Xu Chunniang smiled slightly, put away her writing brush and began to condense the water binding technique.
The water binding technique with 70% of the spiritual energy was performed perfectly and then sealed into a talisman. The operation was smooth and not a trace of spiritual energy was leaked.
As the last of the spiritual energy was sealed into the rune, a new water binding rune was born.
Taking out a new piece of talisman paper, Xu Chunniang continued drawing.
But this time he was not so lucky. The rune was almost finished, but the ink on the rune pen was not enough.
Xu Chunniang could only watch as the talisman paper became useless.
She shook her head, crumpled up the discarded talisman paper and threw it aside, then took out another talisman paper...
After refining it ten times in a row and using up all the ink, Xu Chunniang finally obtained three water binding spells.
A full 30% success rate!
Don't underestimate this 30% success rate. It has barely reached the threshold of a talisman maker. Generally speaking, with such a success rate, you can almost break even.
It is really remarkable that Xu Chunniang has achieved such results as a newcomer who has only started making talismans for ten days.
This is due to her ability to control spiritual energy, otherwise it would be impossible to have such a high success rate.
Xu Chunniang tightly grasped the three water-binding talismans in her hands, her eyes filled with excitement.
Ten sets of materials only cost one and a half spirit stones, while three water-binding talismans could be sold for two spirit stones. At least she didn't have to lose money.
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath and suppressed the waves in her heart.
The spiritual energy required to draw a first-grade low-grade talisman is not much, and it does not consume much for Xu Chunniang, who has already reached the sixth level of Qi training.
After using up all the materials, she did not stop and took out the talisman paper again to start drawing.
As soon as she picked up the talisman pen, Xu Chunniang's mood slowly calmed down.
She didn't start writing until her heart was calm.
After using up another supply of ink and obtaining three more water binding talismans, her proficiency and speed increased slightly.
Xu Chunniang put away the new talisman and was about to continue when her stomach started to growl.
Only then did I realize that it was getting late and even the sky was getting darker.
But she was so focused on making talismans that she didn't notice these things at all.
Xu Chunniang did not continue making talismans. She first went to the spiritual field to let the spiritual rice drink its fill. Then she took out the spiritual rice and began to condense spiritual dew and cook spiritual food.
She was thinking while condensing the spiritual dew.
As her proficiency in talisman making increased, her speed in making talismans also became faster and faster.
It's just that it's still a little slow because there are so many things to do.
After the spiritual food was cooked, Xu Chunniang finally came up with a method that might speed up the process of making talismans.
The refining of talismans is divided into two steps. The first step is to draw the runes, and the second step is to seal the magic into the runes to refine them into talismans.
Would it be faster if the two steps were performed separately
The more Xu Chunniang thought about it, the more she felt that there was hope. She decided to give it a try tomorrow. If it didn't work, at most it would just be a waste of some materials.
If it is feasible, her speed in refining talismans will be much faster in the future.
On the morning of the second day, after Xu Chunniang finished practicing a set of boxing, she returned to her room and began to try the new method she had thought of yesterday.
She took out a piece of ink and a piece of talisman paper and started drawing runes directly on the blank talisman paper.
After finishing one painting, put it aside and then take another piece of talisman paper to continue painting.
If there is any failure in the middle, just throw it aside.
After using up this portion of ink and half a piece of talisman paper, Xu Chunniang had a total of seven semi-finished talismans.
She put away all the other things on the table, leaving only a half-finished talisman on the table, and began to seal the magic into the rune.
"Bang!", failure!
Xu Chunniang's expression was calm. She quickly cleaned the table, took out another semi-finished product, and continued!
It worked.
Unexpected, yet reasonable.
Xu Chunniang took the water-binding talisman and examined it carefully. She found that it was no different from the other talismans.
In other words, it is feasible to draw the runes first and then seal the spells into the runes one by one!
As Xu Chunniang put away the talisman, another semi-finished product appeared in her hand and she continued to seal the magic into it.
It was not until she had used up all the semi-finished products and obtained three more water-binding talismans that Xu Chunniang finally calmed down.
The success rate of refining talismans using this method did not decrease, but the efficiency was increased by at least twice.
In order to verify this method, Xu Chunniang took out another set of materials and started a new round of drawing runes.
This time, there were still only seven semi-finished products.
The successful drawing of runes, in addition to proficiency and technique, is also closely related to the quality of the rune pen.
The talisman pen that Xu Chunniang bought was just a cheap one that cost ten spirit stones each. It was barely usable and sometimes would get ink stuck, shed hairs, or split, affecting the smoothness of drawing talismans.
Talisman pens are expensive to begin with. A good low-grade talisman pen can easily cost thirty or forty spirit stones and can only be used to draw first-level, low-grade talismans, which is not cost-effective.
When she has saved up enough spirit stones, she will directly exchange them for a first-level mid-grade talisman pen that can be used to draw first-level mid-grade talismans.
While Xu Chunniang was looking forward to the day when she could change to medium-quality talisman paper, she carefully drew rune after rune with her talisman pen that was stuck in ink, shed bristles, and split.
After using up all forty sets of materials, she counted her gains and nodded with satisfaction. She had obtained a total of fourteen water-binding talismans today.
While maintaining a 30% success rate, the efficiency has doubled compared to yesterday.
She put all the water binding talismans together, a total of twenty-two, including the two she had refined initially.
After the last few materials are used up, I will sell all the talismans and exchange them for more materials.
Of the last twenty pieces of materials, Xu Chunniang obtained a total of seven water-binding talismans.
Carrying all the talismans, she went to the nameless shop of the middle-aged scholar.
It was noon when they arrived and there were not many customers in the store. After a short wait, Xu Chunniang was greeted by a middle-aged scholar.
Looking at the not-so-tall female monk in front of him, a hint of surprise flashed in the middle-aged scholar's eyes, as if he didn't expect Xu Chunniang to come so soon.
After all, when she left the day before, she took away eighty sets of refining materials. Did she use up all the materials so quickly
Xu Chunniang didn't think too much about it. She only kept the two water binding talismans that she had refined at the beginning and took out all the others. "There are a total of 27 water binding talismans."
There was more surprise in the middle-aged scholar's eyes. He took the talisman and checked its quality while thinking secretly.
Only eighty materials were used to successfully refine twenty-seven talismans, and that was within such a short period of time. Although they were of the lowest grade, it was still quite rare.
This unremarkable female cultivator in front of him, although her cultivation level is average, her talent in the art of talismans is quite high.
However, the middle-aged scholar has been running a talisman shop for many years and is considered to be knowledgeable. Although this female cultivator has some talent in making talismans, that's all she can do.
He quickly checked the talisman, and after confirming that there was no problem, he took out eighteen spirit stones and handed them over.
After taking the spirit stone, Xu Chunniang felt deeply moved.
After two days of hard work making talismans, I only earned a mere six spirit stones in the end!
On average, I only earned three dollars a day.