More than half a year later.
At home in Youcheng District.
A wisp of black smoke rose in front of Lin Xiuyuan.
He looked at the remnants of the failed talisman-making attempt, his brows furrowed, and a look of distress and contemplation flashed in his eyes.
"I've reached the sixth-level advanced stage of cultivation, possessing the characteristics of the Watery Heavenly Circulation Technique, and my purple light has accumulated to ten percent, almost reaching twenty percent. Logically, creating a high-level talisman shouldn't be a problem, but why..."
"Where exactly did things go wrong?"
Lin Xiuyuan pondered deeply, but could not find a solution.
Although the mandatory conscription mission deprived him of a lot of personal time, it seemed difficult to cultivate to this level in just over half a year.
However, Lin Xiuyuan later discovered that many experienced talisman masters could complete their talisman-making tasks in half a day or most of a day.
Some talisman masters even stayed in the talisman-making factory for more than ten days in a row, completing the entire month's tasks in one go, and then left on their own, only to return the following month.
In this way, it takes up less personal time, and the resources obtained from completing the task are more than before. After all, the materials are entirely provided by Beihe Market, making the talisman crafting cost-free!
In this way, it seems that whether it is mandatory or not has no impact on 99% of talisman masters.
Furthermore, the resources obtained through recruitment missions are significantly higher than before. Many talisman masters simply spend most of their time in the talisman-making workshop to acquire resources.
Because exceeding the recruitment target will earn contribution points as an incentive, which can be exchanged for considerable resources in the Recruitment Hall. Among them are even Foundation Establishment Pills, which has motivated many high-level talisman masters to work tirelessly in the talisman-making workshop.
But for Lin Xiuyuan, there was little motivation. How could a mid-level rune master compare to a high-level rune master? Only when he became a high-level rune master would he have a chance to accumulate contribution points and compete for Foundation Establishment Pills!
This was an open scheme by Beihefang City, but its courage to sacrifice so many resources is truly admirable.
The saying goes, "Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures!"
However, overall, it still has some impact on Lin Xiuyuan.
His talisman-making efficiency far surpasses that of others; he can basically complete the task in an hour!
However, in order to avoid attracting too much attention, Lin Xiuyuan hurriedly completed the recruitment task after almost waiting for others to finish first.
Otherwise, Lin Xiuyuan felt that his cultivation level could have reached the peak of the sixth level at this time.
That said, Lin Xiuyuan had already reached the sixth level of cultivation a month ago. Feeling that his magical power was sufficient, he purchased a large amount of materials for high-level talismans and continued to accumulate them.
The purple light is now nearly 20% complete, but the refining of the golden sword talisman is still not finished.
Logically speaking, the magical power should be sufficient, but it is always just a little short to complete the talisman!
"Where is the problem? Is it my refining method? Or is it a problem with the materials..."
Lin Xiuyuan has been pondering this for the past few days.
But clearly, this question is difficult to answer.
Because of Lin Xiuyuan's lack of talent, his mastery of talismans was entirely passive, relying on the subtle influence of the purple talismans. He lacked his own insights and understanding, and remained confined to mid-level talismans, naturally unable to comprehend the issues of high-level talismans.
Lin Xiuyuan planned to buy some talisman jade slips to study and improve his talisman skills in order to find out the problem.
Otherwise, one can only try to create high-level finished talismans after breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining.
With this thought in mind, Lin Xiuyuan walked out the door.
After completing this recruitment mission, I plan to go to the market to find the Talisman Jade Slip for study.
The scene on Beihefang Street was not as lively as usual, and there were far fewer pedestrians on the street.
Naturally, it was due to conscription missions; most of them were conscripted to the front lines, or to various places such as talisman-making, alchemy, and weapon-forging workshops.
It was initially thought that the situation would improve after the city of Beihefang implemented a comprehensive forced conscription.
After all, there are nearly 100,000 cultivators in Beihe Market. Although most of them are low-level cultivators, the base is so large that there are naturally quite a few mid-to-high-level cultivators.
Some estimate that this forced conscription provided Beihefang City with at least 20,000 late-stage Qi Refining cultivators and several thousand Foundation Establishment experts.
As for experts at the Purple Mansion stage, there are at least several hundred of them.
With the addition of such a force, most people thought that under the leadership of Ancestor Jiang, they would launch a counterattack, force back the Yin Demon Sect, and relieve the crisis in Beihefang City!
However, the result was that the Yin Demon Sect inexplicably gained a significant amount of strength again. They consistently maintained a larger number of cultivators besieging the market.
This undoubtedly confirms some of the suspicions. It had long been speculated that since the initial raid had failed to achieve anything and the Yin Demon Sect had not yet retreated, it was very likely that there were more than just this many people who had come.
The Yin Demon Sect's cultivators have consistently outnumbered the Yin Demon Sect, giving them an advantage in attacks.
It seems that they have a strategy of besieging the enemy's stronghold and attacking their reinforcements.
It's like boiling a frog in lukewarm water, slowly exhausting all its resistance, and then swallowing up Beihefang City with minimal losses!
Neither of these situations is a good direction for development!
Although the situation has been stable for most of the year, under the leadership of Ancestor Jiang, the Yin Demon Sect's attacks have been continuously resisted by relying on the formation.
The atmosphere was even more oppressive, especially with no reinforcements arriving for a long time, suggesting that the situation outside was not optimistic.
Everyone who was conscripted couldn't help but put in their best effort, hoping that Beihefang City could persevere.
Otherwise, if Beihefang City were to fall, they would not have a good ending either.
This made Lin Xiuyuan even more eager to refine high-level talismans.
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