In the evening, Zhou Ling finished dinner, cleaned up the dishes, and returned to the house.
He took out the inscription pen and spiritual paper given by Liu Jiaoshi.
The inscription pen is finely crafted, the pen body is made of green spiritual jade, and the pen tip is tempered with black wolf tail hair.
It feels warm when held in the hand.
The spiritual paper is made of ordinary seven-star spiritual grass scraps, which can be used to copy runes, magic circles, inscriptions, etc.
Place the paper and pen neatly on the wooden table.
Then Zhou Ling began to carefully observe the basic fire attribute inscription in the inscription jade slip.
[You observed the pen trajectory of the basic fire attribute inscription, primary insight +1]
[Cumulative observation times: 428/one thousand]
Basic fire attribute inscription.
One of the simplest inscriptions, the difficulty of understanding may be only slightly stronger than the basic breathing technique.
Even though Zhou Ling first encountered it, he only observed it for an incense stick of time. With the help of [Primary Insight], he quickly mastered the method of drawing this inscription.
Three folds and four points, it is difficult to control the turning of the lines.
Zhou Ling felt that he had understood it almost, so he spread out the spiritual paper and prepared to draw.
This kind of spiritual paper is a low-priced spiritual pattern copying practice paper. It contains very low spiritual energy, and the spiritual patterns drawn have certain power.
During training, there is no need to use spiritual ink or other media.
Therefore, the drawing process will also consume spiritual energy.
There are different drawing methods for inscriptions or imprints of different attributes.
Some need to use spiritual ink as a medium to draw on the magic weapon.
Some can be directly engraved with their own spiritual energy.
However, there is a common point. In the process of engraving inscriptions and imprints, fire attribute magic power is needed to cooperate in order to perfectly integrate the inscriptions and imprints with the magic weapon.
This is also the reason why most of the refiners are fire attribute cultivators.
Although the price of spiritual paper is not high, one sheet also requires a piece of broken spirit.
This is also a huge expense for Zhou Ling.
Liu Yan gave him fifty sheets, plus this brand new inscription pen, the estimated price is also three or four low-grade spiritual stones.
Zhou Ling was worried about failure and wasting spirit stones, so he didn't dare to be careless.
But perhaps because of some nervousness, the fingers holding the inscription pen were a little stiff.
Zhou Ling gently put down the inscription pen, took a deep breath, and waited until his mood calmed down before picking up the inscription pen and starting to draw.
This time, Zhou Ling relied on his previous understanding to quickly draw the flame inscription in one go.
Because it was a basic inscription and it was drawn on spirit paper, it didn't consume much spirit power.
There was no pause in the whole process.
But the next moment, there was a puff.
A wisp of black smoke rose, and the spirit paper became dim.
Zhou Ling was so shocked that he almost fell down.
Fortunately, it was just smoke, and after it dissipated, it didn't have any effect.
But Zhou Ling felt distressed that a piece of broken spirit was wasted like this.
But thinking that there would be no gain without effort, he gradually felt relieved.
Feeling that the mana in his body was still enough to support the continued drawing, Zhou Ling took a deep breath.
However, he was not in a hurry to start again.
"What went wrong?" "
I wrote exactly according to the notes in the initial interpretation of the inscription."
"The spiritual energy transmission is also stable enough."
Zhou Ling stood in front of the wooden table and carefully looked at the dull spiritual paper on the table. The flame inscription on it was still clearly visible.
There were also traces of spiritual energy.
[You are analyzing the fire attribute inscription, primary analysis +1, fire attribute inscription proficiency +1]
[Cumulative analysis times: 28/100]
[You are drawing the basic fire attribute inscription, natural talent +1, fire attribute inscription proficiency +1]
Soon, Zhou Ling found a mistake. At the first turning point, it was not smooth enough, causing the spiritual energy to stagnate. After understanding the mistake, Zhou Ling carefully observed the fire attribute inscription again, while holding the jade pen in his hand, sketching it in the air.
After feeling that it was roughly the same, Zhou Ling spread out the spiritual paper again and began to draw the flame inscription.
But just after finishing, another burst of black smoke rose.
Another piece of spiritual paper was wasted.
Zhou Ling's hand holding the pen shook, and another piece of broken spirit was gone.
He looked at the traces of inscriptions on the spiritual paper.
[You are analyzing the fire attribute inscription, primary analysis +1, fire attribute inscription proficiency +1]
[Cumulative analysis times: 29/100]
[You are drawing the basic fire attribute inscription, natural talent +1, fire attribute inscription proficiency +1]
Zhou Ling once again found that the reason for this failure was mainly because his spiritual power output was too soft.
The flame inscription belongs to the fire attribute, requiring the brushstrokes to be capable and vigorous, and completed in one go.
After calming down a little, Zhou Ling gritted his teeth and continued to try to draw for the third time.
But as the inscription pen ran, Zhou Ling gradually felt extremely tired all over.
The spiritual power in the meridians quickly drained away, and the spiritual power in the spiritual cave was almost exhausted.
Because of the sudden decrease in spiritual power, there was a slight tingling sensation in the meridians.
Zhou Ling had to stop, sit cross-legged and practice the Spirit Flame Technique.
[You are absorbing spiritual energy, spiritual energy affinity +1, spiritual energy +3]
After a full cup of tea, there was a trace of spiritual power in the meridians, and Zhou Ling was slightly relieved.
"It seems that drawing two or three inscriptions is the limit of my current cultivation!"
Zhou Ling opened his eyes, exhaled, and said to himself.
"Although this situation is a bit worse, fortunately, with the blessing of [Primary Analysis] and [Genius], this inscription has also increased by four proficiency today."
"Practice for a few more days, it may not be impossible to draw it."
"One or two proficiency at a time, and understand a little more each time, sooner or later you will be able to carve the inscription."
Zhou Ling thought in his heart, and his tense body felt a sense of relief at this time.
"Ling'er, come out for supper!"
At this time, Li Ru's voice came from outside.
Hearing this, Zhou Ling felt his stomach growling. He was really hungry.
He got up and left the room.
Worried that Zhou Ling would consume too much energy in his practice at night, Li Ru specially prepared a midnight snack for him.
Spiritual rice porridge, a vegetarian stir-fried fire-patterned egg, and a small dish of beast meat.
The food was delicious and Zhou Ling ate it with relish. After eating, he went back to the room and continued to practice the Spirit Flame Technique to refine the absorbed spiritual power.
Li Ru looked at Zhou Ling's figure and said with concern, "The child has worked too hard for the Taoist Academy bonus. He has lost a lot of weight these days."
"Ling'er's foundation was originally poor. If this continues, he will probably tire his little body!"
Zhou Shan sighed, "It's all my fault!"
"Husband, how can I blame you for this!" Li Ru handed him the few pieces of beast meat that Zhou Ling had left on the wooden table.
Zhou Shan reached out and picked up a piece of beast meat, threw it into his mouth, and said while eating, "Save it for Ling'er's breakfast tomorrow!"
"There's more at home! Drinking all day, what's the matter with no meat!"
Li Ru rolled his eyes at him.
Zhou Shan couldn't help but take another one.
Seeing his wife frowning, Zhou Shan said, "Today I discussed going into the mountains with Lao Chu. He happened to buy a fire-horned sheep from Fellow Daoist Ye. I asked him to keep one leg for Ling'er to replenish her body."
"How many spirit stones does a first-grade middle-grade fire-horned sheep cost?" Li Ru asked.
"No need. With the relationship between Lao Chu and me, I will go into the mountains and find spiritual medicine to compensate him." Zhou Shan said.
"There are five low-grade spirit stones in it. Do you think it's enough? Lao Chu is not easy!" Li Ru took out a spirit stone bag and handed it to Zhou Shan.
Zhou Shan thought about it and nodded, "That's right!"
(End of this chapter)