No hope for eternal life

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng spent another day consolidating his cultivation. During this period, Mu Changsheng did not forget to change the bucket of potion and continue taking the medicinal bath.

When Mu Changsheng officially came out of seclusion, there were still twelve days left before he left for Nansha City to take part in the county examination, so Mu Changsheng had to start preparing talismans.

First, Mu Changsheng carefully prepared the talisman liquid according to the prescribed proportions. Although he could also directly purchase the prepared talisman liquid, the price would naturally be more expensive. That was why he would buy the prepared talisman liquid directly during the previous martial arts test when time was tight. Otherwise, he would usually prepare the talisman liquid himself.

The first thing to be prepared was the talisman liquid for making the golden arrow talisman. Mu Changsheng only bought 500 portions of the raw materials for the golden arrow talisman this time, which was much less than the thousands he had bought before.

This was mainly because the Golden Arrow Talisman was now mostly used for attrition. As for relying solely on the bombardment of second-grade talismans to defeat the opponent, it was no longer realistic. After all, Mu Changsheng's opponents in the county examinations in the future would all be the best among the peak Foundation Establishment cultivators, whose strength was close to that of the Golden Core Realm cultivators. The power of the Foundation Establishment-level talismans had already seemed a bit weak, which was also an important reason why he wanted to make the third-grade Fire Separation Talisman.

"It would be great if I could comprehend the meaning and artistic conception of the talisman. With the help of the talisman, my success rate in refining the golden arrow talisman would definitely increase a lot." This thought suddenly popped up in Mu Changsheng's mind.

The meaning of talismans is indeed a "sharp weapon" for talisman masters. A talisman master who has comprehended the meaning of talismans can truly write with divine power when refining talismans, greatly improving the success rate of talisman refining.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng shook his head again. The comprehension of artistic conception is mysterious and cannot be forced. It is probably a bit like the feeling of reading a book a hundred times and its meaning will become clear. If one wants to comprehend the meaning of the talisman, one needs to constantly feel and comprehend it in the process of refining and using the talisman. Instead of daydreaming, it is better to start refining the talisman and take action directly.

Mu Changsheng started to refine the golden arrow talisman immediately. Mu Changsheng had drawn this talisman thousands of times and was very familiar with it. In addition, his breakthrough in cultivation could also bring some help to the talisman refining. Therefore, his success rate was greatly improved, with a success probability of nearly 50%.

In the end, Mu Changsheng obtained 247 finished golden arrow talismans out of 500 raw materials.

After refining the Golden Arrow Talisman, Mu Changsheng began to prepare the talisman liquid for the third-grade Fire Talisman. There were a total of 500 pieces of Fire Talisman spiritual materials. I don't know how many Fire Talismans he would get in the end.

After preparing the talisman liquid for the Lihuo Talisman, Mu Changsheng was not in a hurry to start refining it, because the Lihuo Talisman was a third-grade talisman. Once the refining of the talisman failed and it was backfired, the power would be comparable to the attack of a Jindan realm cultivator. With Mu Changsheng's current cultivation level, he would not be able to control it at all, and it would probably directly destroy the house he lived in.

Therefore, Mu Changsheng put the Lihuo Talisman Liquid back into the storage bag, walked out of the room, found the innkeeper, and asked directly: "Excuse me, does your inn have a room for cultivators to practice secret arts?"

"Yes, yes." The boss nodded repeatedly and said, "Generally, inns are equipped with training rooms specifically for cultivators to practice secret techniques. This inn is no exception. Here we have training rooms for the Foundation Establishment Realm and Golden Core Realm. I wonder which one you would like?"

"The Jindan Realm training room, right?" Mu Changsheng replied. He was really afraid that the Foundation Establishment Realm training room could not withstand the backlash explosion of the third-grade talisman. If the Foundation Establishment Realm training room was blown down, wouldn't he have to pay a sum of spirit stones as compensation?

"Sir, please follow me." The boss said politely, extending his hand and leading the way, bringing Mu Changsheng to the backyard of the inn.

The backyard is a secluded place with rows of dark gray stone houses that look stronger and more solid than ordinary rooms.

The boss opened the first stone house in the first row, rubbed his hands and said, "It costs one hundred low-grade spirit stones to borrow the Jindan realm training room for one day."

Upon hearing this, Mu Changsheng paid a thousand low-grade spirit stones and said, "I'll rent it for ten days first. When the time is up, please come and remind me."

The boss took the spirit stone and said with a smile: "No problem, sir, rest assured, I will remind you on time."

Afterwards, the boss turned around and left. The cultivation of monks was a secret, so he naturally did not want to stay for long.

After the boss left, Mu Changsheng stepped into the training room. The furnishings inside were simple, with only a cushion. There was also a strange fragrance in the room, which had a calming effect on smelling it. It was obviously a deliberate arrangement.

Mu Changsheng first hung a "Do Not Disturb" sign outside the door, then sat on the cushion in the house and took out various talisman pens, talisman papers, talisman liquids and other items one by one, obviously ready to start refining talismans.

In order to increase the success rate, Mu Changsheng even bought the top grade talisman paper among the third grade talisman papers.

After everything was ready, Mu Changsheng meditated for a while. When he was completely calm, he took the Efeng talisman pen and began to write.

The various patterns and details on the third-grade Lihuo Talisman were definitely much more complex than the second-grade spirit-summoning talisman. Therefore, Mu Changsheng's first attempt at drawing a talisman ended in failure as expected.

The Fire Talisman, which was less than one-third completed, instantly turned into a fireball and then began to fluctuate violently, as if it would explode at any time.

Mu Changsheng was quick-witted and threw the fireball to the corner of the training room at the first opportunity, trying to keep the fireball away from himself as much as possible.

Even so, the fireball exploded in mid-air as it flew towards the corner. Mu Changsheng quickly put his arms in front of him to block the shockwaves of the explosion.

"Boom." The explosion instantly filled most of the training room. After the aftermath, Mu Changsheng opened his eyes. The first thing he felt was the burning sensation in his arms.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng looked at his arms and saw that they were broken and red from the explosion. Fortunately, these were only surface injuries and not serious.

Mu Changsheng sprinkled some healing powder on his arm, and after making sure it would not affect his talisman drawing, he started trying again.

The second time he drew the Lihuo Talisman, he drew a larger part than the first time. However, the spiritual power on the talisman paper suddenly dissipated and he ended in failure again.

Fortunately, Mu Changsheng reacted faster this time. Before the unfinished Lihuo Talisman turned into a fireball, he had already thrown it into the corner.

"Boom." Another explosion was heard. This time, Mu Changsheng lay on the ground with his hands on his head, using his back to resist the explosion.

After the explosion, Mu Changsheng only had a little skin broken on his back, with no impact at all. Mu Changsheng persevered and began to refine the Lihuo Talisman for the third time.

When he was almost halfway through drawing the talisman for the third time, Mu Changsheng's face suddenly changed. This time it was not because the tip of his pen was tilted, but because he found that his magic power was not enough.