Jing Yan began having an existential crisis.
Don't you usually treat Little Junior Sister like a precious treasure?
Why is she bleeding from all seven orifices, and you're all actually being so… calm?
Is this the distortion of human nature or the collapse of morality?!
He wiped the blood from Feng Xi's face in a daze, no longer caring about propriety between men and women.
After a while, Feng Xi opened her eyes.
She yawned, "Fourth Senior Brother, why are you here?
Did I miss the time to spar with you?
Don't worry about me. I ate several sections of Wuxiang Wuzong White Jade Lotus Root yesterday, I was probably over-supplemented!"
Jing Yan: …
However, seeing her lively and kicking, he was completely relieved.
After this incident, Jing Yan's attitude toward Feng Xi visibly changed. Not only did he carve another little wooden rabbit for her, but he was also willing to talk to her more often.
He originally wanted to carve a whole string of little rabbits, but he had been cultivating desperately lately and didn't have much spare time.
Feng Xi, however, hit a bottleneck in her cultivation and felt like she needed an adjustment.
Let's draw talismans!
There's over fifty thousand sheets of talisman paper!
They were all bought with money, they couldn't be wasted!
While recalling the talismans she had seen before, she began drawing. This was much easier than when she drew the Thousand-Li Teleportation Talisman in Hunyuan Sect's treasure vault.
Except for several Earth-rank talismans, almost all the others succeeded on the first try.
Feng Xi yawned as she drew, this type of repetitive work was too dull!
If only this thing could be done like stamping seals!
Smack, one stamp!
Smack, smack, just stamp away!
She could stamp hundreds a day with her eyes closed!
Hm?
That doesn't seem to be impossible!
The principle of talismans was simply channeling spiritual qi along fixed patterns onto talisman paper, the key to succeed in drawing them was having an even output of spiritual qi.
So in theory, as long as she mastered precise control of spiritual qi output, stamping should work!
The more this rascal thought about it, the more excited she became, she felt like she's a big genius!
She immediately drew the simplest Fire Talisman pattern and happily went to find Jing Yan.
Jing Yan was cultivating intensely in a lotus position.
Although he could now withstand ten consecutive kneels from Feng Xi, he was still far from his goal!
As long as cultivating didn't kill him, he would cultivate!
Seeing Feng Xi enter, his heart trembled.
Didn't they just spar this morning?
Why was Little Junior Sister here again?
Just as he was feeling uneasy inside his heart, Feng Xi said cheerfully, "Fourth Senior Brother, I've come up with a one-investment-ten-thousand-profit idea. If it works, Xuantian Sect will hit the jackpot!"
If Jun Wen heard those words, he would've jumped three feet high. Jing Yan, however, was a bit skeptical.
One investment, ten thousand profit? How could the sky just drop pies like that?!
"Little Junior Sister, you're not planning to go back to Tianshui City to fight again, are you?"
Feng Xi shook her head, "It's much easier than that!
When I was drawing talismans, I suddenly had the idea of making a mold. Then just like stamping, press it onto talisman paper, and a talisman would be born!
At the very least, we could produce several hundred a day. Wouldn't that be hitting the jackpot?!"
Jing Yan: …
Let's not even mention when you learned to draw talismans, the key point is that your idea is too absurd!
Make a mold? Stamp?
You really dare to think!
Talismans require extremely precise control of spiritual qi. Even with a talisman brush, one must be cautious, and you want to use a mold?
That's simply pure fantasy!
In the end, a thousand words were condensed into one sentence, "Little Junior Sister, it's not even dark yet!"
You're already dreaming in broad daylight!
Feng Xi, of course, refused to give up and hurriedly urged him to carve a mold.
Unable to refuse, Jing Yan took out a piece of Qingxin Wood core and carved the Fire Talisman pattern.
When he first entered the sect, Xiao Baidao saw that he was very depressed and withdrawn. Afraid that he might bottle everything up until he became mentally unstable, Xiao Baidao made him learn carving to distract him and ease his mood.
Over time, his carving skill got better and better.
In less than half an hour, the Fire Talisman mold was complete.
Feng Xi excitedly dipped it in talisman ink, infused it with spiritual qi, and stamped it onto the talisman paper!
Nothing happened.
More precisely, one sheet of talisman paper was wasted.
Jing Yan wasn't surprised at all, it would've been strange if it worked!
"Little Junior Sister, stop messing around and go back to cultivate."
Feng Xi ignored him and was thinking. In theory, it should work. Why did it fail in practice?
Where was the problem?
Seeing her silence, Jing Yan returned to cultivating.
After a long time, Feng Xi slapped her forehead, "I know what's wrong! Fourth Senior Brother, quickly, carve another one for me!"
Jing Yan opened his eyes, looking helplessly at her.
He thought she was just messing around.
But seeing her bright eyes, he swallowed his refusal.
"Fourth Senior Brother, I figured it out. The failure happened because the mold material couldn't transmit my spiritual qi onto the talisman paper, that's why it failed!
So this time, carve it using a spirit stone, that will definitely work!"
Jing Yan: …
Carve it using a spirit stone?
You're just being a menace to others!
But he couldn't shake off Feng Xi's persistence, so he reluctantly took out a spirit stone and began carving.
Carving a spirit stone was much harder than Qingxin Wood, it took Jing Yan nearly an hour to finish.
If it wasn't Feng Xi and was someone else, he would've exploded long ago.
Just think of how much cultivation time he had wasted!
Feng Xi eagerly took it, dipped it in talisman ink, infused spiritual qi into the spirit stone, and stamped it onto the talisman paper again!
The talisman paper caught fire, and the spirit stone… shattered.
Feng Xi: …
Jing Yan sighed, "Little Junior Sister, just give up on this! This method doesn't work at all."
Unexpectedly, Feng Xi was extremely excited!
"Fourth Senior Brother, you've got it backwards!
If there had been no reaction, that would mean it didn't work. But look, the talisman paper burned! That means spirit stones can transmit spiritual qi!
Now the problem lies with the spirit stone!
Quick, carve one out of a high-grade spirit stone!"
Jing Yan was about to refuse when Feng Xi added, "Fourth Senior Brother, if you don't help me carve it, let's spar right now."
Jing Yan: "…I'll carve."