"Then I'll have to choose between the Little Five Elents Divine Talisman and the Wood God Thunder Talisman." Luo Chao hesitated.
"According to the description in the Profound Talisman Chapter, once the Wood God Thunder Talisman is activated, it can unleash a thunderbolt as thick as a wrist, and its power is definitely comparable to a missile hitting a person. The Little Five Elents Divine Talisman isn't as powerful, but it has the virtue of five transformations and can be used five tis. Its power isn't weak either, and if used well, it's incredibly impressive." Both were excellent, making it hard to decide.
After so struggle, Luo Chao decided to craft the Little Five Elents Divine Talisman, choosing it because it could be used multiple tis. After all, Luo Chao had no prior experience using talismans. In case he misdirected a magical artifact at a critical mont in battle, it would be a huge mistake. It's better to have multiple chances with the Little Five Elents Divine Talisman for practice. Luo Chao strengthened his confidence.
Having made up his mind, Luo Chao didn't think further and began studying the strokes and patterns of the Little Five Elents Divine Talisman seriously, silently committing them to mory. He needed to be completely familiar with each stroke of the talisman, knowing where more Spiritual Power was needed and where only a brush was required. On the limited space of snakeskin, he had to inscribe a complete rune, ensuring success in a single try during the actual crafting.
Finding a flat rock, he used a small knife to cut long strips the size of the snake skin. He attempted to use his finger to draw the talisman on it. At first, he rely imitated the runes, tracing each stroke. After about a thousand tis, he finally made an exact replica of the prototype Little Five Elents Divine Talisman from the Profound Talisman Chapter, then tried drawing it with his internal Spiritual Power.
An ordinary rock couldn't withstand Spiritual Power; the first piece exploded imdiately, and the flying stone fragnts hit Luo Chao. However, he didn't give up, cleaned his wounds, and carefully controlled his Spiritual Power to avoid any leakage, focusing all his attention on continuing the experint.
"Whether it succeeds depends on this ti." Three days later, Luo Chao was ready, took out the snake skin, and placed it on the rock. The small snake lay lazily beside it, seeing its skin finally taken out by Luo Chao, perked up a little, not knowing what Luo Chao was going to do.
Taking a deep breath, Luo Chao closed his eyes, silently running the Taiqing Chapter to calm his slightly stirred emotions. A tense atmosphere filled the air.
Everything was ready. Luo Chao brought his fingers together, channeling the Spiritual Power into his fingers, which flickered with an uncertain glow.
He moved his fingers like a brush, striking the snakeskin gently and slowly drawing to the right. This was the first stroke of the Little Five Elents Divine Talisman and the most crucial one, determining the success of the talisman. As this stroke slowly completed, the balance of Spiritual Power was perfect, a result of countless practices.
Luo Chao sighed in relief. The beginning was always the hardest; he was confident of success as long as there were no initial issues.
Sweat beaded on Luo Chao's forehead. An hour had passed, and the talisman was mostly done, with only the last few strokes remaining.
Suddenly his expression changed. A strong suction force emanated from the half-finished talisman. He knew this was the critical "Spirit Fusion" step in talisman crafting.
Well-prepared, he grabbed the Energy Crystal placed beside him. One hand absorbed the Spiritual Power from the Energy Crystal while the other drew the Spirit Talisman. There was no other way; being only at the mid Qi Condensation Stage, his internal Spiritual Power was insufficient to complete this high-quality Spirit Talisman from the Royal Language Academy.
Absorbing Spiritual Power while releasing it to draw the talisman, Luo Chao's body served as a conduit.
Everything proceeded in an orderly manner; only the last stroke was needed to complete the Little Five Elents Divine Talisman.
But the suction from the talisman suddenly increased several tis. In an instant, the vortex in Luo Chao's Purple Mansion halved, barely staying at the edge of the mid Qi Condensation Stage.
Luo Chao was shocked and hurriedly increased his absorption speed of the Energy Crystal. The Spiritual Qi in the crystal was disappearing at a visibly fast pace.
The suction grew stronger, and Luo Chao's absorption speed couldn't keep up. His internal ridians began to ache from the rapid pull of Spiritual Power. "If this continues, I'll be drained dry." Luo Chao realized the danger he was in, steeled his resolve, set down the Energy Crystal, and took a drop of Earth Core Milk.
If he had another choice, Luo Chao would never choose this path. The last experience was still fresh in his mory, and the excruciating pain of having his bones almost pulled apart was sothing he never wanted to undergo again. But if he didn't, he'd be sucked to death. There was no other option.
The pain hit like a tidal wave, and the imnse Spiritual Power filled his body again, being absorbed bit by bit by the talisman. But what puzzled Luo Chao was that although this ti the pain was also unbearable, it wasn't as intensely torturous as before.
Streams of Spiritual Power flowed through his ridians into the Purple Mansion, where his will then directed it into the talisman.
A burst of light erupted, and the Spirit Talisman was finally complete without any danger, magically floating in mid-air. It flashed in red, green, blue, gold, and yellow, changing colors back and forth.
Diligently storing all his Spiritual Power back into the Dantian's Purple Mansion, the previously shrunken vortex expanded rapidly, spinning faster and faster, drawing in surrounding Spiritual Power, continuously enlarging. By the end, Luo Chao's Purple Mansion was filled to the brim with Spiritual Qi, almost to the point of swelling.
The Spiritual Power was so dense it was almost turning into a liquid state. If a cultivator could see Luo Chao's Purple Mansion through his Dantian, they'd know that Luo Chao had reached the Great Perfection of the Qi Condensation Stage. Next, he would "convert Spiritual Qi to liquid, establishing the Foundation in the Purple Mansion."
Opening his eyes, a smile of delight appeared on Luo Chao's lips. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Heaven is fair; the effort and reward are proportional. Risking a dose of Earth Core Milk not only left him unhard but also elevated his cultivation to the Perfect Qi Condensation Stage, and he successfully crafted the Little Five Elents Divine Talisman. It was definitely a win.
With an outstretched hand, the Little Five Elents Divine Talisman floating mid-air gently descended into his palm, its radiance contained, looking like an ordinary piece of animal skin, the original jade-like luster gone. But Luo Chao knew how imnse the energy contained within this inconspicuous snakeskin was. Anyone who underestimated it would surely suffer a huge loss.
Storing the Spirit Talisman carefully, Luo Chao felt a tinge of lancholy: "It's ti to leave." It had been about half a month since he received his task. "Suddenly disappearing for half a month, I wonder if those guys missed ." He missed Fei Yuan, Du Xin, and the gentle, charming figure.
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