Chapter 62 Mock Exam
The appearance of the world in front of Zheng Fa at this moment reminded him of a small pond outside the Zhao family's farm.
Every spring and summer, there are always countless small fish in the pond.
Those fish are so small that if you try to catch them with your hands, their slender bodies will slip through the tiny space between your fingers.
Zheng Fa was a bit naughty when he was a child. He would occasionally like to throw a stone into the pond and then watch the little fish scatter in panic.
Now he felt that he had been punished.
Because there were so many fish in front of him! He looked around the courtyard and felt like he had fallen into that small pond.
It seemed as if there were countless small fish swimming before my eyes, and the trajectories of their movements formed one strange pattern after another, which were very similar to talismans.
In other words, they should be the source of the talismans.
The world before our eyes seems to be covered with layers of spider webs because of these patterns, dividing the world before our eyes into pieces.
These little fish swim in every corner, in the sky, on the walls, on the ground, and on the grass in the corners.
There were small fish on the bodies and heads of the eldest lady and the seventh young master in front of him, and even in the air flowing in and out of their nasal cavity when they breathed.
"With this Spirit Eye Talisman, you will see the world that the Talisman Master saw when drawing the Talisman." Senior Sister Zhang's voice came: "Talisman diagrams, some people also call them runes, what exactly are they, each Talisman Master has a different understanding of them."
"Some people say it is a manifestation of the Way of Heaven, a kind of writing." Senior Sister Zhang continued, "But I think that the talisman is the trajectory of the flow of spiritual energy. The heaven and earth are transformed by spiritual energy, so the talisman is the heaven and earth!"
Zheng Fa was stunned. These little fish were actually the so-called spiritual energy?
"No matter what the talisman is, one thing is universally acknowledged. When we use spiritual power or spiritual ink to outline these trajectories, a connection between heaven and earth will be generated!"
After saying that, Senior Sister Zhang drew another complicated symbol with her hands.
Zheng Fa saw that some of the "little fish" began to speed up and gathered on Senior Sister Zhang's fingers. As her fingers moved, they gradually gathered into a golden symbol on her fingertips.
After a moment, the symbol rose into the sky and disappeared.
A light green cloud appeared above the courtyard.
The ground in the yard was soaked by a drizzle.
The grass and trees in the corner began to grow wildly as if they had taken a tonic.
"This is the Cloud and Rain Talisman." Senior Sister Zhang said to the Seventh Young Master, "Did you see it clearly? What was the trajectory of the spiritual energy that was attracted here?"
"They are all symbols that correspond to the Cloud and Rain Symbols!" The Seventh Young Master suddenly realized, "Is this what corresponding symbols mean?"
Senior Sister Zhang nodded: "Yes, if you draw a symbol, you can attract the spiritual energy of the corresponding symbol."
"So," she drew another pattern with her hand, a little more complicated than the previous one: "This is also a small cloud and rain charm."
"This one too." This time, even Zheng Fa couldn't see the movements of her fingers clearly.
Every time she finished a painting, the little fish in the void would gather together.
There would always be a green cloud in the sky, followed by a drizzle, and the grass and trees in the corner would always grow strong, almost blowing over the wall of Zheng Fa's house.
"They all have the same function, but only this one!" Senior Sister Zhang simply drew two overlapping circles: "This is the Yuan Fu of the Small Cloud and Rain Fu. Our Fu Master only draws this one."
"Since the effects are the same, it doesn't matter which one you draw." The Seventh Young Master was puzzled.
"The Yuan Fu is the origin of the talisman. The great way is simple. How can it be the same as other talismans?" Senior Sister Zhang looked at the Seventh Young Master who was still frowning: "Don't understand?"
The Seventh Young Master shook his head.
The eldest lady at the side whispered: "My brother is a little stupid, Senior Sister Zhang, please bear with him."
"Because Yuanfu has the least strokes, it is cheap." Senior Sister Zhang said after a moment of silence.
"ah?"
"To draw talismans, you need talisman paper and spiritual ink. Even if you can draw talismans in the air like me, do you need spiritual power? Drawing those complicated patterns consumes paper and ink, and if you don't have enough spiritual power, you may go astray. That's why everyone only draws Yuan talismans. Do you understand now?"
The Seventh Young Master nodded vigorously.
Zheng Fa also nodded secretly.
Who doesn't understand what people say? "Ten thousand years ago, you could draw any kind of talisman you wanted, but now the spiritual energy has begun to decline, and spiritual materials are hard to come by..." Senior Sister Zhang's expression suddenly became dangerous: "If you dare not draw the Yuan Fu and waste spiritual materials, you will be attacked by the talisman masters of the Hundred Immortals Alliance."
Zheng Fa: “?”
The spiritual energy is declining?
So they dare not use more ink when drawing talismans? What a tragic consumption downgrade...
He suddenly felt that it was not easy for a disciple of an immortal sect to survive.
…
"Then it would be good enough if I can draw the Yuan Fu. The Yuan Fu is so simple. Why do I need to know so many corresponding talismans?" asked the Seventh Young Master. He felt a little gnashing his teeth when he mentioned the word "talisman".
Zheng Fa looked at the Seventh Young Master who was tortured badly by Tu Hai's tactics and understood his resentment.
As long as you use the Yuan Fu, you don’t need to remember the other Fu diagrams.
"Because, in order for these spiritual energies to gather into your Yuan Fu, you must recognize it... Only when you recognize it, will it recognize you."
Zheng Fa was stunned.
What you said is that spiritual energy seems to be something with consciousness?
But Senior Sister Zhang didn't seem to care much about this, or it could be said that this world didn't think about this issue.
She simply said, "How many corresponding symbols you can recognize when drawing the talisman will determine how much spiritual power you can attract, which determines the power of the talisman you draw. Of course, this also depends on your cultivation level. You can only see the symbols within the range of your spiritual awareness."
"Do you know why I said the foundation of the Way of Talismans is the Yuan Talisman?"
The Seventh Young Master nodded.
Senior Sister Zhang lightly tapped her finger, and the world in front of Zheng Fa returned to normal.
"So, the talent assessment for talismans in the Immortal Products Association is very simple." Senior Sister Zhang waved her hand lightly, and the scroll that was originally lying on the table flew in front of the Seventh Young Master.
"It tests your ability to find similar symbols of a certain basic element symbol among a large number of symbols."
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The Seventh Young Master's eyes widened: "Tu Hai?"
"What sea?"
"Bitter...nothing."
Senior Sister Zhang didn't care. She drew a basic Yuan Fu in the air and said, "This is the basic Yuan Fu of the Qingfeng Fu. Now, you need to find a similar Yuan Fu among the talismans on the scroll. If you think the talisman is right, just tap on the scroll with your hand."
Zheng Fa nodded secretly, mock exams are indeed a powerful tool to test students' abilities.
The Seventh Young Master took a deep breath and looked at the scroll floating in front of him with a stern face.
Zheng Fa saw the eldest lady clench her fists slightly.
"start."
The symbols on the scroll appeared and disappeared quickly one by one, and in the blink of an eye, several symbols passed by.
The Seventh Young Master was at a loss for a moment, took a few deep breaths, then stretched out his fingers and quickly tapped on the scroll.
"stop."
The symbol on the scroll slowly disappeared and turned blank again.
Senior Sister Zhang looked at the Seventh Young Master, frowned, and seemed a little puzzled.
The Seventh Young Master's breathing was a little heavy, and he looked at her with anxiety in his eyes.
"Try the Diamond Talisman."
"One more."
“Try this again.”
With every Yuan Fu test, Senior Sister Zhang’s brows furrowed a little more.
Her expression made the Seventh Young Master sweat more and more on his forehead, and his expression became more and more depressed.
The young lady's fists clenched tighter and tighter, and Zheng Fa could even see the blue veins on her hands.
Finally, the talismans no longer appeared on the scroll, and Senior Sister Zhang remained silent.
He just frowned, thinking about something.
"Senior Sister Zhang?" The eldest lady asked anxiously, "If my brother is hopeless and can't stand the discipline, I will just send you back."
"I really shouldn't have come." Senior Sister Zhang nodded slowly.
The Seventh Young Master lowered his head, not daring to look at his sister, let alone Zheng Fa.
"The accuracy of his few Yuan Fu is over 30%. If the accuracy of the thirty-six basic Yuan Fu is over 30%, it will be enough to be rated as a top-grade talent in the way of Fu. He doesn't need me to teach him."
"ah?"
"Or has the standard of the Immortal Products Fair become higher in the past two years?" Senior Sister Zhang looked at the eldest lady in confusion: "I haven't heard of that."
"..." The Seventh Young Master raised his head suddenly: "Top grade? I knew I was a talent for magic!"
A 30% accuracy rate is considered a top-grade talent? Are top-grade talents so worthless? Zheng Fa thought of the notebook that claimed to have an 80% to 90% accuracy rate.
...Be nicer to Bai Yuanying in the future.
"Senior Sister Zhang, how about you give him another test?" The eldest lady looked at her silly brother who was grinning from ear to ear and said, "Does he look like a genius in the art of talismans?"
If Zheng Fa hadn't seen her narrowed smiling eyes, he would have believed the disgust in her tone.
(End of this chapter)