The interior of the green tile-roofed house is very simple and can be seen at a glance. There is a square sandalwood desk at the end, a coffee table in the middle, and a few chairs against the wall, but there is nothing else.
The two entered the room. Shi Changming walked directly to the sandalwood desk, took out a square object shaped like an inkstone, placed it on the tea table and said: "Junior Brother Liu, please sit down.
This square object is much larger than an ordinary inkstone, and the recess is deeper and wider. Liu Yu asked curiously: "Brother, what is the use of this object?"
"This thing is used to prepare "talisman water" and can be regarded as a large inkstone." Shi Changming said casually.
Shi Changming added cinnabar to the utensils, then took out the white jade bottle, poured the "spiritual water" into it, and began to grind it.
Liu Yu quickly said: "Senior brother, leave it to me!"
"This water is from Dongtian Lake outside the city, and the cinnabar is the finest blood sand. They are all good things and need to be ground evenly!" Shi Changming handed the cylindrical jade ingot in his hand to Liu Yu and said.
A quarter of an hour later, Shi Changming signaled Liu Yu to stop, and poured an appropriate amount of spirit animal essence blood into the bright red liquid. The blood had a dark red odor. Then he took a pack of crystal powder from the desk and poured it into the utensils as well. In the middle, Liu Yu was asked to continue grinding.
"Senior brother, what is that crystal powder?" Liu Yu asked curiously.
Shi Changming explained: "The crystal powder is carefully ground from spirit stones, and the blood essence is the blood of the second-level spirit beast "Beiluan Blood Ox". The "talisman water" used to draw the talisman is mixed with these two spiritual objects. It is prepared from "spiritual water", and the reason why cinnabar is added is because the essence and blood of spiritual beasts are too expensive."
"If we don't add cinnabar, would it be better to just use spirit beast essence and blood?" Liu Yu asked casually.
Shi Changming chuckled and said, "That's natural."
"After adding the crystal powder, the spiritual liquid in the 'Inkstone' can be heated through spiritual power. This will not only grind it more evenly, but also speed up the process." Shi Changming pointed out.
Liu Yu poured spiritual power into the jade ingot in his hand to heat the spiritual liquid in the "inkstone". The spiritual liquid soon became lightly hot. As Shi Changming said, the grinding process was much smoother.
After a while, Shi Changming told Liu Yu to pay attention to the thickness of the "Fu Shui" and helped him add a little Dongtian Lake water.
After another quarter of an hour, Shi Changming looked at the color of the spiritual liquid in the "inkstone". It was as red as amber and moderately thick. He nodded with satisfaction, signaled Liu Yu to stop, and poured the prepared "talisman water" into a part of the desk. From an inkstone, he took out a Zihao talisman pen and prepared to start drawing talismans.
Shi Changming laid out a piece of slightly yellow "peach wood talisman paper". This talisman paper was one foot long and four inches wide. It was as big as a picture scroll. Shi Changming held his breath and concentrated, and dipped the talisman pen in his hand into the red "talisman water", then vigorously and vigorously I calligraphy and painting on the talisman paper, and each of the smart and delicate "runes" appears on the paper.
Then lightly dip the "talisman water" and start to draw the winding "talisman lines". The whole process is completed in one go. The "talisman lines" connect each "rune" together like a flowing stream, forming a complete "talisman" .
The whole painting process lasted for half an hour. Liu Yu gathered aside to watch attentively, not daring to make any sound for fear of disturbing Shi Changming. Although he was confused, he still patiently did not ask questions.
Shi Changming put away his pen, looked at the complete "talisman" on the talisman paper, nodded with satisfaction, then mobilized the free wood spirit energy in the air, and at the same time drove the spiritual power in his Dantian, and poured it into the drawn talisman paper, completing The last step of making the talisman is "spiritual injection".
I saw a scroll-sized talisman paper floating in the air with a faint glow. Shi Changming made a seal with his right hand and pointed directly at the talisman surface with his left hand. The talisman paper suddenly emitted a strong light and was shrinking little by little. Half a quarter of an hour later, it shrank to the size of a palm. , the "talisman" on the talisman paper is red and bright, like a living thing.
At this time, Shi Changming put away the seal, caught the floating talisman, looked at the flowing talisman, with a satisfied smile on his face, received it in the jade box beside him, took a deep breath and began to close his eyes to rest and draw this second-grade The intermediate talisman "Mu Yuan Shield" took a lot of Shi Changming's attention.
Liu Yu took advantage of Shi Changming's recuperation to heat up the tea set, took out the few remaining "Dragon Red Robe" from the storage bag, and brewed a pot of good tea.
After Shi Changming rested for a quarter of an hour, he opened his eyes and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Liu, what tea smells so good!"
"Brother, please!" After Shi Changming sat down, Liu Yu respectfully poured a cup of bright orange tea and said.
Shi Changming took a sip and felt refreshed. He couldn't help but said: "The aroma is fragrant, good tea!"
"Junior Brother Liu, do you have experience in drawing talismans?" Shi Changming put down his teacup and asked with a chuckle.
"Brother, I can draw some unreliable charms." Liu Yu took out the three charms he drew, one each for "Corpse Fixing Talisman", "Yin Eliminating Talisman" and "Yin Breaking Talisman", and handed them to Shi Changming for viewing.
Shi Changming looked at the three talismans carefully and said, "It's not bad. Junior brother has some basic skills. It's just that these ordinary talismans, "runes" and "talisman lines" are too simple. Junior brother wants to practice "talisman" "Together, we need to work harder!"
"Junior brother, do you know the steps involved in drawing a spiritual talisman?" Shi Changming continued.
Liu Yu thought for a while and said: "There are three steps in total, namely "preparing materials", "drawing talismans" and "injecting spirits"."
Shi Changming nodded and explained: "The first step in drawing a talisman is to prepare materials. It seems simple, but it is actually very important. The quality of the talisman paper, talisman water, talisman pen, and even the place where the talisman is drawn are all related to the making of the talisman." The success or failure of a talisman is exactly what the saying goes: "Everything will be successful if it is forewarned, and it will fail if it is not forewarned."
"Drawing talismans" is the most critical step for the success of making talisman. First of all, the pattern of "talisman" must be familiar by heart. The calligraphy and painting of "runes" and "talisman lines" must be done with ease and the context is coherent, one stroke after another. , everything needs to be precise on the front line.”
"In the last step of "injecting spirit", be careful not to be impatient. When pouring spiritual power into the talisman paper, you need to do it slowly. If the spiritual power is too strong or too weak, the talisman will become a defective product."
Seeing Liu Yu's confused look, Shi Changming took out a talisman and said: "Junior brother, you will understand it in the future. Now you just need to practice more. Senior brother, here is a pattern of a first-grade low-level talisman "Floating Dust Talisman". Junior brother, you can use it when you are free. First copy and practice on rice paper.”
"Thank you, senior brother!" Liu Yu said after taking the talisman.
Shi Changming said: "Junior brother is now a "talisman disciple". Every month, he can go to "Gui Yi Tang" to receive thirty "Pinewood Talisman Papers". After using them, he can only buy them by himself, so he needs to save some money. Junior brother can first Practice on rice paper, and then draw on "pine wood talisman paper" when you are confident."
Liu Yu nodded to express his understanding!
"Junior brother, have you prepared the talisman pen?" Shi Changming put down his tea cup and asked.
Liu Yu took out the "Fire Crown Pen" and said, "I took it out from Wuhu Plaza a few days ago. Senior brother, what do you think?"
Shi Changming took the "Fire Crown Pen", looked it over, and praised: "It is made from the rabbit fur of the Fire Cloud Rabbit. It gathers energy and connects the gods. It is no worse than the "Purple Wind" in my brother's hand."
"Junior Brother Liu, you've spent a lot of money!" Shi Changming joked.
Mr. Shi was nearly ninety years old next year. He concentrated on painting talismans on weekdays and ignored what was going on outside the window. Naturally, he had never heard of Liu Yu's deeds. He only regarded Liu Yu as an ordinary disciple of the sect.
The two drank tea and chatted for a while. Shi Changming stood up and continued making talismans. Liu Yu packed up the tea set, spread out a piece of rice paper, and began to copy and practice according to the pattern of the "Floating Dust Talisman".
