Killing God - Chapter 94

Chapter 94 Talisman Making
The next day, Shen Shi brought his harvest from yesterday’s Monster Island to Qingyu Fair and exchanged a total of 157 spirit crystals in several shops. Compared to his fellow disciples of the same cultivation realm, Shen Shi’s income was quite astonishing. However, when he thought about how many talismans he had consumed yesterday, Shen Shi was not particularly happy.

If so many talismans were sold to spirit material shops such as the Divine Immortal Association in the big cities outside of the High Firmament Sect, the price would only be higher than this reward, not lower.

Fortunately, these were talismans he had made himself. The cost was not particularly high. Furthermore, after yesterday’s trip to the Demon Island, especially after the battle with the powerful Giant Ironwood Ape, Shen Shi had come to a deeper understanding that the greatest reliance he would have on these talismans to defend himself on the Demon Island in the future was the more talismans, the better.

So when he’s done with all the ingredients, They arrived at the shop that sold talismans and talismans. This shop belonged to the hall, but they didn’t seem to see Zhang Yihui, Xu Yanzhi, and the others coming over. The one guarding the shop was a young disciple in his early twenties, but he was still at the Qi Refining Realm. It seemed that he didn’t have much future in cultivation.

Those who liked the Five Elements Technique were fond of it, and those who loved talismans were even more rare. Therefore, Shen Shi, who had been here a few times, had actually become a familiar guest. As soon as he entered, Senior Brother Liu warmly greeted him and smiled, “Junior Brother Shen, what do you want to buy this time?”

Shen Shi was now sixteen years old, but after entering the island for four years, he had already cultivated to a high-level Qi Refining Realm. His future prospects were much better than that of Senior Brother Liu in front of him. Therefore, although he was much younger, Senior Brother Liu was quite polite to him. Shen Shi pondered for a moment and said, “I’ll buy some yellow talisman paper and two more talisman pens, and give me more cinnabar.”

Senior Brother Liu nodded. He skillfully took out a talisman pen and cinnabar and handed it to him. Then, he took out a pile of khaki yellow talisman paper and placed it on the counter. He smiled and said, “How many talismans do you want?”

Shen Shi remained silent for a moment and said, “Two hundred!”

Senior Brother Liu said, “…”

After a while, Senior Brother Liu, who had his eyes wide open with a stunned expression, did not believe his ears. He could not help but ask, “How much do you want?”

Shen Shi looked a little embarrassed, but he still insisted, “Buy more than once, so that I won’t have to run a few more times in the future. Give me two hundred.”

Senior Brother Liu shook his head and smiled bitterly, “Junior Brother, you are indeed a rich man. However, you can buy whatever you want.”

The stack of yellow talisman papers in front of him was no more than twenty sheets. Of course, it was not enough. Senior Brother Liu went to the back of the shop to rummage through the cabinets for a long time. Seeing that he had found all the yellow talisman papers in the shop, he finally counted them. There were not even two hundred sheets, only 187 sheets.

“It’s all here” Senior Brother Liu speechlessly pushed the yellow talisman paper that was piled up into a small mountain in front of Shen Shi.

“Oh” Shen Shi looked at the pile of yellow talisman papers on the counter and was a little stunned. However, he remembered the dangerous battle yesterday. After taking a deep breath, he still put this pile of items into the Little Ruyi Ring and bargained with Senior Brother Liu for a long time. In the end, he paid fifty spirit crystals to buy everything here.

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Returning to the cave, After closing the stone door, Shen Shi casually took out a piece of yellow talisman paper. Nowadays, when he touched the yellow and smooth talisman paper, he already had a familiar feeling. Looking at the yellow talisman paper that was three inches wide and four inches long, The eight circles arranged in the gossip position were clearly visible, However, it was completely blank. Obviously, it was used to create talismans for adding various talismans in the future. Holding it in his hand, Shen Shi could also smell a faint fragrance of medicinal herbs. That was because in order to withstand the Spiritual Energy of the Five Elements Spell, the talisman paper naturally could not be made from ordinary paper. All the talismans were specially made from Spiritual Herbs that contained Spiritual Energy.

Moreover, as the rank of the Five Elements Technique increased, the more Spiritual Energy the talisman paper needed to withstand. Thus, the first rank talisman paper was used, but the second rank talisman paper had to be made from another high-grade spiritual herb, and the third rank talisman paper was another high-grade talisman paper.

Therefore, even though Shen Shi had purchased the yellow talisman paper carelessly, in the future, if he cultivated in the Five Elements Technique deeply, the cost of making talismans would also rise by leaps and bounds.

Of course, Shen Shi was clear about these things in his heart, but right now, he still couldn’t care less about these things that were too far away. He took out the blank yellow talisman paper and stared at it for a moment. He walked back to the table and took out the talisman brush and cinnabar. After calming his heart, he began to slowly draw various talisman formations on the yellow talisman paper.

Yang Water Talisman, Yin Water Talisman, Yang Fire Talisman, Yin Fire Talisman, Yang Earth Talisman, Yin Earth Talisman …

All sorts of complicated and twisted symbols appeared one after another in his calm pen, appearing in circles in specific directions, forming mysterious and profound symbols.

After drawing one, Shen Shi took out a new talisman paper and continued to draw.

The stone room was silent. Only the sound of writing paper moving could be heard. Slowly, he watched as the yellow talisman papers that had been drawn with formations piled up on the table, one after another.

In a trance, it was as if he had slowly grown up from a childish child in the past dozen or so years.

One after another …

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Shi put down the talisman pen in his hand and rubbed his slightly sore wrist. As his gaze swept across the talisman papers that had already been drawn, he suddenly missed his father very much.

After a moment of silence, he reached out to take out the small hourglass and stared at it. The sand in the hourglass seemed to slip down like time.

In the blink of an eye, it was as if he was already far away from the horizon, and he didn’t know when he would see her again.

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Making talismans had always been very difficult. However, relying on the mysterious spiritual energy in his body, Shen Shi’s success rate was quite high. These days, apart from going to the Demon Island to hunt, he had spent most of his time on various talismans when he stayed on Green Fish Island. Other than cultivating every day, he had spent most of his time making talismans.

Fortunately, the Ling Xiao Sect was wealthy, and each rookie disciple was provided with a private cave stone room, giving them a space for a single word so that outsiders wouldn’t be able to pry into their secrets.

Days passed peacefully like this. Winter passed and spring came. The Qingyu Island officially entered its fifth year.

Seeing that the final moment was approaching, all the rookie disciples seemed to be immersed in a repressed cultivation fanaticism. No one wanted to be a step behind, because at this moment, being behind was perhaps the difference in their entire lives.

During this period of time, Shen Shi’s life was still the same as before. There seemed to be no change in what he did every day. Cultivating, forging talismans, catching demons, exchanging money, and then continuing to cultivate, forging talismans …

Currently, in his right hand’s Little Ruyi Ring, there were over a hundred talismans that he had prepared. This was the result of his long-term savings. As for the shop of Senior Brother Liu in Qingyu Fair, the business of this year really surpassed that of the previous years combined. It was all thanks to Shen Shi. It was because every time Senior Brother Liu saw Shen Shi, he would always have a joyful expression.

As for why Shen Shi had bought so many talismans, Senior Brother Liu had also asked him once. Shen Shi didn’t say anything else. He only sighed and said indifferently, “How many talismans do you think I can make?”

Senior Brother Liu immediately understood. He sold all sorts of talismans-related spiritual materials. Naturally, he was not unfamiliar with talismans. He also knew the difficulty of making talismans. Shen Shi had bought so many talismans, but according to his age and ability realm, he really could not produce many decent finished talismans.

From then on, Senior Brother Liu never mentioned this matter again. He was afraid that Shen Shi would lose his perseverance and stop patronizing him. Then, he would have nowhere to cry. Instead, he secretly lowered the price of the yellow talisman paper a little. He said that he was an old customer to Shen Shi and treated him with special privileges!

On the other hand, the person who placed the greatest pressure on Shen Shi’s spiritual crystal wealth was actually not himself, but Zhong Qinglu’s great pill refining undertaking.

The Origin Cultivation Pill was a second-grade spirit pill. After refining it, its medicinal power was extremely strong. It was already a miraculous pill consumed by Origin Condensation Realm cultivators at that level. What matched this spiritual effect was the difficulty of refining the Origin Cultivation Pill. It was obviously several times harder than a first-grade Qi Nourishing Pill. It even exceeded the expectations of Shen Shi and Zhong Qinglu.

With Shen Shi’s support, Zhong Qinglu gritted her teeth and gathered her courage to begin the rare Qi Refining Realm attempt to refine the Origin Cultivation Pill.

However, reality was cruel and heartless. The so-called talent in pill concocting and talent like that were all flashy and boastful. In pill concocting, they were all false and inexperienced. Even with the pill recipe, Zhong Qinglu had obtained some basic advice from the senior of the Pill Hall. Up until now, she had already tried to concoct the Origin Cultivation Pill eight times.

But she failed eight times in a row.

Eight times, it was 640 spirit crystals. Although it wasn’t that many spirit crystals were lost every day, the amount was still shocking, even a little soul-stirring.

Outsiders do not know the truth, At most, they thought that Zhong Qinglu was only trying to refine it once or twice. In fact, the pill recipe that the senior elders in the pill hall had passed on to Zhong Qinglu was more like a reward. No one really thought that Zhong Qinglu would make any new achievements in the pill refining process at the Qi Refining Realm.

However, the pressure that Zhong Qinglu and Shen Shi, who were involved in this matter, had to endure during this process was truly not as heavy as usual.

A total of 640 spirit crystals were silently thrown into the water. Whenever he thought of this, Shen Shi would grimace in pain. Of course, this was when he was alone.

As for Zhong Qinglu, her personality had changed during this period of time. She was almost silent all day long and had a gloomy face. The few friends she usually made with didn’t dare to talk to her anymore. It was only when she faced Shen Shi that she seemed to occasionally reveal a forced smile for some reason.

This strange behavior even caused Sun You to secretly ask Shen Shi if Zhong Qinglu was interested in you?

Shen Shi replied with a kick.

(Also at night)