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Zheng Fa held the talisman and looked at it for a long time.

This is a seal, blood red all over, square and square, and the golden armor talisman pattern on it is also a little blurry.

"Senior Brother Li, why are you still standing? Please sit down!" Seeing Li Nuo still looking at him anxiously, Zheng Fa said politely: "Tell me carefully what is going on with this talisman."

Li Nuo was stunned, as if he didn't expect Zheng Fa to be so interested in the talisman.

It seemed that he couldn't speak anymore. His lips were mumbling for a long time, but he couldn't say a word.

But Zheng Fa misunderstood, and he said: "This should be Senior Brother Li's family secret method. I was rude."

"No, it's not!" After hearing this, Li Nuo waved his hands repeatedly: "What kind of family secret method? This thing... no one in Jiushan Sect likes it."

When he said this, he could not hide his dejection.

Zheng Fa frowned slightly and looked at the talisman, a little puzzled: "Is there anything wrong with this talisman?"

Senior Brother Li nodded honestly and said, "Junior brother, how did you make this talisman?"

Zheng Fa looked at the color of the talisman, and his tone was a little uncertain: "Blood?"

"Yes, this talisman is actually made of a mixture of spirit beast blood." Li Nuo said frankly: "But each talisman requires a different proportion of spirit beast blood types. If there is any difference, just engrave it on it. When the symbol is drawn, an explosion will occur.”

"...What about the number and grade of the talismans drawn on this talisman?" Zheng Fa asked.

"A monk at the first level of Qi training can draw thirty yellow gold armor talismans in one day with it."

Zheng Fa was a little stunned.

He also thought about the issue of talisman printing.

But after thinking about it, I realized that the matter of drawing talismans is inseparable from monks - spiritual talismans require spiritual consciousness to capture the talisman patterns in the void, and spiritual power to draw the talisman on the talisman paper.

Judging from Zheng Fa's feelings, monks in the Qi refining period are often limited by their spiritual power, and the number of symbols they can draw in a day is limited.

For example, Zheng Fa, when he was at the first level of Qi training, he could draw three talismans in one day with his spiritual power.

"So, this talisman uses the spiritual energy in the blood of the spiritual beast to replace the spiritual power of the monk?"

Zheng Fa asked.

Li Nuo nodded and said, "Junior brother made it clear, that's exactly what happened."

Zheng Fa gently placed the talisman on the table, with a bit of disappointment on his face - the talisman was much less effective than he imagined.

Li Nuo looked at him, his eyes full of anxiety.

"Then I want to ask, how many spiritual talismans can be drawn from one talisman?" Zheng Fa asked another key question.

Li Nuo's face became even more embarrassed.

"According to my father's estimation, such a talisman can print almost a thousand Huangpin talismans."

"How much does this talisman cost?"

"Six spiritual stones."

Li Nuo's voice became even lower.

Zheng Fa did the math and found that the Golden Armor Talisman was a very common spiritual talisman in the Jiushan Sect.

The price is not expensive. One thousand yellow-grade golden armor talismans can be sold for about thirty-three spiritual stones, maybe less than that.

If you include the talisman paper and the loss of spiritual ink, it will cost almost thirty spiritual stones.

The net profit is not even three spirit stones...

This thing is a complete loss!

Seemingly seeing Zheng Fashu understand, Li Nuo's face gradually became a little despairing.

"Senior Brother Li, what do you want to do when you come to me?"

"I..." Li Nuo's voice was inaudible: "I want junior brother to lend me some money..."

"Research on sigils?"

"yes."

Li Nuo lowered his head, as if he found it difficult to speak.

"Junior brother, I don't want more. Ten yuan a month, no, five spiritual stones will be enough."

"If there are new talismans, maybe the cost can be reduced."

"When the time comes, junior brother, if you hold the talisman, you can make... make money..."

Li Nuo couldn't continue talking at this point.

He seemed to suddenly think of Zheng Fa's current identity - the head disciple, deeply trusted by Senior Sister Zhang, and a well-known genius talisman master in the sect.

How could he like these three melons and two dates?

"Senior brother, let me think about this matter for a few days."

When Li Nuo heard this, he thought it was Zheng Fa's polite refusal.

"Then I won't disturb junior brother." He didn't beg, he just stood up and said sadly.

"Senior brother, you probably misunderstood what I meant." Zheng Fa said, "I mean, it's not appropriate for me to pay personally, but it's best if the General Affairs Pavilion or Fufa Pavilion pays for it."

"Ah?" Li Nuo didn't understand the difference, but he understood one thing: "Junior brother, did you agree to borrow money?"

"I don't want to borrow money, but I can invest." Zheng Fa explained: "The sect will provide the money, and you will provide the talisman technology. If we can make money at that time, we will talk about how to divide the money."

Li Nuo understood this but didn't understand it at the same time.

What I understand is that some shops in the market do this - hire a skilled monk, such as an alchemist, and then allocate shares to the other party.

But what I don’t understand is that their technology can definitely make money.

As for myself...

"What should I do if I lose?" He was no longer confident and said, "Will the sect be willing?"

"Investment is always risky." Zheng Fa said with a smile: "The ugly thing is, if you make money, the sect will definitely get the majority, and the money you get will definitely be very small compared to it."

Zheng Fa's words did not hit Li Nuo at all.

"As long as you, my junior brother, can get me the money to study the talismans, I don't need any money from now on!"

He said excitedly, his eyes a little red.

…

After sending Li Nuo and the two away, Zheng Fa thought for a while and walked towards Senior Sister Zhang's courtyard.

Only then did he remember that except for the day when he took up the post of lecturer of Fufa Pavilion, he hadn't seen Senior Sister Zhang for a long time in the past few days, and he was still a little uncomfortable with it.

I don’t know what senior sister is busy with recently.

When he arrived at Senior Sister Zhang's house, he realized that this Senior Sister was not busy with anything.

Oh, no, I'm busy enjoying it.

In the small pavilion in the backyard of Senior Sister Zhang.

She and Senior Sister Yuan leaned crookedly on the guardrail.

The stone table in the small pavilion was filled with food—delicious spiritual fruits, chewy-looking preserved meat, hot cakes, and preserved fruits in small white ceramic jars.

While the two were eating, they were whispering to each other, talking and laughing, and it was as comfortable and relaxed as a secular gathering of best friends.

He has seen Senior Sister Yuan like this before.

But this kind of Senior Sister Zhang... exceeded Zheng Fa's imagination.

I always feel like something is wrong.

"Senior Sister Zhang...you..."

The two senior sisters were not surprised when they saw Zheng Fa walking in. Senior sister Yuan even waved to him.

As soon as Zheng Fa stepped into the pavilion, he was stuffed with a spiritual fruit by Senior Sister Yuan.

"Is it delicious?"

Seeing Zheng Fa swallowing the pulp in his mouth, Senior Sister Yuan asked with a smile.

"It's delicious." Zheng Fa nodded sincerely. Not only was this spiritual fruit delicious, he could even feel that this mouthful of pulp entered his throat and directly turned into a stream of pure spiritual power, which made the spiritual power in his Dantian It's all a bit deeper.

"This is five spiritual stones." Senior Sister Zhang suddenly said: "Remember to return it to me."

"..." Zheng Fa took the spirit fruit, opened his mouth, and looked at his belly.

It was as if he wanted to spit out the mouthful of fruit pulp.

Looking at Senior Sister Zhang again, I found that she had a smile on her face, and her words were obviously a joke.

but……

Is this the life of Jindan Master?

Think about how Li Nuo almost knelt down for him just for the five spiritual stones every month.

Zheng Fa couldn't help but have a complicated expression.

"What did you think of?"

Zheng Fa didn't hide it. He came to Senior Sister Zhang just to discuss Li Nuo's matter.

His idea was that funding Li Nuo's research was actually a trivial matter.

But there are rules to be set in this matter - how to encourage Jiushan Sect disciples to research, who will pay for it, and how the final proceeds will be distributed.

Everyone should have a charter.

Unexpectedly, Senior Sister Zhang rejected him directly.

"Li Nuo can't."

"Ah?" Zheng Fa was stunned and asked, "He and Senior Sister, you..."

"No, his father used to be from our lineage, so there is no old grudge. But the talisman doesn't work."

Zheng Fa was silent. He looked at Senior Sister Zhang and knew that the other party would not reject him for no reason.

"I know that the talisman requires the blood of spirit beasts." Senior Sister Zhang did not mince words and said directly: "Spirit beast blood is getting more and more expensive now... It's not as cheap as hiring ten disciples in the Qi refining stage."

Good guy!

The blood of spiritual beasts is precious, but the blood and sweat of our disciples of the Nine Mountains Sect are not expensive...

What is the low-cost advantage of humans being inferior to beasts?

But Zheng Fa also knew that Senior Sister Zhang was really right about this matter.

"This junior brother has also thought that if the talisman is still as efficient as this, of course it won't work." Zheng Fa muttered: "But technology is always improving, and I think the investment is not big, and it may be possible to reduce costs and improve efficiency in the future. "

Zheng Fa's mentality is quite good.

He wanted to fund research on sigils, mainly because this kind of productivity-improving thinking was too rare in the Xuanwei world - as for whether he could guarantee that this thing would work, he wasn't sure.

But when it comes to research, who can guarantee 100% success?

"If it's what you said, it would be even worse." Unexpectedly, Senior Sister Zhang shook her head and said, "Li Nuo's popularity in the city is very poor. Do you know why?"

"have no idea."

"After the talisman comes out, won't those talisman masters have no work to do?"

"..."

Zheng Fa finally understood why Senior Sister Zhang disapproved of Li Nuo's name.

Every time a new technology appears, a group of people will suffer losses.

The ones whose talismans have the greatest influence are these Jiu Shan Sect Talisman Masters.

Especially since at least half of the Qi Refining Stage disciples in the sect make a living by drawing talismans...

The spiritual materials for making spiritual talismans are also limited, and the demand in the Xuanwei world is not endless - this leads to the high probability that the talisman master will lose his job after the talisman appears.

"If it's someone else, I have nothing to say if you say you want to support him." Senior Sister Zhang said, "If it's Li Nuo... at least the General Affairs Pavilion won't provide the money."

Zheng Fa nodded silently.

The Shuwu Pavilion has a close relationship with the Talisman Masters, and they must take care of the feelings of these Talisman Masters.

In the final analysis, monks in the Xuanwei world are farmers or craftsmen.

Therefore, it is inevitable to have the mentality of cherishing oneself.

For some new technologies, they are not as happy to see their success as Zheng Fa.

Especially...when this group of people not only have the heart to maintain their own interests, but also have the strength to maintain their own interests.

It’s Senior Sister Zhang who has always suppressed her contemporaries and has never been afraid of anyone.

They would all advise Zheng Fa to think deeply.

Seeing that Zheng Fa understood, Senior Sister Zhang comforted her: "It's a good idea for you to have this idea, but this matter..."

"I still want to try this."

Zheng Fa said suddenly.

"Um?"

"Senior Sister Zhang, just like Uncle Pang said... the Xuanwei world is going to be in chaos."

Zheng Fa explained.

Senior Sister Zhang’s eyes deepened.

"In the past, it would have been the same with or without this, but when it comes to a real fight..." Zheng Fa explained: "Technology that can quickly create magic talismans may change the situation of the battle."

"That's it? It can draw yellow talismans now..."

Senior Sister Yuan muttered.

"Maybe not, but as you said, Senior Sister Zhang, the road ahead has been exhausted. We have to find another way... It's okay to try."

Senior Sister Zhang was silent for a while and then shook her head.

Zheng Fa was a little disappointed. He understood Senior Sister Zhang's rejection.

Indeed... the problem with the talisman is no longer the cost, but that it will offend almost all the talisman masters of the Jiushan Sect, and may not get any good results.

"Don't show up, I'll do it."

"ah?"

"Your cultivation is too low now. It's not a good thing to offend these disciples." Senior Sister Zhang said softly: "I gave out the spirit stone, so they can only hold back what they have to say."

Senior Sister Yuan looked at Zheng Fa and then at Senior Sister Zhang, her mouth wide open.

She suddenly had an idea and said: "Senior sister, I also have an idea, but I still lack spiritual stones..."

Senior Sister Zhang just looked at her and said nothing.

"..." Senior Sister Yuan picked up a piece of preserved fruit and silently blocked her mouth.

Zheng Fa looked at Senior Sister Zhang and felt that if this continued, he would have no choice but to marry her with tears in his eyes.