Chapter 21 21. Talisman Making
After becoming a disciple.

It is not as simple as imagined, just burying your head in hard work, chopping wood, fetching water, sweeping the floor, washing clothes, and even emptying the dung bucket.
Xu Qing now needs to do the same chores that he needed to do in the Taoist Temple.

Nor did he think that just because he became the abbot's personal disciple, he would be able to rise to the top in the temple and live a life of having everything provided for him and being served by others.

One of the purposes of Yuanfuguan is:

Life is practice.

How can we sweep the world without sweeping a house?

If you don't do any production or labor, and can't even survive, how can you expect to understand the great way?
The Tao is in the sky and on the earth, between the mountains and rivers, and in the meals and drinks of all living beings.

It is precisely because of this purpose of practice.

Compared to those ethereal and detached immortal sects on the mountains that are out of touch with the world, this place inevitably has a bit more human touch.

On this day, the spring rain was as fine as silk.

Outside the house, there was a hazy mist and rain, and the rain fell on the eaves like a beaded curtain. Xu Qing sat on a recliner in the corridor, holding a Taoist scripture and reading it quietly.

There was a stove next to it, with mountain spring water bubbling in it. White smoke rising from the mouth of the kettle rose straight into the air.

half an hour.

Xu Qing picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip, then sighed, "Sure enough, this is the kind of life people should live."

Close the Taoist Scripture.

Xu Qing stood up and stretched.

There was a gentle breeze, bringing with it the scent of grass and mud, which blew on his face with a bit of coolness, and he instantly became refreshed.

"It's drizzling today, perfect for drawing small cloud and rain charms."

Xu Qing turned and went to the study.

The first stage of refining essence focuses on form and emphasizes the warmth and nourishment of essence, while drawing talismans consumes a lot of essence, energy and spirit. If the consumption is too great, it will slow down the progress of practice.

Therefore, Yuanfu Temple generally does not support disciples in the Refining Jing Realm to come into contact with spells and talismans too early.

Even for talented disciples who are extremely gifted and making rapid progress, their masters will only teach them one or two methods of making talismans at this stage.

After all, relying on essence to stimulate it is equivalent to using one's life to cast spells, which is contrary to the original intention of practicing refining essence.

Those small sects cannot consider the long-term and can only take care of the present first, and then they will let the disciples in the Refining Essence Realm start to practice Taoist magic and talismans.

Yuanfu Temple is a large sect with a great reputation in the entire Nandu area. Naturally, they would not do such a thing of killing the chicken to get the eggs.

The reason why Xu Qing dared to do this.

Or is it because of the Six Dings and Six Jias and the twelve guardian gods in his body.

Although the status of the Six Ding and Six Jia gods in Taoism is not high, they have a wide range of functions.

Especially for disciples of the talisman school like Xu Qing, the Six Ding and Six Jia gods can be said to be the gods most frequently summoned and borrowed by them.

Because the Six Dings and Six Jias are responsible for connecting mortals with the gods in heaven.

Compared to other people, they need to go through various rituals and altars to communicate with the Six Dings and Six Jias, and then draw talismans and perform talismans.

Xu Qing can directly order the Six Dings and Six Jias to protect him.

This means that his preparation work before drawing the talisman, his personal consumption when drawing the talisman, and his success rate in drawing the talisman are all much less and much higher than those of other disciples.

Xu Qing took out the talisman pen, talisman ink and talisman paper.

The talisman paper is the most common yellow talisman paper, the talisman ink is also the most common cinnabar ink, and the talisman pen is made from the hair of the bull demon's tail.

These are all resources provided by the temple, and disciples with true teachings can use them.

Everything was ready. Xu Qing took a deep breath, mobilized the energy in his body and concentrated it on the tip of the pen. Then he wrote with great speed as if possessed by a spirit.

The so-called talisman is the sacred text of the three lights and the faith of heaven.

The strokes are crooked, resembling words but not words, or pictures but not pictures. Written on paper, they are secret texts that record the names of the gods in the heavens and the mediation of heaven and earth in creating the world.

Therefore, it is also called "Talisman", "Danshu" and so on.

Although there has been no trace of immortals and gods since the Human Emperor opened the door to heaven, as early as the time of the Conferred God Conferment, gods and Tao were united, and gods had become a part of the Tao.

The disciples of the talisman school use talismans to summon the gods, but they are not asking the gods to descend to the mortal world. Their essence is actually to attract the divine will, or the rhythm of Tao, that flows between heaven and earth.

The so-called method of borrowing the power of the gods is actually to borrow the power of the great way and the power of heaven and earth. Of course, this method of using one's own energy to induce the energy of heaven and earth and borrowing the law of nature is naturally impossible to use out of thin air in the hands of low-level cultivators.

Therefore, Xu Qing's method of making talismans with just a pen was quite incredible to other disciples of the talisman school.

Generally, disciples of the talisman school need to follow the weather and terrain when making talismans, light incense and worship the gods, purify their mouth, body and mind, and for complicated ones, they even need to hold an altar and set up a fast before they can start writing the talisman.

But Xu Qing could have simply omitted all of this.

At the moment he put pen to paper, the shadows of the Six Dings and Six Jias, the twelve guardian gods, emerged behind him, with a powerful Taoist rhyme that connected heaven and earth.

It is more useful than any ritual altar.

The energy of clouds and rain lingering between heaven and earth was sealed into this talisman along with the brush and ink.

It was really as if with divine help, and it was completed in one go.

"call"

Xu Qing exhaled, put down the talisman pen, and picked up the small cloud and rain talisman he had just drawn.

On the yellow paper, there were lines of rune energy flowing continuously, and a faint damp smell of moisture was revealed.

The talisman has no fixed shape, but it is magical because of its Qi.

Although essence is not innate qi, it can also manifest effects, but the quality of the talismans produced can only reach medium quality at best.

It is almost impossible to get a top quality product.

The small cloud and rain talisman drawn by Xu Qing is a mid-grade magic talisman.

"A small cloud rain talisman consumes about 10% of my energy, but it won't affect my daily practice."

Xu Qing estimated his own consumption in his heart:
"And with the Six Dings and Six Jias here, my success rate in making talismans can almost reach 100%. This efficiency can also save a lot of energy compared to other people."

"If you have enough blood-nourishing pills, this consumption won't have any impact at all. You can practice body refining and talisman drawing at the same time."

"Even Taoist spells and incantations can be practiced in advance."

"In addition to the small cloud and rain talisman, the "Illustrated Record of the Merits of the Six Dings and Six Jias" also records many magic talismans and spells."

Thinking of this, Xu Qing murmured: "Especially the most fundamental Six Ding and Six Jia amulets."

When Xu Qing was lost in thought.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, followed by the sound of someone pushing the door open and walking in.

Except when he was practicing or sleeping, Xu Qing would never lock the door. He could just push the door open to enter. If someone found that the door could not be pushed open, they would naturally know that Xu Qing was practicing.

Just won't bother you anymore.

What surprised Xu Qing was that there was more than one person coming. In addition to Fatty Li, there was also Chen Ziming, with whom he had fought before.

Chen Ziming was holding a potted plant half a person's height in his arms.

Fatty Li was familiar with the place. He glanced around and found Xu Qing in the study. He immediately led Chen Ziming over.

As soon as I walked in the door.

Fatty Li wanted to say hello, but when he saw the yellow talisman in Xu Qing's hand and the talisman pen and ink on the table, his eyes widened immediately:

"You are drawing a talisman? Is this the talisman you drew?"

Without waiting for Xu Qing to answer.

Fatty Li suddenly rushed up and snatched the yellow talisman from his hand.

Feeling the aura emanating from it and the completeness of the entire talisman, I was a little dumbfounded.

"You really drew this?!"

"Yes!" Xu Qing stabbed Fatty Li in the heart again.

"Damn it! Something's wrong with you!" Fatty Li said hoarsely, "We entered the sect on the same day. Why are you drawing talismans while I'm still working hard to cultivate my body?"

"You don't understand the joy of a genius." Xu Qing waved his hand.

"Damn it!" Fatty Li gritted his teeth, "You're so talented, right?!"

"Yeah, it's quite impressive." Xu Qing was so angry that he wanted to kill himself. "By the way, why did you come to my place?"

(End of this chapter)