I proved immortality with thunder magic.

Leihe Peak has been quite lively lately, with Foundation Establishment cultivators coming to visit Yang Jinsheng, the owner of the cave dwelling, every few days.

This happened so many times that even a menial disciple like Zhou Tai knew that his Uncle-Master Yang Jinsheng was going to hold an "Egg Tasting Competition" to publicly sell the Blue-feathered Thunder Crane eggs he possessed.

Zhou Tai was also instructed to select a few Thunder-patterned Frogs and prepare them to be killed and cooked into a spiritual dish to entertain distinguished guests after the "Egg Tasting Competition" was held.

"With Uncle Yang making such a grand entrance, it seems those eggs are far more valuable than I imagined!"

He sighed inwardly, a look of longing appearing in his eyes.

Being in a sect like Spirit Beast Mountain, he was easily influenced and wanted to raise his own spirit pet, preferably a spirit bird that could carry him in flight.

However, while buying spirit bird eggs is easy, raising spirit birds is not.

It usually takes more than ten years for a spirit bird to grow from hatching to being able to carry people and fly, and it also needs to be fed some spirit food every now and then.

Moreover, once you raise a spirit bird, you have to buy a spirit beast bag, which is another considerable expense.

Zhou Tai had carefully calculated this, and concluded that before he drew the Thunder Talisman, it would have been impossible for him to afford to raise the spirit bird.

A dozen days later, the "Egg Tasting Conference" was held as scheduled, with as many as twenty or thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators attending, making Leihe Peak very lively.

But this excitement had nothing to do with Zhou Tai.

Yang Jinsheng had already contacted the sect's general affairs hall and asked for more than a dozen beautiful female disciples to serve as maids, so there was no need for Zhou Tai and his men to serve them.

His only contribution to the conference was to lure out a few pre-selected thunder-patterned frogs so that Qi Yuntao could catch them and personally deliver them to the venue for slaughter.

Although he couldn't go to the scene, he had his own channels to obtain intelligence.

Two weeks later, when he met with Aaron Kwok to make a deal, he learned about the general situation of the "Egg Tasting Conference" from the other party.

According to Aaron Kwok, Yang Jinsheng put up two eggs for auction this time, and it was done through a blind auction.

Few people know exactly what items were traded in the end.

However, even when Foundation Establishment cultivators offered second-tier high-grade magic weapons, they were unable to win the bid.

You should know that a second-tier high-grade magic weapon would be worth at least 20,000 low-grade spirit stones if sold!

This clearly shows just how much benefit Yang Jinsheng gained this time!

Even so, Zhou Tai waited month after month, but ultimately received no reward.

"In the end, it was all just wishful thinking on my part!"

He sighed inwardly and completely gave up on the idea.

He had long known that meritorious service does not necessarily bring rewards, but when faced with such a situation, it was impossible not to feel disappointed.

"Let's focus on drawing talismans properly. It's more realistic to get rich through our own hard work than to rely on others' charity!"

Zhou Tai clenched his fist slightly, quickly adjusting his emotions.

After he was able to increase the success rate of "hemostatic talisman" and "message talisman" to nearly 50%, one of the most obvious benefits was that he could obtain more talisman-drawing resources every year.

Since he can earn spirit stones by drawing talismans, he can use the spirit stones he earns to buy more talisman-drawing resources for his practice.

The more resources he has available for drawing talismans, the more it helps him improve his talisman-drawing skills, gradually forming a virtuous cycle.

One day, as agreed beforehand, Zhou Tai once again took the magic talismans he had accumulated and went outside the mountain to meet and trade with Aaron Kwok.

"Junior Brother Zhou, you've accumulated quite a few Fire Serpent Talismans this time. It seems your talisman-drawing success rate has improved again!"

Inside a wooden cabin in the mountains, Aaron Kwok looked at Zhou Tai with surprise after examining the talisman Zhou Tai handed him.

The two of them traded once every three months, so no one knew better than him how fast Zhou Tai's talisman-making skills were improving.

The last time the two made a deal, Zhou Tai's success rate was significantly lower than it is now.

Faced with Aaron Kwok's surprise, Zhou Tai simply nodded slightly and said, "There has been some improvement. Give me another six months, and I should be able to reach more than 30%."

His success rate has now increased to 20%, and it will be difficult to increase it by another 10% in six months, but it is not impossible.

As Zhou Tai progressed further in the art of talisman drawing, he developed his own understanding of it.

According to his own understanding, this skill is actually the same as other skills in the mortal world; it is something that can be mastered through practice. As long as you have a lot of time and materials to practice, the success rate will gradually increase.

It's just that those with talent can improve faster, while those with average talent need more time to hone their skills.

Of course, this kind of practice makes perfect has its limits; at a higher level, talent is still the most important factor.

Just like an ordinary painter can copy the works of various masters, but even if he copies them for a lifetime, he will hardly become a true master.

Upon hearing Zhou Tai's answer, Aaron Kwok was even more surprised and couldn't help but exclaim, "If you can achieve a 30% success rate, Junior Brother Zhou, you'll truly have a firm foothold in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tai immediately cupped his hands in a gesture of respect and said, "This is all thanks to Senior Brother Guo's support."

Aaron Kwok waved his hands repeatedly and said, "It's because Junior Brother Zhou has talent. With the resources I gave you, an untalented talisman maker probably wouldn't even be able to achieve half of your progress. Now I'm increasingly convinced that you can draw thunder talismans!"

Towards the end, his tone became more wistful.

He genuinely didn't think much of Zhou Tai before, otherwise he wouldn't have refused to take any risks.

After all, if lightning talismans were really that easy to draw, then they wouldn't be so rare and precious in the cultivation world.

It should be noted that although there are few cultivators with the Thunder Spirit Root, major cultivation sects like Spirit Beast Mountain can usually recruit one or two every time they open their gates.

However, among the cultivators with thunder spirit roots in Spirit Beast Mountain, only a handful are currently capable of creating thunder talismans.

This shows how difficult it is to make a thunder talisman!

However, Zhou Tai's talent for drawing talismans has made Aaron Kwok feel a sense of anticipation.

If Zhou Tai can really draw the Thunder Talisman, then he has truly struck gold!

However, after hearing his words of reflection, Zhou Tai looked disappointed and said, "It seems that Senior Brother Guo still doesn't trust me enough!"

"Junior Brother Zhou, please don't be angry. Let me explain slowly!"

Aaron Kwok waved his hand and immediately began to explain the difficulties in making the thunder talisman.

"Junior Brother Zhou, you may not know this, but the difficulty in making thunder talismans is not entirely related to the skill of drawing talismans, but also to the control of the power of thunder."

"Generally speaking, it is very difficult for Qi Refining stage cultivators to control and wield the power of lightning, even for those with lightning spirit roots."

"Only after successfully establishing the foundation and greatly enhancing one's spiritual consciousness and magical power can one gain control over and master the power of lightning, and hopefully create lightning talismans."

"Furthermore, as far as I know, even if a Foundation Establishment cultivator can create a thunder talisman, they can only create one with power far below their own cultivation level. Those Foundation Establishment cultivators who can create second-tier thunder talismans have a status comparable to a Grandmaster of the Purple Mansion realm!"

He originally didn't believe Zhou Tai could succeed, so he naturally wouldn't have said these things, but now it was necessary to give Zhou Tai some reminders in advance.

Upon hearing his reminder, Zhou Tai's expression turned serious, and he seemed to be deep in thought.

With Zhou Tai's current talisman-making skills, he was certainly able to understand the meaning of what Guo Fucheng had just said.

When he draws talismans now, he can already feel the conflict between the cultivator's magical power attribute and the talisman.

For example, he would almost never try to draw spells with the attributes of water and earth, because his lightning magic was difficult to harmonize with these two attributes.

In contrast, wood-attribute spells and fire-attribute talismans are more compatible with his lightning-attribute magic power, significantly increasing the success rate of his talisman-drawing.

In this process, the talisman ink is the most important.

He drew "hemostatic talismans," and added spiritual herbs and objects with hemostatic effects, such as "blood-clotting grass," to the ink of the talismans.

He drew the "Fire Serpent Talisman," and added fire-attribute demonic beast blood and fire-attribute spirit ore powder to the talisman ink.

If he wants to draw thunder talismans in the future, in addition to special talisman paper that can bear the power of thunder, he will also need specially made talisman ink that contains the power of thunder.

In order for him to successfully draw the talisman, the first thing he needs to do is to control the lightning power contained in the talisman ink.

Seeing that Zhou Tai seemed to have heeded his advice, Aaron Kwok was quite pleased.

Seeing that Zhou Tai remained silent, he assumed that his words had put too much pressure on him, so he continued to comfort him, "Junior Brother Zhou, don't be anxious. We have plenty of time. I think you can first improve your cultivation level. If you can reach the late stage of Qi Refining, you might be able to try making a mid-grade first-tier thunder talisman!"

Right, divine sense!

Zhou Tai's eyes lit up as he suddenly remembered something he had almost overlooked.

His spiritual sense is far stronger than that of other cultivators of the same level, which is one of the reasons why his talisman-drawing skills are improving so rapidly.

Aaron Kwok said that only Foundation Establishment cultivators can somewhat control the power of lightning, probably mainly because Foundation Establishment cultivators have strong divine sense.

Thinking of this, he immediately looked at Aaron Kwok and asked, "Senior Brother Kwok, you are a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, right? I wonder how far you can detect if you release your divine sense at full power?"

"Why are you asking this out of the blue, Junior Brother Zhou?"

Aaron Kwok looked at Zhou Tai with some surprise, not understanding his intention.

Zhou Tai naturally couldn't explain the real reason, so he could only casually say, "Just think of it as me being curious."

"Alright, it's not a big secret, I'll grant your wish."

Aaron Kwok shook his head and immediately said in a low voice, "I am at the eighth level of the Qi Refining stage, and my divine sense can now extend two zhang and three chi outwards."

Isn't that about the same as me?

Zhou Tai's eyes flickered slightly, and he was secretly pleased.

Although he knew that his spiritual sense was far stronger than that of his peers, he never expected that it would be a whole realm stronger.

If Aaron Kwok's previous words were correct, wouldn't he already have the conditions to draw the Thunder Talisman?

Thinking of this, he offered a slightly insincere compliment, saying, "Senior Brother Guo is truly amazing. It seems I really need to consider improving my cultivation level more!"