The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Five days passed in a flash, and today is finally the day for school to start.

In modern society, Xiao Han was deprived of the opportunity to study by her father and grandmother who favored boys over girls. Now that she is back in school, she feels both excited and deeply moved.

The elementary schools for the four major skills are all on the same street, and their names are simple and clear, namely Dan Hall, Qi Hall, Fu Hall, and Zhen Hall.

When Xiao Han came over, the entrance to Fu Hall was still quiet and the door was closed. It was obvious that she came too early.

There is no way, I am too eager to revisit my studies.

The school starts at 8:00 a.m., and it is not even 8:00 a.m. yet.

Xiao Han admired the word "Fu Tang" on the plaque above the gate, looked around, and saw that the shop next to Fu Tang was open, so he went in to take a look and pass the time.

The shops next to the talisman hall sell things related to drawing talismans.

Not only are there various talisman papers, talisman pens, and talisman inks for sale, but there are also many raw materials for making talisman papers, as well as blank talisman papers and finished talismans that have already been drawn for sale.

There are also all the paper books and jade slips related to talisman making.

The teachers at the school were only responsible for teaching, and students had to bring their own school supplies. Xiao Han had already bought all the necessary school supplies on the street long ago, so he just came in to wander around.

The shop owner was an old man at the ninth level of Qi training. Upon seeing Xiao Han come in, he greeted him warmly, "What do you need, fellow Daoist? We have everything related to talisman making here."

Xiao Han replied, "Let me take a look first." Then he slowly strolled around.

He spent almost two quarters of an hour looking through all the paper books related to talisman making, then picked out two that he had never bought before and checked out.

When she arrived at the gate of Futang again, the gate was already open.

A young man at the fourth level of Qi training stood at the gate, baring his white teeth at Xiao Han and said, "Fellow Daoist, are you here to study at the Fu Hall?"

Xiao Han nodded.

The young man asked again: "Do you have an identity jade token?"

Xiao Han showed the jade token he received when he paid the registration fee.

The young man pointed inside and said, "The first room on the left is the elementary class classroom. You can go in now, fellow Taoist."

Xiao Han walked into the gate.

Entering from the main gate, there is a white marble slab more than ten feet wide in the middle, with flower beds on both sides, and colorful low-level spiritual flowers blooming in the flower beds.

More than ten feet away from the main gate are three tall houses with signs reading "Beginner's Class", "Intermediate Class" and "Advanced Class" respectively.

Xiao Han walked into the junior class and saw that the classroom was just like the schools she attended in modern society, with many tables and chairs neatly arranged.

The only difference is that the classrooms here are very spacious, and the distance between each set of desks and chairs is three feet.

There was already someone in the classroom, a round-faced girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old, who was at the fourth level of Qi training.

Seeing Xiao Han come in, the round-faced girl smiled at Xiao Han, then lowered her head and started flipping through the books on the table.

Xiao Han, a veteran who had been in society for hundreds of years, sat down to the left of the round-faced girl in a very familiar manner and greeted her with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, you're here early."

The round-faced girl glanced at her, chuckled and hummed.

The experienced Xiao Han continued to strike up a conversation, "Are you a cultivator from the Acropolis?"

The round-faced girl hummed again.

Well, the other party had no intention of chatting at all, and Xiao Laoyoutiao was defeated.

So she could only take out the books she had just bought and read them.

In the past few days, she has read the basic knowledge about talisman making and memorized it in her mind.

But she was not in a hurry to explore and put it into practice.

There are ready-made teachers to guide her, so why should she spend so much time figuring it out on her own?

She might spend a whole day pondering a question, but it wouldn't be as effective as a single word from her teacher. If she wanted to further her studies on her own, she had to wait until she had thoroughly mastered the subject.

Soon, more monks came in.

Everyone just found a seat they liked and sat down, waiting for the class to start.

By noon, there were eighteen monks sitting in the classroom.

These students were mostly young men and women at the fourth or fifth level of Qi training. Only Xiao Han, who looked to be in his twenties, and a male cultivator in his twenties at the sixth level of Qi training, appeared older.

Then, a middle-aged cultivator at the ninth level of Qi training, with a serious face, walked into the classroom and stood at the front.

He glanced at the new students in the classroom and introduced himself: "My last name is Liu. From now on, you can just call me Master Liu Fu. I will be the one teaching you in the beginner class."

A cultivator who was good at handling things immediately stood up and said, "Student Gong Yu greets Master Liu Fu."

The others glanced at each other, then stood up and bowed, "Greetings, Master Liu Fu!"

Xiao Han keenly noticed that the round-faced girl next to him moved her lips but made no sound.

However, judging by the respectful look of the round-faced girl, she didn't seem like someone who would do things perfunctorily.

Master Liu Fu waved his hand, "No need to be polite, everyone please sit down."

He didn't say any more nonsense and started teaching directly.

"Runes are special lines that carry the mysteries of heaven and earth. When we draw them, we infuse them with minimal spiritual energy, but once activated, they can generate immense power. This is the concrete manifestation of the power of the laws of heaven and earth."

Then, he began to introduce the most basic things needed to draw talismans.

The first thing is the talisman paper.

When drawing low-level runes, the rune paper does not need to distinguish the performance of the rune paper. However, if you want to draw high-level runes or some special runes, you need different carrier tools.

For example, some high-level rune papers are made from animal skins and fish skins with special properties, while others are made from special minerals, or special spiritual herbs, wood, jade, etc.

As for rune ink, low-level runes only needed to be drawn with spiritual energy-rich cinnabar. Slightly higher-level runes required the addition of animal blood.

Some special runes require ink made from the blood of specific animals.

Finally, there are the talisman pens. These are usually made by weapon refiners and are also divided into different grades.

It is impossible to draw high-level runes successfully using low-level rune pens.

These basics are generally explained in books on talisman making, but it is impossible for every cultivator who is new to the art of talismans to learn them first.

After explaining the most basic theoretical knowledge about drawing talismans, Master Liu briefly mentioned the production process of low-level talisman paper.

This knowledge can be understood by reading books. Master Liu Fu just talked about it in general, and then began to focus on introducing how to draw talismans.

The rune lines may seem like a mess, but they actually follow a certain pattern.

What Master Liu Fu wants to teach everyone is how to quickly find the starting pattern of a rune, as well as the transitions between these earthworm-like lines.

Any rune must be drawn in one go. If there is any delay, it will be ruined.

After talking about all this incessantly, Master Liu Fu decided to test everyone to see if they remembered what he had said.

He glanced around and suddenly pointed at the round-faced girl, "Stand up and tell everyone the rules for starting a rune."

The round-faced girl stood up, her eyes panicking.

"Rules, rules, laws, yes, yes..."

Master Liu said gloomily, "If you can't even remember something so simple, what's the point of learning talisman making?"

Seeing the girl's face flushed red, tears welled up in her eyes.

Xiao Han hurriedly and secretly sent a message to tell her the correct answer.

But the girl lowered her head, tears falling down her face, but she didn't say another word.