I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 34 Thoughts
Before the release, Jemin was prepared for the release to fail, but what the hell is going on now?!
Judging from the sensation, the talisman should have been successfully released, but why did it only produce such a small flame?

Undeterred, Jemin tried a few more times.

He quickly figured out the pattern: the size of the flame was positively correlated with the amount of true energy he injected when casting the talisman; the more true energy he injected, the bigger the flame would be.

After he poured most of his true essence from the third level of Qi Refining into it, the flames he released reached the power described in the ancient texts.

This has become completely useless!
If the power of releasing a talisman depends on the amount of true energy one injects, then it's better to just release the same spell with bare hands. At least it's more flexible and doesn't require making it in advance!
Moreover, if you want to achieve the same power by casting spells with your bare hands, you consume less true energy; on the contrary, using talismans consumes a lot of extra power.

This is completely different from the so-called "activation with only a trace of spiritual power" described in the ancient books!
After trying a few more times and summarizing his current problems, Jieming immediately began visiting the Great Dao Library.

After spending another half month carefully studying the books provided by the Great Dao Library and advanced knowledge of alchemy, Jieming finally understood the fundamental difference between the talismans of the cultivation system and the extraordinary artifacts of the wizarding world.

“The essence of a talisman is not simply the storage or activation of energy. It is more like a sophisticated ‘activator’ or ‘program’.” Jemin took out a golden talisman and carefully examined the patterns on it.

"The talisman on the talisman is an 'index' and 'call' command for the spiritual power of heaven and earth. During the activation process, the talisman will draw on the weak spiritual power of the initiator as a 'key', and then use the talisman as a 'program' to call upon, aggregate and stimulate a large amount of environmental spiritual power in the environment, thereby releasing a complete and powerful spell."

"Of course, if conditions permit, one can prepare certain powerful forces in advance and then directly invoke them using talismans."

"The world of cultivation is rich in spiritual energy, which permeates the heavens and earth. Therefore, with just a trace of spiritual power, the talisman can automatically draw upon the endless spiritual energy in the environment to unleash powerful spells."

"However, the wizarding world lacks spiritual energy, so talismans cannot draw upon the spiritual power in the environment, and their 'programs' naturally cannot function fully. The size of the flame is merely the result of the true essence I inject being temporarily gathered and activated within the talisman's structure, not the talisman's inherent power. In fact, because it consumes additional power to activate other ineffective 'programs,' it is even less powerful than directly casting a spell."

Jemin pulled out another scroll, which was made entirely of animal fur. Its effect was similar to a talisman; as long as a little mental energy was input, it could release a fire spell.

Although this item is very cheap, costing only 10 points to buy one scroll, not many people buy it.

Because while a magical artifact with the same effect requires at least 100 points, it can be repeatedly charged and used.

"The mainstream supernatural tools in the wizarding world, such as spell scrolls, wands, or one-time use talismans, are based on principles that are completely different from talismans."

Jemin activated the scroll at the target in the training field, and watched as the scroll instantly turned into ashes and then into a fireball that he blasted out.

During this process, the surrounding elemental forces remained unchanged.

"They store a complete spell, along with all the energy required to cast it, inside the container in advance. The wizard only needs to inject a small amount of mental energy as a 'switch' or 'password' to directly activate and release this stored spell with fixed power."

"The advantage of this method is that, unless under extreme rules or conditions (such as artificial magic-free zones), the magical artifact can be activated and release a complete spell anytime and anywhere, and can be reactivated afterward simply by recharging it."

"The drawback is that its power is unrelated to the user's own strength, but only depends on the technology of the artifact's maker. It is also very inflexible; since it stores fireballs, it can only release fireballs and cannot be adjusted or controlled."

After summarizing the technological differences between the two worlds, Jemin's eyes suddenly lit up! He had found an idea to combine the advantages of the two worlds' technologies!

The advantages of cultivation talismans lie in their low start-up cost and dependence on environmental energy, while the advantages of wizard artifacts lie in their stability and the ability to release fixed power in any environment.

The environmental energy in the wizarding world is not "spirit energy," but rather omnipresent elemental energy.

What if... what if he could learn the principles of immortal cultivation talismans, and instead of storing the energy of witchcraft in a vessel beforehand, he could inscribe the witchcraft model and the instructions for calling upon the elemental energy of the wizarding world onto a witchcraft artifact?

In this way, as long as the magical artifact is not damaged and the elemental power in the outside world is not depleted, he can use only a tiny amount of mental energy as a "key" to continuously activate the magical artifact, just like using a talisman, so that the magical artifact can automatically draw elemental energy from the environment and repeatedly release magical magic!

This kind of magical artifact has no limit on the number of times it can be used, as long as elemental energy exists in the environment, and it can be activated with only a small amount of mental energy.

Of course, similar things exist in both the wizarding world and the cultivation world, but wizards are definitely not as efficient at leveraging external energy as cultivators who advocate the unity of heaven and man.

When energy is insufficient, wizards tend to build elemental pools directly to enhance energy supply rather than mobilizing more external forces.

In the world of cultivation, there are also jade talismans that "store the power of a great figure's attack" as a means of survival, but such things are difficult to manufacture and too expensive.

What Jemin wants to do is to graft the advantages of cultivation talismans—"low startup cost + access to environmental energy"—onto the wizarding world's system of "environmental elemental energy + stable activation".

By combining the advantages of both systems, we can develop our own unique strengths!

After the initial excitement, Jemin realized the difficulty involved.

To realize this idea, he could not simply copy the talisman seal as he would when drawing talismans.

He must fully understand the underlying logic and function of every stroke of every rune on the talisman—which part is the "activator," which part "indexes environmental energy," which part "constructs the spell model," and which part "activates the release"...

Then, he needs to rely on his understanding of the runes, energy structures, and sorcery models of the wizarding world to gradually replace these "functional modules" of the runes with corresponding rune combinations, energy circuits, and even conceptual guides in the wizarding world that can interact with elemental energy and magic and construct sorcery models!
This requires him not only to be proficient in the runes and witchcraft theories of the wizarding world, but also to have a thorough understanding of the principles of talismans in the Great Dao Library.

“However… compared to the native wizards of this world, I already have a significant advantage.”

At least we have a clear direction now, and there are plenty of examples to "copy," so we won't be as clueless as the wizards in this world.

"Oh dear, if I had known I had this idea, I should have inscribed the core runes of runic writing first with my Fourth Truth Rune..."

Jemin sighed in frustration, "Oh well, luckily my cultivation speed isn't slow right now, I'll just take it slow..."

(End of this chapter)