Immortality and cultivation: Heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable.

"It failed!"

With the final stroke, the runes dissipated; the beginner-level talisman-making skill was still insufficient.

Lu Wenyi breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. If Jiang Shi could make the talisman successfully on the first try, wouldn't his skill level be even higher than his?

"Alright, no need to try anymore. Your talisman-making skills have reached the basics." Master Li walked up to Jiang Shi and looked at him with admiration.

"You come from the common courtyard, who is your master?" Master Li asked. Coming from the common courtyard, yet possessing such skill in talisman making, one must have a master.

"My master is the steward of the Lin family compound," Jiang Shi said respectfully.

"Manager Lin?" Upon hearing the surname Lin, Master Li immediately thought of someone.

There was only one manager surnamed Lin in the tenement.

"I never expected you to be his disciple." Master Li looked at Jiang Shi with a complicated expression.

Manager Lin has a terrible reputation; he is greedy and ruthless.

Many people in the Qingyun Sect disliked him.

Master Li is one of them.

However, Master Li was not someone who couldn't distinguish right from wrong; he disliked Steward Lin, but that was all he did.

They won't take their anger out on Jiang Shi because of this.

"It seems that the man surnamed Lin treats you well, and he's even providing you with resources to learn how to make talismans."

Master Li misunderstood Jiang Shi, thinking that he had already mastered the art of talisman making with the help of Manager Lin.

He never imagined that a cultivator who started as a menial disciple could learn to make talismans with just one glance.

Jiang Shi didn't reply; he lowered his head and tacitly acknowledged the matter.

Just keep a low profile and complete your contribution tasks; there's no need to reveal your destiny too much.

"Alright, now that you've mastered the basics of talisman making, you no longer need to study in this talisman-making hall."

"Go and collect your talisman-making tools for this month. You need to submit fifty first-tier spirit talismans to the talisman-making hall every month."

"Wenyi, take him to get it."

"And remember, you are not allowed to come to this talisman-making hall except to hand in the talisman."

After Master Li finished speaking, he waved his hand, signaling Jiang Shi to leave quickly.

Master Li originally thought Jiang Shi's talisman-making skills were quite good and was thinking of training him, but he never expected that this kid was actually Manager Lin's disciple.

Although Master Li wouldn't make things difficult for Jiang Shi, there was no need for him to go to the trouble of training him.

After all, he was just a low-level first-grade talisman master.

Lu Wenyi led Jiang Shi out the door.

Jiang Shi readily accepted the fact that he would no longer need to come to the talisman-making hall.

Given his certain destiny, it would be more convenient for him to make talismans at home.

There's no need to see these scions of noble families again.

"My name is Lu Wenyi." Lu Wenyi took the initiative to make friends and started a conversation with Jiang Shi.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Lu. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Jiang Shi noticed that Lu Wenyi and Lu Wenxiu looked very similar, and thought that the two must be brothers.

Both brothers have good personalities, unlike Liang Yunlei.

"I wonder how long Junior Brother Jiang has been learning talisman making? I've only just begun after three months of study," Lu Wenyi asked tentatively.

However, he was young, straightforward, and lacked cunning, so he immediately revealed his true colors.

"Three months?! Senior Brother Lu is terrifying. I've been studying talisman making for a year, and I've only just barely gotten the hang of it."

"I see that Senior Brother Lu has the potential to become a grandmaster of talisman making."

"No, no. Hahahaha." Lu Wenyi had never heard such praise before, and he beamed with joy.

They relaxed their vigilance towards Jiang Shi.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Shi realized that this person was not a bad person.

He deliberately tried to befriend them along the way, constantly praising them.

Only by making many friends will you have few enemies.

We arrived at the place where we could obtain the talisman tools.

"Junior Brother Jiang, this ordinary rat-hair brush is very difficult to use. Here, I have a rabbit-hair brush here. It's easy to circulate spiritual energy and it won't break even after a long time. This one is for you."

Lu Wenyi took out a pure white, exquisitely crafted spirit pen from his storage bag at his waist and handed it to Jiang Shi.

"I'm so sorry." Jiang Shi said apologetically, but his hand directly took the rabbit hair brush from him.

"Thank you very much, Senior Brother Lu."

"You're welcome. This is just for my practice. I have more than a dozen at home."

Lu Wenyi was still a teenager and lacked shrewdness.

In addition to the magic brush, Jiang Shi also received cinnabar and a set of talisman paper containing one hundred sheets.

Of these one hundred talismans, at least fifty will be of the lowest grade one.

After saying goodbye to Lu Wenyi, Jiang Shi returned to his place.

After eating, he began to concentrate on making talismans.

[Proficiency +1, Proficiency +1]

[First-Rank Talisman Crafting: Beginner (45/500)]

His talisman-making skills continued to improve.

Three days passed, and all one hundred talismans were used up.

[First-Rank Talisman Crafting: Minor Success (35/1000)]

These one hundred talisman papers directly raised his talisman-making skills to the minor level.

His success rate in creating first-grade low-level spirit talismans is now 30%.

The success rate of crafting a first-grade intermediate spirit talisman is 10%.

"Once my talisman-making skills reach perfection, can't I make top-grade first-rank spirit talismans?"

Jiang Shi thought to himself that the path of cultivating immortality requires wealth, companions, methods, and location.

The Six Arts of Immortal Cultivation are the means by which he can acquire a great deal of wealth and resources.

Therefore, he attached great importance to learning how to make talismans.

The Qingyun Sect is controlled by scions of powerful families. He was born into a menial background, and when he breaks through to the Foundation Establishment stage, he will definitely be targeted by the higher-ups of the Qingyun Sect.

By then, even if they survive, they will likely lose their freedom.

Manager Lin must have some ulterior motive.

Beset by both internal and external troubles, Jiang Shi will certainly not consider Qingyun Sect as a place to settle down and make a living in the future.

Once he breaks through the seventh level of Qi Refining and reaches the late stage of Qi Refining, he will find a better cultivation method and then seize the opportunity to escape from Qingyun Sect.

He possesses a destiny where "heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable," meaning his cultivation has no bottlenecks and he can break through without needing Foundation Establishment Pills.

When I break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, I will have the ability to protect myself even as a rogue cultivator.

Thinking of this, Jiang Shi got up and picked up the talisman he had made over the past three days.

There are a total of fifteen first-grade lower-level water shield talismans.

He kept five for himself.

He took ten bills and went out.

Upon arriving at the Talisman Crafting Hall, Jiang Shi first submitted the ten Water Shield Talismans.

He earned a total of ten contribution points, which were recorded on his small stone tablet.

You can use contribution points to trade with small stone tablets.

Then Jiang Shi received four hundred talismans.

With the ten first-grade low-level spirit talismans he submitted this time, the talisman-making hall was convinced of his skill level.

You can get so many here; otherwise, newcomers could only get a maximum of one hundred at a time.

Jiang Shi had just returned to the courtyard when a familiar figure stood in front of Jiang Shi's house.

Jiang Shi looked and was surprised to see that it was Lin Yanyi.

"Senior Sister Lin," Jiang Shi greeted her.

"Talisman paper? It seems you have a talent for talisman making," Lin Yanyi said.

His tone carried a hint of inquiry.

Jiang Shi didn't know what Lin Yanyi's purpose was, so he could only nod in agreement.

He dared not say more, for fear that he might say something wrong and reveal something.

Lin Yanyi stared at Jiang Shi, trying to discern something from him.

Why does his father care about him so much? What is so special about him?