Chapter 19 Drawing the Inscription (Please support me by monthly ticket recommendation)
In the evening, Zhou Ling finished dinner, put away the dishes, and returned to the house.
Take out the inscription pen and spiritual paper given by Liu Jiaoxi.
The inscription pen is made of fine workmanship. The body of the pen is made of green jade, and the end of the pen is tempered with black wolf tail hair.
Hold gently in your hand, it feels warm to the touch.
Spirit paper is made of ordinary seven-star spirit grass clippings and can be used to copy and draw runes, magic circles, inscriptions, etc.
Place pens and papers neatly on the wooden table.
Then Zhou Ling began to carefully observe the basic inscriptions on the fire attribute inside the inscribed jade slips.
[You observe the writing trajectory of the basic fire attribute inscription, primary insight +1]
[Cumulative number of observations: 428/1,000]
Basic inscription of fire attribute.
One of the simplest inscriptions, the difficulty of understanding may only be slightly higher than the basic breathing technique.
Even if it was Zhou Ling's first contact, he only observed it for a stick of incense. With the help of [Elementary Insight], he quickly mastered the method of drawing this inscription.
Three folds and four points, it is difficult to control the texture transition.
Feeling that he had almost comprehended it, Zhou Ling laid out the spiritual paper and prepared to draw it.
This kind of spiritual paper is a low-priced spiritual pattern copying practice paper. It contains very low spiritual energy, and the drawn spiritual patterns have a certain power.
When training, there is no need to use media such as spiritual ink.
So the drawing process will also consume spiritual energy.
Inscriptions or imprints with different attributes have different drawing methods.
Some need to use spiritual ink as a medium to draw on the magical artifact.
Some can draw directly through their own aura.
However, there is one thing in common. In the process of carving inscriptions and imprints, the cooperation of fire attribute mana is needed to perfectly integrate the inscriptions, imprints and magic weapons.
This is also the reason why most weapon refiners are fire attribute monks.
Although the price of spiritual paper is not high, one piece requires a piece of broken spirit.
This is also a big expense for Zhou Ling.
Liu Yan gave him fifty pieces, and with this brand new inscription pen, the price was estimated to be three or four pieces of low-grade spiritual stone.
Zhou Ling was worried about failure and wasting spiritual stones, so he did not dare to be careless at all.
Perhaps due to some nervousness, the fingers holding the inscription pen are a little stiff.
Zhou Ling gently put down the inscription pen, took a deep breath, and when he calmed down, he picked up the inscription pen and started drawing.
This time, Zhou Ling relied on his previous understanding to quickly draw the flame inscription in one go.
Because it is a basic inscription and it is drawn on spiritual paper, it does not consume much spiritual energy.
There was no pause in the whole process.
But the next moment, there was a pop.
A trace of black smoke rose up, and the spiritual paper became dim.
Zhou Ling was so shocked that he almost fell down.
Fortunately, it was just smoke, and after it dissipated, it had no impact.
But such a waste of a broken spirit made Zhou Ling feel heartbroken.
But thinking that if there is no effort, there will be no gain, I gradually feel relieved.
Feeling that the magic power in his body was enough to continue drawing, Zhou Ling took a deep breath.
However, he was in no rush to start again.
"What went wrong?"
"The writing is completely based on the notes in the preliminary interpretation of the inscription."
"The transmission of spiritual power is also stable enough."
Zhou Ling stood in front of the wooden table and carefully looked at the dim spiritual paper on the table. The flame inscription on it was still clearly visible.
You can also faintly see traces of spiritual power.
[You are analyzing fire attribute inscriptions, primary analysis +1, fire attribute inscription proficiency +1]
[Cumulative number of analyzes: 28/100]
[You are drawing the basis of fire attribute Inscription, I am born with +1 talent, proficiency in fire attribute inscriptions +1]
Soon, Zhou Ling discovered a mistake. At the first turning point, it was not round enough, causing the spiritual energy to run sluggishly. Understanding what went wrong, Zhou Ling carefully observed the fire attribute inscription again, while holding a sapphire pen in his hand and simulating outlines in the air.
After feeling that it was roughly the same, Zhou Ling laid out the spiritual paper again and began to draw the flame inscription.
But just as it was finished, another burst of black smoke rose.
Another piece of spiritual paper is wasted.
Zhou Ling's hand holding the pen couldn't help but tremble, and another broken piece of spirit disappeared.
His eyes hurriedly looked at the traces of inscriptions on the spiritual paper.
[You are analyzing fire attribute inscriptions, primary analysis +1, fire attribute inscription proficiency +1]
[Cumulative number of analyzes: 29/100]
[You are drawing the basis of fire attribute Inscription, I am born with talent +1, fire attribute inscription proficiency +1]
Zhou Ling discovered again that the reason for this failure was mainly that his spiritual power output was too gentle.
Flame inscriptions belong to the attribute of fire and require strong and vigorous brushstrokes to be completed in one go.
After calming down a little, Zhou Ling gritted his teeth and continued to try drawing for the third time.
But as the inscription pen moved, Zhou Ling gradually felt extremely tired.
The spiritual energy in the meridians flows rapidly, and the spiritual energy in the spiritual acupoints is almost exhausted.
Because of the sudden decrease in spiritual power, there is a tingling sensation in the meridians.
Zhou Ling had to stop, sit cross-legged and meditate, and use the Spiritual Flame Technique.
[You are absorbing spiritual energy, spiritual energy affinity +1, spiritual energy +3]
It took a full cup of tea before there were wisps of spiritual power in the meridians, and Zhou Ling finally recovered a little.
“It seems that drawing two or three inscriptions is the limit of my current cultivation level!”
Zhou Ling opened his eyes, exhaled, and thought to himself.
“Although this situation is a bit worse, fortunately with the blessing of [Basic Analysis] and [Innate Talent], today this inscription has also increased four proficiency levels.”
"If you practice for a few more days, you may not be unable to draw it."
"One or two proficiency levels at a time, and if you learn a little more each time, you will be able to draw the inscription sooner or later."
Zhou Ling Thinking in his mind, his tense body felt relaxed.
“Ling’er, you’re out for a midnight snack!”
At this time, Li Ru’s voice came from outside.
After hearing this, Zhou Ling felt his stomach growl and he was really hungry.
Then he stood up and left the room.
Worried that Zhou Ling would consume too much in practicing at night, Li Ru specially prepared a midnight snack for him.
Ling rice porridge, a vegetarian fried egg with fire patterns, and a small plate of animal meat.
The food was delicious and Zhou Ling ate it with gusto. After finishing the meal, he went back to the house and continued to run the Spiritual Flame Technique to refine the absorbed spiritual power.
Li Ru looked at Zhou Ling's figure and said with concern, "It's too hard for the child to earn the Taoist scholarship. He has lost a lot of weight these days."
"Ling'er originally had a poor foundation. I'm afraid I'll tire my body if I go down!"
Zhou Shan sighed, "It's all my fault!"
"Husband, how can I blame you!" Li Ru placed the wooden table on the table. Zhou Ling ate the remaining pieces of animal meat and handed it to him.
Zhou Shan reached out and picked up a piece of animal meat, threw it into his mouth, and said while eating, "Save it to make breakfast for Ling Er tomorrow!"
"There are some at home! Drinking all day without ordering meat, what's the big deal!"
Li Rubai glanced at him.
Zhou Shan couldn't help but take another piece.
Seeing his wife frown slightly, Zhou Shan added, "Today I was discussing with Lao Chu about going into the mountain. He happened to buy a fire-horned sheep from Daoyou Ye, and I asked him to leave one leg for Ling'er. Replenish your body."
"How many spirit stones does a first-level middle-grade firehorn sheep need?" Li Ru asked.
"No need. With my relationship with Lao Chu, I can just go into the mountain and find the elixir to compensate him," Zhou Shan said.
"There are five low-grade spirit stones in it. Do you think it's enough for Old Chu?" Li Ru took out a bag of spirit stones and handed it to Zhou Shan.
Zhou Shan thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes!"
(End of this chapter)