After the mind-reading cripple junior sister, the entire sect rose to prominence.

Chapter 20 was praised.
After spending two days with Meng Ling, Mo Jiuwei was taken away by Hu Jiu again.

The others in the sect didn't seem to have any objections and just watched with amusement as Mo Jiuwei was taken away by Hu Jiu. Only Chen Lan frowned and said, "Don't drink these next few days, or you'll offend our Jiuwei's breath."

Hu Jiu grinned, "I know, I know. I bathed and burned incense a day in advance. Look, even my clothes are brand new."

Mo Jiuwei: ?

【ha? 】

Does this mean that he was already prepared to take me away before today?

[Who are these people? How did they manage to arrange everything for me so meticulously?]

Everyone felt a little awkward.

"You guys are really something. If you're going to learn a skill, then you have to make Jiuwei come with you." Liu Feng's eyes flashed, and then he made a strange gesture.

"Uncle-Master, we... just find learning the art tedious and boring, so we thought it would be much easier to have our lovely junior sister with us. Otherwise, we'd probably have a hard time continuing our studies!" Hu Jiu said with a smile.

Du Yue quickly nodded, "Yes, every time I get tired of studying, just looking at my junior sister makes it feel less unbearable."

“That’s right, everything is difficult at the beginning, especially these first few days of learning. If it weren’t for my junior sister, I really might not have been able to persevere, let alone succeed.” Meng Ling gave a thumbs up. “So the reason we were able to succeed is all thanks to our junior sister!”

"Yes, it's all thanks to Jiuwei!"

"Junior Sister Jiuwei deserves a lot of credit!"

The three nodded in approval.

They had wanted to say this to Mo Jiuwei for a long time, but they never had the chance.

Now is a good time to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to my junior sister.

Mo Jiuwei felt embarrassed.

"Uh, I'm just a kid, how could I possibly help? They're so kind... I wanted to help, but I just couldn't right now."

After following Hu Jiu to his cave, Mo Jiuwei saw a table full of his failed talismans.

【My goodness, what is this?】

Is this a table full of scribbles?

[Was it really not something he scribbled on while drunk?]

When Mo Jiuwei saw these "talismans," she was somewhat bewildered, because they were drawn so hastily that even she couldn't recognize half of them.

Hu Jiu blushed slightly. "You see them, don't you? These are all my recent practice pieces, cough, works made after drinking..."

After drinking and getting into the mood, regardless of whether it succeeded or not, they just went up and started scribbling randomly.

I must say, it was quite cathartic; I felt really refreshed after finishing the drawing!
Uh, I'm starting to worry that I might have misjudged him. Maybe he's not actually cut out for talisman making?

Hu Jiu was startled, fearing that Mo Jiuwei would regret it and abandon him, crying and leaving, and then stop teaching him.

It's a miscarriage of justice! It's not that he had a bad attitude towards learning, but rather that self-study is really too difficult. Look at how many people throughout history have truly been able to learn a skill completely on their own and become proficient in it?
The master leads you through the door, but the cultivation is up to you. The prerequisite is that he must be led through the door first! Although he entered the Immortal Sect, he only learned cultivation skills and had never been exposed to any other arts.

Because of several failures, he knew he couldn't learn it on his own, so he gave up for a little while...

If he hadn't wanted to compete with Du Yue and Meng Ling, he wouldn't have been placed last, and he wouldn't have had to wait so many days for Jiu Wei to teach him, having to be taught by them first.

"Junior Sister Jiuwei, you lie here and practice some more. I'm sure I can draw even better then!" Rolling up his sleeves, Hu Jiu was ready to get started. This time he would definitely be more serious and absolutely could not disappoint his junior sister again.

In order to let Mo Jiuwei see the process of writing and point out the problems, Hu Jiu specially prepared a small bed for Mo Jiuwei, which was slightly higher than his own desk.

[Don't start drawing right away. You need to mentally review the runes first to make sure everything is okay before you begin.]

Okay, let's go through it once.

Hu Jiu did as instructed and began to write, but the spiritual energy was cut off after only a few strokes.

Drawing talismans takes the shortest time of all the crafts, but it is also the most difficult because it requires completing the task in one go; once a problem occurs, there is no chance to make amends.

So even though Mo Jiuwei was there watching, before he could even voice his thoughts, his side had already failed.

The most important aspect of talisman making is ensuring that the flow of spiritual energy is completely consistent; it cannot be too fast or too slow, as this will result in uneven distribution of spiritual energy and will inevitably lead to failure.

[Hu Jiu was still too hasty.]

However... it's clear he's talented; his writing flows smoothly and effortlessly, far more so than other beginners.

Hu Jiu was secretly delighted.

He was praised by his junior sister!

This gave him a lot of motivation and dispelled all his frustration. He immediately threw the failed talisman aside and took out a new talisman.

However, this time he did not rush to write. Instead, he silently recited Mo Jiuwei's words and only started writing after confirming that it was okay.

This time he was extra careful, paying close attention to maintaining a consistent speed throughout, but the spiritual energy suddenly broke off when he drew the curved part, turning the talisman paper that was originally surrounded by faint spiritual energy into a piece of waste paper.

"How could this happen? I was being very careful..." he said, puzzled.

"Of course! The bends are the most difficult part of making talismans. Can a carriage travel with the same level of stability on a straight road as it does on a sharp bend?"

There are no shortcuts here. To succeed, you have to practice repeatedly, try to find the right feel for it, and become a seasoned veteran!

However, I know a little trick: you can actually accelerate a bit at the moment of turning, and as long as you're steady enough, you'll succeed.

Of course, you still need to practice more!

Ugh... I'm so sleepy, I'll take a nap first.

Mo Jiuwei had just thought of falling asleep when she lost consciousness and drifted into a sweet dream.

Hu Jiu looked at her with a smile and found that she was sleeping soundly, occasionally moving her little mouth as if she was eating in her dream.

He reached out and covered her with the blanket, his movements very gentle and careful, afraid that he might clumsily wake her up.

After covering it up, Hu Jiu picked up his pen again and began to draw.

His junior sister said that he had to practice more no matter what, so he had to hurry up and learn, otherwise how could he live up to his junior sister's guidance?
Although she herself was unaware of this...

Hu Jiu calmed down and focused intently on making talismans, but every time he tried, it ended in failure.

But he was not affected at all, nor was he discouraged, because he had now discovered that each of his failures would come later than the last!
This shows that he has been making progress, getting better each time.

It's clear that my junior sister was right; this practice method is indeed effective!
(End of this chapter)