Shi Mu sat cross-legged on the stone bed, a look of contemplation flashed across his face.
Fifty thousand taels of silver is only a drop in the bucket for the current consumption of cultivation, and as the skills improve, the consumption will only increase. It seems that it is time to study the talismans and formations brought back from the Sutra Pavilion.
It’s a classic.
With this in mind, Shi Mu turned his right hand and took out the Jade Slip of the Spiritual Talisman Scripture that recorded the way of talismans. He gently put it against his forehead, and a large number of words immediately appeared in his mind.
After a while, he let out a breath, put down the jade slip in his hand, rubbed his swollen head, and took out the silver jade slip that recorded the "Encyclopedia of Formation Diagrams" and continued to meditate.
Shi Mu spent a stick of incense and after browsing through the two classics, he realized that what Uncle Ju said that day was indeed correct. There is indeed a great relationship between the art of formation and the art of talismans.
, and it can almost be said that the talisman is a mini partial realization of the formation.
Therefore, in terms of mystery and complexity, the art of talismans should be much simpler than the art of formations. Of course, its power cannot be compared with formal formations, but talismans are also easy to carry, cast spells instantly, and consume very little mana.
A series of advantages.
But if you really want to draw a talisman, it is far from enough to understand the method of formation. You must also practice hundreds or thousands of times before you can get started with drawing a certain talisman.
In a word, talisman drawing itself is also a profound and profound art of warlock.
After Shi Mu figured out the relationship between the two, he held his chin with one hand and began to think again.
Although the Tao of Formation and the Tao of Talisman are similar in many ways and can be learned from each other, the Tao of Talisman is relatively simpler. You should first learn the easy things first and then the more difficult ones. Once you have a certain foundation, you will definitely find it easier to learn the Tao of the Tao in the future.
a lot of.
Shi Mu made up his mind and without hesitation put away the silver jade slip that recorded the "Encyclopedia of Formation Diagrams" and began to carefully study the introduction to the basic runes in the first half of the "Spiritual Talisman Scripture".
According to the "Spiritual Talisman Scripture", runes are a kind of divine writing that contains the power of heaven and earth. Even if it is alone, it also has the power of subtle laws in it, whether it is a short piece of spiritual rune or an extremely complex spell.
Formation restrictions are all developed on the basis of runes.
Therefore, if you want to make talismans, you must first understand and draw individual runes, and all runes are composed of the most basic five-element runes. As long as you can first master the runes representing the basic five elements, you can then pass different
Combine to condense other more complex runes.
However, what makes Shi Mu uneasy is that according to the description in the classics, it is extremely difficult to comprehend runes. Many apprentices who want to be a rune master cannot even draw a five-element rune after years of hard study.
In the end I had no choice but to give up.
When Shi Mu saw this, his face looked a little ugly.
But since he had become a sorcerer's apprentice and had spent so much money to exchange for relevant classics, it was naturally impossible for him to give in like this.
When he thought of this, a look of perseverance flashed in his eyes, he crossed his legs, took a deep breath, and slowly adjusted his body condition.
It wasn't until his breathing became slower and slower and his mind felt a little cooler that he picked up the jade slip with a solemn expression and prepared to meditate on the first five-element rune recorded in the classics.
There are hundreds of basic runes recorded in the Spiritual Talisman Scripture. Shi Mu was new to this, so he first chose a fire attribute rune that seemed to have the fewest strokes and was the simplest.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Shi Mu sat cross-legged on the stone bed, his eyes closed and his body motionless.
In his mind, a vague red light ball appeared at this moment, which was constantly elongating and deforming like a living thing, as if it wanted to turn into some words.
Gradually, the upper part of the red light group gradually transformed into half of a strange-looking symbol after a period of changes, while the lower part continued to elongate and change.
At this moment, the red light group suddenly shook and exploded with a "bang" sound.
Shi Mu groaned and opened his eyes. His head was sweating profusely, his chest was heaving, and his face was indescribably pale.
Suddenly, he raised his hand and touched his nose. It was a little wet, and bright red nosebleeds suddenly appeared.
Shi Mu was startled, then sighed, wiped the nosebleed away, stood up and walked to the window, looking at the faintly black sky outside, and became lost in thought.
The comprehension of these runes was indeed as difficult as what the classics said. He couldn't even comprehend the first seemingly simplest fire attribute rune for three days in a row.
"Do I really not have the talent to become a Talisman Master?" Shi Mu thought in his mind and couldn't help but sigh.
Understanding the runes is only the first step. If you want to successfully make a rune, there are two more steps.
After understanding the runes, you need to carve them on the rune paper and draw them into a rune array. This is the second step.
Every five-element spell, even the simplest fireball spell, has a corresponding talisman array. A simple talisman array can be composed of five or six runes, and a complex talisman array can have dozens or hundreds of runes.
When carving the talisman array, there is no room for any slight errors. Every rune must be extremely accurate, which requires years of practice.
After drawing the talisman formation, there is a relatively simple third step, which is to imbue the spirit.
This step is to pour spiritual power into the drawn talisman array, which is equivalent to storing the mana required to perform the spell on the talisman paper in advance. In the future, with only a little guidance, the power of the talisman can be activated.
However, this step seems simple, but it also has many limitations.
Most talisman masters only have two or three kinds of elemental sensing powers. That is to say, when instilling spirits, they can only mobilize these types of attribute spiritual powers. Others can only be supplemented with corresponding spiritual stones, but spiritual stones
The price itself is quite expensive.
Therefore, these three steps have troubled many people.
"I have just come into contact with talismans now. It's still too early to say the next two steps." Shi Mu was silent for a long time and shook his head to dispel some depressed thoughts in his heart.
He stared out the window in a daze, and stood there for half an hour without realizing it.
Gradually, a crescent moon rose from the sky, casting a faint silver glow.
Shi Mu's face was filled with joy. The weather has been bad these past few days, and the moon rarely appears at night. It has been several days since he fell asleep and practiced.
He temporarily put aside the matter of the talisman, packed up the things in the house, quietly opened the door and walked out. A quarter of an hour later, he came to the grass in the woods between the valleys.
Shi Mu sat down cross-legged, his mind clear, and he soon entered a dream.
In the dream, under the bright moon, the white ape raised his hands to the sky, assuming a moon-swallowing posture. Countless light spots appeared in the sky, converging towards the white ape as usual, and through his pupils, blended in.
into his mind.
Shi Mu felt a little happy in his heart. The speed at which the light points gathered was slightly faster than before. It seemed that as his magic power increased, the speed at which the moonlight essence was absorbed by the Moon Swallowing Style was also gradually accelerated.
As more and more light points flew into his mind, a sense of coolness gathered, and the discomfort caused by the failure to comprehend the runes quickly disappeared.
These dense light spots turned into white mist in Shi Mu's mind, and then gradually gathered together and turned into the usual milky white clouds.
Shi Mu's heart moved. This milky white cloud was vaguely similar to the red light cluster produced in his mind when he meditated on the runes before!