Ugly Cultivation Notes

Chapter 70 Double the efficiency

Xu Chunniang smiled slightly, put away the pen and ink and began to condense the water binding technique.

The water binding technique with [-]% of the aura was perfectly performed, and then it was sealed into a talisman. After some operations, no trace of aura was leaked.

With the last aura sealed into the rune, a new water-bound talisman was born.

Taking out a new talisman paper, Xu Chunniang continued to draw.

It's just that this time I was not so lucky. The rune was about to be finished, but the ink on the rune brush was not enough.

Xu Chunniang could only watch helplessly as this talisman was scrapped.

She shook her head, crumpled up the discarded talisman paper and threw it aside, then took out another talisman paper...

After refining it ten times in a row, Xu Chunniang finally got three pieces of Water Binding Technique after using up all the ink.

A full [-]% success rate!

Don't underestimate the [-]% success rate, it has barely reached the threshold of a talisman maker. Generally speaking, with such a success rate, you can almost keep your capital.

Xu Chunniang, as a rookie who has officially started making talismans for only ten days, is really remarkable to be able to achieve such results.

This is due to her ability to control aura, otherwise it would be impossible to have such a high success rate.

Xu Chunniang tightly held the three water-binding talismans in her hand, her eyes were full of excitement.

Ten materials only cost one and a half spirit stones, but three water-binding talismans can sell two spirit stones, at least she doesn't have to lose money.

Xu Chunniang took a deep breath to suppress the waves in her heart.

The spiritual energy needed to draw a low-level talisman seal is not much, and it is not a big consumption for Xu Chunniang who has already practiced the sixth level.

After using up ten materials, she didn't stop, took out the talisman paper again and started drawing.

As soon as she picked up the talisman pen, Xu Chunniang's mood gradually calmed down.

She didn't start writing until her heart stopped.

After using up a portion of ink again, she got three more water binding talismans, and her proficiency and speed increased slightly.

Xu Chunniang put away the newly obtained talisman, and when she was waiting to continue, her stomach started to growl.

Only then did I realize that it was getting late, and even the sky was getting darker.

It's just that she was too focused on making talismans and didn't notice these at all.

Xu Chunniang didn't continue making talismans. She first went to the Lingtian to let the Lingdao drink up, and then took out the Lingmi and started to condense the spirit dew and cook the spirit food.

While condensing the spirit dew, she was thinking.

As her talisman-making proficiency increased, her talisman-making speed became faster and faster.

It's just that it's still a bit slow, because there are too many things to do.

After the spiritual food was cooked, Xu Chunniang finally came up with a method that might speed up the process of making talismans.

Refining talisman seals is divided into two steps. The first step is to draw runes, and the second step is to seal spells into runes and refine them into talisman seals.

If the two steps are operated separately, will the speed be faster?

The more Xu Chunniang thought about it, the more interesting she felt, and she decided to try it tomorrow. If it didn't work, she would at most waste some materials.

If it is feasible, the speed at which she refines talisman seals will be much faster in the future.

On the morning of the second day, after Xu Chunniang finished a set of boxing techniques, she returned to her room and began to try the new technique she thought of yesterday.

She took out a copy of ink and one-knife talisman paper, and directly drew runes on the blank talisman paper.

After drawing one piece, put it aside first, then take a piece of talisman paper and continue drawing.

If there is a failure in the middle, it will be thrown aside directly.

After using up the ink and half-knife talisman paper, Xu Chunniang got a total of seven semi-finished talisman seals.

She put away all other things on the table, leaving only a half-finished talisman on the table, and began to seal spells into the talisman.

"Crack!", failed!

Xu Chunniang looked indifferent, quickly cleared the table, took out another half-finished product, and continued!
Successful.

Unexpected, but within reason.

Xu Chunniang took this water-binding talisman and examined it carefully, but it was no different from the rest of the talismans.

In other words, it is feasible to draw the runes first, and then seal the spells into the runes one by one!

When Xu Chunniang put away the talisman, another semi-finished product appeared in her hand, and she continued to seal the spell into it.

It wasn't until she used up all the semi-finished products and obtained three water-binding talismans again that Xu Chunniang finally settled down.

Using this method to refine talismans, the success rate did not decrease, but the efficiency was at least doubled.

In order to verify this method, Xu Chunniang took out another material and started a new round of drawing runes.

This time, only seven semi-finished products were obtained.

The successful drawing of runes is closely related to the quality of the runes besides proficiency and technique.

The talisman pens that Xu Chunniang bought were cheap ones of ten spirit stones each, and they were barely usable. Sometimes, the ink would get stuck, lose hair and split ends, which would affect the smoothness of drawing talismans.

Talisman pens are inherently expensive, and better low-grade talisman pens often cost thirty or forty spirit stones, so they can only draw first-level low-grade talisman seals, which is not cost-effective.

When she had saved up enough spirit stones, she would immediately change to a first-level medium-grade talisman pen, the one that could draw a first-level medium-grade talisman seal.

While Xu Chunniang was looking forward to the good days when she would change to medium-grade talisman paper, she carefully drew runes one after another with her talisman pen that was stuck in ink, lost hair and had forks.

With the complete forty copies of materials, she counted the gains and nodded with satisfaction. Today, she got a total of fourteen water-binding talismans.

Under the premise of maintaining a [-]% success rate, the efficiency has doubled compared to yesterday.

She put all the water-binding charms together, a total of 22, including the first two refined.

When the last materials are used up, all these talismans will be sold, and then some materials will be returned.

From the last [-] materials, Xu Chunniang got a total of seven water binding talismans.

With all the talismans, she went to the nameless shop of the middle-aged scribe.

It was noon when we arrived, and there were not many customers in the shop, so Xu Chunniang was greeted by middle-aged scribes after a short wait.

Looking at the not-so-tall young girl cultivator in front of him, a look of surprise flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged scribe, as if he didn't expect Xu Chunniang to come so soon.

After all, when she left the day before yesterday, she took a total of eighty refining materials with her. Did she use up all the materials so quickly?

Xu Chunniang didn't think too much, and only kept the two water-binding talismans refined at the beginning, and took out the rest, "There are 27 water-binding talismans in total."

There were more surprises in the eyes of the middle-aged scribe. He took the talisman and thought secretly while checking the quality.

Only 27 pieces of materials were used to successfully refine [-] pieces of talisman. In such a short period of time, although it is the lowest level of first-level low-grade, it is quite rare.

The unremarkable female cultivator in front of me, although her cultivation base is average, is not low in talent in the way of talismans.

However, middle-aged scribes have been running the talisman shop all year round, so they are well-informed. Although this female cultivator has a bit of talent for making talismans, that's all.

He quickly checked the talisman, and after confirming that there was no problem, he took out the 18 Yuan Lingshi and handed it over.

After receiving the Lingshi, Xu Chunniang felt emotional.

After two days of hard work making talismans, I only earned six spirit stones in the end!
Calculated, on average, I only got three yuan a day.

(End of this chapter)