Chapter 34 Thoughts
Before the release, Jieming had already prepared for the possibility of failure, but what the hell was going on now?!
Judging from the feeling, the talisman should have been released successfully, but why is there only such a small flame?
Benjamin didn't give up and tried a few more times.
He soon figured out the pattern: the size of the flame was positively correlated with the amount of true energy he injected when casting the talisman. The more true energy he injected, the bigger the flame would be.
When he injected most of the true essence of the third level of Qi training into it, the released flame also reached the power described in the classics.
This is completely useless!
If the power of a talisman depends on the amount of true energy injected into it, then it would be better to release the same spell directly with bare hands. At least it is more flexible and does not need to be made in advance!
Moreover, if you want to achieve the same power by casting spells with your bare hands, you will consume less energy. On the contrary, using talismans consumes a lot of extra energy.
This is completely different from the so-called "only a trace of spiritual power is needed to activate" described in the classics!
After trying a few more times and summarizing his current problems, Benjamin immediately began to visit the Dadao Book Pavilion.
After spending another half a month carefully studying the books provided by the Dao Book Pavilion and the advanced knowledge of alchemy, Benjamin finally understood the fundamental difference between the talismans of the immortal cultivation system and the extraordinary instruments of the wizarding world.
"The essence of the talisman is not a simple storage or stimulation of energy. It is more like a sophisticated 'starter' or 'program'." Jieming took out a golden talisman and looked at the patterns on it carefully.
"The seals on the talisman act as an 'index' and 'calling' command for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. During the activation process, the talisman draws upon the activator's feeble spiritual energy as a 'key'. Then, using the seals as a 'program', it recalls, aggregates, and stimulates a vast amount of ambient spiritual energy within the environment, thereby unleashing a complete, powerful spell."
"Of course, if conditions permit, we can prepare some powerful powers in advance and then use talismans to call upon them directly."
"The world of immortal cultivation is filled with abundant spiritual energy, which permeates the heavens and the earth. Therefore, with just a hint of activated spiritual energy, the talisman can automatically call upon the endless spiritual energy in the environment and unleash powerful spells."
"But the wizarding world lacks spiritual energy. The talisman cannot draw upon the spiritual energy of the environment, so its 'program' naturally cannot function completely. The size of the flame is merely the result of the temporary concentration and stimulation of the injected true energy within the talisman's structure, not the inherent power of the talisman itself. In fact, because it consumes additional energy to mobilize other ineffective 'programs', the power is even smaller than that of a direct spell."
Benjamin took out another scroll. This thing was made entirely of animal fur and had a similar effect to a talisman. As long as a little mental power was input, a fire spell could be released.
Although this thing is very cheap and you can buy a roll for only 10 points, not many people buy it.
Because a magical weapon with the same effect requires at least 100 points, but it can be recharged and used repeatedly.
"The mainstream supernatural tools in the wizarding world, such as witchcraft scrolls, wands, or disposable talismans, work on completely different principles from talismans."
Benjamin activated the scroll towards the target in the training ground, and watched as it instantly turned into ashes and transformed into a fireball that blasted out.
During this process, the surrounding elemental forces did not change at all.
"They store a complete spell, along with all the energy required to cast it, inside a carrier in advance. The wizard only needs to inject a weak mental force as a 'switch' or 'code' to directly trigger and release this stored spell with a fixed power."
"The advantage of this method is that, unless under extreme rules or circumstances (such as a man-made magic-forbidden area), the magical weapon can directly trigger and release a complete sorcery at any time and anywhere. Afterwards, it only needs to be recharged to release it again."
"The disadvantage is that its power has nothing to do with the user's own strength, but only depends on the skill of the magic weapon's creator. It is also very inflexible. If it stores a fireball, then it can only release a fireball, and there is no way to adjust or control it."
After summarizing the technological differences between the two worlds, Jemin's eyes suddenly lit up!
He found an idea to combine the best of both worlds!
The advantage of immortal cultivation talismans lies in their low startup cost and dependence on environmental energy, while the advantage of wizard magic tools lies in their stability and the ability to release fixed-power witchcraft in any environment.
The ambient energy in the wizarding world is not "aura" but the omnipresent elemental energy.
What if... if he could learn the principles of immortal cultivation talismans, and instead of storing the witchcraft energy in a carrier in advance, he could engrave the witchcraft model and the instructions for calling upon the energy of the wizarding world's environmental elements on the wizarding weapon?
In this way, as long as the magic weapon is not damaged and the external elemental power is not dried up, he can use a very small amount of mental power as a "key" just like using a talisman, constantly stimulating the magic weapon, allowing the magic weapon to automatically draw elemental energy from the environment and repeatedly release witchcraft!
This kind of magical weapon has no limit on the number of uses as long as there is elemental energy in the environment, and it can be activated with just a weak mental force.
Of course, similar things actually exist both in the wizard world and in the world of immortal cultivation, but wizards are certainly not as efficient in leveraging external energy as cultivators who advocate the unity of man and nature.
When energy is insufficient, wizards are more inclined to directly build elemental pools to enhance energy supply rather than mobilize more external forces.
In the world of cultivating immortals, there are also jade talismans similar to "storing a blow from a certain important person" as a means of preserving life, but such things are difficult to manufacture and the cost is too high.
What Jieming wants to do is to graft the advantages of "low startup cost + calling on environmental energy" of the immortal cultivation talisman into the "environmental element energy + stable excitation" system of the wizard world.
Combine the advantages of the two systems into one and develop your own power!
After the excitement, Benjamin also realized the difficulty.
To realize this idea, he could not copy the talisman like carving a talisman.
He had to fully understand the underlying logic and function of every stroke of every symbol on the talisman—which part was the "activator," which part was "indexing environmental energy," which part was "building the spell model," and which part was "stimulating release"...
Then, he needs to rely on his understanding of the runes, energy structures and witchcraft models of the wizarding world to gradually replace these "functional modules" of the talisman with corresponding rune combinations, energy circuits and even conceptual guidance in the wizarding world that can interact with elemental energy and magic, and construct witchcraft models!
This requires him not only to be proficient in the runes and witchcraft theories of the wizard world, but also to have a thorough understanding of the principles of talismans in the Dao Book Pavilion.
"However... compared to the indigenous wizards of this world, I already have a big enough advantage."
At least there is a clear direction, and there are many examples to "copy", so I won't be as clueless as the wizards in this world.
"Oh, if I had known I would have this idea, I should have engraved the core rune of runeology first on my fourth rune of truth..."
Jieming was a little annoyed: "Forget it, luckily my current cultivation speed is not slow, I will take my time..."
(End of this chapter)
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