I Cultivate Longevity in the Cultivation Realm-Chapter 69: High-Grade Talisman

"I still need to learn a Thunder Skill.

Otherwise, this isn’t really planting; it’s just throwing money away."

Whenever Zhou Changwang thought about it, his scalp tingled.

Only because he wanted to cultivate Thunder Spirit Rice and the quantity wasn’t much did he dare to spend this much. If it were large-scale farming, he wouldn’t even consider it.

"Besides, I can’t stop Drawing Talismans either.

Thunder Skills are precious and priced high. With only twenty-five Lower-Grade Spirit Stones on him now, they might not be enough to buy even one.

Moreover, with daily cultivation, the consumption of Spirit Rice is quite high, and occasionally he needs to eat some Spirit Beast Meat to adjust... Concerning his own cultivation, the Spirit Pills he bought last time are almost consumed, and he needs to buy more, or his cultivation speed will greatly decrease... Additionally, to properly raise the Little Spirit Dog, he needs a balanced diet, including some growth-enhancing Spiritual Objects... All these aspects require spending Spirit Stones..."

Zhou Changwang thought that with nearly a thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones, he should be able to live comfortably for a while without worrying about Spirit Stones.

Unexpectedly, after just renting a yard and planting a few acres of Spirit Field, he was once again emptied out.

But it wasn’t a waste.

Whether it’s the yard or the Spirit Field, they are essential for his cultivation.

The yard isn’t valuable, but its safety is.

Moreover, the Cultivation Secret Room is truly worth the value.

Even after just a few days of cultivation, he had already gained a lot.

Not to mention the Magic Wall is an unparalleled tool for Dharma Cultivation. If it weren’t for the lack of Spiritual Power, he could stay there all day...

As for the Spirit Field, it’s a source of income.

Over three thousand Spirit Gathering Grass seeds planted will mature for harvest in three months. Even if only thirty percent reach maturity, that’s still about a thousand, which at the rate of one Lower-Grade Spirit Stone per plant, amounts to a thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.

The amount is quite considerable.

He couldn’t possibly give it up.

But all this requires time.

"Therefore, in the short term, I can only make money with Talismans."

Zhou Changwang took out a handful of Talismans from his pocket.

Over the past few days, he drew about twenty Thunder Talismans daily, and even consuming five or six a day, there were still quite a few left.

"I’ll accumulate for a few more days and then sell them."

He muttered to himself, curious how to improve the ’Talisman-Making Skill’.

Currently, he only knows that learning each new Talisman increases the Talisman-Making Skill slightly.

Yet he wonders whether, after reaching Mastery with the Talisman Skill, the ’Talisman-Making Skill’ would also improve?

Afterward, he went to another corner of the backyard.

There, he had specially dug a trough where he poured in the Spirit Gathering Grass seeds he bought a few days ago, using the Fertilization Technique seven to eight times daily. Almost every seed had sprouted a tender shoot, some even reaching half a foot tall.

Thanks to his Fertilization Technique, which reached Great Success, the effect on these Spirit Seeds was excellent.

After three to four days, he loosened the soil on five acres of Spirit Field, paired it with Beast Fertilizer, and the Spiritual Qi was at its peak right now.

He finally planned to plant the Spirit Gathering Grass seeds into the Spirit Field.

Planting Spirit Seeds requires meticulous work; unlike sowing rice seedlings, one cannot simply thrust them into the soil.

Small pits need to be dug with the seeds gently buried. Adjustments are necessary if some have sprouted, ensuring the sprouts remain above ground without being compressed by the Spirit Soil...

Spirit Seeds are delicate, especially the Spirit Gathering Grass, which demands high environmental standards.

After planting, the Spirit Seeds need the Spirit Rain Skill to nourish them, ensuring smooth growth without any adverse reactions.

In one day, he managed to plant only three acres.

It took him two days to fully plant all the Spirit Gathering Grass seeds.

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In the Talisman Room.

Zhou Changwang held a Talisman Pen, channeling Spiritual Power to slowly sketch on Talisman Paper.

Drawing Talismans requires not only stable Spiritual Power but also a continuous, uninterrupted flow; if the process halts, the Talisman fails.

Although the Attribute Panel continuously improves his Talisman Drawing Experience, ensuring consistent success, the actual drawing process is still manual.

Practically, he still faces a chance of failing when Drawing Talismans.

But, due to the Attribute Panel’s trait of eternal verification, his success rate is significantly higher than ordinary Talisman Makers.

Buzz!

Suddenly, a flash of Spiritual Light emerged from the Talisman.

A large amount of Spiritual Qi was absorbed, causing the entire Talisman to tremble slightly.

After a while, it subsided.

Thunder Talisman +3

The Talisman was completed.

Furthermore, it wasn’t an ordinary Thunder Talisman.

It was a high-grade Thunder Talisman, whose power exceeded thirty percent of a typical Thunder Skill.

Once activated, its strength would rival a full strike from a Second-Layer Qi Cultivation cultivator wielding a Low-Grade Magical Artifact.

Simultaneously, a wealth of experience in creating Thunder Talismans emerged within Zhou Changwang’s heart, as if in that short time, he had drawn hundreds or thousands of Thunder Talismans.

He gained a profound understanding of the Talisman creation process.

"Thunder Talisman, mastered?"

Zhou Changwang’s face revealed a look of joy.

If he remembered correctly, his Thunder Talisman-making experience was at the (Entry Level 97/100) stage before drawing this Spirit Talisman.

Now, reaching Mastery indicated a burst of inspiration during the creation of this Spirit Talisman, advancing his experience by over three points?

His gaze quickly fell on the attribute panel.

Talisman: Talisman Making (Entry Level 4/100)

Fireball Talisman (Entry Level 75/100), Thunder Talisman (Mastery 1/200)

"As expected, the Thunder Talisman has reached mastery.

Moreover, the experience points for ’Talisman Making’ have increased, directly going up by two points, from ’2’ to ’4’.

Does this prove that the talisman skill is indeed related to the number and level of talismans I have mastered?"

Zhou Changwang speculated as his gaze landed on the Fireball Talisman.

Since the last chaotic night, he hadn’t drawn this Fireball Talisman much. After all, this Spirit Talisman wasn’t very useful to him now.

In the Independent Cultivator Marketplace, it also couldn’t fetch a good price.

Now, to experiment with this ’Talisman Making’ skill, he decided to also elevate it to the mastery level.

Compared to the Thunder Talisman, the Fireball Talisman was relatively simpler.

After Zhou Changwang picked up the pen, it only took half an incense stick’s time to complete one.

And the consumption of Spiritual Power was also half as much as that needed for the Thunder Talisman.

Then, without pausing, he continued drawing talismans.

Fireball Talisman +3

When he finished another Fireball Talisman, he suddenly felt a strong fluctuation of Spiritual Qi, accompanied by a large influx of Spiritual Qi into the talisman, until the Spiritual Energy was full and the spiritual light on the talisman was restrained.

High-quality Fireball Talisman!

He unexpectedly created yet another high-quality talisman.

Moreover, his Fireball Talisman skill had not yet reached the mastery level.

Although he knew that even junior talisman makers could occasionally create ’high-grade’ talismans, he always felt that his ability to draw high-quality talismans at the entry stage should be related to the ’Talisman Making’ skill on his panel.

And when he drew the fifteenth talisman, and again created a high-quality Fireball Talisman, he became even more certain of this point.

"Indeed, after mastering the Fireball Talisman, the Talisman Making skill level increased by two points again."

Once Zhou Changwang improved the Fireball Talisman to the mastery level, he immediately noticed that the skill level of ’Talisman Making’ once again increased by two points, reaching (Entry Level 6/100).

"So, to quickly improve the Talisman Making level, one must draw more talismans and master the crafting techniques of more talismans?"

Zhou Changwang understood in his heart and indeed had the idea to draw more varieties of Spirit Talismans.

Biting off more than you can chew?

Not at all.

The attribute panel breaks through all limitations.

Of course, more importantly, the more varieties of talismans, the better they sell!

The Thunder Talisman is powerful, but for many low-tier loose cultivators, having one or two of such main offensive talismans is enough; more would be a luxury. Most bottom-tier cultivators are still very tight on Spirit Stones.

Take the three Tribulation Cultivators he killed during the chaotic night as an example; they were probably just little loose cultivators before, with only a total of four or five pieces of Lower-Grade Spirit Stones among them.

So where could they have extra Spirit Stones to buy talismans?

If he were to sell with Cleaning Talisman, Water Spirit Talisman, Body-Protecting Talisman, Light Body Talisman, Fireball Talisman paired with Thunder Talisman, wouldn’t it have more advantages?

No matter if they are practical or not? What matters is having a large quantity and affordability as the key selling points.

In his previous life, many live broadcasts sold goods; why not sell good things individually? Isn’t it precisely because they can sell more by pairing them?

Therefore, in the days that followed, aside from routinely taking care of the Spirit Field, Zhou Changwang spent most of his time in the Talisman Room, starting to draw talismans.

Half a month later.

Zhou Changwang looked at his attribute panel.

Name: Zhou Changwang

Lifespan: 17/78 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Realm: Third-Layer Qi Cultivation (55/100)

Cultivation Technique: Five Elements Technique (Small Success 375/400)

Celestial Essence Eight Techniques (Entry Level 35/100)

Skills: Spirit Rain Skill (Small Success 377/400), Cleaning Technique (Small Success 125/400), Fertilization Technique (Great Success 350/800), Geng Metal Finger (Great Success 212/800), Calming Technique (Small Success 284/400), Fireball Technique (Great Success 158/800), Withered Wood Revival Technique (Mastery 18/200), Sound Insulation Technique (Great Success 235/800), Protective Body Technique (Great Success 32/800), Light Body Skill (Great Success 139/800), Derivation Technique (Small Success 95/800), Concealing Breath Technique (Small Success 178/400), Sword Control Technique (Small Success 52/400)

Talisman: Talisman Making (Entry Level 27/100)

Fireball Talisman (Mastery 15/200), Thunder Talisman (Mastery 38/200), Light Body Talisman (Mastery 1/200), Body-Protecting Talisman (Mastery 1/200), Cleaning Talisman (Mastery 1/200), Water Spirit Talisman (Mastery 1/200), Peaceful Residence Talisman (Mastery 1/200), Exorcism Talisman (Mastery 1/200), Soul Summoning Talisman (Mastery 1/200)

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During this period, he hadn’t stopped his Dharma cultivation.

Almost all of his Dharma had been cultivated to the Small Success stage, with many even advancing to Great Success, allowing for instantaneous casting.

Of course, he spent more time on the path of Talisman Making.

In just half a month, he successively mastered Light Body Talisman, Body-Protecting Talisman, Cleaning Talisman, Water Spirit Talisman, Peaceful Residence Talisman, Exorcism Talisman, Soul Summoning Talisman, and directly upgraded them to the mastery level.

As a result, the ’Talisman Making’ skill accumulated to the (Entry Level 27/100) stage.

And precisely because of this, he was then truly certain that this ’Talisman Making’ skill essentially reflected a talisman maker’s overall talisman-making level.

So, despite already being able to refine many Spirit Talismans, and generally creating a high-quality Spirit Talisman every three to five,

in fact, his level in the path of talismans was merely at the entry stage.

Of course, being in the entry stage does not mean being inferior.

The path of Talisman Making is profound and extensive.

Even being in the entry level, those ’27’ experience points already surpassed numerous half-skilled individuals.

This point can be seen from his ability to continuously create high-quality talismans.

Moreover, as his experience points increased, he indeed felt learning new entry-level talismans became easier and more relaxed.

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