Chapter 224: Studying Runes
The next day, Ye Xing had only three apprentices, and he followed a formal disciple named Xiao Zong to learn to draw talismans. The other apprentice who was coming did not appear, so he probably wouldn't come.
Ye Xing is new, so Xiao Zong asked Ye Xing to copy the simplest runes, while the two apprentices learned more advanced runes.
Runes are very similar to words, but they look messy and twisted. They are completely graffiti for children. Runes are actually not words, but a way to store and release true energy.
Generally speaking, runes have little to do with the creator's spiritual roots, but they also have a lot to do with it. It will only be very related when making high-level talismans.
For example, Ye Xing showed that he was a monk with wood spirit roots. Although he could learn all runes, he could only make wood-attribute talismans, because after making talismans, he had to fill the true energy of the corresponding attributes to truly succeed.
A person with wood attribute can also refine fire attribute talismans, but cannot fill the fire attribute true qi into the talismans. Therefore, ordinary talisman makers only refine talismans, but will not input true qi. The user has pre-entered the talismans.
Some talismans require multiple attributes to be combined to work. This advanced talisman generally requires multiple people to cooperate to make it, because most of the time, a person only has one spiritual root attribute of true qi.
The learning of runes does not distinguish between attributes. You only need to learn the drawing method and the true qi running rules represented by these drawing methods. You can draw any type of runes, but you may not be able to produce corresponding talismans.
On the first day, Ye Xing drew a daytime painting and copied runes with a brush on white paper. It was a rune. He practiced more than a thousand times, but he was still not very skilled. In order not to waste paper, Ye Xing later drew on the ground.
Every time you practice, you have to focus on studying all the details and then imitate them. This process is actually very tiring and exhausting. This is just the simplest rune.
According to Xiao Zong, there can be countless runes, but the simple basic runes are 108, and then the complex runes are actually combinations or variants of simple runes.
In other words, the combination of 108 simple runes can design countless groups, and then countless changes can be generated. Therefore, runes are actually a set of methods of running, preserving, and stimulating the combination of true qi.
Ye Xing only practiced a simple wood spiritual energy instantly to stimulate the talisman, so he practiced it for a day, practiced more than a thousand times, and finally he actually drew it on a second-class talisman paper, filled the wood spiritual true energy into the drawn runes, and then stimulated it to be released instantly, which can produce a small range of high-concentration wood spiritual energy.
Not only wood spiritual energy, but in fact any spiritual energy is the same. Fire spiritual energy can explode. In essence, it is to generate high temperatures with spiritual energy in a short period of time. If ice spiritual energy is the cold low temperature, the earth spiritual energy will stimulate the heavy earth aura in a short period of time and a small range.
The ways of painting various runes look similar, but the runes used in each spiritual energy still have significant differences in details, and the talisman paper, talisman ink, and talisman pen are also different.
Now Ye Xing is a wood attribute, of course, he draws the instantaneous excitation talisman of wood. Once the instantaneous excitation talisman of wood can instantly generate high concentration of wood spiritual energy around the small area. For wood monks, it is equivalent to increasing their cultivation level.
In addition to talismans, there are also talisman pens, talisman papers, and runes. Finally, they have to be filled with corresponding spiritual energy and stimulated when used. Refining talismans is really a very troublesome process, and mental intelligence is a great test.
Ye Xing just practices runes on white paper and the ground, and will not have any effect. It is just a learning process for understanding runes. The real runes must be drawn with ink on special talisman paper.
Talisman paper, Talisman ink, and Talisman pens are all made of skin, blood and hair of spiritual beasts. In fact, they are really expensive things. There is really no need to be so extravagant in practicing runes.
In the next twenty days, one rune picture and one pattern will have to be practiced thousands of times a day. I am afraid that what I have learned before will be forgotten and I have to constantly review all the previous exercises. Ye Xing thinks the practice process is still very interesting.
Ye Xing has a very good memory. There is only one reason why he has to practice thousands of times, which is that practice makes perfect. Others just remember the runes. He must be proficient and deduce all the details during the practice.
Ye Xing himself is a person with all the five elements attributes, so when he learns one, he will immediately master 5 kinds of changes. Some runes that can be mixed with multiple true qi have to consider dozens of changes or hundreds of kinds of changes.
Ye Xing's learning is different from others. He is to thoroughly master all the knowledge and skills of all the talismans. In fact, after he has studied every basic rune through his own practice, he has derived all the skills to perfection.
I borrowed a book called "Comprehensive Explanation of Runes" from Xiao Zong, and practiced while studying. After twenty days of study, Ye Xing completely mastered the basic skills of runes and began to learn more runes knowledge beyond the books by himself.
A month later, Ye Xing had learned all the 108 most basic runes in the book. Not only did he draw them skillfully and accurately, but he also understood each detail. Unlike others, he also understood all the runes under the five spiritual attributes.
The reason why he learned so quickly in the second half of the month was to use his magical head. The basic training in the previous article made his hands extremely flexible. After mastering the meaning of the runes, he could speed up his learning. The more important thing was that he didn't have to rest at all, and practiced and pondered day and night.
At the end of the month, two apprentices who had been here for three months were undergoing an introductory assessment, and Ye Xing was watching.
The assessment is actually very difficult. It is to pick out six of the 108 basic runes, give them real talisman paper, talisman ink, and talisman pen, and refine them on the spot, fill them with their own corresponding spiritual energy, and immediately demonstrate the effect. It must be successful before it can be considered an entry-level.
The practice of drawing runes is only part of the content. In fact, there is other knowledge, which is the inflatable and talisman sealing of the talisman that Ye Xing has not yet come into contact with. It means filling the corresponding true qi in the drawing runes, and then setting up a solid sealing formation so that the true qi will not be lost.
Ye Xing carefully observed the two of them and repeatedly deduced and imitated them in his mind. The setting of the Soul Array is not very complicated, but it also needs to be learned. Ye Xing learned it while watching.
Ye Xing's formation is already very high, and he is already at the master level. He has never been exposed to the Soul Formation before, but now he immediately understands that it is actually a variant of the Hidden Spirit Formation.
In addition to the Soul Formation, there is also a triggering array. Generally, spiritual consciousness is used to stimulate the true energy stored in the talisman. When used, the spiritual consciousness is activated and the talisman can be activated.
Two apprentices, learn the basics of runes in the first two months, learn the two formation settings in the next month, and then there are dozens of real trials, and then they need to be evaluated. For ordinary people, the difficulty is actually very high, and the whole three months are still boring.
The two apprentices have six days of assessment. They randomly choose a basic talisman every day. They must pass all of them to be considered successful. Ye Xing watched, but his mind was constantly simulated and deduced millions. He didn't need to learn at all, and he had mastered it thoroughly and deduced more efficient methods.
Six days later, the result came out. One person failed the assessment, and the other barely passed, becoming the first official disciple of the Tianfu Sect in nearly ten years.
This disciple named Li Yun looks pretty, studies hard, and has a good mind. He is just a scholar. He has poor flexibility in his hands and feet, but he is already a rare talent. At least he is really interested and is willing to work hard to learn the art of making talismans.
During this period, Ye Xing had a lot of contact with the two apprentices and learned a lot. He also watched the trial production process of the two for six consecutive days. Now he has understood and mastered all the details of 108 basic runes, and it is not the actual trial production.
Li Yun is also a child of a declining family. He has a good qualification for cultivation, but his family is unable to pay high fees to participate in the selection of major sects, so he came to Tianfu Gate to learn a craft.
In the Tang Empire, rune masters are actually a noble profession. It is difficult to master the refining of talismans, especially advanced talismans, which are extremely difficult. However, if you learn to become a rune master, you can at least be able to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life.
It is extremely difficult to refine middle and high-level talismans because rune masters themselves need extremely high cultivation, but the cultivation of these people in the Tianfu Sect is extremely low, which is really inconsistent with the Wannian Sect.
Chapter completed!