No hope for eternal life

Chapter 146 Fist Meaning and Talisman Meaning

"Ahem." Yang Wuque cleared his throat and continued to ask: "Have you tried the Fiery Sun Talisman?"

"I haven't tried it yet." Mu Changsheng answered truthfully. The inherited talisman of the Fiery Sun Talisman was obtained from the newly acquired sixth-grade talisman secret technique. It was much more powerful than the Dragon Flame Talisman and reached the late Golden Core level.

"Okay, then let's try the Fiery Sun Talisman." Yang Wuque said again.

Mu Changsheng did not have any doubts and started to try the Fiery Sun Talisman directly. The previous success of the Dragon Flame Talisman also gave him a lot of confidence.

Mu Changsheng carefully drew it according to the pattern of the inherited talisman in his mind.

But after all, it was his first attempt, and he felt a little unfamiliar with it. Moreover, the difficulty of the Fiery Sun Talisman was higher than that of the Dragon Flame Talisman, so Mu Changsheng failed this time as expected.

When Yang Wuque saw this scene, he felt relieved. If Mu Changsheng could refine the Fiery Sun Talisman again in one go, he wouldn't know how to teach him.

Afterwards, Yang Wuque grabbed the failed Fiery Sun Talisman and took the backlash of the Fiery Sun Talisman for Mu Changsheng.

From Mu Changsheng's perspective, the scene was like this: Yang Wuque held the failed Fiery Sun Talisman in his hand, and after a muffled sound, only a few sparks flew out from between his fingers.

"What a strong body." Mu Changsheng smacked his lips in amazement. He thought to himself that he could withstand the backlash of the Fiery Sun Talisman, but he would never dare to hold it directly in his hand, because in such a small space like his palm, the power of the backlash explosion would increase exponentially, who knows how many times it would increase.

Yang Wuque said nonchalantly: "Next, try the Fiery Sun Talisman."

"Okay." Mu Changsheng agreed immediately. With Yang Wuque around, he didn't have to worry about the talisman backlash at all.

So, Mu Changsheng tried again and again, but failed the second time, and the third time...

After failing five times in a row, Yang Wuque temporarily stopped Mu Changsheng and asked, "When drawing the talisman, do you feel any sluggishness?"

“No, it’s mainly because I’m not familiar with the Fiery Sun Talisman.” Mu Changsheng shook his head. He understood what Yang Wuque meant by the feeling of stagnation. When he was at the peak of his foundation building, he felt stagnation when drawing the Dragon Flame Talisman. That was because his cultivation was too weak. Now that he has broken through to the Golden Core Realm, he no longer has that feeling.

Yang Wuque nodded slightly when he heard this. He knew that Mu Changsheng had formed a ninth-grade golden elixir, so Mu Changsheng's answer was within his expectations.

"Please lend me the talisman pen. I will show you how to draw the Fiery Sun Talisman." Yang Wuque said, stretching out his hand.

Mu Changsheng immediately handed over the talisman pen Efeng, as well as talisman paper, talisman liquid and other items.

Yang Wuque took the Efeng talisman pen, dipped it twice in the talisman liquid, and began the demonstration.

Drawing talismans requires each stroke to be completed in one go, so the more skilled the talisman master is, the faster he can draw talismans. However, in order to allow Mu Changsheng to see clearly, Yang Wuque deliberately slowed down his speed, even slower than when Mu Changsheng himself drew the Fiery Sun Talisman.

Although Yang Wuque's speed was very slow, it was extremely steady, without any delay. A Fiery Sun Talisman was slowly taking shape under his pen.

"As expected of you, sir. There isn't a single mistake." Mu Changsheng couldn't help but marvel in his heart.

In the end, the Blazing Sun Talisman was successful as expected, but Yang Wuque's words surprised Mu Changsheng: "Although I also have the talisman of the Blazing Sun Talisman, this is actually my first time drawing the Blazing Sun Talisman."

"The first time!" Mu Changsheng naturally would not suspect that Yang Wuque was deceiving him. From this comparison, he had failed five times in a row, while Yang Wuque succeeded in just one time, and the difference was immediately apparent.

"Do you know why I asked you first if you feel any sluggishness?" Yang Wuque asked.

Mu Changsheng pondered for a moment and replied: "Sir, what you mean is that since there is no sense of stagnation, it means that there is no huge gap between the cultivation level and the talisman. In this case, the talisman pen, talisman paper, talisman liquid, etc. that you used to draw the Fiery Sun Talisman are all the same as mine, and even the experience with the Fiery Sun Talisman is the same."

"That's right." Yang Wuque nodded with satisfaction and said, "Although there is a difference in cultivation between you and me, this only represents the difference in magic power between you and me. In other words, you and I drew the Fiery Sun Talisman under almost the same conditions, but got two completely different results. Tell me, why is this?"

Mu Changsheng's eyes were bright, and he already knew what Yang Wuque wanted to say: "Because of the meaning of the talisman."

Mu Changsheng has not yet understood the meaning of the talisman, but Yang Wuque has probably already realized the profound level of the talisman's meaning. This is the difference between the two when they draw talismans.

Yang Wuque smiled slightly, feeling that he was a teachable kid, so he continued to ask: "What do you think the symbol means?"

Mu Changsheng pondered for a long time. He still hadn't felt the meaning of the talisman, so he couldn't answer.

Seeing this, Yang Wuque changed the question: "Then what do you think the meaning of the fist is?"

Facing this question, Mu Changsheng was no longer silent. He had a say in this matter: "The fist intention is not fist strength, but it can mobilize fist strength and exert a stronger force. Before I understood the fist intention, I could only exert 70% of my strength. When I first understood the fist intention, I could exert all of my strength. Later, after Aunt Mo's guidance, I felt that I could exert 120% or 130% of my strength."

"Yes, your explanation is very vivid." Yang Wuque said with satisfaction: "Now, guess what the symbol means?"

Mu Changsheng followed the idea of ​​the fist meaning and expressed his conjecture about the meaning of the talisman: "The meaning of the talisman should be able to help the talisman master draw the talisman and increase the success rate of drawing the talisman. Therefore, the meaning of the talisman should be a state, a state that allows people to abandon all distractions and focus on drawing talismans, just like the legendary unity of man and nature."

"Good! Good! Good!" Yang Wuque said three good words in a row, showing how satisfied he was with Mu Changsheng's answer. Then, Yang Wuque smiled and said, "In fact, you already know the method to comprehend the meaning of the talisman. When you can truly abandon distracting thoughts and concentrate on drawing the talisman, you will naturally comprehend the meaning of the talisman."

"But." Mu Changsheng asked the question in his heart: "Sir, I have always known that I need to concentrate when drawing talismans, so I always calm down before drawing talismans. But since I came into contact with talismans, I have never felt the slightest meaning of the talismans. Why is that?"

"Good question." Yang Wuque praised: "This is just like the question you asked before, how far-reaching a strategy can be considered a strategy that will last forever? This question has no answer, but people can approach the realm of a strategy that will last forever by constantly refining their plans."

"The students still don't understand." Mu Changsheng said with his head slightly lowered.

"To put it bluntly, you can get closer to the state of discarding distracting thoughts and understanding the meaning of the talisman by constantly cutting off the distracting thoughts in your mind." Yang Wuque said directly, and gave an example: "For example, the raw materials for drawing a scorching sun talisman require a thousand low-grade spirit stones. In order not to waste spirit stones, when drawing the talisman, you warn yourself that you must succeed, you must succeed. This thought itself is a distracting thought."

Mu Changsheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately understood what Yang Wuque meant, because he had indeed had such an idea. Although he was not short of spirit stones for the time being, his frugal instinct since childhood made him extremely careful every time he failed to draw talismans, for fear of wasting them. But now it seems that such caution was also a distraction.

Seeing that this method was effective, Yang Wuque continued to give an example: "For example, you bought thousands of raw materials for the Fiery Sun Talisman at once, and felt that if you failed this time, there would be another time. This feeling unconsciously made you relax when drawing the talisman, which can also be regarded as a distraction."