Chapter 282: The Way of Talismans, Meditation and Peace of Mind

"In the art of talismans, the talisman is composed of the talisman head, talisman belly, talisman core, and talisman tail."

"It means to borrow some kind of power from a certain god or heaven and earth, to issue some kind of decree, or to perform some kind of magic."

"This book records the various talisman heads, this book records the text on the various talisman bellies and cores, and this book records the writing of several talisman tails..."

The spirit of the cave waved his hand, and three books of varying thickness appeared in front of Jiang Yi.

At this moment, he was in a cave. The cave was peaceful, with white clouds floating in the air, fairy islands flying high in the sky, flowers and plants blooming in profusion, ancient trees verdant, and rockery waterfalls roaring.

The sufferings and crises of the world disappeared in an instant, making him want to stay in this secluded cave forever.

"Thank you for the magic!" Jiang Yi took the three books and complimented casually.

This spirit of the cave actually accepted this title.

He opened the book.

The shapes of the note heads include "Shang", "Yu", "Men"...

The belly and the core of the talisman are strange characters evolved from "fire", "water", "ice"... "open", "unlock" and "seal".

The most common character in the tail of the amulet is "王", which seems to be a god.

"Writing talismans requires a calm mind and concentrated energy, and the pen should be filled with spiritual light."

"You need to learn to meditate first." The spirit of the cave suddenly raised his hand, the book in Jiang Yi's hand disappeared, and a cushion appeared on the ground.

“Meditate in the morning and read in the afternoon!”

"Sit down cross-legged!"

Jiang Yi was reading with great interest when the book was taken away, which made him feel itchy.

However, he still obediently sat cross-legged on the cushion.

"The key to meditation is 'stillness'. Get rid of distracting thoughts, use your body to feel the breath around you, and return to yourself." The spirit of the cave paced around Jiang Yi.

"When mortals meditate, it is best to keep a fixed posture."

"When you are an immortal who has reached a high enough level of cultivation, you don't have to stick to a fixed meditation posture. You can walk or stand."

Jiang Yi was lost in thought, with all sorts of words, images, and strange ideas popping up in his mind, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

The spirit of the cave was not in a hurry and just waited.

I sat there for a long time.

Jiang Yi didn't move, and had no thoughts.

"Jing is not a daze!" The spirit of the cave heaven flapped its wings and hit Jiang Yi's back, making him leave the cushion.

"That's enough practice for today! We'll continue tomorrow! I'll just take a look at that girl!" The spirit of the cave said maliciously.

Jiang Yi watched it fly to another fairy island, ate dinner, and then climbed back onto the futon.

There were wild boars on an island in this cave, which could be hunted for food. Living here, he had no worries about food and drink, which was much better than the immortals he had imagined, who did not eat anything and had nothing to eat.

"Calm your mind! Calm your mind! Feel the breath and return to yourself!" He chanted silently in his mind, gathering his scattered thoughts bit by bit and clearing his mind.

"Jing is not sleeping!" The next day, the spirit of the cave came over to take a look and woke up Jiang Yi, who was squinting his eyes towards the sun.

Jiang Yi woke up from his nap and sat up straight.

"If your mind is wandering, restrain it with the rules and regulations." The spirit of the cave told a method and flew away.

"It seems that the little girl from the exorcist family has a great advantage! She has been following the rules and regulations since she was a child, and she has always been indifferent and detached. I'm afraid she entered into a state of tranquility on the spot." Jiang Yi had a thought, "I tempted her to eat and play later, I hope I didn't harm her! What a sin!"

The wind blows my body and the water gurgles.

Watching the clouds, the sun and the moon, day after day, the murderous aura and tyranny in Jiang Yi all dissipated.

A month later.

"Jing is not..." The cave spirit that flew over flapped its wings subconsciously to wake Jiang Yi up.

"Hmm? Really quiet?"

Jiang Yi felt that he was very clear-headed. He was neither in a daze nor in a sleepy state.

The senses become extremely sensitive, everything is in the mind, thoughts flow, each one distinct, neither fast nor slow, like the movement of stars.

A thought is a flash of inspiration.

"Very good! Now that you have calmed down, experience this feeling more. When you can quickly enter this state, you can start writing the first talisman." No one knew what the spirit of the cave was doing every day, flying around busy.

Jiang Yi spent some time to master this state of meditation.

A pile of red, blue, yellow, purple, green... plants and mineral materials with flames, ice, dust, thunder... appeared in front of Jiang Yi.

"Today I will teach you how to make ink! Also, how to make a talisman pen!"

The spirit of the cave opened its mouth, and strands of fine hair, bamboo and wood floated down.

"There are elements between heaven and earth, and seven of them are the most abundant."

"He is gifted with the ability to mobilize elemental forces. He can use the talisman pen to write the elements he controls onto the talisman."

"Those without this talent will need to use the power cores of various elemental creatures as ink to write talismans of the corresponding elements."

"That's what you are!"

The spirit of the cave said bluntly.

Jiang Yi was a little embarrassed: "Sorry to bother you, Immortal! That little girl..."

"He has a talent for ice element, so there's no need for you to waste materials like this!" The spirit of the cave said with disdain.

Jiang Yi felt sad. The gap between people was really huge. Is this what is called the aptitude for cultivating immortals?

The materials of these elemental creatures are difficult to obtain, and it is extremely difficult for the poor and the weak to cultivate immortality and draw talismans.

"The power of the immortals is all-encompassing and extremely mysterious. It can be used to write immortal scrolls directly, exerting all the properties of healing, defense, and attack. It is more powerful than ordinary elemental power."

"The way of talismans has implicit rules. If you want to try writing with other powers, that's fine! Whether it will succeed or not, and what the effect will be, is uncertain!"

Jiang Yi felt that the last sentence was incomprehensible. It seemed to be addressed to him, yet it also seemed not to be addressed to him.

"Here are several methods for making different inks, different methods for making talisman pens, and methods for selecting materials..." The spirit of the cave was not good at chatting, but he was very dedicated when teaching. He taught everything step by step and explained everything in great detail.

Jiang Yi spent two years memorizing most of the rune heads, rune bellies, and rune cores... and deeply understood the language of the runes. He made ink, made rune pens, and wrote talismans.

The paper for talismans is also made using special methods and special plants. This is even more troublesome and is a huge project like papermaking.

The talisman paper made by Jiang Yi was not up to standard yet, so he could only rely on the spirit of the cave.

"Ice!" Holding a blue talisman emitting a chill in his hand, Jiang Yi swung the talisman and activated the spell with the spiritual light of thought contained in it when it was written, and cones of ice shot out.

"Fire!" An extremely warm red talisman floated out, and a flame rose, melting the ice.

Then came the wind, thunder, grass, rocks, water...

If Jiang Yi had not been in the dream trial, he would have quickly realized that Liyue's talismans and Mondstadt's elemental potions were both elemental items that could be used by ordinary people.

"A day's energy is limited. Even if the materials are sufficient, I can't draw much!" Jiang Yi sighed, holding the several stacks of talismans accumulated in his pocket.

"The quality of the talisman and the elemental power it contains determine its power. These are good enough to kill small demons, but they are just magic tricks when facing big demons."

"I don't know how she's doing in school, let's go check it out!"

Jiang Yi walked across the golden talisman rainbow bridge to see the little girl.