Chapter 6: One hundred arts of cultivating immortals: making talismans!

“Lanshu, you’ve worked hard.”

Holding the child, Lu Changsheng entered the room, looked at Lu Lanshu lying on the bed, sat beside her, and gently held her hand.

Although the two were joined by mutual interest and lacked an emotional foundation.

As the saying goes, feelings develop over time; after spending so long together, and with a child now born, some affection had naturally grown between them.

“Husband.”

A smile appeared on Lu Lanshu’s pale face, and she called out weakly.

“Don’t move, rest well.”

Lu Changsheng said gently.

Holding the child and looking at his wife, a sense of happiness arose in his heart at this moment.

He felt that continuing like this would be quite good.

But thinking of the Chen family’s ambush on the way to Green Bamboo Mountain.

The cruel law of the jungle in this world.

Lu Changsheng knew that happiness also needed strength to protect.

Not to mention anything else, without strength, if he were to leave the Lu family in the future, his child wouldn’t even be his own.

Moreover.

Having the good fortune to transmigrate to such a world, seeking immortal destiny, and having a system by his side, he himself was unwilling to choose a mediocre and ordinary life.

Seeing Lu Lanshu’s weak state, needing rest, Lu Changsheng didn’t talk much, letting her rest well and handing the child to the woman beside them.

It wasn’t that the child had to be given to the Lu family upon birth, but rather that he didn’t know how to care for an infant, so he let the woman take care of it.

As for the child’s spiritual root, it wouldn’t manifest until they were five or six years old, so it couldn’t be tested now.

After leaving the delivery room, Lu Changsheng returned to his own room and silently thought.

“System, I want to draw a prize.”

Immediately, a light red virtual lottery wheel appeared before his eyes.

It was divided into seven areas: Cultivation Methods, Skills, Spirit Beasts, Pills, Magic Treasures, Treasures, and Others.

“It’s really quite comprehensive.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the items available for drawing, his face showing delight.

The only drawback was that this lottery wheel looked a bit like the big spinning wheel in the pay-to-win games from Tencent in his previous life.

It made him feel unreliable and a little panicked.

Can this really produce good things?

Furthermore, in his previous life, drawing prizes relied on spending money, while in this life, it relied on spending essence?

It made him feel a bit strange.

Forget it, just consider this draw as the system’s contribution money.

Lu Changsheng didn’t let his mind wander and silently thought.

“Start drawing.”

Immediately, a golden light began to spin on the light red wheel.

After five seconds, the wheel slowed down, and under Lu Changsheng’s expectant gaze, the golden light stopped on “Skills”.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining Second-tier Talisman Crafting Skill!]

[Reward has been issued to the system space, host can view at any time]

A ball of light in the shape of a talisman appeared from the big wheel, accompanied by the system’s voice.

Lu Changsheng’s mind stirred slightly, and he saw a ball of light in the shape of a talisman in the system space, with information appearing on it.

[Second-tier Talisman Crafting Skill: After use, you can directly comprehend the full-level Second-tier Talisman Crafting Skill and the corresponding comprehensive Talisman collection.]

“Directly obtain full-level Second-tier Talisman Crafting Skill!?”

“System, I’m sorry, I admit I was a bit narrow-minded at first and held some prejudice.”

When Lu Changsheng saw the information, his expression was full of pleasant surprise.

He didn’t expect to get such a good item on his first draw.

Having been in the Lu family for so long, he wasn’t just focused on making babies and cultivating.

He also enriched himself and learned many things about the cultivation world.

He knew how precious this Second-tier Talisman Crafting Skill was and how high its value was.

Just like the secular world, cultivators also had many professions and skills.

For example, alchemy, artifact crafting, talisman crafting, formation arrays, beast taming, planting, medicinal cuisine, spirit appraisal, mining, and so on.

There was a saying in his previous life: if you have a skill, you won’t starve anywhere.

The same applied to cultivators.

And not only would they not starve, but they were also highly sought after, popular wherever they went.

Because the threshold for cultivators’ skills was higher; it wasn’t something you could learn just because you wanted to, or succeed at just by trying.

It required a lot of talent and money.

Among all the skills, formation arrays, alchemy, artifact crafting, and talisman crafting were particularly popular.

For example, Second-tier Talisman Crafting Skill corresponded to talismans for the Foundation Establishment stage, which is above the Qi Condensation stage.

With this skill, he could completely go to some family powers and become an honored guest, a retainer!

Without thinking further, Lu Changsheng’s mind stirred slightly, and he used the Second-tier Talisman Crafting Skill in the system space.

In an instant, a surge of knowledge and information poured into his mind out of thin air.

“Introduction to Talismans”

“Comprehensive Basic Talismans”

“Comprehensive First-tier Talismans”

“Comprehensive Second-tier Talismans”

“Amazing Talisman Crafting”

“How Talismans Are Made”

“Talisman Crafting: From Beginner to Grave”

After a long time, Lu Changsheng’s mind contained a lot of knowledge and information about talismans.

And there was a feeling as if he had been drawing and crafting talismans for decades.

He quickly walked to the desk, picked up a brush, and with flowing strokes like a dragon and snake, drew an abstruse and complex talisman shape on a piece of paper.

“This feeling is simply amazing!”

“It’s just like calligraphy; it feels like I’ve practiced it for decades or even centuries, without any awkwardness or unfamiliarity.”

“As expected, anything produced by the system is a masterpiece!”

Lu Changsheng looked at the talisman script on the white paper, his face showing pleasant surprise.

He wasn’t just scribbling; this was the script for the First-tier Low-grade Fireball Talisman.

It was just that because he didn’t use a talisman brush, talisman paper, spiritual ink, or spiritual power, it didn’t form a real talisman.

This drawing process, he himself couldn’t explain.

It was like eating and drinking; he had done it countless times, and it had already formed muscle memory.

“With the Second-tier Talisman Crafting Skill, even if I leave the Lu family, I can establish myself!”

“I won’t have to worry about not being able to marry a wife or support my wife and children!”

Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, his mood excited and agitated.

But after a while, he frowned.

“However, I can’t reveal this Second-tier Talisman Crafting Skill now, otherwise there’s no way to explain it, and it might cause trouble.”

As the saying goes, an innocent man is guilty only because he possesses something precious.

As a son-in-law who was eliminated by the immortal sect and only just started cultivating, suddenly being able to craft talismans directly would definitely arouse suspicion and cause trouble.

Moreover, he was currently the Lu family’s son-in-law, dependent on others.

Once he revealed his talisman crafting skill, who knew what the Lu family’s attitude would be.

Perhaps he would go from being a ‘breeding’ person to a talisman crafting tool.

“I can’t rush; I have to take it slow. First, I’ll buy a set of talisman crafting tools and materials, practice crafting talismans, then gradually reveal my talisman crafting talent in the Lu family, and finally, naturally reveal my First-tier and Second-tier Talisman Master skills.”

“This way, it won’t arouse suspicion, and perhaps I might even be valued by the Lu family and have my status raised because of my talisman crafting talent.”

Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, pondered for a moment, and made up his mind.

Now that he saw the system’s function and had the Second-tier Talisman Crafting Skill, he had a bit more confidence in this world and his future.

He knew that as long as he was cautious in everything, had more children, and avoided trouble, even if he didn’t become an immortal ancestor, his future achievements wouldn’t be too bad.

Early the next morning, Lu Changsheng went out, took out the magic artifact flying sword that Lu Yuanding had rewarded him with, and walked towards the Hundred Treasures Pavilion of Green Bamboo Mountain Manor.

The Hundred Treasures Pavilion was like a department store.

Magic artifacts, pills, talismans, spiritual rice, spiritual vegetables, demon beast meat, daily necessities, and various other items were basically all sold there.

The spirit stones Lu Changsheng received every month were used to buy demon beast meat and spiritual vegetables at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

Although the effects of pills were good, they were too expensive.

For a poor person like him, eating spiritual vegetables and demon beast meat was more cost-effective.

Today he came to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion to purchase a set of talisman crafting tools and materials.

As for bringing the flying sword, it was because he had no money on him and planned to sell this flying sword for cash.

“Shopkeeper, do you sell talisman brushes, talisman paper, and spiritual ink for crafting talismans here?”

Arriving at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, Lu Changsheng asked the shopkeeper on the reclining chair.

“What do you want these things for?”

The shopkeeper was an old man with graying hair, and also a cultivator.

“I want to learn talisman crafting, so I plan to buy some materials and practice.”

Lu Changsheng said.

“Learn talisman crafting?”

The old man couldn’t help but laugh as if he had heard a joke.

Looking at Lu Changsheng, he said, “Do you know how difficult it is to learn talisman crafting?”

There weren’t many cultivators in Green Bamboo Mountain Manor, only about a hundred, and he basically knew them all.

And Lu Changsheng, as a son-in-law who was frantically making babies, five a year, was somewhat famous in Green Bamboo Mountain Manor, leaving a relatively deep impression on the shopkeeper.

“I don’t know, but my talent isn’t good. If I continue cultivating like this, I’ll basically reach the end quickly. It’s better to try learning a skill.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head, a wry smile on his face.

He had already thought of these excuses last night.

“Haha, it’s good that you have this idea, but I advise you not to waste your money.”

“It’s normal for a beginner trying to learn talisman crafting to fail hundreds of times at first. If their aptitude is poor, failing hundreds of times is not strange at all!”

“This is still for the same type of talisman. If you try to draw a different type of talisman, although it’s better than the beginning, the failure rate is still astonishingly high.”

“For a beginner to become a ranked Talisman Master, it requires thousands upon thousands of practice attempts. Think about the cost involved yourself.”

The shopkeeper saw that Lu Changsheng was quite diligent in the Lu family, getting five women pregnant in a year, so he kindly reminded him.