Chapter 2: Drawing talismans is too difficult? I have a system!

In the days that followed, Li Hanguang showed Jiang Chen around Maoshan on the first day, then promptly became a hands-off manager.

He dumped Jiang Chen onto Ye Fashan.

Looking at Ye Fashan's stern, middle-aged appearance, Jiang Chen felt his bladder tighten a little.

At least Li Hanguang still looked like a young man and seemed approachable.

This Ye Fashan, however, looked difficult to get along with.

"The first step of the Dao is to focus your thoughts and calm your Qi. Your heart is not at peace right now, so how can you Cultivate your Cultivation Technique? You should settle down a bit more."

Jiang Chen wanted to curse. Who could go through something like Transmigration and still act like nothing happened?

However, although Ye Fashan did not teach him any Cultivation Technique, he did not let Jiang Chen idle either.

Instead, he taught him the Talisman Arts.

He called it, "The Talisman Arts are best suited for nurturing the spirit and calming your Qi. When you can draw the Protection Talisman, Tai Sui Talisman, and Soul-Calming Talisman, only then will you begin to Cultivate the Huangting Classic."

Although Jiang Chen was distressed, he understood that Senior Brother Ye Fashan was doing this for his own good.

Moreover, he had to learn Talismans eventually, so he began to force himself to settle his heart and study the Talisman Arts.

However, when Jiang Chen drew his first Talisman, he made a mistake; one stroke was too heavy, soaking right through the yellow paper.

Ye Fashan, watching from the side, said indifferently, "Making mistakes is common. Remember the force and precision of your stroke this time, and don't make the same mistake again."

Jiang Chen took it to heart and continued to draw.

But the second time, although he didn't repeat the same mistake, his hand shook, and one of the cinnabar strokes was significantly distorted.

The third time, the fourth time...

Finally, two hours later, on the ninth attempt, he successfully drew a Soul-Calming Talisman.

Ye Fashan nodded, "Hmm, the form is there, but it lacks a certain charm. It is almost useless. Continue."

But Jiang Chen was already very satisfied, and at the same time, a screen of light suddenly flashed in his mind.

【Skill: Combat Mastery (Level 2); Soul-Calming Talisman (Unranked)】

【You have drawn an unranked Soul-Calming Talisman. Soul-Calming Talisman experience + 1】

【Experience required for Soul-Calming Talisman upgrade: 1 / 10】

"Holy crap!"

This shout from Jiang Chen startled Ye Fashan, who had been sitting calmly with his eyes closed, causing him to jolt.

Upon realizing it was Jiang Chen making a fuss, his face immediately darkened.

Since Jiang Chen was his Junior Brother, Ye Fashan wanted to appear gentle, but his gloomy face just couldn't soften up.

He still needed to prepare to Cultivate and fight against those bald donkeys; how could he have time to babysit a child?

He couldn't hit him, so he had to find a way to make his Junior Brother give up.

Ye Fashan thought for a moment. He had it!

He stiffened his face and said, "Cultivation is most afraid of impatience, especially Talisman drawing, which has even higher requirements for Heart-Nature. If you cannot draw a ranked Soul-Calming Talisman within three days, go follow your Third Senior Brother."

Anyone would feel embarrassed being told this.

Jiang Chen was no exception, but since he had the System now, he was thinking more about slapping his face.

"Dare I ask, Second Senior Brother, how many days did it take for you to draw a ranked Talisman when you first started?"

Hearing about his area of expertise, Ye Fashan's face turned from gloomy to sunny, and he smiled reservedly, "I only took one day to draw three types of ranked Talismans. No one in Maoshan has ever surpassed me."

"Therefore, requiring you to draw a ranked Talisman in three days is not being too harsh on you."

"Revered Master is the leader of the current Daoist sects. Since he took you as a disciple, he surely wouldn't be mistaken. If you cannot draw it, it only means you have no talent for the Talisman Arts, so you might as well follow your Third Senior Brother to learn the Ghost-Restraining Arts."

Jiang Chen said calmly, "Please rest assured, Second Senior Brother. I will naturally learn the Ghost-Restraining Arts, but I will not fall behind in the Talisman Arts either."

Ye Fashan finally looked at Jiang Chen squarely, "Your spirit is good, but we'll see if you have the talent to match it. Otherwise, it is just arrogance."

Having said that, Ye Fashan walked out of the room.

He still had to find a quiet place to Cultivate; otherwise, he was afraid he might suffer from Qi Deviation from Jiang Chen's constant fussing.

Jiang Chen was happy to be alone.

At Bureau 749, he was just a nobody who had no special abilities, no Daoist magic, and only decent martial arts skills.

Because of an accidental encounter with a rare urban legend, he was recruited by Bureau 749 as logistics personnel.

Watching the special abilities possessed by other members, he dreamed of having them too.

Now his dream had come true, and he had the System, so he wouldn't waste any time.

After all, he was not a person who liked to waste things.

Following the explanations in the books and Ye Fashan's previous teachings, Jiang Chen outlined the second Soul-Calming Talisman, stroke by stroke.

In less than ten minutes, he successfully outlined another Soul-Calming Talisman.

【You have drawn an unranked Soul-Calming Talisman. Soul-Calming Talisman experience + 1】

【Experience required for Soul-Calming Talisman upgrade: 2 / 10】

And after the experience increased, Jiang Chen felt that his strokes were even more divinely assisted.

The third Soul-Calming Talisman was successfully drawn in just eight minutes.

【You have drawn an unranked Soul-Calming Talisman. Soul-Calming Talisman experience + 1】

【Experience required for Soul-Calming Talisman upgrade: 3 / 10】

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Being able to see one's own progress is the greatest motivation on the path of learning.

Many people give up halfway through learning English because they don't feel any progress.

Jiang Chen had entered a state of forgetting to eat and sleep, a state of self-oblivion.

He could no longer feel the changes in the outside world.

【You have drawn an unranked Soul-Calming Talisman. Soul-Calming Talisman experience + 1】

【Experience required for Soul-Calming Talisman upgrade: 10 / 10】

【Upgrade?】

Finally, after half an hour passed, Jiang Chen had successfully drawn all ten unranked Soul-Calming Talismans.

He chose to upgrade without hesitation.

【Skill: Combat Mastery (Level 2); Soul-Calming Talisman (Level 1)】 (Note: When five types of Talismans are upgraded to Level 1, the Soul-Calming Talisman skill will automatically update to Talisman Skill)

【Experience required for Soul-Calming Talisman upgrade: 10 / 100】

Suddenly, a wave of insights regarding the Soul-Calming Talisman flooded his mind.

Jiang Chen immediately realized that the reason why even ordinary people could draw ranked Talismans was that the Materials themselves possessed the ability to communicate with Yin and Yang.

When ordinary people invest their mental focus to draw a Talisman, they are mainly activating and utilizing the power of the Materials.

And now that he understood how to draw a Grade 9, or Level 1, Soul-Calming Talisman, he could apply this knowledge to other Talismans as well.

For many basic Talismans, he would likely only need to draw one or two to produce the corresponding Grade 9 Talismans.

So, back then, Senior Brother Ye was probably bragging.

He claimed to have drawn three types of ranked Talismans in one day, but he probably spent most of the day on the first one.

By the same logic, if Jiang Chen could draw a ranked Talisman within three days, then it would probably take less than another day for him to draw the other two types of ranked Talismans.

Jiang Chen immediately set to work trying to draw other Talismans.

But when he wanted to draw more, he realized that the cinnabar was gone.

And at this moment, his Mental Energy consumption was also quite severe.