Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 119 Talisman
Zhou Qing left Zichen Palace and made his way to the Array Academy.

The leaders of the Array Court have not yet emerged from seclusion, and Array Masters Cheng Feipeng and Wu Juan are still in charge of the affairs of the Array Court.

The Array Academy has one Grandmaster of Array Formations, two Masters, eleven formal Array Formation Masters, and over seventy apprentices.

Apart from one Grandmaster, two Masters, and nine Array Masters, everyone else is currently at the Array Academy.

When Zhou Qing went to the library to see Cheng Feipeng, all the apprentices he encountered along the way stopped in their tracks and greeted him warmly.

The anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming formation constructed by Zhou Qing has been the talk of the town in the Formation Academy. Everyone talks about it during their leisure time, and they have also heard that the sect leader has promised to help him get the position of formation master.

Everyone was very curious about this young master of formations.

Zhou Qing didn't recognize these people either, and only vaguely responded to everyone's attention. However, from everyone's eyes, he saw not only curiosity and enthusiasm, but also a kind of inexplicable excitement.

It was the excitement of anticipating a great show, like something exciting was about to begin.
This left Zhou Qing completely baffled.

He went straight to the library and met Cheng Feipeng.

Looking at this rising star, Cheng Feipeng's eyes were full of melancholy as he said, "Congratulations, Master Zhou Qing."

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "Uncle-Master, please don't make fun of me."

Cheng Feipeng said, "It's not a joke. The sect leader has already spoken, so the sect leader wouldn't openly go against his wishes."

Despite saying that, Zhou Qing sensed a hint of uncertainty in his tone, which made him realize that getting past Bai Muyun might not be easy.

According to Yu Liangmou, Bai Muyun is hostile to disciples of mortal origin and is also at odds with Mu Zhuosha, which seems to be true.

However, he did not come here today to inquire about this matter.

He wanted to find out what the court's current sources of income were so that he could also get a share of it.

Although creating the genuine Anti-Qing Restoration Formation would bring him a large profit, ensuring he would never lack spirit stones again, he still didn't know when he could gather the five missing runes.

Before that, it's good to develop other ways to make money.

He shared his questions with Cheng Feipeng.

Cheng Feipeng laughed and said, "Although our Array Academy's main business is array formations, array formations themselves are not the main source of our income."

“Complex formations often require large array diagrams, which are not suitable for sale. Moreover, other companies are not comfortable using our array diagrams that play a crucial role.”

"For example, the sect protection formation. No one would want another sect to design a sect protection formation for them."

"Therefore, our revenue from complex formations is actually very small."

"Our income actually comes from those small talismans."

"talisman?"

Zhou Qing asked a question.

Cheng Feipeng nodded and said, "Talismans can also be considered miniature formations, but they have a different focus than formations."

“When designing a formation, the size of the formation is not taken into account, and it can be used to fulfill all sorts of strange purposes. For example, the functions of maintaining temperature and keeping away dust on your Taoist robes are all functions of formations.”

“Talismans are different. Talismans need to be as simple and small as possible, and they are directly related to magical combat.”

“When cultivators travel the world, they carry dozens of talismans with them. When they encounter danger, they can immediately activate the talismans to fight back. This is convenient, quick, and saves their spiritual energy. It has become an essential item for cultivators traveling the world.”

"Because of high demand, profits are naturally high as well."

Zhou Qing nodded and asked, "Does the Array Academy mainly make money by making talismans?" Cheng Feipeng replied, "That's right. The array masters of the Array Academy are all working hard to transform the sect's five elements magic into talismans, which are then given to apprentices to make and sold by the outer sect managers."

"Seven-tenths of the price goes to the sect, and three-tenths goes to the formation court."

Zhou Qing asked, "I wonder which Five Elements spells the Array Academy has broken? Could you give me a list?"

"I'm practically a member of the Array Academy, so naturally I should do some things for them. In my spare time, I plan to try to break spells and make talismans, so I can know in advance which talismans have already been made and avoid duplication."

Cheng Feipeng hesitated.

Zhou Qing asked, "Is there something taboo about this?"

Cheng Feipeng smiled and said, "All the array formations and talismans that the Array Academy wants to sell, the array diagrams shall be kept by the Array Academy itself and shall not be leaked."

"However, you are already destined to become a master, so it's fine to leave the predictions to you."

With that, he asked Zhou Qing to wait a moment, and went to the storeroom. After a short while, he returned with a booklet and handed it to Zhou Qing, saying, "These are the talisman designs that the Array Court has successfully cracked and is now selling. You can look at them yourself, but you must not show them to anyone."

Zhou Qing said, "Don't worry, Uncle-Master."

After thanking Cheng Feipeng, he chatted for a few more minutes and then took his leave.

Back at his residence, Zhou Qing glanced through the talisman book and found that it contained only very basic Five Elements spells, such as the Wood Element Rejuvenation Spell and the Wood Armor Spell, which were spells that could be mastered at the Qi Refining stage.

It is evident that these talismans are intended for lower-level cultivators.

It's obvious that spells above the Foundation Establishment level are difficult to break, even more difficult to make, and have a higher price. In contrast, these low-level talismans are more profitable and can be sold in large quantities.

Most of the talismans in the talisman book have fewer than ten runes. Zhou Qing can now differentiate thirty-two magnetic fields. He no longer needs to write down these talismans to test them. He can directly use the magnetic fields to simulate the frequency of the corresponding runes and thus demonstrate the power of the talismans.

Of course, this is on the premise that he is fully aware of the frequencies of all the runes involved in the talisman.

And that's precisely what he excels at.

Zhou Qing suddenly realized that, without realizing it, he had accumulated such a profound foundation in the field of runes. Just in terms of understanding runes, he believed that no one in the entire Qingyun Sect could see his back.

Zhou Qing tested a few talismans and couldn't help but nod in approval.

It's clear that these talismans were made by masters; their construction is exquisite and skillful.

However, Zhou Qing still found some moisture on it.

In other words, redundant runes.

These extra runes were not added intentionally by the formation master, but rather because they couldn't think of a more suitable combination of runes.

It's somewhat like his beggar's version of "Overthrow the Qing and Restore the Ming," because he lacks five runes, so he has to use more than a dozen runes to try to achieve the effect of the other party's runes.

This resulted in the formation becoming cumbersome.

The more runes a formation has, the more complex its structure, the more spiritual energy is needed to activate it, and the effect is often weakened.

Zhou Qing decided to try to improve these talismans.

All sects in the world, as long as they have a formation court, will sell talismans. Customers will naturally compare prices and choose the better product.

Your talismans consume more energy and are less effective, so people will naturally choose other vendors.

(End of this chapter)