No hope for eternal life

Considering Yang Wuque's cultivation level, Mu Changsheng guessed that the grade of the Efeng Fu Pen was at least fifth grade, otherwise it wouldn't be so helpful.

After refining the Mountain-Breaking Talisman ten times in a row, Mu Changsheng consumed a huge amount of energy and mana, and had to take a break to recover.

A quarter of an hour later, Mu Changsheng picked up the pen to draw talismans again. He bought a total of two hundred spiritual objects and talisman papers needed to refine the Mountain-Breaking Talisman, and he planned to draw until he finished.

At first, Mu Changsheng could only barely guarantee success once out of ten times. Later, as he became more practiced, he could successfully succeed at least twice out of ten times.

Late that night, Mu Changsheng finally finished drawing two hundred Mountain-Breaking Talismans, and obtained a total of twenty-seven complete Mountain-Breaking Talismans.

Mu Changsheng looked at the Mountain-Breaking Talisman in front of him. He didn't show much excitement on his face. Instead, he made a small calculation in his mind: "According to the market price, it would take about 150 medium-grade spirit stones to buy 27 Mountain-Breaking Talismans. In order to refine these 27 Mountain-Breaking Talismans, including the cost of the spirit object talisman paper, I spent a total of 452 medium-grade spirit stones. According to this calculation, I need to succeed five out of ten times to break even."

If one wants to make a profit from refining talismans, he can only succeed six or seven times out of ten. Mu Changsheng doesn't even dare to think about it. He doesn't know how many mid-grade spirit stones he will lose just for practicing.

"But there's nothing we can do about it." Mu Changsheng sighed. According to the rules of competition between cultivators, talismans can be used in the competition, but they must be talismans made by one's own hands. Otherwise, if a low-level cultivator uses a high-level talisman to fight against the enemy, how many people can withstand it?

Therefore, in order to participate in the Shenfeng National Martial Arts Examination next year, Mu Changsheng must use the talismans he refined himself, and he must spend a large amount of spirit stones to practice talismans.

After drawing the Mountain-Breaking Talisman, Mu Changsheng did not stop drawing talismans. Logically speaking, twenty-seven Mountain-Breaking Talismans should be enough to deal with Qin Xuan. However, since ancient times, people have always been prepared for the worst. He wanted to be more fully prepared.

Mu Changsheng also wanted to refine another kind of talisman, which was the second-grade top-level spirit-summoning talisman passed down to him by Yang Wuque.

For this purpose, Mu Changsheng secretly went to the spiritual item shop in the town and bought one hundred spiritual materials needed to refine the talisman, spending nearly five hundred medium-grade spirit stones. This made Mu Changsheng sigh once again that talismans really cost a lot of money.

The cost of a Summoning Spirit Talisman is more than twice that of a Breaking Mountain Talisman. The cost price alone shows how precious the Summoning Spirit Talisman is. In fact, in terms of grade, the Summoning Spirit Talisman has reached the top grade of the second grade, which is two levels higher than the Breaking Mountain Talisman.

After calming down, Mu Changsheng began to formally refine the spirit-summoning talisman.

The first time, it failed as expected, the second time failed, the third time failed... the seventeenth time, it still failed!

Seventeen times all failed, even though Mu Changsheng had expected this, it was still hard for him to accept it. Compared to the two successes out of ten for the Breaking Mountain Talisman, the gap was too big. He even wondered if there was something wrong with him.

"There will definitely be no problem with the inheritance talisman given by the master. There is no problem with the talisman liquid, and there is no problem with the talisman paper..." Mu Changsheng eliminated his doubts one by one, and finally he could only conclude that the difficulty of the summoning talisman was too high.

Mu Changsheng meditated again, and when he calmed down, he carefully drew the talisman to summon the spirits again.

Failure, failure, failure, it seems like an endless failure.

Finally, on the thirty-second try, Mu Changsheng succeeded!

"Finally succeeded." Mu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief. If he continued to fail, he would start to doubt again whether there was really something wrong.

Since the method was correct, Mu Changsheng calmed down and continued to draw the talisman.

Two hours later, Mu Changsheng finally finished drawing all the talismans for summoning spirits.

Out of one hundred sets of talismans for summoning spirits, only six were completed, with a success rate of less than 10%.

At this time, the sky was already slightly bright. This evening would be the time for Mu Changsheng and Qin Xuan to compete.

After drawing all the talismans, Mu Changsheng immediately prepared another bucket of potion, which was just enough for him to take a medicinal bath from now until the evening.

Sitting in the medicine barrel, the excruciating pain was still there, but this pain was no longer able to shake Mu Changsheng. Mu Changsheng immediately began to practice his spiritual power to strengthen the spiritual foundation in his dantian.

While Mu Changsheng was practicing, the sword-making shop next door started the sound of a new day of sword-making, and Mu Xun silently swung his hammer to help.

After the previous competition with Mu Changsheng, Mu Xun's mentality had also undergone some subtle changes. He was able to unilaterally crush Mu Changsheng. In addition to the objective facts such as the difference in cultivation and whether or not he had weapons, he also realized that it was more because of the swordsmanship that Mu Qun had first taught him.

Whenever he performed the Sanyuan Sword Technique, Mu Xun always felt exceptionally light and comfortable all over. This naturally made him realize the extraordinary sword technique and also made him realize the extraordinary nature of Mu Qunxian.

"Why do you forge swords every day?" Mu Xun asked Mu Qunxian softly.

Upon hearing this, Mu Qunxian kept working, lowered his head and continued to forge the sword, and replied calmly: "I want to forge a real sword, but I have not been able to do it for so many years, so I can only try day after day."

"Can you teach me how to forge a sword?" Mu Xun summoned up his courage and said, "I can help you forge a sword instead of just swinging the hammer and watching from the side."

"You're still a long way from it." Mu Qunxian said expressionlessly, but he was just stating a fact, and then he said: "Wait until you finish participating in the Kamikaze Kingdom's martial arts test before you tell me."

Mu Xun didn't say anything else, but he had already made up his mind to get a good ranking in the martial arts test.

"Do you know why I was reluctant to teach you swordsmanship before, but became willing later?" Mu Qunxian suddenly asked.

"Why?" Mu Xun asked blankly.

Mu Qun first looked back at Mu Xun. His dark eyes were deep and bottomless, as if they could see through people's hearts: "Because you have guessed that the spiritual mine on the barren mountain belongs to Mu Changsheng, but you didn't tell anyone else and framed Mu Changsheng. This is not very good, but it is not bad either. You are barely qualified to inherit half of my swordsmanship."

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The sun rose and gradually set. In the evening, the medicine in the medicine barrel was exhausted, and Mu Changsheng slowly got up.

Walking out of the room, Mu Changsheng saw his father Mu Yanggu standing in the courtyard.

"Dad, where is my mom?" Mu Changsheng asked. He found out yesterday that his parents were not at home. He guessed that they must have gone to Qihua City together to buy the Ningjin Pill, but now only his father came back.

"Your mother is fine." Mu Yanggu first assured Mu Changsheng, and then explained: "I have bought a gold-condensing elixir for your mother. She is now in a training room in Qihua City to break through in seclusion. After she succeeds in breaking through, she will come back by herself."

Things like training rooms are specially prepared for cultivators to retreat and break through. In addition to the rich spiritual energy, they also contain various aids. The price is naturally not low. Mu Yanggu didn't even dare to think about it before, but now it is considered a luxury for Chen Wanru to break through smoothly.

"Dad is really thoughtful." Mu Changsheng nodded to show his understanding.

"How is it? Are you confident?" Mu Yanggu asked Mu Changsheng. What he asked was naturally about how confident Mu Changsheng was about the competition with Qin Xuan.

"There's at least an 80 to 90 percent chance of winning." Mu Changsheng grinned.

Mu Yanggu felt relieved after hearing this and said, "Let's go. Dad will go with you."

"Okay, let's go into battle together, father and son." Mu Changsheng said with pride. He had been practicing secret techniques and talismans for so many days, but he had never had a formal competition. As for his previous exchange with Mu Xun, it was just a brief exchange.

Along the way, Mu Changsheng also met many people rushing to the riverside east of the town, obviously wanting to see his excitement.