In the eyes of a real Taoist priest, drawing talismans was a technical job. Every stroke had its own meaning, unlike those scribbled talismans in the eyes of ordinary people.
Talismans were made up of a talisman head, a talisman gall, and a talisman foot.
As the name suggested, the talisman head was the place where the talisman began. Three hooks, lightning orders, imperial orders, and many other types were troublesome, but the most commonly used was still imperial orders.
The talisman gall was the soul of a talisman paper. Many times, whether a talisman paper was effective or not depended on the talisman gall. Gang, Jing, Ma, Hua and other words.
The foot of the talisman was the end of the talisman paper. It was used to end the talisman gall. The function of the foot of the talisman was also very important.
Apart from that, incantations and footwork were also required to cast the talisman.
Generally speaking, incantations only needed to be recited in one's heart. The footwork needed to be correct. If one made a slight mistake, the charm might not work.
Of course, Chen Yu didn't need to think so much now. What he needed to do now was to draw the talisman first. He was prepared to draw a Flame Talisman first.
However, according to the records of the Elementary Maoshan Technique that Chen Yu had read, drawing talismans required one to be focused and have no distracting thoughts. Undoubtedly, with Chen Yu's cultivation, he was unable to do this within a short period of time. He could only burn incense and bathe according to the records to temporarily reach the realm of having no distracting thoughts.
After burning incense and taking a bath, Chen Yu indeed felt that the distracting thoughts in his mind had lessened significantly. He then arrived at the main hall and placed a four-legged wooden table there. On the table were the cinnabar, a wolf-hair brush, and a large stack of yellow talisman papers that he had long ground.
Chen Yu placed a piece of yellow talisman paper in the center of the table. He then picked up the Weasel Brush with his right hand and dipped the brush hair into the small white porcelain bowl that Chen Yu used as an inkstone. After dipping the brush hair into cinnabar, Chen Yu closed his eyes.
A real Taoist priest would naturally not draw a talisman like a child learning a picture, drawing one stroke after another.
When drawing talismans, one needed a stroke, otherwise it would not be effective.
Chen Yu recalled the drawing method of the Flame Talisman. When the Flame Talisman completely appeared in his mind, he immediately opened his eyes that were as clear as a mirror and started drawing on the talisman paper in front of him.
Only to see the vertical and horizontal lines, a single stroke!
From its appearance, this talisman looked exactly the same as the talisman that the believers had requested from the Daoist temple. Even if someone were to look at it, the other party would probably only think that it was drawn by a real Daoist priest and not a university student like Chen Yu.
After that, Chen Yu clearly understood that the first talisman he transformed into still failed in the end!
Because there was no spiritual power in this talisman.
Spiritual power was different from magic power. Spiritual power referred to a kind of spiritual energy that ordinary people could not see but did exist in the world. Daoist practiced for many years and absorbed spiritual power into his body through Dao techniques, forming magic power.
No matter where in the world, there was spiritual power. It was just that because of the different places, there were more and less.
A talisman paper would automatically gather spiritual power when it was successful. Only in this way would the talisman paper produce power beyond the imagination of ordinary people when it was used.
Although he had failed, Chen Yu wasn't discouraged in the slightest. In any case, this was only his first time drawing. It was very normal for him to fail. There were no geniuses in the world who could achieve success overnight.
"Again!"
Chen Yu then took out another piece of yellow paper. After closing his eyes and recalling the drawing method of the Flame Talisman, he continued practicing.
In the end, he still failed.
"Again!"
Soon after, Chen Yu gritted his teeth...
Finally, after failing eight times, Chen Yu finished drawing the talisman paper on the table on his ninth attempt. He felt that after the talisman paper took shape, the fiery spiritual energy in the surrounding space was immediately absorbed into it.
At this moment, the talisman paper in front of Chen Yu seemed to be completely different from the one he had drawn earlier. He couldn't pinpoint what was different. However, it was as if the talisman papers from before had no life, while the talisman paper before him had life.
"Finally!"
Chen Yu said happily when he saw the Flame Talisman on the table.
"I drew it nine times before I succeeded. I really don't know if my brain is made of elm.”
Soon after, Chen Yu slapped his own head and mocked himself.
He did not know that if his words were to spread, who knew how many Taoist priests would want to slap him to death.
Even if other people cultivated magic power, they would need one or two months to draw a real talisman paper. Those who were extremely talented and rarely seen in a hundred years would need at least one or two days.
Meanwhile, Chen Yu had only drawn nine of them. In less than an hour, he had already succeeded. Even so, he was still complaining about not letting others live.
In fact, this wasn't because Chen Yu's aptitude was good. Rather, it was because Chen Yu had transmigrated here. Therefore, the strength of his soul was naturally twice as strong as others. Correspondingly, his control over his body, as well as his sensitive reaction, and even his memory were much stronger than ordinary people.
He was naturally very skilled in drawing talismans.
After drawing the first talisman of his cultivation career, Chen Yu prepared to experiment with it. Unfortunately, he still needed footwork to execute the talisman paper.
However, it was still not too late to practice now. After all, Zhao Sheng practiced Bajiquan. Although he practiced fist techniques, he would not just practice fist techniques and not his feet. In this way, the cultivation of footwork was naturally like drawing talismans, and his progress would be much faster than others.
There were many footwork techniques recorded in the Elementary Maoshan Technique. After careful consideration, Chen Yu chose a footwork technique called the " Yu Footwork." It was rumored that this footwork was created by the Great Yu during the Three Royals and Five Emperors era when he was controlling the flood.
Although it had a great origin, Yu Steps was just a set of ordinary footwork that could be used in conjunction with spells and talismans.
Although it was a bit absurd to say that footwork was a Daoist technique, it was a fact.
To put it bluntly, the footwork here was the direction of the footsteps of the cultivators when they cast spells and charms. In the eyes of ordinary people, they might not be able to see anything and only think that they were walking normally, but in the eyes of those who knew algebra, every step they took was famous.
What Kan position, Li position, Tianxuan planet, Dubhe planet, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, to put it bluntly, it was the five elements and eight trigrams of Taoism.
Chen Yu cultivated the Eight Extremities Fist. The Eight Extremities Fist was a national art. He had also dabbled in the superficial theories of the Dao Sect such as the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. This increased the speed at which he cultivated the Yu Steps.
An hour later, Chen Yu had already mastered the Yu Steps. Although it was only barely formed and was still some distance away from being proficient, it was not affected when used to cast talismans.
"Go!"
After that, Chen Yu shouted and picked up the Flaming Talisman he had drawn earlier. He took the Yu Steps and chanted a spell in his heart. He rushed forward and threw the Flaming Talisman. Immediately, the Flaming Talisman turned into a red flame with a diameter of one foot a few meters away from Chen Yu, giving him a fright.
Chen Yu, who was afraid of igniting the room, naturally hurriedly executed the incantation to extinguish the ball of flames.
After extinguishing the ball of red flames that the Flame Talisman had transformed into, Chen Yu looked at his hands in disbelief. He had actually really mastered this kind of unnatural power.
Only now could he be considered a true heavenly master since he could cast talismans.
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