The Lord of Void and Real

Chapter 194: Chapter 192: Thunderfall Talisman

The pot stood two feet tall, completely black with a lid at the top, riddled with tiny holes. On its body was a vividly embossed sculpture of a gorgeous Vermilion Bird, as lifelike as if it were alive. It had a slightly smaller hole on each side leading to the inside of the pot.

This item called a Refining Furnace was used to prepare Talisman Ink and paper for talismans.

Creating high-level runes requires complex procedures for preparing Talisman Ink and Talisman Paper. Using this specialized implement will make it much easier. Hence, any monk proficient in runes will try to acquire one.

Fortunately, there was such a thing within the Seven-Star Pen Space. Otherwise, he would have needed to expend a considerable amount of effort.

He made a hand seal to retrieve the Blue Electrostone and other two spiritual materials, placing them aside. He then took a piece of flint to ignite the black Refining Furnace, which quickly turned dark red, releasing a scorching aura. @@novelbin@@

Picking up a piece of Blue Electrostone, he threw it into the Refining Furnace.

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Immediately, five flames entangled themselves around it. With the licking of the fire, the Blue Electrostone quickly melted into a blue liquid in which faint sparking lightning could be seen.

Shen Luo didn’t hesitate. He immediately picked up a Floating Shadow Jade, threw it in, and it quickly melted and blended into the liquid produced from the Blue Electrostone. The originally blue liquid slowly turned a light purple color.

With his Divine Sense, he assessed the situation inside, nodded slightly, and picked up the third spiritual material, a Golden Shell, putting it into the furnace.

Creating Talisman Ink is not as difficult as creating alchemy and refining artifacts, only requiring one to control the heat properly.

The Golden Shell also quickly melted, merging with the other two spiritual materials. The original light purple liquid instantly became significantly deeper, revealing tiny golden particles flashing within.

Shen Luo silently nodded, lifted the furnace lid, and beckoned with his hand.

A gush of Mana rushed out from his palm, wrapping around the purple liquid as it flew out of the furnace. After cooling slightly, it fell into a small bowl.

This purple Talisman Ink, prepared using special methods, didn’t solidify even though its temperature had dropped.

Shen Luo picked up the Seven Star Pen, dipped it in the purple Talisman Ink, and carefully recalled the rune of Thunderfall Talisman in his mind. After confirming there were no mistakes, he moved his pen like a dancing dragon, and a Thunderfall Talisman was quickly drawn. But the talisman paper remained still, and the rune was dim, clearly indicating failure.

His expression remained unchanged. He tossed the failed rune aside, picked up another piece of talisman paper, and began another drawing attempt but still failed.

Shen Luo pulled out the third piece of talisman paper and resumed drawing…

Before long, more than a dozen wasted talismans piled up beside him.

Shen Luo’s expression remained calm. After all, the jade slip had indicated that the probability of a successful attempt at creating a Thunderfall Talisman through alternative methods was extremely low.

“I have enough talisman paper and ink for hundreds of attempts, I refuse to believe I won’t succeed once!” he muttered to himself as he picked up another talisman paper to commence drawing again.

At this point, Shen Luo had become quite familiar with the rune of the Thunderfall Talisman. His Seven Star Pen flew across the paper, and a talisman was quickly completed.

As soon as his final stroke was complete, the runes on the surface of the talisman paper suddenly lit up with a brilliant purple light.

Shen Luo was taken aback before he realized what had just happened. His face revealed an incredulous expression. Wasn’t it said that the success rate of creating Thunderfall Talisman with low-grade materials was incredibly low? He had only made a dozen or so attempts!

At that moment, the talisman paper automatically levitated from the table. Countless tiny runes appeared in the purple light, emitting a unique force of attraction.

Rumble!

The thunder and lightning in the cloudy area above began to stir, sending piercing electric arcs towards the airspace above the courtyard, as if they were about to strike down.

Upon sensing the changes in the sky outside, Shen Luo ignored his surprise. He urgently grabbed the talisman paper and flew into the courtyard.

The runes on the talisman in his hand flashed purple light, and the talisman paper made a “whoosh” sound, trembling uncontrollably towards the mid-air. It seemed as if the thunder and lightning in the air were desperately attracting it.

Seeing this, Shen Luo let go of the talisman in his hand without saying a word and used a hand seal to emit Mana to wrap around the talisman paper, sending it towards the mid-air.

With a flash, the Thunderfall talisman shot right beneath the clouds, and the disturbance within the clouds intensified, gathering all above the talisman.

A thunderbolt resounded with a loud “snap” as several purple electric arcs shot out from the clouds, condensing into a thunderbolt the thickness of an arm, striking the Green Frost Paper.

The purple light that the talisman paper radiated brightened all at once, while the surrounding purple runes spun rapidly. The thunderbolt disappeared as though it sank into the sea, seemingly absorbed by the Thunderfall Talisman.

In the courtyard below, Shen Luo watched this scene, his face brimming with surprise.

After the Thunderfall Talisman absorbed the lightning, the purple light on its surface receded and the tiny runes disappeared.

The entire talisman seemed to lose all its power and fluttered down.

Shen Luo hastily stretched out his hand to emit Mana again, reclaiming the Thunderfall Talisman back to his hand. He looked down and saw that the runes on the talisman were extremely bright and seemed to have gained some kind of spiritual intelligence, faintly emitting weak, tiny, purple electric arcs.

He looked delightedly at the talisman in his hand and probed it with his Divine Sense, sensing a surge of genuine appreciation within his heart.

The violent thunder and lightning sealed within the talisman was extraordinarily potent, many times stronger than Small Thunder Talisman, to the point where even he felt a hint of apprehension.

However, for him, the more powerful the Thunderfall Talisman, the better!

Excited, Shen Luo put the talisman into his pocket and headed back into the house.

The sky was now near dark, and a thunderstorm had started. The villagers have long taken refuge in their homes. The gathering of lightning and thunder over Shen Luo’s residence didn’t attract any attention.

However, not everyone was oblivious to what was happening in the sky. Within a tower in the village, Granny Ma was leaning against the door, her gaze fixed in the direction of Shen Luo’s residence.

“That scene just now seemed to be the refinement process of a high-level rune that my master mentioned, the ‘Thunderfall Talisman’. The Thunderfall Talisman is a secret of Mount Fangcun, and even my master, as an external disciple of Mount Fangcun, hasn’t received its teachings. Where did Shen Luo obtain this talisman? And he even managed to refine it!” Granny Ma’s aged, yellow eyes were filled with shock.

At that moment, Shen Luo was in his house, meticulously drawing Thunderfall Talismans.

Perhaps because of his exceptional giftedness, the success rate of drawing Thunderfall Talismans was much higher than what was stated in the jade slip. In some instances, he succeeded once every thirteen to fourteen attempts, or once in seventeen to eighteen other times.

After successfully drawing a talisman, he would immediately go into the courtyard to absorb the power of the lightning and completely finish refining the Thunderfall Talisman.

The weather also seemed to be “cooperative,” as the thunderstorm persisted.

In the blink of an eye, half a day had passed.

Shen Luo was seated with his legs crossed, his eyes full of red veins, his face weary, but his eyes brimming with intense excitement.

On the table in front of him laid a dozen talismans, all successful drawings of Thunderfall Talismans that had been charged with lightning, amounting to twenty or thirty talismans!