Chapter 465: Chapter 341: Two Years of Secluded Cultivation, Significant Progress! (Double Length)

Even mastery is not counted, the progress and efficiency of learning and mastering this skill are indeed slow.

Fortunately, after reaching the basic level, he has gained some results, at least he can make talisman paper now!

Rather than being an outsider who can only practice calligraphy following the runes, he somewhat understands the tricks now.

"Young master, tea." A Da came in, carrying specially made tea as usual.

Song Changming drank down half a cup, the tea leaves were slightly bitter, but he swallowed them together.

The tea entered his stomach and quickly engendered a cool sensation, surging throughout his body, rushing to his mind, helping Song Changming quickly calm down.

His heart rate slowed, and his mind became clear.

"A Da, any progress in martial arts recently?" Song Changming asked as he put down the teacup.

"Just entered the Fourth Realm today, young master." A Da replied respectfully.

"Hmm, not bad, go on then." Song Changming nodded.

"Yes." A Da responded, then withdrew.

After over two years, A Da was already fifteen and his appearance and stature had grown into a sturdy and lean young teenager, unlike the small child he once was.

And to be able to cultivate the Body Refining Skill he taught to the Fourth Realm, this progress is indeed not slow, at least faster than most martial artists.

Though it partly owes to Song Changming’s teaching, it’s also inseparable from A Da’s own hard work.

A Da’s qualifications in martial arts aren’t top-tier, merely slightly better than average, which is quite normal.

After all, they were originally difficult children picked up by Song Changming randomly, it’s impossible they are martial arts prodigies by such coincidence.

The child’s future achievements and heights all depend on his own fate, Song Changming has no expectations regarding this.

Collecting his thoughts, and adjusting his state, Song Changming immediately manipulated the Spiritual Power of the Nether Sea to spread out, while holding a brush.

The Spiritual Power split into threads, converging under the tip of the brush.

Engraving with the brush, using spirit as ink.

Soon, runes emitting a faint glow appeared on the smooth, blank talisman paper.

Once, Song Changming followed Liu Dingsheng during the Da Han Era, practicing calligraphy for many years just for self-cultivation.

Now, this skill and handiwork are proving quite helpful in his cultivation of the Rune Tao.

After all, neat brushwork without a single flaw is a key point in engraving and making talisman paper and tools.

Besides, rune engraving, more importantly, involves infusing divine intent and spirit.

Runes themselves are useless, merely characters painted with brush and ink, but infused with spirit as ink and divine intent, the runes attain their necessary effect.

This requires extremely strong yet subtle control of spirit, cooperating with the engraving of runes.

And divine intent is precisely the part of the Rune Tao most needing research and comprehension.

Song Changming temporarily understands it as the power of heart and spirit, similar to but also different from spirit.

Much like the realm of martial arts, quite elusive, but only when infused with spirit into the rune, can this talisman paper truly be made.

For example, a Flying Talisman requires the infusion of Flying Heaven Divine Intent.

And where Flying Heaven Divine Intent comes from needs Song Changming to comprehend and realize from the Talisman Tao True Intent Secret Scroll.

This actually requires a person’s spiritual light and relevant Talisman Tao comprehension. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

If divine intent can’t be comprehended, even the greatest master’s teaching is useless.

Simply put, those who can learn will learn, and those who can’t, no matter how, won’t grasp the essence.

This is why martial artists are everywhere under the heavens, yet talisman masters are rare like phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

Without this talent, one can’t survive this field, nor enter this gate.

But Song Changming is different, whether or not he has talent in Talisman Tao, he can grind experience out through his panel, it’s only a matter of speed.

Now, he has already ground it out.

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