Chapter 52 Drawing Talisman

Sign making room.

It was noon at this time, and the soft sunshine of late winter and early spring shone through the window and was crushed on the desk. The cup of boiled water on the desk was quiet and without a trace of ripples.

Chen Ping sat at the desk, picked up the water glass, took a sip of water, and put it down.

Open the "Introduction to Ten Common Talismans During the Qi Refining Period" and read it again.

This book records the ten most common methods of drawing talismans during the Qi Refining Period.

Namely: cleansing talisman, fire inducing talisman, listening to the wind talisman, attracting good luck talisman, controlling wind talisman, avoiding sword talisman, warding off evil spirits, protecting body talisman, suppressing evil talismans, and calming talisman.

in.

Cleansing Talisman is the simplest Talisman and does not require the use of Talisman skins, just Talisman paper.

Entry level talisman.

What Chen Ping wants to draw now is the cleaning charm.

again,

This time I finished all the drawings, but the runes didn't respond at all, just like some useless words written on waste paper.

Chen Ping put his hands behind his head and let out a breath. Suddenly, he felt that the depression accumulated in his heart due to the drawing of talismans dissipated, and his whole person felt refreshed.

Qi Jianglun is dead, so what else can he learn?

"Fellow Daoist Chen, how have you been with your talisman studies recently?" After some pleasantries, Zhang Zheng asked pretending to be nonchalant.

Too many ‘don’ts’.

According to Zhang Zheng himself, he came here unknowingly while taking a walk after dinner, so he came to see his old friend Chen Ping.

Chen Ping smiled and said:

This is where the difficulty lies.

evening.

'Is it because the mantra is not recited religiously enough?'

Two hours later, I got up and moved around a bit.

"They are also talisman skins, but I don't make that much anymore. I only make five or six talisman skins a day, and my income is enough to survive. You have to leave some time to practice." Chen Ping said calmly.

Five or six talisman skins a day?

Thinking of Chen Ping's statement that there were still more than 100 finished skins left, I made a rough estimate of the length of time since the last time I bought the finished skins.

Chen Ping:.

Forget it, that's it for today.

Zhang Zheng took a breath.

'The stroke trend is also difficult to control.'

Thinking about it, the quality of Chen Ping's talisman skins was already very good a few months ago. After a few months, the quality will probably become even more extraordinary.

When Chen Ping was sitting in the yard eating slowly with a large Haikou bowl in his hands, Zhang Zheng came.

Just barely able to get by?

'hiss.'

There are too many techniques here, and it is not easy to grasp the scale just by relying on dry words.

"I have improved a bit. I went to the market a few days ago to sell some talisman skins. How is your learning going?"

We can only take our time.

Cut, cut, lift, pull, fill, mend.

The movements are done in one go.

Before the runes were finished, the ink misfired and the paper burst into flames.

The runes are composed of several flat hieroglyphs vertically, which are superimposed together to form a long vertical rune.

'According to the book, there are many disadvantages: the strokes should not be too sharp or too soft. The strokes should not be too dense or too sparse. The spiritual power should not be input too fast or too hard, and it should not be too slow. light'

After a while,

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

"Do you have anything else to do, Fellow Daoist Zhang?" Chen Ping smiled.

this.

I'm afraid one adult skin can output 3 talisman skins.

Could it be that Situ Shan used some kind of trick?

You can sell them in the market, but it usually takes a lot of time to sell some.

'Could it be?'

I couldn't comprehend the mystery for a while.

Now it seems that it was not just him. Zhang Zheng also felt the same way.

Unfortunately, many things can no longer be confirmed.

Fortunately, Situ Shan was killed decisively, otherwise we don’t know what huge long-term risks there would be.

"No, no, haha." Zhang Zheng ducked his eyes and smiled, hesitatingly saying: "Fellow Daoist Chen, how many talisman skins can you make in one day?"

The two chatted for a while, but Zhang Zheng had no intention of saying goodbye. He seemed to want to say something but was embarrassed to say it.

Made less?

Zhang Zheng said in surprise:

"Then, how do you make money?"

Later, I also had this doubt.

He was happy for his 'client', but at the same time he felt extremely depressed.

"The heaven and earth are natural, the dust is dispersed, the cave is mysterious, and the Taiyuan is shining brightly. The spiritual treasures and talismans make me natural."

Chen Ping was speechless. He arranged his appearance in a grand manner, straightened the Zouzi on his clothes, then sat upright and recited a mantra:

Then he held his breath and concentrated for a moment, picked up the talisman, dipped it in the talisman ink, rotated the tip of the pen on the mouth of the bottle and stroked it twice, and scraped off the excess talisman ink. Then on the laid talisman paper, stroke one by one according to the runes.

Draw and copy.

First draw with a stroke to the left, then write three horizontal strokes on the right, like a gentle breeze supporting a hill. The middle is downward and vertical, and the strokes are made in circles. First, make two circles to the left, then two circles to the right, and then to the bottom.

"Pfft!"

On the way back, Zhang Zheng thought of how he and Chen Ping had learned to make talisman skins together. This was the second time that he went to learn, and it was only the first time for Chen Ping.

How could Chen Ping not know what he wanted to express.

Zhang Zheng looked at Chen Ping's middle-grade robe.

All he eats is spiritual rice and monster meat. The price of spiritual rice has skyrocketed during this period, and he has been eating fruits and vegetables intermittently.

But leather making is different. There is no technical content and many people can do it. In addition, it is difficult to make money in Lianyuncheng now, so many people have picked up this job again.

"That's the same." Zhang Zheng sighed: "It's just that there are some subtle details that are still difficult to control, but there is no way to learn anymore. I can only explore slowly by myself."

There are many doorways in it.

He hurriedly said goodbye.

A puff of blue smoke without flame came out.

Still can't get started.

Did you come here unknowingly? Did you come here intentionally to visit an old customer? Chen Ping knew it in his heart.

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"hiss!"

Thinking of this, he picked up the talisman tool and fetched it into leather.

He said this easily, but the corners of Zhang Zheng's mouth twitched.

Chen Ping didn't know what the inner meaning was.

'Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Chen's cultivation level is low and he only has one level of Qi training.' Zhang Zheng thought this and felt a little more balanced.

We chatted for a few more words, but Zhang Zheng became more and more out of sorts the more we talked.

I remember that when I first met Situ Shan at Zhang Zheng’s house, I felt something was wrong.

Repair the house at your own expense.
To be continued...