The Primal Beginning Talisman Scripture! Clear Mind Talisman

"Got it, Grandpa Jack." Lin Xuan nodded.

Tang San answered politely, "All right, Grandpa Village Chief."

Old Jack smiled with satisfaction, then turned to Tang San.

"Little San, tell your dad to stop drinking all day. His son has such a promising future. It's time he pulled himself together."

Tang San's expression stiffened slightly.

Tang Hao really did drink all day.

Old Jack had no idea who Tang Hao truly was. He thought Tang Hao was an ordinary blacksmith and couldn't stand seeing him drunk every day.

"Grandpa Village Chief, I'll tell my father," Tang San said calmly.

Old Jack waved a hand. "All right, off you go. I'm going to share the good news with the villagers—and those old fellows in the next village!"

With that, Old Jack hurried off happily, no doubt to brag to the chief of the neighboring village.

Meanwhile, Lin Xuan returned to his room. He pushed open the door to find it empty.

Lin Xuan was an ordinary transmigrator who had arrived in this world as an orphan. Luckily, Village Chief Jack had taken him in.

He closed the door and sat on the edge of the bed.

He shut his eyes and let his consciousness sink into his mind.

Golden light appeared in the darkness.

An ancient-looking book slowly opened.

Four large characters shone on its cover: "Primal Beginning Talisman Scripture."

Lin Xuan's heart raced.

This was his cheat ability.

In his previous life, Lin Xuan had been fascinated by Daoist talismans. He had never expected his Martial Soul after transmigrating to be Talisman Paper!

Just then, a golden page slowly turned in his mind.

Lin Xuan held his breath.

The first page bore only three characters:

Clear Mind Talisman.

Below the words was a complete talisman design.

Its lines twisted and turned in complex patterns, yet followed some underlying order.

The direction, pressure, and turns of every stroke were imprinted clearly in Lin Xuan's mind.

"Clear Mind Talisman..."

Lin Xuan murmured the name.

He could sense what it did: calm the mind, banish distracting thoughts, and make his thinking clearer.

The knowledge flowed directly into his mind. He needed no written explanation.

"I can draw talismans without absorbing a Soul Ring?"

Lin Xuan's heart beat faster.

That was far better than he had expected.

He tried to turn to the next page.

With a gentle nudge of his consciousness, he attempted to open the second page of the golden book.

The page did not budge.

Lin Xuan frowned and pushed harder.

It still would not move.

The Primal Beginning Talisman Scripture remained immovable.

"What's going on?"

Lin Xuan struggled with it in his mind for ages, but he could not turn the second page.

He stopped and stared at the golden book.

Is it because I haven't absorbed a Soul Ring?

Lin Xuan thought it over. That seemed the most likely explanation.

After all, Soul Rings were central to a Soul Master's cultivation on Douluo Continent. No matter how unusual a Martial Soul was, it could not escape that rule.

"Forget it. I'll try again after I get a Soul Ring."

Lin Xuan stopped worrying about it and withdrew his consciousness from his mind.

For now, learning to draw the Clear Mind Talisman mattered most.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, he held out his right hand.

Pale yellow Talisman Paper appeared in his palm, its edges slightly curled.

This was his Martial Soul.

Lin Xuan took a deep breath and began.

Every stroke of the Clear Mind Talisman's design stood out vividly in his mind.

He gathered the Soul Power in his body and directed it to his fingertips.

Spiritual Power would be his brush, Soul Power his ink, and his Martial Soul the medium on which he drew the talisman.

But after his first stroke, the flow of Soul Power broke. Nothing remained on the Talisman Paper.

Lin Xuan paused, then started over.

This time, he controlled it more carefully. Soul Power flowed slowly to his fingertips as he traced the first stroke across the Talisman Paper.

The line wobbled like a child's scribble.

Halfway through, the flow of Soul Power broke again.

Sweat beaded on Lin Xuan's forehead.

He realized he had underestimated the task.

Drawing a talisman was not as simple as copying a design. His control of Soul Power, his guidance with Spiritual Power, and the pressure and speed of every stroke all had to work together precisely.

The slightest mistake would ruin it.

"Again." Lin Xuan gritted his teeth.

Two hours later.

Lin Xuan lay sprawled on the bed, his face pale.

He had little Soul Power left.

He had expended a great deal of Spiritual Power, too.

Lin Xuan's head felt as though it would split open.

He lay there panting, staring blankly at the ceiling.

"This is exhausting..."

Lin Xuan gave a wry smile. Despite having level-ten Soul Power, two straight hours of drawing talismans had left him spent.

Worse, he had not completed a single Clear Mind Talisman.

On his closest attempt, he had finished eighty percent of it. Then he had botched the turn in the final stroke, and the entire talisman had collapsed.

"I need more practice."

Lin Xuan closed his eyes and waited for his Soul Power and Spiritual Power to recover.

As a transmigrator, Lin Xuan had stronger Spiritual Power than an ordinary person. Otherwise, he could never have lasted so long.

Over the following days, Lin Xuan kept practicing the Clear Mind Talisman.

Old Jack passed his room and poked his head inside.

"Little Xuan, what are you doing?"

Lin Xuan sat on the bed with his Martial Soul in his hand, sweat covering his forehead.

"Prac... practicing."

"Practicing what?" Old Jack asked curiously.

"Controlling my Martial Soul," Lin Xuan said, giving the first answer that came to mind.

Old Jack nodded.

"That makes sense. It may be a Paper Martial Soul, but innate full Soul Power must be good for something. Keep at it, but don't forget to eat."

Old Jack set down a basket of sweet potatoes and left.

Lin Xuan looked at the basket, his mouth twitching.

He really had been hungry these past few days.

Drawing talismans took so much out of him that he got hungry especially quickly.

"I'll roast a few sweet potatoes later."

Lin Xuan wiped away his sweat and went back to practicing.

Seven days later.

Lin Xuan finally drew his first complete Clear Mind Talisman.

Without a Soul Ring, drawing talismans was incredibly difficult. It made Lin Xuan even more eager to obtain his first Soul Ring.

Lin Xuan studied his first finished talisman. The lines were still a little crooked, but at least it had taken shape.

"Finally!"

Lin Xuan activated the talisman at once.

The Clear Mind Talisman instantly turned into a wisp of blue-green smoke and entered the space between his brows.

The next moment, every distracting thought in his mind vanished.

His mind had never felt so clear.

It was as though murky water had suddenly turned crystal clear. Every thought felt remarkably sharp.

"This effect..." Lin Xuan stared in surprise.

He found that he could sense the flow of Soul Power more clearly and direct every strand of it with greater precision.

"With the Clear Mind Talisman, I'll definitely be able to draw talismans faster."

Lin Xuan's spirits soared.

He did not stop. While the Clear Mind Talisman was still working, he immediately began drawing a second one.

This time, he was noticeably faster.

His chances of success had improved, too.

Half a month later.

Lin Xuan had mastered drawing the Clear Mind Talisman.

He could now draw it reliably, with an eighty-percent success rate.

And each time he used a Clear Mind Talisman, he could draw the next one faster.

"If I can learn a Meditation Method, my cultivation speed will improve by leaps and bounds."

Lin Xuan sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the Clear Mind Talisman he had just drawn.

Over the past half month, he had come to understand his limits.

With his level-ten Soul Power and current Spiritual Power, he could draw five Clear Mind Talismans at most if he pushed himself.

Then he had to collapse and wait to recover.

"My lack of Spiritual Power is holding me back." Lin Xuan sighed.

Still, after repeatedly exhausting his Spiritual Power over the past half month, Lin Xuan had noticed that it recovered much faster now.

He wondered whether training it this way could increase his Spiritual Power as well.