Chapter 21: The Calming Talisman
On a black desk, a piece of jade green stone was pressed against a long strip of yellow paper. Ye Kong held a brush in his hand and dipped it into the inkstone, filling it with red cinnabar and rubbing the tip of the brush.
After recalling the drawing method of the Spirit Concentration Talisman, he was confident. He circulated his Qi and focused his mind as he raised the brush and quickly wrote on the yellow paper.
This yellow paper talisman had a fixed structure. It was divided into three sections, top, middle, and bottom. The top row was called the talisman head, which was composed of a row of small words or patterns. It was like the medicine primer of Chinese medicine or the fuse of a bomb. The quality of the talisman head directly affected the effect time of the talisman, whether it would go off accidentally, and so on.
The bottom row was the feet of the talisman. The feet of the talisman weren't necessary, which meant that many talismans didn't have feet. In fact, this was easy to understand. For example, if a plane dropped a bomb, the bomb would only kill people or destroy things. It wouldn't care how you cleaned up the site and buried the bodies.
The talismans with feet were basically the same. They had three hooks, which were the right and wrong hooks that teachers used to mark test papers. The difference was that there was a circle drawn on the handle of each hook, and there was a dot in the middle. It was as if it had eyes. These three hooks represented the true fire of samadhi.
The most important thing in the middle was the talisman gall. The Talisman Gall was the main body of a talisman. It was the content that looked like words but was not words. Whether a talisman was successful or not, and how effective it was, all depended on the Talisman Gall.
Ye Kong's eyes were focused. He held the brush in his right hand, and the brush moved as if it were flying. His wrist was as nimble as a swimming dragon, and the tip of the brush moved back and forth on the long yellow paper. The writing of the Talisman Gall required one to finish it in one go, without any pause.
Fortunately, he had already memorized every stroke of the Focus Talisman in his heart beforehand, so he was naturally fluent. He stretched out his brush and drew an elegant arc. Then, he suddenly retracted it. The tip of the brush was thin like a blade, and he instantly pulled it down!
The iron red handwriting suddenly lit up and then dimmed.
The strange thing was that at that moment, the iron red ink turned silver, as if it was written with mercury.
The talisman was complete. In the instant the last words lit up, Ye Kong could clearly sense a faint flow of Spirit Qi in the air around the talisman.
Obviously, yellow paper talismans also contained spiritual energy. It was not only spiritual talismans that contained spiritual energy. The spiritual energy required for yellow paper talismans was very little. This was the reason why yellow paper talismans could be used on Earth, but spiritual talismans were ineffective.
Ye Kong was overjoyed at the success of his first talisman. He held the Focus Talisman in his palm and admired it carefully.
"Draw another one." Ye Kong was ready to take advantage of his victory and pursue.
However, what made him depressed was that his good luck seemed to have run out. After drawing a few more pieces, they either didn't change color after he finished drawing, or when they changed color, the spiritual qi suddenly became chaotic, and the paper talisman turned into a ball of flames and burned into powder.
"Could it be that you didn't shower and change your clothes?”Ye Kong was also a little confused. But why did the first card succeed?
Then he would change to another talisman.
He then went to the Encyclopedia of Talismans and finally focused his gaze on the Blood Stopping Talisman.
The gallbladder of the Blood Stopping Talisman was relatively simple, and it did not have a talisman leg. When it was used, it could be pasted on the wound to temporarily stop the bleeding. However, its effectiveness was relatively small, and it was even inferior to ordinary Golden Creation, so there were very few users.
Soon, he drew a few more Blood Stopping Talismans. The success rate of this kind of talisman was much higher than the Calming Talisman. He actually succeeded four times out of eight.
"It seems that drawing talismans has a success rate. The more talismans you draw, the higher the success rate.”After Ye Kong summarized his experience, he went back to drawing the Focus Talisman.
Kong 'er, it's time for dinner." Chen Jiuniang had finished embroidering the Second Mistress's items, and seeing that it was getting late, she hurried out to urge Ye Kong to eat.
"Alright, I'm coming." Ye Kong had successfully cast yet another Focus Talisman, and he was overjoyed. He stuffed all the talismans into his sleeve and followed his mother out.
The talisman was drawn successfully, but what was the effect? Was it really useful?
Ye Kong's doubts rose again." No, I still have to give it a try. I don't want it to be ineffective during a PK, or I'll be laughed at.”
When he reached the dining hall, he saw a big dog at the door. It was a very fierce big yellow dog raised by the fat woman in charge of the dining hall, Sister Ma.
Seeing this, Ye Kong had an idea. Sister Ma, this hateful woman, made me eat cold steamed buns, so I'll let your dog have a taste of my charm!
"Yo, Eighth Young Master, why have you come here to eat? Don't you always wear embroidered clothes and eat in the Inner Academy?”Sister Ma said sarcastically.
After Sister Ma finished speaking, the servants who were eating laughed together.
Ye Kong smiled and replied," That's right. I've heard that there's a pig in the cafeteria that's going too far, so I wanted to come and see for myself.”
Sister Ma's expression changed immediately. She said angrily," You dare to scold me?”
"No, I didn't scold you, Sister Ma. How would I dare to scold you?”
Sister Ma's expression changed a few times. She had also heard that this kid was not to be trifled with. Moreover, if he continued to speak, she would admit that he was a pig.
She casually gave him a few spoonfuls of food. Although the portion was a little small, it wasn't too much. Ye Kong had something on his mind, so he didn't want to argue with her. However, as he ate, Granny Hu's face was swollen, and she kept staring at him with vicious eyes. He suddenly glared back at her, scaring Granny Hu so much that she quickly lowered her head to eat.
"Mom, go back first after you're done eating. I'm going to the toilet.”Ye Kong scared his mother away and sneaked back into the dining hall.
By this time, the sky was darkening. Dinner time had already passed, and no one would be coming back. Ye Kong waited for a while longer, and only when the diners had left and the sound of cleaning could be heard in the dining hall did he begin to act.
"Woof woof!" Probably sensing danger, the yellow dog barked nervously as it watched Ye Kong approach.
"Hehe, go ahead. The fat woman is busy.”Ye Kong laughed coldly.
He took out the Spirit Stopping Talisman and quickly read the obscure incantation in his mouth. He could already feel the spiritual energy on the talisman shaking in his palm.
"Woof woof!" The big yellow dog, which was usually a dog that relied on others, was scared. It barked twice and wanted to escape into the dining hall.
But how could Ye Kong let it escape?!
He approached at lightning speed!
"Pa!"
A long and narrow yellow paper was stuck on the big yellow dog's forehead!
The dog didn't even make a sound before its legs gave way and it lay down on one side, its eyes wide open as it stared at Ye Kong, who was walking toward it.
"Yay! It's effective!" Ye Kong made a V-shaped pose, then went over and kicked the dog in the stomach. The big yellow dog was like a dead man, allowing him to kick and hit it.
"Then let's take a look at the Blood Stopping Talisman." Ye Kong looked left and right, then dragged the yellow dog to the back of the house. Under the light, he took out the small knife with the tip of the pen and lightly cut the yellow dog's calf.
With a flash of the blade, fresh blood immediately gushed out.
"Stop!" The incantation of the Blood Stopping Talisman was extremely simple.
When the talisman hit the yellow dog's wound, a bright red flame flashed and disappeared with a bang.
The Blood Stopping Talisman burned away without a trace, and the wound on the yellow dog's leg miraculously stopped bleeding.
Then, Ye Kong raised his hand and removed the talisman on the yellow dog's head. The Spirit Lock Talisman was a one-time use, and once it was removed, it immediately turned into a ball of fire and disappeared into thin air.
The big yellow dog also quickly got up and fled. It only dared to turn around and roar at Ye Kong after it had run far away, and then it slipped away without a trace.
After the success of his experiment, Ye Kong's confidence in Talisman Arts grew even stronger. He was actually looking forward to seeing Granny Hu's son come to him.
However, Granny Hu's son had encountered a big case at the yamen today, and he was busy, so he didn't return. Ye Kong's wait was in vain.
To Ye Kong's disappointment, his plans to visit the Lu family to see the dancing figurines fell through.
At night, it began to drizzle. In such weather, there was naturally no moonlight, and without moonlight, it was impossible to see anything. So, Ye Kong sat cross-legged on his bed and began to meditate.
The water spiritual energy on rainy days was particularly active. Of course, the water spiritual energy was not steam. The sky was filled with water, but the water spiritual energy only increased a little. However, it was more active and flowed faster, so it was naturally absorbed more.
The Qi Sea in the first level of the Aura Refining realm was still very obscure. Spiritual Qi of various attributes gathered inside and flowed slowly, like a ball of colorful porridge or a distant galaxy seen by the Hubble telescope. It was brilliant, glorious, and mysterious!
The color of the air current was mainly black and green, with the yellow spiritual energy representing the earth attribute being second. The red fire attribute was like a thread pulled into a concentric circle by the other spiritual energy, and the least white metal attribute was already hard to find.
In fact, Ye Kong had a way to replenish his fire attribute, as he usually cultivated at night, which was why he had very few fire attributes. If he had the chance to cultivate under the scorching sun for a while in the future, he would naturally have more fire attributes.
What troubled Ye Kong the most was where to find metal-type spiritual energy. Spiritual energy could not be absorbed by finding a piece of metal. Where did the metal property in the air come from? If he went to Earth to inhale the exhaust of cars, he might even have metal attribute. In this Cangnan Continent, metal attribute spiritual energy was really rare.
Digging for other people's mineral veins? Unless you're tired of living. It seemed that he could only draw spiritual talismans in the future and sell them for money to exchange for metal-attribute white spirit stones to absorb.
Time passed quickly when he was cultivating. The rain outside grew heavier and heavier, and the light rain became a torrential downpour. The water element was particularly active, and Ye Kong was enjoying it very much. If a cultivator were to come at this moment, they would be surprised to find that there was a huge vortex above Ye Kong's head, and black water Spirit Qi was constantly surging into his body.
Only immortal cultivators who could sense spiritual energy could see this. If mortals came, they would not be able to see the fluctuations of spiritual energy at all.
"Kong 'er." After an unknown amount of time, a voice called out to Ye Kong, waking him up from his stupor of Spirit Qi.
It was Chen Jiuniang, and she had already received Ye Kong's instructions. All she needed to do to wake him up was to call out to him, and then wait for a moment. If she was in a hurry, she shouldn't push him. Otherwise, if the spiritual energy in her body was blocked halfway, it would backfire.
The backlash of spiritual energy could cause minor injuries to the meridians, or even severe Qi deviation.
This was the reason why he would rather stay in the ancestral hall without being disturbed. But now that he was out, he could only take the risk to cultivate. Otherwise, what else could he do? Firstly, he couldn't abandon his mother. Secondly, he didn't know how to use formations. He could only remind his mother to wait for a moment and not to disturb him if there was nothing.
After sending the last wisp of Spirit Qi into his Sea of Qi, Ye Kong felt that he had become much more realistic. He opened his eyes, and in the darkness, a bright light shone in his pupils.
"Mother, what's the matter? Could it be that Granny Hu's son had come?”Ye Kong asked.
Chen Jiuniang saw her son's burning eyes and thought that a young man should be like this when he was in good spirits. Without any doubt, she sat by the bed and said," Granny Hu's son didn't come. It was Li Laosi."”
"Oh? What was he doing here? Do you want to be hit by a brick again?"
Chen Jiuniang couldn't help but laugh and said," You rascal, you only know how to use bricks. Li Laosi came to report that someone is looking for you. It's not convenient to let them in at night, so they're waiting at the gate."”
"Someone is looking for me?" Ye Kong was stunned. It was the middle of the night, and it was raining so heavily. Who would come looking for him?
"Then I'll go take a look." Ye Kong touched the Spirit Lock Talisman in his sleeve, then picked up the Black Oil Umbrella from the corner of the wall and walked out.
His mother's concerned voice rang out from behind him." Kong 'er, be more lenient when you speak. Don't fight!”
Ye Kong smiled." Don't worry. If people don't provoke me, I won't provoke them. I have a good temper, so you should go back to your room. Don't catch a cold."”
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