Chapter 13 Talisman Making

Just when Song Qingming felt that he had found a way to make a fortune, it didn't take long for him to find that he had thought too simply. Except for the first two times when his formations were successfully sold, he only sold one set of formations in the following gatherings, and no one was interested.

It's not that there is anything wrong with the formations he made, but there are only fifty or sixty people in a gathering at Caolu Mountain, and most of them are regular customers who come here frequently.

Formations are usually enough for cultivators. This thing can be used for a long time without being damaged, just like magic tools. Besides, not everyone needs this.

The remaining few sets of formations in his hands had no choice but to ask his family to help him take them to Qinghefang for disposal. The cunning fourth elder saw a pile of formations and was very suspicious that they were not made by him, so he found several excuses to get away with it.

The profit of low-level formations is already low, and making too many at a time is likely to arouse suspicion of the source. Besides, the market in Caolu Mountain is too small and it is too far to go to Qinghefang.

This won't work. If he wants to earn spirit stones, he must change a method.

If he wants to stop worrying about sales in a short period of time, he can only buy common and highly consumed items in the market.

After thinking about it, the only things that meet his needs are pills and talismans. Compared with alchemy, the way of talismans is obviously more suitable for him now.

Talismans are also common consumables. They can be used in fighting, hunting monsters, and practicing. Low-level talismans are basically disposable consumables. The market demand itself is very large. No matter which market, a few more low-level talisman makers will basically not affect the market.

Alchemists pay more attention to talent and need a lot of investment to be effective. Each family will only choose to cultivate people with talent.

In contrast, the requirements for talisman makers are not so high. In the early stage of talisman making, there is not much emphasis on talent. As long as you are willing to spend time, it is not difficult to get started.

Talisman makers are also the most chosen skills among the hundred arts of immortal cultivation. Generally, cultivators will learn this skill in the late stage of Qi Refining. The Song family's inheritance of the way of talismans is also quite good. There are two top-grade talisman makers in the family.

Song Qingming took out the talisman-making materials he had prepared long ago, a family-inherited talisman-making secret book, a silver low-grade talisman pen, a can of cinnabar made from the blood of monster essence, and dozens of blank talisman papers.

These were all exchanged by Song Qingming in the Cangjin Building a few days ago. The family's inheritance management of the way of talismans is not so strict. No matter how talented you are in making talismans, you can easily obtain them as long as you spend five points of merit in the Cangjin Pavilion.

When Song Qingming exchanged the talisman inheritance, the fourth elder only reminded him a few words, not to indulge in the skills of cultivating immortals and neglect cultivation.

After placing the talisman paper and cinnabar on the table, Song Qingming picked up the silver talisman pen and began to make the first "Qingxin Talisman".

Most of the first-level low-grade talismans are auxiliary talismans, and the "Qingxin Talisman" is also the most common one. After using it, it can make people calm their minds in a short time, and allow people to quickly concentrate their spiritual consciousness when practicing the exercises.

Whether it is a breakthrough in cultivation, or when refining pills and refining tools, it will have some effects. Generally, cultivators will have a few of them. This talisman is also the most common low-level talisman on the market.

According to the talisman making method in the talisman making secret book, after the tip of the pen is stained with red cinnabar, Song Qingming slowly injected the spiritual power in his body into the pen in his hand, and began to draw talismans on a blank talisman paper.

When Song Qingming was learning the art of formation in the family, the elders of the family personally taught him carefully for a year before he could get started. If it was replaced by a casual cultivator without anyone to teach him, I am afraid he might not be able to reach the entry level in three years.

Although talisman making is a relatively simple one among all kinds of immortal arts, it is not a matter of a beginner wanting to draw a qualified talisman in one go.

Song Qingming drew eight talismans in a row in one day, but none of them reached the qualified level. Excluding the ones that failed halfway through, only two were successfully drawn. Unfortunately, although these two talismans were shining silver on the surface, the spiritual power contained in them was very thin.

Song Qingming put the talisman in his hand and observed it carefully for a while. Then he pinched his fingers and chanted a spell. The talisman in his hand suddenly glowed silver, and a cool spiritual energy quickly came from the palm of his hand. However, it was not long before the spiritual power on the talisman suddenly became chaotic and violent. The talisman suddenly appeared on the talisman and turned into a ball of fire, which burned up in an instant.

Looking at the only ashes left in his hand, Song Qingming showed a bitter smile on his face. It was indeed still far from enough.

In addition to his daily inspections of Lingyuan Mountain, Song Qingming spent all his time learning to make talismans. He often asked Song Changxin for guidance. During this period, he also went to Mujiao Town and consulted Aunt Song Changling, the most talented talisman maker in the clan and a top-grade talisman maker.

With the incomplete map to speed up the recovery of spiritual power, the talisman-making materials that should have taken a month to be consumed were consumed in less than ten days.

After hard work, Song Qingming finally reaped the rewards. The four Qingxin Talismans in his hand were also the four most perfect ones among the hundreds of times he had made them in the past ten days. After carefully trying one again, he felt the spiritual power contained in the talisman and the effect after using it, and showed a satisfied smile.

Song Qingming stood up with a happy look on his face, stretched his aching waist, and looked at the three silver talismans left in his hand. He exchanged materials worth more than ten spirit stones for three Qingxin talismans. Although he had expected it, the initial investment of spirit stones still made him feel a little distressed.

After learning to make talismans for more than ten days, he could only make four out of more than a hundred spirit talisman materials. According to the price in the market, at least twenty spirit talismans must be made out of a hundred materials to make a profit. It takes an average of two years for an ordinary talisman maker to reach this level, and the initial investment is at least hundreds of spirit stones.

In other words, it takes at least three or four years for an ordinary talisman maker to earn spirit stones by relying on this skill. This is the easiest talisman to learn. For alchemy, which requires a larger investment, it is even more difficult. Without a decade or two of heavy investment, there is no return at all.

After getting three Qingxin Talismans, Song Qingming was not in a hurry to make this kind of talisman again. Instead, he opened the family talisman making secret book and began to make another kind of talisman, the "Fireball Talisman". According to the elders in the family, trying other types of talismans will make it easier for you to control the spiritual power when using the pen.

It was not until two months later that Song Qingming finally touched the threshold of a low-grade talisman maker and increased his success rate of talisman making to nearly 20%.

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On Caolu Mountain, Song Qingming, dressed in a green shirt, came to the gathering point early, chose a place closer to the center, skillfully put up a wooden sign, took out a bunch of spiritual objects and placed them on the stall, and then picked up a talisman notebook he bought nearby last time and read it carefully.

It must be said that Caolu Mountain is still a little famous in the northeast of Qinghe County. In the past few months, Song Qingming has seen many cultivators from nearby major families here. Even the Song family, which is more than a hundred miles away, has several elders who have come here to buy spiritual objects.

Now he is very familiar with the process here. If he comes earlier, he can occupy a better stall. However, he still dare not occupy the best positions in the middle even though there are still vacancies.

He has come here seven or eight times. Although no one has told him specifically, it is not difficult for him to find that the positions in the middle have always been reserved for several late-stage Qi Refining cultivators who often come here. Song Qingming naturally does not dare to greedily occupy these vacancies and offend those with higher cultivation.

Half an hour later, dozens of cultivators arrived on the top of the mountain one after another. This time, there seemed to be more people attending the gathering than usual. Song Qingming was somewhat happy that he came here early to occupy a good position. In less than half an hour, he had sold more than a dozen talismans of various types.

After more than two months of study, he has now learned to make five or six kinds of talismans and can be regarded as a real talisman maker.

The way to make talismans is relatively simple, but to become a qualified low-grade talisman maker, at least eight kinds of talismans must be made and maintain a 20% success rate to be considered a low-grade talisman maker.

"Fellow Daoist, do you want to buy some elixirs?"

"As long as it is an elixir that can improve cultivation, it can be exchanged for the spiritual objects on the stall at the same price."

After saying this, Song Qingming put down the note in his hand and looked up at the person who came. Unexpectedly, this person is one of his old customers, so he hurriedly smiled.

This person's name is Qin Zhen. He is a casual cultivator who goes to Yunwu Mountain to hunt monsters all year round. He also has several people under him and often organizes people to go deep into Yunwu Mountain.

In the past few months when Song Qingming set up a stall in Caolu Mountain, whenever Qin Zhen came, he would purchase a lot of talismans, especially the "Qingxin Talisman" here.