe, Yue Shuo advised him to take the breakthrough pill and break through on the spot as soon as he bought it.

Little Brook Valley returned to a state with only Yue Shuo left.

Two Spirit Stones had immense purchasing power.

That was for non-cultivation resources, of course.

After Gu Jiu left.

Yue Shuo glanced at his Divine Sense, whose recovery efficiency had increased severalfold. In a burst of excitement, he cultivated three times in a row.

[Cultivation: 11/1000 (+2.2)]

[Divine Sense: 2/75]

[Wood Essence Art (First-Order): 195/200 (Proficient)]

His main cultivation art, the Wood Essence Art, was only five cultivation sessions away from Minor Mastery. Night had fallen, so Yue Shuo adjusted the Spirit Field formation and went to sleep.

Of course, before sleeping, he replanted some Gathering Spirit Grass in the Spirit Field.

There were no outsiders in Little Brook Valley.

Yue Shuo relaxed a little more.

As usual, he set himself three hours of sleep, or one and a half shichen.

There was no manual wake-up service.

But by now, he could wake himself according to his biological clock.

He woke three hours later.

He looked at how much his Divine Sense had recovered.

The result was naturally a pleasant surprise.

It was not yet midnight, and sleeping recovery was not as good as it was deep into the night, but it had still reached roughly one point per ten minutes.

His Divine Sense was currently at 20 points!

He cultivated two more times!

Only three proficiency points remained before the Wood Essence Art reached Minor Mastery.

However, it was already midnight.

He could not waste the highly efficient Divine Sense recovery period after midnight!

With ten points of Divine Sense, he spent one point to cast the Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique once and four points to grind the Water Condensation Talisman up to Minor Mastery.

He spent the remaining four points on the Fire-Starting Talisman.

Only one point of Divine Sense remained.

Sleep!

Another three hours of sleep.

When he woke, his nearly full Divine Sense made Yue Shuo, seeing such a high Divine Sense state for the first time, smile silently.

[Divine Sense: 71/75]

This proved two things!

First, Divine Sense recovered proportionally!

In other words, the higher the maximum limit, the faster it recovered over the same amount of time!

Second, continuously consuming and restoring Divine Sense also somewhat improved its recovery efficiency.

He still had to prioritize cultivation!

Because only with a sufficiently high Divine Sense limit could he grind more proficiency!

Of course.

It would be even better if he had a cultivation art that could improve Divine Sense.

Unfortunately, Gu Jiu did not know of one.

Yue Shuo felt a little depressed as well.

After all, the tense situation outside meant he could not casually seek out Tian Wan and the others for more cultivation knowledge.

Other ways to acquire knowledge included:

The market, the black market, and submitting his cultivation level to the External Affairs Pavilion or displaying one of the Three Planting Arts at the Minor Mastery level.

At present, he did not want to choose any of these three.

He could only give up regretfully.

"I'm lacking an escape technique!!"

If there were a speed-type spell or secret art before him, he would definitely seize the time to learn it and grind it to a higher level.

Means of preserving his life had always been what he wanted most.

He did not waste time dwelling on it.

It was the first time he had possessed such abundant Divine Sense. Unfortunately, it was the middle of the night, during a period when Divine Sense recovery efficiency was multiplied.

He could not use this Divine Sense for cultivation.

One cultivation session took around an hour.

Before he could even use up his Divine Sense, the period of multiplied recovery would have slipped away and been wasted.

He could only spend his Divine Sense on spellcasting and talisman crafting, where efficiency was highest.

Casting a spell took two seconds!

As long as he had spiritual power, Divine Sense, and could maintain a calm, focused state, casting spells was not difficult for him after getting started.

Talisman crafting was even faster!

Writing while focused took one second at most!

It was just that before crafting a talisman, he had to adjust his state properly to have a chance of completing it in one breath and successfully finishing the talisman.

For Yue Shuo.

After gaining experience, basic talismans became smoother and smoother to make.

After grinding the Water Condensation Talisman to Minor Mastery, he temporarily set it aside and began practicing the Fire-Starting Talisman, as he had done before.

He succeeded four times.

This raised his overall Talisman Crafting proficiency to 34 points.

Next, he began focusing on Talisman Crafting practice.

[Talisman Crafting (60/100)] [Fire-Starting Talisman (Basic): 0/50 (Minor Mastery)]

Afterward, he also ground the Dust-Cleaning Talisman to Minor Mastery.

[Talisman Crafting (90/100)]

After finishing, less than half an hour had passed. He cast the Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique and the Qi-Replenishing Technique once each in between, leaving his spiritual power abundant.

He glanced at his Divine Sense.

[Divine Sense: 16/75]

He continued spending another ten points on Talisman Crafting, then, following his usual experience, went back to sleep for two hours before getting up.

[Divine Sense: 56/75]

Although his Divine Sense had not fully recovered, the multiplied nighttime recovery effect had not been wasted.

Early in the morning, after swallowing a Grain-Repelling Pill.

Yue Shuo began cultivating!

[Divine Sense: 51/75] [Divine Sense: 46/75] [Divine Sense: 41/75] [Divine Sense: 36/75]

After four cultivation sessions, the Wood Essence Art leveled up!

Yue Shuo discovered that not only had his cultivation efficiency increased, but the breakthrough chance had changed as well.

[Cultivation: 24.4/1000 (+2.4)]

[Breakthrough Chance: 80% (+5%)]

[Wood Essence Art (First-Order): 1/500 (Minor Mastery)]

(Minor Mastery: Additional Breakthrough Chance +5%)

His cultivation efficiency had increased, and so had his breakthrough chance, but Yue Shuo did not plan to continue grinding the Wood Essence Art.

Because grinding it to the next level would improve cultivation efficiency too slowly.

He would be better off cultivating other cultivation arts.

After grinding them ninety-nine times, he could improve his cultivation effect by 0.2.

Do not underestimate that tiny 0.2.

If he cultivated five times a day, that would be one additional point of cultivation.

After accomplishing one small goal.

Only then did Yue Shuo have the mood to pay attention to the changes in Talisman Crafting.

Last night, he had ground Talisman Crafting to a full one hundred proficiency points. Naturally, this referred to overall proficiency.

He took a look and found that it had changed.

[Skill: Talisman Crafting (First-Order Low-Grade) (0/200)]

[Water Condensation Talisman (Basic): 10/50 (Minor Mastery)]

[Fire-Starting Talisman (Basic): 0/50 (Minor Mastery)]

[Dust-Cleaning Talisman (Basic): 0/50 (Minor Mastery)]

Unlike the proficiency after individual talismans, the skill of Talisman Crafting did not progress through Beginner, Proficient, Minor Mastery, and Major Mastery.

Instead, a new rank of First-Order Low-Grade had appeared.

Yue Shuo sensed it with his thoughts.

He roughly understood.

"So, when I craft First-Order spirit talismans now, I'll receive a certain rank-based enhancement?"

This was naturally a good thing.

Yue Shuo looked at the thirty-six points of Divine Sense he had left and fell into thought.

Should he continue cultivating, or improve Talisman Crafting first?

After Talisman Crafting rose in rank.

Would his success rate be higher when crafting First-Order spirit talismans?

After all, he had very little talisman ink and First-Order talisman paper left.

As for making talisman paper himself, which he had considered before, he would have to wait until he bought some tools.

"One Spirit Carp can raise cultivation by at least around fifty points, along with more than twenty points of Divine Sense. If I want to raise my cultivation quickly, there must definitely be a way..."

"And I still want a Qi-Concealing Talisman..."

Yue Shuo did not want to expose the fact that he had advanced to Qi Refining Level One so quickly.

Should he first focus on grinding cultivation, or first raise the rank of Talisman Crafting and produce a Qi-Concealing Talisman?

Yue Shuo truly wanted everything!

He calmed down.

He thought:

"If I grind my cultivation to full, calculating ten cultivation sessions a day... Huh, I cultivate ten hours a day, sleep in segments for eight hours to recover, and my Divine Sense will not be completely exhausted after cultivation!"

He had more than enough Divine Sense to keep up with grinding Talisman Crafting proficiency.

It would only be a tiny bit slower.