Magic treasure mirror

Chapter 40 [Basic Talismans, Appearance and Traceability] (Please collect and read)
  Hou Zhao was puzzled that Lu Chengtong did not join Danquan Peak.

"Brother Cheng, you are good at alchemy. After joining Danquan Peak, you will not be troubled by ordinary tasks. How did you get to Longfu Peak?"

Lu Chengtong had already prepared the draft and replied:

"The so-called minor in acrobatics is just to assist in the Dao gain. Now, I feel that I have made no progress in the Alchemy Dao, and it cannot give me normal training gains, so I want to learn other aspects laterally in order to achieve a breakthrough."

This statement is understandable.

Stones from other mountains can attack jade. If you want to use other directions to assist your own Tao practice, you really can't be stuck in one skill.

All pursuits should be directed toward what is needed for one's own development.

Hou Zhao was thoughtful and made a decision secretly.

Lu Chengtong didn't know what he was thinking. After parting with him, he returned to Longfu Peak.

He has not officially entered the inner gate.

To become a disciple of each peak's inner sect, in addition to reaching the foundation-building realm, you also need to pass their respective assessments.

The assessment task given to him by Long Fufeng was to 'master the drawing of three basic talismans within half a month'.

This is very difficult for a person who has never learned talismans. Although Lu Chengtong is already a foundation-building master, high cultivation does not necessarily mean strong ability to learn such things.

However, since the task is arranged in this way, it means that it can indeed be completed, so what he has to do is to be serious enough and not slack off.

Baojian has a recording function, which can help check for omissions and fill in the gaps for this kind of repetitive work, allowing Lu Chengtong to quickly find his own shortcomings and make great progress.

On the third day, he mastered the drawing of the first basic talisman, the first-level ‘soul-suppressing talisman’.

The soul-suppressing talisman is an offensive talisman, used to suppress white light ghosts.

The White Light Ghost is at the same level as a Fetus Breath Realm monk, but its combat power is very weak. It only has the ability to collide and cover eyes with ghosts.

A soul-suppressing talisman can knock him out of his wits.

There are a lot of killings in this world, including humans, demons, etc. After death, ghosts can easily be generated under the nourishment of energy such as spiritual energy and resentment.

Therefore, most people will prepare a soul-calming charm and place it at home to ward off evil spirits.

In short, although this thing is low-end, it is very popular.

Drawing the soul-suppressing talisman can be done at one level of Qi Refining Realm. For Lu Chengtong, who is in the Foundation Establishment Realm, it is naturally easier to master.

But this still took him more than two days to study.

If you want to draw talismans, you need to learn various prerequisite knowledge such as the properties of talisman paper, the properties of spiritual ink, formation patterns, etc. Lu Chengtong spent most of his time in this area.

Once you have the foundation, your next study will be much smoother.

On the fifth day, he mastered the second basic talisman, the second-level 'golden light talisman', a talisman used by Qi Refining Realm monks for defense.

After being stimulated, a layer of golden light is formed all over the body.

It has both physical defense and magic defense. The attack intensity below the middle stage of the Qi Refining Realm is ineffective. It requires at least the attack intensity of the late Qi Refining Stage and multiple attacks to break through.

It is also a best-selling talisman.

Most monks basically have no defensive magic weapons, so they rely entirely on spiritual shields to resist attacks.

However, the defensive effect of the spiritual shield is limited, and the casting movement is very long, so it may be too late to defend.

At this time, a golden light talisman that is instantly activated may be a life-saving thing.

On the ninth day, Lu Chengtong mastered the last basic assessment talisman, the third-level ‘Firebird Talisman’, a fire attack talisman with positioning and tracking effects.

This thing is equivalent to a full blow from a monk at the fourth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and it is powerful enough to frighten the monks at the later stages of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Many monks use it as a trump card to save their lives in critical moments. Of course, compared to first- and second-level talismans, they are expensive and ordinary people cannot afford them.

Baojian was of great help in learning and mastering the talisman. He completely recorded the drawing process from multiple angles, allowing him to summarize his learning after drawing. Every time he drew, he made huge progress.

Although it took a lot of materials, it was worth it.

Being able to draw a third-level talisman shows that he has initially mastered this technology.

On the tenth day, Lu Chengtong was assessed by Mai Hongfu, the third senior brother of Longfufeng and the eighth-level foundation builder.

After watching Lu Chengtong complete the drawing of the first to third level talismans, Mai Hongfu said with a smile:
  "Welcome junior brother to join us at Longfu Peak. From today on, you are an inner disciple of Longfu Peak. This is your status jade badge. Come on, I will take you to meet the peak master."

Lu Chengtong followed him to meet Master Long Fu.

Inner disciples can call the Peak Master ‘Peak Master’ or ‘Master’, but this ‘Master’ is only in name, not a real master and disciple.

Only true disciples can have a true master-disciple relationship with the Peak Master.

Master Longfu naturally didn't care much about an inner disciple who was over seventy years old. He just wanted to be familiar with him and let Lu Chengtong know who the peak master was.

After meeting the peak master, Mai Hongfu took him to choose a cave.

The inner disciples live on the mountain peak. There are many caves on the mountain peak. The entire mountain has been hollowed out and a spirit gathering formation has been arranged. The caves are rich in spiritual energy.

Lu Chengtong had known about this for a long time and had chosen a place.

"Senior brother, I can just stay in Cave No. 3, C."

This cave was chosen by a member of the Lu family named ‘Lu Xinyou’, and he disappeared here.

Based on this, if you look around, you will definitely be able to find some clues.

Mai Hongfu recorded it for him and finally gave him instructions:

"Disciples from the inner sect of Longfu Peak must turn in a portion of their talismans every quarter. Junior disciples who have just entered the sect must continue to practice their talismans, so that they can meet the sect's requirements and avoid losing spiritual stones."

Lu Chengtong replied politely:
  "Thank you for the tip, senior brother. I will improve my skills as soon as possible to meet the sect's requirements."

After Mai Hongfu left, Lu Chengtong immediately began to clean up the cave.

The uninhabited cave can be lived in if it is cleaned daily, free of debris, and the lighting and other common formations are turned on.

If the ban is opened, ordinary people will not be able to enter unless they attack forcefully.

If you want to break the restriction, you need at least the attack power of the late stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, otherwise you will not be able to meet the standard of breaking the defense.

After the restriction was opened, Lu Chengtong estimated the time of Lu Xinyou's disappearance and used the [circular light development] magical power to search for traces of Lu Xinyou.

Because the time point he traced back was an estimated time, he needed to trace back multiple times and search slowly.

Fortunately, in addition to oneself, there is also the power of Baojian's soul that can be used, so that it can be explored for a longer period of time.

Despite this, after consuming the estimated soul power, no clues were found.

This matter is not urgent. It has been moved to this cave. You can wait for the power of the soul to recover before continuing to use this magical power.

He needs to reserve enough soul power to maintain daily practice and draw talismans and refine medicine.

The skills of drawing talismans need to be improved, and there are sect tasks that need to be completed; the elixir needs to be refined, which is currently his stable source of wealth.

In Fangshi, he still has a shop.

In this way, two days later, on this day, Lu Chengtong finally saw Lu Xinyou's image appearing in the light ball reflected by the supernatural power.

(End of this chapter)