"It's not very good. I can only say that it can barely be used to activate magic." Li shook his head.
"But he did calm down."
"The dog demon's resistance to Kanshu is very low. If I were to make the talisman, he would have been fast asleep by now." The fox demon shook his ears and said.
Okay... It seems that the sigils copied from cats and tigers are no different from failed products. This is the biggest problem with talismans. It is like a cursive calligraphy that is beautiful in the eyes of some people, but like a chicken claw in the eyes of others. If the Meditation Talisman was improved according to Li's ideas, the effect would be greatly reduced if another alchemist with other views was used.
Other talismans are not much better.
But Xia Fan can at least understand the meaning of the above patterns - such as the willow brushing technique. The three sloping lines on the top represent fluttering willows, and the horizontal curves below should be the ripples of the lake. Although it is a bit abstract, it is the result of thousands of years of refinement. If it is simplified, it will easily be confused with other talismans, and more precise drawing will waste pen and ink, and the effect will not be significantly improved.
Precisely because he can understand it, it plays a much greater role in Luo Youer's hands than the Calming Talisman.
Lishu Chuming is most likely to have evolved from a bonfire, and the shock stream looks like lightning reflected in the water.
Except for the purple fluorescent talisman, he was completely unable to connect the spot-like talisman on it with anything real - if there were traces of Kanshu Meditation, then this one was a bit like a distorted and smeared garbled code. .
I don’t know who came up with this weird pattern.
Obviously, except for the last talisman, the development process of these talismans is very much like words.
It gradually evolved as people's understanding of magic gradually deepened, but it was more private.
Words need to be used for communication, but the experience of magic techniques does not.
-The most important thing is that it is neither destiny nor a gift from the gods.
An idea gradually emerged in Xia Fan's mind.
He unfolded a piece of paper and began to draw the talisman.
If you want it to be a "talisman" rather than a "doodle", you have to imagine the effect of the spell in your mind and inject Qi into the pen. As for whether to use ink or cinnabar, the difference is minimal. He also heard from his master that some alchemists like to use their own blood to make talismans, and the spells they cast will be stronger. He was still indifferent to this act of self-mutilation.
"Huh?" Shan Hui got up from the ground, "What happened to me just now? Suddenly the ground felt so warm."
"Shh." Li made a low-pitched gesture, "Xia Fan is studying alchemy. You can go for a walk outside the yard."
"Sir... are you drawing a new talisman?" Shiba Inu shook his tail and said, "This can't be done in a day or two, right?"
"So you know it too."
"I once saw a miko do it. She locked herself in the temple and struggled for almost a week, but she still failed in the end."
"It's really not that easy." Li looked at Xia Fan who was writing rapidly with a bright smile in his eyes. Gambling on talismans is just like gambling on stones. There are all kinds of thoughts in people's minds, and no one knows which one will work. However, the basic talismans that have been refined so far have been tested by thousands of alchemists. "But if it's Xia Fan, it won't be in vain. After all, the thoughts in his head are different from those of normal people. I estimate that it will take a few days to... "
As soon as she said this, she saw Xia Fan raise his hand.
When the talisman turned into smoke, a purple electric light suddenly appeared in front of him! It looks like the Flowing Light Technique, but both the thickness of the light arc and the length of the purple light have significantly changed compared to the previous Shock Technique.
This twisted arc spread to the edge of the courtyard wall before disappearing. At the same time, a slight fishy smell filled the air.
He just drew a few talismans, and this is it
Li blinked in shock. Although he guessed that Xia Fan would be faster than ordinary people, he didn't expect to be this fast.
"Sure enough, the expression of Fu Lu is not limited to description of nature." Xia Fan put down his pen and let out a sigh of relief.
"What have you drawn?" As the person with the most comprehensive knowledge of magic in the villa, Li couldn't help but become more curious. She walked to the long table and picked up one of the sketches.
Then she saw a piece of heavenly writing: several horizontal and vertical line segments formed the overall frame of the talisman. Some straight lines were connected to a wavy curve, and some straight lines were connected to small squares. Their arrangement seems to follow a certain logic, but overall it's confusing.
Li immediately realized that this talisman had nothing to do with any basic earthquake rune. It was purely a new type of talisman!
It’s hard enough to improve, let alone create something entirely yourself
It would be enough to just change the soup without changing the medicine. After all, some alchemists will use a one-to-one correspondence method to replace the strokes of the spell with patterns they only know in order to enhance confidentiality, but this approach will correspondingly weaken the spell. The power of law.
The lightning just now shows that this new structure does not come at the cost of losing power, it is essentially a better way of expression!
It's just that Li really can't connect these square things with the fleeting arc.
"Just a simple boost circuit."
Xia Fan smiled and didn't explain much, because it would be difficult for anyone to understand the meaning of those lines and squares without starting from the beginning.
There is no doubt that this talisman, like the copper wire pendant, is only effective for him. But the significance of the former being feasible is much more profound - it means that it is feasible to reduce ideological differences through "norms".
Whether the line segment representing the path is drawn in different people's hands is long or short, and whether the square representing the resistance value is drawn is large or small, it will not affect the effect of another person reading this symbol. Even if dozens or even hundreds of years pass, future generations can clearly see what parts have been added to the talisman and what routes have been changed.
When this kind of standard can one day spread and everyone improves their magic according to this idea, even the talismans drawn by Fengguo alchemists can be used by Qiguo alchemists.
More importantly, mind nature may no longer be an obstacle to cross-category research on alchemy. A Sundanese alchemist who is completely unable to perform the earthquake technique may also come up with suggestions that are of great enlightenment for the earthquake technique after learning and mastering this set of rules.
In fact, cross-disciplinary results are common in the history of science. The inspiration gained in one study can often be applied to other projects. This is the meaning of the framework.
Of course, Xia Fan knew that this framework was still at the "symbolic" level, and besides the shock technique, he didn't have much clue about other techniques for a while, especially the techniques such as Kanshu and Ganshu, but he had established a After a framework is established as a template, who can be sure that imitators will not follow in the future
Even if this set of talisman expressions is eliminated after a long time, it also shows that people's understanding of magic has reached a new level. As a leader, he has no regrets about this.