Chapter 116: Spirit Ink

The world of magic techniques, only speed matters!

Ink Painting silently remembered this in his heart.

"Then Puppet Grandpa, what magic techniques should I learn later?" Ink Painting asked Puppet Old again.

He couldn't possibly use the Fireball Technique his whole life...

"Whatever."

Puppet Old's answer was also very casual.

"Meaning is, as long as I understand the principle of the technique, it doesn't matter what I learn..."

Ink Painting could only understand it this way.

Puppet Old became that wooden and taciturn Puppet Old again. Ink Painting didn't feel it was appropriate to ask further, so he could only go practice the Fireball Technique.

After that, Ink Painting would practice the Fireball Technique whenever he had free time.

He remembered Puppet Old's words: practice it more accurately, better; practice it faster, better!

He now had one technique, Passing Water Step, for self-preservation, and one technique, Fireball Technique, for offense. This barely counted as having both "attack and defense," giving him a certain degree of self-protection.

As for the magic techniques after that, Ink Painting wasn't in a hurry. At least for now, there was no need to rush; he might not even be able to use them if he learned them.

Ink Painting shifted his focus back to array formations.

Ink Painting was at the fifth layer of Qi Refining. He could now draw eight array patterns, but he estimated that within the fifth layer of Qi Refining, there was no way to draw nine array patterns.

As Mister Zhuang said, divine sense is limited.

Ink Painting would still practice array formations at the Dao Stele every evening to enhance his divine sense, but he clearly felt that the growth of his divine sense was very slight, as if it had gradually reached a bottleneck and his sea of consciousness was already full.

Since that was the case, he could only wait for his realm to break through before attempting to draw array formations with nine array patterns.

Nine array patterns...

Ink Painting frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly was startled.

Nine array patterns, wasn't that a First Rank Array Master!

Unbeknownst to him, he was already close to becoming a First Rank Array Master?!

Ink Painting was slightly shocked in his heart.

Although he still needed the Dao Court's examination to determine his rank, and he needed to have an additional quota for a First Rank Array Master, being able to draw a nine-pattern array formation meant that one foot had already stepped into the threshold of a First Rank Array Master!

Ink Painting sighed in his heart, "Mister Zhuang was indeed right. As long as I am focused and constantly draw array formations, keep drawing and keep drawing, sooner or later I can become a First Rank Array Master."

The most foolish method is the most simple and direct way!

Ink Painting felt a little like showing off, but thinking of Mister Zhuang's teachings of "not being arrogant or impatient," and being "modest and low-key," he still suppressed his thoughts and calmed his heart.

The path of cultivation is long; a temporary achievement is nothing.

Not being arrogant or discouraged, only then can one seek the peak of the great Dao of longevity.

Even if he were to show off, he would have to wait until he could draw nine array patterns and become a First Rank Array Master before saying anything!

Ink Painting nodded.

However, Ink Painting's spiritual ink had become a problem again...

If he wanted to learn array formations with nine array patterns and become a First Rank Array Master, he not only had to practice array formations at the Dao Stele but also draw array formations well on array paper and various other array mediums.

He not only had to learn but also learn and apply, only then could he comprehend array formations more deeply.

Furthermore, the cultivation technique Ink Painting practiced was the Heaven Derivation Art. The bottleneck of the Heaven Derivation Art was the profound array; if he didn't solve the profound array, he couldn't break through the bottleneck and raise his realm.

Solving the profound array relied on experience with array formations. If he wanted to solve the profound array, he needed to observe and practice more array formations.

Whether it was becoming a First Rank Array Master or wanting to solve the profound array, Ink Painting needed to learn and practice many array formations.

This also meant he needed large amounts of spiritual ink...

Normal array masters didn't need so much spiritual ink, whether they were learning or trading, because their divine sense was limited and they couldn't draw more than a few array formations in a day.

But Ink Painting was different.

Ink Painting's divine sense was quite a bit higher than cultivators of the same realm, and with the Dao Stele, his divine sense was still gradually increasing.

Furthermore, due to the Heaven Derivation Art, his array formations were drawn much faster than others, and with Mister Zhuang's secret technique - meditation technique, his divine sense recovered quickly.

So, Ink Painting could draw nearly ten array formations from morning to night without stopping.

This was several times more than array masters of the same level.

This also led to Ink Painting's spiritual ink being used like flowing water.

Elder Yu would occasionally entrust people to bring Ink Painting some spiritual ink.

According to Elder Yu's idea, Ink Painting was not old and his divine sense was not stable enough, so this spiritual ink was already enough for Ink Painting to use.

But for Ink Painting, it was far from enough.

Ink Painting was a little worried, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't help but think of one problem:

"How exactly is spiritual ink mixed?"

Ink Painting wanted to ask the teaching Mister Zhuang, but this problem was not too profound and not worth disturbing Mister's quiet cultivation, so Ink Painting went to find Bai Zi Sheng.

Bai Zi Sheng was sitting under the big locust tree, looking pained as he did his homework.

Ink Painting glanced at it; it was "Classic Theory of Pill Refining Fire Control and Pill Formation Quality."

Ink Painting didn't understand...

He wasn't really skilled in pill refining, but he knew quite a bit about the array formations inside pill refining furnaces.

After all, he had helped Old Mister Feng repair the Waterwood Control Spirit Array inside a pill refining furnace once.

Bai Zi Sheng closed the book, lay down on the ground, looking like a salted fish, stiff and unmoving.

"Zi Sheng, I have a question for you."

Bai Zi Sheng said weakly: "This book makes my head hurt. Ask Zi Xi, let me rest for a while."

"Oh." Ink Painting turned his head to look at Bai Zi Xi.

Bai Zi Xi also just closed her book, her eyes like autumn water looking at Ink Painting.

"Are you busy?" Ink Painting asked softly.

Bai Zi Xi nodded slightly.

Ink Painting considered and asked: "How is the spiritual ink used for array formations mixed?"

"Using demon blood, spiritual liquid, spiritual grass, or spiritual ore."

Bai Zi Xi was concise and comprehensive, her voice also clear and pleasant.

But Ink Painting didn't quite understand, "Is there anything more specific?"

Just knowing these materials, Ink Painting wasn't clear how to mix them...

"Wait a moment." Bai Zi Xi opened the snow-white storage bag beside her, inlaid with a luxurious light gold phoenix pattern, and pulled out a scroll from inside.

Ink Painting looked at Bai Zi Xi's elegant yet refined storage bag, curious in his heart.

Who knew what was inside this storage bag, how did it have all sorts of books?

Bai Zi Xi's fair and delicate hand held the book scroll and handed it to Ink Painting.

Ink Painting took it and flipped through it.

The cover of the book scroll was written "First Grade Spiritual Ink Record," which recorded spiritual inks commonly used for First Grade and below array formations, including the types, formulas, and specific mixing methods of spiritual ink.

There was also a line of words on the book cover, which read: White Family Clan Treasury, not to be leaked.

Ink Painting couldn't help but look at Bai Zi Xi.

Bai Zi Xi said lightly: "It doesn't matter, it's not an absolute secret."

Ink Painting relaxed and continued to flip through.

The mixing method for First Grade spiritual ink was relatively simple. Most were mainly made of demon blood, mixed in a certain proportion with spiritual liquid adjusted by spiritual stone powder, or some spiritual grass juice, to neutralize the baleful qi of the demon blood, stimulate the efficacy of the demon blood, and blend the spiritual power of the ink water.

The spiritual liquid and spiritual grass used were not much, so it wasn't troublesome. The most difficult part, instead, was the demon blood.

The demon blood used to mix spiritual ink must be extracted from the demon beast's body while it is still alive, or within a cup of tea's time after it dies.

Once the demon beast dies, after a long time, the demon blood either cools and darkens, greatly reducing its efficacy, or simply solidifies completely and cannot be used as spiritual ink.

Moreover, when extracting demon blood, a special secret technique is needed to guide the blood out of the demon beast's blood vessels little by little and place it in a dedicated jade bottle for preservation to prevent the demon blood from solidifying.

This special method of extracting demon blood is called Blood Drawing Technique.

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