Fu Xian took out his most treasured and priced talisman diagram – his first talisman, Minor Ancient Bark Skin Talisman!
As a talisman, it was a defensive one, which was the most expensive. Even more, it was a wood talisman!
Usually, wood-element defensive talisman had lower value, but he had comprehended the talisman in a unique way –
When you use the talisman in complete stillness near a tree, your body will grow a tree bark imitating that tree, and you can actually fuse your body into the tree!
This is a combination of defense and concealment!
Because of this, he had gained special rewards and recognition from the immortal city!
As he thought so, he took out his treasured diagram.
It was a thousand year old jade plate, drawn on with a thousand-year-old pure iron spiritual pen, with various crystals shining on the bright diagram, in the shape of a talisman!
This was the special talisman diagram!
"Sir, you have used treasured items to preserve the diagram!" the old man exclaimed.
"Haha, to be honest, this is my first diagram! I intend to use it for a long time. Anyways, with such a deep preservation, learning from the diagram is going to be easier. If you want to copy it, I suggest you at least get items of a similar or at most slightly lower quality.
After all, only this level of material can fully hold the mystery of the talisman, without hiding and slowly dissipating into the paper."
Drawing talisman was like drawing with heavenly runes on paper – although the paper could be used as a carrier, it ultimately couldn't hold it for eternity.
Only the special materials and the special preservation technique of talisman diagrams allows the talisman to not only preserve for a thousand years, but also openly show its depth!
A real talisman would look like a spiritual paper with colours and lines drawn on it. Only a talisman diagram can display the deeper machinations of a talisman.
It was like a live guide on how to draw this exact talisman, telling you all its secrets!
The old man, hearing this, nodded in approval.
He had been the manager of this library section for a long time, and knew what was important.
Maybe other places only engraved important talisman, but his own immortal city had a weak inheritance, so they actually engraved all talisman of some worth.
Clearly, this talisman wasn't just a copy of normal talisman, else the talisman drawer himself wouldn't have put so much effort into preserving things.
After all, neither the jade plate nor the pen that can only be used once is cheap, not to mention all the crystals and other materials used in the diagram!
He carefully took the diagram from the table on which Fu Xian placed it, then carried it to the back.
A moment later he came back "I have submitted the talisman diagram. It will be copied and returned after an hour."
"An hour?" Fu Xian was surprised, then quickly realised. Even a talisman master of the fourth stage couldn't do it so fast, and one of the fifth stage wouldn't waste his time here. It was likely the formation, whose grade he couldn't discern, that copied the diagram in a special way.
He didn't mind nor care, so he instead took out his citizen badge.
"Manager, I wonder whether I could already use the library points?"
The old man was surprised, but then he understood. That's right, a diagram of such importance, even causing a bit of a commotion… it could only be submitted if the submitter needed something from the library.
He smiled but didn't mention it, instead he nodded "That is no problem. The formation spirit has already tested it and approved of the grade.
Submission of creation arts at the third stage usually have a fixed price: 1.000 Inheritance Points.
But of course, certain arts have a higher price, depending on their scarcity in the immortal city.
Water alchemy for example is at 1.100 Inheritance Points, Wine Brewing at 1.200, Poison at 1.300, etc.
The talisman diagram has reached the highest price possible at the third stage, comparable to very few other arts, the only renown of which is the planting creation art! It's priced at 1.500 inheritance points!
Sir, please give me your badge. Let me assign these points to your account.
Do you wish to exchange them directly? I can call forth the items you need and even aid you with some matters, if required."
Fu Xian nodded and handed over his own badge, then he thought and agreed "Yes, let me get the items now.
I need the Qi-Refining chapter of the Transcendent Cultivation Art "Nightmare Origin Gu Art" and its related book "Seven Nights Crimson Butterfly Gu"."
The old man was surprised and confused, but still tapped on his desk. In a moment, two jade slips flew from the sky, landing on the desk.
He thought for a moment then decided to ask "May I ask, Sir, are you sure you want to buy these? They are cultivation arts, specifically Gu arts.
As a citizen, you have likely learned your own cultivation art! It's not recommended to switch from one transcendent art to another. Even if you switched from a lower art at higher stages, it's fine, but switching from a transcendent art is entirely different!"
Fu Xian smiled and shook his head "No, no, I don't intent to learn this art. This is purely research material for my talismans. Who knows, maybe I learn a special spiritual inspiration from this and draw a Gu-type talisman? Wouldn't I strike rich right away?"
Hearing Fu Xian's answer, the old man instantly understood that this talisman cultivator likely had a special technique aiding in comprehending spiritual inspirations.
But he didn't care. There were quite a few such things, it was only that most cultivators didn't need it. Only spell masters and talisman drawers would use these arts to improve their own reservoir of spells and talismans, others would rather focus on enhancing a single inspiration than gain five or ten more.
Still, he was curious 'A Gu Art? Well, there are very few Gu talisman. Even better, Gu Arts also have a submission price of 1.500 inheritance points. If it's a Gu Talisman, it's possible to break the rule of price and get a combined higher amount of inheritance points.
Though the relation is too far and such a goal is very difficult to achieve.'