Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Because Li Yueyao was still striving to reach Nascent Soul, so...

Ji Boying's schedule during this period became very simple.

The study room, the bedroom.

When he made progress in talisman-making, he would celebrate in the bedroom;

When he had insights in the bedroom, he would verify them in the study room;

When he felt tired from making talismans, he would relax in the bedroom;

When he was exhausted in the bedroom, he would rest in the study room.

Running back and forth between the two rooms, complementing each other, he lived a quite comfortable life.

As for the alchemy room...

It's the same as before.

The Fire Spirit has already matured, so it can handle alchemy on its own.

However, one time when Ji Boying happened to look at the attribute panel, he discovered that the alchemy skill, which he had never paid much attention to, had actually gained a lot of experience!

After careful consideration, Ji Boying realized that the Fire Spirit was autonomously providing him with this experience through alchemy!

With this discovery, Ji Boying almost couldn't help but hug the Fire Spirit excitedly and give it a big kiss.

But then he thought that the Fire Spirit wasn't a beautiful girl, and kissing it might burn his mouth, so he suppressed his impulse. Instead, he applied for three bottles of Nine Transformation Quenching Pill Essence Fire from the restricted core material list.

The Fire Spirit, after devouring three strands of the pill essence fire, immediately cheered and became even more diligent in alchemy.

It was just like when he received leftover snacks from his boss in the past.

Therefore...

Ji Boying made an agreement with the Fire Spirit:

He would give the Fire Spirit one strand of Nine Transformation Quenching Pill Essence Fire every month, and in return, the Fire Spirit would work tirelessly day and night to refine the Supreme Harmonious Resonance Pill for him.

Of course, special circumstances were excluded.

...

In the study room, after finishing his communication, Ji Boying looked at the talisman papers on the table that he had finished drawing last night but hadn't had time to tidy up. A slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Although half a month was a bit tight, I finally completely mastered these three simplified versions of the Sanqing Divine Thunder Talisman."

As he spoke, Ji Boying took out the complete version of the Upper Clear Divine Thunder Talisman that he had drawn before from his storage ring.

He placed it next to the simplified version.

The difference between the two was obvious even to the naked eye.

The complete version had complex text, spirit patterns, spirit diagrams, and cloud seals, not to mention the drawing methods, structures, and the order and routes of spiritual energy circulation.

Just copying the patterns exactly, even for an ordinary art student on Earth, would require a lot of mental effort.

On the other hand, the simplified version, although the patterns were equally complex, only had a few numbers for the text and only five strokes for the spirit patterns.

There were no separate spirit diagrams or cloud seals.

The combination of text and spirit patterns was the spirit diagram.

As for the cloud seals, they were also formed by the text and spirit patterns.

If it was just copying the form, even someone without a background in painting or calligraphy could do it in a matter of minutes.

The two were simply worlds apart.

"When I was still a four-star talisman master, I found the Little Five Thunder Talisman, a simplified version, to be extremely wonderful. As for the essence of its principles, I thought it was because my realm was not high enough and I couldn't comprehend it."

"Now that I have reached the level of a five-star talisman king, my understanding of talisman principles is completely different."

"But I still only know the superficial aspects, not the underlying reasons."

"Not to mention the Sanqing Divine Thunder Talisman and other high-level thunder-based derivative talismans, even for ordinary one or two-star talismans, I only know how to create, but not how to simplify..."

"And, the new talismans I created are even more complex than similar types of talismans."

Ji Boying smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Sometimes, the gap between people is so obvious.

Otherwise, when he was in school, in the same classroom with the same teacher, his test scores wouldn't have been only half of others'.

Like this...

Ji Boying studied alone in the study room for a couple of hours.

Until the east completely brightened, he got up and walked towards the corridor.

This time there was no barrier set up.

However, Ji Boying did not go up, but stood at the entrance of the corridor and bowed, saying,

"Suo Fellow Daoist, half a month has passed, and Ji has completely mastered the three volumes of the Fu Jing. I humbly request Suo Fellow Daoist to assess and correct me!"

"Come up."

Not long after the words fell, a clear and melodious voice came from above.

Ji Boying responded lightly and immediately climbed the last few steps until he reached the second-floor hall.

There, he saw a person dressed in purple sitting upright at the desk, with an unfinished book beside him, as well as... two neatly arranged piles of ordinary talisman papers, numbering in the thousands.

One pile had many of them, already inscribed with various spiritual patterns.

As for the other pile, there were fewer, and they were all blank and clean new talisman papers.

"Have a seat."

Suo Ling spoke softly, then took out three sheets from the pile of talisman papers without spiritual patterns and said,

"Draw the simplified version of the Three Pure Thunder Talismans, and the quality must be above excellent. If you can't do it, you can go down first and come back when you can."

Upon hearing this, Ji Boying couldn't help but look at Suo Ling more.

The assessment requirements were really high!

However...

For him, it was not difficult.

In the past half month, he had already mastered the simplified version of the Three Pure Thunder Talismans to a rate of over ninety percent excellence.

After all, although the simplified version of the Three Pure Thunder Talismans had a five-star inferior grade in terms of talisman theory, it was only at a four-star level in other aspects.

So...

In just a moment, the three simplified version of the Three Pure Thunder Talismans were completed, and the Taiqing Thunder Talisman among them had reached the level of top-grade.

Suo Ling briefly inspected the three talismans, then took out three sheets of talisman paper that had already been inscribed with spiritual patterns and said,

"On this basis, complete the simplified version of the Shangqing Thunder Talisman."

Ji Boying looked at the talisman paper and saw that the original text had been completed, and most of the spiritual patterns had been finished.

He only needed to add two more strokes on this basis to complete the entire talisman.

As his thoughts turned, Ji Boying took out his talisman brush and began to add strokes based on his previous experience.

However...

Before he could complete the first stroke, he heard a sizzling sound, as if a circuit had burned out, and a wisp of black smoke slowly rose from the talisman paper.

"The spiritual path has changed?"

Ji Boying looked up at Suo Ling.

At this moment, the latter's eyes flickered with a faint cunning.

"Not bad for a reaction."

"Continue, these three remaining talismans are the same."

"You have three chances. If you can't complete them after three chances, then go downstairs and continue to comprehend the Fu Jing."

Ji Boying's mouth twitched slightly.

He didn't say much and focused his gaze on another talisman paper beside him.

He hadn't looked closely before and accidentally made a mistake.

After carefully feeling it this time, Ji Boying was surprised to find that the spiritual path from the spiritual patterns to the text on this incomplete talisman had actually been changed from beginning to end.

However...

It seemed that only the direction of spiritual power transmission had been reversed, and the spiritual path itself seemed unchanged?

After hesitating for a moment, Ji Boying began to try to draw.

After a while...

Just as Ji Boying was about to complete the incomplete talisman in his hand, he suddenly discovered that there were two layers of spiritual paths on the talisman, and the spiritual power that should have been unidirectional could actually be bidirectional!

It's over!

I've been tricked again!

Ji Boying's heart skipped a beat.

Not long after...

A sizzling sound came from the tip of the brush, followed by sparks and lightning on the talisman paper.

The second talisman...