The Lord of Void and Real

Chapter 193: Chapter 191: Take a Different Path

Shen Luo suppressed the excitement in his heart and took a deep breath.

Although these five talismans are powerful, their crafting process is far more difficult than that of Small Thunder Talismans. They must be crafted with specialized high-grade talisman ink and Purple Cloud Talisman Paper.

“Purple Cloud Talisman Paper? It must be a kind of high-grade talisman paper.” Shen Luo muttered to himself.

He initially knew very little about spiritual materials, but after examining the “Immortal Divine Herb” manual he found in the Oblique Moon and Three Stars Cave, he gained a lot of knowledge in this area. From here, he realized how precious the materials needed to create the high-grade talisman ink and Purple Cloud Talisman Paper are. It isn’t easier to collect these materials even if he went back to the real world and left this resource-deprived Longevity Village.

Even though he obtained some spiritual materials on the mountain, these materials had nothing to do with the five talismans he found.

At this moment, there was a sudden rumble of thunder in the sky.

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Shen Luo’s heart stirred, and he looked towards the sky through the wooden window.

What he saw was that the previously dark and gloomy sky had become even more oppressive. In the rolling clouds, sporadic flashes of white thunder could be seen.

“Nature sure has good timing… it’s such a pity though.” Shen Luo muttered to himself.

As soon as his words faded, numerous raindrops began pouring down from the sky, creating a curtain of rain between heaven and earth. The previously dark and gloomy sky had finally started to rain.

The rain continued to fall heavily, punctuated by flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder.

This thunderstorm coincided perfectly with the conditions for refining the Thunderfall Talisman, but unfortunately, he lacked the materials.

Shen Luo shook his head regretfully. If he had the materials, he would really like to try drawing this Thunderfall Talisman to see how it seals the heavenly thunder.

He sighed, ready to release his Divine Sense from the jade slip.

“Huh, what’s that?” Suddenly he noticed several lines of small characters beneath the Thunderfall Talisman description in the jade slip.

These characters were so small and blurred that he might have missed them if his Divine Sense hadn’t been so potent at the Nascent Soul Stage. There wasn’t anything similar under the other four talisman descriptions.

Shen Luo examined these characters more closely, and they started to become clearer.

“This is…” His eyes widened in surprise, a look of disbelief spread across his face.

These small characters detailed an alternative way to make a Thunderfall Talisman. This method only required several common materials for the talisman ink, and didn’t have any particular requirements for the talisman paper. It was something that the original owner of the jade slip had figured out through years of practice.

However, even though this method could be used, the success rate would be greatly affected and it would be far lower than the conventional method.

But for Shen Luo’s current situation, this was undoubtedly a piece of great news. After all, a low probability was always better than not having a chance to try at all.

“Blue Electrostone, Floating Shadow Jade, Golden Shell.” Shen Luo read the list of alternative materials for the talisman ink silently, a look of joy spread across his face.

These three materials weren’t rare, and he remembered that among the various spiritual materials he had obtained in the Oblique Moon and Three Stars Cave, there were quite a few pieces of Blue Electrostone and Floating Shadow Jade, as well as regular talisman paper.

As for the Golden Shell, a common spiritual material that a low-level sea monster sheds, he could definitely obtain a large quantity if he asked Hou Lang or Lang Pu for help.

With these materials at hand, he had everything he needed to create a Thunderfall Talisman.

Shen Luo put the jade slip down and was about to summon Lang Pu, but he then stopped halfway, glanced at the heavy rain and thunderstorm outside the window, picked up the Seven Star Pen, used the Ninety-nine Treasure refining tactics, and began to refine it.

When one wants to accomplish something, they have to sharpen their tools first. Creating the Thunderfall Talisman would definitely be challenging. The Seven Star Pen could not only be used for storage but also for drawing talismans. If he could refine all the prohibitions within it, perhaps it would increase the success rate a little. After all, judging from the current trend, this thunderstorm wouldn’t stop anytime soon.

With his current cultivation level, refining a magical instrument wasn’t something difficult. After a little while, the second layer of prohibition on the Seven Star Pen was refined. The Kai Yang star on the pen shaft lit up.

A faint silver light emerged from the Seven Star Pen, which looked quite beautiful in the dim light of the room.

Not only that, but his Divine Sense could feel that when the fluctuations inside the charm pen started, another space of several feet appeared, merging with the previous space, and the volume increased by about 30%.

But when he tried to swing the pen in the air again, he found that the duration of the silver light mark had not changed at all, indicating there weren’t any significant improvements related to drawing talismans.

Shen Luo didn’t think too much about it and continued with refining.

Within a blink of an eye, almost half a day had passed. The heavy rain was still pouring outside, and the rumbling of thunder was still rumbling in his ears. @@novelbin@@

At this time, the surface of the Seven Star Pen in Shen Luo’s hand was continuously shimmering with silver light. The seven-star pattern was fully emitting bright silver light, indicating that all seven layers of prohibition had been completely refined.

A wave of mana emanated from the pen. This wave was different from the Golden Rope and Half-moon ring, it was filled with a sense of ethereality.

Shen Luo caressed the charm pen in his hand, took a deep breath, channeled his internal mana into the pen, tried to draw in the air again, and mid-air marks appeared once more.

However, to his disappointment, the duration of these light marks had still not increased by the slightest bit.

“It seems that while this magical instrument can be used to draw talismans, it doesn’t offer too much help in increasing the success rate. Its main function might still be storage.” Shen Luo gave a bitter laugh and muttered to himself, then released his Divine Sense into the pen.

As he had expected, the space within the charm pen had now doubled compared to prior to refinement, which was enough for him to store things.

“Huh!” Shen Luo’s face suddenly stiffened, because in the depth of the charm pen’s space, a small pile of things had suddenly appeared.

He had been focused on refining and hadn’t noticed the increase in internal space, which caused the change to the newly expanded areas. These things must have been stored in the later sections of the space, which now presented themselves due to the completion of the prohibition refinement.

Shen Luo carefully examined these items and realized that other than a large stack of green talisman paper, two white jade bottles and a cauldron-shaped black pot, the remaining items were all various kinds of spiritual materials.

“So many talisman papers! And there’s Green Phoenix Wood, Star-transforming Grass, Blue Electrostone… They even have Golden Shells. It’s like the heavens are helping me, I have all the alternative materials for the Thunderfall Talisman!” Shen Luo’s eyes lit up in joy after recognizing what they were.

This green talisman paper was something he had come across in the Yu Family in Donglai County. He vaguely remembered that it was called “Green Frost Paper”. Although it couldn’t reach the standard required to draw the five high-grade talismans—in other words it wasn’t as good as the so-called Purple Cloud Paper—it was still better than the yellow talisman paper he used for making the Small Thunder Talisman. Using it as an alternative for the Thunderfall talisman wasn’t a waste.

He quickly took out all the materials, sorting them into different categories and organized them properly.

There were quite a lot of materials here, most of them were low-grade spiritual materials. After counting, not only were the ordinary ingredients for the Thunderfall Talisman all present, but there were also quite a numerous extra sets.

Apart from the low-grade materials, there were also quite a few high-grade spiritual materials here, which perfectly matched with the talisman ink materials and Purple Cloud Paper materials needed to craft the five high-grade talismans, but the quantity was not much.

Shen Luo immediately picked up a sheet of Green Frost Paper and placed it in front of him. He then waved his hand and retrieved the black pot from the charm pen space.