99: Chapter 99 Half a Month

Ye Yisong looked at the "Talisman Compendium Grade 3" in his hands. Comparing it to the "Talisman Compendium Grade 3" that Ye Jiexin had given him, this one in his hands contained over a dozen more types of Tier 3 Talismans, and they were even rare ones at that.

For example, there was the Five Thunder Talisman capable of summoning the thunder of the five directions, the Golden Light Divine Incantation Talisman that could form a golden light shield around the body, the Fetal Protection Talisman, and so on.

However, this book contained no annotations; Ye Yisong had to rely entirely on the records within the book, learning the true meaning behind them to successfully craft the corresponding Talismans.

But with the 798 Navigation System as his big brother, Ye Yisong did not fear the crafting of any Talisman. He would first have the 798 Navigation System guide him through the crafting process several times. During this process, Ye Yisong would naturally learn how to craft the Talisman, though his success rate in Talisman Making was not that high.

Ye Yisong decided to start with the Tier 3 Talisman he was most familiar with—the Explosive Flame Talisman. He took out the Materials for the Explosive Flame Talisman—Tier 3 Withered Vine—and used a carving knife to etch the Talisman plate of the Explosive Flame Talisman onto the Spirit Wood according to his memory. He completed the entire etching process in just over ten minutes. Without stopping, he immediately began infusing the Talisman plate with energy, and after another five or six minutes, a Low Grade Tier 3 Explosive Flame Talisman was completed.

The entire process took Ye Yisong about twenty minutes. He had an intuitive feeling that as long as he practiced crafting a few dozen more Explosive Flame Talismans, he could compress the time it took to craft the Talismans, greatly increasing his efficiency in Talisman Making.

Looking at the newly crafted Low Grade Tier 3 Explosive Flame Talisman in his hand, Ye Yisong nodded with satisfaction. Selling this Talisman to the Family should fetch him 1,500 Low-Grade Spirit Stones or 150 contribution points.

Ye Yisong closed his eyes to conduct a comprehensive review of the just-completed Talisman Making process, carefully recalling where he hadn't done well. During the process of etching the Talisman plate, some of the inscription lines were too thick, and several connection points of the inscriptions were slightly unsatisfactory—too thin and long—failing to make perfect use of the Materials.

For these three days, Ye Yisong did not sleep or rest, constantly crafting the Low Grade Tier 3 Talismans that Ye Jiexin had taught him.

While crafting the Talismans, he reflected on the oversights in his Talisman Making process. His Talisman Making skills improved day by day, raising his success rate for Low Grade Tier 3 Talismans from twenty percent to forty percent—a gratifying result.

During these three days, Ye Yisong crafted over 200 Low Grade Tier 3 Talismans, with over 80 being successful. These were mainly the six types of Talismans: Explosive Flame Talisman, Vajra Talisman, Rejuvenation Talisman, Godspeed Talisman, Sound Transmission Talisman, and Water Avoidance Talisman.

He also crafted a small number of Talismans from the newly acquired "Talisman Compendium Grade 3," such as the Breath Concealment Talisman and the Substitute Talisman.

In truth, what Ye Yisong wanted to craft most was the Five Thunder Talisman. Who wouldn't want to wield a palm-thunder? Unfortunately, he lacked the Materials for it—Lightning-Struck Wood. A clever housewife cannot cook without rice, so he had to give up and wait for another day.

After consolidating his skills with the Low Grade Tier 3 Talismans, Ye Yisong spent another ten days researching Medium Grade Tier 3 Talismans. Hard work pays off; at noon on the tenth day, Ye Yisong finally found the method to increase the inscriptions and successfully became a Tier 3 Mid-grade Talisman Master.

For Low Grade Tier 3 Talismans, one only needs to etch nine inscriptions into the same Materials to form a specific three-dimensional pattern. For Medium Grade Tier 3 Talismans, however, one needs to etch twelve to eighteen inscriptions into the same Materials, bringing them into balance, which increases the power of the Talisman from thirty percent to fifty percent.

At the beginning, Ye Yisong could not grasp the method. Every time he etched the twelfth inscription, he would accidentally damage the original structure of the Materials, making it unable to withstand all twelve inscriptions simultaneously, which led to over a hundred failures.

It wasn't until Ye Yisong disassembled the three-dimensional pattern formed by the twelve inscriptions, unfolded it into a planar analytical diagram, and then combined it with the texture of the Talisman Making Materials for modeling, that he finally overcame the difficulty on the last day and successfully became a Tier 3 Mid-grade Talisman Master.

With the Breakthrough made, the rest was much easier. Ye Yisong spent another three days raising some of his Talismans—the Vajra Talisman, Rejuvenation Talisman, Godspeed Talisman, and Water Avoidance Talisman—to the Medium Grade Tier 3 level as well.

In fact, Ye Yisong could have completely relied on the help of the 798 Navigation System to overcome these difficulties directly, but after much consideration, he abandoned this approach.

Every step of a Martial Artist's cultivation is extremely important to themselves. Often, seemingly insignificant matters in cultivation can, at some future moment, determine whether a Martial Artist can see through the essence of things, overcome difficulties, and achieve higher accomplishments.

Thinking of the earnest teachings from his elders, Ye Yisong gave himself a ten-day deadline. If he could break through and become a Tier 3 Mid-grade Talisman Master on his own within ten days, then he would not let the 798 Navigation System help him.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be too late to use the 798 Navigation System. At that point, he wouldn't care about so much; there were still many things waiting for him to verify, and Ye Yisong would have no choice but to use the cheat to escape first.

Over the course of half a month, Ye Yisong went from being a Tier 3 Low Grade Talisman Maker to a Tier 3 Mid-grade Talisman Master. The feelings involved were not something that could be told to outsiders.

At the same time, with the support of the flesh and blood of the Grade 4 Demonic Beast, Ye Yisong's Body Refining cultivation successfully reached the Middle Stage of Tier 3 on the fifteenth day. Initially, Ye Yisong thought that, including the consumption by the Green Lotus, he would only consume three to five portions of Grade 4 Demonic Beast flesh and blood a day, but the result was greatly beyond his expectations.

On the first day, he only consumed three portions of Grade 4 Demonic Beast flesh and blood, and Ye Yisong's body could barely take it. However, starting from the third day, it increased to five portions a day, and by the eighth day, it was ten portions a day. The Grade 4 Demonic Beast flesh and blood was being consumed at a terrifying speed.

So much so that by the fifteenth day, Ye Yisong ate twenty portions of Grade 4 Demonic Beast flesh and blood in a single day, which was exactly one jin, giving even Ye Yisong himself quite a fright.

Let alone a small Tier 3 Martial Master like him, even a Tier 4 Martial Ancestor at the Early Stage would find it difficult to digest one jin of Grade 4 Demonic Beast flesh and blood in a day.

In just fifteen short days, Ye Yisong had consumed over two hundred portions of Grade 4 Demonic Beast flesh and blood. After consuming so much Grade 4 Demonic Beast flesh and blood, his main body successfully broke through to the Middle Stage of Tier 3.

However, the changes in the Green Lotus were not very obvious. It still had only nine petals, not one more. The only change was that the faint green color of the Green Lotus had deepened slightly.

He just didn't know how much its power had increased after the color of the Green Lotus deepened.

Ye Yisong was currently trapped here and could not test its power. He could only wait until he escaped to find a hidden corner to find out for sure!

After putting twenty portions of Grade 4 Demonic Beast flesh and blood to stew, Ye Yisong entered the state of researching Talismans again.

The goal he set for himself this time was to become a Tier 3 High-grade Talisman Master in half a month, escape in one go, and let the Dragon swim in the vast ocean.

Ye Yitian, Ye Yifan, and those guys had already sent him dozens of sound transmissions over the past half month, urging him to come out for a gathering.

He didn't know what kind of sealing formation Ye Jiexin had designed; it could only receive sound transmissions but could not send them, which was truly frustrating.

Casting aside these distracting thoughts, he set a new goal for himself for the next half month—to become a Tier 3 High-grade Talisman Master.

Ye Yisong lit a stick of Shadow-Illuminating Incense for himself and devoted his whole heart and mind to the crafting of Tier 3 High Grade Talismans, hoping to successfully complete this task before the half-month deadline arrived.