Chapter 53 Making a Second-Level Talisman

After not seeing each other for more than ten years, Gu Hong is more dazzling, and the beauty mole on her forehead is very charming.

"Gu Daoyou, I haven't seen you for many years. I hope you are well!"

Seeing Gu Hong, Li An showed a warm smile, "Please come to the inner hall for a chat!"

He was thinking in his heart that Gu Hong must have something important to do.

Entering the inner hall, Li An poured a cup of tea for Gu Hong, and the two exchanged a few polite words.

"Li Daoyou, I came here this time because I want to ask you for help with something."

Gu Hong finally spoke.

"Please speak."

"I want you to help me refine the Soul Calming Talisman and the Thunder Talisman!"

Hearing this, Li An was surprised and said with difficulty:

"Gu Daoyou, you think too highly of me. The Soul Calming Talisman and the Thunder Talisman are both rare treasures among the second-level talismans. Li's current level of talisman art can only draw first-level top-quality talismans."

"I know. But in this matter, apart from Li Daoyou, Gu Hong really has no other trustworthy person."

Gu Hong said calmly, "Li Daoyou, can you try your best to help? Don't worry, I will provide all the materials, you just need to help me make talismans with peace of mind."

"Besides, Gu Hong is not in a hurry, how about one year? Within one year, as long as you can draw two Soul Calming Talismans and Thunder Talismans, it will be enough."

"In addition, as long as Li Daoyou is willing to help, this incomplete second-level talisman inheritance will belong to Li Daoyou."

She took out a yellowed talisman book!

In her opinion, Li An did not inherit the second-level talisman, so he naturally needed to learn how to draw two talismans from this talisman book.

Li An pondered.

The Soul Calming Talisman and the Thunder Talisman are both special. The Soul Calming Talisman is used to guard one's own soul and prevent it from being eroded by evil spirits.

The Thunder Talisman is used to attack the consciousness.

But although Gu Hong is already a foundation-building cultivator and has condensed the consciousness, at this level, the consciousness is still limited to exploration and perception, and can hardly be used for fighting.

She shouldn't use it against people?

Then... a spirit beast?

"Could it be a Yuanhun beast?"

A thought flashed through his mind. The Yuanhun beast is a second-level demon beast. Its crystal core can be used to refine "Xiao Huandan", which can extend the life of the foundation-building cultivator by dozens or even hundreds of years!

And the most powerful thing about the Yuanhun beast is its soul power. Ordinary foundation-building cultivators can't resist its soul attack at all, and often only a master of the Jindan can kill it.

However, the small Huandan refined by the Yuanhun beast crystal core is not very effective for the Jindan masters, so the Jindan masters rarely take action.

In his previous life, Li An had also looked for various ways to prolong his life, so he knew these things more clearly.

But Gu Hong had just broken through the foundation-building period not long ago, and he was not short of life...

"To be honest with you, fellow Daoist Li, my master had a fight with someone half a year ago, which caused his life essence and soul to be damaged, and his life span is about to end, so he must find the Yuanhun beast crystal core to refine the small Huandan."

And Gu Hong has already said directly: "This matter is very top secret. If I buy and refine the two talismans in other places, it will be easy for my enemies to know my master's current situation, so I can only find someone I trust."

Li An couldn't help but nod, but at the same time he couldn't help but smile helplessly. Gu Hong told him the top secret, so is there any room for him to refuse?

And the main thing is that he has long wanted to try to make a second-level talisman. Now that Gu Hong has come to his door, he can provide the corresponding consumables, which is a good thing.

As for the incomplete second-level talisman inheritance, although he has no shortage of it, he can sell it in the future, which is worth a lot of money.

"You can give it a try, but in addition to the preparation of talisman pens and talisman paper, at least several conditions must be met,"

Li An considered:

"First, Fellow Daoist Gu needs to help. To refine the second-level talisman, you need to use the spiritual power of the foundation-building period. The quality of my current spiritual power is insufficient, so Fellow Daoist Gu must listen to my arrangements and cooperate with me."

"Second, one year is too short... at least two years!"

Gu Hong frowned slightly: "It's easy to cooperate with Fellow Daoist Li, but two years..."

She pondered for a long time before saying: "Well - then two years!"

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For the next period of time, Li An handed over all the things in the store to the apprentices in the store, and he concentrated on Gu Hong's affairs.

Gu Hong had prepared a second-level talisman pen and dozens of second-level talisman papers, but Li An did not start drawing talismans directly.

"Gu Daoyou, if I want to borrow your spiritual power, I need you and I to be in sync and not on guard. Can you do it?"

In the room, on the bed, Li An and Gu Hong sat opposite each other.

Gu Hong nodded, stretched out her two slender hands, and pressed them together with Li An's palms.

Li An looked calm. At first, he did not directly exchange spiritual power, but circulated spiritual power in his palms, like a stream flowing through.

Gu Hong felt a tingling sensation in her palms, and subconsciously wanted to laugh, but tried hard to hold it back, with a very cute expression.

Her initial nervousness also dissipated under the caress of Li An's spiritual power, and she felt relaxed.

But suddenly, she felt Li An's spiritual power flow into her body like a stream.

Her body stiffened slightly.

"Relax."

Li An spoke in a deep voice.

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Before drawing the talisman, Li An must be familiar with Gu Hong's spiritual power and have a good idea of ​​the quality of her spiritual power before he can use it when drawing the talisman.

Besides, it also takes time for him to learn two types of talismans in the incomplete second-level talisman.

This process took half a year!

One morning half a year later.

After Li An and Gu Hong had breakfast, Li An finally spread out the talisman paper while he was full of energy.

The black second-level talisman pen was held in his hand, cold and heavy. The black talisman paper made of second-level materials was very textured, and seemed to have a mysterious pattern naturally.

Second-level talisman paper was very precious. The talisman paper for each talisman needed to be specially made. For example, the talisman paper for the soul-soothing talisman and the thunder talisman cost twenty spirit stones if purchased.

It can be said to be a waste of money!

Li An stood in front of the table, and the tip of the talisman pen was filled with spirit ink and fell on the talisman paper.

Gu Hong stood behind him, with both hands on his back, and the spiritual power of the foundation-building period gathered in Li An's hands like a trickle of streams.

After half a year of running-in, the two of them have cooperated very well.

Li An drives the spirit ink to make talismans——

The talisman pen draws strange and profound talismans, which seem to touch people's souls.

Pah!

The talisman paper suddenly makes a slight sound and is directly damaged.

The first one failed and took half an hour!

The two were mentally prepared for this, and then they tried the second one...

That day, they tried five talisman papers, all of which failed.

In fact, with Li An's mental power, even if it was a second-level talisman, he could try to make ten a day, but he didn't want to expose himself, so he chose to take it slowly.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed.

The sixty talisman papers prepared by Gu Hong have been tossed out, and the two still have nothing.

Fortunately, in the past six months, Li An has been purchasing miscellaneous goods from Xuanyang Sect in the name of customer orders, and has gathered a lot of materials for making Thunder Talisman and Soul Calming Talisman.

These two kinds of talisman papers are expensive, but if you make them yourself, the cost will be much lower, about six or seven spirit stones per piece.

Li An taught Gu Hong how to make talisman paper. It took another two months to make 100 pieces of talisman paper.

The two continued to work together to draw talismans.

That day, Li An wasted the 67th piece of talisman paper.

"Let's switch. You're in front."

He suddenly spoke.

Behind him, Gu Hong was puzzled: "Hmm?"

"I can't use your spiritual power perfectly and freely. You hold the pen and I'll control it--"

He asked Gu Hong to hold the pen, and then stood side by side with Gu Hong. He gently held Gu Hong's jade hand with his right hand, and directly held Gu Hong's small waist with his left hand.

Gu Hong blushed slightly.

Even though they had a lot of physical contact every day, at this moment in this quiet study, she still had a hint of charm in her heart.

"Calm down--"

Li An's words were full of power.

Gu Hong took a deep breath, and then operated the talisman pen according to Li An's instructions.

Sure enough, although her technique was awkward at first, under Li An's guidance, she got better and better, even better than Li An's previous painting.

This was mainly because she was more sensitive to her own spiritual power.

Also, Li An was personally guiding her.

Finally, after a few days, when it came to the 93rd talisman paper, the brushstrokes were finally completed perfectly, and a second-level soul-soothing talisman was done!

"Success, success!"

Gu Hong was sweating profusely, and after much hard work, she finally made the first talisman.

She couldn't help but grab Li An's hands, with surprise and excitement on her face!

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