After five consecutive days of high-intensity offense and defense, it finally stopped on the sixth day.
Zhang Yan didn't know whether the monsters under the city wall had just retreated, or whether they were accumulating strength and waiting for an opportunity. But today is the most relaxing day since he traveled to this wilderness.
In the evening, Hua Gou was called away, saying that he would let all the gang leaders make an explanation. Zhang Yan guessed that there were some new arrangements to be communicated after the fortress changed generals.
As soon as it got dark, Hua Gou returned to the city wall with a smile on his face. He raised his hand and threw a small baggage as big as his palm to Zhang Yan.
"You want the cinnabar, the small board, and half of the pen. You can try to get it yourself. If it still doesn't work, I won't be able to help you." Hua Gou took advantage of the opportunity to go down to the city wall to listen to the boss. Chance found his friend in the baggage camp and asked for the things Zhang Yan had asked him before. Not to mention, there are a lot of cinnabar in the supply camp, and it is said that it is used to prepare anthelmintics.
Zhang Yan took the small bag, thanked him profusely, and opened it at the same time. Inside was indeed a small bottle of cinnabar that had been mixed, as well as half a brush, and a stack of five thin wood chips about half the size of a palm.
Don’t think about the yellow paper. After asking Huagou before, Zhang Yan also had a lot of information about "paper" popping up in his memory. Although that thing is not very valuable in this world, its output is not large. It is only used by scholars and is rarely available in the military. , the quantity was in the hands of the secretary, and no one in the supply camp dared to deduct it, and it was not the yellow paper Zhang Yan wanted.
However, it is not impossible to use thin wood chips instead of yellow paper, but according to the description in the classics, the effect of such wood paintings on talismans will be slightly worse, unless it is special wood such as peach wood or fire sycamore.
As long as there is no fighting on the city wall, the garrison is usually relatively free, and as long as you don't lose your position or doze off, you are not required to stand up straight and be on alert at all times. After all, there is a watchtower on the city wall. The main security mission does not lie with ordinary soldiers like Zhang Yan.
So Zhang Yan took out the cinnabar and half a pen while he was free, and began to draw the talismans he wanted on the thin pieces of wood.
There are many kinds of talismans in Longhu Mountain, and they can even be said to be all-inclusive. The techniques and methods in them also look simple but are actually complex. It is far from just taking a pen and drawing a few strokes. Of course, although Zhang Yan has now reached a world where he can practice cultivation, because of the Wanxiang Pearl, he can still only choose the most superficial talismans that are "tangible" to draw. Those advanced ones are described as being able to borrow the power of heaven and earth. He is not qualified to try the talisman now.
Finally, Zhang Yan chose two kinds of talismans. One is called "Exorcism Talisman" and the other is called "Spirit Gathering Talisman".
The exorcism talisman is easy to understand. It is a talisman that can be used to drive away evil spirits. What is the specific effect? Zhang Yan remembers a saying in the Longhu Mountain classics: it can make monsters uncomfortable and avoid them.
Zhang Yan's understanding is that it should be similar to the effect between mosquito repellent water and mosquitoes.
The spirit-gathering talisman is not used to deal with monsters, but is something for personal use. It is said that it can make it easier for spiritual energy to gather around the talisman, creating an external environment more suitable for practice and breathing, and the effect of this talisman can be superimposed multiple times.
The most important point is that these two talismans are "tangible" and do not require spiritual assistance or blessing to be effective.
Of course, these are all mentioned in the Longhu Mountain classics. Zhang Yan feels that it remains to be verified whether this is true.
The first thing to draw was the Soul Gathering Talisman. After finishing the drawing, Zhang Yan blew away the water stains and placed it close to his body while watching the bustling dog "tsk-tsk". At the same time, he felt the effect of this talisman.
"Huh?! It really works!"
After a week of breathing, although the little bit of spiritual energy that finally formed was sucked away by the Wanxiang Pearl on his chest, Zhang Yan still noticed the difference between wearing the Soul Gathering Talisman and before wearing it.
"It seems a little easier than before?"
To put it bluntly, the art of breathing in and out is to use breathing to filter spiritual energy. Now that Zhang Yan feels that it is easier to filter spiritual energy, the only possibility is that the concentration of spiritual energy around him has increased, which means that the spirit gathering talisman has taken effect.
This requires continued comparison, so Zhang Yan drew a second soul-gathering talisman, dried the water stains and placed it close to his body, and then continued sensing.
"Sure enough! This spirit-gathering talisman is really effective!" If the first spirit-gathering talisman gave Zhang Yan a "very subtle" feeling, then the superimposed effect of the second spirit-gathering talisman was already "subtle but perceptible".
The spirit-gathering talisman is effective, so it makes no sense that the evil-exorcism talisman with the same threshold is ineffective. So Zhang Yan drew another evil talisman for himself.
After finishing the painting, Zhang Yan thought for a while and asked the flower dog next to him: "Brother, do you want a piece of paper to keep you safe?"
"I have one. Your sister-in-law prepared it for you and brought it with you in your underwear. You can keep that thing for yourself." Hua Gou smiled. He originally wanted one. After all, people who lick blood on the battlefield are very important to " The word "peace" always brings psychological comfort that cannot be refused. But when Hua Gou saw Zhang Yan's so-called "safety card", he immediately lost any thought of comfort.
What were you painting? The mess is neither words nor pictures, just lines that are barely regular. This thing has nothing to do with "peace".
Simply unreliable! He felt that Zhang Yan was playing tricks on him. But as soon as he thought about it, Hua Gou felt relieved again. What a lunatic, don’t lunatics just do such inexplicable and crazy things? Forget it, expecting a lunatic to do anything serious is insane.
Seeing that the flower dog sneered at his talisman, Zhang Yan didn't know what to say.
The last five thin pieces of wood were painted with talismans, one to exorcise evil spirits and four to gather spirits. Coupled with the "Golden Light Divine Curse" and "Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Curse", Zhang Yan felt that as long as he was careful, he should be able to survive for a long time in the battle of attacking and defending the city wall.
Zhang Yan carefully put away the remaining cinnabar. This thing still works.
Later in the evening, Zhang Yan returned to the tent after changing his guard, had a meal and began to meditate.
In the eyes of people on the outside, this is completely the weird behavior of a madman. The legs are twisted and crossed, the upper body is straight, and the hands are placed on both sides with the palms facing up... The curious people tried Zhang Yan's action and felt uncomfortable all over, so they laughed and joked a few words and then stopped. Pay attention.
As for why no one teases or bullies Zhang Yan, who behaves weirdly, it’s easy to understand. If it were you, would you bully a lunatic who can kill demon soldiers? If he goes crazy and kills you as a demon soldier, who will you ask to reason with?
Zhang Yan didn't care about what others thought about him. A madman would be a madman, but it gave him peace of mind. Now with the blessing of the four spirit-gathering talismans, he felt that the efficiency of his breathing technique to screen spiritual energy was more than 50% higher than at the beginning! But the spiritual energy generated failed to stay in his Dantian in the end, and was completely absorbed by the Wanxiang Pearl.
