Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 66: Teachings on Wood Bark

Ye Long looked at the description and started reading aloud "Spirited Fir Tree Bark:

Among the most common spirited trees, this bark is soft and can be peeled in stripes. It’s thin and can be used for paper. Its commonality makes it a popular bark to be used for qi-refining paper.

To refine it-"

"You can skip this part and read it on your own later. Go to the next one."

Ye Long followed the command and turned the paper.

"Spirited Pine Tree 1:

Among the most common spirited trees. The bark is thick and rough and can be used for paper pulp. Also popular for qi-refining paper.

Spirited Pine Tree 2:

Among the most common spirited trees. The bark is coarse and slightly scaly and can be used for paper.

...

Spirited Gink Tree:

Among the most common spirited trees. It has furrowed bark and is usually not used for paper."

"You may stop." Fu Xian stopped him when he saw he was about to continue.

"These are the ten most common barks – as you know, spirited trees are simply mortal trees that have absorbed some spiritual power. They are usually either at least one year old in a spiritual rich environment, ten years in a spiritual low environment, or a hundred years in the mortal environment.

Of these trees, which one would you choose to make paper from?"

Ye Long thought about it and answered "The one that’s most common and is used to be made into paper."

"This thought isn’t wrong, but only if you were a rogue cultivator.

Since you are my disciple, you should think deeper about the paper.

Some paper is more suitable than others!

For example, pines can be refined beyond just bark. You can take the pines to make various materials out of it. In addition, there is another feature you need to consider: the affinity of the tree.

In this case, their affinity is low, since they’re just spirited trees. Just keep in mind for the future that the affinity of the bark is important for the talisman you draw.

Some affinities can be used widely, while others are niche ones. Some affinities might conflict with the talisman you draw, while others would boost it.

Take the Spirited Pine Tree 1 for example – it’s resistant to cold and is excellent when used to carry cold and yin-type talismans. When drawing fire talismans on it, it might improve the fires resistance towards water and ice.

In this case, this affinity isn’t very strong and is an addition to all kinds of talismans.

But if you look at Spirited Pine Tree 2, there is another situation. It is weaker and doesn’t have any affinity.

Which one would you choose if you could?"

Ye Long listened and thought about it. He then replied "Master, for the Spirited Pine Tree 1 to gain cold resistance, it likely has to be grown in a cold environment.

There is no cold environment here, which means we would have to simulate that kind of environment on our own.

In that case, while it might be a generally better paper, the added cost would be beyond the profit from this affinity.

Except for cases where one needs cold-resistance talismans, the rest of the time, it would be better to not grow this tree at all."

"Good! You have a good comprehension. That’s right, it’s as simple as that. The tree itself is good, but the cost to grow it is too high. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

But you are wrong on one thing – you can’t not grow this tree.

A proper talisman cultivator would grow it and refine it into paper regardless. At the end, he would save a hundred sheets of talisman paper to be used in emergencies.

In this way, if you do it for all talismans, you will have every kind of affinity paper in your storage bag. Do you know what this means?"

"It means one is prepared for every case!"

"Exactly!" Fu Xian smiled and nodded when he heard Ye Long’s earnest answer and participation.

He had hoped it would be like this. Else, he wouldn’t have put in the effort to create this Bark Catalogue.

What a joke, every information was in his mind! Why would he write it down for others to see?

It was only because he had a disciple now that he put in the effort to write this catalogue.

With it, Ye Long would have a much easier time to learn the art of paper making.

Fu Xian then said "You can take this catalogue back and study it."

After saying so, he took out another book. This time it was a normal paper book with the cover "Spiritual Planting – Qi Refining".

Another Book Fu Xian had written down – "To grow trees, you first need to learn how to plant trees.

In this book, I have compiled all the spells and techniques you need to know to grow plants, with a focus on growing trees.

In my youth I learned how to plant generally, focusing on nothing in particular. It took me three years to fully grow my first early-stage qi refining plant.

But with this focused book, you should be able to grow your first tree in just a year.

Go back and read it front to back. You can ask me any questions you have.

Remember, when you are tired, just switch back to the bark catalogue.

You can use the knowledge in the planting inheritance to make a plan on how to grow the respective trees.

Especially the first ten trees should be easy for you.

Also, don’t force yourself to absorb the information on the later bark. You’re not at the stage yet where you can easily understand everything.

It’s better to learn gradually and grow them on your own.

Practical experience is as important as theoretical knowledge!"

After saying so, Fu Xian waved Ye Long to leave him be.

He had created so many things in the past few days just so he could teach his first disciple wholly.

If his guess is right, his disciple should have a similar talent to his own. It’s just that while he had cultivated from the bottom to the top, this disciple directly got his teachings.

Whether it’s better or not doesn’t actually matter.

There are always pros and cons!

So what if he had more experience?

With a shorter time required to cultivate, Ye Long would always have enough lifespan to gather experience in the end.