Chapter 584 - 471: Purifying Talisman
Ji An smiled and said:
"Of course I’m interested, tell me what’s special about it?"
He had no high hopes in his heart; the sect’s talisman heritage was quite ordinary, and the heritage the other party acquired would likely be inferior to the sect’s.
Although the Wey Clan is also a Golden Core level force, it is essentially a ’family business,’ with less potential and growth compared to sect forces.
This is also the downside of most family forces; connected by bloodline, apart from being stronger in unity than sect institutions, they have almost no other advantages, quite a few shackles instead.
Wey Xianglin faintly smiled, "The talismans recorded here are mostly the ones we commonly use, nothing special, but there are two talismans that are extremely sophisticated and quite useful.
In addition, there is a record on the refining of Tier Three talisman materials."
After speaking, he handed over the jade slip, "The senior will know upon seeing it."
This inheritance has been in the family secret vault for many years, and the talisman makers cultivated by the family have studied it hard for many years, with unsatisfactory results.
In order not to let the pearl be covered in dust, they choose talented talisman makers who are willing to marry into the Wey Clan for collaboration.
Originally, Ji An was a cultivator from the outer continent, he wouldn’t marry into their family, not meeting their collaboration standards.
A few days ago, the patriarch decided to seek more talisman maker collaborations, judging from the ratio of purchasing materials and selling finished talismans from the other party, their craftsmanship was better than any talisman maker they collaborated with, hence decided to invite them.
Ji An took the jade slip and placed it on his forehead, extending his divine sense to view the information within.
The information in the jade slip can only be partially viewed, the rest is locked and requires a key to unlock.
What he can view is merely an overview.
He couldn’t help but sit up straight, his initially nonchalant attitude became delighted.
There are two talismans he had never heard of, and the methods for the talisman paper and cinnabar used in Tier Three talismans.
Tier Three talismans are consumables at the Golden Core Stage level, with beast hides and demon beast essence blood still being the best materials. But where are there enough Golden Core Stage demon beasts for slaughter?
Therefore, cultivators have to settle for the next best thing, using various spiritual materials to produce materials, just as Qi Refining disciples use talisman grass to create talisman paper.
Although the quality doesn’t match beast hide and the yield isn’t high, as long as a production system is established, it can be continuously produced.
He put down the jade slip and said:
"This inheritance is valuable, I can’t fathom why your shop would have plans to sell it."
The item is good, but what about the cost?
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, all gifts given by fate come with a hidden price tag.
"A good question. This inheritance was originally secret, but since we need to use the purifying talisman within it, we brought it out to seek collaboration with outstanding talisman makers.
In the first stage of collaboration, we offer materials at cost price, and the friend only needs to draw the purifying talisman, but the condition is the talisman can only be sold to our shop or for personal use.
We provide the drawing method of the purifying talisman for free; our requirement is for the friend to swear a daoist oath to never leak any information from the inheritance.
Three years later, if the friend can draw the purifying talisman with guaranteed quality and quantity, we can proceed to the next step of collaboration, selling the entire inheritance to the friend."
The patriarch once said that this kind of heritage is not rare in the Central Continent, hence it was taken out.
The issue of demon cultivators has already spread among the family’s high ranks, and the purifying talisman has the effect of cleansing demonic qi pollution.
Demonic qi clashes with the purifying talisman’s aura, and it can also be used to test if a cultivator is polluted by demonic qi.
This task was assigned by the Nascent Soul Daoist Monarch, and the Wey Clan must strive to do it, even if just for show.
Ji An frowned slightly and said:
"So, at first, I cannot obtain the inheritance, and can only draw the purifying talisman?"
He seemed to understand; the other party had a rather urgent need for the purifying talisman, possibly just looking for a talisman maker laborer.
"Yes, that’s why we are willing to provide the talisman making technique for free."
Ji An chuckled and said:
"I see the introduction says the purifying talisman is used to repel external qi and purify divine soul pollution.
Frankly, this talisman does hold a certain attraction to me, but the agreement to only sell it to your shop ensures my interests are not protected at all."
With the requirement to only sell to them, the price wouldn’t be negotiable; he inevitably needs to leave Red Rock Immortal City, rendering learning the talisman almost indistinguishable.
The inheritance only contains the drawing of the talisman, without the corresponding magic technique, meaning he cannot use his method to quickly master talisman making based on practicing magic techniques, only repeatedly drawing to increase proficiency.
The effort multiplied with half the result, too time-consuming, insufficiently enticing for him.
What he most hopes to obtain is the other body-stabilizing talisman and the method to make Tier Three talisman paper and cinnabar.
The body-stabilizing talisman is a spirit soul protection talisman, effective against yin souls, demon cultivators, and spirit soul secret technique attacks, which is precisely what he lacks.
Currently, his defensive shortcoming only remains in the spirit soul aspect.
The refining method of Tier Three talisman materials is quite out of reach for other talisman makers as breaking through the Golden Core is a major threshold.
But for him, it is quite practical; with his own comprehension plus the help of ten dao seeds, he is confident of a rapid breakthrough.
"Senior, don’t be in a rush to refuse; I understand your concerns. The premise of collaboration is that both parties can benefit from it; our Wey Clan is not just a small family that knows only to take advantage."
Wey Xianglin mused for a moment, continued saying:
"Senior’s concerns, no more than the following points.
First, the issue of purifying talisman sales, our requirement is that it must be sold only to our family within ten years, compensation can be negotiable; such a condition isn’t too harsh, right?"