Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Eight: Prepare to Make Second-Order Magic Talismans
Lan Yuxi came to Qingyun Sect this time, not only brought Su Minglie, a late-stage monk in the foundation building, but also brought five miners.
When Wang Cheng left, he also asked her for something, which was to ask her to help him send [Thunder and Lightning Soul Chasing Crossbow] next time, he would also help him to invite a formation master who could maintain the [Rongyi Green Light Array].
After Lan Yuxi left with a large number of things transported from Qingyun Gate, Wang Cheng immediately called his senior brother Lin Yuanshan back, and then transported all the nine hired miners and eleven Huangshi Sect prisoners to the location of the [Shengyin] mine.
The wolf cave where a group of demon wolves lived was already destroyed and ragged due to the mining behavior of Qingyunmen. Later, it was destroyed by Jiang Yunhe. Now the entire mountain has become a collapsed waste stone field.
The waste stone site is covered with blocked mines, and even if it is cleaned, it is easy to collapse again, and there is no need to clean it up.
So after the on-site investigation, the opinions of nine miners were consulted one by one, and Wang Cheng decided to re-diggle the mine track on a flat ground three hundred feet away.
He arranged the first-level top-grade formation [Four Spirit Array of Heaven and Earth] he purchased on the ground and handed over the central control array flag to his senior brother Lin Yuanshan for safekeeping. In the future, Lin Yuanshan will still be responsible for the inspection work of the mine.
After he promised to pass on the refining weapon he received to himself, Zhu Yuanliang took the initiative to refine [steel and silver] spiritual gold without saying a word, and did not give a commission.
After that, the mine was led by three foundation-building monks, Su Minglie, Yang Xiong and Lin Yuanshan, while Wang Cheng returned to Qingyun Peak to take charge of the overall situation.
Before buying the [Thunder and Lightning Soul Chasing Crossbow], Wang Cheng did not intend to let the Qingyun Sect leave Qingyun Peak.
He took this opportunity to urge all his disciples to practice hard.
At the same time, while Wang Cheng was practicing, he also devoted himself to the method of making second-level talismans.
Compared with first-level spells, most second-level lethal spells require a considerable casting time, and it is difficult to cast in just a few breaths.
When two Foundation Establishment Cultivators fight, it is impossible for one side to give the other side enough time to cast second-level spells.
In this case, the second-level talisman has a very powerful effect.
Even without considering these, the expensive price of second-level talismans alone is enough to attract Wang Cheng to devote his energy to studying it.
The price of a second-level low-grade spiritual talisman on the market is as high as two or three thousand low-grade spiritual stones, and the price of a second-level medium-grade spiritual talisman is as high as four or five thousand low-grade spiritual stones.
If the second-level spiritual talisman can be mass-produced, Wang Cheng's speed of earning spirit stones will probably not be much worse than a [Silver] ore vein.
The "Three Tong Fu Sutra" that Wang Cheng originally inherited from his master Qing Yunzi, has two methods of making second-level talismans.
These two second-level spiritual talismans are the second-level lower-level Fengxing Spirit Talisman [Xuanqing Gangfeng Talisman] and the second-level lower-level Jinxing Spirit Talisman [Jingang Xuanjia Talisman].
What is very different from first-level talismans is that the production process of second-level talismans is not only more complicated, but also has an unprecedented process of first-level talismans, which is to incorporate the essence of spiritual energy into the talisman paper and talisman ink.
The so-called spiritual essence is roughly the essence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
For example, the Gengjin essence hidden in the Lingjin mineral veins, the Yi wood essence hidden in the forest and grasslands, the Kui water essence hidden in the rivers, lakes and seas, the Bing fire essence hidden in the magma volcano, and the Shu soil essence hidden in the mountains, rivers, and the land.
Generally, only cultivators above the foundation-building cultivation who have practiced the corresponding skills can collect and condense these spiritual essences.
This kind of spiritual essence can not only be used to make talismans, but also to refine weapons, arrange arrays, and alchemy, and is very useful.
And the more advanced the cultivation, the greater the demand for such spiritual essence.
It is said that the trading currency commonly used by those cultivators with above the Golden Elixir stage is no longer spiritual stones, but pills condensed by various spiritual essences.
The two second-level low-grade spiritual talismans that Wang Cheng wants to make, [Xuanqing Gangfeng Talisman] require cultivators to fly to a height of thousands of feet, collect the essence of the Gangfeng to clean the talisman paper and talisman ink, and then they can start making such spiritual talismans.
Similarly, [Jingang Xuanjia Talisman] needs to use Gengjin essence to clean the talisman paper and talisman ink.
Wang Cheng can collect and condense the essence of the Gangfeng himself, but the essence of the Gengjin needs Lin Yuanshan, who is in charge of the mine, to help him collect and condense it.
As for the second-level talisman paper, there are also many second-level monster furs found in the storage bags of several foundation-building monks in the Yellow Stone Sect. There is no problem in making the animal skin talisman paper.
Given that it is not safe outside now, Wang Cheng had to delay collecting the essence of the Gangfeng, and instead sent a message to his senior brother Lin Yuanshan, so that he could help him collect some Gengjin essences while practicing daily.
However, he didn't expect that less than ten days after his message, Jiang Yunhe brought people to attack again.
This time, the people who came with Jiang Yunhe to attack Qingyun Sect, in addition to the elder surnamed He, there were two early-stage monks in the foundation building who were completely unfamiliar with Wang Cheng. I don’t know where Jiang Yunhe found helpers.
After the four of them arrived at the Qingyun Mountains, they went straight to the newly rebuilt [Shengyin] mine and killed them.
However, this time Jiang Yunhe met his opponent.
Since this old man Su Minglie dared to get ten thousand yuan of low-grade spirit stones for one year, he certainly has real skills.
When Jiang Yunhe and the other four attacked the mine, he directly attacked the formation and played a one-on-one duel with Jiang Yunhe.
In this one-on-one duel, Jiang Yunhe failed to gain advantage from Su Minglie from beginning to end, and finally had to take the initiative to lead people to retreat first.
After learning the news, Wang Cheng was also overjoyed and sighed that the 30,000 low-grade spirit stones had no white flowers, and then he completely let go of the safety of the mine.
As long as the old man Su Minglie can face Jiang Yunhe, there will be no danger in the mine.
Jiang Yunhe, who is just four people, even if they are foundation-building cultivators, would not pose any threat to Qingyun Peak, where he and Xu Jinfeng are in charge.
Jiang Yunhe obviously understood this truth, but he did not give up.
In the following days, he launched several surprise attacks on the mines, trying to destroy the newly rebuilt mines, but each time he was defeated by Su Minglie on the spot.
After trying this a few times and confirming that it was difficult for four people to break through the mine, Jiang Yunhe could only leave with hatred.
Of course, Wang Cheng didn't know whether he had really left. For safety reasons, neither Wang Cheng nor the Qingyun Sect disciples would go down the mountain.
He even summoned several outer disciples sent out to take care of Sanglin again, and then sent a message to Yu Ruohua, willing to hire him to take care of five mulberry trees at the price of 500 low-grade spirit stones every year, and he did not need to bear the responsibility for accidental losses.
Nowadays, most of the spiritual mulberry trees in the mulberry forest are more than five years old, and the trunk has grown to more than two meters high. As long as there is no problem with the spiritual energy supply in heaven and earth, it will basically be difficult for the spiritual wood of this height to die.
Therefore, as long as Yu Ruohua works harder alone, he will take turns patrolling several mulberry forests every day, and he can barely take care of them properly.
As time passes slowly, Wang Cheng is still moving forward in an orderly manner to make second-level talismans.
He tanned all the second-level monster fur accumulated by Qingyun Sect into animal skin talisman paper, and obtained a total of 156 second-level talisman papers, of which there are about twenty pieces of talisman papers suitable for making [Xuanqing Gangfeng Talisman], and twenty pieces of talisman papers suitable for making [Jingang Xuanjia Talisman]. The remaining talisman papers are more suitable for making other attribute talismans.
After receiving his message from his senior brother Lin Yuanshan, he has been using his spare time to help him collect the essence of Gengjin. In one month, he can probably collect the essence of Gengjin that has refined three blank talisman papers.
It is not difficult to see from this point that there is a reason why the second-level talisman can be sold so expensive.
If there is no power as a support, the talisman maker will need to consume a lot of spiritual stones just by purchasing these spiritual essences.
Therefore, when the cultivation level of cultivators is high, fewer and fewer people will fight alone. They either join a certain force or create one force on their own. At least when they need to use these spiritual essences, they don’t have to buy them specifically.
Wang Cheng knew that among some major sects, cultivators with a foundation-building stage or above have mission indicators every year. If they cannot provide the sect with spiritual essence that meets the indicators, they will not be able to receive the benefits of the sect.
Some foundation-building cultivators or small sects sometimes use the remaining time of their practice to collect the essence of condensed spiritual energy, and then sell them together after they have accumulated a certain amount. (Someone asked the protagonist why he had not seized the essence of spiritual energy before. Let me explain it here, because the Huangshi Sect is a more formal sect, and the essence of spiritual energy collected by foundation-building cultivators was received from the head Jiang Yunhe, and used to pay tribute to his backer.)
On this day, after Wang Cheng had gathered enough Gengjin essences that could refine ten second-level spiritual talismans, he was preparing to officially refine spiritual talismans to make talismans.
His success rate for making first-level top-grade talismans has reached more than 40%, and when he is in good condition, he can even reach 50%.
With such a success rate of talisman making, there is some confidence in making second-level talismans.
He stored the made blank talisman in a stone box, then poured the small half bottle of Gengjin essence sent by Su Minglie into the stone box, and quickly covered the lid.
This stone box is made of a special stone called [Spirit Stone], which can isolate the leakage of spiritual power. The essence of Gengjin is closed inside the box and will be slowly absorbed by the blank talisman he has processed with special methods, making the talisman full of Gengjin's power.
At that time, the talisman made of paper filled with the power of Gengjin can exert the power of the second-level talisman.
Chapter completed!