My dreams can simulate the future.

Chapter 5 Drawing Talismans in a Dream

Seeing Zhang Laokou's proud look, Jiang Chen mentally complained.

"What's so great about being stingy? Is there anything to be proud of?"

When you need someone's help, you still have to put on a smiling face and say, "Isn't this your skill?"

Everyone in our Blackstone Mountain Market knows you are the number one weapon refiner below the Foundation Establishment stage.

"The talisman brush is my livelihood, so it's safest to entrust its repair to you."

Old Zhang glanced at him and said, "Since you know what's important, don't be reluctant to part with those few spirit stones."

Since Jiang Chen still needed Zhang Laokou to repair his tools of the trade, he naturally dared not say anything more.

He immediately took out five spirit stones and handed them to Old Man Zhang, saying, "Thank you for your trouble, Grandpa Zhang."

Old Zhang took the spirit stone and immediately beamed with joy: "Don't worry, although I am greedy, I acquire wealth honestly and never cheat."

After saying that, he took the spirit stone and the talisman brush and went to the backyard.

It's common for truly skilled craftsmen to rarely demonstrate their skills in public.

Peeping into other people's skills is a big no-no, so Jiang Chen waited patiently in the shop.

Just fifteen minutes later, Old Zhang returned to the shop with his talisman pen.

"Try it and see how well the old man repaired the talisman brush."

Jiang Chen didn't stand on ceremony and immediately took the talisman brush, injecting his magic power and a trace of divine consciousness into it.

Magical power and divine consciousness flowed seamlessly through the tip of the pen.

Old Zhang looked at the talisman brush, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Jiang Chen didn't notice his change and gave him a thumbs up: "Grandpa Zhang's skills are amazing. After the repair, it works even better than before it broke."

Old Zhang waved his hand: "Stop flattering me, get out of here once the business is done."

Jiang Chen had other things to do and wasn't in the mood for idle chatter, so he bowed and took his leave.

Watching his departing figure, Old Zhang sighed and said softly, "This lad has a strong spiritual sense and a good character. He's a promising talent. I wish he were my son or grandson."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to the backyard, shouting at the young men who were forging iron: "I'll demonstrate it to you again."

If you don't improve, you can forget about leaving this courtyard.

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Upon returning to his courtyard, Jiang Chen immediately activated all the formations and sat cross-legged on the bed.

He looked inward into his sea of ​​consciousness, and the Dream Butterfly Picture appeared before him. The butterflies in the picture once again shimmered with a deep blue spiritual light, as if they were dancing gracefully.

The soul reached out and touched the picture, and another surge of information flooded into consciousness.

……

【Dream Butterfly Energy: 100%】

[Current number of dream visits: 1/1]

Jiang Chen was in high spirits: "Sure enough, as long as Mengdie's energy reaches 100%, there's a chance to enter her dream."

"There's a group secretly plotting against me. I can use the opportunity of entering a dream to leave the market and lure those people out."

However, my dream simulation only lasted one day. With my current abilities, it's difficult to find anything.

Moreover, those people wouldn't dare to make a move in the market, so there's no rush.

"The most important thing right now is to become a mid-level first-grade talisman master as soon as possible and register with the town's command. Then there will be no risk of being conscripted in the future."

They can also take advantage of this great battle to earn more spirit stones, which will help them cultivate faster in the future.

I remember the dream scenes very clearly, which should be enough to accumulate experience for drawing talismans.

Drawing talismans in a dream doesn't consume talisman paper or ink, and there's no loss if you fail, making it incredibly cost-effective for practice.

After meditating and adjusting his own state, he had a thought and his consciousness probed into the painting.

In an instant, the scene before his eyes changed from the darkness of his sea of ​​consciousness to his bedroom.

He quickly prepared his brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and began to draw the Fire Rain Talisman.

Drawing talismans does not require learning the corresponding spells, but rather mastering the corresponding rune restrictions.

Runes, artifact patterns, and array patterns are all composed of the same set of basic runes. It is said that the basic runes are derived from laws, and therefore have the ability to mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

To create a talisman, one must first understand the essence of its runes.

When drawing a talisman, you must infuse it with this divine essence for it to work.

Drawing a talisman doesn't take long, usually only a few dozen breaths. However, if there's even the slightest mistake in the infusion of divine sense and magical power during this process, it's highly likely to fail.

This requires that the talisman master have extremely strong control over their own magical power and divine sense, and that their divine sense be strong enough and their magical power be abundant enough.

Those who can meet these conditions are rare among cultivators.

Jiang Chen picked up a brush and began to draw on a talisman paper. While drawing, he infused the brush with magical power and his divine sense with divine essence.

After more than thirty breaths, a flash of fire appeared on the talisman, and it burst into flames.

He had failed many times before, so this failure was expected.

After finishing with the talisman paper, he adjusted his state, took out another talisman paper, and continued to draw. As expected, he failed again.

……

On the twenty-eighth talisman, Jiang Chen calmed his mind and used his magical power and divine sense to draw talisman patterns on the talisman.

At this moment, he felt completely at ease, and the entire rune was completed in one go.

After it was drawn, a faint red light flashed on the talisman, and magical power flowed inside.

He picked up the talisman and examined it carefully, then his mood brightened instantly: "I've succeeded!"

The talisman before me radiated spiritual light; it was of ordinary quality and could be sold on the market.

The quality of talismans can be divided into four levels: ordinary, good, fine, and top-grade. As long as it reaches the ordinary level, its power is considered to be up to standard.

Higher quality naturally means a higher price.

This standard applies to talismans, elixirs, and ritual implements.

A mid-grade first-class talisman would normally sell for one spirit stone. Now, with the prices of various resources skyrocketing, its price has reached two and a half spirit stones.

"I'm in good shape now. I have two talisman papers left. I need to go all out and maybe I can draw them successfully again."

He picked up his pen again and began drawing talismans.

Perhaps because he hadn't adjusted his state of mind and was not calm, he made a mistake with the twenty-ninth talisman and failed again.

He spent a quarter of an hour carefully adjusting his state before applying the last talisman.

Once I started drawing, that feeling of ease and control returned. After about sixty breaths, the last talisman was completed.

The red light no longer appeared on the talisman, but some magical power still flowed within it.

He smiled broadly: "This talisman is even better than the previous one."

He looked at the sky outside and realized that the sun had already set.

"It took nearly six hours to draw these thirty talismans."

Drawing talismans doesn't take much time; the most time-consuming part is adjusting your state of mind before you start writing.

"I simulated a whole day in the future during my dream, and only half of that time has passed. I've already used up all the talismans."

Continuing the simulation is pointless. I wonder if we can end it early to preserve more energy for Mengdie.

Upon realizing this, the scene before my eyes transformed into the darkness of my sea of ​​consciousness.

In the Dream Butterfly painting before us, the ethereal blue light emanating from the butterfly has not disappeared, but has dimmed considerably.

Then, a message came in.

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【Dream Butterfly Energy: 52%】

[Current number of dream visits: 0/1]

Seeing this, Jiang Chen was in a great mood.

"The dream simulation can indeed be ended at any time. Ending the simulation early can save a lot of Dream Butterfly energy."

This time, I saved two and a half days of recovery time.