Chapter 5: Rune Analysis
“These things don’t need to be specially bought, I have them right now!”
Xing Yong said.
He imdiately rummaged through his storage pouch and took out over a dozen stacks of blank talisman paper and a jade gourd filled with cinnabar.
Then.
Xing Yong finally pulled out a quaint-looking brush from the storage pouch and, as if relieved of a heavy burden, stuffed it along with the talisman paper and cinnabar into Xu Zhengyang’s arms.
With great generosity, he said, “You use these things first!”
Once he finished speaking.
Xing Yong stood on his flying boat and waved to Xu Zhengyang, saying, “Those talisman papers and cinnabar should last you a while. If you run out later, just tell your senior brother, and I’ll buy more for you!”
Xu Zhengyang happened to need these materials at the mont, so he accepted them without hesitation and thanked Xing Yong while holding the pile of spiritual materials, “Thank you, Senior Brother!”
“No need for that between us brothers!”
Xing Yong replied with a smile, then piloted his flying boat to hover in mid-air and finally bid farewell to Xu Zhengyang, “Little junior brother, I’ll go take care of so business! Once I’m done, I should make it back in ti to attend your apprenticeship ceremony!”
“Safe travels, Senior Brother.”
Xu Zhengyang watched Xing Yong fly off on his flying boat with envy, saying, “I wonder when I’ll be able to fly a boat like that…”
As he spoke.
Xu Zhengyang carried the pile of spiritual materials back to the ditation room.
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While organizing and reviewing the Divine chanism Talisman Guide earlier, Xu Zhengyang had already noticed so patterns.
A talisman was composed of three parts: the talisman head, the talisman core, and the talisman foot.
According to the annotations in the Divine chanism Talisman Guide.
The talisman head was where spiritual energy was stored.
The talisman core transford that energy into mana of a specific attribute.
And the talisman foot released the transford mana in a specific form to produce a Technique.
After understanding the principle behind talismans, Xu Zhengyang nodded thoughtfully and used a familiar analogy:
“If a talisman is like an electronic device from my previous life, then the talisman head is the battery that provides energy; The talisman core is the circuit board that converts the battery’s electricity into kinetic energy; And the talisman foot is the functional component, like the vibrator of an electric toothbrush or the bulb of a flashlight, producing different effects.”
At this point.
Xu Zhengyang’s thoughts beca clear, and he exclaid with joy, “With this line of thinking, it’s easier to understand the runes used to draw talismans! For example, in the Divine chanism Talisman Guide, all talisman heads are made up of the sa rune, let’s call it 【Spirit】;
In the guide.
The simplest Fireball Talisman, besides having the head 【Spirit】, its core should be 【Fire】, which converts spiritual energy into fire-type mana;
And the foot would be 【Launch】, which sends the 【Fire】 out!”
He continued, “In that case, If I manipulate my refined spiritual energy to form the two runes 【Fire】 and 【Launch】 in my palm, Would that an I’ve mastered the Fireball Technique?”
Bold conjecture, careful verification!
So Xu Zhengyang didn’t waste any ti and imdiately manipulated a stream of spiritual energy to gather in his palm.
Then, following the runes in the Divine chanism Talisman Guide, he guided the energy along the designated path to form the runes in his palm.
A mont later.
As the first 【Fire】 rune took shape.
“Boom—”
A loud explosive sound followed, and an orange-red fireball the size of a waterlon appeared above Xu Zhengyang’s palm!
The fireball was extrely hot!
Even at such close range, a wave of heat rushed toward Xu Zhengyang’s face, curling his hair and eyebrows slightly!
Excited, Xu Zhengyang quickly began drawing the second rune!
Monts later.
As 【Launch】 was completed.
The waterlon-sized fireball in Xu Zhengyang’s hand shot out instantly, blasting a spiderweb-shaped pit of the sa size in the bluestone floor outside the ditation room!
“So powerful!”
Xu Zhengyang was thrilled to see the fireball Technique’s power!
But right after that.
His now-empty dantian instantly drained his physical strength, making him feel faint, as if suffering from low blood sugar, nearly collapsing in the ditation room.
“Crap!”
Xu Zhengyang muttered, then pushed through the discomfort and crawled to the shelf at the edge of the ditation room, taking out and swallowing a Yellow Dragon Pill.
After a short while.
As the pill’s dicinal effects spread, the spiritual energy in Xu Zhengyang’s dantian began to refill, and he finally returned to normal, sighing in relief, “Just a low-tier Fireball Technique drained all the spiritual energy I had gathered over an entire day and night!”
As he spoke.
Xu Zhengyang recalled his physical state when his spiritual energy was exhausted and said with lingering fear, “No wonder cultivators in the Qi Refining level rely on talismans during battle… If you run out of spiritual energy during a fight, wouldn’t you be at the rcy of your opponent?”
After that.
Xu Zhengyang said thoughtfully, “So it’s very necessary for to verify how much spiritual energy different Techniques consu. Then, I’ll add a 【Spiritual Energy Bar】 and a 【Technique Consumption List】 to the Health Manager interface. That way. I’ll be able to see my current condition more clearly and choose the most suitable combat plan.”
At this point.
A sudden flash of inspiration hit Xu Zhengyang, and he exclaid excitedly, “To cast a Technique, a cultivator needs to manipulate spiritual energy inside the body to form runes along specific paths. This process. Even if I focus all my attention on it, it still takes ti and might fail due to various factors. Given that… Why don’t I develop a Technique Manager to help manipulate spiritual energy into runes, allowing to cast Techniques faster?”
Completely feasible!
With that thought, Xu Zhengyang didn’t hesitate in the slightest and imdiately closed his eyes to begin developing the 【Technique Manager】!
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The Technique Manager’s functionality was even simpler than the Cultivation Technique Manager.
It only needed to help Xu Zhengyang convert the spiritual energy inside his body into runes in the shortest amount of ti — it didn’t even need infinite looping.
Because of that.
In just the ti it took to drink a cup of tea, Xu Zhengyang successfully created a brand-new Technique Manager app!
Looking at the freshly developed Technique Manager, which currently contained only the runes 【Spirit】, 【Fire】, and 【Launch】.
Xu Zhengyang said with great determination, “Next.
My main task is to systematically and thoroughly analyze the various runes recorded in the Divine chanism Talisman Guide using the logic I’ve now grasped.
Once analyzed and their effects verified.
I’ll annotate them in detail and include them in the Technique Manager!”
Though analyzing runes was a dull and tedious task, to Xu Zhengyang — who suffered from digital hoarding syndro —
Every ti he added a newly verified rune to the Technique Manager’s database.
It brought him a deep sense of satisfaction and accomplishnt!
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