Cultivation: I can see the proficiency level

Inside the house at No. 15 Courtyard, Outer Third Street, Qiulong City.

Reaching out of his storage bag, Wang Mian found a Thousand-Mile Transmission Talisman in his hand. After activating the talisman with his magic power, a human voice was heard.

No news yet, please wait for good news.

Upon hearing this, Wang Mian sighed.

He put away the communication talisman again. More than a month had passed since they moved into this Dragon City. The elders, including Iron Bone Elder, had been searching for Fallen Mountain for a long time, but there was still no news of Flower Maiden.

He contacted the senior in the mountains time and time again, but each time he was told that there was no news. After a long time, there was no trace of him. Wang Mian's original hope gradually sank.

Hua Gu... has most likely met with misfortune.

After repeatedly activating the Dust-Concealing Technique, they finally suppressed the chaotic thoughts in their minds. Iron Bone Elder and the others were still searching, and perhaps good news would come in a few days.

After suppressing his distracting thoughts, Wang Mian used a stone to hold down the talisman paper, picked up the talisman brush and began to draw talismans. The brush glowed with spiritual light, and the ink drew even lines.

Stroke after stroke, the evenly spaced lines of the talisman were not controlled properly at one point, and the entire talisman instantly burst into flames.

failure.

Without changing his expression, he took down another talisman and pressed it on, continuing to draw.

Drawing talismans requires a steady hand, a steady mind, a steady spirit, and steady magical power. The slightest deviation will result in failure, damage to the talisman paper, and the loss of all previous efforts.

Moreover, each talisman requires painstaking effort, mental energy, and magical power, which greatly depletes one's mental strength. Even though Wang Mian is now at the fifth level of Qi Refining, he cannot draw talismans for an extended period of time.

More than half of the drawing is complete.

The talisman spontaneously combusted again.

He didn't stop, but continued to draw talismans. However, perhaps due to his extremely bad luck today, or perhaps because of his guilt, each talisman burned to ashes.

Wang Mian sighed, having wasted a lot of spirit stones, yet still hadn't obtained a single completed talisman.

Seeing the talismans burning one after another, Bai Jiuniang gently put down the tea, pressed down on Wang Mian's hand as he was about to take more talismans, and condensed her demonic power into a line of text.

"Rest and calm your mind first."

Seeing that it was blocking him, Wang Mian put down the talisman brush, picked up the teacup and drank a few sips of spiritual tea. Now he was only one step away from becoming a mid-grade talisman master, which was why he seemed a little impatient.

The more impatient you are, the less beautiful it becomes.

With his eyes closed and mind focused, Wang Mian concentrated his thoughts on the golden seal in his mind. The seal shone brightly, and the words appeared:

[Low-grade Qi Refining Method: Diligently practice 2,700 times until the practice is perfected, and you can enter the sixth level of Qi Refining]

Consuming a hundred-year-old Stone Spirit Milk during a breakthrough can increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment by 15%.

[Accumulated: 20%]

[Mastery of Object Manipulation: Practice diligently 1,500 times to achieve perfection]

[Mastery of Puppet Manipulation: Practice diligently 1450 times to achieve perfection]

[Introduction to the Second Volume of the Nine Talismans Scripture: Drawing twenty low-grade talismans is sufficient for mastery, with a success rate of 66%]

[Nine Talismans Scripture: Drawing ten mid-grade talismans is sufficient for beginners, with a success rate of 33%.]

[Perfect... has been hidden]

Now, as evidenced by the golden seal, he is only one step away from becoming a mid-grade talisman master, lacking only a dozen or so talismans. Mid-grade talismans are extremely important to Wang Mian now.

Even if a stack of ten or more low-grade talismans were used simultaneously, they would cause very little damage to the current enemy. If it were a mid-grade talisman, it would definitely not be so effective.

With a significant increase in lethality, defense will also increase significantly.

After putting away his talisman brush, paper, and ink, Wang Mian walked out of the courtyard. There was a spirit-gathering tree in the courtyard that collected and attracted spiritual energy, releasing it into the courtyard to make the thin spiritual energy more abundant.

The spiritual energy in this courtyard is only enough for one or two cultivation sessions each day, with no surplus.

There were courtyards with more abundant spiritual energy, which Wang Mian had also looked at. However, not only was the rent extremely high, but it was also difficult to sustain the energy required for Wang Mian's cultivation, so he did not choose another courtyard.

My neighbors are all at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, so I feel very safe.

He walked to the talisman shop where he usually bought talisman paper, and bought two more reams of talisman paper, spending several hundred spirit stones before leaving the shop.

I went to the Hundred Medicines Pavilion again.

Upon seeing that the visitor was Wang Mian, the shopkeeper shook his head and said, "Fellow Daoist, we still have no clue about the Hundred-Year Stone Spirit Milk. Please be patient. If we have any news, we will send it to your residence as soon as possible."

This marks the fourth time Wang Mian has visited the Hundred Herbs Pavilion to inquire about the Hundred-Year Stone Spirit Milk. However, this spiritual herb is extremely rare and difficult to find, even in Qiulong City.

This medicine can both open the meridians and strengthen the body, as well as purify magical power. Whenever it appears, it is snatched up by the major forces in the city to train their disciples, and it will never be leaked outside the city.

As a result, Wang Mian was turned away several times.

"In that case, I'll trouble you, shopkeeper." Before he could even speak, the other party already knew his purpose, so Wang Mian didn't want to disturb him any further and took his leave.

Elixirs are hard to find, talismans are difficult to master, and magical power is progressing slowly and quite unfavorably.

Back to the residence.

After closing the door, Wang Mian frowned slightly. He had a feeling of being watched when he went out, but the feeling was so faint that he couldn't be sure.

Could it be that we've only been in Qiulong City for a month and already attracted unwanted attention? Or have those Lü family cultivators caught up with us again?

After activating the warning array, Wang Mian entered the house, took out the two stacks of mid-grade talisman paper, placed them aside, and took out the talisman brush and spiritual ink, preparing to try making talismans again.

He's a stubborn person.

With only a dozen or so talismans, he was determined to make a breakthrough today, even if it meant staying up until late at night to finish the task.

Bai Jiuniang shook her head slightly at his stubborn behavior. Wang Mian had been somewhat stubborn since childhood, and the saying "you can tell what a person will be like at the age of three" had already shown its signs. Now, looking at him again, it was indeed true.

Bai Jiuniang watched as the talismans burned, and Wang Mian rewrote them one by one, burning them again and rewriting them again, filling the house with the strange smell of burning talismans.

"In the end, it became a single sheet."

Bai Jiuniang, who was resting, swallowed the pill and was then prompted by these words to look up at the intricate, intricate lines on the mid-grade talisman in Wang Mian's hand.

It recognized the talisman; it was a relatively simple water sword talisman of the mid-grade category, one that Wang Mian could occasionally draw.

"You can cultivate on your own, don't worry about me." Seeing it looking around, Wang Mian reminded Bai Jiuniang not to be distracted: "We still need nine more talismans, we must succeed today."

Low-grade talisman masters are ultimately inferior in status. In this Dragon City, there are quite a few low-grade talisman masters, but those who reach the middle grade suddenly decrease in number and their status rises dramatically.

As a rogue cultivator with no status, it was difficult for him to gather more information, and the shopkeepers of various establishments did not take such cultivators seriously.

Bai Jiuniang lay prone, her ear tips twitching as the sound of burning talismans constantly reached her ears, from noon until late at night. The only occasional pauses were when Wang Mian went to cultivate and nourish his spirit.

After consuming about a hundred talisman papers, Wang Mian finished drawing the last talisman, which was still a water sword talisman.

After completing the required number of talismans, Wang Mian suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment, and insights began to emerge, making the errors and omissions clear.

He had a very strong intuition that if he picked up the talisman brush again, he would be able to draw a water sword talisman with ease.

Wang Mian closed his eyes.

The golden emblem has already manifested:

[Introduction to the Middle Volume of the Nine Talismans Scripture: Drawing 1,000 mid-grade talismans is sufficient for mastery, with a success rate of 66%]

"A mid-grade talisman master, accomplished!"

In the dead of night, Wang Mian let out a hearty laugh. Heaven rewards those who persevere; after much effort and dedication, he had finally broken through to the middle level of the Talisman Dao.