Chapter 47: Success
"Drawing the Arrow-Evasion Talisman differs from the Evil-Repelling Talisman in one crucial aspect. When you encounter a turn in the talisman lines, the brush stroke must have a clear ’collecting’ gesture, while the Spiritual Power should ’spring’, and when you encounter a dot, it’s the exact opposite. The Evil-Repelling Talisman has a total of eighteen turns and twenty-one dots, all follow this principle. Once you grasp this point, drawing the Arrow-Evasion Talisman won’t be difficult."
Zhang Yan took out a sheet of white paper and began to draw a talisman on it while explaining.
Chen Li was completely confused.
He had encountered these professional terms in books before, but those two tattered volumes certainly didn’t provide specific explanations for these terms.
In this world, a great deal of knowledge has barriers to entry; one needs a mentor to lead the way. There aren’t books like ’From Beginner to Expert’ for novices to study from.
Not only is this world’s knowledge inaccessible to beginners, but it is also often kept secret.
For these incomprehensible terms, Chen Li’s approach had always been to try and decipher through trial and error. Fortunately, relying on the original owner’s fragmented memories and his body’s instincts, aside from getting stuck on the Evil-Repelling Talisman, everything else had been smooth sailing.
Once past the initial learning stage, his proficiency and success rate would naturally increase under the assistance of the game panel’s simulation function.
However, this time, he was facing a new talisman that the original owner had never drawn, and clearly, he wasn’t succeeding.
"What do ’collecting’ and ’springing’ mean?" Chen Li seized the opportunity to humbly ask for advice.
"You don’t know this? These are the basics of talisman drawing. How did your master teach you?" Zhang Yan was astonished.