Stop grinding, I'm really just a free spirit.

Chapter 13 Drawing Talisman

Mingzhenfang, inside the cabin.

Neatly arranged on the table were all the necessary items for drawing talismans: a green bamboo talisman brush, a stack of yellow talisman paper, and a small bowl of spirit ink.

Wei Bo's fair, round face was full of curiosity; she wanted to ask him the truth, but was afraid of disturbing him.

Seeing Chen Bai solemnly offering incense, bestowing gifts, and performing sacrifices to the gods on a golden altar, the entire procedure was smooth and skillful.

In fact, after paying a full five spirit stones as rent, Chen Bai had almost no talisman money left and was instantly impoverished again.

Now is the perfect time to draw a batch of talismans, sell them, and earn some spirit stones; or even find someone to help sell talismans at a stall...

Thinking about this, Chen Bai looked up at Wei Bo and said, "Perhaps this matter can be entrusted to Brother Wei, which can also relieve his urgent need."

Thanks to Wei Bo's previous performance, Chen Bai could confidently entrust him with the task of selling talismans at a stall. This way, he could not only give Wei Bo some dividends but also save himself a lot of time.

The time saved can be used for cultivation. Since ancient times, there has been the saying "wealth, companion, method, and place". Now that I have the foundation of the first two, I can go and purchase a cultivation method after I have saved enough spirit stones.

"The White Emperor of the West, with his pure gold, poured forth my divine whiteness, which transformed into golden evil."

We respectfully invite... [the Star Lord of the Stomach Constellation, the Heavenly Granary].

As soon as the spirit descended, Chen Bai grabbed his brush and wrote furiously, without stopping for a moment.

Under Wei Bo's astonished gaze, he quickly drew more than a dozen miscellaneous talismans: Armor Horse Talisman, Cleansing Clothes Talisman, Dust-Sweeping Talisman, Gentle Breeze Talisman...

This time, the talisman drawing wasn't rushed like yesterday, but Chen Bai's efficiency was becoming increasingly terrifying, like a ruthless talisman drawing machine.

After all, with the old Taoist's teachings and yesterday's experience as a foundation, these miscellaneous talismans were as easy for him as reading lines on the palm of his hand.

Half an hour later.

"call……"

Chen Bai rubbed his stiff wrists and looked at the table, where a stack of miscellaneous talismans had already piled up: "These should be enough for a short time."

The main event now shifts to the ninth-grade spirit talisman – the Qi-gathering talisman.

"hiss……"

Wei Bo's gaze was somewhat vacant, and his lips opened unconsciously, occasionally letting out silent gasps of surprise.

He witnessed firsthand how Chen Bai could draw talismans in such a short time;

Having seen a lot, he knew how terrifying this speed was. In terms of speed and success rate in drawing all kinds of talismans, it simply crushed almost all ninth-grade talisman masters!

"Brother Bai... have you already attained the state of embryonic breathing?"

Wei Bo's shocked gaze was mixed with a few traces of envy, but it was quickly followed by pure and unadulterated happiness.

After all, he had a good relationship with Chen Bai, so this way he would have a powerful backer in the future.

Chen Bai shook his head and said, "Not yet. I've only reached the stage of 'Capturing the Spiritual Light,' and I'm still two steps away from becoming a Nascent Soul Immortal: 'Guiding Qi into the Body' and 'Circulating the River Chariot.'"

"These talismans will be yours to sell from now on, Brother Wei... What do you think, Brother Wei?" Chen Bai said, pointing to the talismans on the table.

"Me? Really?" Wei Bo was overjoyed and jumped up.

Chen Bai nodded and said, "Of course."

"Okay! Brother Bai, I will definitely do this well! Don't worry!" Wei Bo patted his chest and promised, his fair, round face filled with barely suppressed excitement.

He knew Chen Bai wouldn't let him down; he was now set for life.

You should know that talisman masters are extremely sought after. By attaching yourself to Chen Bai, a man with a promising future, it's like having a quasi-immortal as your backer, one who comes with his own resources.

After that, everything went smoothly.

The first batch of talismans that Chen Bai handed over to Wei Bo consisted of twenty miscellaneous talismans and five Qi-gathering talismans.

In less than half a day, all the Qi-gathering talismans were sold, earning a spirit stone in the account.

As for miscellaneous talismans, they sold more slowly, with only four or five sold so far. It is estimated that it will take several more days to sell them all.

The next day, Chen Bai only drew a few miscellaneous talismans, spending the rest of his time drawing Qi-gathering talismans. As expected, he earned two more spirit stones.

Day three.

Fourth day.

……

A month later, Chen Bai had accumulated nearly sixty spirit stones, a huge sum of money that he had never dared to believe before.

Even so, acquiring a method of fetal breathing is still a long way off.

In Mingzhenfang, in a rented low-level cave dwelling, the spiritual energy was quite rich. Chen Bai was sitting cross-legged and cultivating, trying to use the innate spiritual light between his eyebrows to gradually guide the wisps of spiritual energy surrounding him into his body.

"Inhale...exhale...exhale...exhale..."

Thanks to the spiritual blessings he had received from his previous repeated invocations of the gods, he could vaguely sense the presence of spiritual energy even while meditating.

The barrier to cultivation, which was supposed to be "drawing qi into the body," was effectively reduced by a significant amount for him.

The spiritual energy entering the body is slightly cool, and it slowly flows along the meridians. At first, it is stiff and sluggish, and it will dissipate if you are not careful.

Chen Bai dared not be impatient. He used the spiritual light from his brow as a guide to carefully sort out the spiritual energy of different zodiac signs. He then guided the strands of spiritual energy of heaven and earth along the corresponding twelve meridians, slowly moving forward along the meridians of his body.

According to what Fairy Yueyi had said in her previous sermon.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth, under the silent illumination of the innate spiritual light between the eyebrows, will enter the body through the four major acupoints: Baihui, the nose, Tanzhong, and Yongquan. It will then follow the proper pathways according to its attributes, avoiding the flow of miscellaneous meridians and directly returning to the main channels.

"Gold nourishes wood, water nourishes fire, and earth sustains the four directions."

Ultimately, these wisps of pure energy from heaven and earth, like countless rivers flowing into the sea, will all converge into the lower dantian.

The spiritual energy entering the dantian needs to be nurtured daily, like a dragon nurturing a pearl, or a hen incubating eggs...

Once the Qi in the Dantian is sufficient and the true Yang energy is vigorous, one can then begin to rotate the River Chariot!

After entering the [River Chariot Operation] step.

The cultivator will mix the three treasures of the human body—essence, qi, and spirit—with spiritual energy and refine them along the Ren and Du meridians, paying attention to the "purity of the water source and the appropriateness of the fire."

Therefore, Taoist texts often contain the saying "water is clear and fire is pure".

The purpose is to use the process of circulating the Qi and blood to completely burn away the acquired impurities in the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit during the cycle of circulation.

This stage aims to refine the essence, qi, and spirit from the acquired physical form, extracting their innate essence, and then, after mixing and harmonizing with spiritual energy, gradually cultivate a [dan seedling] in the dantian.

This elixir seedling is the origin of the "embryonic breathing" that immortals rely on. As soon as it is born, many mysteries are born.

Not only can it replenish the depleted qi and blood of cultivators, but it can also freely manipulate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cast spells and become a true immortal!

Two hours later, Chen Bai awoke from his breathing exercises, his eyes gleaming: "Cultivating in this cave with its abundant spiritual energy truly makes my cultivation progress daily."

He had only been living here for about ten days, but he had already made great progress in the "Guiding Qi into the Body" stage. He had already accumulated a small ball of spiritual energy in his dantian. If he had another hundred days, his dantian would be full of qi, and he could try to start the "Circulation of Qi through the Heavenly Circuit".

"However, the price is really expensive. It costs ten spirit stones for just a few days! A hundred days would cost a hundred spirit stones. Cultivation is such a waste of money!" Chen Bai shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Over the past two weeks, with spirit stones flowing into his account, he is no longer as short of money as before.

He would even occasionally stroll around the market in Xiaojian Mountain, picking up some useless fragments of magical artifacts along the way. However, the things he collected were barely anything, and he only managed to gather some various spiritual materials.

Like the last time when they went out of the city to collect corpses, there are not many opportunities to collect a large number of cultivator corpses. It will take at least half a year before the monster tide of the Ten Directions Mountains gathers again.