Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 37 Introduction to Talisman Making
"Jingxuan, do you want a house?"

Fang Jingxuan, who had just returned to the market town, was called by Lao He. After these two rounds of smuggling cooperation and sharing of profits, the relationship between the two has become more familiar.

With Tuoyuan, Fang Jingxuan was a little confused by Lao He's words. What do you want the house or not? I definitely want it.

"It's like this. A lot of monks have left the market all of a sudden. Some of them are eager to sell their properties, so there are a lot of vacancies on the market at quite cheap prices. I see you've been renting a house, so why not take advantage of this opportunity and buy one? You might as well grab a bargain."

Old He said with a smile, and Fang Jingxuan was also tempted after hearing it. Renting a house all the time was not a solution. If he could own a property of his own, he would not have to pay rent every month in the future.

The rent of five low-grade spirit stones a month is not a lot, but it still hurts to pay it.

"How cheap is that? You know how many spirit stones I have."

Fang Jingxuan asked with some anticipation. After these two smuggling trips and the ferrying during this period, he now has accumulated more than 260 low-grade spirit stones.

This is worth half of a first-grade low-quality magic weapon. Even if you buy a first-grade low-quality cicada shell and ginseng, it should be enough.

"Haha, there are cheap ones and expensive ones. For example, the one you live in now originally cost one thousand low-grade spirit stones, but now it only costs eight hundred.

Some are even smaller than your courtyard, and you can take them down with only four or five hundred low-grade spirit stones. How about that? Are you tempted?"

It turns out it’s so expensive. I thought it was so cheap.

Fang Jingxuan curled his lips secretly, if you don't cut him in half, how can this be considered a bargain?

Fang Jingxuan immediately lost interest. His spirit stones were so precious, how could he spend them on such things? Which of the magic tools, meditation techniques, talisman making, and body refining techniques did not require the investment of spirit stones?
"Forget it. My wallet is empty. I'd better wait a little longer for this house."

After saying that, Fang Jingxuan turned and left, while Lao He said behind him:

"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. You can give me some first and then give me the rest later."

Fang Jingxuan took Tu Yuan and ran away quickly. He was afraid that he could not help listening any longer.

Returning to his own courtyard, Fang Jingxuan looked around the yard which covered an area of ​​about one acre, and his expression gradually returned to calm.

There will be houses in the future, but not now.

For the next ten days or so, Fang Jingxuan was busy ferrying passengers, but as time passed, his ferry business gradually cooled down.

From originally pulling six or seven people at a time to now pulling two or three at a time, the number of monks in Hongyefang has decreased, which has a significant impact on all aspects.

On this day, after finishing his ferry business, Fang Jingxuan sketched on the talisman paper as usual, but unknowingly, he subconsciously sketched out the eighteen talisman configurations one by one.

After his spiritual consciousness had run through all the configurations, Fang Jingxuan suddenly woke up and realized that he seemed to have drawn a talisman?
Fang Jingxuan was already familiar with the eighteen talisman configurations, but this was the first time he connected them all together.

Looking at the palm-sized piece of talisman paper with a faint flash of inspiration on it, Fang Jingxuan was a little unsure.

He quickly took out a silent note from his storage bag and carefully compared it with the one he had drawn.

After a long time, Fang Jingxuan solemnly activated one of them.

In an instant, an invisible force field spread out, and the area within a radius of ten feet immediately became silent, as quiet as the deepest night.

Fang Jingxuan tried to speak, but his mouth opened and closed but no sound came out.

He tried knocking on the tables, chairs and benches again, but everything was like a pantomime, and the necessary sounds were absorbed at this moment.

Half a minute later, the effect of the talisman slowly dissipated, but Fang Jingxuan did not relax, he continued to activate the next one.

A similar scene to before was played out again, and the silent force field was performed again, but the range was reduced to only two meters.

After the effect of the silent note dissipated, Fang Jingxuan laughed a few times and said, "I have become a Taoist priest."

Quickly opening the attribute panel, Fang Jingxuan wanted to confirm whether the talisman-making skill was included in it.

[Real Name: Fang Jingxuan] [Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 3 (27/600)]

[Talisman: Silent Note: 1/100]

Sure enough, once I got the hang of it, it was recognized by the attribute panel, and this silent note was completely successful.

And his own cultivation level has increased by sixteen points in the past ten days because of taking eight drops of Moon Jade Dew.

Adding to my own meditation practice, it has become the current twenty-seven points.

Fang Jingxuan recalled the state just now and found that it appeared very clearly in his mind, as if he could reproduce it at any time as long as he wanted.

So Fang Jingxuan picked up his brush and started sketching on a new piece of talisman paper.

Ten breaths later, a new silent note was outlined again, and at this time, Fang Jingxuan also felt a little dazzled.

Using spiritual consciousness twice in a row, continuously following the talisman structure and running through the entire process, this also caused considerable loss to spiritual consciousness.

However, Fang Jingxuan did not care about this. He activated the newly made silent note again without hesitation.

And the result was the same as before, the silent force field descended again.

Okay, okay. Fang Jingxuan carefully comprehended the details this time, and then looked at the attribute panel expectantly.

The data in the talisman-making column is still [Talisman-making: Silent Note: 1/100].

Hmm? Doesn't proficiency increase?
Fang Jingxuan was a little disappointed. It seemed that this attribute panel only had the function of recording. It was unreasonable to increase his proficiency without practicing it once.

But this is also very good. Compared to being able to see your own progress directly, other talisman makers can only grope their way forward. Your advantage is already huge, so it is better not to be greedy.

After figuring this out, Fang Jingxuan felt much more relaxed. He began to calculate the profit from the silent note.

On the market, a silent note costs one low-grade spirit stone. After scraping out the talisman paper and consuming the spirit ink, one can earn seven broken spirit stones.

However, there is a failure rate in drawing talismans, and not every attempt can be successful. Therefore, the cost of materials after the failure must also be taken into account.

By this calculation, for every silent note sold on the market, the talisman maker can earn half a low-grade spirit stone. This half profit is already very high.

Moreover, this silent note is only the lowest-priced talisman. There are many talisman masters who can make it, so the profit margin is not large. The real money-making ones are those high-level talismans.

Fang Jingxuan estimated his situation. He had just finished drawing two pictures and felt a little dizzy. He could only draw one more at most.

If you force yourself to continue painting, the chance of failure will increase greatly, and the result will not be worth it.

Even if he painted three pictures a day, he would earn an extra one and a half low-grade spirit stones every day. In a month, that would be forty-five low-grade spirit stones.

Ferrying passengers requires shift work and also depends on luck. Sometimes you can earn four or five spirit stones, but sometimes only one or two. At the end of the month, the income is only thirty or forty low-grade spirit stones.

Even so, part of the money still needs to be spent on raising pack animals, continuing the route, and using favors.

Compared with this, the talisman maker still makes more money. The stable monthly income of forty-five low-grade spirit stones can be said to be a guaranteed income.

And this is just the most basic talisman. No wonder the talisman maker is so arrogant. He really has the capital to be arrogant.

Fang Jingxuan's eyes revealed envy for the talisman maker, but he was also a talisman maker now.

With the original income from ferrying passengers, plus the income from making talismans, wouldn’t that mean I can get seventy or eighty low-grade spirit stones every month?

The income has skyrocketed. Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan began to imagine how to spend the money after making it.

(End of this chapter)