Fairy Eye

Han Lin asked, "Do you have any talismans?"

Han Lin has run out of talisman paper from the Hundred Treasures Hall, and he doesn't want to return to the sect for the time being. He plans to make some mid-level spirit talismans instead.

"I have talismans, I have them! How many do you want?" The old man nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

"Um, how much is a dozen?"

"One spirit stone equals eighty sheets."

"Eighty sheets?"

Han Lin frowned. This price was indeed much more expensive than that of Guiyuan Sect. One spirit stone from Guiyuan Sect could buy almost a dozen or so of them.

However, he was too lazy to care about such a small difference and immediately bought three spirit stones from the other party.

Seeing that Han Lin was so straightforward, the old man gave him ten talismans, which was equivalent to three spirit stones and two hundred and fifty talismans.

After the transaction was completed, Han Lin didn't have anything else to buy, but the old man took the initiative to promote his purchases.

They talked about all sorts of magical talismans, mystical artifacts, and secret books, making it sound incredibly impressive.

However, the prices were not cheap overall, and Han Lin thought that he already had two good Xuan weapons, so he was reluctant to spend spirit stones.

However, books about secrets piqued his interest, so he spent a spirit stone to buy a copy of "The Secret Records of the Nine Provinces".

It is said that this book not only records the world's structure and many strange and wonderful events, but also contains a lot of knowledge about cultivation.

It is an indispensable and valuable book for practitioners to broaden their knowledge.

After buying the Nine Provinces Secret Records, Han Lin, persuaded by the old man, also bought three bamboo hats. He didn't want to buy so many, but they were so cheap—three hats for one spirit stone. If he didn't buy them all, the old man wouldn't have any change.

After finishing, the old man wanted to continue his sales pitch, but Han Lin didn't give him the chance at all. He made an excuse to come back another day and left the shop directly.

The old man felt a pang of frustration, staring at Han Lin's retreating figure and muttering to himself.

"Mid-grade storage bags are not common. Could this guy have killed some big shot from one of the three major gangs?"

"Whatever, once the storage bag is in my hands, it's mine! What can the three major gangs do?"

Suddenly remembering something, the old man smiled, used his inner energy to clean away the blood on the surface, and then put it into a hidden compartment.

the other side.

After leaving Jubaolou, Han Lin did not look for a place to stay. Instead, he took advantage of the darkness and turned into a small alley.

Then he quietly left Qingyun Town and returned to the cave on the outskirts of Yandang Mountain.

Including the spirit stones he obtained from selling resources, he already had over 170. Han Lin immediately began cultivating using the Heavenly Realm.

By the morning of the third day, Han Lin had refined one hundred spirit stones, and as expected, he successfully cleared a level.

Such a refining speed is indeed terrifying, but Han Lin is not satisfied.

Currently, only four of the twenty checkpoints in the fifth Qi Meridian have been cleared, and it is unknown when all of them will be cleared to enter the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Looking at the remaining seventy-odd spirit stones, Han Lin stopped cultivating and put them away.

Then he took out a small wooden table, placed it on the ground, and began making talismans.

This time, he plans to make some mid-level spirit talismans, specifically the Golden Knife Talisman.

The production method is the same as before: first draw the sealing runes, and then seal the Golden Knife Technique inside.

It's just that the materials used will be of a higher grade.

For example, the beast blood must be of intermediate grade, and the spell must be at least of low-grade yellow grade.

In addition, because this time the sealed spell is a metal-based spell, the sealing rune page is no longer a fire lock pattern, but a gold lock pattern.

Han Lin had never drawn the Golden Lock Pattern before, and this was his first attempt, so he was a little rusty. However, with the help of the Heavenly Eye, he quickly adapted.

"What's going on? The runes are so smooth, why is the failure rate so high?" After a while, Han Lin frowned deeply.

Although the golden lock pattern he drew was quite perfect, he still failed repeatedly when it came to actually sealing the Golden Knife Technique.

Han Lin was completely baffled, so he took out "Huang's Insights on Talisman Making" and looked through it again and again. Finally, he found some possible answers in it.

He believed that the high failure rate was due to the problem of impurities in the beast blood, but the most important reason was the problem with the runes.

It's not about the perfection of the rune inscription.

The problem lies with the runes themselves.

It's like this: if you perfectly replicate a broken bowl that's already full of cracks, it still won't be able to hold water.

In other words, the golden lock pattern passed down in the Huang family's talisman-making manual is not very good to begin with.

It's fine for making low-grade talismans, but the sealing effect will be greatly reduced when it's upgraded to mid-grade.

Unless he can find a higher-level sealing rune than the one in "Huang's Talisman Making Manual" or improve the quality of his blood essence, he can only endure the current tragic success rate.

Han Lin used up all 250 talisman papers, and only succeeded in making 12 Golden Knife Talismans. In other words, his success rate was less than 5%.

This is even with the help of his all-seeing eye.

If it were someone else, using the gold lock pattern from "Huang's Talisman Making Experience," they probably wouldn't even have a one percent chance of succeeding.

"Sigh, such a low success rate is truly pathetic. I wonder how much each of these Golden Knife Talismans can actually sell for."

Han Lin thought to himself and decided to try selling it sometime. If he could recoup his investment, it would be worth continuing.

If we can't even recoup our costs, then there's really no point in continuing to produce mid-grade spirit talismans.

After all, mid-level demonic beasts are not easy to kill, and their blood is quite rare. Rather than going to great lengths to make spirit talismans, it's more practical to just sell the beast blood directly.

It was now afternoon.

Han Lin put away his talisman-making tools and then took out the book "The Secret Records of the Nine Provinces" and began to read it.

The book is truly rich and colorful. Han Lin felt as if he had been enlightened. The more he read, the more he felt that he had opened the door to a new world.

Previously, his understanding of the world was almost entirely limited to Zhuxi Village and Guiyuan Sect.

Only after seeing this did he realize...

I realized just how narrow my perspective had been before.

According to the Records of the Nine Provinces, this world can be divided into several vast landmasses.

First and foremost is the Tianyuan Continent beneath his feet.

Also known as Tianyuan Jiuzhou.

This giant landmass is mainly composed of three parts: Kyushu, plus the Southern Frontier, the Northern Plains, and the Western Desert.

The nine provinces are Ningzhou, Liangzhou, Cangzhou, Lanzhou, Yunzhou, Yizhou, Qingzhou, Jinzhou, and Jingzhou.

Even the smallest state is two or three hundred thousand miles wide.

Let alone ordinary mortals, even a Qi Refining cultivator like Han Lin might not be able to explore it all in his lifetime.

Han Lin was born in Jingzhou, which is located in the southeast of the Kyushu map.

To the north of Jingzhou lies Ningzhou, to the northwest Yunzhou, and to the south borders the Southern Frontier, known for its vast mountains.

It is said that the Southern Frontier is a place of thousands of peaks and valleys, where the human race does not thrive, and where poisonous insects and demonic beasts gather, as well as where witchcraft and sorcery are practiced. Therefore, no orthodox sects cultivate here.

However, some malicious and wicked people regard it as paradise.

Among them, the "Rebellious Immortal Alliance," which is deeply hated by the righteous alliance "Heavenly Dao Alliance," is said to be hiding in the deep mountains of the southern border...

"This book is so novel and rich in content. I'm a little dizzy from receiving so much knowledge at once. It's getting late, let's go back to Qingyun Town and see how much a mid-level spirit talisman can sell for."

Seeing that it was getting late, Han Lin put away the books, put on a straw hat, and headed towards Qingyun Town.