Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 46: Shield Illustration and Rune Foundation

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Shield Illustration and Rune Foundation

Having drawn the illustration of the lake, Fu Xian moved on to the shield.

He took a new piece of paper and draw a sphere one it.

Then he draw two more spheres, one up and down. They were slightly smaller.

Taking his brush, he drew a line around the spheres, creating the image of a barrier.

"The heart is the most important asset of the body. While the brain seems to be important, the conscious resides in the upper dantian, not the brain. Through its connection, it commands the body, but in the worst case, it can still command the body without a connection.

On the other hand, without the heart, the body would very quickly fall into decline.

Even though the lower dantian contains the essence, this essence is refined and has become the main material for all dantians. Except for those old cultivators who don’t advance anymore, other cultivators are in a constant state of using the essence they generate.

In addition, the organs have their own respective use and should also be protected.

The head is the second important place, with the legs barely contending for third place.

After all, there are many ways to move forward and legs aren’t the most important aspect of the body. Since even the lower dantian is still in the central sphere, there really isn’t much left except for the legs.

Considering this, should I lower the spiritual power protecting the legs?"

He contemplated the situation as he continued to draw. At this point, colour spread across the spheres, connecting them into a real barrier, only the outline of them somewhat visible.

"No, this can’t be done. The legs themselves might not have an important role, but they connect the body to the earth and in this case, to the lake.

The spiritual energy will first enter the legs, then the central body and finally the head.

It seems that even though the importance of legs themselves are rather low, they still somehow manage to oust the brain in the protection is receives.

I could specify it more directly to the cultivator themselves, increasing the power 5-10%... but that’s too much extra work. I can do this for my own talisman, but it shouldn’t be the foundation of my future talismans.

The three spheres should be in synergy and the central one should have the most protection.

Now the question is, how to connect the barrier and the lake?"

He once more focused on the vision, but felt like it was a bit of a dead end.

In the vision, he was deeply connected with the lake and felt profound protection.

But was this reality?

No...

In fact, in reality, he was barely protected by drops of water-

"Right, why didn’t I think of that? The lake is the inward projection and the outward projection should of course be reality.

In that case, the connection between the spell should be these drops of water.

After all, how many people actually fight above a lake?

Oh... right, then a material for this talisman will have to be spiritual water, won’t it be?"

Suddenly he felt a spike in the cost of the material...

"I grind ink myself and also make paper on my own, so the cost of these is extremely low. Even among other talisman masters, I am a bit of a rarity, since I have fully dedicated myself to the basic way of making talisman.

Instead of using fancy beast pelt and fur for talisman, I refine tree bark several times into paper. Instead of using blood to make ink, I’ve developed a secret way to refine synthetic ink...

Right, actually, I haven’t yet created third-stage synthetic ink.

Until now I have also used the combination of blood and other materials to make third-stage ink since I didn’t even have time.

Alas, another matter to write down."

He shook his head but knew that this step was extremely important.

While it would cost him time and resources, once he fully developed synthetic ink, he could use it to save at least 50% of the cost.

"Tree bark is already a rather cheap material, and materials for synthetic ink is also cheap.

Sometimes I’m really surprised and the inefficient use of spiritual resources of cultivators, except when it comes to cultivation and breakthrough resources.

The rest is basically thrown aside.

If the whole world is focused on cultivation, no one will put deep thoughts into improving the little things.

Or rather, even if they did so, they would probably have to start from the very beginning.

But having reaching a high point, it’s very difficult to connect with the start of people, with mortals. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Several reasons have formed one barrier after another, blocking the technological advancement of the cultivation world.

Well, maybe there is a deep reason behind this and I simply don’t know it?

In the end, it doesn’t matter. I can simply use it to my advantage."

While thinking he drew drops of water around the shield illustration.

"Now comes the next issue, how to connect these two?

Hmm...

While the split into front side and back side usually doesn’t diminish the importance of one over the other, it’s generally understood that the backside is the foundation of the talisman, and the front side is the effect.

The lake in this case is the foundation of the power and protection, so it should be the back side.

On the other hand, it’s the shield that will be the primary effect, so it should be up front.

But how do I contain the wetness of the lake on the backside while not making the front side wet?

Should I make the talisman thicker?

No, this can’t be the solution. That way, connecting the two will be more difficult, especially at the border where the water drops are. They have to be wet and if they are blocked, they might not even form a connection.

In that case, why don’t I only make the centre thicker?

Hm... how much would it raise the cost?

Let’s strengthen it at the centre of the lake. Although strengthening the whole area of the barrier would be better, the difference between these two will only be a few perfect of improvement, while the cost might double.

Anyways, it would cover the core of the barrier, the body, so it shouldn’t be too bad.

I can just try it this way and see later.

Then let’s start drawing the runic formation!"

Fu Xian placed the lake illustration in front of him before taking a piece of paper and laying it on top.

This was the technique he had developed when he tried the Visual Talisman technique – it’s to first draw the illustration and then create a rune foundation.

Although this way it swapped the difficulty of drawing and runes, he felt that the importance of the illustration was higher.

So the illustration shouldn’t be secondary but the primary focus, while the runes are only aiding and transforming this painting further.

In fact, he knew this method was closer to painting than talisman drawing, but he felt it wasn’t the wrong path.

Since talisman making was so vast, why should he restrict himself to strictly follow the foundation of talismans and not create his own techniques?

As he drew, he realised the higher difficulty.

One ’water’ rune that should’ve been slightly to the left of the centre couldn’t be placed, because the whole centre could only have ’lake’ runes. It was the core of the lake after all.

He considered the situation and changed a few things before it worked.

Unfortunately, this was only the start of a long journey.