On Mingxin Peak, in the hidden study, Lu Ye knelt in front of Madam Yun and spread out his palm. Under the slight surge of spiritual power in his palm, a Yin Primordial Qi, which was smaller than a grain of rice, quickly took shape. Then it changed to Yang Primordial Qi and back to Yin Primordial Qi. In just a few breaths, it changed more than a dozen times.
Madam Yun was in front of him, checking his results.
"It's done," Madam Yun said.
Only then did Lu Ye disperse his spiritual power.
"I have to say that there is a reason why you can get the inheritance of the spiritual tattooist. You have a high talent in this field." Madam Yun looked at him approvingly.
When the headmaster brought Lu Ye here for the first time, Madam Yun just didn't want to waste the predecessor's inheritance in Lu Ye's hands, so she wanted to give him some advice and let him come to Mingxin Peak when he was free. In this way, he might be able to make full use of the inheritance.
But after these two times, she was surprised to find that although the predecessor had passed away, he still had the vision to choose the inheritance.
Lu Ye, a beginner, only spent half an hour last time to do what she did in two days. This time, it was even more ridiculous. He reached her requirement of switching between Yin and Yang Primordial Qi in five days.
Back then, she had spent a whole month to reach this level. Comparing the two, she found that Lu Ye's talent in spiritual tattoos was much higher than hers.
The young man in front of her was worth her effort to cultivate. For a moment, her gaze at Lu Ye became much softer.
Maybe … maybe … maybe, maybe, she could consider snatching this young man from the old thing and making him her successor? She thought that the old thing wouldn't dare to say anything.
This matter shouldn't be rushed. She should take it slowly.
Putting away the thoughts in her mind, she flipped her hand, and a transparent crystal about the size of an egg appeared in her palm. The crystal was flat, and it was obviously carved like this. There were many hollowed out areas on the surface of the crystal, and from the hollowed out marks, it looked like a pattern of the Yin and Yang elements arranged together.
Madam Yun threw the transparent crystal to Lu Ye.
Lu Ye took it and looked at it. "Is this a spiritual tattoo?"
"This is a spiritual tattoo." Madam Yun nodded. "Anything that can be formed by Yin and Yang Primordial Qi is a spiritual tattoo."
Lu Ye immediately remembered this sentence. He had read it in a book two days ago, which was written by the guy named Mu Xiaoyao.
This Mu Xiaoyao must be an amazing spirit rune master.
According to Mu Xiaoyao, whether a spiritual inscription could be called a spiritual inscription depended on whether it was stable after it was constructed.
The Yin and Yang elements could not be arranged randomly. Instead, they needed to follow a mysterious principle. If the elements were arranged randomly, there was a 99% chance that they would not be able to form. Even if they were barely able to form, the elements would clash. In serious cases, it could cause spiritual energy to go berserk.
Therefore, creating a new spirit rune wasn't an easy task. If one wasn't careful, they might even end up with injuries.
"However, there are two types of spiritual tattoos. One is useful and the other is useless."
"There are still useless spirit inscriptions?"
"The spirit pattern on your hand is the one." Madam Yun explained, "The so-called useful spirit runes can produce all kinds of miraculous effects. The useless spirit runes can't be used at all. They are simply formed. Try dissecting this spirit pattern and tell me how many foundational elements there are in total. How much Yin and Yang elements are contained in these foundational elements? "
"Yes." Lu Ye answered. He carefully looked at the transparent crystal in his hand and simulated the construction of this spirit pattern in his mind.
For him, this was not an easy task. Because the lines in the spirit pattern looked very similar, and the combination of Yin and Yang elements was also integrated, some lines looked like two foundational elements, but in fact, they were made up of three or even four foundational elements.
This not only tested his eyesight but also his brain power.
However, Madam Yun taught him how to dissect the spirit pattern first, which undoubtedly made it easier for him to master this spirit pattern. Only when he dissected it accurately could he clearly understand the complete structure of the whole spirit pattern.
In Lu Ye's memory, there were many famous great people who rose from dissecting their families.
After half an hour, after repeated confirmation, Lu Ye raised his head and said, "Madam, there are 30 foundational elements in this spirit pattern, 12 of which are Yin elements and 18 of which are Yang elements."
Madam Yun nodded with a smile. "Yes, this is the simplest spirit pattern in the way of spiritual tattoos. The first step for a spiritual tattooist to teach a disciple to practice spiritual tattoos is to construct 30 of this spirit pattern."
"30 of spirit patterns?"
"Useless spirit patterns are only named with numbers."
"I see. The ancestor who created 30 of spirit patterns must be a genius."
The more foundational elements, the better the spiritual tattoos were. With more foundational elements, there would be more changes. One might be able to construct an extremely powerful spirit pattern, but to create a stable spirit pattern with only 30 foundational elements was a great test of one's own attainment.
It was like the dish that tested the chef's ability the most was stir-fried shredded potatoes. Although the Buddha jumps over the wall, which required complicated ingredients and took a long time, was delicious, the chef who made the Buddha jumps over the wall might not be able to cook a plate of shredded potatoes that everyone praised.
"It's rare for you to think like this."
In the following time, Madam Yun asked Lu Ye about the things in the dozens of books he had read before. Lu Ye took the opportunity to ask some questions that he was confused about, and then Madam Yun explained some basic knowledge of the way of spiritual tattoos to him.
Time flew. In the hidden study, one was teaching attentively, while the other was learning attentively.
Unknowingly, the sky had turned dark.
Madam Yun stood up and said, "Let's call it a day. Your cultivation is still low, so you should focus on improving your own cultivation. The way of spiritual tattoos is broad and profound. It's not something that can be learned in a day or two. Go back and study 30 of spirit patterns. When you can successfully construct them, come back to me."
As she spoke, she waved her hand again and took out a dozen books, giving them to Lu Ye to take away.
A moment later, Lu Ye walked out under the escort of the maidservant.
He turned around, thanked her, and said, "May I ask how I should address you?"
Every time he came here, he would see this maidservant. Lu Ye didn't know her name, so he wanted to ask for her name since they would have to interact frequently in the future.
Unexpectedly, the maidservant just smiled at Lu Ye and didn't answer.
Lu Ye looked at her for a while, then cupped his fists and said, "Farewell!"
Such a good little girl was actually deaf. She was quite pitiful.
Riding Hu Po back to Guarding Peak, the Sect Leader was standing in the square, looking up at the blood-bottomed golden flame flag that symbolized the Jade Blood Sect.
"Sect Leader." Lu Ye stepped forward and bowed.
The Sect Leader seemed to have just noticed him and turned around. "You came back from Brightheart Peak?"
"Yes."
"En, it wouldn't be a bad idea to go and study the Dao of Spirit Runes." The Sect Leader nodded, looked around, and said in a low voice, "Has Madam Yun ever mentioned this old master in front of you?"
Lu Ye suddenly felt conflicted, not knowing how to answer. In the end, he honestly said, "Never."
The Sect Leader's expression was clearly a bit disappointed.
After exchanging a few more words with the Sect Leader, Lu Ye left.
After entering the station, Lu Ye hid in the Cultivation Practice Room. As usual, he first constructed small funnels in his spirit cavities, switched between Cultivation Methods, and swallowed Spirit Pills.
Only then did he begin to construct Spirit Rune 30.
The Spirit Rune surged on his palm, turning into the first Yin Essence, which then merged with the first Yang Essence …
Constructing a Spirit Rune required a smooth process that couldn't be interrupted, otherwise it would inevitably fail. At the same time, it required extremely precise control of one's Spirit Qi, otherwise it would be impossible to succeed.
Although Lu Ye could freely switch between Yin Essence and Yang Essence before, that was only a single Foundation Essence. Now that he began to construct Spirit Rune 30, he immediately felt the difficulty.
This was different from the spirit runes he had constructed in the past. When he constructed the spirit runes he had obtained from the Talent Tree, the spirit runes were instantly formed with just a thought. This was because all the mysteries of the spirit runes had been imprinted into his mind through the tree leaves.
This was also the reason why he could quickly complete the task assigned by Madam Yun. He had an advantage that other Spirit Rune Masters didn't have, and that was that he had successfully constructed many Spirit Runes. In the Dao of Spirit Runes, he had an extremely special foundation.
In his first attempt, he only constructed three Foundation Essences before failing because his Spirit Qi wasn't stable enough.
Then came the second attempt.
The third attempt …
…
Half an hour later, Lu Ye exploded.
Even though he repeatedly comforted himself to be calm and not to be impatient, he still couldn't help but have an impulse to beat someone after failing again and again.
After barely holding on for another hour, his mentality completely collapsed.
Taking a deep breath, he took out two things from his Storage Bag. One was the Breath Fruit Core, the other was the Mountain Pan Blade.
"Stinky bugs, daddy is coming to see you!"
He spent 50 merit points to enter the Mirage Realm and start a massacre!
In the past few days, Lu Ye came in almost every day to temper his fighting skills in the bloody battles. Then he found that the monsters in the Mirage Realm were not only mantises, but also ants as long as a man, locusts as tall as half a man, spiders, and other strange bugs that he didn't know the names of.
Basically, the monsters he encountered were different every time he entered the Mirage Realm. Every time he came in contact with these new monsters, he would suffer some losses because the monsters here had their own unique abilities. For example, the ant-like monster's blood was extremely corrosive after death. If he was injured by locusts, the situation would be more troublesome. There would be parasite eggs in the wound, and some small locusts would hatch in a short time.
There was also a kind of bug that could spray venom, and a porcupine-like bug with bone spurs all over its body. When the bone spurs were stimulated, they were extremely lethal.
As a result, Lu Ye basically died in the siege of nine monsters every time. The best situation was when he killed five monsters, but he was mercilessly killed by the remaining four. He died a tragic death.
This time, he encountered the porcupine-like bug. In the end, when the nine monsters appeared together, bone spurs filled the sky. Lu Ye couldn't stop them even if he kept activating the Defense Spiritual Tattoo.
However, he still killed six monsters before he died.
He was improving little by little. Lu Ye felt that if he came in two more times, he should be able to kill his way through this level.
After coming out of the Mirage Realm, although his head hurt, his depressed mood was much better.
The best way to vent depression was to beat someone up or be beaten up.
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