After Lin Fan completed his morning practice, he came to the second floor of Qianfu Zhai.
Master Zhang saw that Lin Fan had arrived later than him, and he suddenly felt angry.
He has taken on at least dozens of talisman apprentices over the years, and every one of them wakes up earlier than a chicken, for fear that he will be angry if they arrive late.
What's more important is that twenty spiritual stones a year is not a small sum for ordinary people, but Lin Fan can bear to waste it like this.
That's all, this person probably did it on a whim, thinking that the art of making talismans was so simple.
When he couldn't even learn the most basic drawing of symbols after a year, he naturally understood that this was not easy.
"Sorry Master Zhang, I had to meditate in the morning, so I came a little late," Lin Fan said.
Master Zhang scoffed at Lin Fan's excuse.
As the top of the hundred arts of cultivation, there are four methods: elixir, formation, talisman, and weapon. Among them, talisman making is the simplest, but it takes at least three years to get started!
It takes ten years to achieve something small, and it takes more than a hundred years to become a master!
Except for very few geniuses, who would learn the art of making talismans during the Qi refining period?
Naturally, it is a person who has no hope of success but wants to learn a craft to make a living.
He has seen many people like Lin Fan who want to practice and learn the art of making talismans. Such people often have difficulty achieving both.
However, he was too lazy to explain these truths. After Lin Fan took his seat, he began to teach him some simple skills of drawing talismans.
The so-called painting of symbols is just like painting, it needs to be learned from the most basic copying.
One thing that distinguishes drawing talismans from painting is that the author must complete the entire talisman painting in one go, starting from the first stroke.
If there is any blockage or pause in the middle, the carved talisman will not be able to become a talisman, that is, it will be invalid.
After listening to Master Zhang's explanation, Lin Fan held a wolf brush and dipped it in talisman ink, and copied the talisman pattern on the talisman paper.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he started writing, Master Zhang scolded him: "For your first practice, just use ordinary pens and ink and paper. It is too wasteful to use these."
"Master Zhang, there will be a slight difference in the feel between the ordinary pen and ink paper and the special talisman and three treasures for drawing talismans, right?"
"That's right." Master Zhang was a little surprised when he saw that the other party was new to learning talismans and noticed such details.
"Then I'll just use the Three Treasures of Talismans."
"you--!"
Master Zhang became furious when he saw that his kind words and advice fell on deaf ears.
Learning how to draw talismans is not something that can be accomplished in a day. I think it took him three years of learning before he could barely draw an entire talisman pattern in one go.
During this period, he used dozens of scrapped brushes, and used innumerable amounts of ink and paper.
If it were replaced by talisman pens, talisman ink, and talisman paper for drawing talismans, it would cost at least several thousand spiritual stones!
Even if you have money, you can't bear to waste it like this!
You really don’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are!
Master Zhang now regarded Lin Fan as the prodigal son of a small family.
Lin Fan naturally had his own motives for doing this.
Through the Enlightenment Tower, he has understood the secret of drawing talismans.
But he just understood in his heart, but his hands were very unfamiliar and he needed to practice over and over again to master it.
The key is that the key points and mysteries of drawing symbols he understands are all based on real symbols.
In short, if he practices with the pen, ink and paper he usually uses for writing and drawing, it will conflict with the profound meaning he has mastered in his mind.
Not only will this greatly increase his learning time, but whether he can truly master it in the end is a question.
So it is not because he is rich, but he can only practice drawing talismans with the orthodox three treasures of talismans.
…
A few months later.
Nine Peaks.
Since renting in Fang City requires a large amount of rent, Lin Fan moved back to Jiulianfeng after confirming that there was no risk at all.
After several months of hard practice, his skills in drawing characters have improved by leaps and bounds.
From the beginning, I couldn't even copy a few lines, but now I can close my eyes and accurately depict the sixty-four talisman patterns on the talisman paper.
However, he understood in his heart that there are four realms of painting symbols: reality, atmosphere, artistic conception, and mood.
He has just stepped into reality and is still far from the real success.
The profoundness of Fulu Avenue is evident!
In this way, he still practices drawing talismans every day.
Because he has completely mastered the skills of drawing symbols, he has achieved the unity of his head and body.
He no longer needs to practice with the Three Treasures of Talismans. For him, practicing with ordinary pen, ink and paper is the same.
Because his current practice is to seek breakthroughs, not to learn skills.
He spends most of his time practicing at home, and sometimes takes a few days to practice at Qianfu Zhai.
However, when practicing at Qian Fu Zhai, he would deliberately suppress his painting skills and maintain his painting skills at a level slightly lower than that of Master Zhang.
His move to replace it with ordinary pen and ink paper, in Master Zhang's eyes, meant that the child finally couldn't hold on any longer and was bankrupt, right?
Master Zhang was amazed at Lin Fan's rapid progress in painting, and even had the slightest idea of recruiting a disciple.
However, Lin Fan was so elusive that he could not be found many times. He lectured him several times about this, but he still went his own way.
So he had no choice but to give up this idea. After all, a disciple who doesn't listen to his master will only make people angry no matter how talented he is.
In the days that followed, Master Zhang began to teach Lin Fan some knowledge about making talismans.
As for the true meaning of the Talisman Pattern of the Talisman Avenue, the two of them had a tacit understanding and kept silent about it, bypassing it.
Master Zhang's idea is very simple. If you want to learn the talisman pattern, you can do it, but you have to pay extra.
Faced with Master Zhang's suggestion, Lin Fan pretended to be dumbfounded.
When he used the Three Treasures of Talisman to practice drawing talismans, he had already emptied his savings in just a few months.
In order to buy the blood-activating pills and practice the Qingyang Body Refining Technique, he had to sell more than ten middle-grade talismans to supplement his income.
He hasn't even settled on the next year's tuition yet, so he might have to sell the remaining ten middle-grade white talismans.
The days passed like this, and in the blink of an eye it was already one year after Lin Fan learned the talisman.
After several epiphanies during this period, he has mastered all the secrets of the sixty-four talismans.
In addition, he also understood the arrangement and combination of dozens of talismans such as cleansing talisman, light body talisman, and meditation talisman.
And after extensive practice in ink grinding, talisman making and other related techniques, he felt that he was ready to start drawing his first talisman.
Spreading a blank piece of talisman paper on the table, and then adjusting his body and mind to the best condition, he picked up the wolf brush, dipped the talisman ink on the side, and splashed it freely on the talisman paper.
Although it was his first time to formally make talismans, he was like a master who had made countless talismans, carving them out with ease.
Sometimes the painting is gentle and detailed, like a skillful woman embroidering; sometimes it is wide open and closed, like a master practicing boxing.
Lines of elegant and graceful talisman patterns appeared on the paper, and soon they covered most of the talisman paper. This chapter has been completed!