145: Try to make a talisman

Lin Xuanbo and Lin Yucheng returned to Cloud Mist Mountain from Yang City without any incidents along the way.

The Lin family was already among the top forces in Yang City, and now they even had a faint stance of competing with the Qinglan Sect for first place, so no short-sighted rogue Cultivator would dare to move against them.

Yuan Wang also did not make a move; he was seriously injured and couldn't wait to return to recover!

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Lin Yongmao received the thousand-year gold thread grass, the “Third-Order Formation Master Inheritance,” and the High-Grade Magical Artifact [Dark Jade Wolf Hair Brush].

The Lin family had long decided to Cultivate Lin Yongmao as their successor.

Life Cultivating in Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff was not boring; Lin Yongmao had many things to do every day.

He spent about four hours a day Cultivating, and the Ku Rong Art was steadily advancing Lin Yongmao's Cultivation level.

In addition, he also had to Body Refining; currently, he was still Cultivating the third layer of the Mystic Spirit Body Tempering Art, refining his own Qi and blood.

After obtaining the complete Mystic Spirit Body Tempering Art, Lin Yongmao learned that he could also master a Qi and blood-based secret Spell in the third layer.

[Qi and Blood Halo]:

Condense a halo of Qi and blood to temporarily increase one's strength. Qi and blood can strengthen one's Physique and power, gaining astonishing explosive force.

Lin Yongmao spent a few days, barely mastering this secret Spell, which was another secret Spell beneficial for combat.

Although Lin Yongmao rarely had opportunities to fight others, he found it very necessary to learn more in order to be prepared.

The rest of the time, Lin Yongmao spent familiarizing himself with Hundred Arts of Cultivation.

[Hundred Arts of Cultivation]:

Second-Order Spiritual Planter: Proficiency 100% (Cannot Breakthrough due to lack of Third-Order Spiritual Planter Legacy)

Second-Order Alchemist: Proficiency 83.3%

First-Order Talisman Maker: Proficiency 0% (Possesses Three-Tier Talisman Master Heritage)

First-Order Artifact Refiner: Proficiency 0% (Possesses Second-Order Artifact Refiner Legacy)

First-Order Formation Master: Proficiency 0% (Possesses Third-Order Formation Master Inheritance, but does not meet prerequisite conditions)

If one wants to become a Formation Master, they must first meet the prerequisite condition—become an Artifact Refiner.

However, Lin Yongmao currently had no way to become an Artifact Refiner, because becoming an Artifact Refiner also had a basic requirement—Spiritual Roots with both Metal and Fire attributes.

Lin Yongmao could solve the problem of the Fire Spiritual Root; he had already mastered the Nanming Li Fire.

But for the Metal Spiritual Root, there was no solution for now; without the ability to perceive metal, one could not become an Artifact Refiner.

Lin Yongmao vaguely felt that there was a way; if the Fire Spiritual Root could be resolved, the Metal Spiritual Root followed the same logic.

Once Lin Yongmao found an owner of a Metal attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root and extracted the Metal attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root, the World Tree should be able to awaken new innate abilities.

Lin Yongmao was determined to become an Artifact Refiner; he still wanted to personally refine his own Lifebound Treasure!

Besides, he especially wanted to become a Formation Master; he particularly enjoyed defensive Formation battles, as staying within Cloud Mist Mountain could maximize his safety.

For now, he could only try Talisman making.

Talisman Maker is also one of the professions in Hundred Arts of Cultivation that does not have particularly high requirements, and it is very popular among ordinary Cultivators.

Moreover, the combat ability of a Talisman Maker is only weaker than that of a Formation Master among all sub-professions.

Becoming a Talisman Maker has no rigid requirements; as long as one is willing to spend time training and does not mind the consumption of Materials, it is fine.

The better the tools and the more skilled one is, the higher the success rate of Talisman making.

However, Talisman making has one limitation, which is that a Talisman Maker can only draw Spells they know.

Of course, some high-level Talisman Makers can also draw the secret Spells they have learned.

Lin Yongmao made preparations before Talisman making:

1. Beast hide Talisman paper

2. Cinnabar

3. Talisman brush [Dark Jade Wolf Hair Brush]

Although the cinnabar used was ordinary cinnabar, both the Talisman paper and the Talisman brush were quite good.

The Talisman paper was made from Yao Beast fur, which was much better than ordinary yellow paper.

The Talisman brush was a High-Grade Magical Artifact [Dark Jade Wolf Hair Brush]; Lin Yongmao did not have any other High-Grade Magical Artifacts yet, so this Talisman brush was his first.

The Dark Jade Wolf Hair Brush was made from the spine and hair of a Second-Order Yao Beast, the Dark Jade Wolf, and could effectively increase the success rate of Talisman making, being much better than ordinary Talisman brushes.

After the tools were prepared, Lin Yongmao began to prepare for drawing Talismans.

He ground the cinnabar into powder and added an appropriate amount of clear water.

After the Dark Jade Wolf Hair Brush was fully dipped in ink, Lin Yongmao followed the Spell formula of the First-Order Spell [Water Arrow Technique] to imprint the runes.

In fact, Lin Yongmao was already familiar with the runes of the Water Arrow Technique; if he were not familiar, he would not be able to cast this Spell.

The runes drawn on the beast hide Talisman paper shimmered with a light blue luster; this was the fluctuation of Water attribute Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Using the fur of a First-Order Yao Beast to carry these runes, the Talisman paper would not suffer any damage.

This was also due to Lin Yongmao's abundant resources; otherwise, ordinary Talisman Makers would not be willing to squander them like this.

Just as Lin Yongmao thought his first drawing would be successful, an accident occurred.

Once the runes were drawn, they would transform into the form of a Spell and be inscribed on the Talisman paper.

Lin Yongmao's Divine Sense activated the runes, and the runes were also transforming into the pattern of a [Water Arrow] during this process, when a change occurred.

The runes instantly dispersed, all the previous hard work was wasted, and even the Talisman paper was considered wasted.

"Alas!"

Lin Yongmao sighed lightly, thinking he was a Talisman making Genius, but he didn't expect to fail on his first attempt.

"System prompt: Failed to refine [First-Order Water Arrow Talisman], obtained [Discarded Talisman Paper] × 1, obtained proficiency + 1."

He only gained a little proficiency.

However, Lin Yongmao was not discouraged at all; he had more than one chance to try, so he just started over.

When Lin Yongmao drew the [First-Order Water Arrow Talisman] for the fifth time, he finally succeeded.

"System prompt: Successfully refined [First-Order Water Arrow Talisman], obtained [Low Grade Water Arrow Talisman] × 1, obtained proficiency + 25."

Successfully drawing a First-Order Talisman, although it was only a Low Grade Talisman, Lin Yongmao was still very happy.

This ordinary First-Order Talisman was of no help to him, but it was a very good start.

Lin Yongmao planned to spend about an hour or so each day drawing Talismans to improve his Talisman Maker proficiency.

For now, Talisman making was his long-term development direction.

The Spiritual Plant Master could no longer advance after reaching the Peak Second-Order due to the lack of a Third-Order Legacy.

The Formation Master and Talisman Maker had Third-Order Legacies, but Lin Yongmao currently did not meet the conditions to become a Formation Master.

"If I only use Yao Beast fur to draw Talismans, this won't work in the long run; the consumption is simply too great." Lin Yongmao was thinking.

Although the Lin family had acquired a large batch of Yao Beast fur, it would eventually run out.

For ordinary First-Order Talismans, they usually do not rely on Yao Beast fur as the carrier for the Talisman, but rather spiritual plant.

Lin Yongmao remembered that the spiritual plant that could be made into Talisman paper should be...