On the Bright Moon Peak of the Jade Blood Sect, Lu Ye read all the books about spiritual tattoos left by his master. During this period, he spent two months coming to the holy land of spiritual tattooists to observe the relics of the former Nine Provinces Era and to compete with many fellow practitioners for three months.
After five months of painstaking cultivation, Lu Ye didn't know how much progress he had made in the way of spiritual tattoos, but it was still not enough.
He could continue to study and absorb the information on the leaves of the Talent Tree.
It was the same as when he read his master's books. In the past, when he obtained these books, he didn't have high attainments in the way of spiritual tattoos and just skimmed through them. He knew many things but didn't know why. Now, when he thought about it carefully, he gained something new.
It was like eating a bowl of rice. In the past, Lu Ye would only feel that it was delicious after eating it. But now, when he ate the same bowl of rice again, he could distinguish what kind of ingredients were added in the bowl of rice and what kind of cooking method was used. 4
In this way, if he needed, he could make this bowl of rice by himself.
While recalling the information on the leaves of the Talent Tree, Lu Ye also sorted out what he had learned. Every time, there would be some unexpected surprises.
So from this day on, there was one less spiritual tattooist participating in the competition in the holy land. Lu Ye sat in front of a smooth stone wall like a withered sculpture, silent and motionless. If it weren't for his long breath and vitality, others would really regard him as a dry and dead person. 2_
During this period, some new people joined and some left. In such a place, no one would restrict others from doing anything. Since it was the holy land of spiritual tattooists, as long as one was qualified enough, he or she could come and go freely.
On this day, a group of spiritual tattooists finished a competition. An old man turned his head and glanced at him, sighing, "This little fellow practitioner has been in meditation for more than two months. I don't know what kind of enlightenment he has. It took him such a long time."
It wasn't anything new to gain something here and then enter a state of enlightenment. Usually, under such circumstances, outsiders wouldn't rashly disturb them. However, no one had ever entered a state of meditation for such a long time. In the past, the longest period of meditation was less than three days.
After all, the enlightenment in the way of spiritual tattoos was often a flash of inspiration. It didn't take a long time like cultivation.
"Who knows? We can only ask him when he wakes up."
Just as they were talking, someone suddenly exclaimed, "He's awake, he's awake!"
Everyone looked up and saw Lu Ye, who had been sitting there motionless for the past two months, slowly stand up. Then, with the sound of a long sword being unsheathed, the Mountain Blade was unsheathed from his waist. 1
Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but be shocked.
Someone was stunned. "What is he going to do?"
This was the holy land of spiritual tattooists. The stone walls were engraved with the relics of ancient sages. In such a place, it was not good to use weapons rashly. Therefore, no matter how noisy the spiritual tattooists were, no one would really fight in order to avoid destroying the stone walls here. If that happened, they would be sinners for all eternity.
Therefore, when they saw Lu Ye take out his long saber, some people were on tenterhooks. They were afraid that this kid would be angry out of humiliation because he failed to comprehend the mystery of the spirit tattoos and wantonly destroy them.
It was not impossible for this to happen.
But soon, everyone realized that something was wrong, because the stone wall in front of Lu Ye was smooth and there were no ancient lines left.
As Lu Ye jumped up and came to the front of the stone wall, with the spiritual force surging and the long saber dancing, everyone realized what he was going to do.
"Is he … going to leave an inscription?"
Hearing this, all the spiritual tattooists gasped in astonishment.
Leaving an inscription didn't mean leaving a name. No one would leave their name in such a holy land. However, if one had some novel ideas or deduced a new spirit tattoo that had never been seen in the world, he could leave an inscription here for future generations to admire and learn.
The traces left on the stone walls in the holy land were not left in the same era. Some were extremely ancient, some were more recent, and some were obviously left in the past hundreds or thousands of years. These inscriptions were left by the spiritual tattooists who had meditated and cultivated here in the past. They were the displays of what they had learned.
But without exception, those who were qualified to leave an inscription here, whether it was a formed spirit tattoo or not, must be able to withstand the test of future generations.
It was not as simple as leaving an inscription by carving a few unknown lines on it. That would not get recognition, but only ridicule.
The most recent inscription on the stone walls could be traced back to more than 300 years ago. At that time, a genius spiritual tattooist appeared and deduced a new spirit tattoo on the basis of the ancient people. Since then, no one was qualified to leave an inscription in such a holy land.
But the inscription had been left as a legend until now.
None of the spiritual tattooists here expected that in today's world, someone dared to leave an inscription here. Moreover, it was such a young man with a tender face.
Wasn't he afraid of being laughed at?
After all, once the lines were inscribed on the stone wall, they would be tested by all the spiritual tattooists present. Some of the mysteries in the lines could not be faked.
The sound of cracking came out constantly, and the stone chips were flying. Lu Ye didn't notice the movements of other spiritual tattooists around him. But after more than half a year of painstaking pursuit on the path of spiritual tattoos, he suddenly had a strong feeling in his heart.
That was, if he deduced a new Sharpness Spiritual Tattoo at this time, there would probably be a surprise!
Just do it!
Instead of deducing a new Sharpness Spiritual Tattoo on the leaves of the Talent Tree, he chose to inscribe it directly on the stone wall in front of him. This showed his strong confidence in his current state! 1
When the Pan Mountain Saber danced on the stone wall and left crisscrossed lines, all the spiritual tattooists around were attracted and gathered behind him. No matter whether they were optimistic about his action or not, at least no one rashly disturbed him at this moment. They just waited quietly.
Even if they wanted to criticize, they would wait until Lu Ye finished the work!
Lu Ye didn't notice this. At this moment, he fell into a mysterious ethereal state, and all kinds of inspiration kept bursting out in his mind. This feeling was very similar to that of deducing a new Sharpness Spiritual Tattoo with the help of the Talent Tree in Green Bamboo Peak more than half a year ago, but it was more intense.
At that time, he always had an unsatisfactory feeling, as if he had the strength but couldn't exert it. It turned out that the new Sharpness Spiritual Tattoo he deduced at the end was not very useful.
But it was different this time. Lu Ye felt that he was in a better state this time. He knew that the reason why he couldn't exert it last time was that his understanding of the way of spiritual tattoos was not deep enough. But after more than half a year of cultivation, his attainments in the way of spiritual tattoos had been greatly improved. So, he could do his best and show all he had learned.
"Is … is he going to inscribe a complete spiritual tattoo?" The spiritual tattooists who were watching from behind were gradually shocked.
Originally, he thought that even if Lu Ye wanted to leave behind an inscription, he would only leave behind a unique pattern. If that was the case, then there would be a lot of room for criticism. This was because no one could be sure that such a pattern could really play a role in a spirit pattern.
In fact, there were many such semi-finished lines on the stone wall, which had always been the focus of debate among the spiritual tattooists.
But if he wanted to inscribe a complete spiritual tattoo, the result would be completely different. There was no room for criticism at all for a complete spiritual tattoo, because it was complete enough to play a role in it!
Inscribing a complete spiritual tattoo in such a place was undoubtedly a brand-new spiritual tattoo, which had never appeared in the history of cultivation in Nine Provinces.
There was no doubt that this was groundbreaking and would be recorded in the annals of history.
Since ancient times, all kinds of spiritual tattoos in the cultivation world had been deduced by generations of extremely talented spiritual tattooists. The birth of every new spiritual tattoo was enough to shake the world of spiritual tattoos.
There hadn't been a new spiritual tattoo in Nine Provinces for many years.
Was history going to happen in front of their eyes today?
For a time, many spiritual tattooists were excited and paid closer attention to it.
But as time went by, they gradually found something wrong.
"This spiritual tattoo … is too complicated. Now there are nearly 1,000 foundational units, and it seems that it is not even half completed. If it is completely inscribed, it will cost at least 2,000 foundational units, right?"
For something like a spiritual tattoo, the more complicated it was, the better. On the contrary, the simpler the spiritual tattoo, the more popular it would be because it was simple enough and easy to construct.
In this way, it could play a role in battles or other fields. But if it was too complicated, it would be difficult to construct and naturally could not be popularized.
Take forging a Spirit Artifact as an example. When forging a Spirit Artifact, one would need to inscribe Spirit Inscriptions inside the Spirit Artifact to form a restriction. Even the most outstanding Weapon Refiner would not be willing to inscribe too complicated Spirit Inscriptions inside the Spirit Artifact because that would increase the chances of failure.
Such a spiritual tattoo with at least 2,000 foundational units could not be used in weaponsmithing at all, because the requirement for weaponsmiths was too high. Inscribing such a spiritual tattoo as a restriction could already inscribe five or six normal spiritual tattoos. The price-performance ratio was too low.
Such a complicated spiritual tattoo was usually used in setting up a formation, and it was the kind of formation that was set up in advance, because there would be plenty of time to prepare in advance and allow for mistakes.
Gradually, the number of foundational units on the stone wall exceeded 2,000, which confirmed the previous spiritual tattooist's inference. After a while, Lu Ye suddenly put away his knife. As the last stone chips fell, a complete spiritual tattoo appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
It contained a total of 2,046 foundational units, and the overall shape of the spiritual tattoo looked like an unsheathed long knife at first glance.
In fact, if someone who didn't know the Dao of Spiritual Tattoos came here to look, they would only see a picture of a long saber carved on the stone wall. However, that long saber was made up of more than two thousand basic elements.
A sharp aura surged out from the stone wall!
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