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Chapter 59: Consciousness in Seal Making
Chapter 59: Consciousness in Seal Making
"My first attempt at seal making, and my success rate is actually over 40%."
Chu Ning looked at the small stack of talismans in front of him, his face a mix of surprise and delight.
Within this hour, Chu Ning had attempted to draw 40 talismans, and to his amazement, a full 18 of them were successful.
He had been diligently studying the art of seal making during this period.
Usually, a seal maker is considered competent if they can achieve a success rate of around 40% with commonly made seals.
A success rate of 50% is considered an exceptional achievement for a seal maker.
"This Seal Source Spirit Body talent is truly powerful!"
Chu Ning couldn't help but marvel at this moment.
Moreover, Chu Ning could clearly feel that as he continued to practice, his success rate in seal making was improving.
The success rate of his latter attempts was noticeably higher than the former ones.
If it weren't for the fact that Chu Ning's spiritual sense could no longer support him, he would have wanted to continue.
"The real drain in seal making isn't spiritual power, but spiritual sense."
Chu Ning thought to himself at this moment.
He hadn't realized it at first.
But ever since he started cultivating the Spirit Refinement Art, his spiritual sense had become extremely sensitive.
After about five attempts at seal making, Chu Ning noticed a change in his spiritual sense.
However, upon further thought, Chu Ning felt that it was normal.
After all, the amount of spiritual power consumed by the spirit pen was negligible.
But focusing intently on a single task like this was undoubtedly very taxing on the spiritual sense.
For most Qi Refinement stage disciples,
Due to the lack of secret techniques for cultivating spiritual sense, they may not even be able to perceive the fluctuations of their spiritual sense clearly.
At this thought, a sudden idea flashed through Chu Ning's mind.
He hadn't paid attention earlier, but his spiritual sense had been unconsciously draining.
If he could use the method of spiritual sense control from the Spirit Refinement Art to concentrate his spiritual sense during the seal-making process.
Would he be able to reduce the consumption of his spiritual sense?
The more Chu Ning thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was worth trying.
However, feeling the fatigue in his mind, Chu Ning had no choice but to temporarily suppress this thought.
Chu Ning once again started cultivating the Spirit Refinement Art to restore his spiritual sense.
This time, the recovery speed of his spiritual sense was still slow.
However, what surprised Chu Ning was that although it took longer, the effect was good.
His proficiency in the Spirit Refinement Art had also increased by 1 point.
"So, by consuming spiritual sense and then cultivating the Spirit Refinement Art, can I strengthen my spiritual sense?"
Chu Ning vaguely grasped the possibility, and his heart was secretly delighted.
Because this meant that there was now a way to accelerate the cultivation of the Spirit Refinement Art.
Whether it was true or not, he would have to verify it later.
At this moment, it was already close to noon.
Following his usual routine, he first cooked and ate a meal of spirit rice.
After a short rest, he returned to the table in his room, ready to continue practicing the art of seal making.
At this moment, Chu Ning was full of energy, and his spiritual sense had recovered to its optimal state.
As he pondered the idea of using his spiritual sense in seal making that he had thought of earlier, he held the spirit pen and began to prepare for seal making.
Releasing his spiritual sense, he consciously focused it on the talisman paper and the pen.
As the pen descended, a more profound feeling suddenly arose in Chu Ning's heart.
It felt as if every stroke on the talisman paper and every drop of ink on the pen were under his complete control.
With almost no hindrance, Chu Ning effortlessly completed the creation of a Wood Escape Talisman.
Chu Ning didn't stop there and immediately started on the next seal.
Five, ten, twenty...
Sixty!
This time, Chu Ning used sixty sheets of talisman paper before he felt that his spiritual sense had become somewhat fatigued.
Despite the tired look on his face, Chu Ning's smile only grew wider.
Thirty-two! With sixty sheets of talisman paper, he had crafted thirty-two Wood Escape Talismans, achieving a success rate of over fifty percent! Moreover, he could clearly sense that the quality of these thirty-two talismans was even higher than the previous eighteen.
"Am I really crafting talismans? I might as well be printing them!" Chu Ning's heart stirred with excitement. Each of these talismans was worth two low-grade spirit stones.
In other words, in just a day, the talismans he crafted could be sold for nearly a hundred spirit stones.
As for the negligible loss of talisman paper and ink, it was insignificant to Chu Ning.
At this moment, he even felt a sense of disbelief.
"Is crafting talismans really that difficult? Could it be that Mu Ling was intentionally wasting talisman paper?"
...
Outside, Mu Ling was frowning as she held a brush, watching the ashes of another failed attempt.
"Achoo!" She sneezed and murmured in confusion, "Who's talking about me?"
But soon, she picked up the obviously high-quality brush again and gently bit her lip.
"I don't believe it. I've been drawing this talisman every day, and my success rate is still not even close to forty percent. Let's try again!"
...
Over the next few days, Chu Ning secluded himself in his room, repeating the process of cultivating and crafting talismans.
Here is the rewritten text in English, following the guidelines for Cultivation Novels:
To avoid arousing suspicion from his neighbors, he cultivated the Greenwood Eternal Spring Technique and the Spirit Refinement Art in the courtyard, as they only required meditation.
As for the Nine Transformations Body Refining Technique, he practiced it in the spirit field.
The only thing that puzzled Chu Ning was the inconsistent speed of his progress in the Spirit Refinement Art.
Sometimes it was as fast as when he first released his spiritual sense, and sometimes it was slower, like before he started training his spiritual sense.
No matter how much he pondered, he couldn't figure it out, so he eventually stopped thinking about it.
After all, in the past few days, with his constant use and cultivation of his spiritual sense, his progress in the Spirit Refinement Art had noticeably accelerated overall.
In just five days, his proficiency had increased by eight points.
Of course, it wasn't just his Spirit Refinement Art that improved; his talisman crafting success rate also increased.
"Seventy percent! If others knew about this success rate, they'd probably be shocked out of their wits," Chu Ning mused as he stepped out of his courtyard, marveling at his progress.
Although his success rate hadn't increased as rapidly as it did on the first day, it still improved steadily each day.
And after five days of continuous practice, Chu Ning, who had never crafted a Wood Escape Talisman before, could now consistently achieve a seventy percent success rate.
With such an incredible success rate, Chu Ning didn't plan to go all out during today's talisman crafting assessment.
Of course, he didn't intend to underperform either.
Even though he possessed a pseudo-spirit root, his natural affinity for wood-attribute techniques and his talent for crafting talismans shouldn't be too outrageous.
Controlling this success rate was effortless for Chu Ning at this point.
(End of Chapter)
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