Chapter 26
Jun De and Jia Wei just turned 18 this year the two in the late stage of Qi refining , and mid class in their own side profession
Jia Wei practiced talisman and Taoism to cultivate her mind and perfect her talisman
Jun De practice refining and forging , the two were quasi-genius when they were born but with the resource Lin Sheng left them for their infancy, they became genius
Although a small word of difference in cultivation in the long time the gap is a lot bigger
Jun De also practice the sword , after all it was his master greatest strength, and Lin Sheng was his idol
He heard a lot of stories about Lin Sheng from His Feng, a social animal . Since then he decided to become a powerful swordsman and a blacksmith to repay his master someday
As for Jia Wei , since young she discovered closeness to Taoism , after 10 years she had a small base in Taoism
Her temperament became gentler and her manner seemed more graceful . It for perfectly with her water spirit root a good match
The two now in competition with each other , their path are always similar . Jia Wei breakthrough first in talisman, Jun De followed her just behind
Jun De broke through Qi refining late stage first , Jia Wei follows not long after him
With the years they become really popular in the sect , they did a lot of competition about forging , talisman and fighting competition .
10 years later , they broke through together to the foundation building. Now the novice stage passed they were ready to do the trial made by Lin Sheng
Jia Wei , the first thing she had to do was to explain the talisman profession in simple words .
Talisman is similar to formation in somes ways the two use the heaven and hearth as the core but the talisman needs 3 things to start .
A good brush , the ink made from monster blood mixed with cinnabar and the paper of the talisman, made of hide of various monsters
It cost a lot more than formation at the beginning. But the effects are just as varied
Talisman could be made with the five elements as the core or thunder or even void .
After all a talisman could be used for almost everything, we could store a spell in a talisman , and since they are almost infinite spells of low level the possibilities were enormous
Like a cleaning spell , fireball , golden sword , Earth barrier , Wood concealing, water repelling talisman
More exotic and rare talisman that could store powerful attacks , thunder or void for teleporting
Talisman were also used for sealing , after all when a plant or spirit herbs are ripe their medical energy will begin to dissipate so they placed them in various box with a sealing talisman to keep them for a longer time
Talisman need to be made with extreme concentration, it puts a huge strain on mana and the spirit/soul
You need to use a brush to engrave a symbol on the paper talisman without the slightest deviations otherwise the paper and ink are destroyed and you need to start again after a small pause to recover the mana and spirit you just used
The spirit is important to help control your mana more precisely and pinpoint the way you need to trace with your brush
Talisman can be used with just a trace of mana , so there is a small chance of killing a foundation building as a Qi refining with a second order late stage talisman
Why not the third stage ? Your mana is simply not enough , normally you can activate a talisman 1 whole level higher than your current cultivation
Special talisman could be used at any realm , like an escaped talisman or a talisman made specifically for this but they are rare
While Jia Wei accepted her master's trial it was at the turn of Jun De to enter his own
The first test was the same , what if refining/forging ? In simple terms , with various ores or suitable treasure of heaven and heart
We can forge weapons or tools , it could be a sword , armor , flying boat , formation plates and flags , cauldron , hammer ,
To begin in need a complete forge , similar to the mortal one . The beginning is similar to alchemist, you need to purify the impurities and melt the various ores with fire before mixing them at a certain ratio for the desired effects
For example on a sword , we could make it sharp , harder , faster , or have various elements more pronounced than others like a sharp fire sword
After mixing them to the right proportions , you need to use a hammer to expulsé the remaining impurities until it's almost done
After , you mold the desired object and place in in water to make it solid and permanent
Forging is taxing on the body and mana after all the fire is augmented with your mana and the tempering of the ores is made with the physical strength
Now the 1st stage passed they needed to make male various talisman and swords , armor or tools mix with the five elements
After Lin Sheng is not omnipotent, he could only use the five elements for talisman and ores of the five elements, the rest is out of is way
His peak is not named the five elements peak for no reason . Five elements are more abundant and materials or plants of this type are a lot
After another 30 years of hard labor they were all in the foundation building peak realm and their professions followed right behind . Jun De understanding of metal also made a huge leap forward
Although their experiences are similar, the results are not the same , so their preparation for golden core Realm needs to be a lot different
Jia Wei needed to cultivate on the sea and practiced her mind with Taoism after that she needed to go into the mortal realm for exchange with famous Taoists masters . Although mortals, their insight could be precious for her
As for Jun De now his personality is more direct and forthright. He needed to battle cultivator of the same realm without defeat for a while to boost his confidence for a breakthrough
After all his master is invincible in the same realm, why can't he , Jun De
He decided to called all the inner disciples and the true disciples in the foundation building realm for a battle
One at a time , he will start with inner disciples and then true disciples .
After forging his invincible heart he will breakthrough
It's a dangerous way to think , his sister Jia Wei advise him to take another way since it was too dangerous
After all if you fail to win a single match , your Dao heart will be cracked or even broken which will make the breakthrough almost impossible
Jun De refused to listen and was really stubborn , feeling his determination she decided to let him go
And she went her own way towards the mortal realm .
After Jun De challenge all the foundation building peak to a duel in the arena , it brought a lot of attention to him
Some thought he was too arrogant and some praised him for his bravery
8 of them responded, and after 3 days of fighting, he won them all . His spirit now has a trace of invincibility but not nearly enough
He them challenge the 4 true disciples in the same realm with half a month of rest between each fight
The first one was against a sword cultivator just like him , it was a difficult fight and he won with medium injuries
He review his fight and prepare for half a month later for the second one
He perfected his fighting style little by little
The second one was a woman specialized in illusions . This fight was a lot more deadly for him since his soul was his small weakness but he still won at the end with major injuries
He postponed the fight for 3 month later which was not rejected , after all , cultivators have their own pride and winning an injured opponent is not glorious
His third opponent was a spell master ,
Although the opponent was weaker than him , he still evaded all his attacks and used various spells to disturb him , only after 3 hours of fighting when Jun De almost could not hold on
The opponent had no mana left and had to concede defeat
Another half a month later , he was ready for his last and most difficult opponent . A man with a powerful body and mana .
This was his most difficult fight but he finally won with his courage to fight to the death and won by a hair
He was taken to the infirmary to be healed and then he was back to the five elements peak to review his battles
5 years latter his spirit was at its peak and he broke through with success in one go
Now he only needed to perfect his forging/refining to the third level
Jia Wei just finished her Taoism battles against a lot of Taoist priest
She also felt the grandness of water and Taoism , her breakthrough was also without obstacles , her talisman also needed to be perfected . She needed 2-3 more years to directly engraved the talisman in the void with only her mana and spirit
It means that I'm the future when you are proficient in a certain talisman you could draw it directly in the void .