The round stones at the bottom of the shallow stream trembled slightly, as if they wanted to leave, but they didn't move at all. They only struggled to make some small whirlpools, and then rose up, passing through the dense water plants, bringing along the air bubbles attached to the bottom of the grass.
"This proves that the talisman is effective, but the effect is too weak, so it can only be displayed with the buoyancy of the stream." Fourth Brother looked at the pearl-like air bubbles in the stream and asked indifferently, "Youngest Brother, I appreciate your idea that you are willing to use your Talisman Taoism in practical things instead of metaphysics. But I don't understand why you want the talisman to be so small. Where are you going to use it?"
Ning Que said after a moment of silence, "I'm going to carve this talisman on the arrow, so it must be small."
Fourth Brother turned back and looked at him quietly, saying, "Good idea."
Ning Que smiled, but he heard Fourth Brother's next words before his smile was fully stretched.
"… Unfortunately, it's still wishful thinking."
He asked in surprise, "Why?"
Fourth Brother said, "Carving talismans on armors can increase defense, and carving talismans on swords can increase lethality. Has no one ever thought of carving talismans on arrows? Since ancient times, countless people have had this idea, but they all failed. "
Ning Que frowned and asked, "Why did they fail?"
"There are thousands of reasons, but there is only one real explanation. Because all the attempts to carve talismans on arrows have failed. So at least until today, this is a good idea destined to fail."
"Failure is the mother of success."
"Youngest Brother's words are very reasonable, but don't forget that many mothers gave birth to children who were also failures."
"It doesn't matter if I try again, does it?"
"Then you have to redesign the talisman lines. Now your talisman can only be carved on the beam of the Daming Palace. Even if you have the ability to turn the beam of the Daming Palace into an arrow, where can you find such a thick bowstring?"
"Fourth Brother …"
"Hmm?"
"I just found out that you are very mean today."
"A Talisman Master like me, who plays technical work, pays particular attention to carving on the thinnest part."
"Good answer."
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It was not Ning Que's first idea to carve talismans on arrows to increase power and shooting range. As a matter of fact, he already had this idea when he was listening to the old man Lyu Qingchen talking about the secrets of cultivation on the grassland last year.
Years of training in Min Mountain and the frontier fortress had given him excellent archery skills. Every time he thought about how to fight against strong cultivators, he would naturally think of bows and arrows. If Talisman Taoism could be used on feathered arrows, then a safe distance and surprise attack could be guaranteed in a battle with a cultivation powerhouse.
When Lyu Qingchen heard about this idea last year during the journey, he immediately said that the arrow was too light to carve talismans on it, and the Primordial Qi attached to it would dissipate too quickly. Unless these two problems could be solved, the arrow would never become the weapon of choice for cultivators.
At that time, Ning Que had never touched Talisman Taoism, so he did not think much about it. However, as the successor of the Divine Talisman Master Yan Se, and seeing so many crazy sublime people in the back of the mountain of the Academy, he always felt that it was not impossible to carve a talisman on the thin shaft of an arrow. If he succeeded, wouldn't all the problems be solved?
Although he was beaten by Fourth Brother's mean words by the stream, Ning Que did not lose all his confidence. After returning to Chang 'an, he broke into the South School of Haotian Taoism to find his master and pestered him for three days and two nights to get some advice. Then, he returned to the Old Brush Pen Shop and pondered for a long time with a brush, ink, ruler and line. Finally, he reduced the Wind Talisman to the smallest size.
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Late at night, the light was slightly swaying.
Sangsang, who was wrapped in white cloth, slowly floated up from the bed.
The white cloth was densely covered with slender strips of paper.
Some strange lines could be vaguely seen on the paper.
A low whimper came from the closed window.
Ning Que stood beside the bed with a pale face and looked at her quietly.
The scene looked extremely strange and terrible.
Ning Que's Psyche Power in his sense of perception was almost exhausted after drawing more than 40 Wind Talismans. His face was extremely pale, but his eyes were full of joy when he looked at the little handmaiden who slowly floated up and the paper talismans on her body.
As Sangsang's thin body floated in the air, he moved his hands up and down and said with emotion, "What is a trapeze artist? This is a trapeze artist. This is a magic trick. How can I know who Liu Qian is? "
Sangsang, who was floating in the air, frowned and said, "Young master, I don't know who Liu Qian is either."
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The next day, Ning Que came to the Back Mountain of the Academy. He took out the slender Fu paper and handed it to Sixth Brother very solemnly. He said, "Senior Brother, it depends on your craftsmanship."
Sixth Brother took the Fu paper and looked at it for a long time in confusion. Then he picked up an arrow from the corner of the room that Ning Que threw here a few days ago. He rolled the Fu paper into a cylinder and stuck it tightly on the thin shaft of the arrow.
"Although the size is suitable, I still think it will fail later."
Sixth Brother took out a fine carving knife and sat at the bright place of the window. He began to carve according to the lines of the Fu paper on the shaft of the arrow. His fingers were very stable and did not tremble at all. His knife seemed to be slow, but in fact, it was extremely accurate. He did not want to be elegant but only practical. The hair-like blade perfectly copied the lines on the Fu paper.
After carving the Fu, Ning Que picked up the arrow and looked at the sky outside the window. Looking at the delicate and beautiful lines on the thin shaft like patterns, he could not help but feel shocked and sincerely praised, "Sixth Brother, your craftsmanship is really good."
Sixth Brother put the fine carving knife into the leather case and said with a simple and honest smile, "I am a craftsman."
The two walked out of the room and came to the Mirror Lake.
Ning Que took a deep breath and calmed his mind. He put the arrow on the boxwood bow and slightly loosened and tightened his left fingers. His Psyche Power was released from his sense of perception and passed to the talisman lines on the arrow. For an ordinary Talisman Master, his Psyche Power was the key and the talisman he wrote was the lock. Only his Psyche Power could stimulate the power of the talisman.
With a buzzing sound, the tight boxwood bowstring bounced back.
Almost at the same time, his Psyche Power stimulated the talisman on the shaft.
A breeze blew between the hard bow and then quickly dispersed. But the arrow … did not know where it flew to.
There was no trace of the arrow flying on the calm lake.
There was no trace of the arrow flying in the forest across the lake.
Under the azure sky, not a single trace of an arrow could be found.
There must be traces of anything walking, crawling or flying. So where did the arrow engraved with Wind Talisman disappear in an instant?
Ning Que put down the hardwood bow in a daze and looked back at Sixth Brother with an inquiring look.
Sixth Brother spread out his hands with a confused expression on his simple and honest face.
Just then, Seventh Sister walked out of the pavilion in the center of the Mirror Lake. Her eyebrows were furrowed and she was furious. Her head and body were covered with tiny sawdust, as if she had just crawled out of a lumberyard warehouse.
Looking at Seventh Sister's embarrassed appearance, Ning Que could not help laughing, thinking that Senior Sister was really like a silly girl.
Sixth Brother forged weapons and carved talismans all year round. He was simple and honest, but his eyes were sharp. He had already seen Seventh Sister's clenched right hand trembling because of anger and a cold metal arrowhead in her palm. His body slightly stiffened and his heart slightly chilled. Without saying anything, he turned around and went into his iron-forging room, closing the door tightly.
Ning Que still did not know what had happened. He looked back at the closed iron-forging room in confusion, and then turned back to Seventh Sister in the pavilion and shouted, "Senior Sister, did you see an arrow?"
Seventh Sister suppressed her anger and forced a smile, "What arrow?"
"It's just an … arrow with a fancy shaft."
Seventh Sister smiled and stretched out the arrowhead in her right hand. She asked, "Is it this one?"
Ning Que said in surprise, "Yes, it is this … Eh, why is there only an arrowhead? Where is the pole? "
Seventh Sister gently brushed the hair on her cheeks and dusted the sawdust in her hair. She smiled charmingly and said, "Here."
Ning Que finally came to his senses. Without hesitation, he turned around and ran to the iron-forging room, shouting, "Sixth Brother! Help! Open the door! "
Before he reached the iron-forging room, Ning Que stopped running with a muffled sound.
He struggled to turn his head to look behind him. His face was pale and he almost cried.
There were more than a dozen embroidery needles on his buttocks, each needle piercing into his flesh.
In the pavilion, Seventh Sister gently pinched the embroidery frame and sneered, "Knives, swords, needles, and now arrows! If I don't teach you some lessons, I really don't know whether you will also use firearms in the future! "
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After the small interlude, the innovative work of developing Talisman Arrows still had to continue. And because of the noise by the lake, there were two more onlookers. Chen Pipi had just sent food to the Chess Addict and had nothing to do for the time being. Seventh Sister, on the other hand, had to guard against the sawdust rain in the pavilion in the middle of the lake. It was really difficult for her to concentrate on embroidery, so she simply came over to watch.
"Even if talismans can be carved on the shaft, the power of Wind Talisman plus flux energy is not something that the shaft itself can bear."
Seventh Sister held a pot lid and patted the remaining sawdust on her shoulder. She looked at Ning Que and Sixth Brother who were concentrating on the experiment and said, "If we can't solve this problem, it's useless to try."
"Has anyone ever tried this before? Yes. Have they succeeded? No. Are those former Divine Talisman Masters more talented than you, Ning Que? Yes. Have they succeeded? No. So I don't know why you still insist on this idea. "
Chen Pipi held the fine iron pot used for delivering food and shook his head. He said, "You are purely wasting time and life."
The two onlookers seemed to be giving ideas at the same time, but in fact, they had never given up any opportunity to strike Ning Que's confidence. Ning Que didn't care about it. He directly pulled the bow and arrow and said, "Get ready."
"The fourth experiment of the unprecedented new Talisman Arrow. Countdown starts. Three, two, one, shoot!"
Chen Pipi shouted loudly. When he shouted the word 'launch', he immediately raised the fine steel pot in his hand to cover his face. However, because his face was too fat and round, even though the steel pot was huge, a circle of flesh was still exposed. It looked extremely comical and ridiculous.
Seventh Sister was faster than him. When he shouted the word "shoot", she had already raised the pot lid with both hands and desperately protected her beautiful face.
Even Ning Que, after shooting the Talisman Arrow, immediately jumped to the back of Sixth Brother and blocked any possible accidents with Senior Brother's strong body.
The first three Talisman Arrows had caused extremely tragic consequences. The fish with white bellies on the surface of the lake and the black bird that had been blown into a bloody mess in the forest were the direct evidence of this tragedy.
Sixth Brother did not cover his face and carefully looked for the trace of the Talisman Arrow in the sky. As a weapon developer and manufacturer, he never lacked the spirit of adventure. After a while, he shook his head and said, "Done."
Seventh Sister carefully poked out half of her face from behind the pot lid and asked, "Senior Brother, where is the arrow?"
Sixth Brother pointed to the dense forest on the other side of the lake and said, "It seems to be over there."
Chen Pipi put down the fine iron pot and said with a laugh, "That's where the two Senior Brothers play the zither and flute."
Seventh Sister waved her hand and said, "It's okay. Once the two Junior Brothers start to play the zither and flute, they won't remember anything. Not to mention being drenched with sawdust, even if their butts are pierced by an arrow, they won't have any reaction."
Hearing this, Ning Que slightly trembled and said to Sixth Brother, "It seems that the material of the arrow shaft is really not good."
Sixth Brother took out the last Talisman Arrow from the quiver and asked, "Do you still want to try?"
Chen Pipi shook his head and said, "It doesn't make any sense. If Ning Que can successfully develop the Talisman Arrow, he can totally set up a sect. He doesn't need to learn the true meaning of Talisman Taoism."
"I know you are scolding me." Ning Que shrugged and said, "But I still want to have a try."
Looking at Chen Pipi and Seventh Sister nervously lifting the pot and the pot lid again, he smiled and shook his head, saying, "This time I will try on the spot, without covering my face."
Taking off the arrowhead on the Talisman Arrow, Ning Que released the Psyche Power in his sense of perception and directly stimulated the Talisman on the arrow shaft.
The beautiful and delicate Talisman lines on the arrow shaft suddenly lit up, and the surrounding Qi of Heaven and Earth quickly gathered together. A cool breeze was generated out of nowhere and kept twining around the slender arrow shaft.
Ning Que stared at the arrow shaft and used his Psyche Power to carefully perceive the direction and law of the flow of the wind.
Suddenly, everyone could see with their naked eyes that the talisman lines on the thin and long arrow shaft sank deep into the arrow shaft for some unknown reason. The wood that made up the arrow shaft instantly tightened and then tore apart, splitting into extremely fine wood fibers!
With a puff, smoke and dust rose by the lakeside and sawdust flew all over the sky.
It caused a lot of coughs.
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Ning Que brushed off the sawdust on his body and said, "Ordinary materials can't be used to make Talisman Arrows. We have to change them."
"Change what?"
"Use refined steel."
Chen Pipi shook his head and said, "Refined steel can naturally resist the tearing force of the wind. But the problem is, how to shoot arrows made of refined steel? How can there be such a bowstring in the world? "
"The bow can be made of iron, and the string … can also be solved. The problem is that the refined steel arrow is so heavy that I can't shoot it even with my ability."
Seventh Sister asked, "Will the refined steel arrow be lighter after engraving the Talisman?"
Ning Que shook his head and said, "Fourth Brother and I have tried it a few days ago. Even if it's light, it's still limited."
Sixth Brother suddenly said, "I can use refined steel to make the hollow tube."
Chen Pipi said, "In order to strengthen the strength of your perception of the Talisman on the arrow shaft, I suggest you add some silver in it."
Sixth Brother nodded and said, "This is not difficult."
Ning Que's eyes gradually lit up.
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