No hope for eternal life

After being surprised, Yang Wuque suddenly changed the subject and asked: "Do you know that a talisman costs a lot of money?"

"The students know." Mu Changsheng replied.

"Do you think that talismans can be activated with just a wisp of spiritual power, which is very convenient and practical?" Yang Wuque continued to ask.

"The students do think so." Mu Changsheng answered truthfully.

"How can such a good thing happen in the world?" Yang Wuque shook his head slightly and told Mu Changsheng something that would not be recorded in the talisman secret technique: "In simple terms, cultivators are complex. They may have various means of blessing such as spiritual tools and formations. Therefore, the strength of cultivators cannot be simply defined by their surface cultivation. The power of talismans is relatively single, and it is difficult to have an advantage among the same level. Do you know what this means?"

Mu Changsheng thought for a moment, understood what Yang Wuque meant, and replied: "It means that the talisman is unlikely to cause harm to cultivators of the same level."

Yang Wuque had indeed hit the nail on the head. Mu Changsheng had only remembered the power of the Shenxiao Talisman, but had forgotten the high grade of the Shenxiao Talisman. If he used the Shenxiao Talisman to attack a Divine Transformation cultivator, it would probably be far from as simple as destroying a mountain.

"You're right." Yang Wuque nodded and said, "Besides that, talismans also value quantity. Often, a large number of talismans need to be spread out to truly have the effect of hurting the enemy. In fact, hurting the enemy is still good. The worst thing is that you can't even hurt the enemy. That would be a waste of both money and men."

After explaining the pros and cons, Yang Wuque asked Xiang Muchangsheng again: "Do you still plan to persist in practicing talismans now?"

Mu Changsheng was silent for a moment after hearing this, then he bowed respectfully and said, "I will remember what you said, sir. However, talismans are indeed my interest, so I still want to give it a try."

"It's a good thing to have a firm goal. I hope you won't give up easily." Yang Wuque recognized Mu Changsheng's unwavering attitude. He then took out a talisman pen, handed it to Mu Changsheng, and said, "This talisman pen is called Efeng. I used it before. I'll lend it to you for now. If you decide to give up talismans in the future, or if this talisman pen can't keep up with your future attainments in talismans, you can return it to me."

Mu Changsheng took the talisman pen and knew just by looking at its appearance that it was much better than the second-grade talisman pen he had bought.

"Sir, have you also practiced talismans?" Mu Changsheng asked in surprise. Only then did he realize that the Shenxiao and Qingshen talismans were probably made by Yang Wuque himself.

"Well, those are all things of the past." Yang Wuque nodded slightly, seemingly unwilling to say more.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng naturally stopped asking questions and immediately thanked him respectfully, "Thank you for the pen, sir."

Mu Changsheng understood that although Yang Wuque always said that it was borrowed, all he could do was preach. Although he and Yang Wuque were not master and disciple in name, they were master and disciple in reality. This favor must be remembered in his heart.

“Go ahead. With the help of Talisman Pen Efeng, you can also try to refine a first-grade talisman directly.” Yang Wuque said, waving his hand.

Mu Changsheng did not leave at this point, but turned to talk about another matter: "I heard the women in the town talking yesterday, and they seemed to know a lot about the spiritual mine. I wonder if you know about this, sir."

"Don't worry, these are just the tricks of that villain Sha Tongmo. He wants to disgust me and test me. Don't pay any attention to him." Yang Wuque waved his hand. Only the three of them knew about the spiritual mine. It wasn't him and Mu Changsheng who told it, so it must have been Sha Tongmo.

Yang Wuque sneered in his heart. Since he dared to choose Shatongmo to cooperate, he had the confidence to deal with Shatongmo. If Shatongmo dared to take action, he would let Shatongmo know how to write the word regret.

Mu Changsheng was indeed relieved after hearing this, and then he said again: "I have one more thing to say, that is, I want to retreat for some time and break through to the foundation-building stage as soon as possible. I am afraid I can't come to class for the time being."

Although Yang Wuque said that it was up to him to attend class or not, Yang Wuque was indebted to Mu Changsheng, so he still had to say what he had to say.

"It doesn't matter, you can come or not." Yang Wuque still said so.

Mu Changsheng bowed again and bid farewell to Yang Wuque.

After leaving the school, Mu Changsheng went to the spiritual item shop on Qinyu Street again. He had only bought the spiritual items needed to refine the Spirit Rain Talisman before. Now that Yang Wuque suggested that he try the first-grade talisman directly, of course he had to obey.

This time, Mu Changsheng not only bought the spiritual objects needed to refine the first-grade talismans, but also bought the spiritual objects needed to refine the second-grade talismans. Since he had made up his mind to practice talismans as well, he would have to buy these things sooner or later, so this way he could save himself an extra trip.

To do this, Mu Changsheng spent thousands of mid-grade spirit stones. The original wealth of tens of thousands of mid-grade spirit stones was constantly shrinking, forcing Mu Changsheng to sigh at the speed at which his spirit stones were being consumed.

When passing by the sword-making shop on his way home, Mu Changsheng saw Mu Xun. Just like yesterday, Mu Xun was still helping Mu Qun swing the hammer to forge the sword. So he greeted him and walked into the house.

Mu Xun looked at Mu Changsheng's smug back, remained silent, and continued to swing the hammer.

Mu Changsheng returned home and planned to practice talismans first.

After meditating, Mu Changsheng took out the red spiritual paper and planned to continue refining the Lingyu Talisman. Although Yang Wuque asked him to refine a first-grade talisman directly, there was still a lot of talisman liquid left in the Lingyu Talisman, which could not be wasted.

Mu Changsheng held the talisman pen in his hand, Efeng, and wrote it in one go. In just a few breaths, a spiritual rain talisman was completed.

"What a powerful talisman pen." Mu Changsheng exclaimed in amazement. He had to be very careful every time he succeeded before, but this time it was so easy. The credit must naturally go to the talisman pen Efeng.

Even though Mu Changsheng had already guessed that this talisman pen was extraordinary, it still surprised him. He even felt as if he was being inspired by a god.

"Fortunately, the talisman pen is not like a spiritual weapon. Low-level cultivators cannot use high-level spiritual weapons, but they can use high-level talisman pens." Mu Changsheng said secretly with some relief.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng finished drawing all the remaining Spirit Rain Talismans liquid at almost lightning speed. With a nine out of ten speed, he obtained nearly a hundred Spirit Rain Talismans. Moreover, these Spirit Rain Talismans were not completely useless. The Spirit Rain Talismans stored spiritual power, which was similar to the spirit stones. He could also use them in future practice or to recover spiritual power.

"Come again." Mu Changsheng made great progress and could not wait to try the first-grade talisman.

After preparing the talisman liquid according to the proportion, Mu Changsheng began to try to refine a first-grade lower-level talisman called the Fire Bomb Talisman.

"Puchi." When he was halfway through drawing, the talisman paper began to burn itself, announcing that his first attempt at a first-grade talisman had failed.

At the same time, a small explosion occurred on the talisman paper, which made Mu Changsheng a little covered in dust, but fortunately he was not seriously injured.

This was also a risk of the talisman. The higher the level of the talisman, the more severe the backlash after the failure of refining the talisman. For someone like Mu Changsheng, who had reached the peak of Qi Refining, he was not afraid of the backlash of an ordinary first-grade talisman, but the backlash of a second-grade talisman would be a bit terrifying to him.

Mu Changsheng was not discouraged by this failure. This was only his first failure. Yesterday, he failed countless times in refining the Lingyu Talisman. Frequent failure in refining talismans is also a major feature of practicing the art of talismans.

After calming down, Mu Changsheng picked up the pen again to refine the fire bomb talisman. The process was unexpectedly smooth and he succeeded the second time.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng tried several more times and succeeded four times out of ten. For a novice, this was simply too good. Of course, this was also due to the help of Fu Bi Efeng.

The lower-level first-grade Fire Bomb Talisman was of little use, so after Mu Changsheng practiced it a few more times, he began to practice the intermediate-level first-grade Water Transformation Talisman. This step-by-step approach would help him gradually improve his skill in refining talismans.

After practicing for more than an hour, Mu Changsheng's success rate in refining the Water-Transforming Talisman reached 40%.

After that, Mu Changsheng did not continue to practice talismans. Instead, he prepared the medicine barrel like he did last night, and sat in the barrel to cultivate his body while meditating. Cultivation is the foundation. He still wants to break through to the foundation-building stage as soon as possible.

The sun gradually set and the sound of sword-forging in the sword-forging shop came to an abrupt end. Mu Xun finally finished a day of swinging the hammer and dragged his tired body to rest, but was suddenly stopped by Mu Qun.